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721.
by bzzzt 4y ago
> Buy a non-apple phone, or any other phone that isnt highly desirable by thiefs. iPhones have a very high resell value. Is that still true? Seems to me there's been a major reduction in iPhone theft since iCloud locking became a th
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by bzzzt 4y ago
Was that on a 4K Netflix subscription? Image quality on Netflix varies between shows, so I'd guess it was intentional. Possibly the quality gets a little downgraded on a less-than 4K resolution (which also squashes the dynamic range du
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by bzzzt 4y ago
> What was the benefit / reasoning for removing colour content? Studio's filming for TV optimized the colors of their sets for contrast on a B&W TV set. Which meant they used ugly colors (cheapest paint available which work
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by bzzzt 4y ago
The 2012 Volvo V40 (now discontinued) did one-up that by including an airbag under the hood which covers the A-pillars when detecting pedestrian impact.
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by bzzzt 4y ago
3 mbit/s is enough - most of the time. You'll see compression artifacts when objects are moving on a background with a complicated pattern (like a fence) in focus. I guess directors are optimizing for compression-friendly scenes n
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by bzzzt 4y ago
They are MacBook-like if you consider thickness, weight, screen resolution and battery life (pre-M1 Mac that is). It's a shame the build quality is so bad. The Dell on-site support tech is a regular at my company due to the amount of b
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by bzzzt 4y ago
> Configuring a wordprocessor is office work that stands in the way of creative work. So is installing MS-DOS and Wordstar if the alternative is as simple as clicking on a few checkboxes.
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by bzzzt 4y ago
I can see the value in a distraction-free system (although you'd have to run MSDOS on an old PC, not in an emulator). But why not just turn the unwanted features off? If someone is smart enough to get by with MSDOS they are probably sm
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by bzzzt 4y ago
If it uses 500W it must be a heck of a TV. My last-gen plasma doesn't use more than 180. Simple solution is to just turn the TV off when you're not watching it. Cut viewing time back to 1-3h/day and you're under 200 euro
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by bzzzt 4y ago
The higher-end models have a higher refresh rates and will flicker less. I've still got a GT60 running and don't notice the flicker. (I can see it when blinking my eyes rapidly, but who does that while watching TV ;) )
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by bzzzt 4y ago
Simple: because a single entity has responsibility for the entire product. PC's are built out of software from Microsoft, hardware from a random supplier (and probably a contractor who agreed to write a driver in a week), and a assembl
732.
by bzzzt 4y ago
Also, don't forget to compensate for 2 years of isolation instead of people going to bars, concerts, schools. Much less opportunity of meeting each other and doing the thing that leads to babies...
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by bzzzt 4y ago
With al these planned obsolescense gimmicks I’d think the replacement market will be there quite a while.
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by bzzzt 4y ago
Maybe related to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32026663 ?
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by bzzzt 4y ago
While digital synths sound good now (and have low latency) you still need a UI that is suited for making music (a good midi controller). Since you already need a DSP to hook that stuff up to a USB port it's not a stretch to just up the
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by bzzzt 4y ago
> I've built apps for big clients using React (and SSR, FWIW). You pick your package manager and build system at the start of the project, and then you generally stick with it until (well after) the end of the project. Those big cli
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by bzzzt 4y ago
In some neighbourhoods in the Netherlands people put fake '30km/h' signs on their roadside garbage bins. Those are not the official limits, but will be picked up by traffic sign recognition algorithms...
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by bzzzt 4y ago
Just like you make 360 images with real photo's? Take screenshots looking in all directions and use a panorama stitching tool.
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by bzzzt 4y ago
Most Canon camera's (and I presume the other big brands) have a 'picture style' option which you can set to monochrome which provides instant feedback on how a photo looks in B&W. The camera still takes a color RAW file s
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by bzzzt 4y ago
Of course it's not broken. The architecture only prevents it from being as good as modern desktops. Think screen tearing, multi-resolution multi-screen support, plug and play support for multiple GPU's, monitors, refresh rates, co
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by bzzzt 4y ago
I believe it's more an image/marketing issue. If you made -in your opinion- the best product or the most fun game you could make, it's difficult to stand by that statement and also acknowledge there could be something wrong w
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by bzzzt 4y ago
I don't like the bland faces from the special edition, especially the close-ups which are almost 'chibi' style and feel out of place. The new style at least has a bit of character of its own instead of trying to copy the inte
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by bzzzt 4y ago
That's not entirely true: my first Monkey Island was the EGA version which was rendered in 320x200 resolution which used 200 scanlines on a real EGA monitor which certainly caused blurring and horizontal lines like on TV. On VGA hardwa
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by bzzzt 4y ago
Problem was around that time most computers had less than 128Mb...
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by bzzzt 4y ago
It's possible to design print heads that are warped over time by ink that's not exactly like the official ink. At least, that's what I suspect killed my last (literally) Canon inkjet. There are a lot of rumours online about t
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by bzzzt 4y ago
In 1998, a 'standard' PC was around a 200MHz Pentium (single core) with a PCI graphics card. Having owned such a machine I can only say it will NOT render Unreal on 1280x1024 at 'full frame rate'. You needed something li
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by bzzzt 4y ago
ORA-600 just means an Oracle process crashed while executing a query. Could be a bug in the query optimizer or a dead disk controller. Just restoring a backup without understanding the root cause seems like setting up the next occurrence...
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by bzzzt 4y ago
Won't the certificates be revoked when misused by those blogspam sites? I have no trouble seeing value in creating a little friction for intruding on users attention.
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by bzzzt 4y ago
Why is removing a legacy component which is effectively ignored and unusable by most modern applications an issue? SecurityManager is very fine-grained so you have to spec out every file access by your application (including those of third
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by bzzzt 4y ago
Compared to what? If you're serious about making music and really want a Prophet 2000-3000 euro's should be within reach of most middle-class people. (certainly if they are willing to trade in some other expense)

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