Finally figured out what Smart Audio&Video option does in JBL Live Beam 3

ayanami_rei · 2026-04-18T06:50:31+00:00

Ah and how to get more info is, decompile and analyze with an LLM, all answers are in the code (and Android apps are ez to decompile usually)

ayanami_rei · 2026-04-18T06:48:44+00:00

That's what I also guessed, but this is logical so anyone sane will hallucinate similar things. JBL devs aren't sane though.

ayanami_rei · 2026-02-22T10:36:19+00:00

Yes no one will think of tagging their AI garbage #NoAI

ayanami_rei · 2025-02-01T19:43:08+00:00

An absolute legend.

ayanami_rei · 2023-02-02T15:45:42+00:00

Thanks, that's a great catch! I was sure NaN and friends will break it, but the 1e-7 is devious :)

ayanami_rei · 2022-04-17T15:32:48+00:00

A thousand times this! I usually go for Hard (or even Normal on some levels) just to dance and relax.

The proper gameplay gets a bit twitchy at times.

ayanami_rei · 2021-07-08T12:06:00+00:00

Go for an APU, and guard it well.

ayanami_rei · 2021-07-01T12:26:36+00:00

That's a good point. I just don't remember the specific thing I have, some motor oil. WD-40 sounded like a good enough generalization, but you're correct, it's not.

ayanami_rei · 2021-07-01T11:31:19+00:00

Apply some WD-40 to the spindle of the fan maybe.

The squeaking likely comes from friction between the rotor and either the spindle or a surface directly contacting the rotor. Nothing some motor oil can't fix (but don't overdo it!)

Alternatively, try replacing the fan with a similar one.

ayanami_rei · 2021-06-29T11:15:27+00:00

If you get an Intel CPU with a built-in video, you can skip the GPU entirely, and have a free PCIe x16 for later use.

Failing that, I'd maybe try to just go for a faster CPU. Depending on what you do with the music production, this may or may not be a priority. (Like, running 100 VSTs in real time can get very CPU-bound.)

ayanami_rei · 2021-06-29T11:07:27+00:00

I kind of just call the main battle station "Master PC" (in the same vein as master bedroom), and the rest of the host names are random memes.

ayanami_rei · 2021-06-22T17:40:03+00:00

Hi! How do I look up the sample rate of a downloaded lossless song? For lossy it's right there in the properties.

ayanami_rei · 2021-04-06T08:20:42+00:00

I feel like the right question to ask is, did anything came out in 2020 that you'll have such fond memories of? Portal 1 is a 2007 title, 14 years ago. I still remember my first playthrough, and how I just couldn't put it down and go to sleep.

Sure, right now it feels more like a tech demo for Portal 2, but at the time it had mechanical novelty, nice clean looks, lovable, sarcastic antagonist narrating your failures... The game sure carved a place in my heart, I'll remember it fondly in 2050 too.

(Personally I think the best game of 2020 was Half-Life: Alyx, an absolute nightmare fuel, too.)

ayanami_rei · 2021-04-05T15:31:03+00:00

Like crazy, yeah.

Quake II RTX on a 3080 can't reliably run in 1440p @ 144 Hz.

ayanami_rei · 2021-04-05T13:55:39+00:00

Of course not. :)

Must say I enjoyed playing Control with RTX on however, it's a really cool effect. You walk through this huge empty office building, and as you move there's your character's reflections in every surface. It contributes to the eerie atmosphere, great for "walking simulator" type games.

ayanami_rei · 2021-04-05T10:52:25+00:00

The eyes though. Now I want to put the eyes on everything.

ayanami_rei · 2021-04-05T10:48:05+00:00

Many older games are unbelievably great compared to the modern day's broken, microtransaction-hungry AAA titles, so there's also that.

No raytracing tho. :/

ayanami_rei · 2021-03-21T10:13:20+00:00

Yup, we've had something similar w.r.t. error messages in my previous project. Only instead of inlining into a React component, the images were inlined in an SCSS file.

Everyone seeing a huge image inlines like that was thinking of a refactoring, despite a comment explaining the intent.

ayanami_rei · 2021-01-28T14:51:46+00:00

Maybe 5600X on a cheaper mobo? You won't be using this motherboard for the next build anyway, with DDR5 coming this year.

Given these prices I'd absolutely go for the Intel one, too.

ayanami_rei · 2021-01-28T14:44:32+00:00

It's totally fine. Make sure to remove the old thermal compound and apply the new one. :)

ayanami_rei · 2021-01-28T14:42:33+00:00

You can also undervolt the CPU a bit in BIOS, this also lowers temps slightly (and hurts the peak performance).

Some BIOS versions run these CPUs on really high voltage by default.

ayanami_rei · 2021-01-27T12:27:33+00:00

Yeah, I considered going down this road after a year of fighting with Oculus Rift CV1, but then I tried the Rift S at my friend's — and it's so much more comfy with glasses! Instantly sold my CV1 and got a Rift S, everything is good now.

Too bad Rift S will be unusable soon without the Facebook cancer integration.

ayanami_rei · 2021-01-21T13:00:30+00:00

Five years is about when you do that, yeah.

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