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Ordered the webcam. Will update when I upgrade it.

Everyone was taught the tides look like two giant water bulges going around the earth in line with the moon.

That representation is oversimplified and false.

This is how the tides look like at a global level. It’s messed up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zi7N06JXD4

So I went back to the blog post. They are shipping the Framework 13" webcam in this updated 16" version. The part was already available for me to upgrade!

We’re now using the 2nd Gen Webcam that we first introduced last year on Framework Laptop 13.

https://frame.work/blog/introducing-the-new-framework-laptop-16-with-nvidia

The module comes pre-installed on Framework Laptop 13 (Intel Core Ultra Series 1) and the new Ryzen 7040 Series configurations with the 2.8k display. It’s also compatible with all of our existing Framework Laptop 13 and Framework Laptop 16 models […]

https://frame.work/blog/framework-laptop-13-deep-dive---a-laptop-webcam-with-smartphone-technology

OK I’m a bit confused. I have a Framework 16” that I bought earlier this year, without the GPU extension bay. I don’t care that much about the expansion bay as without it, the laptop is already huge. I have an eGPU to play on when I need it.

What upgrade options does this announcement offer to me?

I’m dissatisfied with:

• the webcam
• screen colors / brightness
• key stability on the keyboard (the keys are a bit wobbly)
• speaker sound quality (I’m not expecting the best, but something better than what it shipped with)

They are announcing a new webcam, will it be backwards compatible ?

Otherwise I’m really happy with it, I absolutely love the modular I/O, being able to swap which side the audio jack is is amazing. happy to support this endeavor of repairability

That is a thing? Restaurant reservation scalping ? Who is the market for that? I can buy restaurant reservations on eBay now?

This. I know someone who used to work there. They wouldn’t enforce the patents in China to the point where you could drop in Roomba subassemblies in competitor robots and they would still work…

Just got a framework laptop and I’m really happy

I remember and that’s why I’m here reading your comment 🫡

Says dude on social media

Ok so I used to work for iRobot, the OG robot vacuum maker. Robot vacuums used to vacuum randomly. To make them vacuum systematically, they need to map your house. One cheap way to do that is to use a camera roughly pointing at your ceiling and do Video SLAM. The camera identifies features on your ceiling and how they are changing to know where the robot is and map the room.

I guess ecovac thought they could add a camera feed feature for free since they already had a camera on the robot.

This reminds be of the book Hyperion in which there was this paradise ocean world planet, Maui-Covenant. Maui-Covenant had motile isles, giant plant/animal moving islands. They were herded by dolphins. Humans made a device that could translate and talk to the dolphins. All the dolphins committed suicide when the hegemony of man (some sort of capitalistic state) arrived and ruined the planet to extract all the oil.