Think Different by Jakub Jirák: latest posts
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The Regulatory Vacuum and Who Benefits From It
AI election regulation has failed not through incompetence but by design. Who benefits from the regulatory vacuum in 2026, and how the political economy sustains it.
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Science Meets Apple: Why Apple Makes the Best Chips in the World
Apple Silicon dominates the market through a unique combination of hardware and software. We explore how human judgment and scientific approach.
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TRMNL OG with the Clarity Kit: the e-ink dashboard I bought for the developer licence
A practical review of the TRMNL OG 7.5 inch e-ink display and the Clarity Kit bundle, covering the pull-only server model, refresh intervals, battery life, private plugins under the Developer Edition, self hosting, screen quality and who should buy it.
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Genius Scorpion M8300: a 58 gram wireless mouse that costs less than a game
A practical review of the Genius GX Gaming Scorpion M8300 wireless mouse, covering weight, sensor steps, Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz modes, battery, the Copilot shortcut, macOS behaviour, and who should buy it at this price.
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Zemismart M1 Matter Hub: useful bridge, confusing vocabulary
A practical review of the Zemismart M1 Matter hub, focused on Zigbee bridging, Thread, commissioning, local control, device compatibility, recovery, and who should buy it.
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Zemismart MTP1: Matter over Thread is the easy part
A practical review of the Zemismart MTP1 retrofit blind driver, focused on Matter over Thread, chain compatibility, mounting, calibration, load, noise, battery, local control, recovery, and who should buy it.
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Yoink for Mac: the small shelf that fixes drag and drop
A practical review of Yoink 3.7 for Mac, focused on its temporary drag-and-drop shelf, large files, Spaces and displays, clipboard history, privacy, Handoff, pricing, and who benefits from it.
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WireframeSketcher: the wireframe tool that belongs beside the code
A practical review of WireframeSketcher as a developer-facing design tool, focused on repository-friendly files, IDE integration, reusable components, collaboration, export, performance, licensing, and who should use it.
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ScreenFloat 2: a screenshot is more useful when it stays in sight
A practical review of ScreenFloat 2 for Mac, focused on floating screenshots across Spaces, OCR, capture and recording, non-destructive markup, the Shots Browser, iCloud sync, privacy, automation, and pricing.
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HexOS: does a friendlier TrueNAS make the right decisions for you?
A practical review of HexOS on two home servers, focused on installation time, default choices, memory overhead compared with plain TrueNAS, behaviour of mixed-capacity pools during scrub and resilver, cloud dependence and Buddy Backups.
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JetKVM Mini: a matchbox KVM judged by glass-to-glass latency
A practical review of the JetKVM Mini engineering sample, focused on glass-to-glass latency with a high-speed camera, H.264 bitrate and frame pacing, USB virtual media throughput, BIOS control, offline behaviour, the 4K claim and a PiKVM comparison.
