I have the original Framework 13, but I have almost changed everything inside of it (motherboard AMD 7840U, wifi 7, ram 96GB, ssd, better hinge, the CNC shell, hdmi dongle v3, APU Fan, speakers v2, webcam v2). I still was using the original battery and it was at 60% health. So, I decided to update to the 61W battery.

After changing the battery, I decided to turn on the battery charge limit to keep the battery at a cool 60% charge to increase its lifespan.

First interesting thing I faced was realizing that Framework has 2 methods for the battery limit implementation. You have to use framework-tools and set it on the ec instead of the standard Kernel module. The kernel allows you to set the min and max, but the ec just allows you to set the max, and it will automatically set max-5 as the min.

But what was more frustrating, was realizing and when it gets to that threshold it constantly discharges 5-9W until it gets to the min and then charges the battery again back to the threshold. So, if you set a threshold it keeps charging that 5% once an hour, instead of parking the battery and waiting for the natural discharge to get to the min (which should be days later, since when you're plugged in the battery is not used for anything, it's like your laptop is off, not sleep, off).

But the good thing is the ec code is open source, I found the code, dug into it, found a bug, fixed it, flashed it, and for the past 2 weeks my battery is working perfectly.

I opened a PR, then found a multi hundred forum post of people talking about something similar with no proper solution, or any fixes in the ec. And my PR has been sitting there with no attention from Framework. Setting a battery threshold is actually worse for your battery because of this bug, but nobody is in a rush to fix it!

So, I'm mad that Framework operates this way, their circuitry, power delivery, and software is flawed (just read the forum thread[1]). On the other hand I'm happy I can see the code, find the bug, and fix it at least for myself! Feels like the hardware version of Linux! If you are technical, you can literally change how your kernel behaves. You can't recommend it to your Mom, but you definitely prefer it to the closed alternatives.

[1] https://community.frame.work/t/tracking-battery-flipping-bet...

If you're a programmer, you enjoy being able to get most of your editing done in your editor without going into the menus and digging for a feature, or searching a store for a plugin that allows you to do that. Of course if you have used your editor for years, and you know all the menus, shortcut keys, and have all the necessary plugins added, then you're fine!

Vim or Emacs allow you to learn some fundamental small tools and mix them to get your job done. Sublime and others allow you to find exact tools for those jobs that others put together. At the end, 10 years later, they're the same.

You're not better. They're not better.

A 3D bin packing algorithm originally ported from https://github.com/keremdemirer/3dbinpackingjs, which itself was a JavaScript port of https://github.com/wknechtel/3d-bin-pack/, which is a C reconstruction of a novel algorithm developed in a U.S. Air Force master's thesis by Erhan Baltacioglu in 2001.

Playing single player games on a streaming service is fine, but competitive games? I don't think that's gonna get too much traction.

If people don't like Windows 11 and decide to switch to Linux, they need posts that help them settle down. It's a "different" OS.

Just read about Async Rust to see how critical of Rust the Rust community can be!

That being said, you don't need to upgrade from 11th gen to 12th gen. Maybe in a few years when 11th gen isn't cutting it for you anymore you can upgrade to 15th gen.

It's great that they provide a path for upgrading, but the more important thing here is having more recent hardware for someone who wants to buy a framework in 2022.

- You can have multiple layers

- You can choose "a" to act as your control key when held down, but create a "gaming" layer that disables this feature, so you'd have your "WASD" direction keys back for the game and hold them down to move around.

- You can have a mouse layer, which mean if you hold down a key, some other keys will control your cursor. I normally use this to scroll up/down (mouse scroll buttons) wherever page up/down keys don't work.

- You can add snippets and macros to some keys to automate something you type a lot (your email for example).

- You can configure the keyboard in a way that your finger don't need to travel more than one key away from the home row.