Farid @ abfarid @startrek.website

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Technically, it's not about the display technology, but instead about the signal/tuner. More specifically if it's analog or digital. Some modern TVs still have analog or hybrid tuners for backwards compatibility and regions that still use analog, so they can display static. For instance, in Ukraine we finished the switch to digital TV only a couple of years ago. If your TV had no digital tuner (as was the case for many) you had to buy a DAC box. Retirees/pensioners got them for free, sponsored by the government.

Can we very briefly touch on the logical inconsistency of the "your body, my choice" crowd losing their shit over being told to wear face masks?

I don't expect them to see this inconsistency, but wanted to touch on it anyway.

I'm doing their music course and it includes a song called Spanish or Vanish. With some lyrics, too.

I'll have you know, that I have it on good authority (from the ever rational and totally not an echo chamber Hexbear) that the invasion is actually very successful and Russia is winning. By a lot!

While the post is clearly a shitpost, and the arguments in their provided form are not entirely valid, they could be altered to be valid.

Purpose-built devices will always have advantages over generic "do everything" devices. A modern smartphone can do everything, but you still have MP3/FLAC players, DSLR cameras, calculators, etc. Similarly, a PC can do everything, but there are still TV sticks, gaming consoles, tablets, etc.

PC can't be as low-friction as a console for gaming. To start playing all you need to do is pick up the controller, press the Home button, TV comes on and you're back where you left off. All the games in the store are 100% compatible with 0 settings manipulations.

Now, you could build a PC for the sole purpose of playing games on it, and come fairly close to the experience. But you're gonna spend more and put a lot of effort into it.
Some issues you might encounter:

• picking and installing the right OS
• hardware/software compatibility
• controller support
• seamless sleep/wake
• lack of HDMI CEC protocol to control the TV

Whereas a console is a plug-and-play tailored experience that guarantees all of the above to not be an issue.

TL;DR: You can't just plug your PC to a TV and expect the same result as playing on a console. It will take much more work to get there.

No idea, that's what I've been told, but Japanese engineers usually know what they are doing.

Afaik, the problem with buried cables is that in case of a flood or tsunami they might break, get exposed and electrocute someone.

I mean, yeah, with trucks like those gas prices are indeed a big concern.

People mostly mean the Bedrock Edition for its microtransactions and lack of proper mod support. Otherwise, it's the same game and you can ignore that stuff.

And power levels.

The racist one should say "Do you have OCD?"

Maybe?! There's a scenario where people put their feet on the couch wearing outdoor shoes?! 😱

I can't parse the first sentence. Might be a morning thing. Can somebody help?

If that was the intent, why did they fail the previous 4 years?
Did they undye her hair right before the picture, too?

Kings.

Less than 5 and* more than 4.

For some reason your response didn't trigger a notification. I wonder why. This is the first time that I know of when I didn't get one.

Serious question, can a downsize of an image be considered a lossy compression method?

I was going to say this, too. It definitely applies to some games, but not the original Crash trilogy. I replay those games every 5-10 years.

I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the point, but all those duel things were mostly about honor and usually among the elites. A lot of them "had" to do it even if they didn't want to, because of the social norms and stuff.