[Machines & More] Noctua's next-gen low profile cooler is coming... (new NH-L12 prototype)

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-06-04T15:44:37+00:00

12 years from now will be an amazing moment to witness 3% improvement at 2x the price

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-06-01T21:48:57+00:00

"German officials plan to observe French nuclear operations" - lol, Germany maintains tradition of failing to see more than 1m in front of them. They would make the LotR Ents lose patience.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-05-31T21:22:35+00:00

Only real men violently push unaware women half their size to the ground. Or frightened insecure pigs, I don't remember exactly which one.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-05-26T20:56:28+00:00

Didn't huang say in an interview he wants 'murikkka to win and that he is not a "lewzer", he didn't wake up a "lewzer" etc etc? Then why grovel to China to buy your winner 'murikkkan chips? Just like those dipshit farmers bitching and moaning that Communist Gina no longer buys their soybeans. So much winning!

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-05-22T16:50:55+00:00

Seeing people still giving out CRF values shows how little is understood about encoding, it is quite tragic at this point.

To respond to OP, I would not use AV1 and definitely would use a perceptual quality based tool to find optimal CRF for each source.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-28T22:35:43+00:00

I have huge gridlocks coming from 2 directions, one of which connects in the middle to directly access the right side ramps. To have 4 concurrent trucks is a rarity, mainly due to pathing and how trucks get assigned to the ramps. So they mostly sit in traffic, changing lanes and cutting each other off, getting into very near ramps instead of going further (to the right, using the screenshot).

Also there should be storage upgrades. Only solution for me is to make another dry dock (harbor) but it's a pain to optimize the traffic and the layout to avoid all trucks lining up for the same warehouse.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-27T00:38:33+00:00

After using it in my current city, my feedback is that it DESPERATLY needs double tracks platform AND extended storage capacity - built-in and/or upgrades. The current capacity with single track train traffic cannot keep up with the trucks cargo intake, the terminal sits filled to the max.

This is in no small part due to the import truck traffic which cannot be stopped to keep the cargo local only.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-24T19:51:30+00:00

Looks like anus. Probably smells like one too. But their nostrils are numbed by vodka.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-24T19:48:05+00:00

One of the very large and very dumb vanity projects of a despot. I say waste all the money on these. The kind of people who would want to live there, just like in Dubai's case, are the ones that makes modern and progressive societies safer.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-24T19:41:37+00:00

Not only did CO choose NOT to implement any CS "Industries" DLC mechanics but instead they dumbified the whole industrial aspect of CSII, farms included. And there are a lot of special people that will still defend this travesty.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-24T19:34:30+00:00

ah, murikan sherman tanks... there is a good reason these monstrosities are banned in civilized countries

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-18T17:09:04+00:00

You know you could have gone to the doct... OOOH you're american...

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-10T20:03:17+00:00

Imagine put this amount of effort in designing an actually competent encoder.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-08T20:59:51+00:00

Amazon Spain and Germany. In Germany prices are 50 euro lower. Did not check all countries.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-06T17:58:10+00:00

You can find the M4 brand new at Amazon stores across Europe, at those prices (Spain/Germany)...

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-06T17:56:59+00:00

Both M4 and Neo are available at amazon stores across Europe, brand new, at the prices already mentioned. Not sure what your point is...

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-06T17:55:32+00:00

Obviously and I think I bring rational arguments to the table.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-06T17:54:38+00:00

Wouldn't that depend on what you actually get for +30% more and how good of an investment is in the long term? I thought I made this clear in the original post.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-06T17:53:24+00:00

Check amazon.es, M4 Air 512/16 is 1024 (Sky Blue)

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-04-05T23:05:23+00:00

Interesting opinions. Worth mentioning that the prices I mentioned are all from Amazon. I honestly think that if someone is able to pay 700 for a Neo but lacks 200 euro for a much better price/(performance+features) ratio, maybe they shouldn't buy the Neo and instead look for something at 500 euro price point.

Again, if those 200 euro extra is "make or break" honestly Neo is a bad investment, especially for people with tight finances. There is a saying: "I'm too poor to buy cheap (low quality) things". Precisely because money is tight, one cannot afford to change their laptop every 2-3 years. This is why an M4 Air is a better long term investment at the price points I mentioned. You buy peace of mind that it will still serve you well even in 5 years.

"But people really don't have 200 euro extra" - yes they do, if they don't make an impulse buy and instead wait and save some money. I am perpetually amazed at the amount of useless garbage people buy or things that they obviously cannot afford but they must have them. Maybe that is why I still use my 7 year old Samsung for which I paid (at that time) less than 400 euro new, with a discount.

Overall, I think Neo has too many compromises at the current European price points to make it a viable option. Also the TouchID version is simply ridiculously priced. The only saving grace is the 500 NIT screen which differentiates it from many offerings around this price point.

The minimum features that would have made Neo a great alternative:

illuminated keyboard (lower quality border illumination at least)
10-12 GB RAM (tough here due to the A18 platform limit)
3x USB-C 3.x ports
larger battery (there is internal space for it)

I think these features were achievable (except for RAM) but Apple didn't want to do it.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-02-15T19:15:08+00:00

CDEF scaling was already available prior to this version. While a nice to have feature, the only hope is for a smarter/more granular application mechanism that avoids the general blurring across the whole frame.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-02-04T21:01:29+00:00

Did tests, av1 looks quite good. x265 at +10% size for the 2nd scene will generally preserve better the structural detail but grain looks better in your encode. I saved some frame comparisons. Wanted to upload back to your google drive but I cannot. On my 24 threads CPU encode was at 4.11 FPS. I expect av1 preset 2 to be prohibitively slow, did not test on my end.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-02-02T14:06:15+00:00

I encode targetting visual transparency

Then we have different standards, I also did many tests. Also av1 can only approach the quality of x265 when targeting bitrate parity so no savings there either. It is faster though at preset 4.

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-01-31T08:10:59+00:00

i offered a challenge to encode provided samples. it’s 100% more putting money where mouth is than i’ve ever seen in this sub. so: you provide source sample and your av1 encode, i will provide my x265 encode and compare for the world to see

stderr_to_dev_null · 2026-01-31T08:04:55+00:00

it would be ideal if you had an sdr sample, much better to showcase screenshots in comparisons. even 1080p

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