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- Comment on “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!) 2 weeks ago:
GameNativeOS when?
- Comment on Why aren't non-selfhosed AI models/apps private? 2 weeks ago:
Most modern legal systems today presume innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.
That’s because guilty people in the legal system get put in cages.
- Comment on Why aren't non-selfhosed AI models/apps private? 2 weeks ago:
Why would they be? Clearly no one cares about privacy, and they can sell your information to make money.
- Comment on Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want 2 weeks ago:
LOL they haven’t “forgotten”, they just don’t care.
- Comment on Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad? 3 weeks ago:
Because they gained their monopoly by, yes, being first, but also by continuously being the best. And they don’t exploit their monopoly. They’re an intermediary between publishers and consumers, and generally speaking they are good stewards of that intermediary, generally operating in favor of the consumer, rather than the big game publishers.
- Comment on “Crystal vibrations do actually treat diseases” | HGModernism 3 weeks ago:
They use them in high pressure fuel injectors as well, which is pretty dang cool.
- Comment on The World Is Basically Begging for Another iPod 3 weeks ago:
I mean “its back” in the sense that demand is rising for nostalgic purposes.
- Comment on We have a Secret... | JerryRigEverything [12:26] 3 weeks ago:
LOL clickbait is all they do on this channel.
- Comment on Starfield PS5 players demand refunds, reporting widespread bugs and glitches that leave the game "unplayable" 4 weeks ago:
LOL imagine creating a game that runs like total ass on a powerful PC and then releasing it on Playstation…
- Comment on How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows 4 weeks ago:
Its a really good show. I know lots of these people and it depicts them accurately. Probably because it was written by one of them.
Unfortunately Billy Bob’s speeches went viral, spreading a bunch of disinformation as laid out thoroughly by my favorite climate activist/comedian.
- Comment on The Dumbest Decision in American History 4 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t expect any less from the dumbest administration in world history.
- Comment on Which wired earbuds do you recommend? 4 weeks ago:
I mean I’m not an “audiophile” and I found these to be a good combination of inexpensive, comfortable, and decent sound.
But I also haven’t owned 1000 pairs of headphones so maybe I’m missing out.
- Comment on Which wired earbuds do you recommend? 4 weeks ago:
What is a “meme IEM”?
- Comment on Which wired earbuds do you recommend? 4 weeks ago:
That’s interesting. I’ve had the opposite experience. Been wearing them for like 7 years. They’re the only buds I can wear literally all day long and even forget they’re there. I did replace the tips with comply foam ones though.
- Comment on Which wired earbuds do you recommend? 4 weeks ago:
KZ ZS10
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
I think its pretty clear that we’re discussing cloud-connected cameras.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
There was never a time to put them up in the first place…
- Comment on Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare 5 weeks ago:
I’m extremely skeptical about Steam’s statistics. They seem to have wild fluctuations like this on a regular basis. Not to mention the statistics they show about me in their “year in review” are often just very very wrong.
- Comment on [Technology Connections] Don't overthink electric car charging (we should be doing it differently) [52:12] 5 weeks ago:
You should actually watch the video. There are a dozen counterarguments to this and Alec has taken the time to lay them out for you.
- Comment on Don't overthink electric car charging (we should be doing it differently) 5 weeks ago:
That’s entirely dependent on your home. They often cost $1k+.
- Comment on Don't overthink electric car charging (we should be doing it differently) 5 weeks ago:
I’ve been charging my cars this way for 9 years. You do need a sufficiently efficient vehicle. You ain’t charging a Hummer this way. Also I recommend getting a “heavy duty” receptacle because I have melted a couple of them after a while.
- Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow 5 weeks ago:
The Mac is comparable in photo and video editing a dominates in LLM generation.
- Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow 5 weeks ago:
It’s nothing to do with idle applications, you should really looke more into this because what you’re saying is simply misinformed.
- Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow 5 weeks ago:
Again, it depends on the workload. There are endless comparisons between high end desktops and comparably-priced Mac desktops, and while the PC is often more powerful, that’s not always the case , and the Mac does it while being much quieter, and not turning the room it’s in into a sauna.
- Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow 5 weeks ago:
They put them in everything because they’re smaller and more efficient (and thus quieter) and because they’re competitive with PC desktops in performance. And economies of scale doesn’t hurt either.
- Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow 5 weeks ago:
…once again, not talking about laptops.
- Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow 5 weeks ago:
They already are. Increased speed and efficiency are solid reasons. The Mac Pro was absolutely enormous in comparison to the new Mac Studio, which absolutely blows it away in terms of performance, while being a lot cheaper. Strix Halo is a great example of similar benefits on the PC front.
The vast majority of PCs aren’t sold to hobbyists. Gamers mostly benefit from the existence of other markets that they can sell these chips too. If those go, these chips get taken off the market.
- Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow 5 weeks ago:
CAMM has been around for years now but I’ve never seen a single model using them. Even Framework passed on them with their new desktop.
- Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow 5 weeks ago:
This isn’t about laptop/desktop but about modular vs. Integrated processors.
- Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow 5 weeks ago:
The writing on the wall is large and clear. You can still have high-end kit, but you don’t get to put it together from discrete bits. The fastest parts – the CPU, GPU, volatile and non-volatile storage – all get assembled as a single, highly integrated, non-upgradable component.
Honestly I’m shocked desktop PCs have lasted this long.
That being said, PC gaming is a growing trend, not shrinking, so I suspect there will continue to be at least some availability in the future for those components?
Additionally, while Macs are really great at some workloads, they’re still inferior in others to existing desktop machines with dedicated GPUs, and the closest competitor from Apple will still cost at least twice as much.