bluescrn

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811.
by bluescrn 3y ago
EVs should absolutely be required to use standardised and replaceable battery modules. (Replaceable by any competent mechanic, at least). Although theft would become a concern, when the battery pack makes up over half of the value of any EV
812.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't try attaching some actual drone propellers to see how much thrust they'd give. There's no shortage of small plastic props available for 'Tiny Whoop' style micro-quadcopters, with 2
813.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Good for Microsoft. Bad for developers. And a console is nothing without the games.
814.
by bluescrn 3y ago
If Xbox is dying, Game Pass killed it, not the (admittedly stupid) naming conventions. Everyone subscribes to Game Pass, but nobody buys many games.
815.
by bluescrn 3y ago
It was also the 'ticking clock' factor of the limited oxygen, a countdown of a few days, giving hope for a heroic rescue. People can't survive for long in cold seas. By the time a migrant boat disaster makes the news, hopes o
816.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Fear leads to support for authoritarianism. Covid, climate, nuclear war, economic uncertainty, etc.
817.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Preserving digital culture is a legit issue. But it's about copyright laws, not about corporate mergers. Apple have wiped vast numbers of early iPhone games from existence by having their walled garden and limited backward compatibilit
818.
by bluescrn 3y ago
It just seems odd that such an unimportant merger is being so strongly resisted. At the end of the day, videogames are completely unimportant to society (edit: ok, completely non-essential, rather than 'unimportant') It was reject
819.
by bluescrn 3y ago
The bigger issue is that it's a handheld controller, and looks wireless. What happens if you drop it, it lands sticks-down, giving a sudden large control input to the thrusters? Given those stick extensions (which look 3D printed), the
820.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Other uses include local crimes and national crimes. They don't have to be global... Oh, and gambling/speculating of course.
821.
by bluescrn 3y ago
If you've got to aggressively censor people en-masse for 'just asking questions', maybe you should question the ideas that you're defending, and whether they're really defensible. At least let downvotes do their thi
822.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Some of them go waaaay too far. Mass purges of disagreement/dissent have become normal on there, but they're now going after 'prethoughtcrime' - banning anybody who's ever posted to any of a growing list of subreddi
823.
by bluescrn 3y ago
No point designing it for mobile browsers if they're going to block mobile browsers from using it, or at best irritate the hell out of mobile web users with relentless 'app nags'
824.
by bluescrn 3y ago
With phones I've stopped caring. I don't do serious work or serious play on a phone, it doesn't have a big enough screen or suitable input devices. The iPad (especially the Pro), on the other hand, would be a far better devic
825.
by bluescrn 3y ago
If people didn't quit Reddit during Covid times, when things were more bleak, angry, and divided than ever, they probably never will.
826.
by bluescrn 3y ago
> I would bet money that Reddit has the highest percentage of ad blocking users. And Reddit's response is to block web browsers almost entirely (on mobile), and try to force people to use the app. Maybe their next step will be to fo
827.
by bluescrn 3y ago
I suppose it's more about the power mods, sometimes with help from the admins, aggressively suppressing certain ideas while allowing others to flourish. So maybe they don't need all those 2000 people...
828.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Those 2,000 people are influencing what half a billion monthly active users think/believe, which products they'll purchase, and who they'll vote for.
829.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Until now, the only real demand for an alternative has come from users/communities banned from Reddit or opposed to the censorship/groupthink. Which is not an ideal set of users to start a new community with.
830.
by bluescrn 3y ago
> The synergy of having hardware people walk by you and clarify assumptions is priceless. Is it worth the price of mass daily commuting on the wealth and mental health of employees, and on the planet?
831.
by bluescrn 3y ago
When did Apple pricing ever trend downwards over time?
832.
by bluescrn 3y ago
It feels like another pretty Apple device which is purely for consuming content, and of little use for serious work (or serious play). And $3500 is way too much to pay for that sort of device. A UI that relies entirely on eye tracking and a
833.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Was there really an 'iPhone moment', though? The success of the iPhone has been all about the 'incremental progress'.
834.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Give it a decade, and the demand for immersive escapism will be greater than ever, if anyone can afford it, as western civilization continues its decline/collapse.
835.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Had no internet access until 18 (mid-90s), No mobile phone until 22. My physical and mental health has declined significantly since I've been 'always online'. Learning new skills in an age of endless distractions is harder to
836.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Not all change or even so-called 'progress' turns out to be a good thing
837.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Increasingly popular slogans like ‘Just Stop Oil’ or ‘Fuck Cars’, or talk of imminent human extinction, don’t seem to be calls for incremental change, though.
838.
by bluescrn 3y ago
We can't go back to villages and working the fields by hand or with horses for the same reason we can't go back to living in caves and hunting/gathering. There's simply too many people now.
839.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Yes. I'm against both fringes. Climate denialism is a problem, but so is the idea that you can just turn off the oil pumps/transport networks and not expect millions/billions to die, or at best face a life of extreme impoveri
840.
by bluescrn 3y ago
Imagine what would happen if the cars all disappeared, and suburban living was no longer viable. To eliminate the car, we'd need to move all of humanity into tiny apartments in super-dense cities, something that isn't practical no

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