AstralPath
@AstralPath@lemmy.ca
- Comment on I have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues Brothers 1 day ago:
Dude, the nuns at my dad’s elementary school beat him and traumatized him so much that he has PTSD.
Its pure evil to abuse a child. No surprise that agents of the church took no issue with such evil behaviour.
- Comment on Dell says the quiet part out loud: Consumers don't actually care about AI PCs — "AI probably confuses them more than it helps them" 6 days ago:
They want their greasy tendrils all up in your PC’s guts. Every bit of info flowing in your system can be monetized. All they care about is money and dominance and their “AI” in everyone’s devices is their wet dream.
Cancer is preferable to tech bros as cancer doesn’t know its killing the host. Tech bros know full well their actions are killing the planet and its inhabitants. Their actions are willfully vile and toxic; completely at odds with the needs of humanity.
Don’t expect them to ever do the right thing for anyone but themselves.
- Comment on Linux Distros Designed for Former Windows Users Are Picking Up Steam | Linux Journal 2 weeks ago:
Mainly just the satisfaction of supporting a project we like. IIRC, my Mom’s PC is on the version they’re sunsetting too. Pretty sure we’re gonna need to update it anyway.
- Comment on Linux Distros Designed for Former Windows Users Are Picking Up Steam | Linux Journal 2 weeks ago:
My mom loves Zorin OS! We’re strongly considering the pro version now.
- Comment on Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? 2 weeks ago:
Rust is repairable unless the frame’s structural integrity has been compromised. That much rust is an oddity, even in the rust belt. Many owners undercoat their vehicles which significantly prolongs the life of the vehicle.
If you’re really against purchasing a modern car, as I am, you still have plenty of options.
A new car is going to cost you thousands anyway. Why not just invest that money in a car you already like?
- Comment on Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? 2 weeks ago:
There’s plenty of older cars sitting in used lots. You can avoid newer cars if you buy one of those or simply keep up with the maintenance on your vehicle. Even if the engine dies, its replaceable.
- Comment on The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos: new research shows that 21-33% of YouTube’s feed may consist of AI slop or brainrot videos 2 weeks ago:
I wish Youtube operated like a PiHole where you could upload a list of channels and block them all in one fell swoop.
- Comment on Is laying on your stomach every once in a while good for you? 5 weeks ago:
I’ve always wanted a massage table so I could lay flat on my stomach with my head in a neutral position and read by looking through the hole.
- Comment on Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean 1 month ago:
More like we juiced the bubble so good trying to make a trillion dollars that you (world governments) better not let it pop.
- Comment on Is it weird that i talk to my pets more articulately than i sometimes talk to actual people? 1 month ago:
You’re not alone. I have very detailed convos with my cats all the time. I think its easier because you can say whatever you want and they won’t judge.
It’s almost like its own little mini catharsis sometimes.
- Comment on How do you beat post-work floppiness? 1 month ago:
If I didn’t have blood pressure issues, there is no way in hell I would subject myself to that BS 5/7 days of the week
You shouldn’t necessarily ever expect to enjoy doing something that you’re essentially forced to do. The gym is kinda like work for you so its perfectly reasonable that you hate it.
I love playing guitar and working on music but if I was ever forced to do it daily I would start hating it real quick. This is why I avoid monetization routes for my music that would require adhering to a routine.
When it comes to the gym, I’ve certainly gotten well into it to the point that it feels weird not to go. Same with running, but even more potent. I’d actually be in a shit mood if I had to skip a scheduled run for some reason.
Its a real bummer that you’re struggling to enjoy the gym, but I totally understand where you’re coming from. Life is busy and sometimes all that I have the bandwidth for is a beer on the couch after work. We all have our limits and that’s OK.
Glad to hear you’re pushing through it for the sake of your health. There’s likely no better reason to hit the gym. 💪
- Comment on What are your favorite games from a worldbuilding standpoint? 2 months ago:
Hyper Light Drifter.
Not a word in the entire game. Still a masterpiece of storytelling.
- Comment on Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows 2 months ago:
“Perfect is the enemy of good.”
- Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character? 2 months ago:
Idiot is a very strong word to describe this. For a place so typically welcoming of neurodivergence this feels really dissonant in the grand scheme of things.
I get major ick vibes from this particular take on the situation.
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 2 months ago:
That’s really strange. I have an M-Audio 60ish key and a smaller Novation Nocturn MIDI keyboard as well as a Roland electric drum kit and have no issues doing anything over MIDI with them on Linux.
Maybe its worth another try? I don’t need drivers for any of that stuff.
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 2 months ago:
Really? I run my home studio in Nobara Linux without any latency issues. I use Reaper as my DAW. Are you using
yabridge? - Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 2 months ago:
Have Win 10 and was a Windows die hard since I was a kid.
Been running Linux on another drive as my default boot for a year and a half in anticipation of this horseshit and was only hesitant to delete Win because my Fanatec sim racing hardware wasn’t supported on Linux.
Welp, turns out hid-fanatecff is a thing. Installed the kernel driver and boom, working Fanatec peripherals. Even my Moza shifter is plug-and-play.
Bye bye Microsoft.
- Comment on Introverts of our era spend their time on their computers, but what did introverts do before? Like when literacy rates were lower (pre-1950s)? Or before the printing press? 2 months ago:
I wish that was my life.
- Comment on Breakthrough in Huntington’s disease treatment shows unprecedented results for patients 2 months ago:
Asking the real questions.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
What a huge disappointment after the masterpiece that was Hyper Light Drifter.
I’m genuinely sad about this one.
- Comment on does the quality of downloaded youtube video increase after being downloaded? 3 months ago:
Tell that to the GuitarTubers whose audio get squashed to oblivion.
I can literally hear pumping clear as day in response to loud moments. It absolutely is doing dynamic range compression.
Its so obvious that I realized I was logged out of my Youtube account after a browser update and had to disable it again.
- Comment on does the quality of downloaded youtube video increase after being downloaded? 3 months ago:
Turn off “Stable Volume” in Youtube’s video settings to disable dynamic range compression.
This is a must if you listen to music on Youtube.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
A good gaming monitor with something like the Framemeister, RetroTINK, or OSSC can give properly unnoticeable amounts of input lag.
Ok, so wait a second here. You’re suggesting that buying a “good” gaming monitor (hundreds to thousands of dollars) and an upscaler (the cheapest of the options you mentioned I found for $369 USD is a better option than buying a CRT?
I found a perfectly good 28" Panasonic CRT on Kijiji for $200 CAD.
It makes the retro noises, it displays the games the way they were meant to be displayed, and there’s no perceptible input lag. It also just fits the visual aesthetic if you have a retro gaming area/room in your house. There’s no way I’m paying anywhere near 5-600 USD (up to 1k CAD, basically) to play retro games on a modern monitor when I can have a setup faithful to the experiences I had as a kid in the 90s for $200 CAD.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
It’s not wrong. You can feel it.
My wife is not a gamer and even she can feel it. She hated playing on our living room TV. Said she felt like she got really bad at Mario Bros over the years or something and was disappointed.
Bought a CRT; she loves the game again and is still quite good at it actually.
Reacting to stimulus is completely different than timing inputs in a video game. A few ms of delay isn’t really going to register in a reaction test, but if you’re using constant time sensitive information on screen to accurately time your movements in a game, you can easily feel lag in the sub 5ms range.
As a guitarist, I can feel latency down to 2ms if I’m playing through a modeling amp on my PC, especially if I’m playing at high tempos. The faster you play, the greater the percentage of time between notes that latency becomes. The effect is the same in high speed video games.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
A modern TV is a really bad example.
Not when it comes to console gaming.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
The look of CRT is important to retro gaming but do you know what the most important characteristic of CRTs for retro gaming is?
No input lag.
Play OG Super Mario Bros on a modern TV and let me know how long it is before you wanna smash the controller in frustration. The game just feels incredibly sloppy.
- Comment on Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates 3 months ago:
You don’t typically pay to run Linux distros. They’re open-source. I can’t imagine they’d be subject to this.
- Comment on Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates 3 months ago:
Apparently there’s a way to install Win11 and bypass all these requirements.
tomshardware.com/…/bypass-windows-11-tpm-requirem… youtu.be/tx5TaozMXMQ
- Comment on BBC - The people who hunt old TVs 3 months ago:
Can’t beat them for games that require low latency input though. Just playing retro games on them is worth owning one.
- Comment on Not trying to disparage first responders on 911. Why aren't nurses included with fire and police departments? Did we not take care of people on the backend of the rescuing? 3 months ago:
What about all the people that breathed in that toxic cloud or injured themselves trying to run away from the chaos? Surely many of them ended up in hospital.