Wikipedia on rooting.

Rooting is the process by which users of Android devices can attain privileged control (known as root access) over various subsystems of the device, usually smartphones and tablets

You can install apps from other sources without root access on Android. But some may need those extra permissions to function.

To play devil’s advocate they probably aren’t just doing it to gain favor, but also to avoid harm.

Trump is definitely petty enough to hold a grudge and go after whoever doesn’t cozy up to him.

I never really understood the purpose of the XPS line anyway.

The issue here is that you are comparing it to their business lineup, while it was a consumer product.

Dell XPS (“Extreme Performance System”) is a line of consumer-oriented laptop and desktop computers manufactured by Dell since 1993.

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My understanding is that it was their premium consumer line sitting above the more entry level Inspiron line.

Imo this kind of shows the basic problem with the xps line. As I understand it it was basically the premium consumer line, not something meant for business use. Meaning it had the nice specs on paper, but not the durability you’d need in a setting with extensive use and where downtime means serious money. But as you demonstrate this distinction was too blurry.

Yeah, sadly everything has to sound fancy. Imo this is partially to blame on consumers, but I do wonder how much of it is basic psychology vs induced demand that could be reversed if a company would stick with sensible product names for a while.

Instead of basic they could also go with something like “essential” or “home” that maybe have slightly less negative associations.

Agreed cinematography, set design and costumes were top notch, same as with part 1, but i agree with you that pacing was an issue. Imo the root cause was a change they made from the books

Yeah, i am kind of having a hard time with the choice because there are still so much gaps like Anora, the Burtalist or Nosferatu.

Another issue is how to decide which year some movies belong to. For example “Perfect Days” from the rolling stone list.

Perfect Days premiered on 23 May 2023 at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d’Or and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. It was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards

Wikipedia. I assume it made the 24 list because the US release was in February this year, but it debuted last years in other markets and was even nominated for an Oscar.

Personally i find it easiest to just go with whatever year Letterboxd uses, which in this case is 2023. But if for this poll we decide it to be a 2024 movie, then it might get my vote over Dune II.

I only saw it once, so i am a bit hesitant to voice an opinion, but i’m inclined to agree that it really didn’t do much for me. Even though i’ve seen it be praised on a number of occasions online.

No reason to be bothered. But i think that if a scale exist that measures how much a movie benefits from being seen on a big screen with the right projection technology, the avatar movies have to be on the extreme end of benefiting a lot. Because imo they are maybe the only big blockbuster movie that is specifically made for the 3D technology, rather than it just being bolted on. This goes especially for the first one, when you compare it to other movies of that era.

I can definitely see how it is non-immersive when watched at home, because the the narrative is nothing to write home about. But to me the story more or less just serves as a non-offensive background to the visual spectacle.

And while the progress of TVs has closed the quality gap between home theaters and cinema, it really hasn’t done anything for the 3D aspect. On that note i do wonder how avatar 1 and 2 look when using a VR headset.

as non-immersive a movie as I’ve ever experienced.

I assume you didn’t watch it at a cinema in 3d?

In fairness to Intel, every modern semi design house has that same issue: a chip is designed and laid out for a specific node, so this isn’t really a failing so much as a how-it-works.

I thought i read somewhere that either their design was particularly tailored towards a specific node or that following that they made it a higher priority to be less bound to one. But i can’t find a source for it, so i might be mistaken.

Trying to do 10nm without EUV was a forgivable error

How so? Literally no one uses EUV for 10nm and this wasn’t the problem. Isn’t SMCI even pushing DUV toproducing 5nm?

My limited understanding is that they were too ambitious with e.g. using cobalt interconnects and at the same time had the issue that they tied their chip designs to specific nodes. Meaning that when the process side slipped they couldnt just take the design and use it on a different node without a lot of effort.

Also I think they were always going to lose apple at some point. With better products they might have delayed it further. But apple fundamentally has an interest in vertical integration and control. And they were already designing processors for their phones and tablets.

Isn’t this the same architecture that is also in their iGPUs? That should help keep them motivated to improve drivers even if they lose interest in dGPUs.

but it’s gotta be good if they’re willing to post clips of it online

Don’t think it says that much about the quality, although they are at least confident that those 8 minutes are good enough to not scare people away.

Imo it is mostly a reaction to recent flops, particularly Joker 2, which might make casual movie goers (which this probably aims at) more cautions. Kraven isn’t some household name, so they want to take out as much uncertainty as possible.

Somehow news about this movie always fly under the radar for me. Turns out after checking for updates on this topic, Nine Inch Nails were actually confirmed to do it back in August source. So it seems like you got your wish.

Definitely seems like a solid choice, but we will see. Personally I’d have probably also e.g. looked at HEALTH as another option.

I don’t particularly like the guy either, but imo it isn’t that bad. He was in the new Blade runner and that ended up being great.

The real make or break choice for TRON will imo be who they get to do the soundtrack. Following Daft Punk is going to be a hard task.

Yeah, I guess it depends on what kind of work. I thought that for demanding office stuff the 8gb RAM might end up mattering after all.

But your $700 with warranty are an amazing deal that make this irrelevant. That really only leaves the single external monitor (without using workarounds) as downside.

Where I am in Europe however I don’t think I could find the better specced models anywhere close to that price

Honestly agreed. For the majority of users that just do light office work and browsing it is a great piece of technology. Although i would say it is less about performance (because those people would be fine with even less) and more about build quality, battery life, fanless design and good screen.

The one issue i have with it is the 256gb non-removable storage. More actually than the 8gb RAM, which tbh for many people is enough for casual use.

I am still waiting for anyone not named apple to release a similarly priced fanless laptop with good build quality. With lunar lake it should finally be possible imo.

For me the bigger value is not in the quality difference between the two platforms. And don’t get me wrong, i agree that BlueSky is a lot better than Elon’s Twitter, but not as good as a decentralised Fediverse Platform.

The real positive is in the act of migration itself, because it shows that is still a possibility. So hopefully it proves sustainable.

Is YouTube doing it with small creators actually in mind? Who knows, other than them?

I am pretty confident in guessing that they are not doing it for selfless reasons. Imo the reason is that the less information they give the user, the more you are beholden to the algorithm choosing for you.

But depending how they hide it it actually might not just be users, but also companies that e.g. buy ads from them. The less information they get, the more they need to trust whatever metric google offers them