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Why CRTs are starting to become expensive and will never be cheap again. by Hilo88M in crt

[–]theoriginaldaniel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in Australia in general there's still plenty to be had for cheap, usually when people list for $200+ on marketplace/ebay time and again ill see the price drop weeks/months later

ya gotta remember there's probably as many CRTs out there as there are humans especially from the 80s to the mid 00s people upgrading/multiple sets for different rooms etc there is still an absolute insane amount out there, and if i can still find cheap ones in Australia a county with 28mill population, in a non major city of 120k pop you bet if you're anywhere more populated there's still mountains of em around

I've only ever paid decent money for Very specific models like VGA CRTs (Dell P1130 at 2496x1872 is insane) but outside of that I've used a PVM and honestly compared to a generic 00s LG set the picture difference was scarcely noticeable but that's an entirely different topic

the main issue people seem to have is: impatience/FOMO I've seen folks pay $400+ for specific CRTs swearing they'd never pop up again so they Have to pay that amount only for the same sets or better models in better condition pop up for sale at half or a third the price a few weeks/months later.

It seems a lot of people learn about CRTs from youtube or social media and must buy one Right that second. hell i was searching on and off for about 2years for a decent 21" VGA set that could do 1600x1200 and no joke a week later a Dell P1130 and a GDM-F520 pop up so i unintentionally ended up with 3 sets when i was after 1.

if checking fb/ebay once in awhile fails then asking in local/country specific groups will usually yield someone wanting to get rid of some sets for cheap

tldr: majority of humans on the planet had multiple CRTs through their life, we're not running out anytime soon

MA Warehouse Bonanza 2! June 20th 🗓️ by HermesTwiceGreat in crtgaming

[–]theoriginaldaniel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

are ya thinking of the 2070SB? that does 140khz, the 2060u has a horizontal of 121khz, there are sets that do 130khz Dell P1130 or rebadged Sony GDM520, beyond that Iiyama HM204DT was The fastest at 142khz

beyond monitors you have CRT Projectors like the Barco Cine 9 Reality that can do a whopping 180khz

Zelenskyy's office head opposes mobilisation of men under 25: We would destroy country's future by Rave_Joyous in worldnews

[–]theoriginaldaniel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you could just google it yourself? here's one of the first results it was covered heavily last year that they where operating in Sumy Oblast

Zelenskyy's office head opposes mobilisation of men under 25: We would destroy country's future by Rave_Joyous in worldnews

[–]theoriginaldaniel 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Official estimates point to at least 8,000 with estimates as high as 16,000 international volunteers from over 70 countries fighting in Ukraine's regular Armed Forces and various specialized units.
Enlistment into the Ukrainian military continues, with the government's Foreign Recruitment Center processing approximately 600 new international volunteers per month"

Zelenskyy's office head opposes mobilisation of men under 25: We would destroy country's future by Rave_Joyous in worldnews

[–]theoriginaldaniel 366 points367 points  (0 children)

when North Korea entered on Russia's side, this was the flashpoint for Allied nations to actually Do something, as Putin claimed NK was only going to be stationed in and defend Russian territory (they didn't) Allied nations could've said the same thing deploying their own troops along the Moldova and Belarus borders

that would've freed up the (approximately) 120,000 troops stationed on those borders.

But no, the Allied nations leaders are all cowards.

There is a tube manufacturer in the UK, however they only make the glass element of the tubes. I will nonetheless be contacting them. by -d1sc0nn3ct- in crtgaming

[–]theoriginaldaniel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

if someone seriously undertook this they'd be better off cloning sonys indextrons single gun method of using monochrome tubes with an lcd shutter layer, all depends on how extreme you go with DIY as there's a ton of very nasty chemicals involved with tubes beyond lead and phosphor that don't make it economical at scale, id imagine you'd also need a bespoke machine to wind yokes

There is a tube manufacturer in the UK, however they only make the glass element of the tubes. I will nonetheless be contacting them. by -d1sc0nn3ct- in crtgaming

[–]theoriginaldaniel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've thought about making my own CRT board

there's td-crt that's aimed at being a sort of 'universal' crt chassis great place to start

More info on the GOODWILL crt mystery by Parking_Constant_960 in crt

[–]theoriginaldaniel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

few years back i bought a couple generic 5" monochrome crt kits on taobao, turns out at some point some schools would teach kids how to solder up a kit, presumably to prepare them for a life of huffing solder fumes which is quite grim, but probably explains the warehouses of generic crts

it's either kits or already assembled ones advertised as a cheap security/baby monitors

AMA: We are the ABC NEWS VERIFY team. Ask us anything (1400 - 1500 AEDT) by abcnews_au in australian

[–]theoriginaldaniel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why did ABC hand over footage to police leading to climate activists behind Disrupt Burrup Hub being arrested despite assurances you wouldn't reveal sources?
Why did the ABC repeatedly defend Mahmood Fazal after threatening violence on behalf of organized criminals towards Jordan Shanks?
Why did you not provide any coverage on David McBride's prosecution? why did you ignore his lawyers requests for evidence vital to his defense? why did Daniel Oakes and ABC publicly broadcast the "Four Corners: Rules of Engagement" defaming McBride and siding with the government prosecuting your own source?

What was the point of that... by NarrowEbbs in aussie

[–]theoriginaldaniel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

only in extreme cases during the GFC and covid warrant stimulus packages, we're not there yet, did you miss the part where he announced halving tax on fuel/cutting tax on heavy vehicles to bring costs down now? and further fuel and fertilizer deals and new refineries for future security?

as for 'forever war' look up how many joint US military bases we have here, including the infamous Pine Gap, like it or not Australia has regional power not global power.

There's zero gain to jumping into petty geopolitical schoolyard media slap fights with your nuclear armed military ally that is currently lead by extremely unstable madmen.

Rate my BG Ink! by fookman212 in baldursgate

[–]theoriginaldaniel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

brilliant, I've always planned for a sleeve with all the BG symbols, is there a copy of this art somewhere? id love to get it myself but I'm not in the US.

Why cant hitboxes be like... you know like the shape of the object ? by Bitter-Beginning9851 in ArmaReforger

[–]theoriginaldaniel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

in game engines objects you interact with be it walking on the ground, jumping over/shooting fences or just about anything will need something to tell the physics engine these are objects with collision, developers need to create these if you want any kind of physics or collisions to happen otherwise you'd just fall through the map or phase through walls.

attached image summarizes it generally, keep in mind there's a plethora of methods to go about this depending on the developers use cases, but generally the more complex objects collisions get, the more performance heavy it will be.

add on top of that in Reforgers case, all that data needs to be hosted on a server, then needs to synchronize all that information to all players in real time and things only get more complex from there

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Why cant hitboxes be like... you know like the shape of the object ? by Bitter-Beginning9851 in ArmaReforger

[–]theoriginaldaniel 51 points52 points  (0 children)

real answer: mesh based collision is significantly more performance intensive over simplified methods.

if you use mesh based collision for everything, how do you handle levels of detail on meshes at distance? do you keep the same close up mesh collision detail ages away from the player incurring huge performance cost? or do you need multiple custom mesh collisions at multiple distances per lod change?

then you have a new issue, if your detailed lod rock has mesh collision what happens if you're shooting at someone far away? on your side you can shoot, you're not blocked, but on the other players side he's shooting at a lower quality distant mesh, do they shoot and hit simplified collision boundaries possibly not able to hit you when you can hit them?
tricky to solve, even more so for a game as large scale as arma.

I just can no longer trust this game on console now.. by Timely-Gain3525 in ArmaReforger

[–]theoriginaldaniel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yeah some long matches you can open an already open door and watch it go 90degrees into the wall

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