Janovich

@Janovich@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally Alf-Life 2. I was going we’d get a sequel for our cat eating alien roommate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Smol Mac Pro would have been the best possible reality here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia to ship a billion of RISC-V cores in 2024⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Small RISC-V cores are weirdly all over the place. I think NXP and some others have a RISC-V core inside some of their ARM cores as their security coprocessors and other peripherals. The architecture is getting around it’s just not hitting much toward the application processor yet. It’s getting there but running a full on PC is such a complex task over micros or special purpose devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ZERO Sievert 1.0 release - leaves early access⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it decent on steam deck? I heard a while back that it wasn’t a good experience so I have held off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft's Board is Launching an Investigation Into The Company Struggles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also to promote a sense of community and close cooperation we’re moving to an open office plan. (I.e. packed in like sardines to glorified picnic tables with hot seating and noise everywhere.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Qualcomm Reportedly Taps Intel With An Acquisition Offer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is that x86 originated from Intel and x86-64 was an extension of it by AMD who had been licensing x86. They agreed to trade so neither paid to license one from the other. So Intel got to use x86-64 because they let AMD have free use of x86. As a result they both keep anyone else from using x86. And of course now a days x86-64 is the only one that really matters. Presumably another company getting involved like Qualcomm would mess up that old deal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Astro Bot | Review Thread (95 OpenCritic)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking that as I played, too. I was joyful.

  So many games these days are so heavy it’s so refreshing to have a game that’s happy as hell. I love RE2s and Elden Rings but effff they’re stressful/hard and sometimes feel like work. It is so refreshing to punch out a giant gorilla with my rocket dog friend while there’s some upbeat music playing.

  Also who doesn’t love some great Halloween stages?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox Game Pass is getting MAJOR changes, with a new tier without day one games, and a range of price increases⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a ton of hate online when they announced the Activision deal and I said that though they’d get COD for “free” but they would almost immediately start hiking the price a lot. This has been obvious but some people refuse to think MS wasn’t going to try and recoup their $70B?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best TV box for connecting to streaming services?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is basically like a basic iOS device so the apps are separated and by each developer. You can rearrange the Home Screen and do folders in the same way. The App Store is similar and just has the tv specific apps.

  The Apple TV app is exactly the same as the app on other Apple devices, but you don’t have to use it. (You may have to change a setting so the home button goes home and not the tv app but I forget)

  The third party apps are pretty much like using Netflix/youtube/whatever on an iPad. So if you hate them they’re you’ll not like this.

  If you can try one I’d give it a shot.

  Also: some people don’t like the remotes (especially the older one), but I really like it. It’s nice that it charges with usb and I only charge it like one a year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh absolutely. Rail is a better option for almost everything. However, some stuff will always need trucking (oversized, dangerous cargo, rural, etc.) but also the US is currently so overrdependent on roads it’s at least an intermediate tool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best TV box for connecting to streaming services?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s not a popular option around here and expensive but I absolutely love my Apple TV.

  Besides the set up plug for Apple TV+ I never get any ads from the OS outside of the specific apps. Yeah, you go into Amazon or something you get their ads all over but not sure you can do anything about that. Even without a pinhole it’s a much better experience compared to my TV (when I allowed it online) or a friend’s Roku with piholes.

  Overall though it’s an unobtrusive OS, has apps that are updated well, supports high quality output (4K/atmos etc.). You just have to pay up front for it, but of all the Apple stuff it’s the best bang for the buck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It can make sense for limited uses like cross country trucking (or maybe airlines) where battery will probably never have the range and you live and die by the schedule and refuel stops need to be relatively quick. Refilling semis at a limited number of truck stops with hydrogen stations can be useful if you can also get non petro-derived hydrogen. But for soccer moms and commuters it makes zero sense. Just charge smaller batteries at home and work and have a good interstate charging network for longer trips. We just need to normalize taking breaks on a road trip. It’ll help make more relaxing drives anyway and people already drive angry.