The Spam Thread!

[huckleberrypie]

I'd imagine that YTP+ is going to be a fad that will eventually fade away because of what you are predicting. Sure, automated YTP is fun now, but eventually, people will get tired of this and will probably see it as works of amateurs. Though through my testing, it's producing some rather good results. No real crashes or bugs yet, but the program is in early beta and the site states you should expect bugs and other things. As YTP+ is open source, I plan on editing the built in source clips it uses for randomness (basically short meme videos and common YTP transition stuff).

Yeah, it might as well be for time. Which reminds me... I could more or less liken this to those auto-level generators like Slige for DOOM which has gained something of a dubious reputation for taking the fun out of level design, and the stage generator in DiRT 4. Sure, they used procedural generation as a selling point, but such technologies would be of little point if used as it is without something to break the monotony or blandness.

[cpd2009]

While preparing to do benchmarks on my new tablet, I ran the free Malwarebytes. It detected the infamous Adups in the "Firmware Upgrade" app. I have a hunch that at present, it's non functional since trying to use the firmware update app results in a network connection error. I'll have to install a network monitor to see if this is true.

[huckleberrypie]

While preparing to do benchmarks on my new tablet, I ran the free Malwarebytes. It detected the infamous Adups in the "Firmware Upgrade" app. I have a hunch that at present, it's non functional since trying to use the firmware update app results in a network connection error. I'll have to install a network monitor to see if this is true.

It's a similar case with the Cloudfone handset I bought some three years ago. Everything checks out fine apart from the firmware update utility being marked as malicious by Malwarebytes. You can try freezing it via ADB if you want, as it doesn't destructively alter the ROM in any way and you don't need to root it either.

[cpd2009]

Well, Apple finally announced a new Mac Pro, and it's a cheese grater deluxe! It will set you back $6,000 for the base model.

What's even more insane is that Apple revealed a new monitor, the Pro Display XDR. It starts at $5,000, but that's just the display alone. The stand sells separately for $999. Yes, $999 for a monitor stand. Nearly every non-Apple display, even models geared towards pros, come with stands included in box. They also cost far less to boot.

Once again, Apple proves that they only care about profits. I'd imagine you can build an equivalent PC from scratch for only about a fraction of what Apple wants for it's new cheese grater.

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVZ1GEnbkS/
I normally don't post Instagram links, but one of my favorite illustrators posts there, and he's still using a early 2009 Mac Pro with Snow Leopard. I notice through LowEndMac that a lot of vintage Mac owners really love Snow Leopard even though it's no longer receiving security updates or even web browser updates. macOS El Capitan is the last officially supported OS for the early 2009 Mac Pro, but with unofficial hacks, you can run Sierra or higher. Perhaps if I'd ever switch to Mac, this early 2009 model would be a good starting point? It's way cheaper than the new grater and a quad-core Xeon could possibly be on par with Pearl if it can run Windows 10.

And yes, that is me commenting on his photo.

[huckleberrypie]

inb4 people doing an equivalent Hackintosh with a similar if not the same processor and GPU combo and spending only a fraction of what Apple charges.

And if you ask me I prefer the mid-to-late-2000s Mac Pro cases back when they were still transitioning to x86. Some even went so far as to modding them to accommodate a commodity motherboard and whatnot.

[cpd2009]

Making slow progress on my Azpen G1058B tablet review. Battery life seems very decent. It can sleep for a few days without much battery being used. I still have to run a proper benchmark and play some games for an hour or so to gauge performance and battery life. I have tested both the front and rear cameras, and they are underwhelming. Image quality is okay, but the colors are a bit muted. I may have to play around with the ISO and exposure settings. I tested a Skype call with family the other day, and while the camera feed was good enough, it did not work well in low light at all. I had to move close to my apartment window to get decent lighting on my face.

Tried Ubuntu 19.04 via a USB thumb drive earlier today too. Looks good with default applications, but it still won't detect my Vidbox. The thing about Linux is hardware, especially video capture devices. Getting them to work can be a PITA... if they will even work at all.