ProdigalFrog

That's a good point. I went back to the video to rewatch it, and turns out I totally missed where they said they only freeze things during a testing phase, then unfreeze it after they're done and allow updates to commence as normal.

They mentioned that due to Linux receiving more frequent updates often with meaningful performance improvements, they'll have to throw away older data and re-test more often on Linux, as Windows doesn't really change much in performance between updates. So I would guess that they would use release drivers with new cards, and likely would only re-test their entire suite if the release driver also gave a big performance boost on older cards.

AFAIK, It's not an issue of automated testing, and I don't believe they re-test all their cards on Windows with every new review either. Instead, they maintain the same versions of software on Windows as well until enough time has passed and enough updates have piled up that they do finally re-test everything with new games to create a new dataset to compare against. They're trying to do the same methodology on Linux.

Without re-testing their entire suite of cards for every new card review (which is cost prohibitive), performance changing from updates would make the comparisons between cards less useful, as it cannot be determined if the newer card being tested is better or worse purely on the merits of the hardware itself, since newer software may be artificially making it look better or worse than the tested cards that came before, and thus the actual integrity and usefulness of the testing comes into question.

They are trying to assemble a like-for-like dataset that doesn't require their entire catalog of cards to be regularly retested to ensure that it remains like-for-like. Keeping all the software the same across tests ensures that they can add new data piecemeal and still retain an apples-to-apples comparison.

I’ve seen the ancient gameplays video you linked, but there is very little out there for linux vs windows benchmarks that are of high quality.

The video I linked is 2 months old, only focuses on graph data (no gameplay videos) across both AMD and NVidia cards and multiple distros. It's quite high quality IMHO. Are you confusing it with something else?

EDIT: I just realized you're referring to the name of his youtube channel. D'oh!

GamersNexus' normal GPU benchmark videos are to help gamers compare GPU performance on various games to determine what they should purchase for their needs. With this new video, they are now providing the same service for Linux Gamers going forward.

The goal of this video was not to compare Windows performance to Linux performance. There are videos that exist which do that, if that is what you're were hoping for.

Personally, in this case I think the title itself is enough info to determine if it's an interesting enough topic to visit the youtube page to then read the description for more info before clicking play. Some lemmy clients even provide the youtube description in the post itself (the desktop Lemmy-UI only shows a short preview of the description).

For videos that don't have a simple premise and are difficult to capture in a short post title, I sometimes add a longer description and my own thoughts in the post body (such as when I post movies to !fullmoviesonyoutube@piefed.social), but for videos like this, which is quite straight forward, I don't feel the need to summarize their methodology of the benchmarks, since it's there in the video for those interested, but most will be more interested in the benchmark data itself.

A brief statement on how the OS used may be detrimental to windows would have been useful, for example.

This testing is not comparative to Windows benchmarks, it is only testing and comparing benchmarks on Linux between different GPUs. This is sort've a big deal, because GamersNexus is known for extremely rigorous and consistent testing, to the point where all in it cost them 10K in labor to fully set up their Linux testing suite. Long term this is a great boon to Linux gamers for deciding what hardware to purchase for their needs.

I'm not sure what advantage a summary of benchmarks across multiple games would bring, or how that amount of data could be summarized.

If you skipped Andor because of that, I'd highly recommend at least considering that one. I thought it was an incredible short series with fantastic writing, and that's coming from someone who basically hates anything other than the OG trilogy.

The average American reads below a 6th grade level.

Here's a great example of how that compares to other adjacent grades.

The linked documentary offers a strong critique of the reformist attempts from local Chileans who were there on the ground (starting at around one hour in). I can only offer my own criticisms as a non-Chilean looking in from the outside.

Historically liberal reform either kicks the can of capitalism's problems down the road (FDR in the 1930's), or fails to even kick the can due to so much corporate capture of the government, that it actually accelerates a turn toward right-wing authoritarianism.

In the case of Chile, the latter case seems to be happening. The proposed progressive constitution to replace Pinochet's constitution likely failed due to the deep corporate pockets available to right-wing institutions, who are able to effectively trick under-educated citizens into voting against their own interests through massive propaganda campaigns (the same thing happened in the US thanks to Fox news, hence why they are now in a power struggle against literal fascists).

The right-wing then mobilized to create a new right-wing pro corporate constitution, which was only narrowly avoided despite their propaganda efforts.

The new leftist president Gabriel Boric, as most leftist politicians do after reaching political office, began to become more moderate, all the while congress, who are corporate captured, continued to vote down his reformist taxation policies. It's a classic tactic of letting the left spin their wheels and burnout in congress/parliament for years to stall direct action. All the while regular people continue to suffer under capital, and become more and more enchanted by the easy solutions fascists can offer.

History has generally shown that the olive branch of reform is a tool used by the elites and capital to quell a growing movement to overthrow them. It's their last option before using more brutal authoritarian control to maintain their grasp on power.

The most effective non-violent action we can take is to organize a General Strike.

The country would be brought to its knees if suddenly deprived of profit and labor. That tactic was extremely effective in Chile in 2019, and had they not fallen for the trick of liberal reform, they would've had a successful revolution on their hands with virtually no bloodshed.

If you aren't in a union (or even if you are, it's worth dual-carding), please consider joining the IWW to unionize your workplace (bonus: you'll get higher wages, better benefits, and more time off if you succeed!) to strengthen a general strike if we manage to enact one, as most unions have a strike fund that can supplement your income during a general strike to make it more financially bearable (you should also save as much money as you can reasonably do, so it can also be used to keep yourself afloat during a strike).

• 🌍 US/Global: IWW (Français) - (Español)

And for our international friends, you should join one as well, as fascism is gaining momentum globally. If your country isn't listed below, just contact the IWW directly in the link above, and they'll help you set up a new local branch.

• 🇦🇷 Argentina: FORA
• 🇦🇺 Australia: ASF-IWA
• 🇧🇷 Brazil: FOB
• 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: ARS, CITUB
• 🇩🇪 Germany: FAU
• 🇬🇷 Greece: ESE
• 🇮🇹 Italy: USI
• 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 Netherlands & Belgium: Vriji Bond
• 🇪🇸 Spain: CNT
• 🇸🇪 Sweden: SAC
• 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: UVW