amorpheus
@amorpheus@lemmy.world
- Comment on PewDiePie: I installed Linux (so should you) 1 day ago:
Your laptop may be 13 years old, but Apple is notorious for their walled garden and surely never officially supported Linux on it, or did they? So it’s probably the worst example.
- Comment on Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco Companies 4 days ago:
Unless society as a whole is ready to move beyond capitalism that won’t change.
- Comment on China’s CATL claims to have overtaken BYD on 5-minute EV battery charging time 1 week ago:
Energy density needs to increase for sure, but I see a point where cars charge fast enough that there will be less need to increase it further. I imagine it’ll look a lot like gas stations today, where they stop for a few minutes and leave again.
- Comment on China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery 3 weeks ago:
That’s what I meant. Compared to the power the GPU is actually using, transmission losses for a pass-through should be negligible. If you have a good way to get it to the card in the first place.
- Comment on China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery 3 weeks ago:
USB standard is up to what, 40Gbps and 240W? That’s pushing the envelope already. We’ll see if this new standard can prove itself, anyways.
- Comment on China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery 3 weeks ago:
It would just put extra thermal load on the GPU.
Passing power through doesn’t have to put noticeable load on the GPU. The main problem I see there is getting even more power to the GPU - Nvidia’s top cards are already at the melting point for their power connector.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Regardless of talent kids should always have a backup plan. What if he broke his leg and didn’t get back into shape? Shit happens.
- Comment on Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? 3 weeks ago:
Or be a patient gamer and get it on a sale.
- Comment on Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis 3 weeks ago:
That seems like a spectacular oversight. How is it supposed to replicate human vision without depth perception?
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 4 weeks ago:
I tried that with a friend once and we were confused about the purpose. Now it makes sense!
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 4 weeks ago:
The key is to change the layout, then the only problem is really replacing a mouse with the joystick.
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 5 weeks ago:
To be fair, this doesn’t make any statements about attendance.
- Comment on Tools to migrate from Plex to Jellyfin? 5 weeks ago:
whatever helps you justify paying $120 for software
Does that sound like a lot to you?
Considering the use I got out of it, even if I switch to something else tomorrow, the cost for the lifetime pass was peanuts. I’m sure others making that decision based on the situation today will feel the same in a few years. If Plex seems like the best solution today it’s not going to fall off the cliff before $120 were worth it.
Not like FOSS projects are immune to bad decisions, and then you either fork it yourself or depend on unpaid volunteers to keep the version you like alive. There’s always some risk.
- Comment on Fucking leeches 1 month ago:
Why do you have an extra house when others don’t even have 1?
Unless you are from an impoverished area of the world and could barely afford the ten year old phone you’re posting this on, I don’t think you want to go down this path.
- Comment on Fucking leeches 1 month ago:
It may be worse in the USA but capitalism absolutely is the reason it happens.
- Comment on Jellyfin is not just good... but *better* than Plex now?! 2 months ago:
It was unnecessarily complex to accommodate their cloud infrastructure setup.
Please elaborate how you needed to “accommodate their cloud infrastructure setup”.
When I set my server up years ago all I did was log in on the web interface. Literally as simple as any other service.
- Comment on Jellyfin is not just good... but *better* than Plex now?! 2 months ago:
I set Plex up as an inexperienced selfhoster and it was easy.
- Comment on Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery 2 months ago:
You can also test if multiple monitors is having an effect.
Using sleep mode is a good idea anyways, regardless of idle draw.
- Comment on Are there any better mechanical keyboards that don't break the bank? 2 months ago:
endorfy.com/…/thock-tkl-pudding-onyx-white-blue/
Got one of these for 40€ a while ago, and outside of sales they’re not expensive either. Solid mechanical RGB keyboard, nothing more, nothing less. The website shows only one reseller in the USA for North America, maybe check Amazon.
klimtechs.com/…/klim-shift-wireless-bluetooth-mec…
This 65% is another one I’ve been happy with, you might want to look at their larger offerings. They ship to Canada.
- Comment on I cannot tell you a way my life has genuinely gotten better since the advent of "smart" phones. 3 months ago:
People who hate smartphones are luddites. There’s so much these devices bring to the table that it’s hard to summarize. From instantly connecting to anyone in the world with audio as well as video to knowing exactly where we are at any point in time. Enabling us to handle almost any situation. As long as my phone can connect to a cell network or Wi-Fi you could drop me anywhere in the world and I’d be fine.
The people who think smartphones have made the world worse are barking up the wrong tree. It’s not the concept of the smartphone that did that, it’s apps and capitalism that did. Exploiting psychology to wring any possible profit out of humanity is the problem, not these wonderful fruits of miniaturization.
- Comment on The Genesis of a joke. 5 months ago:
That’s the beauty of social media, just post it and you’ll see if it scores.