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by dmonitor 2y ago
Yeah, you would have to weigh the moves based on how "obvious" it is, such as how active the piece has been, how many turns until it leads to winning material, or other such 'bad habits' humans fall for.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
I think the contrast between the pop culture representation of bananas vs the behavior of the united fruit company makes the article a fun read.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
In my room I have a Trinitron and a pair of 1440p OLED monitors. You're right in that in a lit room the OLEDs have deeper blacks, but in a dim room the glow of the Trinitron's lit phosphors create a unique effect contrasted with t
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by dmonitor 2y ago
I had to deal with this the day before yesterday. It is indeed still annoying. The issue might have been because I hadn't turned on the machine in a couple months. Can't run a chronjob if you aren't plugged in.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
There's a couple of effects that CRTs make that simply cannot be reproduced on LCD as well, even with advanced filters. The pixel glow and deep blacks are just locked behind the glowing phosphor technology. High resolution OLED can com
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Pixel art is nostalgic for many, but a big reason why it's used in indie games is because it's very easy to animate and look passable.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
The rationale I've always heard for having the $ at the beginning of the number was so that a handwritten value on, say, a check couldn't be modified by sticking a number at the beginning. 1.00$ could be forged into 91.00$, but no
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by dmonitor 2y ago
That was earlier this year. I found a new job with a pay raise so it turned out alright. Still miss my old team though.. we've been scattered like straws in the wind.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
The major drawback for PC gaming at 4k that I never see mentioned is how much heat the panels generate. Many of them generate so much heat that rely on active cooling! I bought a pair of high refresh 4k displays and combined with the PC,
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Doesn't plasma have deep blacks and color reproduction similar to OLED? They're still very good displays, and being 15 years old means it probably pre-dates the SmartTV era.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Self-curated or do you have a good source for human-made playlists?
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by dmonitor 2y ago
I'm not against software subscriptions, but $2/mo is pretty expensive for an alternative to an app that already comes on your phone.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
On that last note, perhaps some exceptions should be drawn for advertising in particular.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
The main value I get out of VR is hanging out with long distance friends over VR. I can't say I regret getting the Index, but seeing how much improved other headsets like the Quest 3 are for such low prices, the price tag on the Index
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by dmonitor 2y ago
$3 down the drain never to be recovered...
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by dmonitor 2y ago
They wouldn't have to combat misinformation if they actually told users what the switches turned on/off instead of vague descriptions that could plausibly allow them to do whatever the hell they want.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
https://xkcd.com/743/
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Not looking forward to EOL for Windows 10. Windows 11 started out bad, gradually got better with bug fixes, but then got immensely worse once they started adding Copilot to everything. Unfortunately, I have an Nvidia GPU which makes Linux a
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Ye olde 4chan's reputation for being an evil website is funny in retrospect. The mortality rate on phony pizza deliveries is pretty close to zero and harmless compared to what goes down on the internet these days.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Is that the case? I'm not the most knowledgeable, but I was under the impression that Putin is only capable of his level of influence to his KGB background. He definitely seems like a lynchpin to me, but I'd be interested in heari
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Alternatively, the body's system for mandating sleep breaks down resulting in slower healing of cuts/wounds
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Zelda definitely took inspiration from Skyrim/Minecraft sandbox with the recent titles. There's also lots of Western RPGs that brand themselves as JRPG because they follow the linear format. It's less the exception that prove
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Twitter stopped doing the "follower feed" thing for years before Elon bought the website. The propaganda has gotten much worse, but let's not pretend Twitter wasn't widely considered the worst website on the face of the
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by dmonitor 2y ago
When speaking of Math class, are you ignoring everything up to pre-calculus or do you think everything from addition flashcards, times tables, and long division is useless? I'd argue those exercises are invaluable. Seeing two numbers a
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Calculators in early math classes, such as algebra, would be 100% detrimental to learning. Getting an intuitive understanding of addition and multiplication is invaluable and can only be obtained through repetition. Once you reach higher le
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Not exactly. I was saying Twitter should be the product, X should be the platform. The current situation would be as if Google renamed Youtube to Google
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by dmonitor 2y ago
They've heavily invested in moving a lot of their game production to US and making more western-style games. They only have a few game developers in Japan these days since closing Japan Studio.
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by dmonitor 2y ago
The benchmark where Japanese software allegedly fails (user experience) rings true especially in their video games. One of the major reasons Xbox was so successful in the mid 00's is because the Japanese companies were far behind on on
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by dmonitor 2y ago
Backlog doesn't seem to intimidate people off of Steam, so it's not a huge concern for smaller publishers. It's the big publishers trying to break into multiplayer that have hurdles to jump through. Just look at Concord: an &
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by dmonitor 2y ago
It's definitely the case for Fortnite, but it still doesn't sit well with me that a service bought on specific hardware can just be taken away with no recourse. I'm not sure what if anything can or should be done about it, bu

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