Creat
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- Comment on Physicists vs Normal People 1 week ago:
Only works in America though
- Comment on YouTube, when the walls fell 2 weeks ago:
Again, he doesn’t do sponsorships and doesn’t want to. Missing out on “only” AdSense is one of two revenue streams (the other being donations/patron).
- Comment on YouTube, when the walls fell 2 weeks ago:
Because it’s not an alternative to people with YouTube as a job. It’s great if you want to have a couple of videos hosted and watchable by others. There is no way to monetize them by their very definition and mission statement. Their own website says it was “created for non-commercial purposes”. It’s his job though, so he’s not the target demographic.
You could integrate sponsors, which he doesn’t do on YouTube either. Or redirect to patron or similar services.
There’s also no (or very little) discoverable for people who watch sometime similar, which YouTube actually does extremely well. So how do you grow your audience?
- Comment on PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US 4 weeks ago:
You kinda missed most of my points. Because a core advantage of building a PC from individual parts is that you can buy some parts used, or adjust them to what you actually need. You can’t buy the PS5 used cause it just came out, but the components are actually relatively old.
A case can be had for cheap (often with fans). Also a used GPU might allow you to get a bit more performance for the same money (or the same perf for less money). Keep in mind that the hardware specs of the PS5 aren’t exactly cutting edge top tier performance. You can also find a complete used PC with roughly the right specs, and a quick check showed an eBay listing for case+PSU+mobo+3700x+16gb and 512gb nvme + 2tb HDD for 309€. And that was the first hit, with “buy it now”, after 30s on the site.
You can also tailor what exactly you buy to your needs. Maybe 1TB nvme is enough for you, or you can even start out with 500gb. It’s a PC, just buy another m.2 when you really need it, takes 5 minutes to install.
But all that is kinda not the point either. Mainly the advantage is that it’s a PC. It’s not just a gaming thing (though it can be). That is what makes it worth it, also obviously depending on the individual needs. And that’s the point. The PC does what you need, and can be made to change to whatever that is.
When you said “from a pure budget standpoint, no PC isn’t worth it” you also one again COMPLETELY IGNORE that you need to buy games to play. Those are so much more expensive (and have a much more limited selection) on console. And over the lifetime of the console, game costs will have been much more than the device. That’s the point, and why they are relatively affordable, they are subsidized by the manufacturer who makes money on every game bought for it. When a console comes out, they typically loose money on it.
Finally, once a few years have gone by, you can actually upgrade PC parts individually where needed. You don’t have to buy the next generation new one, like with consoles. Again, much cheaper. For people who are on tight budget, this is or should be a huge consideration. Once you got a PC, the next upgrade is so much cheaper than a new console, yet it’ll be equivalent to that new console.
Consoles are cheaper the day you buy them (and not by a lot). Even just weeks or months later the PC is cheaper. Years later it’s cheaper by a lot.
- Comment on PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US 4 weeks ago:
Unless I misunderstood something, the PS5 isn’t “true 4k”, but uses upscaling just like any semi-modern GPU can do as well (DLSS and FSR I think is the AMD version). That changes that equation quite a bit.
I would argue that reocmmending a PC over a (new) console has gotten easier, especially for someone on a budget. Because you can actually get an incredibly competent machine these days (used of course). Even if you decide to pay more to get a better PC, you then have access to the vast PC library with all the bundles, frequent and often deep sales, giveaways, … The cost of the console isn’t just the console, but also what you can play on it and what it costs, and this aspect has improved massively on PC in recent years (and was already pretty good before then).
Of course, if you’re interested in exlusives or first-party titles (like nintendo), or you generally play mostly AAA games, the console might just be the better or only option, but you better bring the wallet for the whole journey.
- Comment on PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US 4 weeks ago:
I understand that not everyone has the expertise, but for 800$ you can put together a very capable system that will beat the PS5 easily. It will probably include some used parts. You don’t need a 4070 in there, not even remotely close.
But yes, obviously the prices have gone up quite a bit over the last years.
- Comment on Hi-Rez Studios is laying off further employees and ending development on Smite, Paladins, and Rogue Company 1 month ago:
The article makes it sound like it’s just about the “older” games, but layoffs affect core smite 2 development, too. And not just 1 or 2 people either. Also literally everyone related to eSports, so that entire concept seems dead to them as well. Kinda looks like we’re on a downward spiral, so don’t get too invested.
- Comment on The steam mobile app telling me to open the steam module app to login to the steam mobile app . 3 months ago:
Like Randelung said, that would be true if you couldn’t reset you password via email. But as long as that’s possible the email can’t ever be the 2nd factor because it can be used to (re)set the 1st one.
A safer definition of what the 2 factors should be is “something you know” and “something you own”. The “know” is usually a password (which you can remember, but you should use a password manager these days so you can have a different password for every service). The “own” is typically a phone these days (generating a timed code, for example). But it doesn’t have to be, it can be a physically USB dongle or your fingerprint. The idea is that it’s something that can’t be overheard, or recorded via key logger or or even told to someone.
Steam does this better (as in safer) than most.
- Comment on The steam mobile app telling me to open the steam module app to login to the steam mobile app . 3 months ago:
That’s the point of real 2fa. And the prices of activating it also makes it very clear. I find it incredibly frustrating when I activate 2fa on some service, and they allow email as a callback that I can’t turn off. Cause that turns out back into single factor, being the email. That’s what the recovery codes are for.
Otherwise, if someone has access to your email, they can just reset the password and get access (cause that is the 2nd factor). Then they can change the associated email address and that’s that.
- Comment on A decline in arable land 5 months ago:
Germany looks like a dead straight line, yet the text says it could see a large drop by 2030. Sure, it could also see a large rise in arable land, no reason or context is given.
- Comment on Anon starts asking questions 6 months ago:
Normal bikes that you just push aren’t that stable without a rider, but you can get it some distance. They still fall over rather quickly. That’s mostly the form of the handlebars like gnu commented. And yes, without a rider, the gyroscopic effect is relevant. A bike weighs let’s say 15 kg, and a rider is commonly like 75kg. Of course removing like 80% of the weight changes if the gyroscopic has a meaningful influence. Add the rider back, and it becomes negligible again.
This is of course even more pronounced if you push only a wheel with nothing else, then there’s nothing left but momentum and the gyroscopic effect.
The reason you lean into a turn is exclusively the centrifugal force (not sure that’s the right twin), if you don’t you fall over because you have nothing to turn against. Changing direction needs something to push against.
- Comment on Anon starts asking questions 6 months ago:
The gyroscopic effect of slowly spinning, light bicycle wheels is negligible compared to the weight of the bike and it’s rider. If it was what keeps you upright, riding a tiny scooter-thing with skateboard/inliner wheels would be impossible. I mean those without motor, pedals, where you push yourself forward with one foot on the ground), often for kids.
What actually keeps you upright isn’t a physical effect, but just training your brain to instinctually keep you upright. While you’re moving, turning the handlebar effectively moves the bike below you left and right. So if you start tilting to the right, you turn right (slightly) so the bike/scooter is moving below you to compensate. That’s why learning to ride anything that is balancing on 2 wheels takes a relatively long time, but only once. Then your brain knows what to do, and it just works without thinking about it.
- Comment on Instagram app no longer lets you post stories without allowing camera and mic access on ios 7 months ago:
Yup, that’s the correct reaction.
- Comment on Idea: hardware manufacturers should publish RSS feeds for firmware updates 8 months ago:
I remember that Asus did this back in the day at least, not sure if they still do. But I remember having rss feeds for at least 2 of my motherboards in my reader, back when rss was actually widely used. It’s been like 10-15 years though…
- Comment on Dredge: Indie Darling to Get its Very Own Live-Action Movie 8 months ago:
This is probably the most unexpected game ever to get a movie adaptation. It does make sense thinking about the setting and story though, so I’m all here for it. Obviously depends highly on writer, director and probably producer(s), but let’s just hope they all get it. I mean it could happen, right?
- Comment on Hardcore 10 months ago:
Because you can’t read the article by reading it’s number, and there isn’t enough room for the whole article on normally visible parts of the body (not to mention the cost of that tattoo).
The QR code would give you a way to copy/paste the id so you can actually give and, you know, read the thing.
- Comment on Hardcore 10 months ago:
A QR code can also just contain plain text. It’s just usually used for URLs.
- Comment on 27 Unhelpful Facts About Category Theory 10 months ago:
Hehe no problem, I was just rather confused when I opened the video and it started at the end (or rather didn’t start, obviously).
- Comment on 27 Unhelpful Facts About Category Theory 10 months ago:
You posted a link with a timestamp, which points to the end of the video. Weird…
- Comment on Why there are 861 roguelike deckbuilders on Steam all of a sudden 11 months ago:
You know you can turn off the music, right? Just play your own or none at all.
- Comment on Not buying a shaver from Philips again.. 1 year ago:
What low voltage though? Unless it’s 5V like USB (non-PD and non-QC), they should and need to be incompatible.
- Comment on Fallout 3: GOTY Edition is free to keep for the next 24 hours on the Epic Games Store 1 year ago:
You can use legendary worth heroic as a user interface (both open source projects) to download and play games you own on epic, no need to install their software.
- Comment on My first time playing Cities Skylines 1 year ago:
The point is to avoid left turns when merging onto or leaving from the smaller road above. Keeps the traffic on it flowing.
- Comment on 1 year ago:
Surprisingly, I don’t think Terraria has been mentioned yet. Dedicated server can be downloaded for free and fun on Windows or Linux. I’m relatively sure that even spontaneous hosted games (from inside the game) are LAN accessible directly.
- Comment on Epic is giving away 17 games as part of its holiday sale 1 year ago:
There is no need to use their launcher, as there are open source alternatives. “legendary” is a tool that can download sand install games from epic, but it’s command line only. Fortunately, there is also “heroic”, which is a GUI for it and honestly a pretty good one. Can also handle GOG games.
They work well for me, haven’t had epic’s launcher installed in a very long time.