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Except that it's literally not true and people are repeating it for some stupid reason, I assume you just never actually looked it up - laptops are specifically excluded from that regulation, and in fact Apple does bundle a power adapter with their laptops, just not on the cheapest models.

> in fact Apple does bundle a power adapter with their laptops, just not on the cheapest models.

Here in the UK, they no longer include the power adapter even with the top models. I just specced out a fully-loaded M5 Max Macbook Pro, 128GB RAM, 8TB storage on the Apple Store, and it doesn't include a power adapter by default.

The 140W power adapter can be added as an option to the MacBook Pro for an additional £99 + VAT, or purchased separately. If you purchase separately you can of course choose a lower-power adapter for a lower price.

Now that a power adapter isn't included and you have to pay for it separately, it might make more sense to get one of the good brands of GaN power adapters instead, because they are smaller than the Apple ones for the same power, and have more ports.


>>Here in the UK, they no longer include the power adapter even with the top models

That's incredibly stupid(of apple), I'm in the UK and literally got my M4 Max MacBook Pro delivered on Friday, it came with a power adapter.


>>I just don't see a world where that doesn't happen with Meta glasses.

Apparently they sold 7 million of these. So I think a whole lot of people don't care about this aspect.


In Polish we used to say "Winzgroza" (win terror)

"feed me even more coins and I'll make my code not suck the second time around, pinky promise" vibe.

I just wish we'd apply this rule slightly more widely and didn't let countries get away with say - just as example - killing 20k children in Gaza. I guess you did say "generally".

We can only hope.

>> I will note, do get the 'Pro' models, the Mac Mini and the Macbook Air do not have internal fans

I have a base model M4 Mac Mini and it absolutely does have a fan inside it.


I must have assumed it did not, since my wife's Mini never sounded off the fan, it was hot beyond the norm to the touch, I stopped using it for inference. If the standard model Minis do have fans, I might reconsider instead of a Studio.

Yeah if you look at this timestamp you can see the fan, to be fair the M4 Pro has a slightly beefier heatsink but both have a fan.

https://youtu.be/rtdGxBeSkz8?t=123&si=r54gm2koTu7K5hlt


What does being sovereign have to do with anything in this case?

The sovereign is the ultimate authority. In the USA “we the people” delegate the sovereign power to our elected officials.

They are now exercising that power in the interest of the people (they believe) that grant that power.


You don't actually believe in the core tenets of the USA if you think that the government should have or should exercise unchecked, abusive power.

The power should be checked by the people and the government we have established. It shouldn't have its power checked by private corporations.

The government wants to use AI to decide who to kill. Fuck that.

1. The restriction applies to even writing documentation, adding comments, scanning for bugs, or even scanning for security vulnerabilities in systems for fully autonomous weapons. As automated vulnerability discovery gets stronger and stronger it is critical that have the ability to have a strong defense.

2. It is a principled take on that private companies shouldn't be making the decisions what their tools can and can't be used for in such an important sector.


Corporations are people my friend.

A small group of people who may hold views that conflict with the citizens of a country.

You're not American so it might be hard to wrap your head around, but here the "sovereign" leadership is not the ultimate authority.

Ever heard of the Constitution?

What part of the constitution is being violated here? Genuine question.

5A taking without compensation, for one thing. The government can't unilaterally change the terms of a contract to seize more value for itself, at least not without following processes that don't play out on Twitter.

You could even make a Third Amendment case if you stretched the logic far enough. Does "you can't be forced to quarter soldiers" extend to being forced to provide other forms of support?


That’s a stretch. They’re saying that they are cancelling their contract and anyone that you can’t do business with both parties.

California literally does this all the time.


California literally does this all the time.

Does what? Place companies on a list of businesses that no supplier to the state government of California is allowed to do business with? I'm unfamiliar with such a list but I suppose anything is possible these days.


>>underdeveloped culture fueled by laziness

Which of the European cultures is "underdeveloped", exactly?


The comment I answered implied that all Europeans have a disdain for working hard. This is not the case. The point was to say that if work and achievement was discouraged like the commenter said, Europe would regress as a continent.

>> I would prefer machines fighting (and being destroyed autonomously) rather than my people dying

What makes you think in any war the machines would stop at just fighting other machines?


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