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Re: C100 Developer Terminal

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Post by kragen »

NaomiLehman wrote: post #73
kragen wrote: post #59

Not much of a terminal without a monitor, is it? Or is its output entirely audio? I'm curious what the physical size of the machine is. Is it GPD MicroPC-sized or are we talking about a normal laptop? 100g or 10kg? When I worked in a call center I learned to use the Data General terminal's keypad to type in people's credit card numbers as fast as people could say them. I would not want to use this keypad because I wo…

⌘ is Mac's Command key. No idea what it's doing there.

Right, Susan Kare found it in her international symbol dictionary: https://www.folklore.org/Swedish_Campground.html?sort=date?s...

But what I mean is, what X-Windows keysym and modifier does it map to?

Re: C100 Developer Terminal

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Post by [deleted] »

danpalmer wrote: post #28
29athrowaway wrote: post #9

- $2,000 price - GPU is equivalent to a NVIDIA RTX 1650 - "Low profile" mechanical keyboard rather than a regular mechanical keyboard. - Low modularity similar to a laptop. - Holes right on the top where your spilled coffee goes

Nothing screams "designed to accelerate your work" than tightly coupling the keyboard to all the rest of the hardware.

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Re: C100 Developer Terminal

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Post by marssaxman »

berkes wrote: post #101
actionfromafar wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But sometimes it's helpful to have two computers, one for "deep work" and one for all of that stuff.

Maybe. It's not common amongst any of the developers I see in my bubble. Could be my bubble. And it doesn't mean this practice of having one machine for all uses, is actually "good". Though personally, i'd dislike the idea of having to maintain, update, etc multiple machines. And to sync data/logins/documents/tools between the two. I like grepping through my "Administration/invoices". I prefer putting "Documents/cont…

It might not be a good idea if you have any concern that the company you work for may ever be involved in litigation. This was part of the training when I joined Microsoft, many years ago, as a result of the big antitrust trial: anything at all that you do on your work computer or the company network might someday be subject to discovery. I have since maintained a strict separation between work accounts, data, and activities, which exist only on company-owned hardware, and my own personal data, which only lives on my own personal hardware.

Some companies are strict about firewalling corporate data in, but I think it's also important for us to protect ourselves by keeping our personal data out.

Re: C100 Developer Terminal

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Post by ash_091 »

garciasn wrote: post #27
necrotic_comp wrote: post #14

This isn't made by developers, that's clear, and I don't think it's going to be very functional. However, I do love the aesthetic and I do love that someone is trying something new.

By new you mean they’re making a 1980s all-in-one keyboard/computer with the 10 key on the wrong side of the keyboard running a version of a familiar-to-most-of-us OS that isn’t at all new looking? I’m sorry; none of this is new to me except the absurd price tag.

While I agree with your general sentiment, the 10 key being on the "wrong" side could be good, perhaps, in some cases?

Historically I've done some heavy spreadsheet work where the resting position of my hands which minimizes movement is right hand on the mouse, left hand on the 10 keys. On a normal keyboard that has the disadvantage of causing a "closed" posture which isn't entirely comfortable.

Outside of that kind of niche use case though, it definitely feels like a strange choice for developers.

Re: C100 Developer Terminal

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Post by xp84 »

gapan wrote: post #62

"We've removed the distractions..." So, no browser is included then? That won't be very useful. And also "Commercial-grade media support". Those two things are at odds, aren't they? And why is it a "terminal" and not a "computer"? Is it because "terminal" is a geeky word? And no pictures, other than the very obvious render? How thick is it? What kind of connectivity/ports does it have? Is it completely flat, or wedge…

>At that price point

Idk, 96GB of Ram and 1TB of storage on a Mac Studio is $3999. At least this one comes with a keyboard.

Re: C100 Developer Terminal

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Post by xp84 »

marssaxman wrote: post #123
berkes wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe. It's not common amongst any of the developers I see in my bubble. Could be my bubble. And it doesn't mean this practice of having one machine for all uses, is actually "good". Though personally, i'd dislike the idea of having to maintain, update, etc multiple machines. And to sync data/logins/documents/tools between the two. I like grepping through my "Administration/invoices". I prefer putting "Documents/cont…

It might not be a good idea if you have any concern that the company you work for may ever be involved in litigation. This was part of the training when I joined Microsoft, many years ago, as a result of the big antitrust trial: anything at all that you do on your work computer or the company network might someday be subject to discovery. I have since maintained a strict separation between work accounts, data, and ac…

This is extremely good advice. It’s frequently at odds with convenience, since things like iPhone screen mirroring, iPad as a 2nd display, etc. practically beg for you to sign into your work laptop with your personal Apple ID. All I can say is resist the urge to do such things.

I do keep a browser profile on the work machine signed into personal accounts, and do everything personal only in that browser, but even that is probably a mistake. Screen-sharing to home would be a much better compromise, unfortunately my gigabit internet comes with like 50Mbps upload so screen sharing sucks.

Re: C100 Developer Terminal

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Post by xp84 »

noobermin wrote: post #68
kaladin-jasnah wrote: post #43

A few things about this stand out: - Calligra with two 'l's is the name of a KDE office suite. - Why does the keyboard have macOS keys? At least as a Linux user, I've felt like most Linux desktops reflect the Windows keyboard layout more. - Can I have pictures of the internals of the machine, or is this a 3D rendering? - The Workbench OS makes a lot of claims that I want more information about. Is this a rice on a co…

So this probably should be the top comment, but I'll reply to add to my nitpicks. Calling it workbench OS does confuse a bit from the amiga workbench, although I doubt these people are aware of that.

“Confuse a bit”

I highly doubt anyone is “dailying” an Amiga today for any actual work (other than retro fun), so I suspect there won’t be even a single person who expects this to be compatible with Amiga.

Likewise anyone looking for like a FPGA new Amiga hardware knows anything that says it’s got a Ryzen is not the droid they’re looking for.

Re: C100 Developer Terminal

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Post by K0balt »

OhMeadhbh wrote: post #114
K0balt wrote: post #94

Why do I feel like this is kinda like the hipster carrying his typewriter on the bus? It seems like stuff like this is more about presenting an “identity “ instead of actually doing anything real. My immediate assumption from seeing someone with this would be that they are more about appearing to do a thing than actually doing it… so perhaps a good ux designer.

Right. Apple spent DECADES working on developers to make MBPs the exemplar hipster dev accessory

To be fair, I switched when apple silicon cut my compile time by 75 percent even using x86 emulation, dollar for dollar, and I got 2x battery life out of the deal for free. I run Linux most of the time in a VM these days, but I also really enjoy the ability to run largish (70b) models at Q6 with reasonable performance, thanks to the unified memory. They got some stuff pretty right, have to give them that.
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