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[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago

Blob free capable computers are so old though. After trying one I don't know how I survived that era without even using ssds. Before that how the hell did live with Pentium 2, 3, and 4?

[-] liam070@sopuli.xyz 18 points 6 months ago

Some of us had to install Windows XP SP2 and 4 on these machines. I made money just sitting in a room watching progress bars.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

There was a lot less data to grind through.

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Still faster than the 286 with math co-processor that I started with at home.

[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

how the hell did live with Pentium 2, 3, and 4?

Pentium 4s and later the Pentium D ran so hot I could use them to heat my dorm room. Miss that.

[-] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Right? I was told a custom PC was good as a space heater. Stupid modern hardware

[-] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

You can buy modern Intel i9s to replicate your experience

[-] FarFarAway@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

This is how I got through the winter.

[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Nah, modern hardware is bonkers on thermals again. A 4090 with i9-12900K is going to net you 700 watts of TDP in stock. That's like half of what you can even pull from the wall. Even at the low end for the latest generations, you're looking at around 200W combined TDP. And then as if that wasn't enough, they squeeze that shit in laptops! Laptops! This is absolutely nuts.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

I literally did this. My senior year in college I had a single dorm room and I’m guessing some overlocked Celeron CPUs in a dual-socket motherboard. I never once turned on the heat. I’d often come home and open my window when it was snowing outside.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Can someone explain blob to me?

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'll butcher the explanation so here's the Wikipedia link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob

Usually its the uefi/bios where its hardest to avoid

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Ooohhh that! I just didn't realize that's what they meant.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

Why are these people so hard on BLitter OBjects? It's not like you can use sprites for everything.

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