CmdrShepard42

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[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I've had good luck with it for years in comparison to Samsungs junk. I only briefly tried LGs when I bought my C3 but fell back to the Roku because it's simpler to use (as a CEC device to turn on the audio receiver and change inputs automatically) and syncs between other Rokus. It also has the least amount of issues with Plex and all my Linux ISOs since they're in varying formats that don't always play nice with other clients (like the god damned POS Xbox client).

I understand there's a lot of tracking and phoning home but it's the least worst option in my experience.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm saying there are simple and difficult chips to map out and the simple ones shouldn't need this by virtue of being simple.

Your analogy of using a computerized tool to complete a task doesn't really hold as the math you use a calculator for wouldn't be considered "simple math."

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

And they're using recommendations from the USB consortium, which is comprised of all the large manufacturers in the world, so it should always be up to date during the review process.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Totally but if we're talking about simple custom chips, my point still stands as there is nothing to compare a custom chip to and the simplicity doesn't seem to necessitate a LLM to map out.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

SemiKong advertises a 20-30% reduction in time to market for new chip designs and a 20% improvement in first-time-right manufacturing scores.

Oh yeah? How is that accomplished when it can take a decade of development to get a new CPU out the door? Was this developed a decade ago?

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Especially days before the year is over, which is probably the worst time for it to happen.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I use Ersatz like others mentioned and it works fine, though I don't fully understand how everything works. Following a guide was enough to get several channels setup, but since I also have an antenna and HDHomerun set up, I had to also use xTeve to combine the real and fake programming guides.

This works as expected in Emby (which means it probably also works in Jellyfin), but in Plex it breaks the guide as the channels get all mixed up with respect to their programming data meaning I never know what I'm going to be watching when I click on it. If you don't have an antenna set up already, this probably won't be an issue for you.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's like saying 3D TVs are mainstream. We all saw how that turned out.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

I didn't watch the whole video but based on the article, it appears this guy is just putting up christmas lights using off the shelf hardware and software? He isn't hacking anything here and this hobby is already pretty common anongst those with the money and electronics experience to build it.

Tom Betgeorge works in this industry and is pretty renowned for doing massive displays using all this same stuff every year and uploading it to Youtube.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

People hate Nintendo for being a shitty company but I really enjoyed Zelda Echoes of Wisdom. Prior to that though I think the last game I actually enjoyed was Horizon Forbidden West from two years ago.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

They just produced this interesting discussion that I consumed for entertainment. What about me?

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

IANAL but it seems akin to the antitrust case against Microsoft for bundling their own web browser in with Windows or movie studios also owning theaters and giving preferential treatment to their own films.

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