ChaoticNeutralCzech @ ChaoticNeutralCzech @feddit.de

Ich kann Deutsch erst am Niveau B2 sprechen.

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x265 playback is more demanding than x264 playback

By a factor of 2 with the same bitrate. But you only need half the bitrate for the same quality (SNR) so it really isn't.

However, encoding is about 10x more demanding in terms of bitrate, or 5x for the same quality. This may be worth it for long-term storage or wide distribution over limited bandwidth (torrenting), but not for one-time personal use.

signal theft

Who did they steal signal from?

Most common middle- and upper-tier phones, as well as any Pixel and Fairphone (thanks to being more open) will get a custom ROM with updates 8+ years after the release, and you can buy a used 5-year-old phone quite cheaply.

Typing this on my 10-year-old Sony Xperia Z with Android 13. It cost me $0 (found in e-waste) including a data plan (owner forgot SIM inside). The camera has low sensitivity and dust in it and the battery is worn, but everything else is decent. I will open it some day to fix the problems, a replacement battery cost me $10. There is even 4G and NFC, and the 1080x1920 screen is nearly "retina-density" at such small size. I decided to not use the SIM as it could be criminal, and I have my prepaid one in s dumb phone, but I use it for entertainment - the phone fits in my hand and the design is quite timeless. The CPU is a little weak, it cannot decode 1080p30 or 720p60 video in real time, and gets hot quickly on demanding websites.

He had to get a dog to satisfy dozens of people asking for a lock of his hair.

The new device is called FP-GBC, not FPGA.

FPGA (field-programmable gate array) is a technology where the chip contains all kinds of circuits, which can be programmatically "rewired" in specific ways to make it into a fast device-specific circuit, such as an emulator of the Game Boy GPU that can drive a modern LCD without needing to interrupt a CPU. Its function can be exactly the same as the original but way cheaper than manufacturing a new silicon die for the small production. More complex FPGAs could also emulate the CPU, sound and everything else from a GameBoy, or even handle intensive tasks like crypto mining with relatively good power efficiency. Both the Analogue and FunnyPlaying GB replicas use FPGAs.

The students should get together and jack the machine away into their hacking club and do some reverse engineering, so that we get more information on how the data collection worked as opposed to just trusting the company's statements. If a hacking group like the German Chaos Computer Club got behind this, they could release their findings while keeping the perpetrators anonymous. However, I’m pretty sure the machine is just a frontend to a server, which got shut down as soon as the students complained, with no GDPR-like checkout being available in the jurisdiction.

There are legit reasons, for example your main instance is buggy or does not federate with all services. Also, browsing Lemmy via Mastodon etc. is not convenient at all.

Yes, it does correlate close to an inverse proportion.

Still pales in comparison to Neutrinos, which pass through virtually all matter.

Yes, Oglaf has some good SFW comics as well as good NSFW ones. But the official list of comics does not tag NSFW ones – instead, they are NSFW by default and the exceptions are marked “safe”. It is about 80% NSFW, which is way more than “sometimes”.

It's OK if it's FOSS. Imagine if Adobe Acrobat was FOSS and PDF was an open standard - it would have double the features and 10 times less suck.

There are more ways to make Windows suck less, even open source ones: https://feddit.de/comment/7447632 Of course, pick whatever is best for you, but FOSS is ultimately safer (and free!).

I prefer if persistent, high-permission code running on my machine is FOSS, and support the devs if I see it's useful

Not open source. Use:

• Open Shell
  • brings a normal Start Menu back as well as an optional taskbar in Explorer
• Explorer Patcher
  • revives Explorer's "commented-out code", bringing back functionality from previous Windows versions: optionally translucent taskbar without blur, seconds display in calendar popup, optionally the weather widget and many many more
• CTT winutil
  • installs/updates various free programs for you with one click, one-stop-shop for all kinds of recommended debloat/freedom settings
• MSEdge Redirect
  • self-explanatory: all Bing queries from within the OS apps go to your preferred search engine & default browser instead

I never said they were used exclusively in Russia. However, it is strange because I don't think they are allowed in the EU - a grounded plug can be inserted without a ground connection, and the recess is way too shallow. Such sockets may have been allowed by lenient regulations many decades ago but the design seems way too modern.

If you're black: J'uanté tu choux ju une tradiçion des peuples moine de l'Congo (I'm sorry)

I think this is a European-compatible socket with no ground, used in Russia.

No, the manufacturers haven't standardized the pinout of physically connectible 6-pin and 8-pin connectors. Look at other comments like this one.

You can call it Greg.

Except there are several types with different pinouts, and you can destroy components with reverse polarity.