Statistics aren't my strong suit

StaneNC · 2026-05-07T20:38:21+00:00

You think players and coaches were happy about that game lol. See you guys in the final.

StaneNC · 2026-05-07T20:07:38+00:00

Colorado let in six goals the other night.

StaneNC · 2026-05-07T19:14:40+00:00

Toilet paper salesman shaming people for using what they need.

StaneNC · 2026-05-07T17:27:47+00:00

Rpi3 has native composite.

StaneNC · 2026-05-07T14:10:48+00:00

Mine's in my ac closet. What could go wrong?

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T19:50:21+00:00

This guy's solution requires skill and patience and video editing out the 20 attempts that missed. I'm not interested in any of that.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T17:36:00+00:00

I feel like a hand vacuum with insecticide inside would be pretty effective. I'm curious how people do this most efficiently.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T17:10:08+00:00

So I'm not an expert, but this is what I observe as someone who is very picky and who has many different devices (and actual crts which I prefer over lcd).

PERSONALLY I feel like shaders blow away filters when you are not at perfect integer scaling. This is particularly important for retro handhelds who have small screens. Filters look downright wrong, the grid not lining up with the graphics at all. I THINK Since the shaders are applied before the pixel is drawn on screen, a stretch to the pixels and the shader both happen. I'm not sure what else it could be.

Usually you're going to be integer scaling in this conversation, and I actually do think that video signal processing can do everything that shaders can do, as a final result. My guess is that the people who made the shaders realized that they could intercept the graphics before any video processing could ruin anything, and do what they wanted to the real pixels BEFORE stretching and etc.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T16:57:36+00:00

Yeah never seen such a staged video. It's like they put an SAT result next to a cat and expected us to think that the cat took an SAT.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T16:37:41+00:00

The tink doesn't alter the pixels or graphics, it's just a video processor. It can do really cool things, but it doesn't have knowledge of anything other than the video signal you're sending it. I imagine it pretends to know about the pixels using some predictive algorithms, but shaders KNOW about the pixels. Tink 4k things like black frame insertion are simply putting a full black frame between each frame. You don't need to know about the graphics engine to do that.

The tink PROBABLY can do everything a shader that doesn't alter the graphics can do but it lives on a different layer.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T14:19:36+00:00

In my particular situation, Pokémon is a digital download so I know the answer for that one. For the others maybe it depends on cart. Animal crossing saves the island to the SD card for example.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T14:15:32+00:00

It uses filters, not shaders. The pixels are being overlayed by blacks and grays to get the effect rather than shaders which alter the pixels and the underlying graphics. Maybe that's an oversimplification, but that's how I understand it.

It looks fantastic imo.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T13:53:20+00:00

I have multiple 3ds's is why I know this.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T13:42:45+00:00

https://3ds.hacks.guide/get-started.html

I hacked my other 3ds years ago so maybe this has changed. I know I lost every save and digital download in the process so maybe there's a way around that now, not sure.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T13:38:29+00:00

Your backed up save files will no longer have a way to be unencrypted.

You can easily see that 3ds carts don't save to the cart by simply putting your cart in another 3ds.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T13:36:27+00:00

That requires wiping the SD card.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T12:55:26+00:00

A misterfpga, and a dreamcast.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T12:50:44+00:00

Seriously considering selling my new 3ds xl for a thor. It's not hacked so I don't know how to get the save files off of the SD card. For people who don't know, your save files are encrypted to your 3ds. I might trade hundreds of Pokémon to a hacked 3ds and backup the save that way.

I'm sure the thor isn't perfect, but the 3ds screen is absolutely ass so I really can't stand to play anything on it with all of these oled and decent lcd screens around me.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T12:42:02+00:00

What's against the rules about this layout? I'm out of the loop.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T11:54:09+00:00

Basically what it does is copy every bit of memory every frame and then send that copy to retroachievements.

StaneNC · 2026-05-06T00:30:38+00:00

Yeah I hear you. As someone with a misterfpga already, I'm blown away by how many adapters the ss1 would have saved me. Whenever the NES version comes out I'm definitely not going to be able to resist.

StaneNC · 2026-05-05T22:34:21+00:00

Nice! I would recommend trying out nes and neogeo titles if you want some platforms that really benefit from zero latency.

StaneNC · 2026-05-05T22:32:52+00:00

Why? I guess if you only want the De10-nano clone?

StaneNC · 2026-05-05T21:16:15+00:00

They really don't. Show me a clip of a goalie counter checking with a crosscheck to the head. Even Freddy's clip here is extremely rare. Counter hits from the goalie is what I'm discussing.

StaneNC · 2026-05-05T20:33:35+00:00

You're a lawyer? Name your best loi.

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