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From: Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com>
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Subject: Re: AMD weighs in on HD versus 4K
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 06:46:31 -0400
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JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>On 29/05/2025 22:21, Xocyll wrote:
>>> My last TV purchase, in 2016, I specifically asked for a 1080p dumb TV
>>> after everything had pretty much gone to 4k, because I*thought* there
>>> would be a price break.
>>>
>>> They had what I asked for, but the 4k was cheaper. In the same sizes. All
>>> the smart TVs were also inexplicably cheaper. (*shrug*)
>
>> It's like car transmissions;  Used to be manual was standard and
>> automatics cost more.   Now auto is standard and you pay more to get a
>> manual (at least on a sports car.)
>
>The UK has seen a dramatic shift to automatic cars in the last twenty 
>years from something that was quite niche (and people would wonder why 
>you'd want an automatic) to now been the majority of car sales.
>
>I came late to the driving club and when I took my test I didn't bother 
>to even learn how to drive a manual just because I thought why have that 
>extra complication for something I'll never need. I've still had a 
>couple of people say but what if you have to drive a manual in an 
>emergence. My response is, have you or anyone you know ever had to do that?

It's not really difficult.

I was ragging on a friend's driving years ago (Chevy Citation, manual
gearbox, no power steering or brakes.)

He pulled into a parking lot and said "Fine, you drive then."

I did, with no trouble whatsoever.

Helped that I rode a motorcycle and was used to a non-automatic (albeit
with different controls,) but then the friend had been riding for years
more than me.

Xocyll
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