Oh my gosh. Buy a Eizo CG-line monitor if you're shopping at this price. Built in hardware calibration and very good gray uniformity. No, not 5k but quite frankly I don't have a preference between UHD and 2560x1440 for photography, video and general use. True colors reign.
If all you want is a low-resolution monitor with good color calibration you can pick up an old Cinema Display for a couple hundred bucks that will do the same thing.
Really? I thought IPS didn't even exist in those days.
But I still doubt they manage the same quality and colour depth as a current midrange display. I have some old Eizos from that era and they're no match for my 200 euro 4K LG.
I'm not sure you know how built-in hardware calibration works. A built-in arm on the CG swings out at a set interval and automatically creates a LUT for the screen.
It's difficult question. Assume 5k2k 40inch (U4021QW) vs 8K 32inch (almost same height); 5k2k is great aspect ratio for single monitor setup, but dpi is moderate. 8k 32inch is too much dpi for 200% HiDPI. 8k 40inch is sweet spot for 200% but it's too big for monitor. Maybe I'd take 8K 32inch and use with 250% HiDPI, if prices are same.
Great! Rulings are one thing. I can however add that despite rulings, there's extensive work being done at Sweden's governmental agencies and municipalities to replace USA hosted services. The city of Stockholm (40 000 workers and countless students) just recently said no to Office 365 partly because of Schrems II.
I see that as pretty easy, ship pre-paid vouchers to participants or digital ones. Have them scanned and then billed to customer. Nothing complicated with big enough operators if they want to sell such service.
If every Russian can see what an inconvenience it is to have Putin as a leader the hope is that they will be more inclined to do everything in their power to have him replaced. Some will of course just blame "west", but there will also be those who will come to question power.
Or, as happened in Iraq and Afghanistan, these actions could further radicalize an entire population.
I think it is safe to assume that if the west applies broad and indiscriminate sanctions that devastate the lives of everyday Russians, many/most are more likely to blame the west who directly imposed the sanctions rather than their own government who will very likely use propaganda to convince them to hate their western oppressors.
It is similar, in my opinion, to the broader Islamic radicalization that occurred after 9/11 when the US employed extraordinary rendition and enhanced interrogation techniques rather indiscriminately on both known terrorists and suspects captured without charge or due process/fair-trial.
Have you considered the risk that these actions could strengthen Putin’s grip on power and provide justification to the Russian people to escalate conflict further?
I gleaned this hypothesis From a recent Joe Rohan Podcast episode with Maajid Awaz, a former Islamic radical, who turned away from radical Islam and helped educate western leaders how to de-radicalize extremists after 9/11. [0]
It certainly applies political pressure with respect to the current war, but it seems absurd to suggest that Russian citizens will replace Putin because of inconveniences on the internet.
> For christ's sake, I use Yandex translate because it's better for Russian. I now can't link that on a language learning subreddit.
I'm sorry that you can't post translation links and it may seem blunt, but currently people are dying and fleeing.
If every Russian can see what an inconvenience it is to have Putin as a leader the hope is that they will be more inclined to do everything in their power to have him replaced. Some will of course just blame "west", but there will a also be those who will come to question power.
this may sound blunt. but people are always and will always be dying. most of them will be poor people in some bush conflict you do not hear or care about but there has always been a war 'somewhere'. if conflict demands we suspend all of our principles and all modes of sensibility 'for the sake of the dying people' then we will do so indefinitely.
No shit, I have friends in Ukraine and have been over there multiple times this year.
The citizens of a country don't see their existence as being a bargaining chip. There is no situation in which the Russian people simply think "oh, ok, let's just do what those people who disabled my bank account say". None.
This whole thing is an exercise in seeing just how little people know or are even interested in the world outside of their tiny bubble.
Judging from the current sentiment around piracy among younger generations, I've concluded that MPAA/RIAA propaganda against piracy has been a rousing success.
My philosophy has always been: Pay for things if you are able, it's convenient, and pricing is fair. And if piracy is easier than paying, piracy always wins.
It's the reason I buy all my video games now and rarely pirate music anymore, but half of my TV and movies come through my seedbox.
This. They convinced the kids that piracy is bad and evil, and the Big IP lobby is laughing all the way to bank. Ensuring that you own nothing, and will rent your life from them in perpetuity.
Exactly. If the only way I can get 4k movies and shows without a stream degrading and being able to use mpv or other such video players is through piracy, then so be it.
I'm in a similar position. I use Spotify for music, but for movies/TV, I pirate everything despite paying for multiple streaming services.
It's about being able to consume media on my own terms. Thanks to piracy, I can get the same quality content from another source and enjoy it however I want, on any device, online or offline.
It looks very visually similar to Oracle of Ages/Seasons and lot less like Minish Cap or A Link to the Past. There's definitely a much more limited color palette per sprite than what the GBA games typically do.
> But product? Nothing is being sold and product sounds almost condescending. :)
Really!? You don't think it's trying to be condescending to try to find criticism on someone's praise, haha? Heh, aanyway :) You feel product is bad!? So weird!! I guess you find there what you bring to it. Wonder what you're protecting there, if you share more of your thinking, we can do know you more. Even so, I think we can just celebrate gildas' achievement! :)
