You can still buy the Framework Strix Halo board (with 128GB RAM) for $2k. For now.
I have a 3090, yet I’m still seriously considering it. The CPU itself is an engineering marvel, not to speak of the ridiculously fast RAM and IGP.
Only caveat is you better be a Python/Linux person. As you will be building forks and beating your head against the screen to get the setup working right.
Friend, this is 2026.
Clickbait is mandatory. Get your reason out of here.
It’s not! Use SonoBus; it’s dead simple, and superior to Discord. It’s far lower latency, with customizable filters, peer-to-peer; and totally free.
Now if you want emojis and video and rambling channels and stuff, you will have to go elsewhere.
Per Wikipedia’s sourcing standards:
There is consensus that Raw Story is generally unreliable for factual reporting, based upon a pattern of publishing false and sensationalized stories. Editors almost unanimously agree that the source is biased and that in-text attribution should accompany each use of the source.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources
I brought this up so much in /c/politics, I got sick of it and blocked the sub.
But tabloids work. As long as the headline is stimulating, upvoters and moderators don’t seem to care.
I’m sure many did, sadly.
The problem is that a 54-year old Kansas mayor is somehow technically not a citizen, after living here for decades.
That makes no sense.
He shouldn’t have voted, and should have known not to, but he didn’t expect this because he’s stuck in a system that’s been screwed up for decades. One that Congress won’t reform precisely to leverage it as a wedge issue like this. And now that debt has come due.
especially in darker environments.
That’s because the sensor is small. Newer phones and mini cameras will all be weak in dim light, outside the absolute extremes like Huawei and Sharp phones.
Check out a Canon EOS M, ~$250 on eBay, or any older SLR that supports MagicLantern firmware. That’s the absolute best way into better indoor video, as its image sensor is like 6-10X the area of a phone’s. Not sure what lens is best for M-mount, but I can look around if that’s of interest.
It’s not as small as a phone, but about as small as a point-and-shoot.
I used to write these kinds of articles on the side, and time pressure is intense. They probably Googled “Paragon logo” real quick and used the dominant result as the header.
It’s…not ideal, but maybe they’ll correct it if you mail them. I always did.
Your processor is fully configurable. Set it to whatever TDP you want; the lower you go, the more efficient it gets.
This is why AMD’s X3D chips are perceived as efficient. They aren’t actually that much more power efficient, but they’re configured to stay out of absolutely crazy voltage/clock zones most processors boost to. Cap a regular AM5 chip to the same power level, and it’s pure task efficiency wouldn’t be too far off.
…Also, I just realized you have a third option.
If you’re pretty technical, there’s this Canon firmware hacking software called magic lantern:
That you can load onto a classic EOS M:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_M
The M and its now obsolete lenses it are cheap, and magic lantern gives it rather excellent video recording capabilities. Smaller cameras just can’t compete with its big sensor.
But if you don’t consider yourself much of a tinkerer, I’d avoid that route.
Also, if you’re trying to beat a smartphone optically, modern mirrorless cameras are good. And not embarrassing to hold. This is my little R50V next to an older body:
And I am not a vlogger. It’s my travel/family cam.
Though TBH I’d recommend a used Panasonic Lumix S9 instead. That will utterly blow a smartphone out of the water.
…But it’s not cheap. A used S9 with a 18-40mm lens is $1000, and that’s a steal in the photography world. The R50V with a kit lens is like $700 new, and that’s as cheap as these video-centric cameras get.
What’s wrong with a smartphone?
I don’t mean to come off as abrasive, but phone cameras are very good. You aren’t going to beat them optically for $200. The biggest shortcoming is stabilization vs mini cameras on a gimbal, but you can get around that with Gyoflow for free:
https://docs.gyroflow.xyz/app/getting-started/supported-cameras/mobile-phones
Check out the Blackmagic video app, too.
Camera equipment.
All the mirrorless makers price gouge the daylight out of their stuff.
DO NOT TRUST APPS.
iOS is more strict about “reining in” apps that burn battery tracking/spamming you in the background, but (last time I used it) Android is more unruly. Restrict permissions and backgrounding for everything unless it’s absolutely essential.
I’d disagree on Firefox. It’s just so much slower than Chromium on Android, and burns more power.
Of course don’t use Google Chrome, but look into forks like Cromite.
Shame they didn’t go Intel. Arc is good, and they could have gotten around TSMC supply constraints.
It’s very cool, but not cheap. If your goal is to save cash by extending the hardware’s life, TBH it’d make way more financial sense to just invest that cash instead.
Per the survey source, they asked respondents:
Question: Do you approve or disapprove of how [chief executive’s name] is doing?
Response options: 4-point approval scale, plus don’t know/no opinion
https://pro-assets.morningconsult.com/wp-uploads/2023/10/MCPI_MethodologyPrimer_Global.pdf
Multi party politics complicate things, yes, but that doesn’t negate a 16% approval rating from such a simple question.
Wherever it’s coming from, with this trajectory, you guys are going to lose democratic EU leaders. There’s just no way such approval ratings are politically viable. And it sure looks like demagogues are lined up to replace them.
If the EU keeps externalizing their problems, well, those external problems won’t matter before long. You can’t beat the demagogues at that game.
No one cares. I’ve even had a poster declare they didn’t care a source was false clickbait because it was the “right” politics and they agreed with the message.