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- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 1 week ago:
The moles are many. They are resilient.
- Comment on New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought 1 week ago:
Yup! It’s all happening as they said and as is consistent with their past.
- Comment on New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought 1 week ago:
This lines up with how their VR hardware is rolling out too.
And the “Soon” meme, of course.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
It appears to be a company that makes software for power plants. I wonder how secure their software is.
- Comment on A massive Wyoming data center will soon use 5x more power than the state's human occupants - but no one knows who is using it 3 weeks ago:
Maybe it generates AI porn.
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 3 weeks ago:
Ah I see. Interesting! I always assumed the steam deck was just providing what high end console controllers were standardizing back there.
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 3 weeks ago:
Don’t the expensive (over $100) controllers that PlayStation and Xbox offer have paddle controls on the back? I think they are Elite and Edge controllers.
- Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over 3 weeks ago:
And then we need to nationalize our basic infrastructure. Electricity and Fiber first.
- Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over 3 weeks ago:
But! Zuck said they recently saw AI able to work on tasks that involve improving the software that manages AI! He said that means we are not far from super intelligence!
the extrapolation these guys make without new paradigm’s in mind is evidence of a bubble for me
- Comment on China is about to launch SSDs so small you insert them like a SIM card 3 weeks ago:
SD cards lack durability in my experience.
Hopefully a reason for producing this alternative is improved durability.
- Comment on Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent 4 weeks ago:
More leaders in the tech industry need to speak up. Too many are ducking their heads waiting to see where the wind blows.
- Comment on TSMC employees reportedly stole 2nm trade secrets to share with Rapidus — accused are said to have shared 'hundreds of process integration technical photos' 4 weeks ago:
The perpetrators reportedly shared ‘hundreds of process integration technical photos’ with the Japanese company [Rapidus], though their exact relationship is unknown and it is unclear whether the chipmaker asked for the said assets.
I look forward to follow up reporting on this part.
- Comment on European Parliament vice president throws his support behind Stop Killing Games campaign 1 month ago:
- Comment on Jack Dorsey says his 'secure' new Bitchat app has not been tested for security 1 month ago:
No one likes writing tests! Give him a break!
- Comment on Ubisoft Wants Gamers To Destroy All Copies of A Game Once It Goes Offline 1 month ago:
- Comment on GEEKDeck Is A SteamDeck For Your Living Room 2 months ago:
I think eventually things like this will push out consoles. And I think Sony and Microsoft are planning for it. Performance is flattening out across platforms and architectures. And architectures are all seemingly moving in the direction of ARM.
- Comment on Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection 3 months ago:
Well, this sounds like poor/broken communication to me. Why didn’t they cite another app that’s doing the same as them that has access to the app they want?
The idea that Android use to just let any app access any file on the system sounds like a nightmare. But I live in the modern security reality that is our world. And that reality is just going to continue to get worse and require more care. Not less.
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 3 months ago:
Totino’s Pizza Rolls remind you AI makes mistakes, always double check important information. [AD]
- Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta 3 months ago:
It can’t dump a save state to disk? I guess that would be difficult on a normal OS.
- Comment on Fable has been delayed until 2026 because the studio needs more time, says Xbox 6 months ago:
The people working on the lighting and high res textures don’t usually design or implement gameplay mechanics or story elements.
- Comment on Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games 6 months ago:
Burnout Paradise woulda been banned from Steam.
- Comment on RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users 7 months ago:
Ironic.
- Comment on Starfield's abandoned gore and dismemberment system sure would have made it less grey 7 months ago:
Tech issues! It’s the most advanced version of their pile of tech ever, right?
- Comment on USB-C gets a bit more universal as the EU’s mandate goes into effect 8 months ago:
Well, now that everything is C we can have bidirectional cables.
Eventually we will have devices with just USB C on them. And many chargers have USB-C on their end now too.
It’s going to all shift to USB-C. And A will slowly go away. Maybe very slowly, but it will.
USB-A ports will go away in cars. And then it’s again just C on both ends.
You don’t see this transition happening around you? I sure do.
One Cable and Connector to Rule Them All.
- Comment on USB-C gets a bit more universal as the EU’s mandate goes into effect 8 months ago:
Did I get micro wrong? I mean the one the PS4 controllers had. I’m just comparing it to past standards.
- Comment on USB-C gets a bit more universal as the EU’s mandate goes into effect 8 months ago:
Yeah, it’s a weird state of things. But not really, when you think about other cable standards.
It’s interesting how USB, and now USB-C is becoming a standard power delivery interface. Even for things that have no “smart” features. I’m actually interested in getting USB-C wall outlets. In a few places.
- Comment on USB-C gets a bit more universal as the EU’s mandate goes into effect 8 months ago:
That’s exactly what I’m saying. I’m not use to having this variability in build quality of USB ports, or Lightning ports.
I’m use to it either always being shit (micro-usb) or almost always fine unless an incident damages the port. USB-A is rock solid, relatively speaking.
- Comment on USB-C gets a bit more universal as the EU’s mandate goes into effect 8 months ago:
You have to admit, it seems very unlikely though, right?
- Comment on USB-C gets a bit more universal as the EU’s mandate goes into effect 8 months ago:
Lightning and barrel connectors are pretty solid.
Micro USB is worse than USB-C for sure. See my other comment on this post.
