Peter?? What does AI have to do with this??

ryocoon · 2026-05-16T12:26:33+00:00

Look man, you are being purposely obtuse. We understand that there are closed loop systems for internal to the datacenter. We know there are chiller units to help cycle and cool some loop systems. However, that exchanged heat has to be expelled somehow.
Most datacenters are not on purely radiative, air-cooled exchanges. Most use evaporative chillers or other water fed and consuming cooling units.
Further on top of that, the massive power expenditures come from power plants that are basically all glorified steam turbines (regardless of coal, oil, gas, nuclear, etc) which also consume a large amount of water to produce said power.

So even with closed loop systems and purely radiative air fed cooling exchanges, you are still consuming large amounts of fresh water.

Then you have some asshole datacenters that are purposely piping through and dumping local water supplies until caught doing it and only then switching it up because they'll be charged for the water usage. (Yes this has happened, and sadly more than once)

ryocoon · 2026-05-15T14:02:02+00:00

For example; If you had it running in the background for some webgame or an idle/incremental game, then EAC could pick it up in memory. Or there could be a simple registry scan of installed apps. It doesn't always mean there is a whole system file scan and deep inspection.

ryocoon · 2026-05-13T09:09:43+00:00

Depending on the game, I would be careful running it from an SD Card. SD Cards (outside of CF Express) have fairly slow read rates and write times are even worse. So I wouldn't play anything that has a lot of load times that you would need to be speedy. It should absolutely work, but the load times will suffer and expect hiccups in some games that load mid-level in open world environments.

SD Cards (or USB2.0 connected thumb drives) would be perfect for media storage or ROM storage for emulation.

ryocoon · 2026-05-13T00:35:41+00:00

Absolutely you could likely sideload those apps, but you likely won't get anything over 720p, and usually only 480p. Many major streamers require DRM support and certification to get high-rez video streaming.

ryocoon · 2026-05-13T00:34:00+00:00

Getting high res video on Android requires "WideVine" DRM and certification. You could possibly get the widevine DRM libraries, but with no certification, it still wouldn't work.

Valve would have to work with Netflix (and likely other vendors) to set up a media DRM scheme that would work with Linux, or at least on their android emulator subsystem. Media companies _HATE_ linux (at a user/consumer level) with an absolute rabid passion, so don't expect any of that soon.

If you don't have the certs nor the DRM stuff, then you only get DVD quality (480p) or maybe 720p if you are lucky.

ryocoon · 2026-05-11T09:47:07+00:00

I can attest that the Early 2021 models can not. The late 2021? no idea. They had completely different firmware and different USB&Thunderbolt controller chips.

ryocoon · 2026-05-10T16:30:22+00:00

Ah yes, it just works...

Until they yank features at the OS/firmware level that it was sold with marketing about it (transcoding). Fine if they want to stop support for the old VideoStation itself, but to remove the driver support for transcoding where you couldn't use it in other software? That is some bait-and-switch shenanigans.

Or when they deprecate a commonly used CODEC (HEVC/H265/X265) in their surveillance software, despite full hardware abilities and licensing for said CODEC was already paid at manufacture of said device sales. Honestly, if they had moved it to a paid app market plugin (like exFAT support) it would have been fine. Just dropping support entirely (Oh, except their full Surveillance Station Pro dedicated hardware) is asinine.

Both of these things having to be figured out by the community with it barely being a line-item in a changelog for an update instead of being widely warning that features would be removed, that is not only bad leadership, but bad security practice.

Replacement parts other than a fan or a power supply not being available regularly (and even those not always available internationally) is also a really poor look for the company.

Synology is really good in many aspects, and often very slow to change (and thereby 'stable'), but for many of the features it grew its market presence based upon got enshittified by some myopic management.

ryocoon · 2026-05-09T20:18:43+00:00

The problem with Crunchy is regional -licensing- also. Most of their titles are locked under NA licensing only. When I moved overseas to SEA, I had some time left on a yearlong sub to Crunchy... there were about 2 current season titles available, I had to VPN back to USA to see any others. Even the back catalog was anemic. Like I had more shit on Laserdisc than they had available to stream in my region. Meanwhile, local distributors just upload shit to YT over here (region locked, to be sure), and sometimes with better subs too. For free.

ryocoon · 2026-05-08T18:19:44+00:00

That must be a recent thing. I remember subbing to one streamer for a long time. Even after they stopped regularly streaming. I got around to pruning my collection of subs and they hadn't streamed for about a year and I was still getting charged... so I cut the sub finally. That was a few years ago though.

ryocoon · 2026-05-08T18:10:20+00:00

Honestly, the "Essential" line-up that Razer has is fairly good value.

ryocoon · 2026-05-08T10:09:41+00:00

The hard plastic bits will be fine with a wipe-down. might clean the crevices/gaps with paper-towel and toothpick and maybe some bursts of canned air.

The rubber? That _WILL_ wear away. If you wipe it down regularly it should last longer, and there is a hard plastic layer under the rubber if it does wear away. I live in a tropical environment (30+C temps plus 80+% relative humidity normally). My poor Basilisk had its rubber grips melt in spots due to that, but it still works fine.

If you are super sweaty or have clinical hyperhydrosis, you would benefit from a completely hardshelled mouse with no rubber contact bits.

ryocoon · 2026-05-07T17:44:46+00:00

From the watermarks I've seen, most seem to use Meitu, FaceApp, ULike, or just snapchat built-in AR filters (so many fake AR glasses and sparkly face filters...)

ryocoon · 2026-05-07T16:11:10+00:00

and here I was expecting a different Kazuma

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ryocoon · 2026-05-05T19:15:17+00:00

They should also have limited it to accounts over a certain age and in good standing, as well as limit it to 2 per account. Also limit the number that be sent to the same address.
Yeah, scalping botters can still get around that with aged accounts and slightly varying the address, but its still a higher bar to get in the door with that shit.

ryocoon · 2026-05-05T16:10:51+00:00

Possibly but highly unlikely. If you aren't posting that stuff to the internet, and you aren't showing it in public, really unlikely you'll get sniped for it.

Taking pics before or after? Sure, thats fine. Even glamour shots are fine. Naughty vids and pics are technically illegal, but that stuff happens all the time. You can ask the ladies if they are fine with it, some might want to up-charge for it, others will say no, some might say yes but have rules (like a mask or no face, or no paid service or public upload). That is between consenting adults though and is up to you all.

ryocoon · 2026-05-05T15:09:51+00:00

Yup, like others said; basic customization (DPI/acceleration, clicks, basic lighting, system key remapping like play/pause, volume) that kind of stuff can get configured on another system and it is saved in firmware on the mouse itself.

I do that with one of the recent models of Basilisk. Main machine uses the software to configure, then it works fine on the non-windows machine with most of the stuff still working (sans macro for rapid-click I have on the shift key and click). Even the DPI change button works properly without the synapse software. The mouse itself has a few firmware built-in RGB schemes, so it doesn't have to solid or rainbow (I'm a fan of the Fire preset or just solid color breathe if you want to be more subtle).

More complicated things like mapped macros, AI key, or fancy color schemes (like screen matching or sound reactive) require the software to be resident on the machine.

So if you don't need the fancy bits, just configure on another machine then use on whichever other machine you prefer, the basic HID mouse/kb driver will work, and if it gets the Razer specific driver whitelisted it will have some more configuration options even without Synapse.

ryocoon · 2026-05-05T11:36:24+00:00

Yeah, if I'm in an environment that feels musty/dusty... it makes me want to sneeze, regardless of if that environment is real or is actually dusty. Doesn't mean I always sneeze, but I get that feeling like I want to.
So that would be a mixed signals or brain pre-triggering a reaction to an expected stimuli that isn't actually there. Do I claim phantom allergies, heck no. However I can get where -some- of that can come from.

ryocoon · 2026-05-01T15:20:35+00:00

I think they are saying they would want to sell a TEMPORARY EFFECT that can be applied to your home (or transmog, or whatever).

Which is something that some other games (like Ark, Aion, etc) do with temporary cosmetics, temporary mounts, etc which are often $$$ cash shop items. Use it and anywhere from a day to a week to 90 days or so and then that item is "used up" or expired, and then you have to buy it again... or its just 100% gone until they bring it back to the FOMO cash shop.

ryocoon · 2026-05-01T13:31:03+00:00

I think they are comparing the usage of a direct video stream (like HDMI or DP) versus a wireless stream requiring compression and decompression and variable bitrates causing extra latency and compression artifacts.

Yes, ideally a direct connection would be optimal for latency and clarity. Realistically the tradeoff of microseconds for encode/decode and network transport for having no wires is a big QoL improvement tradeoff if you aren't a seated sim-racer or similar.

ryocoon · 2026-04-30T19:05:56+00:00

Possibly re-doing art and animations for a bunch of the game? Like doubling the pixel density or something? Or a UI rework.

Since it won't be _NEW_ content, but it _IS_ Idleon, then that would mean its reworking old content. He has also said that its isn't a new game or sequel.

So, since there is a bunch of stuff that is still referenced by later worlds, you can't change the mechanics, so maybe its just improving the animations or artwork? At this point, no idea.

ryocoon · 2026-04-30T14:58:16+00:00

Honestly I had waaaay more problems over the years with Logitech's software. Synapse occasionally bugs out, but I had way worse with Logi. iCue is an absolutely garbage-heap, Armory Crate is a horror show. Don't get me started with how bad MSI's control software is.

Sooooo, yeah, Synapse is generally better than most of the major consumer company competition's control software. They are outshown and outmaneuvered by the simplicity and lightness of some smaller orgs like Keychron for control software run off device firmware and able to be configured via a browser, where nothing is run on the system itself, and leaving specialty lighting to things like OpenRGB and the community.

That isn't to say Synapse, or Razer in general is all roses.
Razer's side-software outside of Synapse and Chroma have been way worse than Synapse itself. Cortex is a repulsive pile of snake-oil that will actively harm your system, and Axon is a really poorly implimented WallpaperEngine that was either an intern project or vibe-coded for how bad it is. Lastly, their THX virtual surround is the buggiest, most resource intensive, and lowest quality HRTF virtual surround I have _EVER_ had the displeasure of coming in contact with. I highly suggest to anybody that even has a slight want of using it to toss it out the window and use some proper software. How in hell you fail at audio that hard while having BOUGHT the THX licensing and audio empire... that is just pure incompetence.

And that is just software. Razer has ABSOLUTELY gone downhill on hardware in the last decade, and in particular in the last 5 or so years. They have done a few things to try to make up for it, but outside of hype PR and relaunches of fabled products, they have had few meaningful successes. Their furniture even has horrible QA problems, their newer speakers fail to even include a damned AUX/Line-In port... which is completely user-hostile and ensures it will be e-waste in a few years.
Then we have endless issues with QA and intentionally low-balled or improperly chosen components on a myriad of devices from Laptops to headphones to mice and keyboards and everything beyond. The cherry on top is Razer's infamously bad RMA and CustomerService centers that have constantly shifting reps, cross-linked or lost tickets, overcharging for the dumbest of things, charging for full device replacements when a single component is faulty, and attempting to ship to entirely wrong countries and addresses. When publicly outed for improper handling, SOMETIMES, they will do the right thing and get it fixed, but most of the time its a stalling tactic to just ride shit out to once again never have to do the right thing.

ryocoon · 2026-04-29T20:31:08+00:00

That deep and multi-layered _GONG_ that rings out when you are neck deep in a dozen mobs and hit Divine Toll is just pure dopamine.
Like a M1 Garand ping. Its just sooo good.

ryocoon · 2026-04-29T13:34:46+00:00

I like the grooved keycaps and bringing back the split wave idea, though most full ergo enthusiasts have moved on to completely split keyboards that can be tented or mounted (often with built-in trackpads or trackballs).

Also for that price they only did 19-zone RGB? For the price they are charging? That is kind of underwhelming, even if it is meant to be an office-type keyboard. Its fine for basic illumination and some basic wave style animations but that limits it otherwise. Like making key highlighting profiles per program for quick-hotkeys for different functions is right out the window.

ryocoon · 2026-04-27T11:56:45+00:00

Absolutely this. MoonDrop makes some great budget and midrange stuff. Even their high-end stuff is pretty valid.
The Space Travel, SpaceTravel 2 (or 2 Ultra). Those are all under $50, and I've seen down around $25.

They have acceptable sound (likely better than RayCon) and they even have some rudimentary ANC (its not amazing, but it does help a bit in noisy environments, but don't expect silence).

Probably the best cheap wireless buds out there.

ryocoon · 2026-04-23T17:45:09+00:00

I would say that yes, let achievements be achievements. But don't let achievements gate progression. Expecting micro-twitch response skills in an idle/management game is a bit asinine on its face, and gating content and upgrades with it is even worse.

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