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It’s actually essential for more serious games without loading screens, which is why for example the PS5 ships with and mandates fast SSDs.
Grand theft auto games on the PS2 ran without loading screens
Today it’s possible to do it in almost any game if you are guaranteed a fast SSD and the consoles do that.
SD download option is the answer. I think this whole issue shouldn't exist in the first place. I do understand that full voice over and 4k ready textures comes at a price but some devs are getting lazy and some games are just ridiculous. We're talking about handhelds like Steam Deck. Even if I plug it in as a console it won't have the juice to run at full resolution. When I want to quickly grab an episode of a tv ser…
I think many would be amazed at how the space used on a game today is broken down in space usage. Most will be along the lines of cut scenes, graphics, audio......library and librarys galore...logic code of the program that is unique to the game and finally some text file hidden away. But talking your AAA kind of titles that seem to be the norm, not your chess games, though even then, graphics sure has gained space i…
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Laying around is a fairly common usage, it might be regional not sure.
I've found this to be a common Americanism, but it's still incorrect, I believe. When I moved to the US in my teens, I was surprised at the sheer disregard of English grammar rules in common vernacular here, to the point that some folks (though not my English teachers) think their incorrect use is correct. :) The most marked case I saw was in a Dodo video where the person correctly said "lying", but The Dodo's captio…
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I've found this to be a common Americanism, but it's still incorrect, I believe. When I moved to the US in my teens, I was surprised at the sheer disregard of English grammar rules in common vernacular here, to the point that some folks (though not my English teachers) think their incorrect use is correct. :) The most marked case I saw was in a Dodo video where the person correctly said "lying", but The Dodo's captio…
I could care less about your explanation! > When I moved to the US in my teens, I was surprised at the sheer disregard of English grammar rules in common vernacular here, to the point that some folks (though not my English teachers) think their incorrect use is correct. You noted a common feature of incorrect Americanisms, which is that many of its speakers proudly and ignorantly proclaim their usage is correct. Disr…
It's *couldn't care less my dude
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In this scenario, low latency would be a lot more useful than high throughput.
Why? Both high latency and low throughput (given large asset sizes) mean longer waiting times.
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Laying around is a fairly common usage, it might be regional not sure.
I've found this to be a common Americanism, but it's still incorrect, I believe. When I moved to the US in my teens, I was surprised at the sheer disregard of English grammar rules in common vernacular here, to the point that some folks (though not my English teachers) think their incorrect use is correct. :) The most marked case I saw was in a Dodo video where the person correctly said "lying", but The Dodo's captio…
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I need this slot added back to my phone. Thank you very much, phone manufacturers.
I think you can thank Apple for that. They destroyed all the funky phones from competition.
I know this because I used to try to help. I used to think that, for whatever reason, people just didn't know about all of the options out there.
I was wrong.
"I want a smaller phone" here's a smaller phone "yeah but I don't like that one".
"I want a thicker phone with a huge battery" here's a thicker phone with a huge battery "yeah but I don't like that one".
"I want a dumber phone" here's a dumber phone "yeah but I don't like that one".
"I want a privacy-focused phone" here's a privacy-focused phone "yeah but I don't like that one".
People will make up an infinite variety of excuses why a product that meets their chief stated requirement isn't for them.
"Oh the camera is only 24.9999 megapixels instead of 25. Oh that's 9mm thick I really can only do 8.9mm at maximum. Oh that's only IP68 rated I want IP69. Oh that screen is 5.4 inches-- TOO BIG-- I want a 5.25 inch screen."
The best was when someone wanted a rugged phone with long battery life and they rejected an option because its ARM cores ran at like 525MHz less than the latest shiny Samsung joint so they bought the skinny non-rugged non-gigundo-battery Samsung instead. They didn't understand that the only distance between the two would be in benchmarks, and only by small margins, and that to human perception there would be no difference.
What I think they want, instead of a phone that meets their requirements, is a POPULAR phone that they consider to be an aspiration goal or status symbol to be specifically designed to meet their personal requirements and that everyone else should have those same requirements too.
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Laying around is a fairly common usage, it might be regional not sure.
I've found this to be a common Americanism, but it's still incorrect, I believe. When I moved to the US in my teens, I was surprised at the sheer disregard of English grammar rules in common vernacular here, to the point that some folks (though not my English teachers) think their incorrect use is correct. :) The most marked case I saw was in a Dodo video where the person correctly said "lying", but The Dodo's captio…
The idea that there is only one correct way to use a language and that it is determined in academic circles and should be enforced on the masses is inherently based in illegitimate authority and social exclusion and is not a social force for good.
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I could care less about your explanation! > When I moved to the US in my teens, I was surprised at the sheer disregard of English grammar rules in common vernacular here, to the point that some folks (though not my English teachers) think their incorrect use is correct. You noted a common feature of incorrect Americanisms, which is that many of its speakers proudly and ignorantly proclaim their usage is correct. Disr…
bait? It's *couldn't care less my dude
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I think you can thank Apple for that. They destroyed all the funky phones from competition.
There is a near-infinite variety of phones. People claim that they want them but really they don't. I know this because I used to try to help. I used to think that, for whatever reason, people just didn't know about all of the options out there. I was wrong. "I want a smaller phone" here's a smaller phone "yeah but I don't like that one". "I want a thicker phone with a huge battery" here's a thicker phone with a huge…
It's almost impossible to compete with Apple and Google. Samsung is managing to hang on, but not many others can.
I think the level of software control that Apple and Google wield alone is cause for regulatory scrutiny and possible antitrust action. Maybe something like that can oxygenate the field for better competition.
Smartphones shouldn't be this stagnant. It should be a highly competitive market. But it isn't.