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Comment on Confused about headphone impedance in ~tech
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Comment on Apple on course to break all Web Apps in EU within twenty days in ~tech
bmhatfield Link ParentNo. The issue at hand is the DMA is requiring true alternative browser support on iOS. Correct. The explicit point is that they aren't going to do the engineering work to add support for...You mean web apps which Apple already enforces to be built upon with Safari's Webkit?
No. The issue at hand is the DMA is requiring true alternative browser support on iOS.
So not a web app at all.
Correct. The explicit point is that they aren't going to do the engineering work to add support for non-webkit webapps in iOS.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
bmhatfield Link ParentThank you for linking this to me! I will give it a try again. I had tried similar instructions but found that all binaries open the launcher, even when specifying the more direct non-launcher binary.Thank you for linking this to me! I will give it a try again. I had tried similar instructions but found that all binaries open the launcher, even when specifying the more direct non-launcher binary.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
bmhatfield LinkVideo Game: I aged out of chasing the latest thing some time ago, so I've been playing Civ6 a bit recently. I use it as a way to sink some mindless hours into a game on easy mode (easy modes are...Video Game: I aged out of chasing the latest thing some time ago, so I've been playing Civ6 a bit recently. I use it as a way to sink some mindless hours into a game on easy mode (easy modes are always appreciated), practically treating it as a sandbox rather than a challenge. 2K games really made the launcher/in-game setup stuff more annoying over the past couple years, I'm not sure why they did that.
Board Game: a while ago my wife saw Parks at a game store and picked it up for some friends who made an effort to visit many of the US National Parks. It turns out Parks is actually a great game (7.7 on BGG), a little bit of engine builder meat but generally light enough that this crew (we are not hardcore gamers) can pick it up and enjoy it readily.
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Comment on Can YOU win rock, paper, scissors against Grey? 99.9999999% will fail. in ~science
bmhatfield LinkI don't like that we're calling a tie a failure. Feels like there needs to be a third path :-)I don't like that we're calling a tie a failure. Feels like there needs to be a third path :-)
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Comment on Game Development Post-Unity in ~games
bmhatfield LinkThis is a really informative breakdown aiming to find a substitute for Unity for someone who might have otherwise used Unity.This is a really informative breakdown aiming to find a substitute for Unity for someone who might have otherwise used Unity.
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Game Development Post-Unity
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Impedance is a little bit of a tricky concept. The best analogy I have seen is imagine thin string, one end tied to a chain, making one long length. Move the string up and down to create a wave in the string. What happens when it meets the chain? What if the overall length was all string - or all chain - instead?
In electricity, that energy has to go somewhere; when there's an impedance mismatch, the energy is typically reflected back to the source.
For audio equipment, you typically want to match impedances: this allows the energy from the source to flow to the destination unimpeded.
However - there is an exception. Sort of. If equipment is impedance matched but power-mismatched (ie, headphones can accept 5w but output from an amp is 200w), all that 200w is going to flow to headphones only able to handle 5w and blow them up.
Avoid this situation by using power-matched and impedance-matched equipment.
47:55 should be a reasonable mismatch. Those headphones don't have a single impedance, anyways. See here: https://reference-audio-analyzer.pro/en/report/hp/akg-k-240-mk2.php#gsc.tab=0