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Posted on 21-07-18, 22:15 in Upcoming game announcements/news (revision 1)
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Post: #161 of 205
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Posted by tomman OBTW, I run A bit excited for this, since it might improve Proton to 99.9999% compatibility now! Other than that, slightly compelled but since I run very few games these days, I'll probably pass it up. Life catches up to me! :D |
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Posted on 21-07-20, 08:47 in Instant messaging (cr)apps
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Post: #162 of 205
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Posted by tomman ... Wait, what is this, 2004 all over again? I thought The Powers That Be(tm) made a treaty that banned "browser only compatible with xxx" in 2005 specifically due to what happened in 2004? For those who wonder; In 2004 IE6 was the browser to use, so many websites of course used JavaScript to inform users to only use IE6. Then came Firefox which was better in every way... Except these websites blocked it. Lovely. FFS, the web is built on open standards (supposedly). By all means, recommend browsers but don't block the ones you do not support! |
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Posted on 21-11-09, 16:15 in (Mis)adventures on Debian ((old)stable|testing|aghmyballs)
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Post: #163 of 205
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Today I made a big leap forward! By following the confusing instructions of some seedy internet site, I am now listening to glorious music through my bluetooth headphones while my system shows this:Finally I have gotten rid of the first modern Linux scourge, ten years after I gave up on ALSA! :D Hopefully someone will replace systemd in another ten years or so. Baby steps! :) |
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Posted on 21-11-09, 18:43 in (Mis)adventures on Debian ((old)stable|testing|aghmyballs)
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Post: #164 of 205
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Posted by tomman s/Bluetooth/Plug and Play/ The nineties geek squad called, they want their #1 complaint back. :) |
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Posted on 21-11-14, 16:42 in What are the Blocking and Flush checkboxes in higan?
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Post: #165 of 205
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In what context? Sounds like checkboxes for forcing a wait for updates and/or forcing a flush of a screen or sound buffer. Both will significantly reduce your performance but might be good for debugging software. If you just want to game, leave them unchecked. |
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Posted on 21-11-17, 14:23 in Computer Hardware News (revision 4)
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Post: #166 of 205
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Posted by tomman I like 'em big, I like 'em chunky... Posted by tomman Not *quite* as stupid as you'd think. The world is moving towards more and more PCIe-only connectors. It would not surprise me if a motherboard five years from now would come with 10 m.2 slots and three add-in cards, one for something like six fan headers, one for legacy SATA and one for Wifi, or something. Only other connectors are power, a couple of fans (CPU + Case fans) and front I/O - but most of those could also go on the m.2 connectors, except for the Rst/Pwr/PwrLED/HDDLED connector. This would *vastly* simplify motherboard development, with the only question being how many PCIe lanes do ya really need, punk? (According to Epyc it's 128) But, I do agree - why not simply an m.2 -> SATA power + data cable instead of mucking around with an incompatible drive interface, or why not simply an HDD as a 1x PCIe extension card? Posted by CaptainJistuce More like, Hurr durr laptops bettar than desktops man, gotta get those sweet cheap and fast m.2 drives onto desktop to save MONIEZ! Also, NEED THAT SPEED! |
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Posted on 21-11-18, 21:38 in Compiling bsnes on windows I got this warning
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Post: #167 of 205
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Just an FYI; that warning should get fixed, but warnings in general are nothing to worry about for the end user. As long as it provides a binary, it should be fine. Look at compiler warnings as the compiler going "Oh, hey! In this line here, you tried to do X! Looking at the context and the code, it appears what you want to do is Y. I therefore helpfully did Y instead, and here is a message telling you I did Y. Have a Nice Day(tm)!" |
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Posted on 21-12-07, 22:08 in Did Near's death mean the end of higan's development?
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Post: #168 of 205
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And lets not forget that MiSTer is getting really impressive for those who wants a N64 or older *fast* cycle level accuracy. Higan is responsible for even making this possible, so my hat is off to Near and crew for that, but I sure wish we soon can buy a PCIe FPGA card that can emulate everything pre-2000. MiSTer is still too pricey for what it does, but it does show the way forward. Post 2000, HLE is more interesting IMO, that's when games started to shift from metal-optimized to API-optimized games. Given that Vulkan and Direct3D 12 can easily emulate any other older 3D API (including OpenGL, Glide and other more exotic options), and the other APIs (Sound, Input, Video) are pretty much unchanged (as in, same underlying technology) since the 2000s, well... It should be possible to emulate most consoles, PS3 being the final boss methinks. |
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Posted on 21-12-13, 08:52 in Did Near's death mean the end of higan's development?
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Post: #169 of 205
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Posted by funkyass This is the old website. New one at https://ares-emulator.github.io/ |
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Posted on 21-12-16, 12:44 in Did Near's death mean the end of higan's development?
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Post: #170 of 205
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Posted by Nicholas Steel I think it is either because: a) Near did not leave the domain with anyone else b) The project decided to leave Nears work as-is, out of respect for them No idea which one it is though, or if it is something else entirely, not really involved in the scene anymore :/ |
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Posted on 21-12-18, 09:46 in Did Near's death mean the end of higan's development?
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Post: #171 of 205
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Posted by Kawa Because if 1 is true, 2 is no longer an option. If 1 is false, 2 is the most likely explanation. :P But sure, could be a combination of some form. Been working too much with digital circuits lately... |
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Posted on 22-01-04, 12:50 in Happy holidays!
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Post: #172 of 205
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Posted by tomman Don't you mean Fr1st Ps0t? May 2022 be better than 2021! |
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Posted on 22-01-14, 16:06 in GPU prices still suck in 2022
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Post: #173 of 205
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So, was looking at GPU prices again now, just to see what is out there. I have determined I need somewhere between a 6600 XT ($649), 3060 Ti ($899) or 6700 XT ($899). The 6700 XT is slightly more powerful than the 3060 Ti and at the same price, I think this is the better card even though it does lack a decent DLSS feature, especially for Linux (and not keen on Nvidia given that recent reveals show that they actively sabotaged Linux graphics development for years). As for the 3060 ($800)... Not gonna pay that much extra for a card that cannot even match the 6600 XT in performance, even IF Nvidia wasn't scumbags. Sorry. :P Then I realised, for $900 I could instead buy a Raptor Lake system or a brand spanking new Zen 4 system coming out at the end of this year, with the Ryzen 7700G. Or a freaking 8 TB SSD drive. Both feel like significantly better investments than a GPU at the same price point. So, I guess I'll stick it out until end of this year and see if anything that isn't a joke (like the 6500 XT) or comes from a real scumbag company (Nvidia) comes with a decent price tag. MSRP is dead in either case, otherwise the $379 6600 XT would've been OK. It sucks because both the old stock and the new stock is sucked dry, else I'd probably pick up a 5-year old RX 580 or something. Maybe I'm just being a cranky old man and I should just retire and tell people to get off my lawn though... :) |
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Posted on 22-01-15, 20:24 in GPU prices still suck in 2022 (revision 1)
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Post: #174 of 205
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Posted by creaothceann When I can buy the 7700G which performs at GTX0 1050 Ti levels of performance, sure, the demand will greatly decrease. Since AMD has said most if not all AM5 CPUs will have APUs in them, well... $700 for a great workstation with decent 1080p graphics or $700 for a graphics card that produces flawless 4k imagery? Your choice. :) Posted by creaothceann Not if you have been paying attention on what is going on. Pretty much, locked down firmware, the whole EGLStreams fiasco holding back Wayland for years, refusal to properly integrate with Mesa despite Mesa being the superior solution for years now. Not really a fan of their lack of MSRP numbers for their three latest GPUs, too. Would AMD have done the same if roles were reversed? Possibly. Would I buy from AMD if they had? Probably not. Whataboutism doesn't really validate any breaks of trust. |
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Posted on 22-01-16, 15:33 in GPU prices still suck in 2022
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Post: #175 of 205
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Posted by CaptainJistuce In terms of what it sells in the store, yes. MSRP is meaningless. In terms of, what does it cost the manufacturer to produce this though? No, it is actually a very relevant metric that tells us that Nvidia is most probably looking to increase margins further. Both AMD and Nvidia want to have higher margins, but not disclosing MSRP makes it that much harder to keep tabs on Nvidia. Example: Assume Nvidia releases a card that performs at x FPS and cost $300. Then we know this. We are expecting Nvidia can sell a card profitably with x FPS at $300. Next year Nvidia releases a card that performs at x*1.1 FPS and cost $350. Again, we can keep tabs here and compare the new value to the old value. Year after, Nvidia release a card that performs at x*1.15 FPS and cost... We do not know how much these cost. Could be $500 or could be $50. Is it a good value now? Is Nvidia producing cards at a loss, or not? So, this is dishonest both for prospective customers, and their shareholders. What would be reasonable to expect here? An MSRP between $300 and $350. Is it though? Is it an attempt to hide a bad value proposition card, or not? Or are they just being greedy fuckers for the sake of being greedy (at which point they expose a huge opening for competitors, and wish to obfuscate this fact)? Should it even be that the 3080 12GB version sell for less than the 8GB version, since prices on DRAM have come down significantly these past few months? MSRP is valuable still, even though it is not valuable as a measure of store prices during shortages. |
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Posted on 22-01-16, 15:35 in Games You Played Today REVENGEANCE
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Post: #176 of 205
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Have been buried in two gems as of late, Shenzhen I/O and Cities: Skylines. Yep, I am a sucker for optimization stuff and both games offer plenty of such challenges. Especially Shenzhen I/O. :) |
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Posted on 22-01-20, 11:29 in GPU prices still suck in 2022 (revision 1)
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Post: #177 of 205
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Posted by creaothceann Here are Moores Law Is Dead and Hardware Unboxed takes on the MSRP thing; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSi6wf4V_CA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS7lx5us1fg But you know what, if consumers are happy to not make a big deal of this then these companies are happy to get away with scumbaggery, the way the world always works. You get what you pay for. :) Posted by CaptainJistuce Yeah, the 6500 XT is aimed at pretty much only the Core i5 11400 / 12400 and the Ryzen 3/5 3300X/3600 owners. Everyone else can just forget about it, unless they happened to pair an X570 motherboard with a 5700G or something. At which point, a 6600 XT makes more sense regardless. So the 6500 XT is what it is, mostly due to energy prices and shipping costs soaring astronomically high. But atleast it won't cost more than MSRP, since noone will buy it. |
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Posted on 22-01-20, 22:15 in GPU prices still suck in 2022 (revision 2)
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Post: #178 of 205
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Posted by CaptainJistuce Ah, yes. They will be scalped a couple of weeks until people realise what a crapshoot of GPU the 6500 XT really is, at which point the scalpers are pointed at, laughed at and driven to suicide by GPU poisoning. Because if this crappiest crap of crapshoot CRAP GPU actually commands a street price of $400+ for long, then I have lost all hope of the market ever returning back to normal. Then Nvidia can release a GPU-shaped turd, slap the 4090 Ti label on there for $1200, rake in the profits and laugh all the way to the bank. :) Did I mention the 6500 XT is crap? |
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Posted on 22-01-25, 11:55 in GPU prices still suck in 2022
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Post: #179 of 205
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Looks like 6500 XT is only at 50% markup as brand new now, stock holds pretty well, and while the MSRP sells out quickly, the $250 ones doesn't. Awesome! Finally a price bottom tier has been established that can suck down all the other cards in price. Of course, inflation being what it is, not perfect, but this summer things should only be at 25-30% MSRP for most tiers. Sweet! Can I have my $600 6700 XT soon-ish then? :D |
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Posted on 22-02-02, 16:12 in Mozilla, *sigh* (revision 1)
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Post: #180 of 205
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The problem with the web, as I see it, is three-fold: 1. HTML is all or nothing. There is no way to just reload a part of a website with standard HTML, which, well, SUCKS. I wish AJAX was a built in feature of HTML and you could use both 2. The web is all about apps, not content. Even this webforum is sorta-kinda a webapp. And while yes, Content is still king, if you do not have an app to house that content, handle comments etc, well... Sucks to be you eh? 3. Too few people understand how far HTML and CSS alone can take you. HTML and CSS were built for a medium that is largely extinct - the digital printing press. There is however zero incentive to learn HTML and CSS properly. Instead it's easier to put two layers of $FRAMEWORK_OF_THE_MONTH (be it jQuery, Angular, React...) and... Oh, wait, you need a 4 core machine with 8 GB of RAM to run that? Cool story bro! I have built minimal websites with only AJAX and jQuery that worked just fine once you turned off JavaScript. This was in 2010. Since then everything has gone down the drain, and yes it is time to create a new, app-first centric webbrowser that takes up 10% of the current webbrowser resources. But that will take years to make and of course one of the platforms will be the web itself. :P |
