You’re absolutely right, I wasn’t trying to get that in-depth, which is why I said “lightweight and optimized,” instead of “when using a distilled version” because that raises more questions than it answers. But I probably overgeneralized by making it a blanket statement like that.
r1 is lightweight and optimized for local environments on a home PC. It’s supposed to be pretty good at programming and logic and kinda awkward at conversation.
v3 is powerful and meant to run on cloud servers. It’s supposed to make for some pretty convincing conversations.
Like I said, my comment has brought shame on me.
I’m aware that these connectors are far from perfect and that issues can occur. I used to run tech support for a middle school with over 2000 students and have seen all sorts of shit that seemed unbelievable. I’ve seen Chromebooks begin smoking and melting in the middle of state exams, batteries spontaneously puff and blow the keys off a laptop. I’ve seen brand new iPads puff and remove their own screens, and I’ve seen projector bulbs literally explode.
The point is, with large enough of a sample size, you’re going to encounter all sorts of issues, the question is “what are the chances?”
For me: what are the chances my dog is going to rip my $3000 work laptop off my desk and fuck my life? On any given day, 100%. What are the chances that my magnetic adapters are going to destroy my $3000 work laptop? Less than 100%. Going by the reviews on Amazon, less than 10%, possibly.
But your needs might not be the same as my needs. I also want to address the part about noise coming from these adapters: if your components are properly shielded, you shouldn’t have data being converted into wireless interference. I’ve had a couple of USB C dongles that would ruin the wifi and Bluetooth in my house, but (jinxing myself again) I haven’t seen that with these magnetic adapters. Yet.
For reference, my first magnetic adapter was the one that came with my LG V60. Since then, I’ve purchased 8 of the adapters I sent you—6 for myself and 2 for my mom—and haven’t had any issues, yet (really pushing my luck). But I also don’t like to plug and unplug things in rapid succession that are likely to destroy my 'puter.
Should you get these, though? -shrug-
If they make you nervous, then no.
Time for me to bring shame to myself online! Get these magnetic adapters. I have them on my work laptop, my wife’s Chromebook, my Legion Go, my dongle, my mom’s laptop, and my portable monitors.
I love being mobile and packing everything up when it’s not going to be used for more than a few hours. These save my nice cables and my ports. More recently, my wife and I got a second dog who is insanely high-energy and accidentally pulls on charging cables—these magnetic adapters have gone from a luxury to a necessity.
I can also confirm from numerous tests that these adapters can easily handle 100W for charging and 4K monitors. I’ve also used them with my dongle for 86W charging, gigabit Ethernet, HDMI out, powering an external display, and transferring photos from an SD card to a USB 3.1 thumb drive all at the same time on the one dongle.
ETA: I just noticed that I’ve been using these same adapters with the same cables, chargers, dongle, and monitors since July 2022. About 2.5 years and even is still working great (ohh God, I’ve jinxed myself.)
Swap in a new display controller board, get a cheap Bluetooth keyboard and wire the eee PC (maybe?) to the controller board. Then, remove the internal board and drive to make space for an old Android phone on which you can install a Linux distro.
Voila! A “laptop” that you can upgrade whenever you get a new phone or if someone donates a phone to you.
sh.itjust.breaks
to combat antisemitism
No shit! We’re deporting Elon Musk and his Nazi buddies???
pledge to deport non-citizen college students
Ah, fuck!
others who took part in pro-Palestinian protests
Obv. Harris would have been worse, right? I can taste the freedom and it tastes like my family’s ashes. Had they been buried, they’d be rolling in their graves over the support my family has been showing for Israel.
They want to be the ones making fewer brown people
Special K not feeling so special with Musk
Ikr?? Did you hear about that one tech bro Nazi who wormed his way into the government?!
Sure! Lemme just grab my wallet and- heyyy! You’re just gonna make fun of my haircut, aren’t you? I knew I couldn’t trust you!
Not to mention that he has enough purchasing power and assets to destroy entire countries without getting involved in politics
You should go visit! See if you can meet your yogurt before it’s born
Mr. Buttolph
Where’d they find my alter-ego???
That’s a great idea! Exactly, you get the gist
I used to help out my grandparents and their friends with stuff. My grandparents always insisted on paying me and sometimes their friends would pay me too.
At first, I’d refuse until they told me that it makes them feel bad. So, I’d gladly take their money and save it in an envelope. Then, when something would break or need to be replaced, I’d say, “oh, I have an extra one of those! Gimme a couple of days to look for it.” And then I’d buy it with the money they gave me.
My wife and I would also take my grandparents out to dinner using the money they paid me, or I’d buy groceries and cook them a few meals, but tell them that I accidentally made extras.
Unless she’s paying you way too much, just take the money and then use it to fund helping her.
Now you just need to find a mouth for it to porron
All the other mutants with the pumped-up pecs better run, better run faster than my eyeballs
Pssst… Hey, hey buddy! You got and question marks? I just used my last one.
I’m glad to see you bought a copy of my book! Would you like me to sign it for you?