accideath

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨preferences⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Touché. While Mesa is rock solid, using AMD cards for compute is indeed a fool‘s errand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨preferences⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Obligatory switch to Linux notice. The AMD drivers for linux put the nvidia drivers for windows to shame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Off topic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  3000€ is still a hell of a lot of money. Most people I know don’t have a TV that’s more than 500€ and no sound system at all or maybe a 200€ soundbar. I don’t know anyone whose TV + sound system is above 3000€ combined and the one guy who hits that mark is a movie lover.

  If multi thousand euro setups would be the norm, I don’t think we would be having the conversation about bad-for-home-video audio as much. Most people aren’t in the position to spend that much cash on their TV, though.

  That said, you can get a decent used 5.1 audio setup for well under 100€, that can totally cope with most of the dynamic range and deliver a good audio experience. But most people don’t know and don’t care about that. They just want whatever movie they’re watching to sound good enough on their TVs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Off topic⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You got a smidge of a point. Yes, movie surround sound is mastered for (home) cinemas and if that’s the setup you have, it works. You don’t even need a fancy setup. I have a cheap old 5.1 system and when I’m in the mood for a home cinema experience, including the volume, it works great.

  However, there’s no excuse for studios to not provide a more compressed TV mix because not everyone has a home cinema or the capability of turning up the volume without angry neighbours kicking down your door. Especially for Series and direct-to-streaming movies that never had a theatrical release but just drop on Netflix one day. Because there are plenty of those that are also not mixed for quieter soundsystems, TV speakers or people who cannot or don’t want to turn up the volume.

  So yes. I expect the audio to work well on my living room TV. Because I’m paying to watch it on a service that’s available on on my living room TV and Studios know that the vast majority of people do not have a home cinema. It is thus, in my opinion, a reasonable expectation, for any movie that released past the DVD age, to have an audio track that doesn’t require me to own a home theatre. Because you can optimise for two things, by just having two audio tracks. Some movies on Netflix even have a dedicated stereo tracks available. Why can’t that be the norm?

  Or, those streaming services could offer a setting to compress the dynamic range for home viewing. My AppleTV actually has that function built in and it’s very useful when you want to watch something late at night without waking the whole house up. Sadly, most streaming services use their own media player instead of the native one and don’t have a comparable feature…

  That said, I very much don’t want a compressed dynamic range sound mix to become the only one available. I happen to have a setup that can just about handle a higher dynamic range in most of cases, if I can/want to raise the volume accordingly and I usually like it that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has learned enough⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He also uses crucio in book 7, when one of the carrows spits on mcgonnagal, iirc

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interesting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m immortal until proven otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reality vs Fantasy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also seconds language but I’ve learned it depends on how the first letter of the following word is spoken. If the following word has a vocal sound (even if the first letter is technically a consonant), it’s ‘an’, which it thusly would also be here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, they did specifically look for heterosexual non-homophobic men. Apparently, every one they got was honest about their sexuality, both to the researchers as to themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How streaming changed the way you watch TV⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Artificial limits can be great though. They force you to think about what you’re doing. Only 80 minutes of space on the CD? 36 frames in my camera? Make them count.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wtf i love capitalism now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can but it’s a bit of a workaround via the shortcuts app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone use a phone without a protective case?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t use a case. I like my phone to be small (have an iPhone 13 mini) and a case would somewhat negate that advantage. I also haven’t really seen a case that I like the look of.

  I do have a vinyl sticker on the back but it’s more for looks than for protection.

  Modern phones are surprisingly durable. I mean, of course, over the time I have my phone it collected a few small nicks on the frame and a few minor scratches on the display but it’s a device I use daily after all.

  I’ve only ever had two phones break on me and one of them (my iphone 4S) was accidentally flung across the room by the neighbour‘s boy and even it only needed a new back glass, which I fixed myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally a map to show me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At the same time, you’re not obligated to find them attractive though. And if your partner decides to alter their appearance to the point where you don’t find them attractive any more, ending that relationship is just as valid.