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_drafts/Apple Vision Pro Launch.md

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       As someone who dove deep into XR 8 years ago, we’ve _known_ that Apple had this coming. All of their UI and UX evolutions have been part of it. 

     

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       Hand and eye interactions of XR interfaces aka spatial computing is THE interface.

     

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       This is the first device that brings a lot of complex, highly dense tech together. Which Apple has shown they can do really well. 

     

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       It’s about the same price as full VR rigs (beefy machine + mounted sensors, wands, etc), as an all in one.

     

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       This is not the device to replace a phone. It replaces a fully loaded MacBook Pro for certain professionals who will find this invaluable. It even has Pro in the name. The Vision and Vision Air will be less expensive versions over time.

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_drafts/Lenovo m900 Tiny Setup.md

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       I’m going to go over a lot of the yak shaving I  did to set up the [[Lenovo M900 Tiny]].

     

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       This is going to sit right next to my [[Unifi Dream Machine]] router plugged in via Ethernet, which is right at the front of our apartment. There’s a portable monitor there, but it only has USB-C as video input. 

     

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       This m900 has two DisplayPort connections and…a VGA connector. Maybe I can use my old projector as a screen? But no, I don’t have a female VGA cable, just male-to-male. Maybe this USB B (projector side) to USB-A will …just work if I plug it in?

     

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       What kind of adapters do I have? Should I plug it into the TV temporarily???

     

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       I had to take it into my back office (which only has wireless and this only has Ethernet) to plug it into the DisplayPort of my monitor. 

     

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       I’ll unplug the monitor from the USB-C KVM Switch (because I’m only going to have modern machines that all have USB-C, right), and also get my desktop keyboard and mouse out of the switch and directly into the m900.

     

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       I’m booting into Windows and it wants the Internet.

     

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       OK, can I plug it into my MacBook Air and bridge into its wifi? My USB-C adapter dongle doesn’t have Ethernet. Does the one I gave to Rachael have Ethernet? It does!

     

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       Is this even going to work? (searches for Mac Internet Sharing) Yes this is built into System Preferences -> Sharing. Do I know which interface this Ethernet adapter is? No, just enable them all.

     

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       OK, it works!

     

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       Now we have various times of ignoring all the Microsoft upsells and ask for information (this is Windows 10 Pro) and we get to a desktop. I have a Microsoft Account with some paid family plan stuff so I’m in.

     

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       Updates, turn on Remote Desktop. Let’s see if this works? It does not, because of the Ethernet to Mac sharing wifi, the m900 is double NAT-d.

     

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       Read some stuff about dual booting Ubuntu and Windows. Actually I search for it - in Microsoft Edge so I guess this is Bing - and it gives me sort of a ChatGPT interface with the answer. The links go to the most horrendous ad-filled pages but I kind of squint at the info. 

     

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       I don’t really need Windows on here but let’s keep it around just in case. Shrink the C partition to 200GB, leaving 750GB for Ubuntu. The wording in this dialog is bad. “Shrink by” is asking you how much smaller. “Shrink to” would make more sense to me. 

     

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       Download a server image and unetboot. Apparently Ubuntu recommends Rufus for this.

     

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       Burn image to USB stick. I ordered this at the same time as the m900, knowing at least I would need a spare or so for this. 

     

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       Attempt to follow instructions on disabling UEFI secure boot. 

     

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       NIGHT

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_journals/2024-01-19_1306.md

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         - homelab

     

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       The [[Lenovo M900 Tiny]] arrived. It came in a big, long box, which turned out to also contain a full keyboard and mouse, plus lots of packaging around the machine, which is metal, sturdy, and heavy. But very small!

     

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       One annoying thing right away is that the specs are different than what I ordered: 8GB RAM instead of 16GB (less), a 1TB drive instead of 500GB (more), and a slightly different CPU. 

     

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       I’m making notes as I update Windows and then put Ubuntu on it.

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_journals/2024-01-20_0803.md

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       link: https://github.com/zoni/obsidian-export

     

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         - Obsidian

     

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         - Markdown

     

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         - Rust

     

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       [obsidian-export](https://github.com/zoni/obsidian-export) , “a CLI program and a Rust library to export an [[Obsidian]] vault to regular Markdown”

     

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       via @randomgeek@hackers.town

_journals/2024-01-20_0855.md

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       link: https://flaminghydra.com/welcome/

     

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       [Flaming Hydra](https://flaminghydra.com/welcome/) is a collective of writers and artists. I’ve just subscribed to support them for the year. 

     

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       > a collective of 60 celebrated writers and artists joining to bring you an ingenious brief cooperatively-owned newsletter with short articles, essays, comics, commentary, and happenings