[GTALUG] Canadian shares Turing award this year

2021-03-31 Thread Russell Reiter via talk
I thought this bit of news on the people involved in early compiler development might be of general interest. "Jeffrey Ullman and Alfred Aho developed many of the fundamental concepts that researchers use when they build new software."

[GTALUG] flickering [was Has the graphics-card world gone mad?]

2021-03-31 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Evan Leibovitch via talk | I have a | Radeon RX 550 that is struggling to drive two 4K screens. It works, but | plenty of flickering under both Linux and Windows. Back to your original problem. I find vieo problems hard to diagnose. That's because the whole stack is complex and

Re: [GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

2021-03-31 Thread mwilson--- via talk
"Anthony de Boer via talk" wrote: > (At one point my son was looking at the price of some decent hardware > for running flight sim, and found he could have quite a few hours wet > rental of a Cessna 152 for that money; the latter won out. I'm of the > same opinion; get up from the keyboard and

Re: [GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

2021-03-31 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
I'll side with Gilles here. I have an RPi 4 and it's useful for many things, but a replacement for my desktop it's not. This is not just a gaming issue; I often need dozens of browser tabs open at once and the system is used for video, audio and graphics editing as well as communications (not

Re: [GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

2021-03-31 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 12:25:32AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > This is the TV I'd like. But I haven't overcome sticker shock. It is > very good. > I opted for the Sony A1E 55" over the LG C7 a few years ago. No regrets. If I had a

Re: [GTALUG] 60Hz refresh is overrated [was Re: Has the graphics-card world gone mad?]

2021-03-31 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 09:31:26PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > On my desktop, I never run videos full-screen. A 39" diagonal screen > at 24" is just too overwhelming. I don't care that the YouTube > content is stored at 60Hz. Something adjusts it. I think -- I just > don't do

Re: [GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

2021-03-31 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 3/31/21 12:25 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: James Knott via talk | Life may be good, but LG products aren't.  I've had a monitor and cell phone | made by them.  I wasn't happy with either. This is the TV I'd like. But I haven't overcome sticker shock. It is very good.