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| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-20, 06:46 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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 Post: #741 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Shockingly, while there's several threads dedicated to SPECIFIC pieces of bullcrap, I can't find a general catch-all thread. So here we go. Today, I hooked up a DisplayPort->VGA adapter to my computer. Because I'm using an LCD TV as a monitor. The TV has HDMI inputs. My computer has HDMI outputs. Why would I want to use VGA? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED! It turns out my TV is stupid. It supports 4:4:4 chroma subsampling(AKA no subsampling, AKA actual full resolution), but steadfastly refuses to believe this is possible over HDMI. It will tell the computer it can do it. It will allow the computer to send it in. It will silently slaughter the color resolution before piping it through to the LCD panel. Some people have managed to make this crap work on their TVs by using HDMI->DVI adapters, or disabling their video adapter's sound subsystem(I guess that makes it more of a multimedia adapter than a video adapter?), or even just labeling the input "PC" or "Computer" in the TV's menu. None of these worked for me. According to my research, the only reliable way to make it happen on the display I'm using is to convert the digital image generated by my video card into an analog video stream so the television can RE-digitize it for display. But it DOES work. With one tiny piddling insignificant caveat. Since I'm not using any sort of digital connection, HDCP doesn't work. I can't use streaming services without switching back to HDMI and losing half my color resolution. ... Well, in my spot test, I CAN, but only in "standard definition". MPAA is apparently afraid I'll plug in a DVHS recorder and copy movies, but doesn't care if I use a regular VHS deck. If I actually used these services, it'd be a good argument for piracy. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-20, 07:54 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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Post: #742 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Because somehow everything else is worse? --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-20, 11:19 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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Post: #743 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by BraintrashNo, but it helps. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-25, 00:21 in I still HATE smartdevices
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Post: #744 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by sureanemHe checked the cameras. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-25, 05:29 in Making interactive fiction
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Post: #745 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
What's wrong with using BASIC? 'S all just PRINTs and GOTOs. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-25, 10:05 in Making interactive fiction
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Post: #746 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by Screwtape That's hilarious. >TAKE SCREWTAPE --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-26, 04:41 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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Post: #747 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Yeah, but vim is objectively terrible. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
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Posted on 19-10-26, 11:45 in Making interactive fiction
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Post: #748 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by Kawa You could use HTML5. ... Or something sane. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-26, 12:26 in Making interactive fiction
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Post: #749 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by Kawa I thought it did. If it doesn't, it will soon because "living standard". God forbid they ever have to change the number or define an actual standard. I still say BASIC is nice for this. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-26, 13:08 in Making interactive fiction
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Post: #750 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
I saw a functional 10-line text adventure the other night. It was a simple game, and the code was as illegible as BASIC gets, but... --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-27, 07:54 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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Post: #751 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by Nicholas SteelNot actually a lot to mess with in there. It'd somehow be LESS annoying if the TV just straight-up didn't support full color resolution. That it DOES, but I can't enable it on HDMI, is infuriating. VGA dongle is working nicely, except for a minor niggling issue. I'm now using motherboard sound instead of the multimedia card's HDMI audio. Which is fine, except that it apparently isn't isolated well. I fire up a game and put a load on the 3D accelerator and suddenly my speakers are mostly just making squealing noises(kinda nostalgic, really, our first 486 did this during disk access). I've got plans to solve THIS issue as well. I do have an actual PCI-Express sound card I can install. 'S just annoying, is all. But at least it isn't a whole new world of WTFery. This is a problem as old as electronic sound. (nVidia had a solution for this back when they weren't raging assholes. nForce motherboards had a licensing program, and to activate onboard audio for the optional "SoundStorm" configuration, you had to have a quality sound output implementation, verified by outside testing. Intent: motherboard audio meets high quality standards and people can trust it. Effect: motherboards are more expensive, so no one buys SoundStorm boards.) --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-27, 12:07 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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Post: #752 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by sureanem Says the guy using VIM for his counterexample. I mean, it isn't EMACS or EDLIN, but that's all I can say for it. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-27, 14:10 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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Post: #753 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Vim is antiquated garbage. But good job masturbating some buttcoin praise into a topic it couldn't even be tangentally worked into. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-28, 05:09 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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Post: #754 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by funkyass Well, that too. But onboard audio was very ill-regarded in general at the time. There were people who didn't care as long as beeps and boops came out without too much hiss, and people who actively looked for boards with no onboard audio because they didn't want to waste the money and space on garbage audio jacks they weren't gonna use. There wasn't really a middle ground. ... I think nVidia also expected 3D audio acceleration to be the next big thing, and were trying to get in on the ground floor without having to directly oppose Creative Labs the way Aureal had. Posted by BearOso I'm using an AMD card. I'd seen reports of it helping in some cases, but most of the tests and results are years out of date(the display is an LG 32LD450 television, from way back in 2010). And folks trying to sort it out back then were finding a lot of solutions that worked sometimes, or worked for one person and not another. The VGA port was the only thing that consistently behaved right. (Maybe component ports too, I'm not sure.) --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-29, 03:09 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with. (revision 2)
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Post: #755 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by BearOso HDMI1 set as PC... Yes, that is how it was configured. Some people did report them working that way. I was not one of the lucky ones(though I did get one with the "good" display panel). I'm curious if it isn't variations in the display's software. Flash a new ROM and it starts/stops doing what we want. Mine says "Software version 03.05.20", which seems to be the last update they made available. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-10-30, 02:56 in I have yet to have never seen it all.
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Post: #756 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by tommanAt least they sobered up before it shipped. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
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Posted on 19-11-01, 04:35 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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Post: #757 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by wertigonIf it makes you feel better, it was antiquated garbage before you started using it, unless you're much older than I think. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-11-01, 06:54 in Mozilla, *sigh*
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Post: #758 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by Nicholas Steel A. Sideloading is a stupid term and I hate whoever coined it. B. So... if I read this right, they mean you can't have system-wide extensions now, and they have to be installed per-account? That's dumb. C. Sideloading is a stupid term and I hate whoever coined it. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-11-02, 11:23 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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Post: #759 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by jimbo1qazWhen you touch the table leg, you're grounding yourself. My GUESS is the hum increasing is the charge TRYING to jump the air gap to ground. ... Does taping the USB cable to the table leg stop the hum? --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-11-03, 04:16 in Stupid computer bullcrap we put up with.
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Post: #760 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 72 days Last view: 19 hours |
Posted by funkyassThat's the nice thing about my home. I know exactly how good the ground on my outlets is. It was built in 1951, there isn't even a ground prong. 3-pin adapters by the barrel. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
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