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Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech
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Comment on Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options. in ~tech
Crespyl Link ParentWhat's your GPU/connector set up for the CEC component? My understanding is that most consumer/desktop GPUs aren't wired with the pin for CEC on their HDMI outputs. I was once able to work around...What's your GPU/connector set up for the CEC component?
My understanding is that most consumer/desktop GPUs aren't wired with the pin for CEC on their HDMI outputs. I was once able to work around this by using a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter, but I'm curious how others might've solved the problem.
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Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games
Crespyl Link ParentDevolver Digital is a publisher that specializes in "indie" games. It's a mess, but the games are usually pretty good so I don't care to quibble too much.Devolver Digital is a publisher that specializes in "indie" games.
It's a mess, but the games are usually pretty good so I don't care to quibble too much.
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Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games
Crespyl Link ParentOh, you're right! Somehow I missed that! That's something at least, though I still think it deserved more.Oh, you're right! Somehow I missed that! That's something at least, though I still think it deserved more.
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Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games
Crespyl LinkBlue Prince not even getting a nomination is tragic, but with (apparently) a lot of international people involved in the decisions I guess it makes sense. It's a game deeply reliant on English...Blue Prince not even getting a nomination is tragic, but with (apparently) a lot of international people involved in the decisions I guess it makes sense. It's a game deeply reliant on English wordplay, and it's probably one of, if not the, least translateable game I've ever seen.
Still gonna be a little salty about it though.
E33 has a great soundtrack, though I too haven't played the game yet. I'm looking forward to picking it up, probably when I get something beefier than my Steam Deck. Maybe if it goes on a nice sale I'll pick it up earlier and hope it runs ok.
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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
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Comment on Who can name the bigger number? in ~science
Crespyl Link ParentThe article excludes infinities when laying out the rules of the game, though my mind also went to Aleph at first.The article excludes infinities when laying out the rules of the game, though my mind also went to Aleph at first.
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Comment on Steam Deck now has a display-off low-power download mode in ~games
Crespyl LinkThis will be nice for people who have games that update frequently, or any game with big updates. I'm curious to see how this works (if it does) on other handhelds running SteamOS. Power...This will be nice for people who have games that update frequently, or any game with big updates.
I'm curious to see how this works (if it does) on other handhelds running SteamOS. Power management and the various sleep states have proven tricky to get right even on other well supported hardware/OS configurations.
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Comment on Topic marked for review by admin in ~test
Crespyl Link"AI Press Solutions"?? An article full of mis-applied Markdown formatting, that gets randomly cut off at the end? @meezuisme, I'm curious what led you to this site and article in particular as..."AI Press Solutions"?? An article full of mis-applied Markdown formatting, that gets randomly cut off at the end?
@meezuisme, I'm curious what led you to this site and article in particular as your first ever post to Tildes?
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Comment on Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf | Announcement trailer in ~games
Crespyl Link ParentIt really holds up visually, though the gameplay is a bit stiff in comparison to modern titles. I've always loved it for its ambitious use of vector graphics at a time when most games were...It really holds up visually, though the gameplay is a bit stiff in comparison to modern titles.
I've always loved it for its ambitious use of vector graphics at a time when most games were sticking to pixel art; and its custom virtual machine to handle the rendering (and make it portable). Those two decisions are a big part of why it's still pretty easy to play nowadays.
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Comment on Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf | Announcement trailer in ~games
Crespyl Link ParentI played the first one and enjoyed it! Inside is a good reference, though Planet of Lana is less horror/unsettling and more just an adventure with some light action. It also reminded me of Another...I played the first one and enjoyed it!
Inside is a good reference, though Planet of Lana is less horror/unsettling and more just an adventure with some light action.
It also reminded me of Another World, with it's focus on cinematic scenes and art.
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Comment on What the hell are we doing with hierarchical tags? in ~tildes
Crespyl LinkI don't have strong opinions on this, but I can speak to (what I presume is) the idea behind tags like "source.youtube". It's not that someone might want to search for "source", but that someone...I don't have strong opinions on this, but I can speak to (what I presume is) the idea behind tags like "source.youtube". It's not that someone might want to search for "source", but that someone searching for posts about YouTube wouldn't want to get every post from YouTube.
In this case, it's more like a semantic namespace to distinguish a bare "youtube" tag from more specific things like "source.youtube", "video hosts.youtube", "google services.youtube" etc. Not that we necessarily have a lot of those other tags to distinguish from yet, but it's nice to set up a good taxonomy early.
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Comment on Changes to Advent of Code starting this December in ~comp.advent_of_code
Crespyl Link ParentIf you can't wait for December, the site has an archive of past events you can check out. My favorite were the (divisive) 2019 puzzles, since there was a big focus on gradually building a little...If you can't wait for December, the site has an archive of past events you can check out.
My favorite were the (divisive) 2019 puzzles, since there was a big focus on gradually building a little "bytecode" interpreter to hang further puzzles off of.
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Comment on How many valid JSON strings are there? in ~comp
Crespyl LinkIt took me a minute to realize the author was not talking about the values of strings as defined in the JSON spec (anything inside of "..." pairs), but "JSON blobs encoded as strings" also known...It took me a minute to realize the author was not talking about the values of strings as defined in the JSON spec (anything inside of
"..."pairs), but "JSON blobs encoded as strings" also known as JSON documents.The article explores the number of valid JSON documents of several (small) sizes.
Neat!
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Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk
Crespyl Link ParentHere on Roundworld, "deosil" used to be the pair of widdershins, but I'm partial to Discworld's "turnwise".Here on Roundworld, "deosil" used to be the pair of widdershins, but I'm partial to Discworld's "turnwise".
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
Crespyl LinkI have an odd one. If you've enabled developer options on your Android phone, you have access to a feature that I kind of think ought to be under the accessibility options: "Show taps". All it...I have an odd one. If you've enabled developer options on your Android phone, you have access to a feature that I kind of think ought to be under the accessibility options: "Show taps".
All it does is provide a subtle visual hint wherever you tap on the screen, which isn't much, but I find it useful feedback that the phone is doing what I want/that I did press where I intended to. It also helps make things clearer when I'm casting or screen recording.
I've had it enabled since I found it years and years ago, it's one of the first things I set up on a new phone (along with
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Comment on Request: resources for learning digital electronics in ~comp
Crespyl Link ParentMy gut reaction, as someone currently enrolled in a 16 week Digital Applications class, is that that is a wildly ambitious course to have no prerequisites and to try to cover everything from...My gut reaction, as someone currently enrolled in a 16 week Digital Applications class, is that that is a wildly ambitious course to have no prerequisites and to try to cover everything from boolean algebra to CPU design and assembler in only 9 weeks.
I don't have a lot of material to offer, though as ackables suggests, nand2tetris is a great project to work through.
One resource that has helped me in the early stages is https://www.boolean-algebra.com/. It'll help show how to work with boolean algebra, and can also build k-maps and circuit diagrams.
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Comment on Is Tildes protected from malicious actors, aka paid trolls, aka bots? in ~tildes
Crespyl Link Parenthttps://xkcd.com/810 All that aside, I'd prefer to know I'm conversing with actual humans, but at this stage if someone set up an LLM bot with one of the major providers and set it loose here, I'm...If the bot doesn't violate rules and norms here then presumably it would just continue.
All that aside, I'd prefer to know I'm conversing with actual humans, but at this stage if someone set up an LLM bot with one of the major providers and set it loose here, I'm not sure we'd be able to spot it quickly, depending on the prompting and integration. Known bots that provide useful functions can be great, but they're deterministic. Maybe I'd feel better about a flagged bot account that could be summoned with a keyword? Eh.
I'm here to talk to people. Maybe one day software can graduate to people-ness, but we're not there yet.
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Comment on How are Framework Laptops? in ~tech
Crespyl LinkI've had a Framework 13 for about three years, and I've been pretty happy with it. I got the "DIY" version that comes without an OS, and put Arch on it (btw). I've been pretty happy with it;...I've had a Framework 13 for about three years, and I've been pretty happy with it. I got the "DIY" version that comes without an OS, and put Arch on it (btw).
I've been pretty happy with it; performance is good (though the fans get quite loud under load) and I've not really had to do anything terribly strange to get, for example, the fingerprint sensor working.
Biggest downside is definitely battery life, I get around four hours, maybe 5 if I'm lucky or use it lightly, usually less. That's after using some power managenment tools to tweak things and swapping out the HDMI port (which apparently had/has some kind of firmware issue that keeps it awake and using power even if there's nothing plugged in, this may be fixed in newer models).
There's also no dGPU of course, so many games won't run great, but that's to be expected. I'm not sure if it would support an external GPU or not. Dota 2 works more or less acceptably, Deadlock not so much (the last time I tried it anyway).
It works well for my school and development needs, but I'm hoping some day there'll be an ARM mainboard that I can upgrade to...
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Comment on Modos debuts an open-source e-paper with a 75-Hz refresh rate in ~tech
Crespyl Link ParentI think it's becoming more common, but full refreshes are still occasionally necessary. I can sketch lines on my Kobo (via Plato) and only the pixels I touch are updated. The "framerate" of the...I think it's becoming more common, but full refreshes are still occasionally necessary.
I can sketch lines on my Kobo (via Plato) and only the pixels I touch are updated. The "framerate" of the drawing is pretty high and feels smooth. During reading page flips are fast and not really distracting, but every now and then you get some "ghosting" of words from previous pages that don't quite get cleared, and a full flash-refresh is necessary to reset the display.
I think the devices tries to do the full refresh every so many pages, or at chapter breaks, whichever is sooner.
Linus used to occasionally rage at people, to the point of probably being outright abusive(?). He's made a point of improving on that point, and he's largely been succeeding as far as I've heard.
RMS... is kinda hyper-libertarian in some ways, to the point that (and I don't recall the specifics here, so I'm hedging a bit as I don't want to over- or under-state the issues) some of his statements have been construed as supporting drawn/animated images of children in sexual situations.
ah fuck, I went and looked it up briefly and it's worse than I remembered. He resigned a position at MIT after making statements in support of Marvin Minsky and Jeffery Epstein.
I'll always appreciate the principles and movement he was instrumental in getting off the ground; Emacs is an incredible work of software design and engineering; GNU and the GPL are one of if not the reason Linux and the free software movement has succeeded as much as it has; but the man himself is problematic to a degree that I can't support him.
Be careful meeting your heros.