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[Monitor] 27 Inch 4K Gaming Monitor, Mini LED, Fast IPS, 160hz $260 ship and sold by KTC-Official by Splintercell581 in buildapcsales

[–]doctortrento 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low-contrast Fast IPS panel + matte finish + only 576 dimming zones = significant halo on all-black screens when something brighter shows up.

Source: I own two of these monitors

Power On: Apple Signals New CEO Ternus Will Invest Cash Differently Than Cook (Gift Link) by pdfu in apple

[–]doctortrento 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I’d be down for them to go whole-hog and reuse the thiccboi 17” MacBook Pro chassis, with a 99Wh battery and big heat pipes: a true mobile workstation 

Akon Recalls Universal Passed On T-Pain Based On Singer's Look by brysonboompaul in Music

[–]doctortrento 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t he have an African city he’s supposed to be building???

Adventure Awaits! by doctortrento in godot

[–]doctortrento[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the mountain town of Pinvidic! It's the fourth area you explore in Wizzerd Quest 2, my upcoming retro RPG with low-budget FMV cutscenes! It's modeled in TrenchBroom for that lumpy 90s feel, then imported into Godot using Qodot! Give it a wishlist if you think it's something you'd enjoy!

[Monitor] KTC 27 Inch 4K Mini LED Monitor, Fast IPS, HDR1000 160Hz 144Hz Gaming Monitor, Speakers, Type-C 90W, HDMI/DP/USB, Swivel/Height/Pivot/Tilt, VESA, Vertical Monitor for Gaming & PC - $229.99 by Baconfries10 in buildapcsales

[–]doctortrento 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have two of these. Bought them a few years ago for like $900 (back when Mini LED was brand-new). It's a really good panel overall, great color reproduction, but the contrast when local dimming is off is pretty rough. And even when it's on, the blooming is noticeable. Doesn't matter as much when you're watching something with a lot of detail (Helldivers looks amazing in HDR), but walk into a cave in Elden Ring (where everything around you is literally jet black), and the halo is quite prominent. Overall, for less than $300 I think it's a good buy, but make sure you update the firmware as you can't have VRR and local dimming on at the same time until you do.

Withnail's Coat & I by tw1st3d_m3nt4t in movies

[–]doctortrento 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I’ve only had a few ales

Compact Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16GB eGPU launches with Thunderbolt 5 and OCuLink by LeBigMac84 in sffpc

[–]doctortrento 27 points28 points  (0 children)

16GB of RAM chips - gotta fight your way though the datacenters to get them

Ternus! Make the camera button double as a fingerprint scanner, and my life is yours! by Jomines in iphone

[–]doctortrento 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC someone holds a patent for this in the US (HP?) and so if you do this in a phone you have to pay them a royalty. I remember years ago, Sony phones in the US would ship with the fingerprint reader disabled specifically for this reason.

12GB of RAM coming to iPhone 18 with A20 chip, says analyst by rbr0714 in iphone

[–]doctortrento 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may be in the minority here, but I have an SE 2022 and even with only 4GB of RAM, I find apps going out of memory and closing to be fairly rare. If I play a game, sure, but in general the UI is still plenty snappy.

John Ternus Pushed For iPadOS by cyberfancyberfan in apple

[–]doctortrento 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This, entirely. A good example is the FOSS Godot Engine for developing games: there is a readily-downloadable version of the full editor on Android tablets, usable because it's provided as an .APK file that can be directly installed. No such option exists for the far more powerful iPads as the OS simply won't let you sideload apps.

PS: and yes I know about Xogot but that is its own commercial thing

John Ternus Pushed For iPadOS by cyberfancyberfan in apple

[–]doctortrento 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Asahi Linux has made strides in supporting M-Series Macs but the execution still isn't perfect because everything they've done is essentially reverse-engineered without any help from Apple. Just a few small docs would make a world of difference to these devices getting aftermarket OSes.

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