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I wrote the initial draft of ActivityPub; I’m here to watch how these things turn out
It feels kinda strange that we had to get this effect this way. There are some not terrible underlying reasons though.
QMS-VRR is only really available on a modern high end TVs and displays
QMS-VRR is only really available on a modern high end TVs and displays
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It feels kinda strange that we had to get this effect this way. There are some not terrible underlying reasons though.
QMS-VRR is only really available on a modern high end TVs and displays
QMS-VRR is only really available on a modern high end TVs and displays
"Changing 'actual' refresh rates is too hard so just use variable refresh rate mode instead" is such a silly hack
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Changing 'actual' refresh rates is too hard so just use variable refresh rate mode instead" is such a silly hack
No good reason it's quite that slow though. It's very funny that the AppleTV works around this problem by using "QMS-VRR", which means "send the TV a HDR signal at panel native res & max refresh rate, do scaling & colour conversion on the AppleTV for lower resolutions/SDR, and use VRR for <120fps"
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
No good reason it's quite that slow though. It's very funny that the AppleTV works around this problem by using "QMS-VRR", which means "send the TV a HDR signal at panel native res & max refresh rate, do scaling & colour conversion on the AppleTV for lower resolutions/SDR, and use VRR for <120fps"
* Hardware detects monitor
* Software slowly probes it and configures CRTC
* Monitor hardware detects signal
* Monitor locks PLL to pixel clock
* Monitor works out new resolution (counts pixels)
* Monitor reconfigures its input circuitry & scaler
* Image appears
* Software slowly probes it and configures CRTC
* Monitor hardware detects signal
* Monitor locks PLL to pixel clock
* Monitor works out new resolution (counts pixels)
* Monitor reconfigures its input circuitry & scaler
* Image appears
December 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
* Hardware detects monitor
* Software slowly probes it and configures CRTC
* Monitor hardware detects signal
* Monitor locks PLL to pixel clock
* Monitor works out new resolution (counts pixels)
* Monitor reconfigures its input circuitry & scaler
* Image appears
* Software slowly probes it and configures CRTC
* Monitor hardware detects signal
* Monitor locks PLL to pixel clock
* Monitor works out new resolution (counts pixels)
* Monitor reconfigures its input circuitry & scaler
* Image appears
LMAO the British constitituion is basically three words: "Parliament is Sovereign", supplementarily: "nothing can bind Parliament, including Parliament itself"
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
LMAO the British constitituion is basically three words: "Parliament is Sovereign", supplementarily: "nothing can bind Parliament, including Parliament itself"
<laughs in British> What's a constitution?
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
<laughs in British> What's a constitution?
how on earth do other nfs3 servers work with this?
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
how on earth do other nfs3 servers work with this?
don't worry this isn't even the UK's first rodeo at this
From two years ago, BBC Panorama was at it: www.bbc.com/news/health-...
From two years ago, BBC Panorama was at it: www.bbc.com/news/health-...
ADHD: Private clinics exposed by BBC undercover investigation
An undercover journalist for Panorama is diagnosed and given drugs without proper checks.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
don't worry this isn't even the UK's first rodeo at this
From two years ago, BBC Panorama was at it: www.bbc.com/news/health-...
From two years ago, BBC Panorama was at it: www.bbc.com/news/health-...
The European Court of Human Rights is a part of the Council of Europe, an institution wholly unrelated to the European Union except for that being a CoE member and ECHR signatory is a prerequisite for EU membership
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The European Court of Human Rights is a part of the Council of Europe, an institution wholly unrelated to the European Union except for that being a CoE member and ECHR signatory is a prerequisite for EU membership
"Consequently, it must be held that [Defendant] exerted influence, for its own purposes, over the publication on the internet of the personal data of the applicant [..] and therefore participated in the determination of the purposes of that publication and thus of the processing at issue."
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"Consequently, it must be held that [Defendant] exerted influence, for its own purposes, over the publication on the internet of the personal data of the applicant [..] and therefore participated in the determination of the purposes of that publication and thus of the processing at issue."
"[Defendant] reserves the right to use published content, distribute it, transmit it, reproduce it, modify it, translate it, transfer it to partners and remove it at any time, without the need for any ‘valid’ reason for so doing"
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"[Defendant] reserves the right to use published content, distribute it, transmit it, reproduce it, modify it, translate it, transfer it to partners and remove it at any time, without the need for any ‘valid’ reason for so doing"
It's subtle, but Paragraph 67 of the decision appears to be the lynchpin here - the decision is basically 'you can't claim to be a mere conduit _and_ also claim editorial rights over user submissions'
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It's subtle, but Paragraph 67 of the decision appears to be the lynchpin here - the decision is basically 'you can't claim to be a mere conduit _and_ also claim editorial rights over user submissions'
It appears that the T&Cs were the deciding factor here: that Russmedia claimed right of modification, reproduction, et al meant it could not be considered a mere conduit.
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It appears that the T&Cs were the deciding factor here: that Russmedia claimed right of modification, reproduction, et al meant it could not be considered a mere conduit.
Its a very interesting ruling in some ways because it makes specific references to Article 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31 which were repealed after the events being litigated but before the ruling in question was handed down
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Its a very interesting ruling in some ways because it makes specific references to Article 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31 which were repealed after the events being litigated but before the ruling in question was handed down
at the same time sometimes that code does exist and you gotta maintain it. and it's not liek people didn't churn out pages of repetitive code in the days before LLMs either *sigh*
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
at the same time sometimes that code does exist and you gotta maintain it. and it's not liek people didn't churn out pages of repetitive code in the days before LLMs either *sigh*
hmm, for boilerplate we alread had templating tools to stamp that out... and i've always done my best to just eliminate it and replace it with libraries.
a lot of the time I see people doing LLM evangelism and I'm like "great, you automated the writing of boilerplate code that shouldn't exist"
a lot of the time I see people doing LLM evangelism and I'm like "great, you automated the writing of boilerplate code that shouldn't exist"
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
hmm, for boilerplate we alread had templating tools to stamp that out... and i've always done my best to just eliminate it and replace it with libraries.
a lot of the time I see people doing LLM evangelism and I'm like "great, you automated the writing of boilerplate code that shouldn't exist"
a lot of the time I see people doing LLM evangelism and I'm like "great, you automated the writing of boilerplate code that shouldn't exist"
(ideal solution of course is to make those tests not so fragile, but that's not always a choice *you* get to make)
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
(ideal solution of course is to make those tests not so fragile, but that's not always a choice *you* get to make)
Hmm. to me "the drudgery" sort of implies doing large amounts of work that carries no challenge or intellectual engagement. The example that comes to mind is adding a field to hundreds of unit tests a change introducing it has broken
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Hmm. to me "the drudgery" sort of implies doing large amounts of work that carries no challenge or intellectual engagement. The example that comes to mind is adding a field to hundreds of unit tests a change introducing it has broken
the logical implication of this, which i don't think you were going for, is that using them explicitly for drudgery is ok but using them for "creative/complex" thinking is not
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
the logical implication of this, which i don't think you were going for, is that using them explicitly for drudgery is ok but using them for "creative/complex" thinking is not
Their Fan Content Policy is a (presumably non-binding, in the sense that it can be withdrawn at any time) grant of additional rights. It doesn't in any way have the power to restrict one's existing legal rights.
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Their Fan Content Policy is a (presumably non-binding, in the sense that it can be withdrawn at any time) grant of additional rights. It doesn't in any way have the power to restrict one's existing legal rights.
the PS5 has the touchpad too though!
October 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
the PS5 has the touchpad too though!
at the small scale content moderation is making decisions on (sometimes absolutely horrendous) content
at the large scale content moderation is politics
at the large scale content moderation is politics
October 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
at the small scale content moderation is making decisions on (sometimes absolutely horrendous) content
at the large scale content moderation is politics
at the large scale content moderation is politics
its one of those things that works kinda ok when the network is small and basically everyone is your friend and you don't have to make major moderation decisions
and then once things pass a certain size (or just distance from you) then you absolutely must either stop or you will go mad
and then once things pass a certain size (or just distance from you) then you absolutely must either stop or you will go mad
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
its one of those things that works kinda ok when the network is small and basically everyone is your friend and you don't have to make major moderation decisions
and then once things pass a certain size (or just distance from you) then you absolutely must either stop or you will go mad
and then once things pass a certain size (or just distance from you) then you absolutely must either stop or you will go mad