Hacker News: HDBaseT

New comment by HDBaseT in "An update on Wayback Machine access"

HDBaseT — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:54:04 +0000

What do you expect them to do though? You have to be a reasonable person.

New comment by HDBaseT in "An update on Wayback Machine access"

HDBaseT — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:50 +0000

Who do you think the Internet Archive is? They are not Google, they have very low funding, very high expenses and are constantly under legal pressure.

The fact you can even access the Internet Archive for free is a result of tens thousands of human hours striving for one goal. Digital Preservation. If you rely so much on IA, you should consider donating.

New comment by HDBaseT in "An update on Wayback Machine access"

HDBaseT — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:52:30 +0000

How exactly does IPv6 "stop crawlers".

If anything, it will make it harder to block due to the vastness of the IPv6 address space.

New comment by HDBaseT in "An update on Wayback Machine access"

HDBaseT — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:47:33 +0000

I think you have the wrong impression of the Internet Archive.

The internet archive is not designed to circumvent anything. It is not designed to "grant access without having your own access".

New comment by HDBaseT in "Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking"

HDBaseT — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:38:51 +0000

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New comment by HDBaseT in "Data collected by cars and sold to third parties"

HDBaseT — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:28:06 +0000

Not really. A 50 year old is a collectable, in high demand.

New comment by HDBaseT in "Steam Frame starts at $1059"

HDBaseT — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:04:26 +0000

Linus said it on the leaked TechQuickie video from a 2 days ago.

New comment by HDBaseT in "Steam Frame starts at $1059"

HDBaseT — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:22:30 +0000

What country?

New comment by HDBaseT in "Steam Frame starts at $1059"

HDBaseT — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:21:31 +0000

What hardware are people using to run modern VR?

1440p (2560x1440) is 3,686,400 pixels.

2160p (2160x2160) is 4,665,600 pixels, per eye, so 9,331,200 pixels.

This headset will require a million more pixels to be rendered than 4K. 9 Million pixels @ 144hz is no easy task.

My RTX 4080 (9800X3D) struggles with 4K gaming.

New comment by HDBaseT in "Steam Frame starts at $1059"

HDBaseT — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:03:56 +0000

Even the Frame doesn't support Linux properly. You cannot do streaming from a Linux machine, it must be a Windows machine. (yet).

I'm sick of pretending Valve cares about Linux. Their own games have major issues with Linux.

Every CS2 update breaks something, last time it was the inventory screens which were completely broken for like 2 weeks.

Left 4 Dead 2 has major frame pacing and stutter issues on the Native Build & Proton doesn't let you play multiplayer.

Counter Strike Dev Tools only runs on Windows.

New comment by HDBaseT in "Steam Frame starts at $1059"

HDBaseT — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:57:53 +0000

I've never understood the whole VR game ecosystem. There is a handful of titles (outside of Half Life Alyx, which even then looks pretty shit and clunky) that are worth playing on VR.

Most are short bursts of fun and don't really have any moat.

New comment by HDBaseT in "Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety feature"

HDBaseT — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:49:41 +0000

Yeah, like the parents who strangle their kids to death.

New comment by HDBaseT in "Bodily Oddities"

HDBaseT — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:46:19 +0000

That is insane to me, as someone who suffers from chronic headaches every single day.

New comment by HDBaseT in "Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables"

HDBaseT — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:09:23 +0000

AV receiver maybe.

New comment by HDBaseT in "Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?"

HDBaseT — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:39:19 +0000

The speed of light is unbelievably slow, not even as a cosmic scale, but on earth.

We cannot play competitive multiplayer games globally, without 300ms ping. I dream of a world playing Black Ops 2 on a original PS3 in 2026 getting into a lobby because latency is low.

New comment by HDBaseT in "Trump promises $5k payout to U.S. adults if Republicans win election"

HDBaseT — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:18:18 +0000

"The only caveat I have is that the dividend that we're making must be spent in the United States of America."

New comment by HDBaseT in "Searching for the best silicone USB cable"

HDBaseT — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:51:37 +0000

LTT is Canadian though. It's simply the shipping costs globally are expensive.

Annyways; I like the LTT TrueSpec cables although I think the thickness of the connector is slightly too small.

It feels loose in multiple of my devices, e.g. S22 Ultra & S23 Ultra. No other connector feels this loose.

New comment by HDBaseT in "ChatGPT Images 2.5"

HDBaseT — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:08:47 +0000

Why would you even have kids if you don't want to give them agency or respect?

What would it take for you to realize you are being abusive and invading their privacy? Don't complain when your son puts a gun to his mouth and blows his brains out in front of you.

New comment by HDBaseT in "216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]"

HDBaseT — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:01:54 +0000

+$7,000

New comment by HDBaseT in "iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max"

HDBaseT — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:28:09 +0000

In theory it sounds alright, although in reality, the heat and power consumption make this less than ideal.

I am not sure single digit tk/s on weak model like ChatGPT OSS 20b @ Q3_K_M is going to be worthwhile.

Not to mention this has to be <0.01% of users who "want" to do this. The iPhone tooling would make it hard to even configure and spin up a local LLM.