Jordan Lund @ jordanlund @lemmy.one

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Most of the time they are talking to me, not about me. So it's a lot of "you"s.

Super weird, because after 20 some odd hours in, I can't remember pronouns even coming up outside the creation screen.

Microsoft required 10% of system resources be reserved for Kinect support, even in games that didn't support Kinect features.

https://www.eurogamer.net/how-the-xbox-one-gpu-reserve-unlock-actually-works

That reduction in horsepower for the actual games showed up in reduced resolution and framerate.

Lifting that restriction allowed the Xbox One to reach parity with the PS4.

Because the 360 refresh was functionally the same, both the One S and One X added new functionality (4K Blu Ray, 4K Gaming).

Seems oddly specific, but in slang of the era "Rudy" = "Rude Boy". LOL. Still oddly appropriate.

I just thought it was bad, probably AI generated, concept art.

One evolution went like this:

At launch, it came with Kinect and 10% of system resources were reserved for Kinect processing, even on games that didn't support Kinect. That resulted in lower framerates and resolution than equivalent PS4 games.

Then Microsoft, wisely, removed the Kinect requirement and released a Kinect-free version of the one. With that extra performance boost, the One gained parity with the PS4.

Sony announced the PS4 Pro for 2016, but while it had more power than the stock PS4, it lacked a 4K Blu Ray drive.

Seeing the opportunity, Microsoft added a 4K drive to the Xbox One and launched the Xbox One S one month ahead of the PS4 Pro.

They also pre-emptively announced the Xbox One X which would be the powerhouse machine of the generation with 4K gaming and 4K physical media.

The idea being that hopefully people would choose the One S over the Pro due to the 4K drive, or would at least wait on buying anything until the One X dropped a year later.

Last generation was really weird as to one company having both the weakest and strongest hardware in the same generation.

Xbox One W/ Kinect
PS4 / Xbox One No Kinect
Xbox One S (same hardware + 4K Blu Ray)
PS4 Pro (stronger hardware, no 4K Blu Ray)
Xbox One X (strongest hardware + 4K Blu Ray)

Historic generations were about 5 years...

The big problem with the Xbox One was that it was underpowered because of the Kinect requirement, so they ditched Kinect then rebranded as the Xbox One S, throwing in a 4K Blu Ray player.

Still wasn't enough, so the One X had full 4K capabilities.

If they had launched with the One X things would have looked a lot different.

Makes sense:

Xbox - 2001
Xbox 360 - 2005
Xbox One - 2013
Xbox One S - 2016
Xbox One X - 2017
Xbox Series S|X - 2020

4 years, 8 years, 3 years, 1 year, 3 years.

2028 would be on the long side but not unheard of. The reason for the big gap between 2005 and 2013 was the 2008 economic crisis.

2020 was the covid/supply chain crisis.

People won't pay for something that used to be free... OTOH, neither will bot farms.

Either case will end Twitter, so I say go for it!

It's not just the conservative media that's the problem. Even CNN in 2016 would run breathless live coverage from a location where a Trump event was scheduled for hours later, or had happened hours previously.

Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders filled a basketball arena in Portland with thousands of people crowded around outside. CNN? Silence.

I joked that Trump couldn't pass gas without live CNN talking heads discussing if it were more "fruity" or "nutty", but really that's only half kidding.

The media has already decided that they want Trump/Biden again.

Possible to take the hardware, wipe it, install Linux and not worry about expiration?

Ask her how she feels about Libya in general. :)

Pontiac, as a brand, shut down in 2009-2010.

So using an old photo of a failed Pontiac dealer as being an example of current labor issues is being more than a little disingenuous.

Bonus:

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/kevin-rinke-channels-trumps-business-outsider-label-mi-governors-race

GM killed:

Oldsmobile - 2004
Pontiac - 2009/2010
Saab - 2009/2010
Saturn - 2009/2010
Opel - 2010

The surviving brands are:

Buick (apparently Buick is HUGE in China, they are to China what Cadillac is here.)
Cadillac
Chevrolet (including Corvette)
GMC (including Hummer)

They are also partners in two Chinese brands, Baojun, and Wuling.

And it aint just McCarthy...

Someone needs to press them on WHY they want to eliminate them.

"Job killing regulations!"

"Which regulations, and how are they 'job killing'?"

Reporters have been failing to press this key follow up question for DECADES now.

Then, no kidding, he was put in charge of the one he couldn't remember.

https://www.energy.gov/person/rick-perry

So much emphasis on the FBI 1023 form by people who either have no idea what that form is, or people who intentionally misrepresent what it is:

https://socxfbi.org/SFSA/SFSA/Featured-Articles/Message-from-the-FBI-on-the-FD-1023-Request-from-Congress.aspx

"As many of you know, the FD-1023 is the form our special agents use to record raw, unverified reporting from confidential human sources (CHSs). FD-1023s merely document that information; they do not reflect the conclusions of investigators based on a fuller context or understanding. Recording this information does not validate it, establish its credibility, or weigh it against other information known or developed by the FBI in our investigations."

Bolding mine.

It's literally the FBI equivalent of "Some-body once told me..."

It's actually VERY well regarded. You just have never watched it.

https://youtu.be/Bvlvq7f1mxg#t=54s

No, I've just seen the movie probably a dozen times since it came out, it's a joy each and every time.