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@otfrom is this the Clojure equivalent of “finally got my sound card working on linux”? :satisfied:
I can't remember the last time I had hardware problems with Linux tbh, seems like a thing of the past.
I look at the pain my wife goes through on her work Windows machine and count my lucky stars
what would be a nice, relatively light, linux compatible and very performant laptop with 64gb of memory in 2021? I'm waiting for the new 16" macbook pros + m1(x) processors to appear, but I'm keeping an eye on alternatives too. not buying right now, just looking.
I've upgraded laptops 3 times in the last 4 years for work, because one component is very memory hungry. Also GraalVM is faster if you give it more memory.
Dell XPS 15 is what comes to mind @borkdude. I don't think they ship with Linux, but I've known many people use them happily with Linux.
but I find myself working on my laptop more just because I like to sit around the house in different spots
ThinkPad is always my go to for Linux laptop. They get worse over time, but the keyboard is still the best
I've tried all kinds of "remote REPL" stuff, RDP, etc, but there's just always that network in the middle
but it's just more convenient to have everything on the same machine. e.g also when traveling
You can always just use http://downloadmoreram.com ofc
Anyone know of a way to syntax highlight code to SVG? I can only find very cumbersome ways to do it.
Next :clojureD 2021 talk by Nicole Rauch now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ulbfjwh45Y
This is also the last :clojureD 2021 talk that @martinklepsch has hosted and I would like to take the opportunity to thank you, Martin, for all your work and support for the conference for so many years! 💝 I roll in the dust before you, screaming "Thank you so much!" while raising glasses. 🍻 (All at the same time and leaving quit a mess, but I'll clean that up later.)
Funny enough the precision, with similar memory, ssd and CPU config, is almost equally expensive to the Macbook Pro 2019 I bought, which has similar specs but a much better screen and trackpad (admitted, the keyboard sucks, but it hasn't given me any problems so far)
which one is super heavy? I don't have the 16", I have the 15" 2019, with the still sucky keyboard. it's 1.85kg
My xps is 1.2 with a tiny adapter that i can also use for everything else (phone headphones etc)
that's about what I'm getting with the new macbook air too with super battery performance... it's quite attractive for traveling...
I think if cpu/ram becomes a bottleneck you might as well offload that to a vm somewhere
Similar, I can spin a monster vm with up to 225GB of ram for free'ish potentially. Never had to do it
I would love to dumb down even more the Client (laptop) and run everything on the cloud really. Even if I wasn't workin for exo. That's somewhat imaginable with the phones/connectivity we have now
Oh I just noticed I could get 1000 euros of the Precision machine by selecting a lesser video card. I'm not playing games on this thing anyway
@U050SC7SV well, I have tried such a setup with the huge desktop I have while working remotely on it from coffee bars, etc on my laptop
For some things it's ok. I d be ok with a delay on my repl, but not on general editing responsiveness
@U050SC7SV btw, if you're interested, you could try: https://twitter.com/joel_kuiper/status/1407097109539663874 :) but exoscale is probably a better deal for you
Upgraded from 15" clunky keyboard MBP to 13" M1 and Apple has really solved some serious issues. Well keyboard, it feels good to write on a laptop again. 😄 Battery life is quite good as well, after 8 hours of work it’s usually 40%. Haven’t experienced any issues I thought I’d have, considering M1 is ARM. One thing I still haven’t got used to after 9 years of 15" MBPs is 13.3 inch screen, it’s damn small : ( but carrying the laptop around is much more convenient. M1 has HiDPI scaling issues w/2k displays. In the countryside house, I have 2K dell and had to deal with this issue. @reefersleep since 2018 I’ve been moving back and forth between city apartment and the country house (1800m altitude, Caucasian mountains, the Khada Valley). I can say I’m feeling much better in the country, physically and psychologically. Especially in Summer when Tbilisi is hit by 35+ C, but in Winter we get 2+ meters of snow and 7 km long road is yet to be built in a contemporary fashion. I use 4x4 SUV w/good ground clearance to move around. Major upsides of the country - fresh air, no noise, natural spring water, beautiful habitat, mountains around… Downsides: the closest grocery store/pharmacy is about 30-40 kms away. Restaurants/cafes are about 40-50%, in some cases 100-150% more expensive in a nearby towns/resorts, aimed at tourists. I drive to the city twice a month to groceries. We basically need to bake a bread, cook everyday etc. And people… it’s a different kind of relationship among locals compared to the city, close and unconditional. Sometimes it might get in the way of work to have guests during the day, but it’s still manageable.
@U2HBNQQBE I doubt I could even live as remote as you do in Denmark! My “in the country” vision is much more lightweight than what you’re experiencing.
I imagine being 1 km 🙏 from the nearest neighbour or something like that. Could be closer, too. The important bit is being free from other humans’ noise, and being able to be as noisy as we want ourselves (the latter being less important 🙂, but still)
Green surroundings would be great, too.
Apart from actually finding a suitable place, I imagine our lack of handyness being the biggest obstacle. We’re both keyboard jockeys, not wrench wranglers.
You want to move out, too?
@U2HBNQQBE sounds like it’s really good for you, even with the challenges accounted for 🙂
@borkdude how about the wife? We both regret not having learned more handy stuff yet, and not having partnered up with a practical person 😅
hehe. well, if I really must I can do some stuff, but I'd rather let it handle by someone professional if it has to look good
we just go into the city's park or sit on some terrace if it's sunny outside (like today)
I got tired of living in apartments some years ago, actually, but we didn’t get around to moving to a house before this year.
I continually lost where I kept my stuff because the house was so big (much bigger than our apartment)
It’s weird how preferences change. I mean, it’s logical, from how your experiences impact you, but going through the change yourself is kind of odd. My parents live 2km from the nearest neighbour and 5 km from the center of the shitty town where I went to school. I thought it sucked back then, but now I’m kind of envious.
yeah, when I was 18 I was glad I could leave the shitty town of my parents and to be honest, didn't look back ever since
We just visited them yesterday, and they have huge forests, fields and lots of trees in their gigantic garden, all surrounding them.
whenever I'm back there I wonder: how could I have lived here for so long, it's such a boring town
hahaha
When I used to work in the supermarket in the shitty town, I sometimes talked to a talkative, cool guy. And once, he said “I bet you’re wondering why I moved here.” I can’t remember what he answered, but I’m still wondering. Whyyyyyyy would you move there.
Still, I’m aiming to move to a house outside of what I expect to be an equally shitty place. I mean, I’d love for it to be better, but odds are it’ll be small and boring, that kind of comes with the distance and quiet that I’m aiming for.
Footie’s on here. The Danes are going up or something. I don’t mind or care, except people are being loud about it 😞 Looking forward to move to the country eventually.
Any country dwellers here? How are you finding it?
About the laptop thing. I'm working for a consulting company, if wfh stays as normal as it is, might opt for 'company desktops', you could build a really nice one for 3000 euro (roughly the price of MacBook pros). But if you occasionally do need to visit clients it's becomes a problem through.
Upgraded from 15" clunky keyboard MBP to 13" M1 and Apple has really solved some serious issues. Well keyboard, it feels good to write on a laptop again. 😄 Battery life is quite good as well, after 8 hours of work it’s usually 40%. Haven’t experienced any issues I thought I’d have, considering M1 is ARM. One thing I still haven’t got used to after 9 years of 15" MBPs is 13.3 inch screen, it’s damn small : ( but carrying the laptop around is much more convenient. M1 has HiDPI scaling issues w/2k displays. In the countryside house, I have 2K dell and had to deal with this issue. @reefersleep since 2018 I’ve been moving back and forth between city apartment and the country house (1800m altitude, Caucasian mountains, the Khada Valley). I can say I’m feeling much better in the country, physically and psychologically. Especially in Summer when Tbilisi is hit by 35+ C, but in Winter we get 2+ meters of snow and 7 km long road is yet to be built in a contemporary fashion. I use 4x4 SUV w/good ground clearance to move around. Major upsides of the country - fresh air, no noise, natural spring water, beautiful habitat, mountains around… Downsides: the closest grocery store/pharmacy is about 30-40 kms away. Restaurants/cafes are about 40-50%, in some cases 100-150% more expensive in a nearby towns/resorts, aimed at tourists. I drive to the city twice a month to groceries. We basically need to bake a bread, cook everyday etc. And people… it’s a different kind of relationship among locals compared to the city, close and unconditional. Sometimes it might get in the way of work to have guests during the day, but it’s still manageable.