I was a crisp pixel diehard for like 20 years even despite growing up with CRT, because I remember in the 80s-00s trying hard to get the clearest picture (RF->SRGB->S-video->Composite) and it felt like, “what’s clearer than exact pixels?”

And then I tried a good CRT filter that emulates not just scanlines and noise, but subpixel effects, and it really changed my mind. The graphics really were designed to be displayed with those analog “imperfections,” and if you lived in that era, you kind of took for granted the things that worked well with the natural CRT blur while pursuing image clarity. Bringing back the CRT effects was a revelation.

Like, even handheld emulation filters that mimic how those particular LCD screens functioned often give a better experience since game designers took that into account.

I don’t know if someone growing up with only emulated square LCD memories would feel the same, and I’ll always take pixely LCD over bad CRT emulation, but I’d suggest to give it a try with good filters.

The heretics who don’t stop at one magic are the worst.

I wish our national standards were not so low, because from a different perspective, it’s great that these people are self-identifying as power-corrupted fascists. Usually they hide it and we have to guess.

I really cannot understand how 40% of voters see a rejection of democratic elections as a qualification to run a democracy.

This was a pretty predictable comment, given that (1) Trump himself has long been alleged to snort Adderall and take other stimulants, and (2) Trump always, without fail, accuses his enemies of exactly what he is already doing.

And that’s actually a problem. We tend to form most opinions on what is “normal” based on exposure repetitions, and not on quality. A vocal minority of 3 million with a direct line of view of 100 million will substantially shift the Overton window despite being a minority.

What people thinking this don’t understand is how much and how long it will burn.

Certainly all the “burn it all down” voters are going to get is they’ll spend the rest of their life in the fire they helped start. Maybe they’ll watch all the people they care about burn first, via health care, LGTBQ rights, prosection of political enemies, etc.

The latest cuts come as the company enjoys its fastest growth rate since early 2022, alongside improving profit margins. Last week, Alphabet reported a 15% jump in first-quarter revenue from a year earlier and announced its first-ever dividend and a $70 billion buyback.

Repulsive.

I’ve started getting AI-written emails at my job. I can spot them within the first sentence, they don’t move the discussion forward at all, and I just have to write another email giving them the courtesy they didn’t give me and explain why what they “wrote” doesn’t help.

Can someone tell me, am I a boomer for being offended any time someone sends me AI-written garbage? Is this how the generations will split?