• ColdWater@lemmy.caOP
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        2 months ago

        Because earth is round, technically Antarctica is above every countries on the planet if you go the long way

      • iopq@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        The South being down is a convention, Antarctica is actually sideways from you if you live on the equator

  • 1984@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    I’m guessing their scientific software needs that system we shall not name…

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Scientists using macs connecting to servers and other machines running Linux.

    Unknown share is high too; Linux usage on desktop in Antarctica could be as high as 15%.

  • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    That includes me. Or at least my geospoofed location for the sake of google search (when I need to use it - I’d rather use DDG but… meh), so Google stops trying to sell me local shit.

    • kolorafa@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      But you have a lot of cold air to cool it down, and on a side note it makes your room warmer which you might want in that cold region 😅

      (But the energy savings is hard to argue with)

    • HStone32@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      apples still have overheating problems? that was a problem with the first macintosh. All because genius engineer and giant among men Steve Jobs didn’t think vents were trendy.

      I guess the apples don’t fall far from the tree.

      • thejml@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        All joking aside, I haven’t had issues with Macs overheating in years, especially with the M chips. Last time I had an issue was when they tried to cram an i9 in a MBP.

        Now the Dell laptops we have at work on the other hand, I’ve had to down clock them in bios so they don’t run at 100% or they will literally overheat just running windows. One of my coworkers has to run his upside down or it doesn’t get enough air through the vents to prevent it from auto shutting down due to thermal issues.

        • cm0002@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Dell

          Well there’s your problem, I’ve instituted an IT purchasing policy with a whole section dedicated to banned brands, HP is first and Dell a close second lol (power is nice sometimes lmao)

          • Zelaf@sopuli.xyz
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            2 months ago

            Would love to hear your thoughts on HP. I had an internship at a IT company doing general setup and maintenance for businesses IT and since each consultant managed their own customer they often stuck with their own brands.

            Having setup some of these I often felt like Lenovo was hot garbage, I’ve had a lenovo laptop with terrible manufacturing issues and the company I was at too and some of my friends. I would feel lucky if I get a Lenovo laptop without errors. Dell I haven’t heard anything bad of in general, one employee usually preferred buying them and then one other preffered HP. There was one or two people there who ordered Lenovo simply because they were so much cheaper for the specs but build quality and other components are just so garbage.

            Of course, I’m not speaking about their budget 300 euro to 700 euro laptops now. The ones I was able to handle and setup were all 1300 to 3500 euros.

            • cm0002@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              How long ago was this?

              Many years ago, HP was actually pretty good even on their budget lines of the time. Then those got shitty to keep costs low, and it just creeped up from there until shitty cost cutting was evident throughout all their other lines up through premium business class laptops

              Also, HP’s bullshit on other areas like Printing is what earned them the top spot

              Dell suffers the same enshittification on their laptop lines that HP did, just a bit behind. I cannot tell you how many batteries turned into spicy pillows in just MONTHS after being opened even on their supposed premium business laptops

              Lenovo used to be shit, but I’ve noticed they’ve stepped their game up the last few years while OTOH Asus is the opposite being good at first but now starting to show signs of enshittification.

              Basically, brand loyalty is BS any brand can turn to shit at any time and any brand can go to being a diamond again (Except HP, they’ve become irredeemable in my eyes) and those business contracts to get bulk discounts serve no purpose other than to lock in IT departments to that specific brand instead of being able to be flexible when the times change

            • thejml@lemm.eeEnglish
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              2 months ago

              Interesting and sad to hear. Personally I’ve gone with Lenovo if I’m not going with Mac. Heck, My wife has a 2011 Lenovo which has been running flawlessly. The only thing I did was bump the RAM and put in an SSD when Win7 upgraded to 10. Maybe I just skipped the crappy years?

  • vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Maybe it’s not about the scientisty but about the tourists. What kind of people go on vacations in Antarctica?

    There are around 66 scientific bases in Antarctica, of which about 37 are occupied year round, the remainder are open during the summer and closed down for winter. There are about 4,000 people through the summer months and about 1,000 overwinter each year.

    Tourism visitor numbers in Antarctica have risen to over 100,000 a year

  • Sudo Sodium @lemdro.idEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m not sure but maybe they use specific programs that aren’t available on Linux and the alternatives aren’t enough ( or even don’t exist )