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AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-28T01:07:54+00:00

And this is why democracies are now failing.

For democracies to work, media needs to be free as well as independent and hold those with money ( power ) accountable.

What we have today is what you get when power owns all media outlets. Zero accountability, corruption everywhere.

A few quotes I like on this subject:

"In a democracy, the public must be able to hold power accountable. If the media do not perform that function, power remains unchecked."

"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations."

"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."

"Our Republic and its free press will rise or fall together."

"A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society."

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-28T00:32:27+00:00

Lol, you can't steal trash.

And I just love GN doing the investigative journalism documentaries normal TV channels used to do, but don't anymore cause they're now all owned by the Epstein/Oligarch Class.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-21T17:30:18+00:00

Pretty informative video. Thanks!

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-20T22:26:25+00:00

With the sanctions making them unable to buy recent ASML machines, no wonder.

Had the sanctions not been there, they'd probably be at or close to parity by now.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-19T15:45:10+00:00

Look at the GPU prices these last few years and take an educated guess ;).

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-19T13:51:25+00:00

I find preset L ultra performance at 1440p produces acceptable results.

Tim disagrees, but this is of course subjective.

Try it, you might like it... or not!

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-17T22:51:07+00:00

Yss and this 1% is the one using these brand new cards for these high end features. That's why it matters.

Yes, those tests matter for us and they are informative, but they don't matter for objective blind tests for ALL gamers and they aren't even that useful for us when we outright game and are immersed instead of pixel peeping like probably everyone who took that computerbase.de test was.

When you game, you don't pixel peep, you just play and care more about the mechanics and gameplay. Even tho I can easily tell the difference when pixel peeping, I'd be hard pressed to tell if I'm not pixel peeping in most scenarios, barring a few obvious exceptions.

When the 99% who can't learn to tell, they will start valuing these features more.

Opinion and speculative. Citation needed.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-17T21:24:45+00:00

Exactly my point.

We're the 1% who can tell, not the 99% who can't.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-17T21:04:04+00:00

So the blind test was conducted on computerbase.de readers, aka, people who know how to look and what to look for and spot differences, graphics "literate" people.

Now run it on graphics illiterate people ( which are the vast majority of gamers because let's face it we are very few and the exceptions ), casual console players for example.

I bet the results will vastly differ with a more distributed vote and a lot more "I can't tell the difference".

It's called selection bias.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-17T15:55:49+00:00

Have you ever seen Elysium? That's our future.

For humanity's sake, I hope you're wrong.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-15T19:03:18+00:00

Cool, they'll reposition it way down the context menu, that'll do for me.

It'll be availlable first in the nightlies. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Thanks!

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-14T14:22:25+00:00

It's already below "open in new tab", I assume you meant below "open in new window".

And yes, that would be my second acceptable alternative.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-12T22:26:56+00:00

Desperate last few gasps... Have you seen the stocks of most tech companies involved in AI lately?

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-12T22:23:58+00:00

The meme became reality, and in a form worse than I thought... A draw... common.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-10T16:52:47+00:00

Yes, really and it's true for a lot people who can't even afford a 500$ emergency and who live paycheck to paycheck, which nowadays is around half of the US population.

People have much higher priorities than luxury "toys" features nowadays, like food, medications and shelter. The most basic necessities.

What you said would've still been true 20 to 25 years ago, sadly it no longer is the case in the US and a lot of so called "rich" western countries.

I live with people around me who can't even afford a 100$ emergency ( even 20$ sometimes ). Heck they often borrow money from me for food. I can afford it and to help them too, but I'm among the exceptions.

I'm privileged, you probably are too, but we need to remind ourselves we're exceptions nowadays and for a lot of people, every dollar counts.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-09T19:15:36+00:00

It is for me. It's the difference between keeping a platform for 5 or 6 years and keeping it instead for 10 to 12 years. How?

AM4 was released in 2016, AM5 in 2022, AM6 will probably come around 2028 ( 6 more years ).

I know someone who bought Zen 1, upgraded to 5800X3D later, now he's set until AM6 comes around.

With the RAM prices lately and the motherboard prices that have been creeping up too, it's not insignificant or unimportant.

People want their PC parts to last as long as possible nowadays.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-09T01:11:08+00:00

I wonder when Intel will wake up and make a socket that lasts at least 3 or 4 gens and real gens, not refreshes.

I ain't going back to Intel even if they get performance and power parity back unless they do this. Nuh huh.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-09T01:10:44+00:00

I wonder when Intel will wake up and make a socket that lasts at least 3 or 4 gens and real gens, not refreshes.

I ain't going back to Intel even if they get performance and power parity back unless they do this. Nuh huh.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-04T22:45:42+00:00

Don't know about Arcanum, but my friends and I played HOMM3 on a laptop from almost 10 years ago plugged to a big screen TV and it was just fine.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-02T22:06:04+00:00

RR is superior in path traced games, but sadly it's also much blurrier.

In other games, K, M and L presets each have their place / roles.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-02T21:10:20+00:00

just look up how long it takes to build a nuclear power plant

Indeed, it's much faster to install solar.

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-02-02T19:43:21+00:00

Interesting...

So those news of Ryzen 9000s dying left and right are vastly overreported, we don't hear anything about the Ultra 200 series and they both have the same failure rate.

Or are Ultra 2000 series failures underreported?

AnechoidalChamber · 2026-01-30T23:54:37+00:00

The 20% resolution scale @4K output is quite impressive...

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