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Geerling also demonstrated that the 2GB Pi 5 comes with a couple of unexpected benefits that Upton didn’t mention in his announcement—that the 2GB Pi 5 runs a little cooler and uses a little less power than the 4GB and 8GB editions. The 2GB Pi used just 2.4 W or power at idle and 8.9 W during a CPU stress test, compared to 3.3 W and 9.8 W in the 4GB version. The SoC of the 2GB Pi measured 30° Celsius at idle and 59° under load, compared to 32° and 63° for the 2GB version. Those are all small but significant differences, given that nothing has changed other than the SoC.

As to the exact functionality that was removed from the chip for the 2GB version of the Pi, the company hasn’t gotten specific. But Geerling speculates that it’s mostly related to functionality that’s being handled by the custom RP1 I/O chip—RP1 handles the Ethernet and USB controllers, display interfaces, and GPIO, among other things.

So is it worth stepping down to a 2 GB Pi 5 just to get the simpler D0 chip? No. But is it cool to have a cheaper 2 gig option exist? Yes. Just make sure you have a use case for it that doesn’t need a ton of RAM.^[1]

TIL^[1]

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Technical Specifications^[1]

Feature: Raspberry Pi Pico 2 | Raspberry Pi Pico

SoC: RP2350, Dual Core Arm Cortex M33 or Dual Core RISC-V Hazard3 running at up to 150 Mhz | RP2040, Dual Core Arm Cortex M0+: running at up to 133 MHz

SRAM: 520 KB | 264 KB

Flash Storage: 4MB QSPI | 2MB QSPI

Security: Arm TrustZone, 8KB OTP, Secure Boot | None

Wi-Fi / Bluetooth: None | None (Pico W has this)

Language Support: MicroPython, CircuitPython, C, C++ | MicroPython, CircuitPython, C, C++

USB Interface: USB 1.1 Device and Host | USB 1.1 Device and Host

GPIO Logic Level: 3.3V | 3.3V

GPIO: 26 x Digital IO | 26 x Digital IO

Row 9 - Cell 0: 4 x 12-bit ADC (Analog pins) | 3 x 12-bit ADC (Analog pins)

Row 10 - Cell 0: 2 x UART, 2 x I2C, 2 x SPI, 24 x PWM | 2 x UART, 2 x I2C, 2 x SPI, 16 x PWM

Programmable IO: 12 PIO State Machines | 8 PIO State Machines

Onboard LED: GPIO 25 | GPIO 25

Power: 1.8 to 5.5V via Micro USB or VSYS | 1.8 to 5.5V via Micro USB or VSYS

MCU Sleep Mode: <10uA | 100uA

Dimensions: 21 x 51mm | 21 x 51mm

Price: $5 | $4

Screenshot of Specs:

Are you holding ‘Option’ down when it boots? So as to access the GNU GRUB menu?

Quick search:

• First look: Linux Mint 21 beta, on a 10 year old Mac! [24:14 | JUL 17 2022 | Veronica Explains]https://youtu.be/D7wOcIvWdxc&t=210

Chapters:

1. 00:00 Intro
2. 00:26 Why use Linux Mint?
3. 03:29 Booting from, and playing with, the live USB
4. 06:51 Release notes and installing Linux Mint
5. 09:50 First impressions of the new Linux Mint install
6. 10:56 Walking through the “First Steps” guide
7. 14:45 Updating for the first time and playing with the Panel
8. 15:53 System settings in Linux Mint
9. 16:32 Software Manager and installing OBS from Flatpak
10. 18:21 Customizing the Panel (taskbar)
11. 19:52 Trying OBS from the Flatpak, testing the camera
12. 20:24 Other applications shipped with Linux Mint
13. 22:56 Parting thoughts

Edit2: added below; forgot yt link, added

Another quick search:

• Noob Guide to Installing Linux Mint on 2014 MacBook Air [07:47 | FEB 05 2024 | jailbrayk] https://youtu.be/x4nbafBOB4Y

This process should work on any Intel Mac pre 2018 (without T2 security chip & secure boot). Thanks for the suggestion to install Linux on this old MacBook Air! It has brought new life to this old computer and I am really enjoying getting to know Linux, as I have never really used Linux in this capacity. Let me know if you would like a more in depth video of how I set up my Linux environment!

Oh, thanks for the link!

Edit: added a bit of information below for those interested

A/B testing (also known as split testing or bucket testing) is a methodology for comparing two versions of a webpage or app against each other to determine which one performs better. A/B testing is essentially an experiment where two or more variants of a page are shown to users at random, and statistical analysis is used to determine which variation performs better for a given conversion goal

In an A/B test, you take a webpage or app screen and modify it to create a second version of the same page. This change can be as simple as a single headline, button or be a complete redesign of the page. Then, half of your traffic is shown the original version of the page (known as control or A) and half are shown the modified version of the page (the variation or B).

The following is an A/B testing framework you can use to start running tests:

1. Collect data:
2. Identify goals:
3. Generate test hypothesis:
4. Create different variations:
5. Run experiment:
6. Wait for the test results:
7. Analyze results:

You don’t see a star or bookmark symbol on comments?

Might be app you are using?

They are always testing changes to different groups of people.

Not too sure how that works, but if you wnat the old layout you can add extensions.

Quick search results in:

How to Undo YouTube’s Terrible New Layout [Jake Peterson | May 23 2024 | LifeHacker] https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-undo-youtubes-terrible-new-layout

How to Get Old YouTube Layout Back: Simple Steps for Nostalgic Navigation [July 18, 2024 | bytebitebit] https://bytebitebit.com/tips-tricks/how-to-get-old-youtube-layout-back/

It seems they can.

Like all of Elon’s companies, they will be overworked, and they will love it.

Hopefully, they will learn to unionize at some point.

Thanks for posting!

Nice!

Some may say, hobnobble…

Does not sound as good as yours though, hahaha

What about the Hobble…, half-hobbyte…?

Awesome!

IMO:

Bare bones skeleton crews, similar to Railroad workers. They will try to strike but then gov’t will make it illegal to do so ASAP.

Staying hopeful though, keep learning and teaching, while being involved at your local community!

The future of our jobs is not a mystery. It is the result of a transformation that started a long time ago. It is obvious, clearly understandable, but well hidden behind of curtain of confusion. This book starts from the most asked question: “will AI take over our jobs?” In order to show how misleading it is. Misleading are also all the alarms raised over the power AI, but the real dangers could have even more deleterious consequences, leading to an era where the masses could be trapped in jobs that are alienating, mind numbing and underpaid. Exposing the arguments in a manner understandable by the layman, The Age of the Button Pushers goes trough the fields of computer science, economics and media communication. The whole picture will be reconstructed taking into account the lessons from the past with the changes brought by the industrial revolution, the present with the consequences of automation, the near future with the risk of an economy dominated by monopolistic giants. Part of the book will be dedicated to all the fabricated stories that dominate the current narrative on the media, highlighting the flaws and the inconsistencies, showing how altogether these stories paint a picture that makes absolutely no sense.

Ah, humor, thanks for trying to make this bleak topic a bit more enjoyable with some comedy!

Ah, thanks for explaining your point of view!

I see the gov’t and domestic companies being a way bigger threat than foriegn gov’ts and companies.

Our gov’t has way more control on our media and what we see and hear.

Propaganda from your own gov’t is a much bigger deal. Once you start criticizing and questioning why the status quo has not changed over the last many decades/half century.

This being: more endless wars, more bailouts required for banks, more policing, and more medical debt, more mental health problems, more student debt, and it continues…

All while people are not experiencing an improvement in their day to day lives, it seems.

All in all, I may be in the minority, when it comes to this topic; when talking about the issues that are caused by all of these systematic problems we will continue to face in the future.

Stay hopeful and keep learning!

Thanks for the write up!

IMO, in general, the more important policy would be to protect our data from domestic companies and gov’ts, as regular citizens.

Our data being collected from domestic companies and gov’t agencies infringes on our rights, while also being a closer threat than foreign gov’ts, lookingat this from regular citizens view.

Gov’t, contractors, and military personnel already have their own way of protecting themselves from foreign countries. Using secure devices and connections, while following their own policies.

In the end, it seems to be pointing toward Tiktok Ban so not sure how well this will go.

Updated YT link, this is correct link below:

https://piped.video/ktP_mcz9PMA

Adobe said a relatively small amount — about 5% — of the images used to train its AI tool was generated by other AI platforms. “Every image submitted to Adobe Stock, including a very small subset of images generated with AI, goes through a rigorous moderation process to ensure it does not include IP, trademarks, recognizable characters or logos, or reference artists’ names,” a company spokesperson said.

Adobe Stock’s library has boomed since it began formally accepting AI content in late 2022. Today, there are about 57 million images, or about 14% of the total, tagged as AI-generated images. Artists who submit AI images must specify that the work was created using the technology, though they don’t need to say which tool they used. To feed its AI training set, Adobe has also offered to pay for contributors to submit a mass amount of photos for AI training — such as images of bananas or flags.

I would not blindly trust those people either, if they are human they are corruptible as well.

Looking at certain ‘scientific background’ people they act just like politicians, if you take the time to look into them and their activities.

I am just saying to be criticial and do not treat them like celebrity worship status, because I have done that mistake with politicians as well.

We must stay criticial of people in power and with money/influence.

Check comments, it has been posted.

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