You can just ping your CPU usage to the menu bar and monitor that. I have CPU and total system wattage up there so I always know if something weird is going on.

https://github.com/exelban/stats

Yeah! That's how I initially suspected that it was thermal throttling because I saw in iStat Menus that my wattage was going down for a constantly high CPU usage

Why bother with Linux when there is MacOS? You get decent hardware to go with it too

Actual control over my computer? Apple might have less ads, but they really go out of their way to make you feel uncomfortable doing anything they deem not the happy path. And they're still plenty willing to push subscriptions and their software.

Because some of us would rather not have to buy new hardware just because Apple says no more updates for your machine.

Because MacOS is just as insidious? Recent versions will bring up the iCloud pop-up on every boot. Won't go away until you comply.

Both Mac and Windows are for suckers.

You're only delaying the inevitable.

IMO Mac eco is good hardware plus meh software. Some built ins are really in bad shape — but I guess people have different opinions, although I think calling Finder a beta version is an insult to “beta”.

AMG One did it in 6:29.xxx

They can do better

This chassis would be perfect for the 2nm chips next year

I dunno I’ve been seeing more of these stories ever since sars2 started circulating but it’s probably “just stress”

Hush now. I come here to numb my emotions, not contemplate death.

China still burns more coal than anyone else by the way

It has the second most number of people and next to no natural gas. What do you expect? And why is it relevant?

They're still leading the green revolution. You're criticising on of the countries doing the most for climate change because they aren't perfect. Seems might unfair

They bought Palo Alto Semiconductor in 2008 which is where all their ARM chip designs came from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.A._Semi

Apple purchased Palo Alto Semi which made the biggest difference. One of their best acquisitions ever in my opinion… not that they make all that many of those anyway.

Apple actually makes a lot more acquisitions than you think, but they are rarely very high profile/talked about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio...

> One of their best acquisitions ever in my opinion…

NeXT? But yes, I completely get what you’re saying, I just couldn’t resist. It was an amazingly long sighted strategic move, for sure.

I almost feel like NeXT was a reverse acquisition, like Apple became NeXT with an Apple logo.

That was true, but look at https://www.apple.com/leadership/ today.

Craig Federighi is a notable NeXT alum. And... I think he might be the only one left in leadership.

NeXT was a comparatively small company compared to Apple.

Pretty much so, I would say.

Equally (arguably) importantly, Johny Srouji joined Apple the same year as PA Semi's acquisition - '08 – and led Apple A4. (He previously worked at IBM on POWER7, which is a fascinating switch in market segment.)

I don’t know why everyone is concerned about the top end of the these batteries when we should be limiting depth of discharge instead, which causes way more damage than charging to 100%.

There should be an option for the machine to pretend like 40% is 0% and just go to sleep.

I know Windows has this option but it’s deep inside the power settings, they should bring it out of there.

I don’t think Apple devices have anything like that.

Because that's easier to control. In my case, I rarely use my laptops on battery, and when I do I tend to keep an eye on the battery level. If I have to use it till empty, it's because I'm actually doing something that needs to be done, so too bad for the battery life. If I'm randomly browsing HN, I'll stop around 20-30% and go do something else.

With charging, I can't plug and unplug my screen every 5 minutes just to keep it around 80%.

The research I've found shows far more degradation at high SOC than low.