It says "subscription users do not have access to Opus 4.6 1M context at launch" so they are probably planning to roll it out to subscription users too.
I do not trust that, similar working was used when Sonnet 1M launched. Still not the case today.
Readit NewsFrostKiwi commented on Claude Opus 4.6 anthropic.com/news/claude... · Posted by u/HellsMaddy
FrostKiwi commented on Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs store.steampowered.com/ne... · Posted by u/Philpax
> Can I play non steam games with the Steam Controller?
> The controller can work with any game compatible with the Steam Overlay.
Ughhhhhh. Looks like they're doing the same nonsense as the last controller, and it won't work without Steam running. Such a disappointment; have to hope someone makes an open-source driver.
> and it won't work without Steam running. Such a disappointment
I assume it will be like Steam Controller 1: Given no Steam and no special driver, the Controller is a Mouse + Keyboard, also referred to as "lizard mode".
I am also anti-DRM, but I don't think this can be solved easily. Consider the Dual Shock 2: Either it's explicitly supported or requires a custom diver to emulate into XInput or DirectInput. Even using XInput directly is cross platform a driver nightmare. Valve has done good work I think with their libSDL based Steam Overlay, becoming a kind of universal Input equalizer, going so far as to patch their games with updated tutorial input prompts based on controller like Dual Shock 2 vs XBox Controllers.
A firmware level solution is not really realistic at this point. Controller Manufacturer 8BitDo went this approach, with many device restart firmware modes per target platform. It's just not a good user experience.
XUASTC was just released, allowing for all ASTC Block sizes to be used on the web, once support lands in the big web 3D libraries like Three.js [1].
To me, this is huge. Relying on pre-calculated lighting when building stuff like [2], I constantly fight for VRAM, as older iPhones have very strict limits. XUASTC brings the all the remaining modern GPU compression schemes to the web in a standardized manner.
[1] https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js [2] https://mymachine.dmgmori.com/
FrostKiwi commented on Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app” office.com... · Posted by u/LeoPanthera
No way, it's BPOS all over again [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Online_Services#Prod...
This is astronomical. If I correctly understood, the full on compromise of Ubisoft happened because of this.
FrostKiwi commented on Netflix’s AV1 Journey: From Android to TVs and Beyond netflixtechblog.com/av1-n... · Posted by u/CharlesW
I'm surprised AV1 usage is only at 30%. Is AV1 so demanding that Netflix clients without AV1 hardware acceleration capabilities would be overwhelmed by it?
Thanks to libdav1d's [1] lovingly hand crafted SIMD ASM instructions it's actually possible to reasonably playback AV1 without hardware acceleration, but basically yes: From Snapdragon 8 onwards, Google Tensor G3 onwards, NVIDIA RTX 3000 series onwards. All relatively new .
FrostKiwi commented on A time-travelling door bug in Half Life 2 mastodon.gamedev.place/@T... · Posted by u/AshleysBrain
A Valve employee using YouTube Playthroughs [1] to diagnose a bug is hilarious to me. Awesome story.
Why does the main page show all green when there is an ongoing incident? All green here -> https://www.githubstatus.com/
Very Microsofty. I'm still furious with how they handled the global ban on updating CDN (Frontdoor) files until last week and not properly communicating it. https://www.reddit.com/r/AZURE/comments/1on0ung/azure_status...