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sebvance.medium.com is a personal blog at sebvance.medium.com about hardware and systems. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “MacBook Pros and their lack of DisplayPort MST (Multi-Stream) support (2018)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this Medium author's posts on USB-C docks, hubs and Mac connectivity, such as caveats of the CalDigit TS3 dock. The comments use the posts as sources for their own points about hardware.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- MacBook Pros and their lack of DisplayPort MST (Multi-Stream) support (2018)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-12-28
What Hacker News says?
Just watch out for the TS3 dock, a few of the USB ports on it are driven by a flaky chipset and should be avoided https://sebvance.medium.com/the-secret-caveats-of-the-caldig...
Comment linking /the-secret-caveats-of-the-caldigit-ts3-plus-dock-ebddea7d2fc
on “Will that hub or dock slow your SSDs, or even make them faster?”Submitted MacBook Pros and their lack of DisplayPort MST (Multi-Stream) support (2018) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThe lack of MST support caught me by surprise. Six years ago, I intentionally bought an expensive monitor with USB-C and daisy-chaining support as the second screen so that the monitor itself would be able to function as my dock. Lo and behold, it worked fine on Windows but not on MacOS. Had to buy a dock separately and now have one more thing cluttering my desk. I spent so long troubleshooting and trying to figure…
Comment linking /everything-you-need-to-know-about-macbook-pros-and-their-lack-of-displayport-mst-multi-stream-98ce33d64af4
on “Apple's Blue Ocean”> Why shouldn't we also regulate connectors as a physical medium to ensure the flow of information and electricity between compatible devices? I think you misunderstand - regulating the physical medium (the actual shape of the USB-C receptacle and outlet) is all we've done. There is no regulation on how you label/market cables and ports for their capabilities, so there is a 'wild west' right now in that your device…
Comment linking /everything-you-need-to-know-about-macbook-pros-and-their-lack-of-displayport-mst-multi-stream-98ce33d64af4
on “macOS virtualisation refactored and sandboxed in Viable updates”