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giloronfoo , 1 month ago to Technology in TCL demonstrates 4K gaming monitor with a 1,000 Hz refresh rate

Competitive (professional) gamers?

Seems there are diminishing returns, but at least some gains are measurable at 360.

giloronfoo , 1 month ago to Technology in Does a VPN used on a smartphone with Wi-Fi disabled (mobile data only enabled) provide any sort of protection?

Same. Also feels a bit safer connecting to public wifi.

giloronfoo , 1 month ago to Technology in Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking

As much as I hate to admit it, the conversations that happen because I overheard another conversation a couple cubes over do have value.

giloronfoo , 2 months ago to Technology in Breakthrough promises secure and private quantum computing at home

Maybe not once quantum computers become more common.

Our current encryption methods can be represented as wave functions. This allows a sufficiently large quantum computer to solve for the keys in very little time.

There are new algorithms being developed that should defend against this. So you may still be correct.

Post Quantum Cryptography

giloronfoo , 3 months ago to Programming in Powershell: How do I update my code to use a different file type?

The confusion is that CSV is also just a Notepad text file that uses Commas to Separate Values.

They are asking about what kind of values are in it.

giloronfoo , 3 months ago to Free and Open Source Software in Tablet Android pen-drawing app

Found this. I think it's pretty new.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.krita&hl=en_US&gl=US

Edit: the app link, not search results.

giloronfoo , 4 months ago to Linux in Are there any immutable distros meant for NAS systems or home servers?

Would Truenas fit as immutable? I guess it doesn't stop you from changing things, but doing so might break the next update.

Configuration can be exported. Disaster resolution of fresh install and restore configuration has worked for me. No data loss and even the Virtual Machines started right back up.