SapphironZA
@SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority" 1 day ago:
Its was also Epsteins priority for his clients.
- Comment on LG joins Sony and TCL in abandoning 8K TV market 2 days ago:
I think 50 inch is about the upper end for what can fit on a desk, but a 42 inch is the upper limit for most. I used to have a 42inch 4k monitor, but it broke and got discontinued.
I still miss that display.
- Comment on LG joins Sony and TCL in abandoning 8K TV market 2 days ago:
Gaming would be done at 4k. It’s 8k for productivity.
- Comment on LG joins Sony and TCL in abandoning 8K TV market 2 days ago:
Its a step in the right direction.
Not quite the aspect ratio I am looking for and the price is too eye watering.
What I want is an 8k 16:9 or 16:10 display for around double the price of a 4k display at the same price as a high end 4k TV (OLED or mini led)
- Comment on LG joins Sony and TCL in abandoning 8K TV market 2 days ago:
Not on desktop use. Which is a market segment that is under served.
Would love to replace my 4x 1440p monitor setup with a 50 inch 8k TV setup.
- Comment on I'm good, thanks 1 week ago:
Sounds like he is reading too much into the observer effect and now has been reclassified himself as an astrologer.
- Comment on LE TITS NOW 1 week ago:
In Canada they get hard nipples in the cold. In the US it hits different.
- Comment on Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life 4 weeks ago:
Basic documentation does not equal open source.
Toaster ovens from 40 years ago did better. They came with a technical diagram.
- Comment on 🏳️(TrueNAS) Is my drive dying and should be replaced?🏳️ 5 weeks ago:
In addition to other advice, with only hardware, have 1 cold spare drive for every 2 years of remaining life of the hardware. It gets difficult to find similar spec drives the older they get. So if you want to use the drives in the NAS for another 4 years, get 2 spares. After that you start getting into the territory of replacing the drives anyway.
- Comment on 🏳️(TrueNAS) Is my drive dying and should be replaced?🏳️ 5 weeks ago:
My rule for older hardware, before trusting the ZFS fault reporting, I would follow the following steps.
(Note these are homelabber steps and not what I would do in the enterprise, where time is a lot more expensive than replacing hardware)
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Check the Smart data of the drive. If it reports the drive as faulty, replace it.
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Zpool clear the error and see if it comes back. Sometimes drive errors are not cause by the drive itself
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Reseat the drive and the cables between the motherboard and the drive. Clear errors after this step. Especially with older hardware and it having travelled from its previous owner to you, something might not be seated properly.
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Move the drive to another drive bay, or swap it with another drive. If the errors move with the drive, the drive is faulty. If the errors move to the bay, you probably have a good drive, but a faulty drive bay/cable.
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- Comment on Room temperature IQ is a far bigger insult in Europe than America. 5 weeks ago:
So you are saying you have a future in goverment.
- Comment on Expert: EU Commission wants an "unlimited special legal zone" for AI 5 weeks ago:
Only if corporations lose all rights as individuals in Law.
- Comment on Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? 5 weeks ago:
This is the way.
- Comment on Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? 5 weeks ago:
Its not just GM, but their are certainly a good example of Enshitification.
- Comment on Linux Distros Designed for Former Windows Users Are Picking Up Steam | Linux Journal 5 weeks ago:
But its very unfamiliar for people coming from Windows. That said, ZorinOS does a very good job of reworking it to look and act like Windows, KDE, cinnamon or previous versions of Gnome.
- Comment on Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says 'Screw It,' Here's the Foldable iPhone Early 5 weeks ago:
Damn, I keep forgetting that the iphone X was already 5 years ago. 10 years ago then. There has been so little improvements in phones in the ladt 5 years, it all just blurs together.
I think the point is, we used to have phones that were 9mm+ thick. Iphone 4s and iphone 5c from Apple and Samsung Galaxy S3 and motorola G phones were all that thickness. They even had replacable batteries and expandable storage. Some of those were even waterproof despite all of that.
I think the main driver of impractical thinness has been marketing, planned obselecence and cost savings.
- Comment on Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says 'Screw It,' Here's the Foldable iPhone Early 5 weeks ago:
But their thickness can accomidate todays cameras.
- Comment on Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says 'Screw It,' Here's the Foldable iPhone Early 5 weeks ago:
No thicker than very popular and successful phones from just 5 years ago. They can use the extra space for a larger battery, so they dont have to nerf performance to maintain stability in older phones. They can also use the space to restore repairability.
But probably not for a folding phone, since making both sides that thick will probably be too much.
- Comment on What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows 5 weeks ago:
I think there is a strategy in what you are pointing out.
For the general public, its not that we should advocate for the use of software, but for the use of a package of hardware+software.
People dont say they want iOS or MacOS or even Windows. They say they want an iPad, Macbook or ASUS Strix Laptop. The software is not a primary consideration for them.
The Steam Deck is the prime example. Its about making the package attractive.
If we can do things like have Bazzite make a deal with Steam for “Steam Machine” accreditation, that can be packaged and marketed to be sold by the hardware vendors. Probably starting with the gaming system integrators.
We need a similar brand and package for general purpose users, but I dont know what the set of hooks would be to make it marketable. Maybe its right to repair, maybe 10 years of software support. Maybe a 10 year warranty. Something the community still needs to figure out. Linux Mint is probably one of the most suitable for this package.
- Comment on RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders 1 month ago:
Nvidia is already diverting “midrange” gaming GPU production to AI.
CPUs and motherboards might become cheaper, but I doubt it. Companies are much more willing to sit on inventory these days.
- Comment on RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders 1 month ago:
Too late already, pricing on those went up within a week or two. Best you can hope for is second hand market from sellers who dont know what they have.
- Comment on RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders 1 month ago:
Amd 9070xt and 9060xt options are probably the best you are going to get for the next 2 years.
Dont buy Nvidia again. They just end of lifed the 10th most popular GPU used with Steam.
- Comment on RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders 1 month ago:
Dont wait too long, retailers are catching on and increasing prices.
- Comment on RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders 1 month ago:
I am running a 2020 ryzen 5950x CPU and a 2080TI I got from a closing down sale of a computer store for $700 in 2019, just before the first Crypto rush.
I dont see myself buying any hardware for performance reasons for the next 3 years. Also not buying new AAA games anymore.
Small studio and indie titles on 50% off steam sales has been my jam of late.
- Comment on What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop? 1 month ago:
Open Transport Tycoon.
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 1 month ago:
I Dont trust these TVs not to make peer to peer connections with others until it hops onto one with a active connection.
If I get a new TV, its getting opened and the wifi antennas and microphones are getting desoldered.
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 1 month ago:
Next time I get a new TV, that sucker is getting opened and the wifi antennas and microphones desoldered.
- Comment on moved from truenas core to scale a month or two ago, and it's been a struggle. anyone else having issues running a truenas scale VM under proxmox? 1 month ago:
It does. I just checked.
- Comment on moved from truenas core to scale a month or two ago, and it's been a struggle. anyone else having issues running a truenas scale VM under proxmox? 1 month ago:
I believe that was a KVM bug that got fixed a few years ago.
- Comment on Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog 1 month ago:
Well many governments see their citizens as hostile actors, so its not really a change, is it?
