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ctippett commented on Nintendo DS code editor and scriptable game engine   crl.io/ds-game-engine/... · Posted by u/Antibabelic
Wowfunhappy · 9 days ago
Here's the problem with the Steam Deck, and every modern handheld. (And actually also the DSi XL noted in GP.)

The DS Lite can fit in your pocket. Comfortably. Not, like, technically fit, at the cost of making it uncomfortable to walk around. You can keep a DS Lite in your pocket all day, ready to be pulled out the moment you enter the crowded subway, or while in the doctor's office. Situations you didn't necessarily plan for.

The stupid Switch, and especially the even larger Steam Deck, I never actually have with me when I want it. All I have is my stupid iPhone, which is great for many things but doesn't have buttons, and it turns out you kind of need those for games. Developers have been trying, for nearly two decades now, to find ways to avoid buttons, and it even kind of works sometimes, but not really. Not when you want precise control over a character.

No one makes portable consoles anymore. I mean, they're portable in the way that a laptop is portable. They're handheld in the way a vacuum cleaner is handheld. But they're not portable like the DS Lite or GBA SP.

You can buy these little Android things designed for emulators, and I've almost bought them a few times, but I've pretty much already played all the NES games I want to play, and because there are very few new NES games being released, the library doesn't expand.

ctippett · 9 days ago
I gifted a Brick Hammer[1] to my brother-in-law for Christmas. It's an amazing little device, form factor of a Gameboy Pocket and can run games from the PS1/N64 down to NES. The build quality is extremely high too (I got him the metal chassis version). I think it can even run 3DS games, but don't quote me on that.

[1]: https://retrohandhelds.gg/trimui-brick-hammer-review/ (most links are to third-party resellers, so a link to a review is probably safest)

ctippett commented on Did a celebrated researcher obscure a baby's poisoning?   newyorker.com/magazine/20... · Posted by u/littlexsparkee
djeastm · 13 days ago
I'd just like to invoke Betteridge's Law of Headlines.

"Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

It is based on the assumption that if the publishers were confident that the answer was yes, they would have presented it as an assertion; by presenting it as a question, they are not accountable for whether it is correct or not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

ctippett · 13 days ago
The headline was editorialised for the web. It originally ran under the headline "A Fatal Error".

  > Published in the print edition of the February 2, 2026, issue, with the headline “A Fatal Error.”

ctippett commented on I reverse-engineered Netflix's 4K restrictions   github.com/Pickle-Pixel/n... · Posted by u/picklepixel
hug · 13 days ago
Did I, though?

I understand it spoofs all of the checks it can, but the only Chromium browser that supports Widevine L1 (a requirement for 4K) is Edge, so even if all of the check spoofing works, it still won't do 4K.

There's even a table in the README that describes this exact scenario.

ctippett · 13 days ago
I'm putting a lot of weight on this part from the README:

  > If you're paying for 4K but using Chrome, Firefox, or a setup Netflix doesn't "approve," you're stuck at 1080p or lower. This extension fixes that.
But I get the confusion though. I'm now second-guessing if I misread the README.

ctippett commented on I reverse-engineered Netflix's 4K restrictions   github.com/Pickle-Pixel/n... · Posted by u/picklepixel
daft_pink · 13 days ago
Is anyone else reading this like WTF I pay for 4K and I dont actually get and I didn’t realize it!?!?!
ctippett · 13 days ago
If you're paying for 4K and you never notice whether what you're watching is actually in 4K, then I have a suggestion for how you can save some $
ctippett commented on I reverse-engineered Netflix's 4K restrictions   github.com/Pickle-Pixel/n... · Posted by u/picklepixel
hug · 13 days ago
I may be an idiot, but: What does this actually, y'know, achieve? It seems the answer to me is probably nothing?

It doesn't work on Firefox. It appears not to work on Chrome. The suggestion is to use Edge, which on Windows already gets 4K support in Netflix anyway.

ctippett · 13 days ago
You misread the README. Although it suggests using Edge at the very bottom, the extension doesn't require it and actually spoofs Netflix into thinking it is Edge via changing the user-agent.
ctippett commented on UK Government’s ‘AI Skills Hub’ was delivered by PwC for £4.1M   mahadk.com/posts/ai-skill... · Posted by u/JustSkyfall
ctippett · 13 days ago
There would've been an RFP for this, surely? Which means PwC was chosen to deliver this ahead of n number of other tenderers. I'd be curious to see what other proposals there were and the decision-making that went into choosing the winner.
ctippett commented on Show HN: A MitM proxy to see what your LLM tools are sending   github.com/jmuncor/sherlo... · Posted by u/jmuncor
ctippett · 13 days ago
As someone who just set up mitmproxy to do something very similar, I wish this would've been a plugin/add-on instead of a standalone thing.

I know and trust mitmproxy. I'm warier and less likely to use a new, unknown tool that has such broad security/privacy implications. Especially these days with so many vibe-coded projects being released (no idea if that's the case here, but it's a concern I have nonetheless).

ctippett commented on Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team   github.com/tailwindlabs/t... · Posted by u/kevlened
ctippett · a month ago
You can really feel the stress in Adam's comments. It must play absolute hell with your mental health, it's anxiogenic from the sidelines just thinking about it. Stay healthy and safe mate.
ctippett commented on It's hard to justify Tahoe icons   tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icon... · Posted by u/lylejantzi3rd
strbean · a month ago
Is this specific to mobile?

Feels like this could be a riff on Android's 'Share' functionality, which is actually the user-friendly name for "send an Intent". And that means that any inter-app handling ends up stuffed into a "Share" menu that pretends only social media apps exist. So you do "Share -> Edit with Photoshop" or similar.

ctippett · a month ago
Sounds like Android's share button is exactly as ambiguous as the one on macOS/iOS... A dumping ground for all the misfit utilities and functions that couldn't find a home anywhere else on the system.
ctippett commented on It's hard to justify Tahoe icons   tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icon... · Posted by u/lylejantzi3rd
mcslambley · a month ago
> Exhibit A: In Safari I had to "share" this page to use the "Find on Page" feature to search whether anyone had mentioned the share button yet. Bonkers.

You can also long-press on the address bar to see a whole slew of even more hidden functionality

ctippett · a month ago
It's very hard to reply without making a snarky sarcastic comment at Apple's expense. Thanks for sharing that super intuitive interface trick, it's so obvious now I know it's there.

(seriously though, thanks).

u/ctippett

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