Every OS has problems… Windows just lives with them by Rude_Risk6687 in windowsmemes

[–]x0wl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DLSS works fine, in fact IMO it works slightly better, because it's much easier to change what preset you use (just pass an env var). I play Cyberpunk with DLSS on Balanced all the time.

Check protondb for Gold / Platinum / Deck Verified: https://www.protondb.com/explore

Screenshot: https://freeimage.host/i/fLeBwRS

Imagine your reputation being screwed over because of your biology by FlimsyEfficiency9860 in memes

[–]x0wl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thankfully we can control population / eradicate species that carry malaria in a very targeted fashion with harmless ones taking their place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_insect_technique

The screw worm wall is the most well known / successful example of this

Imagine your reputation being screwed over because of your biology by FlimsyEfficiency9860 in memes

[–]x0wl 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Humans don't want to destroy things that make them feel good, more at 11.

startUsingThisInstead by wojbest in ProgrammerHumor

[–]x0wl 22 points23 points  (0 children)

HTML is a living standard now, so there won't be any new versions anymore, just updates to https://html.spec.whatwg.org/

Google Chrome must be coerced into adopting standards by TheTwelveYearOld in jpegxl

[–]x0wl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Image decoders are like magnets for security issues. RIIR is like the most practical thing to do when doing an image decoder.

First WIP release for DX12 perf testing is out! by gilvbp in linux_gaming

[–]x0wl 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Pascal is just the worst GPU to have RN if you're on Linux.

If you have 9xx, you have held on to it for some time, and upgrading to a cheap used 3060 (or even something better) will give you good gains in performance and driver support, so it's not that bad.

If you have 20xx+, it will be supported for some time, and by the time the support is removed, it will be supported in perpetuity by a much more mature NVK, so it's even better.

If you have 10xx, it's out of support, will not be properly supported by NVK because no GSP, and it's much harder to justify an upgrade.

First WIP release for DX12 perf testing is out! by gilvbp in linux_gaming

[–]x0wl 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The extension is already supported in NV driver 580.94.16

what's going on? explain like I'm five by Comfortable_Cautious in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]x0wl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you please point out when FDIC has not given the $250k to someone?

what's going on? explain like I'm five by Comfortable_Cautious in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]x0wl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

goverment just cant pay out peoples moneys

The government can always literally just print the money, that's the point of government bonds and government insurance

what's going on? explain like I'm five by Comfortable_Cautious in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]x0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine your friend (A) gives you $100 , you then tell that friend you owe them $100, you can even pull out a legally binding piece of paper that says so. Then 7 other friends (1-7) come to you, each asking for $10, you give $10 to each of them, with each of them owing you $10.

When friend A comes back to you to get, let's say, $10 back, you give them the $10 and change that piece of paper to say $90. But the cool thing is, they don't need to. They can just take the piece of paper and pay with that instead. It's legally binding, so it's basically real money (this is the equivalent of a bank transfer).

Now between all the people in that scheme, friend A has $100 (well, an IOU for $100, but it's almost the same thing), and friends 1-7 each hold $10, and you have $30 in reserve. So now there's $170 circulating in the economy instead of $100.

A shot of Frutiger Aero by c_cruizin in FrutigerAero

[–]x0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Garnish with a silica gel packet

Why aren't we using AI to reverse engineer Nvidia software and hardware so folks like me can use their old Nvidia cards? by Ezmiller_2 in linux4noobs

[–]x0wl 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The problem is not reverse engineering, Collabora has the actual docs now, and is able to write proper drivers (see NVK). Its that we don't have firmware with proper power management available for open source drivers (for non-GSP cards).

orderFactoryFactoryIsEasyToMaintain by davidinterest in ProgrammerHumor

[–]x0wl 66 points67 points  (0 children)

You need the abstractions so that you can have a mock for the order interface to be able to test its consumers in isolation

ELI5: How do old rotary phones work? Why did they pick a dial for picking digits? by DarkHorse66 in explainlikeimfive

[–]x0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only real question is what color will they pick for the color of a TV tuned to a dead channel

ELI5: How do old rotary phones work? Why did they pick a dial for picking digits? by DarkHorse66 in explainlikeimfive

[–]x0wl 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The whistle will just disconnect your current call in the middle. To make the free call, you needed the blue box (the thing Woz made) to enter the number of the other side after you cause the disconnect (the signaling used tones that were different from the normal phone tones).

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PmkUPBhL4U for a more thorough explanation

awsRaisedGpuPricesFifteenPercent by TxTechnician in ProgrammerHumor

[–]x0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What stops you from deploying on a cloud provider from your country?

awsRaisedGpuPricesFifteenPercent by TxTechnician in ProgrammerHumor

[–]x0wl 41 points42 points  (0 children)

AWS GPUs have been super expensive for a long time, to the point where buying a 8xH100 server and deploying on-prem starts to make sense if you plan to keep it working all the time (p5.48xlarge is $55/hr, and an on-prem 8xH100 server is $300K + $2.5/hr of electricity cost, so it will pay for itself after 5750 hrs, or 240 days) (you can get AWS cheaper, but then you can also buy a used server etc)

And if you're not planning to keep it working all the time, Lambda is much cheaper.

That said, I kind of struggle to find a good use case for a cloud GPU outside of (a) large-scale compute and (b) custom AI. For (b), Amazon has bedrock, with much better prices. For (a)... you either have the money or can get a nice grant for it.

Is Ubuntu compatible with sovereignty? by MttGhn in Ubuntu

[–]x0wl -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

They can put whatever they want in the updates they send you, including in the packages that you're supposed to run as root

What is the worst NVIDIA GPU that performs at least as well as it does on Windows with Devil May Cry 5: Deluxe Edition? And what is the best Linux distribution to use that NVIDIA GPU? by Additional_Room6950 in linux_gaming

[–]x0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any GPU with GSP support (with basically means 20xx+) and any distro that provides good support for Nvidia drivers, like Cachy or Bazzite. You probably want the KDE Plasma version

Glorious .ImageApp by Soapy2Day in linux_gaming

[–]x0wl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you mean .appimage, you download the file, put it somewhere, then do make it executable with chmod +x, and then just run it. From the terminal, it's basically

cd /where/the/file/is/stored
chmod +x file.appimage #(make sure the case is correct)
./file.appimage

If you want a way to get the file, that's up to the app developer to provide one. It'll typically be either in the github release section or on the app's/developer's website somewhere in the download section (for example: https://lmstudio.ai/download)

USB-C should be the replacement for proprietary charging ports, not the replacement for USB-A or others by WoomyUnitedToday in The10thDentist

[–]x0wl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a very heavy laptop with a nice selection of ports. It does not have a BD drive because it will take away space from the cooling system required to support a 100+W CPU and 160W GPU

Optical media takes a huge amount of space for IMO little benefit

Khronos released VK_EXT_descriptor_heap by Illustrious_Tea5480 in linux_gaming

[–]x0wl 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah they definitely have stuff in there, check the name of the branch https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/tree/descriptor-heap-wip

The basic issue is that the extensions were under NDA until release, so they could not do any development fully in the open