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  1. Comment on Five Disney animated canon films will be destroyed and you can choose, which five do you pick? in ~movies

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    Lloyd Alexander, author of the Chronicles of Prydain, said it better than I: I'd like more Chronicles of Prydain adaptations, though not from modern Disney. It would make for a great series and...

    Lloyd Alexander, author of the Chronicles of Prydain, said it better than I:

    First, I have to say, there is no resemblance between the movie and the book. Having said that, the movie in itself, purely as a movie, I found to be very enjoyable. I had fun watching it. What I would hope is that anyone who sees the movie would certainly enjoy it, but I'd also hope that they'd actually read the book. The book is quite different. It's a very powerful, very moving story, and I think people would find a lot more depth in the book.

    I'd like more Chronicles of Prydain adaptations, though not from modern Disney. It would make for a great series and game.

    Edit: source for the rest of the interview!

    4 votes

  2. Comment on New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill in ~tech

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    Video quality is often reported in terms of Mbps, though that could be impacted by networking, I.e. simplifying "can this speed stream this vid". Values for 1080p tend to range in 1-10Mbps, bit...

    Video quality is often reported in terms of Mbps, though that could be impacted by networking, I.e. simplifying "can this speed stream this vid". Values for 1080p tend to range in 1-10Mbps, bit under half for 720p, quadruple for 4k.

    Basically marketing though. Consumers will think 100 Mbps is faster than 12.5 MB/s, if your competitor advertises in Mbps, you'll look like a chump if you switch. And now you can advertise gigabit, which just translates to "fast" for many.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Earth might have had a ring system like Saturn millions of years ago, causing the coldest ice age known in ~space

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    Nah, the most common times when the Earth may have been in a snowball state are some hundred(s) of millions of years earlier, but it's worth noting there's still a fair amount of dispute as to...

    Nah, the most common times when the Earth may have been in a snowball state are some hundred(s) of millions of years earlier, but it's worth noting there's still a fair amount of dispute as to whether Earth ever fully hit snowball.

    This does line up with the second largest mass extinction event though.

    9 votes

  4. Comment on Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers in ~tech

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    Before this post I would have said no. But I'm also reminded of strategies I borrowed from Amazon when I played World of Warcraft and cornered the health potion market on my server. I'd lose gold...

    Before this post I would have said no.

    But I'm also reminded of strategies I borrowed from Amazon when I played World of Warcraft and cornered the health potion market on my server. I'd lose gold to push out even minor competition because in the long term I made a lot more from total market dominance since then I could pump prices.

    So while this isn't one to one, I can also see them wanting every crumb of the pie.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers in ~tech

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    They aren't the de facto standard for default web browser on Linux distros as far as I'm aware, I figure the point of the fund is to pay distros to ship with a Chromium flavor.

    They aren't the de facto standard for default web browser on Linux distros as far as I'm aware, I figure the point of the fund is to pay distros to ship with a Chromium flavor.

    10 votes

  6. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of January 5 in ~games

  7. Comment on SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck in ~games

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    Here I was getting ready to install Bazzite on my desktop, but perhaps I should wait a minute..! I would prefer to have the same distro across both my gaming devices and my (Ubuntu) desktop has...

    Here I was getting ready to install Bazzite on my desktop, but perhaps I should wait a minute..! I would prefer to have the same distro across both my gaming devices and my (Ubuntu) desktop has performance issues the deck doesn't so it's about time to start fiddling again. Here's to hoping those betas aren't just for other handhelds.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is reaching end of standard support soon: April 2025. Plan to upgrade soon! in ~tech

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    It has also been noted elsewhere in this topic that Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on up to 5 devices with registration. My understanding is that these are additional security patches for...

    It has also been noted elsewhere in this topic that Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use on up to 5 devices with registration. My understanding is that these are additional security patches for select packages from Canonical rather than Canonical withholding updates, without Pro you'll just get the same packages other distros would get.

    https://ubuntu.com/pro/dashboard

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of December 29 in ~games

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  14. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of December 22 in ~games

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  18. Comment on Best new install steps for Windows 11 gaming PC? in ~tech

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    I recommend double checking the display adapter refresh rate is set properly, I found Windows set it to 60Hz each time the monitor config changed. If the card is Nvidia, ensure the new Nvidia app...
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    I recommend double checking the display adapter refresh rate is set properly, I found Windows set it to 60Hz each time the monitor config changed.

    If the card is Nvidia, ensure the new Nvidia app is closed when running games or just remove it altogether -- the new app has been causing substantial performance hits.

    I'd check out the power settings, I dislike the defaults on Windows.

    I have these tweaks saved from @ShroudedScribe in the event I set Windows up again.

    Group Policy edits (gpedit)

    Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > OneDrive
    Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage
    Enabled

    User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer
    “Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box”
    Enabled

    Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Power Management > Sleep Settings
    "Allow applications to prevent automatic sleep (plugged in)"
    Enabled

    User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar
    "Remove Recommended section from Start Menu"
    Enabled

    Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar
    "Remove Recommended section from Start Menu"
    Enabled

    User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot > Turn off Windows Copilot
    Enabled

    registry edits (regedit)

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
    Create a new key (aka folder) called Explorer
    Create a new DWORD (32-bit) registry key and name it DisableSearchBoxSuggestions
    Double-click on DisableSearchBoxSuggestions to edit it and set the Value data field to 1 and click OK.

    Windows Firewall

    Rule to block Edge Webview from making connections
    msedgewebview2.exe

    22 votes

  19. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of December 22 in ~games

  20. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of December 22 in ~games

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    I wanted to like this game, but I just wasn't having fun dungeon crawling for 10min to get decked by other players before I noticed them. I'm not much of a competitive gamer any way so I just...

    Next Epic freebie, Dark and Darker - Legendary Status.

    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dark-and-darker-qa-dark-and-darker-legendary-status-a83d59

    And here's the base game (free) link, you'll need to claim this one first.

    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dark-and-darker-qa-c1e629

    I wanted to like this game, but I just wasn't having fun dungeon crawling for 10min to get decked by other players before I noticed them. I'm not much of a competitive gamer any way so I just found an old solo dungeon crawler instead.

    4 votes