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Comment on CrowdStrike code update bricking Windows machines around the world in ~tech
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Comment on Noctua releases new CPU cooler NH-D15 G2 and NF-A14x25r G2 fan in ~comp
whs LinkGamers Nexus' review is out. To summarize: It's the best performing air cooler, but there are better options including liquid cooling if you don't count the brand name and the things that come...Gamers Nexus' review is out. To summarize:
- It's the best performing air cooler, but there are better options including liquid cooling if you don't count the brand name and the things that come with it. They're impressed but don't recommend it.
- Cold plate types are different SKU
- LBC is preferrable for Intel. They make it so flat that the thing had a suction effect to their CPU
- HBC is preferrable for AMD.
- The standard model probably will last in all use cases until the next generation
- They comes with two different fans - PPA and PPB. The fans run at different speed of about 25 RPM to avoid beat frequency phenomenon that create annoying noise. The new fan also acoustically output at a lower frequency and the high pitched bearing noise is lower in volume compared to the previous generation.
- They also come with washer rings that supposed to be installed underneath the Intel CPU ILM (latch). It seems to have about 0.8 C differences but Gamers Nexus doesn't recommend on using it as it is tricky to install.
- In 250W Intel tests (HBC + Washer) it outperform the ID-Cooling Frozn by about 2 C at a lower volume. The cheaper AIO cooler Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360mm do outperform it by 6 C at a quieter volume.
- In 25dBA Intel noise normalized tests the same liquid cooler beat it with almost 10 C gap. It outperform the ID-Cooling Frozn by about 3 C.
- In 200W AMD tests all 3 cold plates was beaten by both Deepcool Assassin IV and ID-Cooling Frozn but both are louder.
- In 35dBA AMD noise normalized tests it was tied to the ID-Cooling Frozn and loses to the Freezer III 360mm AIO.
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Comment on PC gaming is mainstream. Now what? in ~games
whs Link ParentLast year I built a new PC, and now my 1080 annoys me in a Fractal North more than it did in the acrylic window in the last case. OpenRGB doesn't support it, so in the end I had to reverse...Last year I built a new PC, and now my 1080 annoys me in a Fractal North more than it did in the acrylic window in the last case. OpenRGB doesn't support it, so in the end I had to reverse engineer the Windows driver and submitted a patch to OpenRGB.
Now I bought some cheap speaker (since I already have an audiophile headphone setup) and the RGB is permanently on even when the PC is off. Perhaps one day I'll open it up and physically remove the LED.
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Comment on Noctua releases new CPU cooler NH-D15 G2 and NF-A14x25r G2 fan in ~comp
whs Link ParentFrom what they told me at Computex, all 3 base convexity options are included with NH-D15 G2 purchase. I asked if it possible for the older models to use the new convexity as well but they didn't...From what they told me at Computex, all 3 base convexity options are included with NH-D15 G2 purchase. I asked if it possible for the older models to use the new convexity as well but they didn't answered that directly (or perhaps it was lost in translation - I'm not a native and in person conversation is different than written).
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Comment on Most reliable privacy-conscious notes app? in ~tech
whs Link ParentI moved away from Joplin to Obsidian after their mobile version didn't properly support new filesystem permission in Android for months. In GitHub comments there were requests for help as the app...I moved away from Joplin to Obsidian after their mobile version didn't properly support new filesystem permission in Android for months. In GitHub comments there were requests for help as the app was written in React Native and libraries was not updated.
Obsidian is not open source, however. At least the file is markdown so it shouldn't be vendor lock in except for other notes formats like Kanban or Canvas.
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Comment on Noctua releases new CPU cooler NH-D15 G2 and NF-A14x25r G2 fan in ~comp
whs LinkI posted this on Tildes because I wanted to see different reaction from Tildes community and Reddit. Most people on Reddit would say that Noctua is overpriced compared to their competitors which...I posted this on Tildes because I wanted to see different reaction from Tildes community and Reddit.
Most people on Reddit would say that Noctua is overpriced compared to their competitors which also offer equal or better performance. The minority would give counterpoints that Noctua is also focused on longevity and acoustic performance. Which then get countered with that Noctua's price is much higher than buying several of the competitor's fans, and many reviewers now have normalized noise to performance ratio metrics which Noctua isn't leading by much.
I believe Noctua also claims that they also tuned the acoustic to avoid specific frequency sensitive to humans, something that no reviewers has compared. At the end you end up with anecdotal reports that their Noctua fans are quieter than other brands.
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Noctua releases new CPU cooler NH-D15 G2 and NF-A14x25r G2 fan
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Comment on The day AppGet died in ~tech
whs Link ParentI think Chocolatey is still the better software. For a very long time winget doesn't support installing software from zip (like just extract and run) which make OpenRGB not installable. I demo-ed...I think Chocolatey is still the better software. For a very long time winget doesn't support installing software from zip (like just extract and run) which make OpenRGB not installable. I demo-ed winget to my IT team this year and it didn't work for some reason. Software updates doesn't work sometimes (sometimes the upgrade end up being uninstall-install, but winget think the uninstallation failed leaving me with no software). I don't think I ever have problems with Chocolatey.
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Comment on The day AppGet died in ~tech
whs Link ParentI think this should be called SherlockedI think this should be called Sherlocked
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Comment on The Steam Summer Sale 2024 is live (runs June 27 - July 11) in ~games
whs Link ParentHere's my list of completed story games that are not open world. I think most will have more story than gameplay when compared to Metro or TLoU Dodgeball Academia is a sport RPG with comedy. It's...Here's my list of completed story games that are not open world. I think most will have more story than gameplay when compared to Metro or TLoU
- Dodgeball Academia is a sport RPG with comedy. It's somewhat open - it is a school. But the school is not that large and almost devoid of side objectives.
- Unpacking is a house tidying game. The story is told in a sentence or two every chapter, plus the sentimental value of personal belongings. You're required to finish off each maps before going to the next.
- A Way Out and It Takes Two are award winning 2 player coop story game. There's no single player.
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons are made by the same director as the previous two. It is very beautiful and recently got a remake (I haven't play the remake). You could say it's a one player coop game where you coop with your other hand.
- Freebirds Games make highly rated RPG Maker games that will make you cry. I think A Bird Story is optional - it doesn't have dialogue, the game play is minimal and is not often referred to in later games.
- Oxenfree was hailed for its dialogue system (although if you want to 100% you'll have to backtrack and realize it is boring without dialogue). It is somewhat spooky but I had no problem completing it. The second installment, in my opinion, doesn't live up to the first.
- Perhaps the Wolfenstein series reboot around mid '10 would be similar to Metro series or Half-Life in game play and story.
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Comment on Steam - Game Recording Beta - A new built-in system for creating and sharing your gameplay footage in ~games
whs Link ParentThat one is QLC. I feel like SSD doesn't get cheaper - they just stack more layers at cost of reliablity and speed. For the speed they can mask it with using some of the free disk space as SLC...That one is QLC.
I feel like SSD doesn't get cheaper - they just stack more layers at cost of reliablity and speed. For the speed they can mask it with using some of the free disk space as SLC cache. For reliability I look at my 5 years old drive and it only clocks 40 TBW. I suppose gamers wouldn't hit 100TBW before they change their PC.
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Comment on Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding in ~movies
whs Link ParentI tried that on Brave a few months ago, and it seemed to work. I believe it still doesn't do HDR or spatial audio (at most 5.1) so I end up adding the Netflix site on Edge as PWA to hide that it...I tried that on Brave a few months ago, and it seemed to work. I believe it still doesn't do HDR or spatial audio (at most 5.1) so I end up adding the Netflix site on Edge as PWA to hide that it is Edge.
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Comment on Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding in ~movies
whs (edited )Link ParentI paid for 4k Netflix, and I realize Netflix has no quality selector like YouTube. Now I don't know if Netflix actually give me the quality I paid for. (I don't have 4k screen, at most 1440p) Some...I paid for 4k Netflix, and I realize Netflix has no quality selector like YouTube. Now I don't know if Netflix actually give me the quality I paid for. (I don't have 4k screen, at most 1440p) Some of the problems I found are:
- You can't get 1080p on Linux.
- You can't get 720p on Firefox on Windows either. The only fully supported browser for some reason is Edge (and not other Chromium-based browsers) or the Windows app which is way worse than the web.
- My Chromecast Gen 3 is capped to 720p. I end up buying Chromecast with GTV
- I moved the old Gen 3 to my old Dell monitor used as TV. I think it selected 5.1 audio (without option to change to stereo except changing to other languages without 5.1 audio) which make dialogue inaudible. I had to buy a HDMI audio splitter that forcefully cap to 2.1 audio.
- Now that I bothered to check ctrl-alt-shift-d, apparently my Edge was using 1080p all along. I might have to buy the HEVC decoder from Microsoft, change the cable from DP to HDMI, etc. There's not even a check utility provided
And all these there's no indicator that I'm not using optimal settings for the setup. I just have to feel that the content isn't right and workaround it outside of Netflix settings.
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Comment on What slow-burn game is worth the time? in ~games
whs LinkThe Trails series (unrelated to "Tales of") is notable to have the very first game as the prologue. During development of several games in the series they realize that the story was longer than...The Trails series (unrelated to "Tales of") is notable to have the very first game as the prologue. During development of several games in the series they realize that the story was longer than they have time to develop, so instead they had to create a second game and add a filler opening where the plot stop moving.
The first game - Trails in the Sky FC - starts with a tutorial where Estelle & Joshua are getting their training to become Junior Bracer. The tutorial chapter last like an hour or two (mostly dialogue - this series is notorious for its script length). Then the main story start where their dad's airliner went missing and they go to each town to solve the town's mysterious problems. At the end it is starting to show that there's bigger problem in here (and dad is still nowhere to be found). The game ends with a cliffhanger that even upped the stakes. Some people would say that the entire FC is like 40 hours prologue to the main story in SC.
The problem though is the writing peaked at the 5th game - Trails to Azure, but that game also include sexual harassment joke where a female, on-duty police officer get anime style groping while her police friends just watch. And then the fanservice get worse and worse, plus a romance system that require the protagonists to be dense harem protagonists. In Trails of Cold Steel IV that I could feel the writers are saying we're forced to write anime fanservice that we don't want to. At least the main story is somewhat interesting until the main antagonist is revealed. In the latest installment - Trails into Reverie - the main antagonist is literally a deus ex machina. At least they make the fanservice optional scenes this time (and double down with VR support that only works on those scenes).
What I love though, is that all this worldbuilding and flawed setup make it ripe for fanfictions. There's a popular one where a trope reader get reincarnated as one of the side character. She then get recognized as divine as the NPCs are mentally blocked from recognizing JRPG/Anime tropes and acting on it.
The next game is a new arc of the series, releasing in English next month. I hope they go back to what make the first 5 games great.
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Comment on What slow-burn game is worth the time? in ~games
whs Link ParentI just bought it yesterday, importing my save from the game pass version. The paths are still there and the buildings, although some are marked unknown owner I assume it was copied from the last...I just bought it yesterday, importing my save from the game pass version. The paths are still there and the buildings, although some are marked unknown owner I assume it was copied from the last login on game pass (as the game could not lookup user on other platform). The signs are clearly different from the last time I played. I did a supply request for an achievement and it did get fulfilled today.
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Comment on Riot’s Vanguard comes to League in ~games
whs LinkMy concerns on these kernel space anticheat is security. The driver could have vulnerabilities that allow elevated system control without UAC prompt. Especially that the anticheat is often used to...My concerns on these kernel space anticheat is security. The driver could have vulnerabilities that allow elevated system control without UAC prompt. Especially that the anticheat is often used to avoid implement the basic security principle of don't trust the client inputs - speedhacks, fly, highscore cheats, or unlocking achievements for other players are cheats that should be detected as invalid inputs.
If the anticheat only runs when the player enter online mode (and offer offline modes if applicable) and unload itself after the play session completes then it should be acceptable to me.
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Comment on Backdoor in upstream libxz targeting sshd in ~comp
whs LinkWith the current mistrust against liblzma and its complex code, I wonder if one could write a simple drop-in replacement for it. Perhaps a focus on simple code over performance might also result...With the current mistrust against liblzma and its complex code, I wonder if one could write a simple drop-in replacement for it. Perhaps a focus on simple code over performance might also result in somewhat usable performance too, like Serenity's Ladybird Browser.
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Comment on Introducing Steam Families in ~games
whs Link ParentFor comparison, Google Family also have similar one year cooldown when used to share paid services like YouTube Premium or paid storage.For comparison, Google Family also have similar one year cooldown when used to share paid services like YouTube Premium or paid storage.
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Comment on Steam Spring Sale suggestions in ~games
whs Link ParentAh. I like those genre and have played Factorio & Satisfactory. I like the automation part and that require too much thinking and it's not podcast-able for me. Adding to that list I find Oxygen...Ah. I like those genre and have played Factorio & Satisfactory. I like the automation part and that require too much thinking and it's not podcast-able for me.
Adding to that list I find Oxygen Not Included fun in easy mode. The early game is brutal with somewhat fixed opening moves, but the game open up in mid game. Since things take time to build it can be played with other things in the background. Unfortunately I quit to play Trails into Reverie and now I can't continue the save because they nerfed starvation fish ranching in the last patch (For under $10 and a game released in 2019 it is still updated like a live service game! They're planning to focus on a paid DLC this year though).
If anyone is buying, the Spaced Out expansion is a different experience (like StarCraft and Brood Wars has the same base unit with different balance). With so much mechanics to learn in vanilla game I'd not recommend it for the first time player.
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Comment on Steam Spring Sale suggestions in ~games
whs Link ParentI played through all small-medium maps in VCD with friends. Got motion sickness but I push through. The annoying part is when your friend knock over your filthy bucket and you have to start over....I played through all small-medium maps in VCD with friends. Got motion sickness but I push through. The annoying part is when your friend knock over your filthy bucket and you have to start over. Or when your friends put footprints over your completed section. The multiplayer is also super laggy, adding to the motion sickness, if there's too much decals but setting low decals limit feel like cheating.
I think PowerWash Simulator got it that the game doesn't have any penalty, like it could've simulated hose tangling, max hose distance, breakable items, filthy water, PvP injury but it choose not to. Another example is Lawn Mowing Simulator where they could've made the lawnmover drive like a car in GTA, but it choose a more realistic driving. They also penalize when you mow over flowerbeds making it's not totally mindless.
If this software was designed in the pre-cloud era where the internet can be costly and not always on, then the silent update feature will not be a thing and there would not be an issue today.