Such a great loop. AI?

I love this notion that “you’re not a real man” unless you do what real men tell you to. That is gold.

Accept?

Option 1: Yes ✅

Option2: Let’s play a game!

Your account age is 4 months tho?

A lot of us use voyager, modeled after apollo, but any lemmy UI is a good UI in my book.

There is also the lemmy explorer out there to help you find communities. https://lemmyverse.net/communities

/best

No one defended walled gardens. The conservation was about deprecating lesser used functions. Stop trying to use terms you don’t seem to understand.

WTF are you smoking? I just pointed out my last laptop from them is 13 years old and still going strong. Show me another brand that lasts like that.

Let me be clear: FUCK OFF

A little extra effort times “hundreds” of examples is a lot of extra effort…

Okay then. Thanks for your viewpoint.

I don’t actually own a 1080p monitor (nor an apple one), and that’s a pretty specific reason to hate macs of high resolution is your desire. I’m sure there are no similar issues with other platforms that someone could find as a reason to [presumably] turn their PCs into ewaste- which is the actual topic of this thread.

Hyperbolic much?

From another thread on this topic:

Even Microsoft themselves are moving away from it. They just left it on Windows as is for those who use old, standard-res LCD. Their subpixel antialiasing (ClearType) has been disabled by default on Microsoft Office (and many of their productivity products) for years.

The reason why they are moving away from subpixel antialiasing is because, the sole reason for it exist is for the shortcoming of standard LCD, where it has a big “pixel” that consist of row of RGB “subpixel”. Say if you want to draw a line of 1.5px, obviously you can’t divide that pixel in half. What people did was by using some of the “subpixel” to made up that 0.5px (e.g. it’ll only light up the blue subpixel if the 0.5px is to the left, or conversely the red subpixel if it’s tho the right). Here is an example. By using subpixel rendering on standard LCD, you can “fool” the user by adding that extra colour on the side, which when viewed on standard LCD, it will look smooth rather than those jagged colour.

Now, obviously this “illusion” will only work on display with big pixel consist of (in order) red, green, and blue subpixel. Now, since many people are moving away toward high resolution display (Apple’s main reason) and there are many other display type with different subpixel arrangements (Microsoft’s main reason, and also Apple’s with their OLED products), there is no reason to use subpixel rendering anymore (in fact, using it on any display other than LCD will look worse).

They put out the best commodity hw on the market IMO. The rest is subjective, and everyone is entitled to their preferences.

Also no mention that macos actually flows from the last Berkeley release of BSD and still has significant interoperability/portability with other variants. Oh well.

I guess I don’t get this attitude about macs. I switched to mac when I was traveling a lot in 2007 and saw how portable they could be compared to other laptops. It’s almost 2025 and I just bought my third one last year. My kids are still using my 13 year old MBA for homework, and the hardware is absolutely solid.

Edit: Lol, downvote reality. My favorite pastime.

That’s when you figure out a reason to hand them a clipboard and say, “Imma need you to sign in.”

Since this is about AI, I asked an AI. Bottom line is… I have no idea and the AI doesn’t either:

How did the CEO of Nvidia insult gamers, artists, and Linux users?

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has made several statements that have been perceived as dismissive or controversial by gamers, artists, and Linux users:

Gamers:

In January 2019, Huang criticized AMD’s Radeon VII graphics card, calling it “underwhelming” and “lousy.” He stated, “The performance is lousy and there’s nothing new… [There’s] no ray tracing, no AI.” Such remarks were seen by some gamers as dismissive of competing products and their user base.

[okay?]

Artists:

In January 2024, NVIDIA showcased its ACE microservice, an AI suite capable of generating fully voiced AI characters. This demonstration raised concerns among artists about the potential for AI to replace human creativity and jobs in the industry. While Huang did not directly insult artists, the promotion of such technology led to apprehension regarding the future role of human artists.

[I guess he made a demo of technology?]

Linux Users:

In June 2012, Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, publicly criticized NVIDIA for its lack of support for Linux, calling the company “the single worst company we’ve ever dealt with.” He expressed frustration over NVIDIA’s unwillingness to support Linux systems, which was a significant concern for Linux users relying on NVIDIA hardware.

[It seems we are factoring in a lifetime of resentment. (But I agree)]

Does it 3D?

No, tell them how upset it makes you. Makes you cry.

So people don’t punch it.

The subsequent drop was because Elon bought in.

This is such a problem we now have tab groups to fully organize our spontaneous flirtations with once-shiny links.