PonyOfWar

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Japan's Chimolog is our second source. Its tests showed the Switch 2's display to be slightly quicker, averaging 17 ms at 60 Hz.

That's quite a huge difference though, about half that of Monitors Unboxed. Would definitely be worth finding out why the results are so different.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Citra may be "dead", but it still works great, including with retroarch. Seems to still be available on the internet archive.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, especially since replacing the mainboard is not trivial work at all. I assume it's probably more expensive outside Japan though, with the weak yen etc.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Raytracing and path tracing can look pretty nice and raytracing especially is worth turning on when it's a game where it's properly optimized. Unfortunately in many games, it really isn't, which means the performance impact is too large compared to the visual benefits. So in many games, I don't turn it on as I prefer the much higher framerate.

Upscaling technologies are pretty great. Especially in their current iterations, the image quality they can achieve from low resolutions is impressive. That said, they should be used as a way to get graphically advanced games working on low to mid-spec GPUs. Using them as a crutch to get unoptimized games working on high-end cards is not acceptable. Neither is pretending that upscaled and frame-generated performance is directly equivalent to native-res performance (looking at you, nVidia).

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

In general, no.

Depending on the situation, as a last resort, yes.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Linux EAC client is user level, so the statement only applies to Windows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Some time around 2001 or so. Frequented various Pokemon fansites and also had some kind of "100 coolest websites for kids" book.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And reading the article, it's really just an O.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The beating around the bush about who it was actually sold to certainly doesn't bode well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Honestly most of season 1 and about half of season 2 are pretty weak (with some decent episodes in between). Quite a lot of season 1 you can downright skip. There are quite a few guides out there on which episodes to watch and skip, for example here or even this one that skips season 1 and 2 almost entirely. In my opinion, from season 3 onwards, the general quality gets so good that you might as well watch every episode from that point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Correct. With the Switch 2 in stand-by in its dock and the joycons detached, I press the home button on the right joycon and the Switch wakes up with a little jingle as well as the light on the dock turning on.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Every country has their own brand and degree of nationalism. For example, in Europe, you won't commonly see the national flag displayed in a private context in countries like France or Germany, but it's very common as a decoration in Switzerland and Denmark. Doesn't mean I'd really compare the Danes or Swiss to American nationalists though. I think what makes US-brand nationalism a special kind is the intense superiority complex, the feeling that they're the greatest country on earth and everyone else doesn't matter. No Swiss nationalist would think that their country could thrive without at least some degree of cooperation with other countries.

Maybe other large-population countries like China and India might be more similar. When I went to high school in China as an exchange student, they had a flag-raising ceremony once a week where the national anthem was played. But I guess that's still tame compared to having the pledge of allegiance every day.

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