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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Signal has been a good option because you can get "normal" people to use it, which hasn't been true for many of the alternatives (except Telegram, but that's a mess).

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

This other article mentions it:

Correa expressed disappointment in the Trump administration, feeling betrayed after voting for him and serving the country, as he believed only violent criminals would be targeted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

FlyDigi Vader 4 Pro now working for me. A few things that are needed:

  • Controller must be in PC/Dinput mode, blue led (hold O + A to switch)
  • Don't enable the built in gyro mode in the Windows app as it might cause problems
  • Udev rule:

KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2412", MODE="0666"

(get the idVendor and idProduct from lsusb if you have a different controller)

  • Some (patched) versions of xpad/xpadneo might conflict with it. If you're using the stock versions it should be okay.
  • Your user might need to be in the input group.

One last thing that may or may not be needed is that I installed the SpaceStation app on Windows to test some things. It started working after that but I can't recall if I force reloaded the udev rule so it might have just been the reboot that fixed it.

Anyway, now I have gyro + all extra buttons working with Steam Input.

See here for further discussion: https://github.com/paroj/xpad/pull/268

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Maybe they are planning to take back that spectrum they gave to Boost/Dish on a pinky-promise that they'd actually become a competitive network, during the Sprint and T-Mobile antitrust case.

Which would fit with the FCC's increasingly mob-like behaviour under Trump.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

It doesn't help that the gains have been smaller, and the prices higher.

I've got a RX 6800 I bought in 2020, and nothing but the 5090 is a significant upgrade, and I'm sure as fuck not paying that kind of money for a video card.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've seen less whining about downvotes, "you can't say x on y subreddit" meta comments, and general persecution fetish stuff. Probably just due to less people, but it's still a relief not to have to see it constantly.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago

They are violating the GPL by not including source code for their modifications. I'm not sure about using the word "stolen" in this context though, but I suppose language evolves.

A dick move in any case.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

Everyone's life is different. Some people spend more time working but have more opportunities for breaks, and others have shorter hours but more a clearly delineated work-life separation where they must be working through the whole period. There are people with a large amount of responsibilities outside of work, and others that have little to none.

Anyway, it's not true for all but many people do have the time they just choose to spend it on other types of entertainment. Sometimes consciously, other times because TV and social media are the path of least resistance, even if it's less satisfying.

My suggestion is to consider a Steam Deck and use the suspend function readily. You might not have hours to play, but maybe you can pick up 15 minutes here and there, which is more satisfying then you might think.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just having VSync on can introduce frame pacing issues. It's just not an issue if you can maintain the monitor refresh rate consistently, of course. And you can turn it off altogether if you can tolerate tearing.

But that's the main benefit of VRR for me which is frame pacing at sub monitor refresh rate, rather than latency reduction compared to the various types of VSync.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Triple buffering. Needs to be implemented by the game, not by the OS. Provides maximum frame rate and no tearing with minimal latency.

Vulkan mailbox mode is pretty much this and doesn't require game support (can be forced on with environment variables if it's not already being used). And since almost everything is Vulkan on Linux these days, one way or another, that covers most games (might be compatibility issues in rare cases).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Plasma wayland has an automatic mode which should at least turn off VRR during desktop usage, as long as the application window isn't fullscreen. A hacky way that can help when VRR is active is to increase the minimum frequency and kick into LFC more readily, by creating a custom EDID (you can also do a sysfs edit historically but I think that's AMD only).

That's only really viable if you have a high refresh rate monitor with a large range. I've found that 120hz may not be enough (since you may end up with gaps where VRR doesn't work if the range is too narrow), which is of course the most common OLED TV refresh rate. In my experience a minimum of >=54hz minimises the flicker, but that may vary with the display.

There's also an issue with cursors where moving the mouse can make the refresh jump to the maximum. It only affects desktop usage and some games (RTS and the like, not usually FPS camera usage). There are fixes coming for this with Plasma I believe, but I'm not sure about Gnome. Forcing a software cursor may help, as others have indicated.

 
  • Added the ability to bind the paddles and L4/R4 buttons on the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller when connected via Bluetooth

  • Added the ability to bind the paddles on the 8BitDo Pro 2 Controller when in DirectInput mode

  • Added the ability to bind the paddles and C/Z buttons on the FlyDigi Vader series controllers

  • Added the ability to bind the paddles on the FlyDigi Apex series controllers

  • Fixed input when using the latest firmware for the Mayflash GameCube adapter

 

See also: https://www.buildaballot.org.au/

The questions there are a little biased but the results were generally in line with how I'd vote.

 

tl;dr A scheduler for GPU tasks, much like those for CPU and I/O. Should help with running multiple tasks using the GPU at the same time (including the UI).

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