SoupRKnowva

My design is 9% faster and nearly 1/4 the size :O

https://old.reddit.com/r/FREE/comments/be8fc3/free_assasins_creed_unity/

Got it, thanks! Not been gaming at all lately, but no reason not to stockpile free ones, haha.

I still hate that I'll now not get to see the cathedral in person, but this is alright consolation. Props to Ubisoft, which I just remembered is a French studio.

They apparently have one of the most accurate 3d models of Notre Dame because of that game

Dude, go Pentax and hunt for the their old SMC-series manual lenses. They have no AF or AP functionality but do have sharpness and crisp colours you will love. I would almost recommend Nikon but that Nikon/Nikkor brand commands high prices and Nikon does not understand the importance of legacy lenses like Pentax.

I was reading a blog post on cheap used lenses today. It is all very interesting, and my one legacy lens does offer rewards all its own, but in general... Yes, one can buy lots of cheap lenses like that, but then why did I buy a body with sophisticated autofocus mechanisms. Might as well have bought an older camera too.

My next camera will be a Pentax K5 or K50/70. After that I am done with big DSLRs. If I had been a Nikonian I would have chased the D700/750, gotten the legacy lenses and stopped a long time ago.

Doesn't look super complicated to reproduce based on the paper.

More interested in something for open cans that keeps the soundstage & air, but would block the music from disturbing coworkers. And absorbs or greatly attenuates vs. reflecting.

But this could certainly be used for subwoofer tuning.

Seems like this would be good for fan noise since it's still open for ventilation.

There are YTers who rip the shit out of their Ferraris and R8s. Just saying it is a sad old story that having money automatically means zero competence. In some cases yes, but I never cared for these people. Koenigsegg is more of a technology statement anyway. At least they drive the industry forward with new and cool designs like upper mentiond valve tech.

Better get your order in, they only have a few left!

That’s not quite true, a lot of koenigsegg owners I think really like the idea of breaking records, so customer cars frequently get used to attempt records at tracks and stuff, or the Agera RS that was used to set the top speed record several months ago

Next level up challenge, AOIP.

Unfortunately that sort of work isn’t in the cards right now :/

I saw Furious 7 in a laser IMAX. The movie was garbage but the presentation was stellar. I’m hoping some local theaters get laser IMAX in time for Star Wars Episode IX.

Yeah the lack of true imax in Portland is a bummer, the one up here in Seattle was stunning.

In portland you do have Cinetopia though, which is excellent even if it isnt Dolby Cinema or laser IMAX. I also saw it in Dolby Cinema today, which was just as, if not more, impressive than laser IMAX was

Wait so Hollywood didn't do a GitS or Dragonball part 2? Damn, now I need to watch this.

They did not, it was fantastic.

I wouldnt buy too much into the hype, that may just lead to disappointment, but i am excited to see what AMD pulls off with Zen 2.

But, I am also excited to see Intel's first new micro-architecture since Skylake when they release Icelake later this year on 10nm

Yeah ofcourse we will see what happens. It's good to see some competition from AMD again though. Intel is in a bit of trouble with 10nm i wouldn't be suprised if it ends up being 2020 before they get 10nm going.

I am eyeing 2700X & 2600X for the insane value. Ryzen has really added some flavour to the mix. My i5 3570K has been running for 7 years at 4.20-4.50 GHz so can't complain. Going to go with Ryzen next.

Neck to neck with i9, but 200€ cheaper here

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/intel_core_i9_9900k_processor_review,7.html

Luckily I won’t be dealing with that, I’m working on a hardware tcp/ip stack someone else wrote, I guess I should be happy I don’t have to write it myself

Ha! I thought you were just doing basic stuff. I'll shut up now

its all good, im just trying to figure out what packets are going where from all these different modules, i got mac-to-phy modules, ethernet modules, ip modules and udp modules. too many modules :P

also, getting system wide PEQ working on linux was a nightmare :P

On my Dell rant. Dell Ultra Sharp monitors are good, maybe Latitudes are good too. I have seen a few of these older XPS fall apart. Was not impressed, no one is sayin there isnt room for improvement.

I still have an old X220 that works perfectly since 2011, just had to replace the battery and thermal paste.

I use an X1, and it's great (linux, with a Win10 VM guest for MS Office). Everything is great- except that you sometimes need to power it off manually. Less of a pain to netboot than the XPS13 too.

I would never have thought to check out the arch wiki though, thanks for that one @Riotvan

@SoupRKnowva It seems some config was written after launch. There are tools for searching for application config files in the terminal. Need to figure out their location and see what is wrong when things dont work.

The cool part later is when you start using automated scripts and what these can do.

I used to mess up my Linux several times, because terminal is powerful.

I think I might’ve finally gotten it working, we will see though. I had to update my bios? Whatever, now I can finally move on to getting my tools working, which should be even more fun

Make a script to do most of that, and include your .rc and .login files, then make a `dotfiles` repo on github to house them (no secrets, of course).

Next time you need to do it, it's installing git, pulling, and running script(s).

that was my plan exactly, the problem is i have to get it all set up the first time before i can script it all :P

Awesome, congrats!

(Christian Bale voice) Good for you!

Nice, have fun!

I was sad when I didn’t get tickets to the LA show several weeks ago, but then they announced the Vancouver show which is much more convenient for me. I can’t wait

Be sure to do a lap around Stanley Park, nice park in the heart of downtown (even though a massive wind storm knocked down a lot of tree's a little over a decade ago).

Cool. I thought about going to the LA dates but I think it coincides with my heavy work load days. I will be seeing Tiffany Young in March. Also, may want to save up for Blackpink's upcoming tour.

@purr1n did not lead me astray by saying it is similar, but better, than the Gungnir DS I like so much

The hype is over, it's the real deal.

Riverside is also similar and good.

@Deep Funk, as a heads up they're coming to Effenaar for the 2 day Prognosis festival in march!

Other proggy bands I like are Caligula's Horse and Leprous if anyone wants to check them out too :P