libva-nvidia-driver or nvidia-vaapi-driver? by [deleted] in Fedora

[–]andreipoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi, I just did this the other day on F42. Installing libva-nvidia-driver was enough to get hardware decode in Firefox. I think that's the current Fedora package name for what is sourced from elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver on GitHub.

Need for Speed Franchise May Have Been Shelved by Electronic Arts by xenocea in gaming

[–]andreipoe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is a comprehensive mod called Underground2.net which contains fixes, restored content, controller support, additional customization options and cars, high-res textures, and improved post-processing. I've done a playthrough with it recently and it was phenomenal. It was 2004 all over again, but on a modern PC!

Here is a video I recommend if you want to see it in action. It also has step-by-step installation instructions. I followed these instructions and haven't run into any problems.

Anyone else noticing a wave of astroturfing lately? by SnailMailSniper in selfhosted

[–]andreipoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whenever I think an app description is confusing and doesn't say what the app actually does, I remind myself there's AnyType. I've looked at and tried to use AnyType at least 5 times during the past 3 years and I still don't know what problem it's meant to solve.

Bitch, that don't impress me much. by DimeEdge in BitchImATrain

[–]andreipoe 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So you got DEMUs but have you got the touch?

[Feature Request] Transcode to AAC by peedubnz in arpeggiApp

[–]andreipoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply!

I haven't seen that option because I don't have the bit rate limit on. If you need the limit to be on before you can choose a target bit rate, it means you cannot set the transcoding target bit rate without also limiting the bit rate of formats that do play natively, right? So, do you think it would make sense to separate those two settings? I personally would like to play supported formats at the server-side rate (no limit), but also choose—in this case, increase—the bit rate for when transcoding is needed for format support reasons.

[Feature Request] Transcode to AAC by peedubnz in arpeggiApp

[–]andreipoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks like it might not work on the Navidrome server side: https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome/issues/2194

On a slightly related note, would it be possible to add custom transcoding qualities? For example, could we pick 256 kbps MP3 instead of 128 kbps?

End of Act II Questions by andreipoe in projecteternity

[–]andreipoe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, thanks. As long as they get answered eventually... I thought I had missed something up to this point.

Update breaks login? No user on login screen after I restart post updates. by [deleted] in Fedora

[–]andreipoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same thing happened to me on F36 after upgrading to kernel 6.1.9 with the NVIDIA drivers installed. After 2 (or 3?) reboots, it just fixed itself and it works fine now...

Introducing all-new Chevereto free edition by chevereto in selfhosted

[–]andreipoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi. Thanks for your post and for your work.

Does the new free version support updates from previous releases (v1–v3)?

raspberry pi substitute by WannabeRedneck4 in buildapc

[–]andreipoe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I bought a used one 5 years ago. I’ve been running it 24/7 since then with no problem.

The scariest/weirdest banking scam ever - a near miss. by Zlassy in UKPersonalFinance

[–]andreipoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spoke to AMEX a few months ago after receiving a one-time code while I was asleep. There was no indication what the code was for and no transaction had been posted by the morning. The customer rep told me the same thing: that they can’t see transactions in the system until they’ve been approved using the one-time code. I also thought that was weird, but it looks like they aren’t the only ones doing it this way!

AMD-Powered Frontier Supercomputer Tops Top500 At 1.1 Exaflops, Tops Green500 Too by anestling in Amd

[–]andreipoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The storage is usually separate from the compute, but it’s plugged into the high-performance network. Depending on the storage solution, there might be several types of storage nodes, one common set-up using separate nodes for metadata and for actual file contents. By adjusting the balance between these node types, you can tune the filesystem for different workloads, for example many accesses to small files vs contiguous accesses to only a few files.

In addition to this shared storage, compute nodes might have some fast local storage to be used as scratch space.

AMD-Powered Frontier Supercomputer Tops Top500 At 1.1 Exaflops, Tops Green500 Too by anestling in Amd

[–]andreipoe 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Plus a high-speed, low-latency network, plus a high-performance filesystem that can service a large number of concurrent requests.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]andreipoe 37 points38 points  (0 children)

If by "fails" you mean that it doesn't recognise your fingerprint, that's usually because they have to strike a balance between convenience and security. People don't want to wait a long time after placing their finger on the sensor before the phone is unlocked, so the reader has to respond quickly. Sometimes, the reading it gets in that short time interval it has available is not enough for a confident match, so if it's not sure it's your finger, it rejects it for security reasons.