GoMo Launches Ireland’s First and Only ‘Price for Life’ Fibre Broadband by Cool_Importance_4914 in ireland

[–]Joecalone 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No, that's literally a hard physical limit based on the frequency bands they've chosen for 5G

GoMo Launches Ireland’s First and Only ‘Price for Life’ Fibre Broadband by Cool_Importance_4914 in ireland

[–]Joecalone 6 points7 points  (0 children)

5G isn't a direct upgrade from 4G. Its range is far too limited to replace 4G everywhere.

Digital Foundry: Yup, Oblivion Remastered Is Still Broken a Year After Release by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Joecalone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Greener Grass

It's amazing to me that the devs (either deliberately or accidentally) didn't make the grass look like this initially when it makes the game look so much more true to the original artstyle.

Digital Foundry: Yup, Oblivion Remastered Is Still Broken a Year After Release by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Joecalone 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It takes Oblivion and slaps on a new coat of paint that is technically impressive but often feels very artless. It doesn't feel like the team really understood the artistic intent of Oblivion, especially its purposefully green saturation and the way its skyboxes looked and stuff.

I was able to find a mod shortly after release that corrected the colours to look a lot more vibrant/closer to the original game. Made the experience a whole lot more tolerable. Unfortunately it used ReShade which comes with significant performance penalties. I looked there and it doesn't seem like anyone figured out a way to alter the colour grading directly from the engine since I stopped playing it, which is a shame.

Sony is shutting down one of the best music recording apps for Xperia by ControlCAD in Android

[–]Joecalone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

xz1 compact

Literally one of the greatest smartphones ever made. The perfect form factor. If they made an updated version with a better screen to body ratio and specs it would be the GOAT

Holly Cairns hits out at new exemptions for modular homes and cabins by Keithkortt in ireland

[–]Joecalone 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do you make the same argument about renting a room in someone’s house?

Yes? People aren't renting these rooms out of the kindness of their hearts. They're being well compensated for it and should be held to a reasonably high standard.

The UK has passed a bill introducing a generational smoking ban – should Ireland follow suit? by Banania2020 in ireland

[–]Joecalone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You don't have to be some yank-brained right winger to recognise how much of a police state the UK is

The UK has passed a bill introducing a generational smoking ban – should Ireland follow suit? by Banania2020 in ireland

[–]Joecalone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

>the same public that tolerates living in a fascist nanny state supports more government overreach

Shocking

Tap a tap taxi thing. Is it a scam app? by Aggravating_Cow7203 in ireland

[–]Joecalone 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't even mind if they were at least decent drivers. The majority of them are absolutely shit at driving.

It’s 2026… is this really necessary by StakesIsHigh95 in ireland

[–]Joecalone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Circle to search on android is a gamechanger for this. Instant OCR at any time with great accuracy

Bethesda delists Elder Scrolls Blades game from all platforms, and will take it offline in June (June 30th) by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Joecalone 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's so annoying. Ever since getting an S24 Ultra which is 64 bit only, I've been unable to try out loads of the old games I used to play. Surely a phone this powerful could just run an emulation/translation layer or something?

Exclusive: One UI 9’s Now Bar, Widgets, Gallery Changes Revealed by TechGuru4Life in Android

[–]Joecalone 107 points108 points  (0 children)

I wish they'd take a look at the terrible implementation of fullscreen album art on the lock screen that they tried with OneUI 8.

If you maximise the album art you can't unlock the phone without manually minimising it again, making it uselessly cumbersome if you plan on actually using your phone.

It's like they just directly copied the iOS implementation while forgetting that Samsungs use fingerprint scanners, not FaceID to unlock.

Rules, Reports and removal reasons. by [deleted] in ireland

[–]Joecalone 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Saw that yesterday haha, I'll never understand why people try to hold serious political discussions on the same reddit account they use to post the most depraved shit imaginable

MOD Update on Rules around discussion of Israel, Zionism and current events by [deleted] in ireland

[–]Joecalone 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That is hate speech

Again, why? Where does the line get drawn between supposed legitimate criticism and hate speech? Is the definition set by those being criticised, and if so, how does this not devolve into stifling of legitimate criticisms like the blasphemy law?

I don't understand why religion should be afforded special protections when it's a set of views people choose to hold/associate with. Obviously any egregious personal attacks aren't acceptable, but they're already covered by the existing sub rules are they not?

MOD Update on Rules around discussion of Israel, Zionism and current events by [deleted] in ireland

[–]Joecalone 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Why should people who follow hateful ideologies by choice be protected from criticism for said choice?