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  • YouTube Not Accessible Across Russia.

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  • They're crap. People will be and are looking for ways to evade restrictions.

    Right now, they're only limiting speed with certain providers in certain locations. There are at least three ways that I know of to avoid it.

    The thing is, I don't know how far they'll take it. Blocking YouTube is a major political risk. Practically, everybody uses it for one reason or another. So, unlike their "special military operation," this (as mercantile as it sounds) will potentially have a bigger impact on everybody's lives. But you really can never be sure with our mafia-in-charge anymore.

  • YouTube Not Accessible Across Russia.

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  • Not unless you're making videos from abroad.

    YouTube doesn't serve ads when viewed from Russia anymore, so there is no revenue from this audience. And you can't take money out from within Russia due to sanctions.

    Russian YouTubers are pretty much screwed and have to re-locate. The only other option is earning from product placements.

  • Linus Tech Tips (LTT) release investigation results on former accusations

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  • My guy, that's a common business practice. If the third party skewed the results to favor their client, they risk massive reputation and monetary losses.

    That's how any auditing works.

    Look up Arthur Andersen and what happened to them.

  • VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it

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  • Chechnya bans all music deemed too fast or too slow

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  • Chechnya bans all music deemed too fast or too slow

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  • In Soviet Union, the rock genre was for a very long time existing underground due to the inability of artists to be properly published.

    Only starting with the 1980s could the artists finally publish their songs officially. And even then Soviet government put a lot of measures to prohibit rock music in the country.

    This resulted in the appearance of many beloved bands and artists, like

    • Kino (tl. Cinema),
    • DDT,
    • Aria,
    • Chaif,
    • Grazhdanskaya Oborona (tl. Civil Defense),
    • Mashina Vremeni (tl. Time machine),
    • Sektor Gaza (tl. Gas Sector)
    • Korol i Shut (tl. King and Jester)
    • And many others

    The history of Russian rock is actually quite fascinating. It was inspired by bard songs and often touched darker subjects as well as being satirical and judgmental of Soviet government.

    Due to that, some artists, like Yegor Letov from Grazhdanskaya Oborona and Yuri Shevchuk from DDT, had troubles with KGB (Soviet FBI).

    Nowadays, rock artists are still being persecuted for their views. For example, DDT is de facto prohibited from performing in Russia.

  • Wanted American man flees to Russia, signs military contract

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  • Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads

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  • Xiaomi has been doing that as well, except it's whenever.

    Now, the TV is forbidden to access my Wi-Fi because screw that.

    Any info on how to make it dumber would be appreciated.

  • What Do People Think of Apple's Vision Pro Headsets?

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  • I was interested in VR for a very long time. Recently, I got to actually try it out.

    I primarily view Apple Vision Pro as a proof of concept type of device. Sales being limited both in quantity and territorially indicate that. It has brought 3 major improvements to the table, compared to other headsets:

    1. Quality of passthrough
    2. User interface
    3. Display quality

    When you think about it, however, it's not that much to make it an obvious choice over other devices.

    Passthough is needed for navigating through space. It does not help with productivity as your vision would be focused on the interface and not the environment. Remember warping on Quest 3? Much less noticeable than on videos for the exact same reason.

    There is no buts with the user interface and display. They are simply great, best that there is.

    Now, for the part that makes Vision Pro from a great productivity device on paper into a "dev kit available to masses" (I like that description, it does feel that way a lot, ty Ghostalmedia)

    Eye strain is a major issue. It is very difficult to use the device for more than a couple of hours without getting tired. This goes for all of the VR headsets out there. I guess you can get used to it over time, though.

    Limited usability. Quest 2/3, Pico 4, Valve Index, they all do things you wish Vision Pro could. Primarily usage of physical controllers. Imagine sculpturing without controllers because I can't. Hand tracking is just not up to par.

    Battery solution is another issue. Not being able to swap what is otherwise a Power Bank without disabling the device and being unable to use any other battery than Apple's own is at the very least annoying. Not exactly an issue if you're too tired by the time it runs out.

    Finally, the VR space itself is unfortunately not mature enough. There's a lot of work still to be done. Even when talking games, despite some amazing titles like Half-life Alyx, the vast majority where controls wouldn't make you dizzy are all pretty much like arcade mini-games, where you either teleport from point to point or not move at all. Developers simply have yet to figure out an organic way of user navigating through virtual space. (Doesn't mean they aren't fun, though)

    Overall, I believe Vision Pro isn't really a mass consumer product, but it did do a lot by bringing more attention to VR as a whole, as well as pointing out additional user-cases for the technology. Because of Vision Pro, Meta started paying more attention to details, which ultimately will benefit the consumer (in fact, it already has yeilded results).

  • Microsoft Ending Support For Windows Subsystem For Android

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  • That's not always true.

    There are a few reasons as to why one would keep low/no profit or even completely unprofitable projects going.

    It's all tied to their value proposition. For example, if you can sustain a no profit project, it will bring you new customers despite creating no revenue. A glaring example of high-value yet unprofitable product would be Twitch, all because it brings in data.

  • My daughter lost her social studies essay because LibreOffice doesn't have autosave on automatically.

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  • In my experience, the longer you type, the faster you get at typing.

    That's like getting into the rhythm. If you do it a little and then stop, then you never become proficient as you never got into that flow.

    Try learning a guitar by pulling a few strings a day. Try learning to read in a different language by reading a few letters each time. Try running by taking a few steps.

    Doesn't it sound ridiculous?

    Have you ever tried learning a different language? You don't become proficient by reading one sentence, then stopping and then another one. You do it by struggling through many, and the more you do it, the faster you learn.

    Note, I'm not writing this because "boohoo, bad parenting." It's the first essay, who cares. (although her being 13 does make me raise a brow. I'd expect it with a 7 y.o., but 13? w/e, you do you). I just think you have a misunderstanding in how learning core-level skills work. Continuous repetition is the key.

    Another glaring example is how toddlers learn languages. In a span of a couple of years, they are capable of learning a language to native level with absolutely no prior knowledge, just by listening and trying to repeat the sounds day in and day out. Just think about it.

  • Alexei Navalny Sacrificed Himself to Show Russia That Putin Is a Monster

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  • They may not matter in a sense that you can't elect anybody but Putin.

    But they do matter in a sense of showing the incumbent they aren't stable.

    After successful re-election of incumbent, they fall into a sense of euphoria. This leads to creation of some absolutely horrific and unjust laws.

    However, when the re-election is deemed unsuccessful (say 55% voted for "the right candidate", but the second place got scary high 30-35%), they become timid.

    That's how informational autocracies work. And that's why elections there absolutely do matter, as they directly affect quality of life. It's the safest and loudest way of showing the government your middle finger.

  • BSOD after CPU swap

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  • Since my lemmy crashes when trying to edit the post, I'll leave an update as a comment.

    For now I've limited wattage supplied to CPU, which solved the issue.

    So, basically, there are only 3 options which could be the cause.

    1. Wrong automatic motherboard settings. Which seems to be the most likely option.
    2. PSU protection gets wrongly triggered. That would be unusual, this particular model should be reliable.
    3. Faulty CPU. This is even less likely due to the way they're manifactured.