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The Switch 2 Pre-Order Situation
The Switch 2 is set to release in July, and the pre-order situation is becoming increasingly complicated. Scalpers are using online marketplaces like eBay to sell pre-orders at inflated prices, taking advantage of the high demand and limited supply. The console's price is expected to increase as the release date approaches, making it difficult for genuine buyers to purchase the console at a reasonable price.
The situation is not unique to the Switch 2, as scalpers have been known to target other highly anticipated console releases in the past. However, the issue is particularly pronounced in this case, given the high demand for the console and the limited supply. As a result, buyers are being forced to pay exorbitant prices or wait for the console to become available at a later date.
Scalper Listings and Prices
Pre-Order Availability and Strategies
Llama 4 Models and Features
The Llama 4 models are giants in the AI world, dominating multiple benchmarks. Llama 4 Force Scoot has a 10 million token context window, which enables tasks like multi-document summarization and reasoning over large code bases. Llama 4 Maverick is a great alternative to Gemini 2.0 Flash, with better performance in various categories. The models use a new IRO architecture, interled with attention layers, and have rotary embeddings that excel at long context tasks.
The Scoot and Maverick models are the first open-weight, natively multimodal large English models from Meta, using early fusion to integrate text and vision seamlessly. Both models use a mixture of experts as the architecture, where each token activates only a small subset of parameters, improving efficiency.
The models can be accessed through llama.com, Hugging Face, or Meta AI's chatbot, and a free API is available through Open Router.
Llama 4 Testing and Performance
📊 The Llama 4 models were tested across multiple benchmarks, including coding, math, and image grounding.
🔍 The Llama 4 Force Scoot model performed well in tasks like multi-document summarization and reasoning over large code bases.
📈 The Llama 4 Maverick model excelled in image grounding, beating GBT4 Omni and Gemini 2.0 Flash.
🤖 The models were also tested on coding tasks, such as generating a front end and creating a game of life in Python.
📝 The Llama 4 models were able to generate code quickly and efficiently, with good response times.
📊 The models were also tested on math prompts, such as solving algebra problems and generating prime and Fibonacci filters.
📈 The Llama 4 models performed well in these tasks, generating correct answers and solutions.
Conclusion and Future Developments
🔜 The Llama 4 models are a significant improvement over previous models, with better performance and efficiency.
📈 The models have the potential to revolutionize the field of AI, enabling new applications and use cases.
🤖 The Llama 4 Behemoth model is still in training, but it is expected to be even more powerful than the current models.
📊 The future of AI looks promising, with the Llama 4 models leading the way.
The mini smartphones from Japan you've never heard about
The Rakuten Hand and Rakuten Mini are two mini smartphones from Japan that offer a unique experience. The Rakuten Hand has a compact design with premium features, including a glass back and waterproofing. It features an 18:9 ratio OLED display and in-screen fingerprint sensor. The phone's performance is decent, with 5-6 hours of screen-on time, but the camera output is lacking in detail. The Rakuten Mini is even smaller, with a credit card-sized design, and supports Japan's Osaifu Keitai feature. It has a limited battery life, with only 2 hours of screen-on time, and is stuck on Android 9. Despite limitations, both phones can be useful as secondary devices or for specific use cases, such as a digital flashcard for studying Japanese.
The phones' unique design elements, such as the built-in lanyard hook area on the Rakuten Mini, add to their charm. With prices under $100 in used electronic shops, they can be a great option for those looking for a quirky gadget or a first device for kids.
Key Features of the Rakuten Hand and Mini
I Bought 10 Weird Keyboards from AliExpress
The host begins by trying out a waterproof and silent keyboard, which costs $13.50, but it fails to impress due to its poor build quality and non-functional keys. Next, they test the doo wired keyboard with a docking station, which has a short USB cable but offers a good typing experience with 96% accuracy. The host also tries the h18 plus air mouse mini touch keyboard, which has a unique ortholinear layout but is difficult to use.
The foldable Bluetooth wireless keyboard with a touchpad is another contender, offering multi-device connectivity and gesture compatibility, but its Bluetooth connectivity can be laggy. The laser projection keyboard is an interesting device that projects a keyboard onto a surface, allowing users to type, but its accuracy is only 91%. The host also tests a small gaming keyboard with hot-swappable key switches, a tablet keyboard with RGB backlighting, and a mechanical keyboard with a volume knob, each with varying degrees of success.
Keyboards Tested
LilyGO T-Deck Pro Overview
The LilyGO T-Deck Pro is a new device that offers several features, including an e-aper display, gyroscope, and audio jack. It has a transparent case and a 1400mAh battery, making it a promising device for various use cases. The device is compared to the previous T-Deck models, and its features and specifications are discussed in detail.
The T-Deck Pro has a touchscreen display and a gyroscope, which allows for precise movement tracking. It also has a light sensor and an audio jack, making it a versatile device. However, it currently only has stock firmware, and the availability of Meshtastic or Bruce firmware is still uncertain.
The device's e-aper display is visible in bright light, but it may feel a bit laggy compared to devices with LCD displays. The T-Deck Pro also has a larger display than the T-Deck Plus, and its keypad is more recessed, making it easier to use.
Key Features
Comparison to Other Models
Firmware and Availability
Linux and Open Source News (AI Bots)
The Linux and open-source community is facing several challenges, including the impact of AI-powered scraping bots on open-source projects. These bots are causing significant increases in bandwidth and hosting costs, and are ignoring the robots.txt file meant to prevent crawling. In other news, Android's development process is going fully private, with Google no longer sharing day-to-day patches and commits. The Linux kernel 6.14 has been released, bringing solid gaming improvements, including the addition of the NTYNC driver. Ubuntu's latest beta, 25.04, is out, with updates to the kernel, Gnome, and other features.
The Android development process going private may have implications for custom ROM developers, who will no longer have access to the work-in-progress branch. The Linux kernel 6.14 release includes improvements to gaming performance, with the addition of the NTYNC driver, which will bring F-Sync or ESYNC to the kernel. Ubuntu's 25.04 beta includes updates to the kernel, Gnome, and other features, such as HDR support and performance improvements.
AI Bots and Open Source Projects
Android Development
Linux Kernel and Ubuntu
Other News
How Linux WINE Works Under the Hood
The video starts by explaining how Wine works and then proceeds to demonstrate it by building Wine from scratch and running the Minesweeper game. The transcript also explores the Wine debug channels feature, which allows tracing of API calls made by the application. It uses this feature to identify the API call related to the timer in the Minesweeper game and modifies it to make the timer run faster. The video also covers the Wine server, which acts as a fake kernel, and its role in synchronization and sharing information between multiple processes.
The transcript also touches on the Wine debugger, called WineDbg, which is used to debug Wine applications. It shows how to use WineDbg to set a breakpoint on the set timer API call and inspect the application's behavior. Additionally, the video explains how Wine loads executables and DLLs into memory and provides a simulated Windows environment, complete with a registry and a command prompt.
Wine Architecture
Wine Debugging
Wine Features
No, No One Is Forcing You to Buy a New Machine
The main concern surrounding Windows 11's hardware requirements is that users will be forced to discard their old computers and purchase new ones. However, this is not the case. Users can continue using their Windows 10 machines without significant issues.
When Windows 10 reaches its end-of-support date, it will no longer receive bug fixes, but security software and other Microsoft applications will still be updated.
Users have several options, including staying with Windows 10, purchasing extended security updates, installing Linux, or switching to new hardware.
Options for Users
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