NBJack

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by NBJack 3y ago
First, who said anything about profit? That isn't even part of the definition of monopoly. The killer feature none of those you've listed has been able to achieve is the shipping logistics. This enables their vast selection to be
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by NBJack 3y ago
It would hurt them a lot. I mean a lot a lot. But maybe not in the way some think it will. Look back historically at when AWS details were suddenly included in the market earnings around 2015. I encourage you to draw your own conclusions, b
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by NBJack 3y ago
I honestly would have assumed it was more a product of the decline in quality of the platform. AI growth just seems to be "capitalizing" on it.
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by NBJack 3y ago
Not sure what rock you've managed to find (please send me the address, BTW, I could use a break myself), but between being forced to buy the company, firing a vast swath of the staff, not paying his workers, and other terrible decision
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by NBJack 3y ago
Shit. Don't give them any more ideas. Just wait until they finish the current "revamp of the awards system".
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by NBJack 3y ago
Sorry? What do you mean here? Hate on what/who?
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by NBJack 3y ago
What happens when that key is stolen or lost? Would it be acceptable risk in your model to allow anyone to use it? I'm not saying you're wrong, but it would be a definitive trade off.
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by NBJack 3y ago
I think there are some legitimate criticisms of Git here. But some of them are...odd. Despite using Git in a variety of circumstances, from a local personal repo project to very large company repos, I admit I haven't run into about hal
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by NBJack 3y ago
If there is one, single redeeming really cool feature of the Quest Pro (possibly the 2 as well, I haven't tried this), it's using your controller "upside down" as a virtual dry erase marker in Workrooms. I just wished th
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by NBJack 3y ago
Eh, I may eat my words later, but unless they are hiding some really big features somewhere, I don't think there's much to worry about with the Vision Pro. It is stylish and neat, but it seems to be shockingly limited both in VR a
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by NBJack 3y ago
That's a pretty flimsy strawman you have there. Can we at least cite some examples of actual disruption, harm, etc. that came to these projects before the law? Or point us to sources backing up their claims?
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by NBJack 3y ago
Another good reason to avoid that platform like the plague.
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by NBJack 3y ago
https://xkcd.com/435/
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by NBJack 3y ago
Which means we are probably at least 5-10 years away from verifiable action that a court of law will recognize.
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by NBJack 3y ago
But don't worry, Windows S2 has you covered! Now that you are in our walled garden, we don't limit things like that at all here; it's 110% safe and trustworthy and never ever ever gets compromised. You won't be able to i
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by NBJack 3y ago
Nice concept, doesn't work like they think it will. Contention, tracking rates for individual programs versus a collective whole, etc. will make this a nightmare to implement. We already have an equivalent today for remote API calls,
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by NBJack 3y ago
You are correct. It is very simplistic, though there are exceptions, and aimed squarely at kids. It's also a petri dish of pay-to-win mechanics that I suspect would make the app stores blush.
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by NBJack 3y ago
Fun fact, Roblox already supported VR headsets on the PC in the past. It was janky and varied widely in comfort of the experience, but it technically worked. I think there are even still a few VR specific experiences out there.
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by NBJack 3y ago
I think this is a valid reason, and hopefully the driving factor. On the other hand, Apple certainly seems to bank on making their devices as exclusive an experience as possible. They sell a huge amount, but they want the customer to feel l
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by NBJack 3y ago
Did they not scan both??? Many big box retail stores have to scan both the box and the barcode of the item through it (i.e. a Playstation) before the transaction can be completed. Yikes.
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by NBJack 3y ago
Oof. Have to agree here. I admit I get impatient at times when it takes me more than 5 minutes to walk out of a Best Buy with an online order.
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by NBJack 3y ago
It doesn't make sense economically, and it is likely a side effect of a metric used on employee performance. Quick sale -> less time in store -> more time to help those that (actually!) need it. If you truly can't be bothere
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by NBJack 3y ago
Ah, don't mistake many of us collectively romping through the piles of outdated software and hardware with rose-colored goggles as something like that. Nostalgia trips aside, I certainly wouldn't be eager to trade my three-decades
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by NBJack 3y ago
Don't forget trying to pick a palette, and those sweet, sweet palette cycling effects for things like water.
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by NBJack 3y ago
I think it was the ever-distant promise of "it will be easier to be mobile friendly". Which honestly it rarely is.
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by NBJack 3y ago
I recall once noticing that my hard drive was acting a little funny. Every few seconds, it would do a little work and flash my HDD light. This was an ancient version of Windows, and I wasn't running anything fancy in the background. Tu
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by NBJack 3y ago
I won't dispute your level of enjoyment from it, but I'd have to ask: did your fellow engineers feel the same way about it? What was your time commitment like to deliver? Also, if you're looking for a thrill, I would highly r
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by NBJack 3y ago
Have worked for the A to Z company. Away teams as a concept exists because teams that are overworked and understaffed can't do everything asked of them (including things you can't say no to, like S-Team goals). The Search team was
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by NBJack 3y ago
That's definitely not how Amazon works. The most successful engineers there never stay in one place for long. This, plus the perpetual burnout due to things like Away Teams and S-Team goals, means you will instead have a revolving door
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by NBJack 3y ago
This is honestly part of the reason I abhor statements around "AI/ML will make software developers irrelevant in [insert catchy timeframe]"; the complexity in many (if not most) systems is not the coding. The interaction, the

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