Dran_Arcana
@Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world
- Comment on Dead Games News: Response from UK Government 5 months ago:
TL/DW for those of us who don’t learn well from video content?
- Comment on CD Projekt CFO does "not see a place for microtransactions in single-player games" 7 months ago:
I actually did, because once I bought it they couldn’t shut down the dlc servers on me when they released the next one.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
They probably would. As the value of a dollar drops disproportionate to the value of goods/services, the cost in dollars for the same good/service goes up.
- Comment on How does a SO feel different from a very good friend? 9 months ago:
And ideally, when you find someone that is in all three circles for longer than a honeymoon (or refractory) period, that’s the one you marry!
- Comment on My ex wants me back 9 months ago:
It makes sense when you think about it, upstream is typically in the like 5-40mhz range, where downstream/tv is in the 40mhz-1ghz range. The splitting and routing is done at the analog level, similar to how a low-pass filter routes low frequencies to a subwoofer in a high-end audio setup.
You can’t just have a hardware low pass filter start filtering upstream traffic above what the equipment is designed for, and with frequencies that low there just isn’t the bandwidth for the throughput people want.
- Comment on My ex wants me back 9 months ago:
There is an actual technical reason for coax networks not being able to provide symmetrical speeds. It has to do with what frequencies (channels) are dedicated to data uplink, data downlink, and cable TV. Cable TV is still the cash cow for coax providers, and installing appropriate channel splitters network-wide to reallocate higher-bandwidth channels to data uplink would result in days or weeks of downtime for cable subscribers, not to mention the crippling amount of money in new hardware. It is a consequence of how the networks were physically built when providers thought that cable and download speeds were all anyone needed; it’s not just a software switch they can flip if they wanted to.
Spectrum still sucks, but asymmetrical Internet speeds are not one of the things they suck at on purpose.
- Comment on YouTube comment deletion is out of control, can't say anything anymore even when completely sensible. Is there a text format (alternate characters) that allows you to bypass detection? 10 months ago:
The world would be a better place if you stopped commenting everywhere I think.
- Comment on HBO Max is removing features from my plan without reducing my price. 11 months ago:
Ask them for a refund, in writing, document everything, and if they refuse, take it to your state’s AG office. Obviously I can’t speak for every state, but mine has slapped around whirlpool when they refused to fix a defective fridge, dell when they refused to replace a monitor with dead pixels, etc. I’ve never had a bad experience. It’s amazing how a letter from your local AG’s office will suddenly make companies be less shitty to you.
- Comment on How do poor people in the states give birth without money? 1 year ago:
My favorite part is when one of the three companies that does ours leaked all of our data with relatively no consequences.
- Comment on How do poor people in the states give birth without money? 1 year ago:
I’m not sure that’s entirely the bar we should be aiming for
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Not op, but for posterity, that was the title of the video when it came up in my YouTube sub feed
- Comment on Anyone remember Xfire? 1 year ago:
X fire, but in my defense I was eleven