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on Solar Power Tower · c/wikipedia · 2 pts · 8d

The costs associated with photovoltaic systems have decreased significantly in the past fifteen years or so, and I would say they are the competitor to solar thermal systems.

As well as storing heat, they can be used for thermal desalination at the same time as power generation. I haven't seen a breakdown in costs of this system versus something like reverse osmosis, so I can't really say if it's better or worse, but I'm sure there's places that find it useful to have a combined solution to water and power.

on ænyøne with me? · c/memes · 1 pts · 9d

I use "the thing" as a way to differentiate the sounds between the two characters, but I know almost nothing. Trying to learn a bit of Icelandic before I go there so I can pronounce the names of some of the places and be polite with locals.

on Lip gloss · c/microblogmemes · 12 pts · 32d

Just like normal words rubbing up against each other like an over-crowded city bus in the middle of summer.

But not in a weird way or anything.

on It's time to dump Roku · c/television · 2 pts · 38d

Oh! So it turns out that I do know that HDR10+ doesn't work.

I had trouble getting season 2 of Fallout to play and only just noticed that it was HDR10+. Downmixing the audio to stereo let it play fine, I assume that may have forced a transcode to a lower HDR spec. It didn't look as flattened as it would if it were converted to SDR.

Also, the Shield isn't listed anywhere as supported hardware for HDR10+, even before degoogling. That may change if it's just a licensing thing. So FAR, I've only had one thing not play for me as expected, so I don't currently feel like I'm missing out on anything.

Also haven't tried any AI upscaling. Decent bitrate 720 is watchable enough for me, and I try to limit my exposure to anything marketed as AI anyway.

If those couple of things are dealbreakers, you could maybe go down the debloating path instead of a different ROM? If I get another Shield for my other TV, I might try that first and compare my experiences between the two.

on It's time to dump Roku · c/television · 1 pts · 48d

Not sure about Netflix, but 4k Dolby Vision / HDR10 through Jellyfin is fine. I don't know if I have any HDR10+ files to check, I'll find out and let you know.

on It's time to dump Roku · c/television · 2 pts · 48d

I have a Shield TV running LineageOS. It tells me that the device is not optimised for Netflix, but it plays in 1080. I mostly just use Jellyfin, mostly.