This is only really true if you have extreme throughput requirements, a regular VOD operation can get by fine on software encoding.
If you have the kind of throughput needs that warrant hardware encoders you’re going to want to go ASIC anyway, so regular server hardware won’t cut it. Like YouTube for example had to build their own ASICs because of the downright absurd scale they are running at
Communal laundry rooms are better for spreading the capital costs among the residents - energy still costs more or less the same on a per-load basis, and it gets charged to the residents in one way or the other at the end of the day.
They’re also successively being replaced by in-home laundry machines. Lots of places offer a communal laundry room, but the residents also have a machine in their homes for the sake of convenience. Some new builds have started omitting a communal laundry room in favour of in-home machines.
A bit of a pity, to be honest. Spreading capital costs is societally good. I say this while having had a laundry machine in-home for the past 10 years (came included with the purchase of the apartments), which I do use and enjoy the convenience of.
It’s fully possible to recognize someones aesthetic qualities without being sexually attracted to them
Mega Crit are well known for their use of data for balancing - it’s arguably one of the reasons why Slay the Spire 1 has been such a success.
I do! I’ve done some DIY repairs on it several times. It’s a Roborock S5. I’ve had to replace the lidar motor and the charging station, but it’s still going strong.
I’ve had a robot vacuum since 2018, and it’s still going strong.
It’s easily in the top 5 of best purchases I’ve ever made
Poor kids going to football practice having to carry a grand total of some clothes to change into, completely unthinkable to take transit/bike to the field
Jesus christ what a joke of a comment
It should be grounds for permanent loss of license.
I’m personally pretty skeptical of the value of AI code reviews - there’s tooling for it where I work, where they will auto-submit a review on any PR I open. I’ve never actually received a comment of any value from it, while my peers can find things that need resolving without any issue.
A poor supplement, and absolutely not a substitute.
And this is coming from someone not entirely opposed to all kinds of AI tooling
This is my understanding as well, yeah.
Those will not block YT ads.
This is correct
but YouTube ads are delivered directly into the video stream.
This is false
Most hardware is only really true if you account for older hardware in circulation, most new hardware will be shipping hardware decoder support for AV1.
On top of this, the software decoder support is remarkable for AV1,
libdav1dis a marvelous piece of software, bringing access to a plethora of devices lacking hardware decoder support.