kellyaster

joined 10 months ago
 

@ernest, we love you man, and we're grateful for the service you provide. But this site has needs that can't be met by one person: community mod approval, emergency status communication, spam management, and account management are just a few that immediately come to mind.

I know it has been rough lately, and I sincerely empathize. Internet hug You have a community of loyal people willing to help shoulder the burden if you let them, so please...if you truly want this place to be successful, let us help you. Hope you are okay, man.

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Pat, I'd like to solve the puzzle.

Cups!

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

Not watching, I cut the cord to avoid commercials. But OTA + antenna , as others said, is a solid way to watch network content for free if you can get a good signal.

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

lol you should post this in Ten Forward

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

I think you should spend more time using AI programming tools. That would let you see how primitive they really are in their current state and learn how to leverage them for yourself.

I agree, sosodev. I think it would be wise to at least be aware of modern A.I.'s current capabilities and inadequacies, because honestly, you gotta know what you're dealing with.

If you ignore and avoid A.I. outright, every new iteration will come as a complete surprise, leaving you demoralized and feeling like shit. More importantly, there will be less time for you to adapt because you've been ignoring it when you could've been observing and planning. A.I. currently does not have that advantage, OP. You do.

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hey fuckface, that's my friend you're talking to. Take your hate speech bullshit somewhere else and go fuck yourself.

 
[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 10 points 8 months ago

Support your local plumber!

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 13 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Related JAQing off opinion piece in The Guardian posted today: "Where are all the films about ‘whiteness’?" .

For those unfamiliar with the acronym, JAQ = "Just asking questions," a bad faith tactic pushing an absurd narrative (e.g. "movies for white people are disappearing") by pretending to ask innocent questions.

Direct quote, emphasis mine:

That’s why the final step towards true racial equality on screen is for whiteness to be cinematically named, described and dethroned from its “just human” position of cultural power. It’s time for white people to develop a cinema culture all of their own.

It's riddled with white power talking points like this. This shit is really fucked up. It is irresponsible for a well-known major news source to publish shit like this, even with the "opinion" label attached. It's basically right wing extremist (aka Nazi) recruitment propaganda.

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah, yes, that's correct, thank you. Your cpu/gpu must support it, or it won't play.

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Huh, there's a term for that? TIL

Y'know, there's a similar one used in the gemstone industry: "eye clean," which only applies if the stone has no inclusions (artifacts) that can be seen with the naked eye. As you can imagine, it's usually a pretty desirable trait, especially in diamonds. It doesn't really matter if there's random garbage floating around in it, it just has to be undetectable to our human eyes.

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

I was curious, so I looked it up. AV1 is more efficient than HEVC by like 28%! On the downside, encoding is horrifically slooow. It'll be interesting to see how much hardware support AV1 gets in the coming years, because encoding time will have a dramatic effect on its adoption rate.

Interesting to note: AV1 can be played in Kodi, Plex, Emby, Jellyfin, VLC, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera. So on the software side, it's pretty widely supported.

[–] kellyaster@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Sorry, doesn't look like it supports AV1:

Video Playback
Supported formats include HEVC, MV‑HEVC, H.264, HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG

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