<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@packeteer" class="u-url mention">@<span>packeteer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stephenrobles" class="u-url mention">@<span>stephenrobles</span></a></span> you can plug your iPad or iPhone into your laptop and use it as a usb modem and that can be better but that’s also extra work and doesn’t solve the battery issue (now you’re draining two batteries)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@packeteer" class="u-url mention">@<span>packeteer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stephenrobles" class="u-url mention">@<span>stephenrobles</span></a></span> and that’s before we discuss WiFi hotspot performance if you’re in a busy/saturated area. If that’s the case, forget getting any consistent connection (think a Vegas convention center), even if you have fast data on the phone, your hotspot will drop b/c WiFi.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@packeteer" class="u-url mention">@<span>packeteer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stephenrobles" class="u-url mention">@<span>stephenrobles</span></a></span> it’s a huge drain on your phone’s battery life and there is a loss of signal because of the pairing over WiFi so you don’t get maximum speeds. It’s fine for small increments. But if you’re trying to upload video or do a lot of data intensive work that needs an internet connection, it isn’t ideal. An iPad better to tether than a phone b/c battery but built-in or a USB connected modem is way better.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stephenrobles" class="u-url mention">@<span>stephenrobles</span></a></span> it’s part of what makes the fact that the iPad sucks as anything more than an iPad so annoying. B/c if I could run real apps on it or it had a real file browser, I have a portable with a keyboard case and cellular data</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marcedwards" class="u-url mention">@<span>marcedwards</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rustyshelf" class="u-url mention">@<span>rustyshelf</span></a></span> Konfabulator!!! Little applet widgets were so fucking good!</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> will end like diablo 4</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hellsite.site/@sys64738" class="u-url mention">@<span>sys64738</span></a></span> the architecture of that MCU is so strange! why do they have so many bus bridges!! i don&#39;t get it</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.noyu.me/@hikari" class="u-url mention">@<span>hikari</span></a></span> yeah</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rustyshelf" class="u-url mention">@<span>rustyshelf</span></a></span> That whole era was wild. Looking back, it was such a short period of time, too.</p>