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  • Minecraft are switching to a Vulkan renderer in their next major update

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  • I wonder how long it will take to get mod support after the switch? When there's a major update to the game, it usually takes a long time and there are a lot of mods that don't get updated because it's too much work.

  • AI gets all the good stuff, including Micron's speedy 28 GB/s PCIe 6.0 SSD

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  • Consumers don't really need that kind of speed, it just means higher power consumption and more heat.

    I want high capacity, energy efficient SSDs.

  • Global YouTube outage sees video platform homepage go dark

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  • Search still works and I can view the videos & channels I've bookmarked.

  • Amazon Wins $6 Million in Damages Against Pirated DVD Stores, Plus Domain Takeovers

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  • If they are based out of China, then Amazon won't get a single cent out of them. They will be back up with a new name and website soon.

  • Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec

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  • Around 25% for a 1080p 30fps youtube video played in MPV. Power consumption is about 10-12 watts. A video with hardware acceleration uses about 8 watts.

  • Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec

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  • Software decoding is an option. My Thinkpad T480 can play 1080p AV1 if the bitrate isn't super high. That's a mid range business laptop from 2018. It's the encoding that really needs hardware acceleration.

  • Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec

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  • That doesn't help with all the content that's been encoded in H.264 over the last two decades though.

  • Acer and Asus halt PC and laptop sales in Germany amid H.264 codec patent dispute — Nokia wins patent ruling, forcing tech giants to license HEVC codec

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  • Hosting and development would just move to a country that doesn't allow software patents.

  • Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software

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  • In Linux, the package manager will ask you if you want to install the dependencies. You don't have to install them manually unless you're compiling the program from source.

  • News Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret It

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  • Hidden junk that a person wouldn't see would likely be picked up by a screen reader. That would make the site much harder to use for a visually impaired person.

  • New nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cycles

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  • Charge time depends on the UPS. The cheap consumer grade ones usually have a float charger that takes forever.

  • New nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cycles

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  • Nickel iron is typically used for off grid solar energy storage. Weight doesn't matter at all since the battery won't be moved. The most important thing is lifetime. Traditional nickel iron batteries last for decades and can be refurbished.

  • New nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cycles

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  • UPS batteries need to be fully charged all the time. Lead acid batteries like to be fully charged. Lithium batteries need to be stored around 50% charge to have a long lifetime.

  • Why is self-hosted voice chat so hard?

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  • Mumble will do all of that except screen sharing. Only the server has to deal with NAT.

  • Sony to exit the recordable Blu-ray market this month in another blow to physical media

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  • UHD bluray uses H.265. That's one of the best codecs available right now. AV1 can do a bit better for certain content, but it's not a huge difference. Basically nothing supports H.266 yet and AV2 is still in development.

  • Best practices to prevent malware while torrenting

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  • Don't rely on the VPN kill switch for torrenting. It's not fast enough to prevent your IP from leaking if the VPN disconnects. The torrent client needs to be bound to the VPN interface. Transmission doesn't have an option to do that, so you would have to run it in a container instead.

  • Ring is always recording and uploading to their servers, even with you're not paying for the subscription

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  • Cameras and DVRs should always be on an isolated network.

  • TV Execs Warn FCC: NextGen TV DRM Could Turn Free TV Into Gambling and Pay-TV Platforms

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  • That worked when TV was analog and they were running megawatt transmitters. It doesn't do so well with the low power digital stations unless you are close to the transmitters.

  • Just look at Ayaneo's absolute unit of a Windows gaming "handheld" [1.4 kg, 33 cm wide, up to $4,300]

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  • It weighs almost as much as my 14" laptop. They should split it into two pieces so you can mount the computer and battery to your belt.