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- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 1 hour ago:
Oh I do what I can, but those kids (3 of them) are not going to have a good time.
- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 2 hours ago:
People like him are sadly common, don’t seem to need a reason to be asshats.
- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 3 hours ago:
We are not american, and no he is (or was at one point) a card carrying communist (a really really bad one).
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 4 hours ago:
Anyone who uses spreadsheets regularly wants the extra real estate. Anyone who works with complex documents wants the extra real estate.
And yet as I have stated this is not the case for most users. I remember when a national here bank decided to do an “upgrade” to 4k monitors there was so much push back from users (in this case mortgage lending) that after installing the monitors I was back two weeks later to change them back.
People who use spreadsheets regularly (myself included) would rather have a second monitor or a bigger one then one 4k one. I have a 32 inch 1080p monitor as my secondary and it works great at a cheap price. I went with one that is brighter and a slower refresh rate since I don’t need or want that on a secondary. And if you are going big why spend the money on a 4k one if you are just going to use scaling anyway?
- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 4 hours ago:
True, but also the way google is going soon it will not be able to resolve any issues at all. Just the other week I caught it’s AI results saying that DC and AC where interchangeable and just semantics…
- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 5 hours ago:
I mean there is bound to be one that bricks their machine, so I have that at least.
- Comment on Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like 8 hours ago:
Maybe we are all in the bad place.
- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 8 hours ago:
Its often the worst part of working in the industry, I used to have to deal with these sort of people professionally (investment bankers are the worst). I am just pointing out that sometimes the solution is just to do the work and move on, and that is how we get to where we are.
- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 8 hours ago:
I get it but let me give you an example of the sort of thing Linux is dealing with:
I have a nephew who wanted a PC, and had a small budget (they where 11 at the time and I was not going to let them pay) so I used some parts around and made a not so bad mint machine. It worked very well but can not play fortnight (not an issue with mint or the hardware) or other such anti-cheat games. The child was ok with it but his parents got mad at me as to why I would not just “be normal” and put a real operating system on the machine. They tried to tell my nephew that he should not use his PC until they can bring it to someone that can “fix” it by putting windows on it (they are kinda asshats). Lucky for my nephew the place they took the PC said the same thing I did and that it would not run well with windows on it, but would do it if they wanted (they said no when they got the cost).
So the PC gets used and is enjoyed (it was the nephews birthday present from me), and used by his father as much as him. But all this time I am getting constant complaints about the “weird stuff” I forced on them, and that one day they will get him a “real” computer. Keep in mind my brother has a PC that is running windows that has more bloat and malware then you would think possible at this time (I think why he kept using his son’s) that was about the same in hardware (1060, am4 3600ish, 8 gigs of ram sort of machines). The mint PC was clearly better, and when their child started to point out how much more time my brother spent on his Linux computer then his own my brother just happened to “spill” a whole glass of water directly into his son’s computer. Then he hid the PC away and just blamed it not working on the “bad software” that it was running, and how it was a “trash” machine anyway. (I did get it back eventually, replaced the board and shipped it back to my nephew who is now using it again).
So the point of the story is this, would you if you had to deal with users (and lets assume you are not related to them) like this put Linux on their machines or just not want to deal with them and put a ripped and custom windows on it?
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 10 hours ago:
One of us has clearly stronger feelings on 4K+ monitors. And that is fine.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 11 hours ago:
And that’s not releated to the resolution yet people have tied higher resolutions to better quality.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 11 hours ago:
It is your fault if you start an argument over your inability to read however.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 11 hours ago:
Oh I said it before there are use cases. Most working monitors are 1080p since excel is not really benefited from 4k+. However I have seen some graphic designers want the higher resolutions for example.
The vast majority of people working will get pissed at you if you changed their monitor to an ultra high resolution (I have been the one getting yelled at) without scaling it to look like 1080p. No one wants to squint to use their workstation.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 11 hours ago:
Why is it that this example keeps coming back as if having your ultra high resolution using scaling to look like 1080p is not a self burn? Its not a worth while cost for the monitor, more so when you run them in lower resolutions for performance anyway. You would be foolish to go for a ultra high resolution monitor over a lower response time or higher frequency. The desktop argument is pathetic, its the desktop, no one but arch users spend their time stareing at it.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
Oh there are more pixels, sure. But not worth the money and most (and a big most) applications want more frames and smoother movement with less input lag over more pixels. The push for 4k gaming has went no where and it has been more then 10 years. You want to watch some 4k video? sure! That is a use case, but just get a TV with the nicer lumen, slower rates and comparably tiny price tag. I can not stop people from buying stupid crap, but I am judging them.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
Yes, we are clearly using so much fidelity that 4k is needed… and 3d TVs are going to come on back. I am not saying you can not tell the difference, I am saying people want smooth frame rates over pixels and that 4k monitors are not worth it. That all the bullshit sold to users is just that. But hey thanks for bringing up my mother, who does not have curves (unless ash is curvy?).
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
Ok mr manager. Do you also call IT when your monitor is turned off to tell them your CPU is broken?
What are you on about, just tell me why anyone who likes money should buy a 4k or more monitor? So I can fiddle with my desktop settings? Is this a arch thing?
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
What is your point? Why would someone pay for a 4k monitor? Its a waste of money, that is the point I made. How does showing me that even after 10+ years of 4k or higher monitors being for sale that 30% of users have them (well Linux users at least)? That is not showing what you think it is.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
People watch crap quality streaming and old reruns while somehow thinking they need more Ks. Its sad and a bit funny.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
Oh IBM is way more broken then that. But by making the fonts bigger so you can read them on a 4k monitor is not the augment you think it is for 4k…
But hey as long as everyone buys monitors for roughly 3x the price then its all good then, right? I think you are even losing the plot here on WHY people should buy 4K or higher monitors. There are fringe cases, of course, but the vast majority of time its just a fool and their money soon to be parted.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
I have 2 collage diplomas and worked 10 years in the industry at IBM alone. Your not going to cow me or tell me I have no credentials, those accusations mean nothing. I don’t really get why you are so very aggressively pushing this nonsense, do you just love tech slop so much? Are you getting a kickback with every 4k monitor sold? Why of all the hills to die on it is this?
And no, 4k desktops do not “look nicer”, it is stupid and tiny for no reason. Unless you have like 250 shortcuts on your desktop what is the point?
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
I have at one point of time made my living in hardware, I would not advise running in 4k or higher without good reason. You being able to run at 4k does not in anyway change the terrible value proposition of losing frames and latency for fidelity. I would not recommend anyone not wanting to go absolutely silly to run a 4 or 8k monitor. Run an multiscreen setup at lower resolution like a normal person. Don’t make your own preferences or sunk costs your position on tech in general.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
Ether, 1440p is about the limit I draw before the extra fidelity is not worth the performance hit.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 day ago:
They are a waste of time since the things with enough fidelity to matter run like shit on them without a large investment. Its just a money sink with little reward.
- Comment on Ok, boomer 2 days ago:
This is how we get trailer parks in tornado alley. Or mold infested hovels.
- Comment on Corcoran Group CEO says Gen Z’s housing market struggles mirror what boomers faced 30 years ago: ‘Stop buying Starbucks coffee,’ she advises 4 days ago:
What could a house cost? $10?
- Comment on Great Depression: Part Deux 5 days ago:
Lips we hope. Honestly never got the aversion around what parts go into your processed meat, its a good thing to not waste meats.
- Comment on Great Depression: Part Deux 5 days ago:
water pie all over again, but who can afford hotdogs?
- Comment on More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years | VGC 5 days ago:
Its a non functioning product at launch, something that should be called out in a review. It is a low quality slop review, whether or not I agree with the conclusion. You can like or dislike a game counter to a review but I expect that at the very least an attempt will be made to point out pitfalls, and that was not done. The Suicide Squad was a bad game, someone liking it does not justify a dishonest or lazy review. You can not toss out one anecdotal view while pushing your own without looking a bit silly.
In this very thread, you can see people who are convinced that reviewers are paid off or playing difficult games on extra easy modes, neither of which are true, because they just can’t reconcile that anyone could possibly enjoy a game that they didn’t enjoy or weren’t interested in.
Neither of which are true is a bold statement that needs more then a “trust me” level of response. Next your going to tell me that redfall was actually good without much issues is more likely then some one was paid to write a fluff piece (a thing that happens in all forms of journalism). You seem to be pushing the idea that its the audience is wrong and desperately assuming that people don’t like the media state due to an inability to reconcile their own preferences with the articles (wild and odd).
- Comment on More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years | VGC 5 days ago:
Yeah, review have always had a slant and people forget just how bad they where in the past. I would rather watch someone play the game and skip the reviews, however it must be said the old slanted review model has largely died off. We don’t buy magazines with advertorials anymore, and the appetite to pay for such content is at a low point by both consumers and advertisers.