Robin

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I thought it was libvlc that covers that but no, it is indeed libavcodec which is part of the ffmpeg project. Does anyone here know the relationship between libvlc and libavcodec?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I've never felt silicon degradation on a CPU. But I can say that I've had a GPU with a stable overclock for years that started getting a bit flakey and I had to go back to stock settings. Of course for GPUs there are also more frequent driver updates. Maybe that effect was due to the driver and games also trying to squeeze more out of the hardware.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Piracy is not a real solution to the problem. Microsoft allows these sorts of things to exist in the background because they would rather lose out on some sales than lose market share.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I have the paid version, I'm on a 109 day streak, and the stupid bird still looks like that. Must be a bug

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Has anyone here been in a situation where they thought "man, 4g sure is slow. Hope they roll out 5g soon"? I guess they need a feature to put on the box, otherwise people might think their current phone is good enough.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Good thing you've got so many upgrade options on AM4

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Mom: "We have Linux at home"

Linux at home: Google™ Linux

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

The team at Microsoft that was working on it probably got put on different projects. There wouldn't be anyone to put in the effort to get the code cleaned up of any proprietary libraries, internal references,.. No way they are shifting people back around and paying for development to get this done.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Windows 11 isn't bad. But it's a sidegrade from 10. For example, I have an ultrawide HDR display and 11 is a must for HDR. But the damn start bar can't move to the left anymore which is super annoying on an ultrawide.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's just a CPU with extra steps

[–] [email protected] 60 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

IP rights is not a problem that needs solving. In fact, the existing legal system has ways of punishing copyright violations whereas the Blockchain does not.

Supply chain validation is also an example of the block chain "in action". But the people that are entering the data on the Blockchain are the same people that were typing it in an email yesterday.

I used to be a fan of the technology as well but so far it hasn't show itself to be useful. A solution in search of a problem.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Even the article acknowledges that "The city-state has excellent public transport links by bus and subway". Clearly the city realizes they are running out of space and want to prioritize people over cars. The remark at the end - " your own family comes first" - just ends up sounding selfish and anti-social.

It does suck that it caters to the rich rather than the needy but taxation is just how you deincentivise certain behaviors in a capitalist society. Hopefully Singapore counters this with subsidized special transport for the handicapped and elderly.

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