Tarquinn2049

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  I would imagine it’s the same scale, just a base 10 feet instead of 20 feet. So in yours you would see at 24 feet what the average person would see at 20 feet. Assuming there is a linear relation, and no circumstantial drop off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, usually when people use the term “perfect” vision, they mean 20/20, is that the case for you too. Another term for that is average vision, with people that have better vision than that having “better than average” vision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  And you get a TV small enough that it doesn’t suit that purpose?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm, I suppose quality of TV might matter. Not to mention actually going through the settings and making sure it isn’t doing anything to process the signal. And also not streaming compressed crap to it. I do visit other peoples houses sometimes and definitely wouldn’t know they were using a 4k screen to watch what they are watching.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  So, a 55-inch TV, which is pretty much the smallest 4k TV you can get, has benefits over 1080p at a distance of 7.5 feet. And that is the smallest, and thus closest for the benefits… how far away do people watch their TVs from? Am I weird?

  And at the size of computer monitors, for the distance they are from your face, they would always have full benefit on this chart. And even working into 8k a decent amount.

  And that’s only for people with typical vision, for people with above-average acuity, the benefits would start further away.

  But yeah, for VR for sure, since having an 8k screen there would directly determine how far away a 4k screen can be properly re-created. If your headset is only 4k, a 4k screen in VR is only worth it when it takes up most of your field of view. That’s how I have mine set up, but I would imagine most people would prefer it to be half the size or half the distance away, or a combination.

  So 8k screens in VR will be very relevant for augmented reality, since performance costs there are pretty low anyway. And still convey benefits if you are running actual VR games at half the physical panel resolution due to performance demand being too high otherwise. You get some relatively free upscaling then. Won’t look as good as native 8k, but benefits a bit anyway.

  There is also fixed and dynamic foveated rendering to think about, with an 8k screen, even running only 10% of it at that resolution and 20% at 4k, 30% at 1080p, and the remaining 40% at 540p, even with the overhead of so many foveation steps, you’ll get a notable reduction in performance cost. Fixed foveated would likely need to lean higher towards bigger percentages of higher res, but has the performance advantage of not having to move around at all from frame to frame. Can benefit from more pre-planning and optimization.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DIY YouTuber builds cheap VR headset and makes it open-source⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Overall is that even a deal over a used headset? Even a fully featured non-stripped down one? Like given what features his headset does have, it’s comparable to some pretty old headsets… and it likely does even those bare minimum features more poorly than an older used headset would. Not to mention comfort.

  Like a 10 year old Rift CV1 has almost as much resolution at 90hz/fps instead of 60. And while it’s lenses would be relatively terrible now, they were pretty much the best option of their day, and likely still better than whatever this dude sourced. Not to mention their motion to photon was around 12 ms. The absolute best result this guy can hope for is 16.6ms, and that’s only if everything else in the pipeline is faster than the screens refresh rate… maybe it is… but I wouldn’t bet on it personally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hehe yeah, unfortunately the things you didn’t like are also on the pro side of my pro/con list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, I need to play crosscode again. I think of all the games I have played in the last 40 years, that has been the best one. Feels like it was made specifically for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone remember Heroes of Might & Magic 3? A remake is coming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is also Hero’s Hour, a fresh(relatively) indie take on the HoMM series. One major difference that might be polarising is that every unit is displayed rather than being a single stack, and combat happens live rather than in turns. But you can set it super slow and pause too if need be.

  I generally hate RTS, but I really enjoyed it. It’s got a fair bit of content. And so many factions that are all quite different from each other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just in case you've been living under a rock: The Crew is playable again!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, a pc that runs the Crew well would be fairly cheap now. If you can’t just get one donated to you that would otherwise be going to the dump, picking one up from a garage sale or something would be pretty cheap. And you can hook a pc to a TV, set Steam to launch with Windows and enter bigscreen mode when it does. Steam bigscreen mode is used with a controller and has an option to turn off the computer in it’s menu. So you could do without a keyboard and mouse 99% of the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who the fuck needs an x axis anyway⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just mean listing the source as “the CDC” currently isn’t disproving that it’s made up anymore.

  It may be accurate, but not because it is from the CDC anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who the fuck needs an x axis anyway⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, after deleting any data the CDC used to have that they didn’t agree with. And making up any new data they need to make their preconceived notion as perceivably supported as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing, my current 4k TV/monitor does a pretty nice job upscaling 1080p. It, of course, doesn’t look as good as native 4k, but it looks considerably better than 1080p not upscaled. So even without native 8k content, there is some value in being able to upscale 4k content to 8k.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, very much looking forward to headsets with 8k panels. Most are up to 4k, and it’s getting pretty good. If it stays at 4k for a bit, that would be fine. But it’s definitely an area where 8k will still be a very noticeable upgrade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In shower today: "I bet my YouTube account is older than most of the people on YouTube." ...Yes, yes it is.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, I don’t like the cartoons that existed when he was a kid anymore. But I still like the ones that existed when I was a kid. And I very much like the ones that didn’t exist yet when I was a kid but do exist now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably something like this. Except not trained to be a rebellious troll. Part of her training set is his chat, hehe. Though despite this one being “evil” neuro, I think normal neurosama is more of a troll now, lol.

  youtu.be/AFtryxMDJQs

  This is clipped segments from a live stream, so it jumps ahead at times. It has links to the source channel if you would prefer a full video. This one is probably already too long for most people though.

  He does end up figuring out why she has so much trouble correctly inserting code in the right places later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We should have a term called "Internet casualty," referring to people whose brains have been broken from the internet.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I came in here assuming it to be sarcastic since it’s like they used a thesaurus on terminally online to come up with two more words that mean the same thing, as an entirely new term. Hehe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our Channel Could Be Deleted - Gamers Nexus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe it not being in legalese just means more people understand it? This is a pretty acceptable privacy policy relative to most of the other ones you will have already agreed to in your life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there anything I can do to decrease the gap in my blinds?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You could try applying something to the actual window, like a fake wooden “pane split” whatever the real name for that is. Just make sure the wood is weather proofed. Even the inside one will likely see decent humidity and moisture some seasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avatar (the one with the blue aliens) is such a weird franchise⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, when I first started VR back with my DK2, I could only wear that about 2 hours at a time. Over the years, not sure how much of it was me adapting to it and how much was VR headsets and aftermarket mods getting better, but I can and often do, spend 16 hours a day in VR now.

  VR has replaced almost every screen in my life. I watch TV and movies on it, I play my traditional computer games on it(flat or 3D or fully converted to 3rd or 1st person VR), as well as my native VR games. With recent headsets being able to fully bring the real world back in and blend it with the VR perfectly, I just socialize equally with the people that are actually in the same room as me, as well as people who just -seem- like they are in the same room as me.

  To me and my family, it just feels normal now, my sister is also pretty much at the same point. I got her to try it a couple years ago when she was upset that certain games she wanted to play from the couch or recliner didn’t look or run well on her Steam Deck. I was like, you have an amazing computer, you could be playing those games at 4k and not have to be looking down at your hands if you just try it in VR like I do. So she did try, and she has never gone back. She uses my Quest pro, I use a Quest 3, I only modded the pro for about 8 hours runtime, since the controllers were only 8 hours anyway. But since she is mostly using it for PC games, she is generally using an xbox controller. So she just plugs the headset into a charger at her seat. Because 8 hours wasn’t enough.

  Ok, well that has veered off topic, sorry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avatar (the one with the blue aliens) is such a weird franchise⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, one of the nice things about it was that not only was it proper 3D, but it was a showcase of how 3D could and should be done. If anyone didn’t watch it in 3D in the theaters, the only other option for seeing it as intended is VR now.

  I’m in the camp of people that has watched it and the second one multiple times. Made sure to catch them in theater first, I rarely bother to see movies in theater. But at home I watch them in my VR theater in perfect 3D, the visuals are actually better in my setup, the sound isn’t quite what a theater would do, but mostly cuz I don’t actually like how “big” they go with the sound at theaters. I’d rather it feel like I’m there, than being so over the top. My audio at home doesn’t have to drown out a crowd of people.

  I think the whole experience in VR is better than theater, the movie presents better at a reasonable volume and soundstage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hehe yeah. To celebrate the recent patch increasing multiplayer to 8 people. We basically started like a DnD group sessions style of playthrough. We would meet weekly and play for like 8 hours at a time. Was pretty great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla In 'Self-Drive Mode' Hit By Train After Turning Onto Train Tracks⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Map data obtained and converted from other formats often ends up accidentally condensing labeling categories. One result is train tracks being categorized as generic roads instead of retaining their specific sub-heading. Another, unrelated to this, but common for people that play geo games is when forests and water areas end up being tagged as the wrong specific types.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists discover that feeding AI models 10% 4chan trash actually makes them better behaved⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a couple relatively safe places on 4 chan. But like 90% of the content makes for great “don’t do this if you want to get along with humans” training.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists discover that feeding AI models 10% 4chan trash actually makes them better behaved⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They are essentially a fun toy for most people, and an ok tool for people with the patience and training to get useful output from them. And they cost an insane amount of money to train and an insane amount of power to run.

  Not to mention the other cost of training them, the human emotional cost. And the human cost of running them.

  It just costs so much of a variety of things, for an output that has barely made anything better. Maybe they might get “better” in the future, and have to get through this stage to get there, but I’ve also seen a lot of people saying they appear to be starting to plateau… maybe a temporary plateau, but if so, how temporary? Could we just drop it for 10 years and start back up when they won’t be as inefficient? Maybe a law that they have to pay for everything they feed it, would effectively cause them to only emerge at a time when they are actually feasible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holy shit I got Retro Achievements working on my Pi Gameboy! Lmao this is so cool. I get to achievement hunt in my favorite game, earthbound after 30 years. Amazing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That makes a lot of sense. I’ve always kind of enjoyed the kirby games, but they feel a little lacking in direction and challenge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Bans Employees From Using DeepSeek App⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ignoring the content of the article for a second. Did they not proofread this at all? There are so many spelling, grammar, and sentence fragment mistakes. I would joke that it was written by AI, but it has too many mistakes for even that to be the case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley creator says he might make Stardew Valley 2⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure specifically when they were added, but they are there now. Play the game once every 3 years or so, hehe. Last playthrough we did a 6 player group game. Basically played it like it was dnd sessions. That playthrough had the move speed stuff. Comes from a book seller. So if you know when that book seller was added, it would be then probably.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley creator says he might make Stardew Valley 2⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it might happen in 10, 15, 20 years… but not any sooner than that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley creator says he might make Stardew Valley 2⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are plenty of both prrmanent and temporary speed increases, with the permanent ones you are almost as fast as the horse. And with temporary ones you can be faster than it. No need for mods, just base game.