Geologist

@Geologist@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved synology, this is such a punch in the gut. After I adopted them myself like 10ish years ago, I converted my dad, and two seperate friends to pick one up too. Never going back now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung admits a bad software update has been bricking its soundbars⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a techy guy, I absolutely hate automatic updates, but for any network connected device, if they don’t have automatic updates most people will literally never update.

  Speaking on behalf of my family, they’ll let Internet-enabled stuff go unpatched for 10+ years (I think I had some relatives still using XP within the last couple of years lol).

  I would argue this leave it alone behavior would be totally fine, if it wasn’t for every device nowadays being some Internet of shit thing that demands a wifi connection before it can even be setup, which is the real problem as I see it, especially as most of these companies won’t support them with security updates for as long as people expect to use them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG’s first 480Hz OLED gaming monitor is $1,000⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I definitely can’t tell the difference for anything above 120hz or so, but I recall reading an article about counter strike several years ago, which showed that pro players can see an increase in performance with higher frame rates up to about 300 or 350 hz (as long as you have the fps to match it, lol).