mikejmoffitt

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Comment · 8 years ago
It was sad to hear the fifteen minute warning on the intercom and to watch Gary lock up front for the last time.
Comment · 8 years ago
Maybe it's snooty holier-than-thou posts by users of password managers, lacking in substance or any real argument, that lets the majority of password users remain unconvinced.
Comment · 8 years ago
As the original footage was done on film, the time difference between the top and bottom of a single frame is zero, unlike a "rolling shutter" progressively scanned sensor. The framerate is also much lower than the 60fps phone camera used in the last example from the MIT video, which was only barely enough to get meaningful data out.

So unfortunately, we probably won't be using this to get much out of old traditionally archived footage - not because of resolution of the frame, but time resolution.

Comment · 8 years ago
Citation needed. In my experience, running AoE2HD in Wine results in strange mouse errors at the start of a match which can ruin a game (where the screen is stuck scrolling to one side).
Comment · 9 years ago
This might be the most offensive website with regards to layout and ad density. At least five ads, including one massive top-bar wanted to sell me on some TV show called "Happy". This website is terrible.
Comment · 9 years ago
This is just a study of filtering algorithms. The author is just looking at Photoshop's (default!) bicubic filtering, which emphasizes high-frequency detail content at the expense of accuracy. The browser examples are doing simple linear filtering.
Comment · 9 years ago
There is only one row. The one below the top is a strange and alien one called "number keys".
Comment · 9 years ago
I just received my T25. They are already unavailable in the US. I will soon be making a comparison video between the T25, my X62, and the old X300.

I will say that the panel itself is a good panel, 1080p aside. It is like the one in the T450s - good white point, linear constant-current backlight driver (no flickery low-freq PWM!)

Comment · 9 years ago
Agreed, and I'm happy that I'm not the only person with this view on display density. I can deal with HiDPI displays if it allows me to to a 1:2 integer scale without losing too much real estate, but any scaling between there loses small pixel details. As someone who appreciates sharp bitmap fonts and pixel graphics, the retina MBP is a big irritation.
Comment · 9 years ago
I remember this not-so-fondly. This wouldn't be a problem for a game that is composited alongside the desktop in a "Windowed" mode, but for a full-screen application it is an "exclusive" application. The Source engine handles this context switch absolutely terribly. Task-switching out of Team Fortress 2 is a stuttery mess, where for around ten seconds it'll just loop the tiny audio buffer it last filled on top of a black screen before anything is usable again.
Comment · 9 years ago
Nvidia graphics with the actual binary drivers are great for Linux users. What are you talking about?

Plus, this is a modern Intel-based laptop, so I'd strongly bet that it's implemented with Optimus and therefore has Intel graphics driving the display and ports, just like on the T460p.

Comment · 9 years ago
I can't tell if this is a troll post or if you are being obtuse, considering what this laptop is called.
Comment · 9 years ago
They didn't just take a game boy screen, this is the whole thing.
Comment · 9 years ago
This is not just the game boy screen, this is the entire GBA as a controller, with custom hardware in the cartridge slot. The GBA is a great embedded system. More power to them!
Comment · 9 years ago
I use one of these X62 systems as my laptop.

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