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Amazon Black Friday deals made it even more of a no-brainer. The mini is $30 off, and the SSDs are $85 off each!
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Ordered a base model M4 Mac Mini, a FireWire 4 NVMe enclosure with two bays, and two 2TB Samsung 980 Pro SSDs. $400 cheaper than a *2 TB* base model, with over twice the storage.
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@mako It’s a bit of a risk, but it is well reviewed, so I took a chance. It’s this one: https://
@jonathan well.. it’s Amazon.. easy enough to return. Curious on the speed test when you get it!
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Apple's RAM and SSD upgrades are silly. I'm inclined to just get the base model, as my RAM usage is inflated due to enterprise endpoint management doohickeys that are hilariously inefficient, and I can buy a fast and large external thunderbolt SSD for less than 200 bucks. Am I being cheap? Should I pay the Apple tax?
@jonathan it's my plan to do the same thing for a m4 mini build machine, but my desire for an external drive is because I don't want to burn through the internal unreplaceable one
, Nov 26 2024 on kind.social
@edolnx Yeah, I am heavily leaning in that direction. I can get a dual NVMe / T4 enclosure for about 200 bucks and two Samsung 980 2TB drives for $240. That's 4 TB of very high speed goodness at a much better price than Apple. M4 cores are so fast I don't think I need anything more than the base, and I have an all-AMD ChimeraOS gaming PC, so don't care about the GPU cores much.
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I am in the market for a new "personal" computer. The laptop I use for work is an M2 Max MBP w/ 32GB of RAM and 512 GB SSD. I am typically using about 20 GB of RAM. My SSD is almost always close to full. I am tempted to get a new M4 Mac Mini. The entry level looks like a screaming deal, but would like more RAM and *need* more storage.
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Okay, this hotel is legit. I’ll post photos later. I’ve never experienced anything like it, and it’s quite a special place. Treehouses in the canopy of Costa Rican forests with views of the mountains. Phenomenal.
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In other news, while sitting at a bar sipping on a 23 year aged rum, I ordered myself a MiSTer Pi, an amazing case, and a 4:3 display. To say I have an addiction to new projects would be underselling it. Now I need to finish my in-flight projects before it arrives 😂
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This property (The Hideaway at Rio Celeste) is *stunning.* With all of the mess in the US it’s become tempting to jump ship and go somewhere else, and experiences like this don’t reduce the wanderlust!
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The family vacation to Costa Rica has been lovely so far. We have been at a nice Marriott property, a condo in Tamarindo, and now at a phenomenal hotel in a remote part of CR.
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@jonathan well deserved!
@jonathan I was just browsing vacation resorts in Costa Rico, a country I know nothing about.
@YurkshireLad This is our second visit and we love it. The “pura vida” culture is real. Our next stop is a “treehouse hotel” with accommodations above the canopy of the forest. Such a great country.
@jonathan the tree house sounds fantastic!
Is it a safe place to vacation, compared to other countries in the region? We talked about looking for a new destination; our previous vacations were to Caribbean islands.
@YurkshireLad It has a similar vibe to the Caribbean. There are tourist friendly beach areas like Tamarindo in Guanacaste, a decent sized city in San Jose, and rural areas that feel undiscovered like where we are near the Rio Celeste.
Feels safe. Main reason to close windows/doors is howler monkey invasions!
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Another vacation thought: consider taking a break from the internet depression machine. I’ve added a key phrases related to US politics to perma-mute on both Bluesky and Mastodon. My feeds are much better for my mental health.
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The last name of the recently elected guy, party names, key fear-inducing words, etc.
, Nov 18 2024 on bsky.app
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That said, the shortcomings of the iPad Pro and pencil have been apparent. I have a Daylight DC-1 arriving later this month, and am very curious if it will be a better SketchUp machine. No native app, but there is SketchUp for the web, and the DC-1 comes with a Wacom passive stylus.
@jonathan you might have luck with Onshape, though I haven’t tried it yet, it’s free for hobbyists and has an iPad app that lets you design things.
, Nov 18 2024 on hachyderm.io
@whack Interesting, I’ll definitely check it out. I’ve always had a creative/artistic side, and a deep appreciation for design, but have never found an outlet for it. I can’t draw, but I’m learning that I *can* create in CAD, and its an absolute blast. I’ll take a look at Onshape. SketchUp wants to be used for “big” designs.
@jonathan i started modeling with SketchUp years ago (for 3d printing) but switched to Fusion360, though their relationship with hobbyists is not great; also no mobile designing. Wish I could model on mobile devices which would drive me back to sketch up or maybe onshape!
, Nov 18 2024 on hachyderm.io
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I’ve spent some evenings over the last few weeks learning SketchUp for designing 3D printed models, starting with a mid-mod birdhouse, which I’m making good progress on. I’m using SketchUp on my iPad Pro with a pencil, and its pretty fun.
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Hello from Costa Rica! We arrived yesterday after a red eye from LAX to ATL and then a flight to Liberia on the last leg. Still quite tired, but am definitely enjoying the break so far. Its quite rainy, but we’re not letting that spoil our fun.
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I should probably be happy for my alma mater but boy does this one suck.
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The only thing I’ll say on the other topic — I’m tired. With the last 18 months of very stressful life experiences, I just don’t have anything left in the tank to fight with. I have to focus on my mental health and my family’s well-being.
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Nice trip to Chicago this week for work. Some really exciting things brewing! It was an excellent distraction as well.
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I’m traveling today, which I am quite grateful for. I can use a distraction from the existential dread.
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@jonathan I would like to be in New Zealand right now, to escape the election. And I'm not even american.
@YurkshireLad One of my favorite places in the world. Depending on how this goes I may just pack my shit up and move there 😂
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, Nov 05 2024 on micro.blog
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I hate wet races. Reminds me of soccer games being decided by penalty kicks. “Anything can happen” basically means “this is almost entirely random.” Two Alpines on the podium illustrates it perfectly. Waste of a weekend IMO. #F1
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Nah this is Formula 1, anything can and will happen. these are the magic moments that you remember years later.
, Nov 04 2024 on bsky.app
@jonathan it was fun to watch, I have to say. A lot of battles and non stop excursions, once in a while it's ok. But yeah, I get what you are saying
, Nov 04 2024 on mstdn.social
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LOL Clemson 😂
@cleverdevil sigh. smh
, Nov 03 2024 on micro.blog
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If you’re confused by Miami, just start thinking of them as a circa twenty-tens PAC-12 team and it will all make sense.
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@jonathan which nvme enclosure did you go with?
mako, Nov 27 2024 on social.seattle.wa.us