Yes, this is pretty typical. Intel and AMD are currently battling for IPC and multi-threaded performance, efficiency be damned. AMD is definitely doing significantly better with efficiency, though. Check out some notebookcheck.net reviews of equivalent laptops between AMD and Intel, the Thinkpad T14s gen 3 is a great example. That T14s gen 3 AMD is a spectacular laptop, by the way, if you want a good balance of performance, build quality, battery, and quiet operation. We'll see how the gen 4 does soon, but I have high hopes for the efficiency and performance of Zen4/RDNA3 in that machine, though I have a P14s gen 4 on order for 64GB of RAM.
You will also typically get quieter operation in Linux, at least after the support of the machine has matured a bit. I'm excited to give the new AMD P-State EPP driver a try, which is going default with the new kernel that just released yesterday.
I think the difference is, Star Trek has always been very detached from our own lives. It's not placing the average day in modern times into a futuristic setting, like The Jetsons is.
I feel like I'd be compelled to go fairly dark with it. When The Jetsons was made, it was largely a period of optimism and prosperity in the US. That is most certainly no longer the case, with the middle class pretty much having evaporated, and so many people struggling to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.
I think I'd probably focus on the company store construct, that has become the foundation of capitalist society. Where everything you earn is due to the good will of those you're obligated to give it back to. In a world with all sorts of wonderful technology, for most, it exists solely to make your toils for the sake of others more efficient.
I don't see how the optimism of The Jetsons can exist today, at least not without mocking the hell out of it.
The real P-series, though, the P14s and P16s are just T14 and T16 with slightly more aggressive fan curves so they boost a bit more.
That said, the T series are still very nice laptops, they've just followed the industry trend of sacrificing user replaceable RAM, and in some cases, wifi. They still have published hardware maintenance manuals, and readily available parts for repair.
I just grabbed a P14s gen4 AMD, because I need 64GB RAM for my intended purpose, but prefer and need no more than an AMD APU. I still might sacrifice part of my intention and get a T14s instead, for quieter operation and slightly better build quality.
I'm not sure you'd want to refresh e-ink every minute of every day, for the life of the device. Even with partial refresh, I have to imagine that would seriously reduce the lifespan.
Yup, I'm hoping it hits $350 on Black Friday, and I'll bite. I'm transitioning my phone to more of a dumb phone, with some key functionality like maps and Spotify, so having a tablet will give me something portable around the house that will let me complete that transition.
This is my first year growing more than a few peppers and tomatoes on a patio, since family gardens as a kid, as I finally have a yard. It's also my first year back in the north after decades in the US SW and SE, and quite a bit farther north than I've previously been. I grew up in USDA zone 5, and I'm in a microclimate of 3b, that's probably more like 3a, now.
First timing, it's a very short season, so I need to really do better at seeding some stuff like cauliflower, tomatoes, and cucumbers earlier for an early crop. I'm going to grow early tomatoes in a pot, so I can bring them in for our early frosts, and chase the sun a bit. My cauliflower is doing well during this late summer, but I really need to get it producing earlier when all I'm likely to get is peas and greens, otherwise.
Tomatoes are going to be a challenge here, it's hard to get them ripened before late July. But I'm going to start some short season varieties super early, like late January/early February, to see what I can do. I'm also going to try to stretch the season after our early late frost that usually comes late Auguest/early September, with those same varieties in pots again.
I'm right on a river, so mildew on squashes is going to be an issue. I don't know what to do about that yet, but it's going to be a point of research this winter.
Berries without cages are merely a tribute to the deer and chipmunks. That said, everbearing strawberries do seem to do a good job of keeping the critters away from other things in my garden, so I'll keep maintaining them. Once I buy a place, I'll need to build some five sided cages to grow various bramble berries, blueberries, currants, and strawberries.
But most of all, two concurrent cucumber plants for a single person is way too much. I think next year I'll just grow two pickling cucumbers, one early and replace it once it's production is down. I'm getting big into fermenting, so I think I'll want them all, just not all at once. I'm also finding I'm not a huge fan of slicers due to water content, when I eat them in salads, so a good pickling variety should keep me covered.
Maybe it's my autism, but I'm feeling like the obsession is right up my alley. But I've long felt like I'm wasting my life on work, and just want to play in the garden and kitchen all day.
Pix off.