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    News NVIDIA DLSS 4 Delivers An Insane 8x Performance Boost Versus DLSS 3 With Multi Frame Generation Technology, Enhanced Upscaling For RTX 20 & Above

    Guess you just copy-pasted this from source. The "not" is supposed to be "now" as it otherwise completely goes against the headline. But I think Digital Foundry already covered it better as to how well the transformer model works in relation to the older CNN one. If nothing else, it will result...
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    Work toxicity on the rise

    Population is an asset when there are constructive avenues to channel it to. This requires a lot of foresight and investment. When you can't do so, it becomes a rat race and then the powers that be, divert that ire by turning people against each other and not against them; using region...
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    Is Bazzite good for gaming?

    You will probably get the best idea about its compatibility and performance through Reddit, gaming articles and YouTube than from over here. You will only use it as your sole OS on your primary machine if you think 2025 is Year of the Linux Desktop.
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    News Offline AI subs in VLC, courtesy Whisper

    There is also a plugin for DeepL. Not sure which one works better but best to test it on personal content. https://github.com/donaldturinglee/potplayer-subtitle-translate-deepl
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    FS: Tablet Xiaomi Pad 6 (8/256 GB)

    Since I pulled out the box from storage, attaching an image of the same. Also dropping price to 15.5k + shipping for a quick sale.
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    News New $120 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 is for the people who use it like an everyday PC

    That one is still based on a Pi 5. On the whole, there is not going to be a huge user base for this variant unless you consider the slight performance improvement from the d0 stepping. A completely built Mini PC like this sells for about $150-160 mostly and just has a lot more to offer than a...
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    Amazon Deals and Discounts - 2025

    ref by itself is just an internal reference within Amazon and is not a user referral. The latter has tag in the URL as well.
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    Android How to stop a mediatek android device from auto exit EDL mode?

    Depends on your device I guess, OnePlus/Oppo have actively removed Preloader/BROM modes from their devices. Not sure if others still have it enabled. https://xdaforums.com/t/brom-mode-no-longer-works-in-a12.4505183/#post-87568693
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    FS: Others Xbox One Controller (1708) with 1.5m cable and case

    Posting the box pics as I dug them out yesterday. The controller itself is manufactured in May 2019. Trying to ship the box with the case will probably push the package beyond 1kg on volumetric weight though.
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    Android How to stop a mediatek android device from auto exit EDL mode?

    Does Mediatek have a EDL mode, just asking? I thought that was specific to Qualcomm. I have a device with an old Mediatek chipset and that comes with Preloader and BROM modes. I used those along with mtkclient to unlock the bootloader and root the device, since it doesn't have any official...
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    Amazon Deals and Discounts - 2025

    Their enclosures are always cheap but never reliable or performant. You gamble for the price. They branched into SSDs and keep changing the controllers and NAND based on cost from local Chinese suppliers, so situation is the same here. They also seem to be operating through traders here who...
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    Old phone as media server

    You can run any of the media servers over Linux on Android. Termux is one option. However, any encoding will be in software only.
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    Blast from the Past - Mini Celebration Contest!

    Didn't know that I still had some of this stuff till I opened a storage box today. The tape recorder was my grandfather's, perhaps one of the earliest bits of tech I used, which was to bootleg songs from the TV speaker. The customary Walkman (men?) from the 90s. The tape one was gifted by my...
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    FS: Tablet Xiaomi Pad 6 (8/256 GB)

    After the post, I actually switched to the unofficial crDroid 11.1 to check out Android 15, and it has been stable since. Hence, will ship with that instead. Also, have answered a few queries already on flashing the device with existing users, so will share those instructions as well so that...
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    Discuss a Reddit Post on Productivity. Very insightful..

    It is grand of your workplace to allow editing of the hosts file. Many will not even allow access to the Windows folder with the requisite admin rights. To be fair, any critical post will always go viral. Look at any bestseller list, and it is populated with self-help books, as if the majority...
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    Front loading or top loading washing machine?

    I know the general recommendation is for LG over here, so you can go ahead with DD. However, the LG DD is also marketed excessively. For example, it mentions the main benefit as noise and vibration. However, the spin cycle is still recorded above 70 dB in most cases. I purchased a Samsung one...
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    Is VPN going to be banned in India

    You will get plenty of VPN providers that charge $30-40 for their lifetime and are a better option than those who charge that amount annually. I had picked up a couple in the past and they do their job in terms of speed, ping and geolocation change. Most mainstream VPN providers are oversold...
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    Exposing DTH scam: TATA Play DTH robbing their customers secretly to milk money

    This lists only the 142 channels in the pack. For example, all the DD channels that are part of the free and complimentary pack will get added over this. If you reduce the free channel list to 57, then the additional INR 30 should get removed.
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    Exposing DTH scam: TATA Play DTH robbing their customers secretly to milk money

    That is indeed the intended design. Simply moved off DTH about 4 years ago because of all the tactics they pull off. The last straw for me was when they introduced the Android STB and I found it is one running on ARM7 SOC from 2 decades ago and kept dropping frames even at 1080p. I had to...
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    Is VPN going to be banned in India

    If you trust the host to not maintain logs, then yes.