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Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by j4p@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"These price increases have multiple intertwining causes, some direct and some less so: inflation, pandemic-era supply crunches, the unpredictable trade policies of the Trump administration, and a gradual shift among console makers away from selling hardware at a loss or breaking even in the hopes that game sales will subsidize the hardware. And you never want to rule out good old shareholder-prioritizing corporate greed.

But one major factor, both in the price increases and in the reduction in drastic “slim”-style redesigns, is technical: the death of Moore’s Law and a noticeable slowdown in the rate at which processors and graphics chips can improve."

Bone collector caterpillar adorns itself in insect body parts in c/science@lemmy.world
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 6 points 4 weeks ago

Literally came here to share this exact story and am so glad you beat me to it. So cool, the world is so weird and wonderful.

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Sales of Hard Drives for the End of the World Boom Under Trump (www.404media.co)
 

Title is a little sensational but this is a cool project for non-technical folks who may need a mini-internet or data archive for a wide variety of reasons:

"PrepperDisk is a mini internet box that comes preloaded with offline backups of Wikipedia, street maps, survivalist information, 90,000 WikiHow guides, iFixit repair guides, government website backups (including FEMA guides and National Institutes of Health backups), TED Talks about farming and survivalism, 60,000 ebooks and various other content. It’s part external hard drive, part local hotspot antenna—the box runs on a Raspberry Pi that allows up to 20 devices to connect to it over wifi or wired connections, and can store and run additional content that users store on it. It doesn't store a lot of content (either 256GB or 512GB), but what makes it different from buying any external hard drive is that it comes preloaded with content for the apocalypse."

Mayor Brandon Johnson is ‘not intimidated’ after Trump threatens to investigate local leaders in sanctuary cities in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 21 points 3 months ago

From this article alone: suing the federal government over the birthright citizenship XO, instructing Chicago and Illinois law enforcement to not cooperate with federal ICE raids, having the CTA display ads on immigrants rights and connecting them to resources, hosting know your rights trainings, vet rumors of immigration raids and lay the groundwork for future legislation to counteract federal gov's actions.

Xi Jinping says no one can stop China’s ‘reunification’ with Taiwan in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 34 points 4 months ago

Get the sentiment, but just a friendly reminder that most Taiwanese people don't love the "West Taiwan" meme as it props up the outdated idea that Taiwan wants to make a claim to China, when the vast majority are in favor of just being left alone. This isn't two aggressors laying claim to each other, it's one threatening the other.

Gracie by Tyson Tan (Concept artist of most open-source mascots) in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 24 points 4 months ago

Would much rather have Gracie be the mascot on the mega thread and such if for no other reason this is clearly a labor of love from a like-minded artist rather than cheap AI work. Amazing design!!

US states if they had their own "Brexit". Do you have better suggestions? in c/AskUSA@discuss.online
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maine is just "Pain" lol

Made this funky crop sweater in c/crochet@lemmy.ca
TCL TVs will use films made with generative AI to push targeted ads in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the detailed response will look into it!

TCL TVs will use films made with generative AI to push targeted ads in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Will look into it thanks!

TCL TVs will use films made with generative AI to push targeted ads in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 15 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I have a TCL running Google TV that I use Flauncher on - a nice little FOSS lightweight launcher that I like a lot. However, I am only able to switch inputs (for gaming etc.) when using the default launcher. Anyone found a way around this? Pretty sure its a Google/TCL hardware thing and not due to any alt launcher just not wanting to include that

[Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - December 2024 in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Palworld when I want to focus a little bit

BG3 when I want to focus a lot bit

Balatro when I want to focus none bit

The Google Pixel 7 and other older Pixels will now get two extra years of updates | TechRadar in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Previously, these phones were only promised three years of operating system updates, along with five years of security updates, the latter of which isn’t changing.

Seems like this adds roughly two years of OS updates but keeps the five years of security updates in place. For those of us on GrapheneOS I think we are reliant on the security updates so won't be affected, but still overall good news!

What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games? in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] j4p@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Was gonna mention this one soooooo good

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Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected the next Senate majority leader (apnews.com)
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