ByteSorcerer

@ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Overblown quantum dot conspiracy theories make important points about QLED TVs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on viewing conditions. As of yet there isn’t an objectively superior display technology.

  OLEDs have the best contrast in a dark room as black pixels can be fully turned off, but they are generally less bright and use more power than comparable LCD TVs or monitors (especially when you compare models of a similar price range).

  LCD based monitors and TVs can get brighter and can actually achieve a higher contrast in a well lit room as the black pixels on an LCD are less reflective than black pixels on an OLED, and when viewing in daylight the ambient light is more than enough to drown out the backlight bleed.

  There are also other smaller pros and cons. OLED for example has a better pixel response time, while IPS LCDs are more colour accurate. Text rendering and other fine graphics also generally look slightly sharper on an LCD than on an OLED display (when comparing displays of equal resolution / pixel density) due to the subpixel layout.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'You can now jailbreak your AMD CPU' — Google researchers release kit to exploit microcode vulnerability in Ryzen Zen 1 to Zen 4 chips⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Any guesses how long it will take for someone to use this jailbreak to get Doom to run on just the CPU?
  In theory, at least some of the affected processors should have more than enough cache to run it directly from there, right?

  Though I have to admit that I don’t understand CPU internals well enough to know if the microcode even has enough control over the chip to make that physically possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On May 5, Microsoft’s Skype will shut down for good⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It was successfull for a while up to 10 years or so ago, when it was the main free option for video calling. But nowadays there are plenty of alternatives, pretty much all of which do a better job than Skype ever did.

  Skype has now been pretty much obsolete for years so I don’t think it’s too bad that it’s ending.

  The Google approach would have been to already have killed it in 2004 before it ever even had a chance to be successful.