Random video of the day...

[kano]

Interesting... An enclosure with a full color screen on it. I wonder how it knows how full the file system on the installed drive is? I didn't think enclosures were "smart" enough to know that; how is it supposed to know if I'm using Btrfs or Ext4? And how long before someone hacks one of these to play Doom?

[jaxa]

2 hours ago, kano said:

Interesting... An enclosure with a full color screen on it. I wonder how it knows how full the file system on the installed drive is? I didn't think enclosures were "smart" enough to know that; how is it supposed to know if I'm using Btrfs or Ext4? And how long before someone hacks one of these to play Doom?

Something like this strikes me as a better idea, but it's hard to know who to trust because so many hubs/electronics are cheap junk:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Acuce-A10-Pro-14-in-1-portable-hub-with-M-2-SSD-enclosure-now-crowdfunding-on-Kickstarter.665621.0.html

[kano]

Been using one of these for a wile and am very happy with it Especially so because it has a lanyard attachment point, a cover for the connector to keep stuff out of it, and also support for both protocols; Nvme and SATA. Most enclosures lack these features. Adding a screen to one of these enclosures is just something that didn't cross my mind.

Edited November 14, 2022 by kano

[kano]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADkPTbGzJBA

Having total dead silence in the background while in the first-person mode (in the apartment) is a bad design decision. In reality there is always some sound around you, whether it be the hum of a fridge or the lights or noises from outside.

[kano]

[kano]

 

Had no idea this existed, and Sega is actually cool with it. The game looks pretty well-made, and the art looks faithfully recreated. The music is similar but of much higher quality.

[Anderson]

 

[kano]

Guess there is more gaming-fight left in these old PCIe3.0 motherboards than initially expected. In theory, as long as you have enough video memory, the impact on performance should be very minimal. But as soon as it gets exhausted though, look out, frame rates will probably tank, as it has to push and pull textures from system memory. This is (another) reason why having graphics cards with lots of memory is important. E.g. the Rx6500XT with 4GB and only 4 lanes at PCIe 3.0, is like going into a boxing match with a broken arm and a broken leg.

 

I feel kind of stupid now for replacing a PCIe 3.0 motherboard with a PCIe 4.0 motherboard. But I wanted to make sure I can get as much life out of a 5950x system as possible. And the new platform from AMD is so attractively priced, that they have had to slash the cost less than three months after launching it. In other words, nobody wants to pay exorbitantly for motherboards during a recession!

Edited December 30, 2022 by kano

[jaxa]

I'm wondering what a 7500 XT will look like if AMD makes one. RDNA 3 on monolithic 6nm, maybe 6 GB of VRAM, 4-8 PCIe 4.0 lanes (4 lanes only sucks), hopefully not nerfed decode/encode support. But market conditions may not be there for them to want to make it. The first one could be seen as a lucky cash grab that used a mobile-focused die, and discrete RDNA 2 in laptops was not popular with OEMs AFAIK, so they had the dies to shift to desktop.

If there is something that is superior to my GTX 970 in every way at a bargain bin price point, I might snatch it up. But I'm using PCIe 3.0 (x16) from the 5700G, and I don't really care about high-end gaming right now that isn't TDM missions at 1080p/60FPS. So I can wait this market out forever.

[Zerg Rush]

 

[kano]

Superbly crafted FM, probably my all-time favorite. Nailed the atmosphere perfectly and feels like it belongs in the actual game; doesn't try to transform the game into something that it was not meant to be, and is free from bugs.

 

Just a shame that this player didn't have 3D sound enabled.

Edited January 8, 2023 by kano

[Zerg Rush]

https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aVbwYLP_460svav1.mp4

[Zerg Rush]

Anti-theft suitecase 1960

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ro9rvdVzoM1ub2urw.mp4

 

[kano]

Holy shit, so this is real. This is actually real. Nobody would contest the notion that all of your devices emit EM radiation, and even that the emitted EM signals are directly tied to what the device is actually doing. Any AM radio near something from a Game Boy to a desktop PC, can confirm this.

 

But I always found the idea that someone could actually use the emissions to determine what is on the screen from a distance and/or through walls, to be unlikely at best. But too many people have demonstrated it for it to be fake or a hoax.

 

 

One must also consider that, if they can observe a non-networked machine from a distance, then they could probably also manipulate it in a similar way; by using EM/radio waves. A strong enough radio will induce a current in a circuit; the old "hearing some HAM radio or extremely naughty CB operator with an amp through your stereo even when you're not listening to an audio CD/record is an example of this.

Edited January 27, 2023 by kano

[jaxa]

@kano Heard of this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename)

Edited January 27, 2023 by jaxa

[JackFarmer]

I rest my case. 

But this is not a British phenomenon; can be found in France (not so often) and Germany (definitely more often) as well.

[peter_spy]

[Zerg Rush]

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rpoblmjmtR1zxgosq.mp4

[Anderson]

 

[kano]

No worries. We have two tiers of justice in America. As such, someone will pay a trivial and laughable fine and then they will promptly go right back to lobbying the government to dismantle and tear down more safety regulations. Probably not even five minutes later!

Not only have they failed to make trains safer by modernizing the breaks, they actually made them less safe, by making them longer.

Edited March 5, 2023 by kano

[kano]

The frame rate is good, and the play field is not postage size! Also there is texture mapping!

Edited March 8, 2023 by kano

[JackFarmer]

When a James Bond villain of Indian descent gives you a ring on national radio:

 

Edited March 10, 2023 by JackFarmer

[JackFarmer]

@demagogue Very impressive.

[LDAsh]

The Postal 2 of the era, work of the devil and corruptor of young minds - ...pinball.

[kano]

Nice case, but the power LED is bright enough to signal Batman.