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Archive for November 10th, 2025

Thomas Fuchs: “For the love of Eliza, stop using AI-generated images for blog posts and articles …” – Hachyderm.io

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/10

[Wayback/Archive] Thomas 🔭🕹️: “For the love of Eliza, stop using AI-generated images for blog posts and articles. It’s like serving some nice vomit as a side dish with your lovingly prepared homemade dinner.…” – Hachyderm.io

--jeroen

Posted in AI and ML; Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Development, Generative AI, LLM, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

How to monitor USB power consumption? – Ask Different

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/10

TL;DR: it is impossible on a Mac to accurately measure power usage by attached USB devices. Only a general indication is possible, but it is unreliable.

[Wayback/Archive] How to monitor USB power consumption? – Ask Different

  • System Profiler needs manual refresh and is a very rough indication
  • iStatMenus is a graph, but not very accurate
  • Activity Monitor is even rougher than the above

Related: [Wayback/Archive] View energy consumption in Activity Monitor on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Via: [Wayback/Archive] macos view usb power usage – Google Search

–jeroen

Posted in Apple, Mac, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Pro, Power User | Leave a Comment »