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Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC

@Shrigglepuss Well, _some_ people need machines that fast. People who play high-end computer games, people who use video editing software, people who do professional graphics editing or 3D modelling, people working with AI. The kind of stuff for which you would use an incredibly expensive workstation 20-40 years ago, but which nowadays can be done with a machine for €800-3000.
However, we really need to make our high-end electronics, whether computer hardware or anything else, last a lot longer

1 June at 23:55 | Wall-to-wall | Open on discordian.social
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Elda King

@LordCaramac @Shrigglepuss That is like saying "some people need an oscilloscope" or "some people need a lathe". It is technically true but it should not change anything for anyone else.

2 June at 16:25 | Open on weirder.earth
Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC

@eldaking @Shrigglepuss I own two oscilloscopes, and I've been thinking about building a small lathe for myself using the electric motor from an old drill.

2 June at 16:28 | Open on discordian.social
Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC

@eldaking @Shrigglepuss Most of the time I don't even start my big PC though because my RaspberryPi 400 is more than enough.

2 June at 16:30 | Open on discordian.social
matlag
@LordCaramac @Shrigglepuss The need for high end computer for games is a marketing fabrication. Read the reviews of games from 10years ago and tell me how often you see "This is the best of its time and it still sucks but fortunately 10years from now we'll reach a decent level". Or tell me how bad it is today and how much you're looking forward for the graphics 10years from now.
We used to have fun with old consoles. We were only convinced they're old and their games ugly because we're showed nicer graphics now.
If were to freeze graphics quality, 3D modelling would also be suddenly less demanding.

I would add that games are made more and more complex for no reason. Nowadays you need to follow series of tutorials to play. Is there any fun in a tutorial?? Where is the good old "launch and you'll have it figured out in 5mins"? Because we had "shooting game", and then "multiple choices of weapons" and soon "full training on the weapons available to all armies in the world". Why not add an exam at the end of the damned game course because that's what I would expect from a game: feeling I'm back at schools with all kinds of evaluations and tons of information to know by heart.
@LordCaramac @Shrigglepuss The need for high end computer for games is a marketing fabrication. Read the reviews of games from 10years ago and tell me how often you see "This is the best of its time and it still sucks but fortunately 10years from now we'll reach a decent level". Or tell me how bad it is today and how much you're looking forward for the graphics 10years from now.
2 June at 20:02 | Open on pleroma.chtisurel.net
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