bitsandboots

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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Right there with you. Had a lovely oneplus 5 that lived for years. Replaced its battery, wanted to keep it going forever because Android gets worse with every release so older is better. But then AT&T altered the deal. Had firmware that
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
I guess you've not been paying attention to MAGA types who equally as much want censorship and who are for any person, corporation, or government who will help them to further their goals on that front. I would love for "MAGA&quot
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
I'm going Fall of Rome because of the potential for the end of Pax Americana
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
The conversation has become so polarized that people are preferring to hide their intentions to avoid confrontation.
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
> Pro war I was surprised to see Trump not entertain much war during his last term but I don't agree. Both parties equally entertain war and I fear any Republican anti-war this time will be pro-Russia and further destabilize the wor
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
I'd love this to be true but there's no reason and plenty to the contrary for me not to believe anything said by people associated with Trump. Time will tell but I expect the opposite.
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
It's fine for the market to decide on things that don't impact others, but car crashes take victims beyond those who made poor purchases.
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Rather than suggest customers and drivers, and their friends think reading a manual for basic operation should be done as you suggest, I propose it's more likely that one of the following is true: * The owners silently put up with inco
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Profit just seems like TOO easy of an answer. Apple's an exception in some ways. They absolutely will do things out of spite. They hate admitting they're wrong and take as long as possible to fix UX flaws as a result. And sometime
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Tangents: * Sony's naming scheme sucks. I will never remember the product names and the name difference between the headphones and earbuds * the WM earbuds also have a bonus feature where there really isnt any way to turn them off othe
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Touchscreens on phones are even the best option, if only that there just isn't another viable option. You could even say the purpose of smartphones is "what kind of computing experience can we create with a touchscreen?" This
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
I really question what causes companies to ignore consumer opinion. It was obvious people wanted tactile controls. All they had to do was read comments, do user studies, ask for feedback... any sort of interaction with consumers at all. Its
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Perhaps true of competitive games. But I find anticheat mainly exists to protect microtransaction games. And generally those games aren't worth playing, so having the little badge on steam can help avoid wastes of time.
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Hey man I just play games to have fun. I guess fun isn't for everyone.
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Ownership is the premium version of a product. Turns out piracy is sometimes the only ownership option. Everything else is just a subscription, license, service.
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
People who can't be monetized sometimes are valued in their opinions. If someone principled really likes a thing, it can gain more popularity by others who trust that person adopting it. Maybe not loners. But there's still reason
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
The heart of the mainframe success was being first to make a real OS and real forward compatibility. The heart of the mainframe's continued existence is as you say, combined with risk aversion to changing software that currently works,
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
I bet this has less to do with ARM and more to do with it not being x86. Given as much time, what will we have to say about RISCV? And what of the legacy of MIPS? Not-x86 chips keep grabbing headlines because it's exciting to think of
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Not that I agree with them, but you gave a really bad example. Typing this from an M1 MBP and I would take any laptop trackpad I've ever had over it, even pre 2012. Because this thing is inferior at basic tasks like dragging or shiftin
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Not necessarily. People waste money on things for all sorts of _bad_ reasons. And Apple in particular has curated a group of people who buy without asking questions, and many among them knowing nothing of the specs or performance of the sys
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Didn't expect to get insulted for not using golang despite it not having a compelling use case for my needs. But here we are.
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Years ago when the first VR headset was released I believe the wikipedia article on "list of emerging technologies" had listed one of VR's outcomes as "alternative to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Seems to me earlier access to smartphones would also be detrimental to tech expertise. Teach your kids right, teach them unix first :)
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
And, though easier to study the effect on children, it affects us all. Instant everything is an addictive stimulant and anxiety source. Social media encourages intense emotions. The ability to view only what you wish encourages confirmation
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
My condolences. Well, I don't have it perfect either. I have to deal with z/OS and that sphere of decision making.
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
It makes me think that the enshittification of an OS, particularly Windows, comes down to corporations not willing to settle for a steady stream of revenue, but wanting to pump profits at the expense of the platform itself. Microsoft both i
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Microsoft's behavior with windows is tonal whiplash. It is an incredible mess. They do things like WSL, make enhancements to notepad, add rar support, task manager enhancements, tabs in explorer... all while doing things like cortana,
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
It's easy to be best when you have no competition. Linux exists for the rest of us.
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
I hope it isn't dying. The basic tech is no longer out of reach, and closed ecosystems aren't make or break, but there are other issues. 1) marketing vr for games and productivity is a waste. in those roles its just a novelty, and
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by bitsandboots 2y ago
Not surprised but still concerned that eventually the good times will be over. vrchat right now feels like a place not yet touched by eternal summer (or the modern equivalents of... eternal bots, ads and ai?), full of real people, diversity

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