GeneralVincent @ GeneralVincent @lemmy.world

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Maybe the tool is the addiction. Or maybe I'm just addicted to tools.

How am I supposed to know to Google "RA tech Gamers Nexus" if you don't say who was involved?

Also yes I am going to question your hyperbolic and subject language like "tantrum". It's not manipulative for me to ask that. Typically a tantrum is used to describe toddlers stomping and falling to the floor screaming and crying. And when I look into it and find Gamers Nexus was harsh and critical, but not histrionic or emotional, I know you're being subjective by saying he threw a tantrum. So I'm questioning your bias because your comments are filled with hyperbole (gospel enshrined by the Pope himself?? Really??)

Steve could have taken more time to hear RA Tech out or validate his tests or been nicer etc etc and handled it better. I personally am disappointed in his response. We shouldn't treat anyone as above criticism, especially someone like Steve that people watch for his educational content. However, many other people also disagree with RA Tech. And when Steve commented, 90% of his comment was focusing on the technical aspects of why he disagreed. And I couldn't find any discussion between the two past that, feel free to give more context or follow up if there is any.

I'm not going to say either Gamers Nexus or Hardware Unboxed had correct benchmarks, but the RA Tech video alone doesn't disprove them because his testing methodology fundamentally lacks transparency. He didn't say what resolution or setting he was testing at, he compared those unlabeled numbers with cropped screenshots of Gamers Nexus' numbers. Gamers Nexus tests at different resolutions and settings, so saying you got better results is meaningless without that context. But RA Tech glosses over that by then shifting to comparing to his own simulated test of a 2 core 4 thread, which is a CPU that he artificially handicapped. And he entirely dismissed 1% lows for some reason? Saying FPS is good enough and pointing to an unlabeled graph that looks to be steady. But I can't compare that graph to GN's actual 1% low numbers. Which is especially silly because one benchmark showed GN got a better result than he did but the problem was in the 1% lows... which RA Tech didn't test. So sure, GN and HU could have made mistakes. But RA Tech's lack of transparency and amateur testing didn't prove his point the way you think it does.

I do know that acting like this was some big drama moment or that Gamers Nexus' entire credibility is destroyed by this one time he wasn't super nice and patient while disagreeing with another YouTuber is disingenuous. Take all testing with a grain of salt, and don't blindly believe what someone shows you in a YouTube video (Gamers Nexus or RA Tech)

Especially toilets. They know what they did...

Yeah the algorithm imo is a blessing and a curse. You can find your niche and get really good content relevant to you that's not the shitty dance videos. But of course their algorithm is so great that it keeps you in that bubble and keeps you watching for too long.

And if we compare to YouTube shorts... I've found that place to be a hell hole. Facebook videos, Snapchat, all the other platforms have less people and a worse algorithm that pushes those kinds of annoying dance videos or (YouTube especially) right wing, misogynist, crap that I downvote, report, and select "don't recommend" dozens of times without any change.

Anyways 😅 rant over. We should all get off the Internet more and touch grass tbf

There's an old saying in Tennessee (I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee) that says, take the first path, shame on... shame on you. The third path- you can't get fooled again.

Isn't this comment basically joking? Why is everyone taking it so seriously lol

Over 1 billion monthly users, about 25% of the people that use the Internet. So quite a bit more than dances tbh

Well if it was cash, it would also be Tesla fanboys paying his check if you think about it.

You've said this twice but haven't given any more details. And Steve has changed his testing methodology several times and is extremely transparent on how and why. Do you have sources, has this actually happened more than once, what is a "tantrum" to you?

Controversial take but...

Yes, tiktok has several serious glaring issues as a platform but being such an absolutely huge platform, it has been (for a while now) much more than teen dance app. It's a platform that under represented and minority groups have found an audience to share their voice. The are legit journalists, artists, celebrities, organizations, dank memers, etc using the platform for good.

Obv it would be great if it wasn't all on tiktok (isn't there a federated equivalent?) but seeing people rejoice wherever something bad happens to the platform just lacks... nuance I guess. I know it's hard to compare social media platforms, but from what I can tell it's one of the less controlling, censor heavy platforms. And it's not owned by Elon Musk lol

Yeah!

swipes through Lemmy shitposts for the next three hours as my last two brain cells cry out in pain

Personally I'm a sex speedrunner champ 😎

Luckily usb-c is probably gonna stick around for a while and it's just a form factor. The standard itself has room to grow, and the EU left the rules open to change.

But I understand the concern, legislating tech sucks. On the other hand, when companies care almost exclusively about profit, not customers or the future of our planet, and won't improve things themselves... not a lot of other options.

There are some small steps that have to happen before a revolution, like more community, organization, and education. If we have those, it's less risky losing your job.

Personally, I joined a discord of anti-fascists (any leftists please join us, it's 'bashthefash') which helps with those things. It's not easy or quick, but don't give up hope

Is this a troll comment? You seemed to have missed the point of the post.

PC gamers love PC gaming because it's more open and you're not locked into a certain ecosystem. Ubisoft artificially limiting their online release to two launchers (both known for being poor quality/buggy/feature lacking) is frustrating. Buying a hard copy might be possible, but Ubisoft did this on purpose to squeeze out a little extra profit. It shows they're more than happy to put profits over customers. A customer being annoyed this release excludes their preferred launcher doesn't make anyone a shill.

You should read the article. It details how Musk followed the text's suggestions exactly, and is aligning himself closely with the same far right neo-nazis that begged him to buy Twitter and deplatform it.

Even if that exact text didn't convince him, one of the well known far right political pundits has definitely tried. Free speech is like their worst enemy, they can't let Twitter be open to all that free information.

Everyone is downvoting as if this is a baseless conspiracy and ridiculous.

For those people, here's a source

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/was-elon-musks-strategy-twitter-rcna118490

And an excerpt;

On the day that public records revealed that Elon Musk had become Twitter’s biggest shareholder, an unknown sender texted the billionaire and recommended an article imploring him to acquire the social network outright.

Musk’s purchase of Twitter, the 3,000-word anonymous article said, would amount to a “declaration of war against the Globalist American Empire.” The sender of the texts was offering Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, a playbook for the takeover and transformation of Twitter. As the anniversary of Musk's purchase approaches, the identity of the sender remains unknown.

The three texts were sent on April 4, 2022. In the nearly 18 months since then, many of the decisions Musk made after he bought Twitter appear to have closely followed that road map, up to and including his ongoing attacks against the Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit organization founded by Jewish Americans to counter discrimination.

Ayy rx480 gang, still going strong

https://www.lucidmotors.com/company/leadership/peter-rawlinson/

Wait are you in support or against AI airplanes? Because mentioning an event where terrorists successfully overpowered human pilots doesn't seem to be a great argument against AI pilots. More like an argument against human pilots.