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[–] root@precious.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Have to agree here, you can buy a Samsung branded 4TB USB-C drive that fits in your wallet.

I doubt the copy the theater is receiving is any higher quality than a Blu-ray release though, so aside from George Lucas style editing there seems to be little value in transporting the encrypted copy unless you first have a decryption method.

[–] root@precious.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Those screenshots were taken on Sony studio monitors which are much more precise than home equipment. They're still available fairly cheap, I picked up a pair a few years ago for $35 each. It's the best of both worlds.

[–] root@precious.net 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't know if they're conflating rendering with display or just assuming those GPU are at max TDP 24/7, but they're way off on actual energy consumption.

There seems to be a lot of recent articles attacking datacenters, particularly those involved in LLM "ai" work. This feels like one of those articles.

I'm not saying we shouldn't keep them in check, but I also don't like being manipulated by "grass roots initiative" marketing companies, particularly on Lemmy.

[–] root@precious.net 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Using the max power use of a video card to math this is ridiculous. It's not at full TDP pushing this content. They aren't playing max FPS 3D raytraced gaming, they're playing videos.

[–] root@precious.net 50 points 1 month ago

Under normal circumstances I wouldn't expect any privacy between processes on a desktop OS under the same UID.

If you use Chrome's password manager on Windows your password database is unlocked with your password upon login and is available to every process you run.

There's only so much you can do, as an app, to protect against OS deficiencies.

The desktop app on Windows is a sacrifice of security for convenience.

[–] root@precious.net 7 points 1 month ago

TeamViewer sold out long ago, formed a new company (AnyDeak), fooled us all, sold out again, and there's still people trying to use the same business plan.

There's zero money being spent on security, this is pure profit extraction.


[–] root@precious.net -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Most jobs include a 30-60 minute paid lunch break, making 9-5 completely plausible.