Russians can’t trust. They grow up in a culture where corruption is common and lies more prevalent than reality. The only way a Russian can ever trust a thing is to do it themselves. The only other option is to remove anyone else who can do it better and then claim the advance as a Russian victory.
Russia can’t be trusted by anyone anymore. Russians will be out for themselves, as they always are.
That’s so weird. This isn’t about Nintendo hardware sucking: it’s running on an actual Nintendo Switch, except instead of it using the Switch’s OS and it running the game, it goes Linux -> Emulator (yuzu) -> game (running from an actual cart through a dumper) and somehow that’s faster.
It’s a software issue.
Is it the Nintendo Switch OS which is needlessly bloated? It does nothing, how can it be heavier than an actual Linux Distribution?
I’m not familiar with how the Switch works, but the dumper has a FPGA for decoding the cartridge. Is this something that the Switch has to do in real time in software, and maybe that’s where the performance loss comes from? It seems unlikely but I know nothing of the Switch’s internals or software. In fact let’s just say I know nothing at all, I’m just an idiot.
PS: Everyone who buys used Switch games should see this until the end. The dumper allows you to extract a certificate file from a cartridge. Basically, someone malicious could buy a new game, dump it including the certificate file, clone it, and resell the game. Then they would be able to play online with it. If you buy the original copy afterwards and play online, you are likely going to be the one whose certificate is flagged as fake, leading to you being banned.
Also, they could just sell multiple copies of cloned games and you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference… Except for the certificate, which would be the same and would signal Nintendo that you (and like 10 other people) are playing a fake game, unbeknownst to you.
This is actually not surprising to me. I heard that Windows used to perform better on a virtual machine with a Linux host. The Linux kernel is very mature, and virtual machines (or emulators) use tricks to improve performance.
I think a bigger factor is the memory and resources reserved for the account system / store / online services, etc. But also, yeah the emulator might be more efficient on a few calls
This has been big on some of AMD’s workstation and server chips because Windows generally doesn’t know what to do with the unexpected NUMA Node layouts. Or the scheduler just can’t handle 128 cores. So abstracting that away with Linux’s superior scheduler can help significantly on certain hardware
To be honest I naively assumed Nintendo not to be the type of company (… Or even competent enough) to implement the type of data mining that would impact performance lol
Is it the Nintendo Switch OS which is needlessly bloated? It does nothing, how can it be heavier than an actual Linux Distribution?
AFAIK the OS is based on a microkernel and the modules are rather small, so there’s probably a lot of overhead for IPC. Also I guess the power management is quite aggressive to increase battery life and lower heat.
Additionally, as a high level emulator Yuzu sacrifices some accuracy for speed. It’s possible that this allows it to also be faster than the official implementation.
At that point why not run the Java version when you're using Linux anyway? Java apps run great on Linux (compared to Windows) and this also allows them to use the Fabric based performance mods too which would boost it even more.
Sure, this makes sense for Minecraft, and the video itself only compared Minecraft (for fear of being struck by the Nintendo Ninjas, which is an interesting fear considering everything else in the video). I’d love to see if other games, like BoTW or Pokémon S/V, have similar performance enhancements.
The switch natively can tune the performance, which you might notice going from docked to handheld mode and seeing the quality dip.
The emulated setup is probably bypassing some of this, which would likely have a “safety” zone it never leaves to make sure the performance is always smooth and the battery isn’t being drained too fast, and it’s likely pretty conservative.
The Quest 3 does the same thing and using some tools, you can adjust the hidden visual settings of a game to make it look better or run faster at the cost of some more heat and battery usage. Natively, it really holds back what it will allow the software to do with the hardware because it’s focused more on battery life, and cranking up, say, Wrath of Asgard 2, you might only get an hour of battery but it looks and runs way better.
Yeah, the switch has an entire core locked off and everything is downclocked to improve battery life and control temperatures. No doubt this emulation gives everything more clock cycles (and perhaps an extra core?). Probably very short on battery and possibly very hot too.
I agree, but I mean… Nintendo’s primary audience are children and adults who aren’t necessarily tech savvy. The Deck’s primary audience is practically the exact opposite. Having it work is more important than squeezing out every last ounce of power for most consumers. The same applies to the Quest (though it is much simpler to unlock that power if you’re a dev or power user than a Nintendo product).
I just think of giving some mercy to the tech support team by not having the options where someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing could fiddle with it. The way you enable developer options in Android would be nice though. Fun even; it’s like finding an Easter egg.
In a perfect world, we’d be able to just use the hardware however the fuck we wanted without any barriers. 😞
I would assume the cart slot is directly connected to the bus and should be faster than going through the USB port, but that’s just a wild guess since I don’t know enough about hardware let alone the specifics of the Switch’s.
Watching you humor is like seeing the hands of the maestro at work. It may be time to start adding the slash S, but I can't fully express how f***ing much I respect that you don't.
/a started to be used because the context can be so ambiguous. It isn’t needed when no-one would honestly say what was said. Unfortunately, the bar for that is so low now, it’s practically an underground pipe.
It also removes the “it was a joke, don’t get so uptight” argument, when they get called out for being a racist prick etc.
President Trump (again) says he won't protect European NATO allies.
NATO is effectively dead. The US nuclear umbrella no longer protects Europe.
An emboldened Putin, engages in constant provocations and distractions.
Some EU members are forced to drastically increase defense spending. Others come to the conclusion that acquiring a nuclear deterrent is now a necessity. Populist Putin verstehers win elections in some European countries, in part thanks to support from an emboldened Kremlin, promising to reduce defense spending. The EU project effectively dies. Europe is divided.
A large part of the EU now kowtows to China.
Because Europe is weakened, Putin continues to cause provocations and a miscalculation is made OR Russia deliberately invades the Suwalki gap (which is already indefensible now), thereby connect Kaliningrad with Russia. Putin's allies have regularly suggested that this is part of the plan.
Europe is now at war with Russia. The US does not intervene, because of Trump or his isolationist successor.
Europe is weakened from decades of underinvestment, weapons caches are depleted having supported Ukraine, Europe hasn't had enough time (or will) to properly re-arm, Europe is divided, it is not clear who will protect who.
Certain European countries feel existentially threatened. They have no conventional military response to Russian aggression. Russia is making steady gains.
Some European countries still have a non-conventional military response.
A nuclear war starts in Europe.
Most importantly for American readers, this significantly raises fuel prices.
Half the population blames a long dead Biden and soy based diets.
I almost completely agree with you. Except the last point. We’ll blame who’s ever in charge at the moment. Just like how Trump’s legacy fucked up our current situation, but we’ll blame Biden because he’s at the helm. Imo American short sightedness is the root cause of all of this.
That's because Americans are dumb. You should be more like us Europeans and blame foreigners, migrants and supranational institutions like the EU which are preventing our magnificent national politicians from putting 'our' people first. /s
This is brilliant, exactly what I was thinking. Knowing russians and Russia very closely, this is a very likely scenario if Russia prevails in the next few months.
Rewarding Russia now is bringing much more war very soon. Unfortunately there is a disagreement on this fact even between well-intended people who genuinely want peace.
I just can’t imagine that so many americans want Trump to win and suck each others dick with Putin. Like, yeah, let your good old enemy get stronger, conquer Europe and…simply get stronger? Is that what americans want? Stronger Russia?
\1. I don’t see a scenario that would have Putin’s win in Ukraine, even if he conquers the whole country, have him in a more geopolitically advantageous position that he was before 2014. Before 2014 Ukraine was a staunch Russian ally, almost like Belarus. The current situation is like if a Russia-aligned PM got elected in Canada, the US declared war, and would still be fighting having lost most of its army over almost a decade.
But aside from that let me go doomer even harder.
2-4. That would almost certainly result in a civil war or a coup in a very short amount of time. As soon as NATO is not keeping the world order, global commerce, thus the value of the dollar as a reserve currency for global trade up, the US economy will enter a never-before-seen recession, possible hyperinflation, which Trump will need to deflect from. My money is war on Mexico or Cuba. Or both.
5-8. There is a big chance that France would make good on their policy of first strike with their nuclear weapons before Russian soldiers would get too comfortable on European soil. China and the US join in since the Russians start shooting everyone out of force of habit. The Earth is now uninhabitable.
France has been ambivalent about deploying nuclear weapons for anything other than defense of La Patrie, perhaps strategically so. There is also a very real chance of a far right take-over in France, they're in the pocket of Russia. The far left likely is too. France is unreliable.
The UK however has been quite explicit about guaranteeing eastern Europe. The problem is that Putin consistently underestimates their resolve, and in the event that Ukraine falls, may make the calculation that the UK wouldn't respond.
Just one correction. Ukraine was an EU ally and in their pipeline for joining. Yanukovych pulling a flip to sign treaties with Russia instead is what instigated the Maidan uprising.
Yeah I was living in Eastern Europe back then so no excuse, but I guess most people don’t follow neighbouring countries’ politics. For example I have no idea what the political landscape in Romania is.
You gotta imagine the US has at least one or two publicly unknown weapon types socked away for a rainy day. At the outside, perhaps something crazy in the vein of Rods from God.
AGM-158 JASSM's with CHAMP packages. Stealth cruise missiles with anti-electronics packages. Would bring down the bloodshed significantly while disabling enemy communications, launchers, radar installations, etc. These can be fired by F-16s.
The CHAMP is superior to other electronic warfare weapons because it destroys electronics, rather than jamming which temporarily affects systems that come back online when it stops being applied....
CHAMP is capable of up to 100 shots per sortie.
And this the first big mistake of become a soldier in a war during this times. That’s why many europeans will not fight for their countries aswell, there isnt a rich paycheck waiting you, only misery and death, warlords games sitting on their red chairs around long table, I can’t believe that still there is someone doing the soldier, expecially the attackers, who are this people to accept invading another country? Thiefs, murders, evil guys.
why many europeans will not fight for their countries aswell, there isnt a rich paycheck waiting you
I’m not many europeans, and I’m afraid you’re partly correct, but should the need rise I will fight for my country and any amount of money isn’t in the equation. I want my kids to grow up in a free country like I did and fight for it, like my grandparents did. I really hope things don’t escalate to that, but I’ll do it if necessary and I’m pretty happy I don’t need to go by myself.
From my current location you could reach Russian border in 3-5 hours by car (as it always has been) and I’m somewhat far away from the eastern border by our standards. Ukrainians are witnessing what our eastern neighbor is capable of all day every day and if I have anything to say for it it’s not going to happen here.
I already said this in the retrospective thread but I genuinely think Kamiyu had probably her best match yet, here. Props to the camera team for really underlining her struggle against Yamashita, making her intensity and her dedication shine through with her facial expressions and especially in the post match shot showing her emotional state after her defeat.
She’s not perfect yet, but she’s clearly improved a lot and you can tell they wanted to give her a space to truly show to what extent she’s grown so far.
Also kinda funny and endearing just how stiff and clearly agitated she was during her entrance, that deep breath when they got that closeup of her face as the streamers were flying into the ring especially really showed she knew this was a big deal.
How do you normally make these clips? I’d love to make some myself but downloading the shows is a pain and Wrestle Universe is not the most rip-friendly site.
For real tho, I'm downloading em via torrent from XWT when they get uploaded (which is usually within a couple hours of the events airing and/or coming up on WU/SW. From there I'm just using OBS to screen record the video and upload to Streamable after.
Man I tried to build ratio with XWT like 10 times and I always got banned for insufficient ratio despite leaving every torrent I got from them on force seeding.
And now signups are closed :(
I think I’ll find an alternative route to get the clips out, I even pay for the service, there has to be some way to do this.
Yeah I got lucky. I'm a data hoarder and had an almost complete copy of ECW on TNN. They had a better, more complete one, and it was on freeleech (maybe still is, who knows) so I downloaded it to swap it out on my Plex server and left it to seed for....I think 2ish years lol. Did the same with a handful of other freeleech items too. My upload is at 1.40TB with a 1.246 ratio so even without seeding everything since to 1.0, I've had a huge ass buffer for years to not worry about. Doing a quick search
I'd imagine in your case since you have WU if nothing else you should be able to just use OBS and screen record. Would make sense to record the whole thing and then clip it up or screen record it later so as to ensure you don't miss anything and can rewind and such as needed.
ShareX is a screen cap software for the usual quick-and-dirty snapshots but it also can do video of screen regions. I checked and it is possible to also capture audio soooo…
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