kick_out_the_jams

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[–] kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A camera and GPS are two very different technologies with distinct capabilities that do not overlap.

[–] kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

In modern x86 CPUs, POPCNT is implemented as part of the SSE4 instruction set. For Intel's chips, it was added as part of SSE4.2 in the original first-generation Core architecture, codenamed Nehalem. In AMD's processors, it's included in SSE4a, first used in Phenom, Athlon, and Sempron CPUs based on the K10 architecture. These architectures date back to 2008 and 2007, respectively.

That effectively bars mid-2000s Intel Core 2 Duo systems and early Athlon 64-era PCs from booting Windows 11 at all, not that they officially supported it in the first place. This means the change should mainly affect retro-computing enthusiasts who spend their days making YouTube videos in the "we installed Windows 11 on a potato, let's see how it runs" genre rather than users of actual systems.

You can check if your CPU has SSE 4.2(Intel) or 4a(AMD) but it sounds like unless you're running some real old stuff you shouldn't have to worry.

[–] kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The push to live services, online DRM, microtransactions, DLC and other such things is because they have identified that there is more money to be made as a 'server operator' than a 'game developer.'

They don't really care about getting paid for the game, they'd rather give it away for free if they can make more money off controlling the servers.

[–] kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Usually a remote is standard issue with a TV, most(all?) of them have a mute button.

[–] kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

They can pry the mute button from my cold dead heads.

[–] kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 98 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Tesla’s reasoning for going away with a method universally used for signaling turn for decades is that it enables them to remove a physical part, the stalk, and it believes activating a turn signal will soon be unnecessary with the advent of self-driving.

Spit my drink up a bit when I read that.

[–] kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Steam controller support is so far ahead of everybody else I find myself launching other games/launchers through Steam just to get it.

Tried to get my controller to register in Jedi Fallen Order and the solution was not to add the game but the EA launcher itself as non-steam game.

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