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New comment by post_break in "Driver accused of DUI tracks missing laptop to Illinois State trooper's house"

post_break — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:53:44 +0000

Incorrect. Field sobriety test like walking a straight line or doing those bizarre tests can be difficult for those who haven't been drinking. Now if he refused a breathalyzer or blood sample and he was sober, that's the wrong move. If he refused a breathalyzer or blood sample AND he was NOT sober, that's the correct move. It's far cheaper to take the one year license suspension than get a DUI and deal with all of those issues. This has nothing to do with the officer, but protecting yourself.

New comment by post_break in "Motherboard sales 'collapse' amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI"

post_break — Thu, 07 May 2026 23:15:24 +0000

This is exactly why my comment goes over the head of people who cry just get the basic boards. No, this is why the basic boards for $100 don't cut it. You now need to dive into the technical data and realize that the $100 board seems like a deal for a reason, and suddenly the $300+ category is your only option if you want to get a PC that doesn't run on fake specs.

New comment by post_break in "Motherboard sales 'collapse' amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI"

post_break — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:13:12 +0000

Motherboards used to be $100, $200 for the high end. Now they want $300+, ram is crazy, storage, video cards, etc. I'm not surprised sales for these components is hitting a wall.

New comment by post_break in "New mechanical panoramic film camera from Jeff Bridges"

post_break — Fri, 01 May 2026 02:14:49 +0000

This is neat, but I will stick with Instax wide. With a $1000 mint body you can get full control of the film. Is it the same aspect ratio? No. But I can get film at Target and it’s instant. Very cool, any analog film is awesome, but this price just isn’t sustainable.

New comment by post_break in "Users lose $9.5M to fake Ledger wallet app on the Apple App Store"

post_break — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:51:47 +0000

Thankfully the App Store doesn't allow side loading, because it completely stops fraud like this. At least that's the number one reason why I keep getting told if we allow side loading this will happen.

New comment by post_break in "Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones"

post_break — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:08:00 +0000

If only people had spatial awareness, they would look around vs listening to their phone changing directions randomly while walking. The bell is for both persons safety.

New comment by post_break in "My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary"

post_break — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:49:58 +0000

This reminds me of the photo of the vehicle assembly building featured in Iron Man: https://adactio.com/journal/1530/

New comment by post_break in "AirPods Max 2"

post_break — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:00:31 +0000

Oh my god, where has this been. Is there any way you can make it work for 14.4? I desperately need this.

New comment by post_break in "Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)"

post_break — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:42:24 +0000

The whole article makes me mad when they factually get so much wrong. Like I had to stop reading.

New comment by post_break in "Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions"

post_break — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:04:02 +0000

My friend who has worked for some big name companies is absolutely struggling to find work. So many interviews, 3rd, 4th round, and then they go with another candidate, or I can only assume someone internally and the listing never existed. It's killing me watching him struggle to find work.

New comment by post_break in "MacBook Neo"

post_break — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:49:10 +0000

13" is not 11" As someone who used their 11" for years, it was a workhorse. A slow workhorse, but I still yearn for that size.

New comment by post_break in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

post_break — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:35:18 +0000

My M3 Pro with 18gb of ram still feels like a beast. The only thing I can make it suffer with so far is generating meshes from 3D scanning, and even then I'm just patient. Apple is suffering from success with these older laptops, it's a tough sell to upgrade, even from the M1 Max folks.

New comment by post_break in "Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR"

post_break — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:31:43 +0000

Show me an HDR display that is 2000 nits peak HDR calibrated 27" for under $3,300. Not a gaming monitor. Closest you can find is a lilliput UQ31 that has half the nits.

New comment by post_break in "Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR"

post_break — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:26:24 +0000

Driving my LG oled at 120hz over HDMI. What?

New comment by post_break in "What your Bluetooth devices reveal"

post_break — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:59:56 +0000

I believe Houston used bluetooth to measure congestion on 45.

New comment by post_break in "On being sane in insane places (1973) [pdf]"

post_break — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:45:35 +0000

I had to look up SIGECAPS before I read the rest of your comment. Big oof when I did. Never heard of Anhedonia, but I sure have it.

New comment by post_break in "Rural Americans are trying to hold back the tide of AI"

post_break — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:12:34 +0000

NIMBY over rules stuff like that. It's like pemdas, NIMBY is #1.

New comment by post_break in "Best Gas Masks"

post_break — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:57:22 +0000

Handy that McMaster Carr has them 5541T605 Edit, I just noticed you posted the same link that's funny.

New comment by post_break in "Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer in mouse models"

post_break — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:25:11 +0000

If I had 6 months to live, and had no other options, I wouldn't care if a drug killed me in 10 days. Give me the option.

New comment by post_break in "Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app"

post_break — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:33:09 +0000

If I buy a gift card through my banking app, using reward points, is Apple entitled to 30% of that?