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  • If you go for that card, then, just in case, consider getting yourself a GPU sag bracket.

    I’m not sure if Gigabyte fixed it with this generation of AMD cards, but they’ve gotten into quite a controversy not that long ago over quality of their PCBs in 30th series Nvidia cards. Basically, they would crack too easily under their own weight, rendering them inoperable. Gigabyte then refused to cover them under warranty.








  • Well, I’ve decided to check the financials of a couple of VR companies since your counterpoint sounded reasonable. The only one working at a loss is Meta. I could argue their business model is in Death Valley right now. After all, they have major capital expenses, which aren’t easily covered unless you have a big userbase.

    But that’s their VR sector. Overall, Meta’s profitable and can easily cover all the expenses several times over.

    Also, what do you mean by “they have to dedicate several multi-person teams to manage the clients?” Firstly, who’s “they,” secondly, if I understood you right, that sounds prepostrous, unless you’re talking B2B.



  • Mistic@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldWhat are your AI use cases?
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    2 months ago

    Here’s mine, that works outside of tech:

    It’s a great source for second opinions.

    Say you want to make a CV, but you don’t know where to even begin. You could give it a description of what you’ve been doing and ask it to help you figure out what jobs fit the skillset and how to present your skills better.

    It’s a good tool for such rough estimations that give you ground to improve upon.

    This works well for planning or making up documentation. Saves a lot of time, with minimal impact to quality, because you’re not mindlessly copying or believing the output.

    I’m also considering it for assisting me in learning Japanese. Just enough to be able to read in it. We’ll see how it does.


  • I think what you’re forgetting is scale.

    Lemmy is niche. VR is niche. Gaming is mainstream.

    You can’t call a niche dead just because there aren’t that many people into it. It’s a niche for a reason.

    Linux is booming, even though it’s “dead.” Lemmy has never been this active in its entire existence. Why do investments from large companies matter?

    What truly matters is growth. Negative growth is what kills a platform/industry/company/whatever else. VR is growing, Linux is growing, Lemmy is growing. It may not be fast, but they all have active userbases that support their development.

    You cannot call a child “failure” just because it never achieved anything in life, can you? They are growing. They can get sick, they can recover. They can also regress due to that illness and die. Only then they’re truly dead.



  • Mistic@lemmy.worldtoGames@lemmy.worldMinecraft is losing VR support next year
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    That’s not even accurate.

    If VR gaming is dead, then what does it say about Linux with about 5 times less users? Like, a low poly game about monkeys has a daily playerbase of a million people there. Mind you, Mincraft has 1 to 1.5 million. Not bad for a “dead” platform. Also, Valve isn’t even the last one to enter the market.

    I think what you’re actually trying to say is that it’s too niche, which it absolutely is.




  • Some important info that is missing:

    1. Proposed legislation is far from being an actual law. It has only once passed the committee (1st stage out of 5), after which got sent to be re-written. Now it’s at pre-1st stage.

    2. So far, it has received 2 negative reviews from the administration. First one, from 2022, said it’s redundant, and second one, from 2023 that it’s… still just as redundant as it was.

    3. 2 out of 3 authors have removed their signatures since the first negative review.

    Basically, there’s little to no chance this would ever pass. Our “crazy printer” may be insane, but it only does so if there is an ass to lick.

    I could even link everything if anybody wants me to. Doubt it won’t get removed, but still.