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VRay commented on Framework vs. Apple   dche.cx/framework-vs-appl... · Posted by u/aunty_helen
VRay · 4 years ago
Yeah, that's kinda how it goes..

At first, "The Open Source Community" looks like a really big deal. Once you dig in a little, though, you realize that Apple has like 50x as many people working on this stuff as the entire linux community does. linux is great, but I don't think you can expect the same level of polish as you'd get on something with the Apple Tax

VRay commented on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard   news.microsoft.com/2022/0... · Posted by u/totablebanjo
AustinDev · 4 years ago
This is exactly the play I think will happen. I can also see them including for example a WoW subscription and maybe a monthly hearthstone pack or gems as part of Gamepass.
VRay · 4 years ago
I, for one, welcome our new gaming overlords
VRay commented on Make Front End Shit Again (2018)   makefrontendshitagain.par... · Posted by u/saaspirant
VRay · 4 years ago
Obligatory link to a modern Geocities-esque collection of mini-sites, Neocities: https://marijn.uk/linkroll/
VRay commented on Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their treadmills   wired.com/story/nordictra... · Posted by u/vishvananda
Arnavion · 4 years ago
The one advantage of playing the cat-and-mouse game is that the longer it goes on, the more complexity ends up being in the firmware (TLS, HPKP, etc as you already listed), which increases the likelihood of a bug that can be exploited to take over it.
VRay · 4 years ago
In that vein, it might be worth noting that this thing is just a treadmill. There's this whole fancy computer attached probably via just a handful of very simple wires to the actual treadmill part that anyone cares about. If they get too obnoxious about the computer, you can just open the treadmill, yank the computer out, and replace it with something from China that costs $20

Of course, that'll then get attacked via the legal system for violating DRM.. ugh

VRay commented on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard   news.microsoft.com/2022/0... · Posted by u/totablebanjo
dleslie · 4 years ago
I used to hold the same opinion as you, and for the most part I still do. But I think the subscription model is a solution to the race to the bottom, because it creates an artificial level of quality assurance.

Take PlayPass, for instance: the play store is a landfill of endless trash, but PlayPass adds both a level of curation and it unlocks all the microtransactions.

So for a low yearly fee you get access to the best Play Store games, never pay for microtransactions, and don't need to go digging to find gems in the garbage heap.

VRay · 4 years ago
I dunno, I tried Apple Arcade, and the games on there are decent, but I really didn't feel like I was getting my $5/month's worth

Any random $20 Switch title from the Shovelware Shelf at your local retailer is so much more polished and fun than even the best phone games, it's insane

VRay commented on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard   news.microsoft.com/2022/0... · Posted by u/totablebanjo
simonh · 4 years ago
Duo is an utter facepalm. What are they thinking. It doesn't make the device cheaper or lighter, in fact it makes it heavier and more expensive. It constrains your interaction and UI model. It introduces unnecessary mechanical complications and points of failure. It made sense for Nintendo on the DS because it did reduce costs and the device could be small and light enough for it to work. The Duo is just different for the sake of being different though. Classic solution in search of a problem.
VRay · 4 years ago
I agree with you 100%, I've never even heard of or seen a use case for the dual-screen flip smartphone

That said, my friends seem to love their Samsung foldable phones. "Having a tablet available at any time in your pocket is a game changer"

(I don't understand how it's a game changer, but there you go, one counterpoint)

VRay commented on Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct   wsj.com/articles/activisi... · Posted by u/kyrra
krasin · 4 years ago
>I met zero people who told me they dreamed about working in a FAANG since childhood.

Hi, nice to meet you: I dreamed about working in Microsoft since I was 12. Ended up in a different FAANG, but anyway.

VRay · 4 years ago
haha, yeah, the only reason working in FAANG wasn't my dream is that I never could have dreamed of reaching such lofty heights

Now that I'm here, it's sort of lame, but it's still a lot better than any other jobs I've done..

VRay commented on Your app is not compliant with Google Play Policies: A story from hell   sylviavanos.nl/blog/2021/... · Posted by u/ajdude
VRay · 4 years ago
ugh, that's annoying.. At least you made it onto HackerNews, so your problem might get silently resolved in the shadows

It really sucks that Google can't be bothered to provide 5 minutes of human support despite taking such an enormous cut of all revenue from these apps

VRay commented on Shenanigans on Microsoft Feedback Hub   thomask.sdf.org/blog/2022... · Posted by u/Aaronn
yjftsjthsd-h · 4 years ago
Oh hey, it's the event that made me leave reddit:) Yeah, I'm not sure why that didn't prompt a mass exodus. One thing that I've discovered by talking to people in real life is that apparently a lot of people just don't know that it happened.
VRay · 4 years ago
I dunno man, in that context it just felt like friendly internet trolling

TheDonald users were trolling the crap out of spez by pinging his name repeatedly, so he trolled them back by obviously editing in TheDonald mods' names.

Then TheDonald users responded like a bunch of angry children about it

That said, it's good to get the word out that Reddit's always been complete BS through and through. The site was all sock puppets initially, and nowadays every sub with more than 100k users or so is extremely heavily censored and moderated in a completely non-transparent way.

u/VRay

KarmaCake day1344September 29, 2017View Original