Jump to content

silberdrachi

Member
  • Posts

    909
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Reputation Activity

  1. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from ARikozuM in Western Digital - Mislabeling specs on drives   
    A lot of people seem to be assuming that "faster must always be better" but that isnt always the case. For example:
     
    What if you have a specific amount of vibration tolerance in your system and a 7200rpm drive is over that?
     
    Or you have a power budget, and spinning at 7200rpm is over that?
     
    Or what if you already have an array of 5 disks at 5400rpm and add a new one thinking it is the same thing, but it turns out the manufacturer lied to you?
     
    Or how about straight up the manufacturer lied to you about what they were giving you and that should be a good enough reason to sue them for false advertising. Specifications are there for a reason, and lying on them deserves backlash and punishment. Calling something a 5400rpm "class" drive is purely there to deceive and misdirect people. There is no reasonable way someone could look at "5400rpm class drive" and understand that it runs at 7200rpm.
  2. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from Moonzy in Western Digital - Mislabeling specs on drives   
    A lot of people seem to be assuming that "faster must always be better" but that isnt always the case. For example:
     
    What if you have a specific amount of vibration tolerance in your system and a 7200rpm drive is over that?
     
    Or you have a power budget, and spinning at 7200rpm is over that?
     
    Or what if you already have an array of 5 disks at 5400rpm and add a new one thinking it is the same thing, but it turns out the manufacturer lied to you?
     
    Or how about straight up the manufacturer lied to you about what they were giving you and that should be a good enough reason to sue them for false advertising. Specifications are there for a reason, and lying on them deserves backlash and punishment. Calling something a 5400rpm "class" drive is purely there to deceive and misdirect people. There is no reasonable way someone could look at "5400rpm class drive" and understand that it runs at 7200rpm.
  3. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from WereCatf in Western Digital - Mislabeling specs on drives   
    A lot of people seem to be assuming that "faster must always be better" but that isnt always the case. For example:
     
    What if you have a specific amount of vibration tolerance in your system and a 7200rpm drive is over that?
     
    Or you have a power budget, and spinning at 7200rpm is over that?
     
    Or what if you already have an array of 5 disks at 5400rpm and add a new one thinking it is the same thing, but it turns out the manufacturer lied to you?
     
    Or how about straight up the manufacturer lied to you about what they were giving you and that should be a good enough reason to sue them for false advertising. Specifications are there for a reason, and lying on them deserves backlash and punishment. Calling something a 5400rpm "class" drive is purely there to deceive and misdirect people. There is no reasonable way someone could look at "5400rpm class drive" and understand that it runs at 7200rpm.
  4. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from LAwLz in Western Digital - Mislabeling specs on drives   
    A lot of people seem to be assuming that "faster must always be better" but that isnt always the case. For example:
     
    What if you have a specific amount of vibration tolerance in your system and a 7200rpm drive is over that?
     
    Or you have a power budget, and spinning at 7200rpm is over that?
     
    Or what if you already have an array of 5 disks at 5400rpm and add a new one thinking it is the same thing, but it turns out the manufacturer lied to you?
     
    Or how about straight up the manufacturer lied to you about what they were giving you and that should be a good enough reason to sue them for false advertising. Specifications are there for a reason, and lying on them deserves backlash and punishment. Calling something a 5400rpm "class" drive is purely there to deceive and misdirect people. There is no reasonable way someone could look at "5400rpm class drive" and understand that it runs at 7200rpm.
  5. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from GDRRiley in Samsung Committing to Give Devices 3 Generations of Android Updates - But There's a Catch...   
    Define: Lasts
     
    I have have a few phones that are older than 3 generations. They still call, access the internet, can do almost anything in the playstore other than modern games. I have them doing things like being a remote for plex/kodi, home automation, entertainment systems.My current phone i think is coming up on 2 years and its battery still lasts 2 days of moderate use (6hr screen on with 50% brightness).
     
    If youre willing to replace your battery (not hard for most phones) 3 years is a joke. You can keep a modern smartphone alive until they shut off the 4g antennas for 8g or whatever. They are only just now shutting off 3g that came out in 2002.
     
    "Planned Obsolescence" and "Forced Upgrades" are a social thing, not a technology issue.
  6. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from PianoPlayer88Key in Samsung Committing to Give Devices 3 Generations of Android Updates - But There's a Catch...   
    Define: Lasts
     
    I have have a few phones that are older than 3 generations. They still call, access the internet, can do almost anything in the playstore other than modern games. I have them doing things like being a remote for plex/kodi, home automation, entertainment systems.My current phone i think is coming up on 2 years and its battery still lasts 2 days of moderate use (6hr screen on with 50% brightness).
     
    If youre willing to replace your battery (not hard for most phones) 3 years is a joke. You can keep a modern smartphone alive until they shut off the 4g antennas for 8g or whatever. They are only just now shutting off 3g that came out in 2002.
     
    "Planned Obsolescence" and "Forced Upgrades" are a social thing, not a technology issue.
  7. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from DrMacintosh in Samsung Committing to Give Devices 3 Generations of Android Updates - But There's a Catch...   
    Define: Lasts
     
    I have have a few phones that are older than 3 generations. They still call, access the internet, can do almost anything in the playstore other than modern games. I have them doing things like being a remote for plex/kodi, home automation, entertainment systems.My current phone i think is coming up on 2 years and its battery still lasts 2 days of moderate use (6hr screen on with 50% brightness).
     
    If youre willing to replace your battery (not hard for most phones) 3 years is a joke. You can keep a modern smartphone alive until they shut off the 4g antennas for 8g or whatever. They are only just now shutting off 3g that came out in 2002.
     
    "Planned Obsolescence" and "Forced Upgrades" are a social thing, not a technology issue.
  8. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from starry in Samsung Committing to Give Devices 3 Generations of Android Updates - But There's a Catch...   
    Define: Lasts
     
    I have have a few phones that are older than 3 generations. They still call, access the internet, can do almost anything in the playstore other than modern games. I have them doing things like being a remote for plex/kodi, home automation, entertainment systems.My current phone i think is coming up on 2 years and its battery still lasts 2 days of moderate use (6hr screen on with 50% brightness).
     
    If youre willing to replace your battery (not hard for most phones) 3 years is a joke. You can keep a modern smartphone alive until they shut off the 4g antennas for 8g or whatever. They are only just now shutting off 3g that came out in 2002.
     
    "Planned Obsolescence" and "Forced Upgrades" are a social thing, not a technology issue.
  9. Funny
    silberdrachi reacted to mr moose in Samsung Committing to Give Devices 3 Generations of Android Updates - But There's a Catch...   
    No, I expect modern tech with last decades quality.  I don't like that people are accepting what is clearly a reduced quality in product across the industry while be asked to pay more.
  10. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from dizmo in Samsung Committing to Give Devices 3 Generations of Android Updates - But There's a Catch...   
    Define: Lasts
     
    I have have a few phones that are older than 3 generations. They still call, access the internet, can do almost anything in the playstore other than modern games. I have them doing things like being a remote for plex/kodi, home automation, entertainment systems.My current phone i think is coming up on 2 years and its battery still lasts 2 days of moderate use (6hr screen on with 50% brightness).
     
    If youre willing to replace your battery (not hard for most phones) 3 years is a joke. You can keep a modern smartphone alive until they shut off the 4g antennas for 8g or whatever. They are only just now shutting off 3g that came out in 2002.
     
    "Planned Obsolescence" and "Forced Upgrades" are a social thing, not a technology issue.
  11. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from The_russian in Samsung Committing to Give Devices 3 Generations of Android Updates - But There's a Catch...   
    Define: Lasts
     
    I have have a few phones that are older than 3 generations. They still call, access the internet, can do almost anything in the playstore other than modern games. I have them doing things like being a remote for plex/kodi, home automation, entertainment systems.My current phone i think is coming up on 2 years and its battery still lasts 2 days of moderate use (6hr screen on with 50% brightness).
     
    If youre willing to replace your battery (not hard for most phones) 3 years is a joke. You can keep a modern smartphone alive until they shut off the 4g antennas for 8g or whatever. They are only just now shutting off 3g that came out in 2002.
     
    "Planned Obsolescence" and "Forced Upgrades" are a social thing, not a technology issue.
  12. Like
    silberdrachi got a reaction from aselwyn1 in YouTube Removes Upload Email Notifications after over a decade   
    Guess I'm going to stop watching YouTube entirely. Literally the only reason i ever went to it was through an email notification link. I have never used the front page, or recommended pages or anything like that.
     
    Sucks for those creators, guess YouTube doesn't consider my views to be worth it.
     
    Secondary note, if it wasnt for this forum and this post, i wouldve never heard of this or known at all. Did they not see fit to notify their users in any way whatsoever?
  13. Like
    silberdrachi reacted to aselwyn1 in YouTube Removes Upload Email Notifications after over a decade   
    So YouTube has deiced to remove all upload email notifications. meaning the bell now only controls mobile and desktop ones if you have them turned on a feature that was in YouTube for over a decade and was a much stablier way to make sure you watched all your videos instead of the "sub box" 
     
    My thoughts
    This is probably the dumbest move i have seen them make in a long time. its another sign that Google hates Youtube and doesn't care about users/creators if people want a email notification like me that i have been using them for a decade should be able to pick but YouTube has removed it. i may not watch a video for a day or 2 or maybe a few weeks but it just sits in my email list till i get to it. you can get around it by creating individual emails from IFTTT on a per channel basis but are much slower. really thankful for Floatplane's Email Notifications
     
    Sources
    https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/63269933?hl=en
  14. Agree
    silberdrachi reacted to .Apex. in Rumored Specs for Apple's ARM Based MacBooks have "Leaked".   
    Those are all standard and expected features, it could easily be written by anyone, I was hoping for CPU clocks or some benchmarks
  15. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from Results45 in Pixel 4a launch - 3rd of August!   
    10 months since the 4 and 4xl launch
  16. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from thechinchinsong in Pixel 4a launch - 3rd of August!   
    10 months since the 4 and 4xl launch
  17. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from Senzelian in Pixel 4a launch - 3rd of August!   
    10 months since the 4 and 4xl launch
  18. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from The1Dickens in Wait 36 hours to review bomb-Metacritic makes you wait 36 hours to review a game   
    Man people are having a way harsher reaction to this than i couldve possibly imagined. Not sure what that says about the forums.
  19. Like
    silberdrachi got a reaction from 5x5 in Twitch makes US army stop clickbaiting viewers with fake giveaways   
    If your family has rules saying dont do it, and doesnt stop them from doing it.

    Someone is always responsible. Just because your subordinates did it doesnt mean youre not responsible for their actions on some level.
  20. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from StDragon in Xtremely Terrific - AMD releases three new Matisse CPU   
    Because they are the same price as the list launch price when the first came out. Not the same price as they are currently on sale for now.
     
    Meaning instead of replacing the existing priced lineup, they reset the prices for maybe a few % improvement.
  21. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from TVwazhere in Xtremely Terrific - AMD releases three new Matisse CPU   
    Because they are the same price as the list launch price when the first came out. Not the same price as they are currently on sale for now.
     
    Meaning instead of replacing the existing priced lineup, they reset the prices for maybe a few % improvement.
  22. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from jagdtigger in Wink 2 Hub going subscription based with 1wk notice   
    Software as a service and hardware as a service. Nothing is surprising about this now days. The definition of "ownership" has been drastically diluted by the tech industry in the past 20 years. But so long as people keep buying and clicking agree to those terms and conditions, thats not going to change. The government has no reason to step in like people believe.
  23. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from AbydosOne in AMD releases Adrenalin 20.2.2 - attempt at bug squashing and faith restoring   
    Speaking from the other side of this. The devs totally understand and wish they could do more to help. This is a corporate management and image issue.
     
    I have been a part of a few of these "Safety Stand-downs" (What they called them) where everyone dropped scope work and tried to knock out as many defects as they could in two weeks. The problem is that isnt enough time for many large issues, and then  management pretends like they fixed everything and pushes everyone back onto their scope work. The devs always wish they could fix more things, or larger things, but defect fixes dont sell products.
     
    The solution for this? Make as much public noise as possible. "There is no bad press" is total bullshit. Force the companies bs into the light and they will put a larger focus on quality over speed. Which in the software world follows the adage "slow is smooth smooth is fast", its much easier to write new things on top of good code than shit code with 50 bandaid fixes over top of it.
  24. Like
    silberdrachi got a reaction from Humbug in AMD releases Adrenalin 20.2.2 - attempt at bug squashing and faith restoring   
    Speaking from the other side of this. The devs totally understand and wish they could do more to help. This is a corporate management and image issue.
     
    I have been a part of a few of these "Safety Stand-downs" (What they called them) where everyone dropped scope work and tried to knock out as many defects as they could in two weeks. The problem is that isnt enough time for many large issues, and then  management pretends like they fixed everything and pushes everyone back onto their scope work. The devs always wish they could fix more things, or larger things, but defect fixes dont sell products.
     
    The solution for this? Make as much public noise as possible. "There is no bad press" is total bullshit. Force the companies bs into the light and they will put a larger focus on quality over speed. Which in the software world follows the adage "slow is smooth smooth is fast", its much easier to write new things on top of good code than shit code with 50 bandaid fixes over top of it.
  25. Agree
    silberdrachi got a reaction from Brooksie359 in LTTStore.com soon to be ADA(AA) compliant? - US Supreme court allows blind people to sue online shops if their website is not accessible   
    Working in the government contracting sector we have to ensure section 508 compliance on literally everything we develop. Even things that literally only 1 person in the world has access to and i have met in person and know for a fact they are not blind nor deaf nor colorblind, nor any of the other provisions. It is interesting that the ruling stopped short of mandating the same coverage as section 508.
     
    508 compliance is a HUGE drain on resources not just in developing it but in testing and maintaining it. It doesnt help that every browser and every text reader works off a different non-standard system too.
     
    While i agree that allowing easy access for disabled people is always great, forcing small companies or small projects to support that right out of the gate is a hell of a hurdle to jump through. Id be interested to see how they actually intend to enforce it as well. Just having the SC say something doesnt mean it magically means that the world changes.
×