abfarid

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[–] abfarid@startrek.website 9 points 8 months ago

8 years, actually.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 9 points 8 months ago

I mean, Apple has been selling USB-C cables ever since they transitioned MacBooks to use Thunderbolt ports in 2016. And yes, they are expensive. But the whole point of standardized cables is that Apple may sell them for $100 if they want to, there will be others who will sell it for a reasonable price and Apple can't hold you hostage with their proprietary connector.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I have seen toothbrushes with USB-C, they just connect to the docking station. Which makes sense IMO, you wouldn't want to plug and unplug your toothbrush every time you want to use it.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 51 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (38 children)

USB-C doesn't have speeds, it's just a connector type. USB 1, 2, 3-3.2, 4 etc. is the protocol responsible for speed. You can have a USB-C connector with any implementation (except maybe USB 1). It can even do DisplayPort stuff.
So for USB-C to become irrelevant we need to come up with a better connector form factor. Which is unlikely to happen soon. But also, same thing happened with USB-B Micro connector (colloquially called micro USB), it was designated as a standard (but Apple managed to get an exemption) and manufacturers had no issues moving to a better connector, which is USB-C.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Oh so corndogs do have hotdogs in them. Good to know. I thought it was some weird bread thing.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Excluding moves just because they are not very good goes completely against the spirit of this post.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

In that case it's quintuple fork, cause 2 pawns are threatened.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

IMO, that's the wrong direction. The right direction is to apply some good CRT shaders. Those games were designed for CRT and low resolutions and they can never look great when rendered at higher res. Upscaling works much better for PS2 generation and up.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago

Really? That's weird.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website -2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But then it would just all be Linux? Was that what you were trying to say?

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