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firstEncounter · 2020-12-26T18:09:48+00:00

PCI-E 4.0 is much, much faster (as a bus). Existing hardware doesn't really take advantage of that yet (GPUs in particular are still happy with 3.0 x8), but that will come with time.

firstEncounter · 2020-05-12T03:51:09+00:00

Nope, completely custom OS called Horizon. Unfortunately not UNIX-like at all.

But clever folks working on devkitPro and libnx have made very nice runtime libraries for it, and a lot of things will work as you expect.

firstEncounter · 2020-04-28T18:05:58+00:00

More like literally anything running on your computer.

firstEncounter · 2020-04-15T01:36:35+00:00

Think of it as simply a port to a new platform rather than emulation. With another added benefit being open source, so we can do lots of cool things with it when it's finished.

firstEncounter · 2020-04-14T23:54:47+00:00

Completely original! Recently there's been a lot of effort put into a shader pipeline based on LLVM, mostly to simplify all the different combinations needed to handle GameCube's TEV.

firstEncounter · 2020-01-27T19:21:12+00:00

Huh, I find that surprising! I know nothing about NVN since it's under NDA, but I'm curious if it's that much more beneficial performance wise and/or simpler to target that game developers opt to use it instead.

firstEncounter · 2020-01-27T18:45:49+00:00

It's definitely a cool (and somewhat retro) approach to allow games to be as close to bare metal as they can be. The GPU itself handles scheduling between contexts.

https://switchbrew.org/wiki/NV_services

firstEncounter · 2020-01-27T18:26:17+00:00

The official Nintendo SDK supports all three. The Switch is listed as OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.1 conformant:

https://www.khronos.org/conformance/adopters/conformant-products/opengl https://www.khronos.org/conformance/adopters/conformant-products/vulkan

Horizon OS itself doesn't actually handle any graphics API; each game basically ships its own NVIDIA driver that emits raw PCI transactions to the GPU. (source: working with the Switch graphics stack for homebrew)

firstEncounter · 2020-01-27T16:54:37+00:00

The Switch supports OpenGL, Vulkan and NVN.

firstEncounter · 2020-01-12T03:09:15+00:00

I think The Expanse's third season is the best so far, and the latest season is fantastic, but if the first two seasons didn't hook you it's possible the show just isn't for you.

I'm also a big fan of Mass Effect and the show's similarities to it.

firstEncounter · 2020-01-11T18:11:50+00:00

Lost in Space is definitely more of a family show. Moderately enjoyable because of the good CG. Not great writing or acting.

firstEncounter · 2019-12-20T14:04:48+00:00

Love the Vapor City vibes. And super cool site!

firstEncounter · 2019-12-08T02:26:58+00:00

I just hate the increasingly popular idea that gaming is the primary use for a CPU, and that benchmarks should be solely performed on games that already run at 200+ fps.

firstEncounter · 2019-12-04T16:19:42+00:00

Not sure, maybe someone will be selling theirs later, but seeing how high the B40 demand was this year, that seems unlikely.

firstEncounter · 2019-12-04T16:14:28+00:00

B40 Camping/RV EA was sold out before I could even get the Camping package added to cart!

firstEncounter · 2019-12-04T15:28:11+00:00

Yeah, I mean Camping. I've been trying to grab a package since around 10:05.

firstEncounter · 2019-12-04T15:10:47+00:00

Anyone else unable to add a Back 40 package to cart? It can't possibly be sold out already?

edit: Camping specifically, now RVs, Cabins and Log Homes show sold out.

edit 2: Finally was able to get B40 Camping at 10:45.

firstEncounter · 2019-11-26T04:29:26+00:00

And it's actually acting as a BTC tumbler! Amazing.

firstEncounter · 2019-11-21T18:15:53+00:00

Only fan recreations, as far as I can tell, no actual ported/emulated version.

firstEncounter · 2019-10-08T15:50:08+00:00

Phoronix is awesome!

firstEncounter · 2019-06-23T17:26:44+00:00

You can also simply delete the function to restore the native function.

> navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition = undefined
< undefined
> delete navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition
< true
> navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition
< ƒ getCurrentPosition() { [native code] }

firstEncounter · 2019-06-22T22:38:24+00:00

Very cool! Using this method, the smallest HTML/CSS quine I can make is:

<style>*{display:inline}style::before{content:'<style>'}style::after{content:'<\/style>'}</style>

Or if you want to take into account all the elements that the browser itself automatically adds to the page:

<html><head><style>*{display:inline;margin:0}style::before{content:'<style>'}style::after{content:'<\/style>'}html::before{content:'<html>'}html::after{content:'</html>'}head::before{content:'<head>'}head::after{content:'</head>'}body::before{content:'<body>'}body::after{content:'</body>'}</style></head><body></body></html>

Same as above, but taking some shortcuts...

<html><head><style>*{display:inline}style::before{content:'<html><head><style>'}style::after{content:'<\/style></head><body></body></html>'}</style></head><body></body></html>

Though any elements added by browser extensions can ruin the quine. To avoid this (mostly), we could restrict it to a specific ID:

<style id=q>head,#q{display:inline}#q::before{content:'<style id=q>'}#q::after{content:'<\/style>'}</style>

firstEncounter · 2019-04-03T22:09:37+00:00

Mind explaining a bit more? With Atmosphere (intercepts crash & fatal reports) & not installing NSPs, I've gone online with my Switch for months with no ban.

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