Hmm, I recall someone saying there's a way to avoid this by having custom firmware on the Wyze cameras?
HidingCat
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Sorry you got downvoted by this Lemmy circlejerk. There's a certain toxcicity in these parts; basically anything not Linux and offline with the slightest hint of privacy issues is downright hated here.
I get the criticism, but the Fairphone really shouldn't be compared to other (especially Chinese-made) phones in the same way. It's about sustainability and fairer labour (hopefully anyway).
So far the main issue I see is with the battery life, 4200 mAH battery on a 778G-class SoC should be doing better than this.
I don't get it, what's wrong with the 778G? It was a highly competent SoC that was still relevant last year (Samsung's A series from 2022 couldn't come close to it with the Exynos line, save the A73 which came with the 778G), and there are gazillions of comptent phones using slower SoCs that work just fine.
Do people really use their phones or do they look at spec sheets and go, too slow in their mind, like some kind of reverse placebo?
It's a 778G, it'll do well in 5 years, provided Fairphone don't fuck up the updates.
Because they keep on releasing Surface devices with less efficient Intel CPUs.
Thanks, that sounds short enough!
Find a camera that you like to use.
35mm isn't the be-all and end-all like some like to say. I really wish this mentality would go away.
Your budget needs to include some lenses; the other comment about lenses is pretty much spot on. No point spending so much on the camera when you can't do what you want because you're now stuck with limited lenses. You didn't say what you want to shoot, so that could cover very broad subjects, from insects to birds to landscapes (a full high end kit to set that up at the 35mm end can easily be 4-6kg).
As sensor tech hasn't advanced that much in the last 10 years or so, it's better to get an older higher-end camera than a budget new camera; the controls and UI tend to be better, which will be better for you to learn photography with. Budget cameras tend to cheap out on controls, so having to menu dive to make basic setting changes will get old very quick.
Do you think I can get away wih just a GPU + PSU upgrade, or would the 2600x cause too great a bottleneck at target resolution/details/fps to ignore?
Absolutely; upgrades are about maximising frames per $ spent. Does it give you a significant boost while avoiding the cost of a new PC? I actually went with a GTX 1070 on an Intel i7 920 for a few years before I upgraded to a new PC with a 3700x. I got a 20% boost in FPS on average, but the old combination still worked well for the games I was playing.
Especially when it's being run by a terrible project manager like Chris Roberts. Dates will be missed.
I'm surprised they're putting more effort into Squadron 42, it's the only part I was interested in. Wonder if it'll actually be released.
I didn't expect the Lemmy privacy mindset to go so far; competitor analysis is a thing in business, and when you aggregate such data you can also analyse industry trends and your business's position in it. I don't see why it's a boundary?