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- Comment on What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows 3 weeks ago:
Linux don’t need anything to challenge Windows. Windows is doing great on their own.
- Comment on Maybe the RAM shortage will make software less bloated? 3 weeks ago:
Dealing with memory usage will likely require significant rewrites and architectural changes. It will take years.
The ”memory optimizations” we’ll see is the removal of features but charge the same price. Software shrinkflation. Will require same amount of memory though.
- Comment on Maybe the RAM shortage will make software less bloated? 3 weeks ago:
The RAM shortage will end before any meaningful memory optimizations can be made.
- Comment on Random idea: a federated alternative to Amazon Prime built from independent shops? 3 weeks ago:
This is kind of how it works in countries that haven’t been infected by Amazon Prime. In Sweden for example most e-commerce is done directly from individual stores. There are aggregation sites like prisjakt which lists prices of all different stores so you can find the best deal.
It’s not perfect and maybe not as convenient as Amazon Prime, but I don’t see how a fediverse alternative could do it better.
- Comment on NPM Package With 56K Downloads Caught Stealing WhatsApp Messages 3 weeks ago:
If you haven’t logged in to your WhatsApp through any third party applications you should be fine.
- Comment on NPM Package With 56K Downloads Caught Stealing WhatsApp Messages 3 weeks ago:
it's the kind of dependency developers install without a second thought
I got a feeling this is an attack vector that will continue to grow, as now there’s vibe coding frameworks installing random dependencies without a thought at all.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I think he idea is compelling. I don’t like to be dependent on banks for digital transactions. Being locked out from making basic transactions because the bank detected ”suspicious behavior” is just awful.
Unfortunately I hate the players of cryptocurrency even more. It’s a huge snake oil pump and dump Ponzi scheme to my eyes.
- Comment on Half-Life 3 Reportedly Delayed Due to Steam Machine Price, Leak Claims 3 weeks ago:
Why bundle HL3 as launch title? Feels a bit too much to develop the most memed game ever + trying to figure out the logistics of 3 new hardware products at the same time. People won’t exactly rush to buy Steam Machine for HL3 if they already have a decent PC.
- Comment on Windows Marketshare since 2010 4 weeks ago:
Can it be fingerprint spoofers skewing the results? In that case the data is worthless.
- Comment on We got em boys! 4 weeks ago:
I thought Saddam Husain was all red
- Comment on My Religion 1 month ago:
I’m going to vote for the guy who shares my religious values, and he’s going to make the thing you’re doing illegal
- Comment on Do you cheat in video games? 1 month ago:
Not really. Taking away the challenge ruins the fun.
But I liked activating cheat codes in GTA: San Andreas. Spent many hours traveling around the map in a flying tank and causing random mayhem.
- Comment on same shit every day, on god 1 month ago:
We’re living in a steampunk world after all
- Comment on Do people who have bad relationship with their parents care about "insults" like "I fucked your mom last night"? Or do you just not care? 1 month ago:
I have an ok relationship with my parents. Never been offended about these ”insults”.
- Comment on Sean Murray just crushed my hopes of playing Light No Fire anytime soon 1 month ago:
They probably have the finances to spend as much time they want this time around. I wouldn’t be surprised their Joe Danger money dried up during NMS development.
- Comment on Technical debt is probably one of the best dramatic tropes 1 month ago:
There’s nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
- Comment on Radon 1 month ago:
Generate shareholder value
- Comment on Screw it, I’m installing Linux 1 month ago:
My app version is up to date. Tried it a few months ago. Still black screen whenever I try to share the entire screen. Individual windows work fine. None of my coworkers have managed to make it work in Wayland.
It worked a few years ago with some workaround, but Slack patched out that workaround.
- Comment on Screw it, I’m installing Linux 1 month ago:
Not any more difficult than doing a fresh Windows install.
- Comment on Screw it, I’m installing Linux 1 month ago:
Wayland is fantastic, as long you don’t need to do screen sharing in Slack. Only thing hindering me going Wayland on my work laptop.
- Comment on One more internet meme 1 month ago:
It’s still always DNS for some reason
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I’m mostly a layman. The only thing I know is that MOND is the leading competing explanation. I leave it for experts to decide which one is correct.
- Comment on And it's BILL by a... Er... Uh... 1 month ago:
Big beautiful Bill
- Comment on If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director 1 month ago:
I think $700-$800 is a more realistic range unfortunately. It depends on how thin margins Valve is willing to accept, but I don’t think they want to sell at a loss like the typical console manufacturer.
- Comment on If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director 1 month ago:
Relevant part of the article.
Larian Studio's Publishing Director Michael Douse took to Twitter to argue Valve aren't looking to make a device that exceeds the power of the consoles, they're making a baseline. "They're probably betting on the fact that anyone who wants more demanding PC hardware on their TV is part of the audience who know how to turn any PC into a Steam Machine," Douse argues.
[…] Douse says, Valve are setting a baseline. "If Valve can once again normalise and thus create that entry point there is potential for big growth in that new market". Once Gabe and his kin establish a baseline, other companies, such as ASUS and Lenovo, can roll in with their more powerful machines.
- Comment on People are playing fewer games and new releases are "struggling", say Ubisoft UK, warning of falling revenues 1 month ago:
That’s what years of screwing customers over does. Ubisoft is no longer a brand people associate with quality products.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Things behave in ways that can’t be explained by our current understanding of physics.
For example, galaxies rotate faster than we would expect. It’s as if there’s more matter in the galaxy than we could see. Scientists use the name ”dark matter” for this phenomenon.
Scientists don’t know if dark matter really exists, or if there’s other ways to explain this phenomenon. Another explanation is that there’s no extra matter, but that this is just how gravity behaves in large scales.
What’s interesting is that different galaxies has different amounts of ”dark matter”. Some have almost no ”dark matter” at all.
- Comment on Valves first title with a 3 in it 2 months ago:
Artifact 3 confirmed!
- Comment on Steam Machine is huge for indie development 2 months ago:
I believe Valve’s intention is to lay the foundation for third party devices, like how it went with Steam Deck. Their business model is to open up their storefront to more people - not to sell hardware.
If that’s the case, then Steam Machine will have little effect on indie development.
- Comment on Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame 2 months ago:
”Quest 3 without Meta” is what I’ve been dreaming about. I feel like Steam Frame could be my entry to the VR space, if the price is decent.