Qwazpoi

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[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (9 children)

While I don't know much about video cards, the IBM Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA) is often called the first video card and had a couple of contenders for first that were either designed earlier or released at almost the same time in 1981 and were all for displaying text only. The first GPU card sold to the public was the GeForce 256 in 1999. I'm assuming there's some in between that were not really used by the public that would have been used in movies and whatnot.

The reason why nobody was selling GPUs before Quake was because quake was THE first 3D game. Doom and other games before Quake were 2.5D and didn't have 3D models only sprites. Games before Quake essentially mimicked 3D while Quake IS 3D

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm fairly certain that the left one is Combat Evolved

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (15 children)

I'd argue that quake did far more for 3D graphics then it did for FPS. Like Doom is what got FPS into the spotlight even though Wolfenstein 3d came first. Like quake is pretty much what made real 3D possible and doable on the hardware of the time thanks to everything going on under the hood

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Maybe they believe that the supreme court is more influenced by money than ideology?

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

The green mile (1999)

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The big shift of people on ubi going from wage work to self employment being one of the biggest points of note from this study is interesting. That's probably a major reason why most US lawmakers would not want ubi.

Something I find interesting is this study didn't show an increase in hours worked unlike a couple of other smaller studies, that if I recall correctly focused on giving ubi to people who were not currently working.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm basically using a 2 stroke chainsaw motor and I get around 20 miles per liter on a 40-1 oil mix

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

AZ desperately needs one going in-between Phoenix and Flagstaff. Not that a route between Phoenix and Tucson isn't good it's just that there is so little options for going up north right now.

I have what is basically classified as a moped because I'm cheap and gas is expensive and I can get to Tucson from Phoenix in about an hour and a half longer than driving. I can't even go north reasonably because the state says the option for crappier vehicles is some overlong scenic route that makes going from Phoenix to Flagstaff be an extra 100+ miles.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Israel has had a very loose criteria for military targets if you take a look at recent history. I think you bring up a major point.

Considering Netanyahu just said he would attack foreign aid for Palestine. Israel's actions like the IDF sniping kids in convenience stores, and taking shots at the Japanese medical personnel during the cease fire of operation pillar of defense/cloud, and targeting media offices should call into question, what does Israel consider a military target?

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If we're looking into their heating capacity they should be able to heat approximately 7 and 1/2 gallons of water an hour. A lower end water heater can supply about 85 gallons of water per hour so you'd need about 11 of them to meet a small house capacity.

If we're looking at their water holding capacity and power consumption. The average house has a 40-60 gallon water heater and a Keurig has a 48oz reservoir. You would need 107 to get to a 40 gallons capacity. When heating they use 1500 watts according to the Internet, so you'd need 160,500 watts (or 1,345.75 amps) of Keurigs to be the equivalent of a low end water heater for a house. The average 40 gallon heater uses between 4500 and 5500 watts.