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[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago

Not surprisingly, North Korea's Red Star OS has a closed source fork of KDE.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've used Comcast and CenturyLink. I would say CenturyLink, while not perfect, is miles better than Comcast. I pay $70 for gigabit: symmetric, no data cap, never had an outage, monthly contract. Only had to deal with support once when I was returning their router.

Comcast had shitty uploads, long contracts, data caps, outages, shitty support, would call me randomly trying to sell me TV plans. I had a Comcast tech cut random wires in the network closet for my building and gave me an outage when I was using Starry, they're beyond horrible.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would say the biggest downsides of wireless would be inconsistent/high latency and throttling/network congestion. Are you sure there's no fiber near you? CenturyLink or Webpass(Google Fiber) might be around. There's also Starry nearby that does point to point wireless which doesn't have the same downsides as 5G.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

As others have mentioned, there are two schools of thought.

Crisp 4K rendering, no jagged lines, higher details added in textures, etc

Or emulating the look of a CRT by using high density displays to create the same look.

https://youtu.be/-B5ebucZ69s?si=0lDLAWdMlN77VQen goes into it a bit. This shows off a device for actual consoles. But the same principal applies when doing it in software for emulators.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Awesome work! Looking forward to trying it out. I remember reading HDR support was on the roadmap, when is that planned?

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I agree, which is why I said "Everyone’s situation is different and not everyone has the flexibility to move" below.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some places you can commute with transit and some places you cannot. The original thread was making the statement that you could not commute in the US without a car.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I would move to somewhere closer? Even when I regularly drove I would move, take a different job, etc instead of dealing with a long commute. To me it's just not worth it.

You say obviously but the original thread was started by someone who made a blanket statement about the US. There are millions of people in the US who commute without a car. I was curious and looked up some data: https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2018.S0801?q=S0801:+COMMUTING+CHARACTERISTICS+BY+SEX&hidePreview=true

  • 85.3% commute by car
  • 9.3% commute by other means
  • the rest WFH

I would even argue that some of that 85% could switch to transit with very little effort. But as the OP stated, I think there is a cultural aversion to transit in the US. So there's some of that 85% who could use transit but choose not to.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I moved from the suburbs to the city. I sacrificed a bit of living space and have higher rent. But the increased rent is offset by the lack of car payments, insurance, etc.

Everyone's situation is different and not everyone has the flexibility to move. But there are many cities in the US that are affordable and have decent transit. Just depends on what you value.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

I live in Denver. Transit is decent. The light rail can be a faster commute during rush hour. Plenty of regional buses to go hiking and skiing. Under 10 min walk to multiple grocery stores. Regional bike path network span multiple cities.

It's not perfect, but I've been car free for over two years with very little issue.

Edit, to add to this: It's more convenient for me to take the train to the airport or the bus to the slopes. Some ski resorts will charge more for daily parking then a round-trip bus ticket. And driving to the ski resorts is a traffic nightmare, much rather just sit on the bus and not worry about it.

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

To their credit, they released a tool to patch the bios yourself. Which is about all they can do in case they stop existing. https://github.com/DeckHD/BiosMaker

[–] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

As far as I'm aware, the Chromecast 4K does not support AV1. The newer Chromecast TV does but does not support 4K. So atm you have to pick between 4K or AV1.

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