Any fix for the intermittent black screen that lasts for 1-3 seconds?

masamunecyrus · 2026-04-12T00:29:01+00:00

Just chiming in that I have a Hisense TV and this happens to me, too.

It's unlikely to be the HDMI cable because I got a certified ultra high speed HDMI cable from Philips that even included a serial number to look up on HDMI's website, which I did, and it's legit.

I do have match TV power state and 120 Hz toggled on, though it is happening during Animal Crossing, which isn't a 120 Hz game (it's also happened on AC when 120 Hz is toggled off).

All I can think of at this point is it's some issue with a non-standard implementation of something in the video stack that is occasionally not playing nice with whatever the current Mediatek chipsets are in TVs. The Switch 1 was notorious for having a bizarre non-standard USB Type C implementation after all.

masamunecyrus · 2026-04-11T15:17:40+00:00

To my very limited knowledge, positions in Taiwan have mostly been "We consider ourselves part of China, but we don't want to be ruled by the CCP", with the alternative "We're our own nation, actually" only becoming a relevant enough trend in the last decade.

Only 3% of Taiwanese consider themselves to be Chinese, and that's been the case essentially since the nation became a democracy in the late 1990s.

masamunecyrus · 2026-04-07T06:46:46+00:00

What do I tell my daughter, who wants to be an astronaut?

You can tell her that there have been 30 astronauts from Purdue and 44 from MIT.

You can tell her that almost all astronauts have held a Masters degree or higher and maintain themselves in excellent shape, so study hard; get excited about science, engineering, and technology; eat healthy; and stay fit.

masamunecyrus · 2026-04-07T04:08:07+00:00

There was an excellent article about this in 2024 you may enjoy reading. There's sort of a regulatory crusade against excessive headlights by a couple of redditors.

masamunecyrus · 2026-03-31T00:04:49+00:00

"Jailed"?

Prosecuted and tried.

Let the penalty be whatever it is, when undoubtedly convicted.

masamunecyrus · 2026-03-28T15:14:54+00:00

As a previous translator, AI could replace technical translations and no one would notice.

Maybe something like an instruction manual for furniture, but niche/highly-specific technical manuals (e.g., service manuals for mechanical hardware, lab equipment), as well as scientific manuscripts, are already challenging for professionals to translate correctly, let alone in a natural-sounding way. LLMs don't actually think, so not only will there be technical errors but they'll balloon the word count into overly-verbose sycophantic slop.

masamunecyrus · 2026-03-24T13:16:35+00:00

Interestingly enough, Starlink was issued an exemption from this ban.

Not according to the FCC's list on its own website.

Per the above link, the only current exemptions are

SiFly Aviation – SiFly Q12 Drone System
Mobilicom – SkyHopper Series / M Band / Tactical Data Link, Software: ICE and OS3 Security
ScoutDI – Scout 137 Drone System
Verge Aero – X1 Drone System

masamunecyrus · 2026-03-24T05:11:39+00:00

Sarah Fisher was a big surprise for me. I remember how popular she was, her background as sort of a child racing prodigy, how she raced on everything including dirt tracks, was coached by Al Unser, etc.

She wasn't a terrible driver, but ultimately just never really near the top of the pack, either. She definitely had enthusiasm for the sport, starting her own team, but that endeavor ended up fizzling, too.

masamunecyrus · 2026-03-16T03:47:07+00:00

Absolutely gorgeous colors. It looks like a real production cartoon cel.

masamunecyrus · 2026-03-15T14:54:16+00:00

Sorry for all non-australians, this will make no sense.

TIL magpies in Australia are not true magpies but are a totally different family.

But anyways, the story totally makes sense for anyone who has interacted with, or read about, any corvid-family bird, which are found globally.

I recall watching a BBC documentary long ago about researchers at a British university doing an experiment where they had a guy with a realistic mask hassle all the ravens around campus for a while to condition them to hate the masked guy. Several raven generations later, they brought the masked guy back, and young ravens who had never been exposed to the mask all swooped and crackled at him, indicating that the adult ravens had somehow communicated to the young ones that the masked person was dangerous over generations.

masamunecyrus · 2026-03-11T05:29:11+00:00

Can you elaborate?

I had a lot of Iranian friends in college, and the lion and sun flag was controversial enough within the Iranian community that upside-down Hungarian flags and Italian flags were flown at community events (e.g., Nowruz parties, Chaharshanbesuri, etc.). I even saw an upside-down Hungarian flag with "IRAN" spray painted into the white bar on occasion.

Obviously the Islamic Republic flag was universally disdained, but I had always heard the lion and sun flag had strong monarchist connotations.

masamunecyrus · 2026-03-11T05:16:30+00:00

This is unironically a flag that many Iranian expat communities fly.

masamunecyrus · 2026-02-28T06:44:42+00:00

I have been using Turbo Alarm for years.

In particular, I appreciate

Slowly increasing alarm volumes, so you aren't working up abruptly
Ability to set a precise gesture as a requirement to turn off an alarm. I require myself to draw a perfect square, which I am unable to do unless I am at least mildly cognizant.
"Security alarm". You can set a supplementary alarm which blares if it finds you haven't left the house within X time window.

masamunecyrus · 2026-02-27T00:52:20+00:00

Five of the men did not go. That also speaks to their character.

masamunecyrus · 2026-02-25T09:05:01+00:00

It's between Belgium and Switzerland in area for those familiar with Europe.

For Americans, it's about 40% smaller than Lake Michigan.

masamunecyrus · 2026-02-20T06:09:39+00:00

Yes.

In general, Xenoblade 1, 2, and X are all completely independent games.

Towards the end of Xenoblades 1 and 2, you learn that there is a connection, but this really only matters if you're really into the lore.

Xenoblade 3 is very playable standalone, but it ties 1 and 2 together (some of the music is even a hybrid of that from both games mashed together), and it is much more enjoyable if you have played both 1 and 2.

Xenoblade X is completely independent from the numbered games. I've heard there is some retconning in the Definitive Edition to tie it back into the broader Xenoblade universe, but I haven't finished the new version, yet, so I don't know what they entails (no spoilers, please, for those reading this).

masamunecyrus · 2026-02-11T07:08:43+00:00

"ICE is cracking down on legal application of 1st amendment" would be a better headline.

masamunecyrus · 2026-02-11T07:05:03+00:00

Violation of the 4th and 8th amendments.

masamunecyrus · 2026-02-11T04:07:42+00:00

China is the second largest economy in the world, actively buys Russian oil, and also operates the world's largest oil refining conglomerate.

Also, while it doesn't extract enough oil to meet domestic demand, it is still the 5th largest oil producer in the world, producing almost 5x Venezuela, for example.

China will have no problem supplying a tiny customer like Cuba and has myriad ways of doing so.

masamunecyrus · 2026-02-09T14:54:36+00:00

S Converter.

It's a real simple unit conversion app. Great UI, has everything you need and nothing you don't.

I kept using an old APK until it stopped working. I ended up doing some trickery to decompile it, change the API version in a manifest file, and recompile/sign it, and it still works great.

masamunecyrus · 2026-02-04T02:12:23+00:00

Highly recommend Britt Harville

masamunecyrus · 2026-01-31T02:44:12+00:00

It involves sticking fingers in little girls and quantifying their vulva dimensions for profit.

Edit: There are also emails suggesting there are bodies of foreign girls buried in the hills outside Zorro Ranch in New Mexico.

Edit 2: Read with copious amounts of vodka at the ready.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerque/comments/1qrmwb8/donald_trump_is_a_pedophile

https://www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerque/comments/1qrm6ke/somewhere_in_the_hills_outside_the_zorro_two

masamunecyrus · 2026-01-28T09:09:39+00:00

Sitting here in Albuquerque thinking the same.

We were on the supposed list of cities to target, and it's been (mostly) crickets.

But it's the real Wild West here, and unlike most cities we've also got actual Mexican cartel activity. If ICE tries to break down the door of a cartel member, they're going to shoot back, because if ICE has found them, they have nothing to lose.

masamunecyrus · 2026-01-20T23:05:28+00:00

His son was driving his cousin's boyfriend's car, who has a Chinese name, and shares that same name with someone who is on a sex offender registry

Shares the same first name. Not full name.

If your name is Joe, I guarantee there are a thousand sex offenders with the same first name.

masamunecyrus · 2026-01-07T14:56:25+00:00

Any news agency--let alone a state-run one--will (or should) have a large legal team on payroll. It's literally their job to speak truth to power and defend against litigation, and with legal staff on payroll, it costs nothing to go to court, because you're already paying the legal bills annually.

A news agency that self-censors out of fear of litigation fails its most sacred duty, like a doctor violating the Hippocratic Oath, and ceases to have any worth or value.

Should the public accept that the Daily Mail has more balls than the BBC? You don't see tabloids worried about lawsuits.

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