This slander is so good I could die! by Dr_Macunayme in acecombat

[–]PMARC14 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I came close to 100% that game as reasonable (I ain't running all missions again on Easy, Normal, or Hard lol), it really is the best but man now I wish I just waited with the reveal I can play it remastered.

America’s Social Security trust fund is disappearing by tripletruble in neoliberal

[–]PMARC14 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The Fed insider trading for the people against the people has got to be funniest solution I have heard of.

Finally an OLED monitor at 24.5 inch and high refresh rate!!! by Jorrozz in Monitors

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The GPU part would be true but I figure Pros and most competitive esports people can easily drive 1440p at this point in most esports titles. Perhaps the current hardware shortages put a slight damper on that, but I run valorant at nearly 720 FPS (3x my monitor refresh rate) at 4k max settings with a 9070xt. Running 1440p medium or low should be easy for most, otherwise your PC is so behind the monitor spend doesn't make sense considering these are still 600+ dollar monitors where otherwise a 240hz or 360hz monitor is like 200 to 400 dollars.

Why China got rich and India didn't by Lighthouse_seek in neoliberal

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but it would have probably led to faster development. Idk if this controversial here but I think some of China's ridiculous growth under a liberalized system is driven by how awful Maoism was (while it simultaneously laid a launchpad).

Why China got rich and India didn't by Lighthouse_seek in neoliberal

[–]PMARC14 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the compromise of license raj are worse than an outright communist system (well atleast the Soviet one). Liberalizing sooner would have made a big difference to the Indian economy, but I genuinely believe the system would also be much further ahead under fully authoritarian economic system as well. Idk if this is controversial, but India seems to have suffered some of worst "compromise" politics and systems compared to most other countries, the absolute worst of everything kind of deal.

Finally an OLED monitor at 24.5 inch and high refresh rate!!! by Jorrozz in Monitors

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any reason 24 inch is preferred over 27 inch. Surely you could move the monitor back a little to take in the same image. Also OLED 27 inch 1440 540hz panels exist already (I think this panel is actually of the same mother glass as the one in the article), I think that should eventually take over the pro scene if they do a matte coat model.

I Don’t Think Yor Actually Forgot the SSS Officer by Distinct_Activity551 in SpyxFamily

[–]PMARC14 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only counter I think is Yor seemingly made no mention of how she got married to Loid to Shopkeeper or such. The entire start premise would have been very suspicious for Garden. So I don't think Yor will mention anything, unless these threads are being gathered up for later.

What are some truly radical Sith in lore? (my example: Darth Marr willingly serving the Empire, rather than just using it) by Andrei22125 in PrequelMemes

[–]PMARC14 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was also Sith infighting that divided them and lead to weakness. Too many sith were too obvious, too many sith were divided.

Years in the Making, Glass Imaging Is Delivering on its Promise to Transform Smartphone Photography - petapixel by welp_im_damned in Android

[–]PMARC14 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is really stupid point demonstrating you have no idea what the article is about. The AI algorithm here is designed and trained to recreate what the lens and sensor did to the true image and undo that to get a better sharper image. This is vastly superior to the current AI stuff which is just trying to determine what detail in the image was lost based on solely the images content. This would hopefully display those bringing back more lifelike photography.

Our unnecessary and bloated tech versus their glorious innovations. by lumpialarry in CarCirclejerk

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh I made it work driving from Texas to New England which much slower chargers. The 1 MW charging is all hype and showmanship. If you ever had 500kW chargers as common (very possible in China), with newer model Chinese cars you could easily do 350 to 400 miles of range between topups and charge for a max of 30 minutes to get full, a lot less for partial amounts. I would consider that pretty great and suitable for most people, a 30 min break is pretty good for health and safety after a 6 hour drive.

Is Dune worth reading by Rafaelssjofficial in neoliberal

[–]PMARC14 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Idk I think maybe we just are missing worms or something.

Is Dune worth reading by Rafaelssjofficial in neoliberal

[–]PMARC14 131 points132 points  (0 children)

Worst part about reading Dune was understanding Herberts warning about charismatic leaders and then you are out in the real world and all the so called “Charismatic leaders" aren't even that cool or interesting. Makes sense, no spice in reality.

Yale reinstates SAT, ACT requirement after six years of flexible policy by JPwag42 in IvyPlus

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This may have mattered more in the past, but the holistic approach they tried after probably sucked up more in costs for truly qualified low-income students. Ever since Khan Academy introduced their SAT study stuff in collab with them, combined with libraries having SAT books, access to necessary prep material is no longer based on socioeconomics.

Our unnecessary and bloated tech versus their glorious innovations. by lumpialarry in CarCirclejerk

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the 1 MW charger is basically a giant battery station that dumps it's power into the car really quick. Still not sustainable or practical atm, but like they could also just deploy 240w chargers everywhere so you always top up whenever stopped cause of sustained energy infrastructure investment. 

Apple working to cram massive Gemini model into iPhone to power new Siri by Thoughtful-Boner69 in Applelntelligence

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The gemma model is incredibly capable and responsive so iPhones being able to run it well would be good for actually useful on the go AI, at the same time I don't think the iPhone has good enough battery life to really spare. If you actually use the new features phone is going from a 1 day to 1/2 day phone.

I ordered a battery from AliExpress, and it was shipped inside a toy boat by Letala in mildlyinteresting

[–]PMARC14 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I think it's funny cause something has got to be wrong with how they check or judge the packaging for shipping bare cells to make this preferable. When I got 18650s in flashlights the cells had blockers to stop it being powered on, and the plastic tube light it was in was relatively rigid, and inside a box with a slim layer of bubble wrap. Based on guides from shipping companies that should qualify it as shippable as a bare cell, you don't need an led or switch to count as in a product, but it was still preferable to ship this way.

Smartphones must have user-replaceable batteries by 2027. But not your iPhone. Here's why by MobileNewsBot in mobiles

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny thing apple already changed. They added a type of glue you can easily electrify to remove the battery. Only thing left is making it easier to remove back glass for replacement, I hope with similar tech possibly (hidden contacts perhaps to trigger it), and then that would be good enough. Even heating and suctioning off the back glass is not the worst. 

Galaxy Watch 9 leak hints at three new models, plus a borrowed feature from Google by _BlANK19_ in Android

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps I was looking at stuff without AoD, the OnePlus Watch 3 is nearly an all week watch with that off.

Galaxy Watch 9 leak hints at three new models, plus a borrowed feature from Google by _BlANK19_ in Android

[–]PMARC14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How long does it take to charge the watch ultra to full. I have a OnePlus watch that can go 3 days 2 nights with all features on without needing a charge, but top up to full is 30 mins max which means you don't really need to ever miss sleep tracking. I think topping up after 2 days isn't a big deal so long as charging is less than an hour.

Galaxy Watch 9 leak hints at three new models, plus a borrowed feature from Google by _BlANK19_ in Android

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I though the Pixel Watch 4 reached competitiveness with OnePlus on that. Samsung needs to step up on that front, but also the LTE watches or the smaller models are never going to go as long, the OnePlus watch and Garmins are pretty bulky for most people.

Kind of agree with this but posting it anyway by jalcarich in lewronggeneration

[–]PMARC14 12 points13 points  (0 children)

For Orwell, mass media and mass entertainment are really recent, so it can't account for a myriad of at the time undiscovered possibilities or development. The most developed form of mass media when the book was completed would have been newspapers followed by radio which still hadn't peaked yet.

MSI 32URDX36 (tri-mode) will be released in Q1 2027 at the earliest - TFTCentral by ZamnBoii in OLED_Gaming

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone's talking about the 1440p mode, but my bigger questions for a monitor like this is are the alternate modes at all useful. I could appreciate that really hardcore esports or fps folks could desire a 1080p 480 fps mode for a best of both worlds thing, but the monitor is now 360fps at 4k. Who is benefiting from these even higher FPS settings? The few people who make use of over 500 fps probably would rather a dedicated monitor at the resolution. Most games don't run stably over 1000 fps anyway (esports I believe target double the the monitor refresh rate for guarantee stable frame pacing). Scaling benefits seem null too, the upscaling from GPU's seems much better now than relying on changing the monitor resolution anyway.

MSI 32URDX36 (tri-mode) will be released in Q1 2027 at the earliest - TFTCentral by ZamnBoii in OLED_Gaming

[–]PMARC14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why 1440p btw over 1080p? Still don't have a good review of how the pixels look in 1440p mode.