BrikoXM to NvidiaEnglish · 11 hours agoNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden slams Nvidia RTX 5080 as 'a monopolistic crime against the consumer'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden slams Nvidia RTX 5080 as 'a monopolistic crime against the consumer'www.pcgamer.comBrikoXM to NvidiaEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHappySkullsplitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down4·10 hours agoThe NSA whistleblower never worked for NVIDIA or any key position in the industry His opinion doesn’t carry any more weight than anyone else
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·10 hours agoAgreed. Who a person is doesn’t matter at all to the truth of what they say. Even if they aren’t an Nvidia employee. I don’t need my dog to tell me, ~10% performance gains from one gen to the next, is shit.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·10 hours agoLol he’s a computer expert. If everyone who has a valued opinion needed to … Work for the company they are criticizing… There could be no such thing as a critic
minus-squaresprack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·9 hours agoHe’s neither a GFX or AI/ML expert so his opinion carries less weight.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·9 hours agoI would take the opinion of someone capable of escaping the US government’s data tracking abilities on any hardware any day of the week.
minus-squareHappySkullsplitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoIt doesn’t take an expert to arrive at the same conclusion
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoSo… Exactly? Just is noteworthy if a smart SME also notices
minus-squareHappySkullsplitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoWould it be as noteworthy if Bill Waterson from QA at Veeva Systems said it? Doubt anybody’s quoting Bill
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoGenerally if I’ve never heard of the person, I would answer no to this question. I’ve heard of Edward Snowden before.
Why
The NSA whistleblower never worked for NVIDIA or any key position in the industry
His opinion doesn’t carry any more weight than anyone else
Agreed.
Who a person is doesn’t matter at all to the truth of what they say.
Even if they aren’t an Nvidia employee.
I don’t need my dog to tell me, ~10% performance gains from one gen to the next, is shit.
Lol he’s a computer expert. If everyone who has a valued opinion needed to … Work for the company they are criticizing… There could be no such thing as a critic
He’s neither a GFX or AI/ML expert so his opinion carries less weight.
I would take the opinion of someone capable of escaping the US government’s data tracking abilities on any hardware any day of the week.
It doesn’t take an expert to arrive at the same conclusion
So… Exactly? Just is noteworthy if a smart SME also notices
Would it be as noteworthy if Bill Waterson from QA at Veeva Systems said it?
Doubt anybody’s quoting Bill
Generally if I’ve never heard of the person, I would answer no to this question. I’ve heard of Edward Snowden before.