canis_majoris

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

Lemmy has a serious sourcing issue, just across the board.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

It’s human nature!

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/73d34b4d-74bf-4245-9e5a-30b6601de921.jpeg

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

I agree with the Arc cards.

They are good, they are cheap, and they’re targeting the midrange to low-end hardware segment which is not covered by any other manufacturer.

I have a 3090 in my desktop but I have an Arc card on my server for Moonlight/Sunshine streaming, as well as Plex transcoding. It’s the cheapest card to have AV1 encoding built in.

I also keep seeing them increase performance significantly with every driver update, which is pretty cool.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

The new dedicated cards are actually very good. They sell them at a competitive price because they are not powerhouses, but they get the job done. If you’re targeting 1080p at your top end, it’s almost a no-brainer to go with an Arc card. If you’re pushing a higher resolution, it’s probably better to go with another manufacturer, unless you’re fine with higher resolutions and lower framerates.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

I had a 1050ti in the machine and I bought an A770. It’s overpowered for transcoding but I do remotely stream games at 1080p, which is a good workout for the card.

For simple transcoding I would buy the A310 since it’s the cheapest card with AV1. I’m running an old 6th Gen i7-6600k and I had to mess with the UEFI to allow REBAR, but I used this tool to do it.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

If you’re looking for privacy you might as well buy an older model and put in a Bluetooth stereo replacement in it.

You’re not going to find a modern car that isn’t spying on you.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

Miss Johnson-Johnson, your brats are here.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

FMA is good. I’d still consider it a silver standard compared to Brotherhood which is now a gold standard.

There are a lot of little things that happen in FMA that don’t happen in FMA:B that are still referenced, and personally I always kind of took both series together as a bunch of adventures for the brothers. I do prefer the ending of Brotherhood though.

Also obligatory Olivier Mira Armstrong is best girl.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

I dunno man, even when I talk about Gundams in public sometimes I get some strange looks.

Then again, that’s just what happens when I try to explain the UC timeline.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

Not bleeding social policies dry?

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

How in their right mind can they charge for a DLC?

Get outta here!

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

It’s such a random waste of money. Instead of some kind of commissions-based incentive bullshit we should just be funding our programs properly.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/3d59829b-d87c-47fb-a23d-bcb6e6ee345d.png

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

Behold, Plato’s man!

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

I love me some Kinoite.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

It’s this or sports betting ads. Take your pick.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

Surely you’d like to be asked to move to Alberta instead?

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

I don’t get it. I know the instance but what is the deal with the obsession around a shark toy from Ikea?

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

Basically nothing posted on here is uplifting anymore. It’s become a catch all for anything with a marginally positive outcome.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

I think you underestimate how shitty public transit is outside of like maybe six or seven major metros across all of North America.

You compare needing cars to using the subways as if I have a choice. Most of us literally don’t.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

He wants you to e-bike obviously.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

Please note I am from Lemmy.ca and I can tell you the exact same thing about Canada.

Don’t be elitist if you’re going to be ignorant.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

I think this is the apex of shitposting. Thank you.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

This sounds like a problem exclusive to the United States. In Canada all of our carriers still provide RCS. Rogers was one of the first major telcoms to implement RCS country-wide for Androids prior to the major rollout elsewhere.

Additionally, RCS is a generally open standard that can be adopted by anyone and implemented by any carrier. Google only runs their RCS back-end when carriers are unwilling or unable to do so, like in other regions worldwide. RCS is interoperable and even if it’s a system being used by Google, it’s an open standard. Apple were the ones not allowing the interoperability here, and causing the centralization.

canis_majoris, 1 month ago

The decentralized nature of the fediverse means nobody can “control” it really. You can have control over your own instances and that’s pretty much where it stops. I doubt the Canadian government would want to run more than a Mastodon instance like we’ve seen in the EU for open communication.

I would rather they invest in this with a tiny tiny sum to keep open communications available with the populace as compared to being beholden not only to corporations, but corporations that are generally outside of our jurisdiction.