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New comment by orloffm in "OLED iPad Mini"

orloffm — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:35:49 +0000

It's not. OLED screens use PWM, i.e. they are switching to almost black 256 times a second. That's tiresome for the eyes. Especially when you read from it with artificial lighting which is dim, that makes those black periods long and noticeable. Yes, recent iPhones sometimes don't go full black, but that's only for near-100% brightness.

New comment by orloffm in "Gemini 4 Argon"

orloffm — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:18:02 +0000

That's exactly Antigravity.

New comment by orloffm in "New Apple TV 4K"

orloffm — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:17:06 +0000

Does anyone know, does it support video delay? I.e. my Sonos speakers have 150ms latency, can it output audio earlier than video?

New comment by orloffm in "Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant"

orloffm — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:21 +0000

They do ask where are you going and where you will be staying, even if you have a permanent residence permit. Depends on your passport.

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

orloffm — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:15:12 +0000

If you're an avid photo taker, you need to buy a Pixel Pro.

New comment by orloffm in "iPhone Duo"

orloffm — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:51:55 +0000

They've adopted OLED for screens, but it's gotten even worse with iPhone 17 with horrible PWM difficult to look at. While Chinese models are introducing DC dimming and fighting the problem.

New comment by orloffm in "Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI"

orloffm — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:48:23 +0000

They are. Selling out was done with the expectation that "the West" will outsource the basics, but will have hands freed to "reach singularity" and will keep the braids of all the technological chains. Now the "reaching singularity" itself is being lost, so everyone suddenly understands that there is nothing left.

New comment by orloffm in "Resetting Xbox"

orloffm — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:16:22 +0000

Pretty much the Switch experience. It sometimes downloads updates, but system updates are like 10 seconds, and games are updated in the background seamlessly. I don't play Fortnite, but it's also always updated in the library.

Yes, if you don't keep it powered, it won't do that, but why wouldn't you if it just stays in the dock dark and quiet?

New comment by orloffm in "Resetting Xbox"

orloffm — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:08:11 +0000

But Dread was wonderful, so if this outsourcing produced even one such a game, it was worth it after all.

New comment by orloffm in "Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries"

orloffm — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:46:45 +0000

I would prefer the current versions without anything replaceable. I have the Switch bought on day 1 and a Pro Controller which is 9 years old. Yes, the Switch was mostly used docked, but the battery is last thing failing there, it rather has issues with the fan, the screen scratches etc. The controller works perfectly and I charge it once a month. The replaceable battery would only make it less solid.

The biggest Switch issue by far is joystick drift on joycons. I've replaced 3 on my Switch 2 already and we have the same issue on the new Switch 2 in the office.

New comment by orloffm in "ZCode – Harness for GLM-5.2"

orloffm — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:21:16 +0000

How is this different from installing Claude Code or Codex? Maybe in the US someone has some hopes about having those makers "legally liable", but in Europe both US and China products seem equally far away and equally closed in all senses.

New comment by orloffm in "GLM 5.2 vs. Opus"

orloffm — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:14:42 +0000

> 256 GiB unified RAM.

So, 8000$, plus it's unavailable. 3 years of Codex/Opus subscription.

> API prices

Which are irrelevant for 200$ Codex/Opus plans that are times cheaper.

New comment by orloffm in "Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid"

orloffm — Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:25 +0000

It's the same in Poland. Toyota found a way that you can install some "immobilizer" thing that hacks the system into muting the alerts (but they still blink though) and was so proud that they started calling owners offering it for install. But all the cars do beep.

New comment by orloffm in "Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid"

orloffm — Fri, 15 May 2026 09:58:18 +0000

I've rented an Audi in Germany. On autobahns with 140 km/h speed limits there are lots of signs that limit speed to some low values like 50 km/h, but only under some conditions like snow, darkness, workday morning etc. Of course the car had no idea about those, started beeping for no reason and once even decided to do an emergency brake.

New comment by orloffm in "Killed by Apple"

orloffm — Tue, 12 May 2026 09:26:21 +0000

I've bought 3 iPhone SEs and am very happy with my decision. There is simply no other phone on the market now that is easy on eyes. iPhones 17 and Pixels are absolutely unbearable. Most LCD Androids switch to some new screens with shimming where they flicker colors to support wider gamut or whatever.

New comment by orloffm in "Is my blue your blue? (2024)"

orloffm — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:10:07 +0000

Yes, the middle color there on the results page is clearly "goluboy" to me, so I my line is at ~33%, in the middle between green and goluboy.

New comment by orloffm in "Epic Games to cut more than 1k jobs as Fortnite usage falls"

orloffm — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:01:49 +0000

Cosmetics suck. It's all the same rehashed "urban style" characters with the same design again and again. I don't want to buy those. I've bought some video game characters like Geralt, but that's it. They can do historical figures, old movie characters, national costumes and songs, maybe something military etc., but they don't. And I don't want to buy battle passes recently, they are boring and stupid, all those items from them only clutter the inventory that you have to clean manually.

New comment by orloffm in "British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time"

orloffm — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:29:29 +0000

It didn't fail in Russia, it's permanent day time there and no one complains at all. The only problem is +1 hour difference with Europe during Winter.

New comment by orloffm in "India and EU announce landmark trade deal"

orloffm — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:07:21 +0000

It's all about German car makers wanting to sell more cars. The recent Mercosur deal was also about it. Of course, no one will buy them anyway since they are too expensive and low quality and Chinese cars are more accessible anyway.

New comment by orloffm in "Bugs Apple loves"

orloffm — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:47:54 +0000

Choosing another user on the current macOS is horrible beyond any corporate standards. Clicking a different user has a 2 second delay without any animation, and any interaction ("wait, have I clicked it?") in that time cancels it. Like no one has multiple users on their computers in the whole management chain? No one cares?