Aaron Parecki

jk https://twitter.com/karabaic • Apr 18
Could you do what you need to on an iPad with a keyboard?

You might also consider going Linux. Most of the engineers I work with have done that

but also are there actually any small linux laptops? smaller than a 13" pro

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Sat, Apr 18, 2020 10:23am -07:00
jk https://twitter.com/karabaic • Apr 18
Could you do what you need to on an iPad with a keyboard?

You might also consider going Linux. Most of the engineers I work with have done that

oof. I guess since I've already moved my Photoshop and video editing workflow to a Windows laptop, all I really need out of this smaller one is a good web dev environment, so maybe? I'll miss iMessage and Fantastical though.

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Dr. Matt Lee 🏡 https://twitter.com/mattl • Apr 18
They will. ARM based Mac laptops will come in 12 and 14 inch models I’m sure.

Even if those come out later this year, I feel like it'll be at least a couple more years before the software support for things works well on ARM.

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Sat, Apr 18, 2020 10:18am -07:00
My 2017 12" MacBook is starting to show its age, but I hate that there is nothing to replace it right now. There's no reason to get a MacBook Air since it's the same form factor as the 13" Pro. But it seems unlikely they're going to release a small computer again at this point.

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Sat, Apr 18, 2020 10:13am -07:00 #apple #macbook
📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Apr 18
Yeah I still don’t buy it’s a processor thing.

Ok you're right, at least on the TV 4K, because Plex can play VP9 videos on it. They must have bundled a software decoder into Plex to do that without hardware acceleration.

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📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Apr 18
Great article. Too bad it doesn’t say WHEN. Arghgh

It's Apple, nobody knows when 🤷‍♂️

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Mihaela MJ https://twitter.com/civeljahim • Apr 18
AV1. Quting from iMore:
"AV1 is the next, next-generation video codec. It's open and royalty-free, like Google's VP series, and Google has bought-in to the extent they've shelved VP10 for AV1, which is about as bought in and bought in can be."
https://www.imore.com/why-you-still-cant-watch-4k-youtube-apple-devices

That's an excellent writeup, thanks!

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Mihaela MJ https://twitter.com/civeljahim

AV1. Quting from iMore:
"AV1 is the next, next-generation video codec. It's open and royalty-free, like Google's VP series, and Google has bought-in to the extent they've shelved VP10 for AV1, which is about as bought in and bought in can be."
https://www.imore.com/why-you-still-cant-watch-4k-youtube-apple-devices

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📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Apr 18
Yeah. It’s not a hardware power thing. My 2017 iPhone X plays VP9 just fine.

iPhone X is the A11 processor. The Apple TV is A8, Apple TV 4K is the A10, so it'll be a while before a new chip makes it to an updated Apple TV!

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📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Apr 18
One problem — YouTube app on Apple TV 4K doesn’t play 4K or HDR (doesn’t use VP9/VP9.2 codec). This is such a stupid pissing contest between Apple and Google. It’s truly wonderful when multi-billion dollar companies can’t cooperate for the benefit of the customers who made them.

But also this is a perfect example of why an external box is better than a smart TV. Once your TV has hardware decoders, good luck upgrading that when better video codecs are released in a few years. At least with the Apple TV you can replace that part and keep the same panel.

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📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Apr 18
One problem — YouTube app on Apple TV 4K doesn’t play 4K or HDR (doesn’t use VP9/VP9.2 codec). This is such a stupid pissing contest between Apple and Google. It’s truly wonderful when multi-billion dollar companies can’t cooperate for the benefit of the customers who made them.

Is this a VP9 vs HEVC thing? I assume the Apple TV is too low power to implement software decoding and needs hardware support, but that means a new Apple TV to get VP9, if Apple will even add that since they're all in on HEVC? What a mess.

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Scott Helme https://twitter.com/Scott_Helme

The purpose of automation is to allow shorter certs and the reasons for shorter certs are many. Also, automated processes are more reliable than human processes.

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alexlindsay https://twitter.com/alexlindsay • Apr 18
The TVs are actively gathering data by design and proven security breaches if they have a mic or camera. I’m not a tin foil hat person... I use Zoom, a credit card, and even a Safeway member number. But no way would I connect my TV to the internet. AppleTV is the firewall.

💯 hard same.

I bought a "commercial display" because it's almost impossible to find a not-smart TV these days.

Just give me a panel and I'll add the smarts I trust (Apple TV) externally.

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Sat, Apr 18, 2020 7:37am -07:00
alexlindsay https://twitter.com/alexlindsay

You shouldn’t plug your tv into the internet :)

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adam prime https://twitter.com/adamgorvin

Also when he says it for really pretty bugs that are harmless like the bluebottle butterflies. Like come on dude get over yourself I know you’re just doing this for the attention now

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chrissy teigen https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen

Don’t like it when I donate a bug to the museum and he’s like “eeew i hate bugs but I guess I’ll take it” hello asshole I could sell this for 10 grand

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Corey Quinn https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig

I was going to build out a hilariously over-complicated & fiendishly expensive Wordpress architecture as a joke, but unfortunately @awscloud beat me to it.

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Matt Webb https://twitter.com/genmon

I count static HTML as data :) and way more robust than databases over that time period (my blog has been plain text files for 20 years, rendering/editing code changed a half dozen times)

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