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by NathanielK 6y ago
> Additionally, I don't like the aspect ratio of the floppy disk. The Amiga used a standard 320x200 pixel mode [1] for it's boot screen. On a normal 4:3 CRT this mean the pixels are non-square. Since CRTs are analog, it doesn&#
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by NathanielK 6y ago
I enjoy Reddit, but it's just not designed for smaller communities in my opinion. The tricky thing with reddit is that it's algorithm tuned for a daily churn. A small sub, like the one you mentioned, may only have a couple good po
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by NathanielK 6y ago
I think that's another reason I like HN. There is no direct messaging like other social media, so if someone wants to interact with you they need to reply publicly. It's a small thing, but I think it is an important part of HN.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
>Not to mention that the 10900 has a 65W TDP vs 105W for the Ryzens. TDP is lie these days .The 65W intel chips will use over 200W in most motherboards.[1] The 10 core you're using will use even more. The 5900X would use 130W max. W
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by NathanielK 6y ago
Some older Zowie gaming monitors let you strobe the backlight at 60Hz to work with older software, as well as some modern TVs. It's quite fiddly to setup, but it can be worth it if you enjoy your old 60Hz locked games looking smooth.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
A perfect 120Hz OLED is still over 8ms of blur (MPRT), a crt is closer to 1.5ms MPRT. There also are almost no OLEDs the right size for PC gaming. Hopefully as VR tech becomes mainstream, display tech can improve up to the 1.5ms mark.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
CRTs have some really nice characteristics with moving content. If you're using an LCD or OLED display now, if you quick scroll or drag a window around you'll see you can't read the text while it's moving. CRTs are diffe
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by NathanielK 6y ago
Just for context, the M1's latency is fairly close to other LPDDR4(x) systems (Tigerlake and Zen3 SoCs). This is fairly typical of LPDDR4 compared to normal DDR4, part of the compromise. Not the most scientific, but userbenchmark is us
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by NathanielK 6y ago
What performance benefit? Its normal memory running at JEDEC speeds.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
The heavier feel may not be preferred, but it makes having a flexible, cheap suspension design much easier. For example small carthat weighs 1000kg may be be expected to carrier 4-5 adults, an additional ~350kg. To do this the suspension mu
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by NathanielK 6y ago
The biggest issue on W10 is that there's no way to even more windows from one workspace to another without several clicks, unlike most Linux implementations that have hot keys or dragging the icon around.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
Under Android, if apps want to be respectful, they can. For example, the Discord Android will fall back to system file-pickers if you block storage permissions. Since there's no incentive to be privacy respecting, very few other apps I
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by NathanielK 6y ago
It'll start fine if you fill it with 0W or 5W oil and didn't compromise on the battery. Even -30C should be fine. Some people fill their car with 10W oil or don't buy a battery with adequate CCA, but that's on them.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
It won't be a fad if it's cheaper to add a touch screen than adding mechanical switch gear to cars. I agree with the article though, it can be dangerous. Unless there are legal consequences, I don't see touch screens going aw
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by NathanielK 6y ago
"Memory starving" a CPU is almost always a latency issue except with very specific workloads. A double wide memory controller would be very cool if they wanted to make a high performance integrated GPU though.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
I believe the problem is that apple has stuck with LPDDR memory for performance (33% more memory bandwidth keeps integrated GPUs happy) and to hit power/efficiency targets (variable frequency). Instead of a DIMM, LPDDR basically puts a
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by NathanielK 6y ago
Frame rust isn't a big deal on bicycle. Even in the 80's high-alloy steel like 4130 "Chromo" has been popular with bicycles. I've abused my 70's mtb bicycle with thousands of km of rustbelt winter riding and my
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by NathanielK 6y ago
ANC doesn't ever provide perfect isolation. If you see advertisements ANC it will say "blocks 99% of sound" or "cancels 99.9% of noise" which is equivalent to a 20dB and 30dB drop respectively. You're right tho
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by NathanielK 6y ago
More indoor lighting can make a big difference, especially for folks with Seasonal Affective Dissorder. CO2 can also cause brainfog, so measuring CO2 content and cracking open a window can really make working indoors less constricting.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
Fiber too. Nothing quite clears the mind like going for a walk and emptying the tanks.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
It's not just phase mismatch. There is error in the frequency domain, both from the digital processing going on and the physical characteristics of the driver.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
If you're trying to cancel out a loud 100dB+ environment, that means the driver needs to be blasting at at least 100dB. Any harmonic distortion in the headphones will be introduced relative this, as well as being in the higher frequenc
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by NathanielK 6y ago
A really weird side effect of this is that there are "objective" tools for comparing the dynamic range of different releases.[1] Vinyl releases will consistently measure much better and have "nicer" looking waveforms, ev
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by NathanielK 6y ago
Not quite the same, but there's a product being developed to adapt M.2 2242 NVMe drives to Expresscard, the other hotpluggable PCIe standard. Most expresscard implementations are only a since lane of PCIe v2, though some of the new &qu
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by NathanielK 6y ago
That's pretty neat. Do you have any pictures? I have never seen that before from automotive OEMs.
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by NathanielK 6y ago
> choosing that particular eMMC, likely not something specced for very high write endurance, or not speccing a larger amount of flash to spread the write endurance out over a period of up to 20, 25 years. The problem is that there isn&#x
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by NathanielK 6y ago
Smaller subreddits are beings dead is partially due to reddit's Hot ranking algorithmn. It is designed to have fresh posts up top on the daily [1]. Unless you switch to an alternate rating scheme (monthly top is helpful), any subreddit
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by NathanielK 6y ago
In Tesla's environmental impact report [1], they estimate the average car in the US is driven 12,000miles/year for 17 years before it's scrapped. They amortize over this period for their lifecycle C02 impact of a Model 3. Fro
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by NathanielK 6y ago
It's not, the issue was there is no wear leveling, so it's 1.4 writes per day. This is approximately 2 trips a day, 5 days a week. Reading between the lines I believe the car "eats into" the 3000-5000 cycles everytime it