tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369805122024-03-14T16:09:51.220+01:00Fluvio Labenti( flowing stream )Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-37340087961155761002023-11-17T12:40:00.018+01:002023-11-17T16:29:18.418+01:00Get the most out of your desktop speakersIn the spirit of a PSA (Public Service Announcement) for audio quality and music enjoyment, and after seeing some desktop setups with very poorly placed desktop speakers.
Please try these "mods"! They are either completely free, or ridiculously cheap. They should improve your sound quality and enjoyment in some cases not only noticeably but significantly!
1) Speaker tweeters ought to be placed Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-59007478372215312102023-10-24T13:15:00.057+02:002023-10-25T09:49:48.592+02:00Never buying a new discrete GPU?
A few years ago I proposed a "golden rule" as to when to upgrade your PC: only when you can get 2x the performance for the same price you paid last time. This rule has been perfectly applicable to CPUs. However, the pricing evolution of dedicated GPUs has been so appalling in recent years, the rule is pretty much inapplicable to them. Let's take a look.
The Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti (released in Mar/Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-24640338390363542702021-12-18T19:16:00.106+01:002021-12-19T04:06:54.305+01:00Arcane's Ending explainedNeedless to say: ***** MAJOR SPOILERS ALERT *****Writing this after discussions with a friend on whether there was hope for "Powder" to still have a chance to come back over Jinx in a future season. Also after some thoughts I've shared in some Youtube video comments.The tea-party Jinx organizes in the end of Season 1 of Arcane has in principle the goal of making Vi decide whether Jinx should get Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-71419351934775553532021-11-27T14:23:00.042+01:002022-04-19T20:47:46.310+02:00About ArcaneLong story short: Arcane is a masterpiece in several fronts.The fact that it is based on a video game is completely irrelevant. I for instance have never played the game, and this was a sort of prejudice for me before watching the series. If they expected me to know anything about it, or if the series was full of hidden hints only for those "in the know," it would make me really upset and spoil Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-8921597385618635042021-11-22T15:17:00.001+01:002021-11-22T15:17:16.602+01:00Five years later, 8K still way too muchIt's November 2021, so exactly five years after this other post I wrote back in November 2016: Isn't 8K too much?Today I see this article online: "8K will grow very slowly, even slower than we thought"So even five years later we see those forecasts, 8K will still grow very slowly. (Rolleyes)Not surprised one bit.Even five years later, not only there is still hardly any content in 8K, absolutely Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-79646966442860508002020-05-02T22:18:00.001+02:002020-05-03T19:06:10.745+02:00Some love for your books, pleaseIt really drives me a little crazy every time I see a book covered with self-adhesive plastic. Here's an example borrowed long ago (before the lockdown) from the local library in Bonn. Click any of the photos for a full-size view:
Self-adhesive plastic, like Con-Tact or other brands, will stick to your original book cover permanently. Nothing against Con-Tact et al, just against adhesive Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-34330377474328040682020-02-22T22:46:00.006+01:002023-04-13T23:42:49.755+02:00Ultimate solution to GPU sag?
If you are looking for the ultimate solution to GPU sag, you came to the right place.
Here are four other working solutions to GPU sag as suggested by famous tech YouTuber's Paul´s Hardware, and Jay's Two Cents. Basically:
#1 (Paul's): PCIe power cables routed upwards and pulling a bit.
#2 (Paul's): buy and install a GPU support bracket
#3 (Paul's): put a toy or some other supporting object Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-45879337151714627142020-01-30T20:04:00.001+01:002020-02-04T20:52:59.966+01:00When to upgrade your PC, a golden rule?
After basically thinking aloud writing some comments on this Youtube video from BPS Customs, I thought I could elaborate further here on my own blog.
If you have a cell phone, a gaming PC, or if you are using or have used any computer for that matter, very likely you have experienced the harsh realities of tech obsolescence. Science and technology improve on a daily basis, often quite Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-15189993767659901872019-09-24T00:25:00.000+02:002019-09-26T19:48:04.825+02:00TV Brand ranking update: two+ years later
Finally here the post promised two submissions ago, and also an update (2+ years later) to the TV rankings from last post.
This update considers the following use cases from RTings.com:
1. 4K Gaming
2. PC Monitor
3. Sports
4. HDR Gaming
5. TV Shows
6. Movies
The Best Outdoor TVs category was not included in my ranking calculation because a full listing with a specific single score for that Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-57789376187905024532017-05-05T22:44:00.003+02:002017-05-06T01:23:18.305+02:00My TV brand ranking
A diversion from the post I promised last time, although significantly related. This post is the result of an exchange of comments in this YouTube video.
The idea was to elaborate on the current supremacy of OLED over LCD/LED tvs, and right now that basically means LG over all other brands.
But Sony and others also have now OLED offerings. They all use LG OLED panels, mind you, so credit Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-69742251801399204522016-11-01T21:08:00.000+01:002020-06-11T15:07:03.967+02:00Isn't 8K too much?
It requires a combination of at least three genetic flukes for humans to
achieve extreme levels of visual acuity:
1) Perfect ocular shape and optics to
begin with
2) Higher than normal cone density on the retina
3) Outstanding
transparency inside the eye
Only a very small percentage of people get all the flukes combined, so it's very rare. Yet we should keep in mind that right
now weDantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-90313427649471711702016-10-01T16:40:00.001+02:002019-08-04T11:24:01.158+02:00When does a screen have "too much" resolution?
(Note: This entry is a translation from the original post in Spanish, written back in Oct/2013. Re-posting it in English because I'll be writing some things shortly also in English, about the current trends in display technologies and the consumer TV market, OLED vs. LCD, HDR, wider Color Gamuts, and so on. That post will likely refer to things covered here, so wanted to have this Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-45143282244040267262016-03-28T06:23:00.001+02:002016-04-07T10:44:55.779+02:00My take on "Batman vs. Superman - Dawn of Justice"
Actually saw it twice, first in German, then in English.
Important disclaimer: no spoilers here, so no worries.
The fact that I saw it twice already gives away that my impression is rather positive instead of negative. Actually enjoyed it quite a bit, and could even watch it again. The movie never felt boring to me, even though it does have a lot of talking with little action for rather longDantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-47653281741570213782016-01-24T17:21:00.000+01:002016-03-25T17:35:09.523+01:00Excellent colors on current IPS LCD monitors!
(Kicking off my English language posts with this one.)
My friends know I'm a home theater and audio enthusiast. You might also say an Audio/Video-quality freak :p If you have an LCD screen, I encourage you to calibrate it as best as you can using Lagom LCD monitor test images.
I've been using that same link for many years to calibrate my computer screens. That is not a pro (colorimeter basedDantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-66637915310006417162015-11-29T17:56:00.001+01:002015-12-24T19:31:10.207+01:00Crónica de un disco rayado (parte 2/2)
Resumen de la entrada anterior: estamos listos con nuestro disco ya sin las rayas originales, sólo que completamente lijado (lija muy fina, grado 2000 o mayor), últimos pases de la lija siempre radiales, del centro a la periferia.
Ahora viene la parte que requiere paciencia y algo de verdadero esfuerzo físico: pulir el disco. Para todo el proceso se puede aplicar la regla 20/80: reunir losDantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-80202556296414440212015-11-23T02:51:00.002+01:002015-12-01T00:43:30.631+01:00Crónica de un disco rayado (parte 1/2)
Hoy en día un CD o DVD se puede quemar y "ripear" con facilidad y a bajo costo, así que siempre que sea posible, lo más recomendable para cualquier disco preciado es crearle un respaldo cuando todavía está intacto, antes de que se raye. Pero al menos yo he tenido discos muy preciados ya dañados cuando todavía no los había podido respaldar, así que desde hace mucho tiempo he tenido una fuerteDantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-2929854516541797342015-09-27T21:27:00.003+02:002015-09-28T20:52:25.864+02:00"Looper": película con fallas, pero clímax perfecto
No me pareció perfecta, pero sí de clímax intachable. Le puse 8/10 puntos a "Looper" en IMDB. Le quité dos puntos en buena parte por unos componentes fallidos que encuentro en el contexto o bases de la trama. Aquí no doy spoilers, lo siguiente lo explica la misma película bien temprano, así que no worries.
En el futuro se descubre cómo viajar al pasado, pero resulta
ilegal hacerlo, así queDantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-61985679530062926792014-10-19T13:05:00.000+02:002014-10-19T14:53:48.703+02:00El canto en "Les Misérables"
Terminé de ver "Les Misérables". Wow, yo no tengo ningún oído
absoluto, pero qué película tan poco "disfrutable" en cuanto al canto.
Ganó un Oscar de Sound Mixing; he allí la prueba de que se puede lograr
buen audio con sonidos que dejan mucho que desear.
Las únicas
voces que yo sí buscaría en YouTube y oiría de vez en cuando (es decir,
las únicas que para mi valen la pena) fueron las Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-27280728884867635152014-03-20T00:18:00.003+01:002014-08-19T22:59:25.183+02:00Todo está aquí
Supongamos que este monitor tiene resolución 1920x1080 = 2073600, apenas un poco más de 2 mega-píxeles. No es gran cosa comparado con las resoluciones actuales de cámaras digitales y teléfonos móviles. Considera por un momento que tomas hoy una foto de un familiar y la subes a tu PC y aparece la foto en este monitor. Allí están esos ojos, la sonrisa, la expresión inconfundible. ¿No es Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-79737619398123755792014-01-05T02:55:00.002+01:002021-10-06T12:45:52.708+02:00Mi crítica a Frozen
PARTE 1: Introducción
En su libro “El Guión”, Robert McKee nos asegura que si el momento
final de una película fracasa, la película morirá durante la primera semana de
su estreno. Entiendo que Frozen es todo un éxito en taquilla todavía, a varias
semanas del estreno, y tiene muy buena puntuación en IMDB (al momento de escribir esto: 8.1/10), de hecho por los momentos superior a
Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-9948057941342251332013-10-27T02:40:00.000+02:002016-10-01T17:33:13.669+02:00¿Cuándo es demasiado alta la resolución de una pantalla?
(Este post ahora también en inglés)
La resolución 4K, también llamada "4K Ultra HDTV" o "Quad HD", es la resolución que ofrecen los nuevos televisores de última generación. Esta resolución equivale aproximadamente a 4 veces la resolución Full HD o 1080 (ver la comparación en la imagen de arriba). 4K son 3840 x 2160 (o también 4096 x 2160 píxeles), en total un poco más de ocho millones de Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-52478327729772072522013-09-08T07:26:00.005+02:002016-10-01T11:56:09.227+02:00Visión 20/20
Vamos a suponer que contamos con una nueva unidad de longitud que no es igual a un metro, ni a un centímetro, ni a una pulgada, sino igual a un aguacate. Para denotar las distancias podríamos entonces comenzar a utilizar esta nueva unidad: "eso te queda cerquita, a unos quinientos aguacates doblando la esquina". Podríamos también indicar la altura de las personas adoptando esta unidad. Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-61459024885315244942013-08-26T07:24:00.004+02:002023-09-03T14:24:07.523+02:00El peso de la prueba (burden of proof) en la ciencia
Cuando alguien decide creer en algo sin tener buenas razones, está poniendo de lado la razón. Eso es precisamente la fe: creer sin tener razones. Bueno, no tenemos que ser 100% racionales todo el tiempo (¿o sí?). Algunos creerán en la existencia de, por ejemplo, fantasmas o unicornios. En todo caso, cuando se quieran tener razones para creer en algo, es decir, cuando sí se desee involucrar a Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-59955045062278254562013-06-11T02:55:00.000+02:002013-06-11T03:12:33.637+02:00
Top 10: Vainas absurdas del Metro de Caracas
Se informa a los señores usuarios que la utilización periódica del Metro de Caracas es recomendable para quienes sufren de algún síndrome de pérdida de contacto con el absurdo:
10) El pito del cierre de puertas del Metro, perfectamente diseñado para romperle los oídos a cualquiera que esté dentro de los vagones, pero prácticamente inaudible justo Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36980512.post-51422075485935366332013-03-08T17:36:00.002+01:002013-03-08T17:46:02.050+01:00De 4.30 a 6.30, ¿cuánto se devaluó el bolívar?
La gente piensa que ahora estamos gastando Bs. 2 adicionales por cada dólar (según la tasa oficial), y como 2 es el 46.5% de 4.30, entonces ahora pagamos un 46.5% adicional por cada dólar ¿de dónde sale entonces esa supuesta devaluación de tan sólo un 32%? Este post en una breve divagación matemática que responde esto.
Una forma fácil de ver el porcentaje de devaluación es dividir la tasa Dantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087312798840927545noreply@blogger.com1