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New comment by chainingsolid in "Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers"

chainingsolid — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:09:43 +0000

For me the 3.5 teirs of units in Supcom feels better then the TA style. The simple start with teir 1, the expantion of options with teir 2, sledge hammer of teir 3, ending with the experimentals. TA and clones felt like simple straight to end game.

New comment by chainingsolid in "Transfer files over an Ethernet patch cable"

chainingsolid — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 19:24:02 +0000

I'll add looking up the ipv4 and ipv6 specs on www.rfc-editor.org .

New comment by chainingsolid in "I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them"

chainingsolid — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:29:14 +0000

That would explain why I haven't seen one! Thanks for the info.

New comment by chainingsolid in "I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them"

chainingsolid — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:58:20 +0000

You mention a Fluke, which I'm assuming is in relation to an ethernet cable tester (made by Fluke). I've seen/used continuity testers, but not something better (I've been using iperf3) Could you link/include the sku/model number of what you are refering too?

New comment by chainingsolid in "Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc"

chainingsolid — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:15:45 +0000

I got Kerbal Space Program to run by just copying the entire folder then deleting the Steam dlls. Not sure how many games that will work for though.

New comment by chainingsolid in "Learn OpenGL, extensive tutorial resource for learning Modern OpenGL"

chainingsolid — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:40:14 +0000

Well depending on transparency and depth buffer it either doesn't matter or really really does....

Also for your confusion it truely is parallel, the best kind in fact. The trivial kind, each pixel's color is independent of every other pixel so you can and thus want too do them ALL at the same time!

New comment by chainingsolid in "Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July"

chainingsolid — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:53:00 +0000

The "trick" I've seen is just doing it with enough space to be safe and with property owner permission. The cops are likely caring about safety not the letter of culturally unenforceable law on July 4th. Problem is this don't work in the suburbs and cities, it's just to dense.

New comment by chainingsolid in "Phosh 0.56.0"

chainingsolid — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:42:10 +0000

In my experience (Pinephone) Plasma mobile was slower then Phosh by a very noticeable amount. And I remember a poll on Pine64 forum on mobile DE was like 50% Phosh...

New comment by chainingsolid in "Phosh 0.56.0"

chainingsolid — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:37:23 +0000

Better open hardware would help a ton. Phosh itself was made for the Librem 5. The mobile specific Linuix apps are getting made in response to hardware, not to make a market for it!

New comment by chainingsolid in "Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulkan 1.2"

chainingsolid — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:35:33 +0000

Sodium is the current fps increase mod at the moment.

New comment by chainingsolid in "Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)"

chainingsolid — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:53:55 +0000

Fully second doing some learning. A lot of the critical 'meta' is fairly basic. Factory first, don't stall energy, reclaim wins games, commander strong early.

Also if you see me(same username) online and are starting out, feel free to reach out over the FAF chat system, for some simple coaching. Game gets a lot easier after some of the meta is learned. I can't garentee I'll even respond, but I would hate for someone to bounce off due to the learning curve.

New comment by chainingsolid in "Unity vs. Floating Point"

chainingsolid — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:58:54 +0000

Compilers will convert mul/div to shifts, if they notice one of the operands is a power of 2. I would have included a link to an example on compiler explorer (https://godbolt.org/) but the source editor didn't work on my Pinephone for some reason..

New comment by chainingsolid in "Humiliating IIS servers for fun and jail time"

chainingsolid — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:24:24 +0000

I've seen it used to deliver 'apps' that 90% of a business's employees use. (EX: Met/Team) in the Metrology (calibration) space.

New comment by chainingsolid in "Minecraft: Java Edition 26.2, the first version with Vulkan 1.2"

chainingsolid — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:10:25 +0000

I don't remember being able to pick which card OpenGL uses, while with Vulkan it's a required question the App has to answer...

New comment by chainingsolid in "Motorola effectively bricked its entire line of WiFi routers without explanation"

chainingsolid — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:42:28 +0000

I was able to install there controller software on pretty much any PC (windows or linuix) and adopt and configure APs. No phone required. Not sure about other networking gear.

New comment by chainingsolid in "Learn SQL Once, Use It for 30 Years"

chainingsolid — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:54:27 +0000

I inquired about getting a static IP(s) for a small business, and only v4 is available.... and that was this year!

New comment by chainingsolid in "Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra"

chainingsolid — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:55:48 +0000

When I switched my desktop from Windows 10 -> Debian, I noticed the fans ran less (until video games). And I pretty much ran the same apps. 1/2 of the complaining is a lack of being able to choose/clean up that is running!

New comment by chainingsolid in "Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra"

chainingsolid — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:36:38 +0000

Adding to this.

x86 Most random Linuix ISOs will boot on anything. I've seen software compiled before the hardware had finished being designed boot just fine. (in the latest case lstopo was very confused, but everything still worked!)

ARM, I go looking for a build for my chip/device in particular.

x86 I just buy hardware and it works, ARM I check for OS builds before buying, and wonder if the builds will continue to get updates.....

New comment by chainingsolid in "Blue Origin's New Glenn blows up during static fire test"

chainingsolid — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:19:32 +0000

cubesat + small rocket. Orbital mechanics require a burn at a later time in the orbit, to avoid coming back to say hello again to Mr. Trebuchet (Ignoring Earth's rotation)

New comment by chainingsolid in "Blue Origin's New Glenn blows up during static fire test"

chainingsolid — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:04:04 +0000

You would have to do at least a circulization burn no matter the budget spent on maglev.