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- Comment on RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users 4 days ago:
Ironic.
- Comment on Starfield's abandoned gore and dismemberment system sure would have made it less grey 6 days 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago:
Lightning and barrel connectors are pretty solid.
Micro USB is worse than USB-C for sure. See my other comment on this post.
- Comment on USB-C gets a bit more universal as the EU’s mandate goes into effect 2 weeks ago:
Anecdotally, both Valve and Meta have struggled with the durability of USB-C on their Index Controllers and Quest headsets respectively.
When used with a device that will move around, and maybe bump into things, USB-C can be easily shorted out leading to melted connections.
I also find the USB-C port on the PS5 controller isn’t 100% stable too. I use it with a cable on my PC.
Micro USB was worse about connection stability. But I’m not aware of it easily melting ports.
The USB-C connections Apple makes seem to be to a higher standard than all the ports I just mentioned. It is possible to make solid ones. But it seems you need to intentionally do so.
Does anyone else aware of anecdotal USB-C durability issues? It seems like the port is fine, but only when it’s reinforced/high quality.
- Comment on Microsoft built a PC that can't run local apps — Windows 365 Link starts at $349 and doesn't come with storage 1 month ago:
Sounds like something someone blindly mocking Apple would joke about them releasing
- Comment on Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages 2 months ago:
The thing I think is left out is that it usually eliminates all of the casual cheaters. For some games this is a massive change in the feel and culture of the online space in the game.
But yeah, no matter what, even when the games are never on our hardware and become just video streams sold to us by the hour, cheating tools will always exist. Even if it’s just a bit of tape on your monitor.
- Comment on Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children 2 months ago:
- Comment on God of War Ragnarok PC port suffers review bombing on Steam due to PlayStation Network account requirement 3 months ago:
I doubt the majority of those incidents are people who bought it without knowing about the controversy first. Thats why they can be grouped and labeled as something other than standard reviews.
- Comment on God of War Ragnarok PC port suffers review bombing on Steam due to PlayStation Network account requirement 3 months ago:
That does sound like review bombing then. People elsewhere in the thread are arguing about definitions.
- Comment on Valve Working With Rockstar to Fix GTA Online on Steam Deck 3 months ago:
Of course Valve is. GTAO is the most successful online game ever.
- Comment on Minecraft creators are already trying to fix the Minecraft movie 4 months ago:
Oh, “creators” not the creators of the movie, or the game. I see.
- Comment on Dwarf Fortress adds Dwarf Babies, an upgraded Adventure Mode and more but macOS cancelled 5 months ago:
😔
- Comment on Dwarf Fortress adds Dwarf Babies, an upgraded Adventure Mode and more but macOS cancelled 5 months ago:
Nooooo
- Comment on If you look to play the upcoming "Spectre Divide" game, don't hold your breath this is from an interview with Mountaintop Games CEO via The Verge. 5 months ago:
Maybe they should publicly boast about having no anti-cheat and tell everyone that they are doing it for cross platform compatibility reasons. And because they believe kernel level stuff is also bad.
I’d love to follow along and see how things go.
- Comment on Microsoft looking to restrict kernel level access after CrowdStrike incident might help us with our current Anti-Cheat dilemma 5 months ago:
The op said they don’t stop cheaters. Implying it makes zero impact.
- Comment on Microsoft looking to restrict kernel level access after CrowdStrike incident might help us with our current Anti-Cheat dilemma 5 months ago:
They do make a difference. I’ve been party to the difference that bringing these tools to a platform does.
- Comment on Microsoft looking to restrict kernel level access after CrowdStrike incident might help us with our current Anti-Cheat dilemma 5 months ago:
Server side is beatable too.
My point is anti cheat will never be perfect, and you just rattled off a bunch of text to say that.
Anti-cheat efforts do make an impact on the pervasiveness and culture of cheating.
- Comment on Microsoft looking to restrict kernel level access after CrowdStrike incident might help us with our current Anti-Cheat dilemma 5 months ago:
If stopping any and all cheating absolutely is your only metric on “stopping cheating.” Then you have a distorted view on the effectiveness of current anti-cheat tools.
- Comment on Google is purging ‘low-quality’ Android apps next month 5 months ago:
Despite this, conventional wisdom says it’s a better situation on Apple’s side though, right? If so I can’t imagine how messy the play store must be.
- Comment on Team Fortress 2 fans have launched a new campaign to get Valve to save it 7 months ago:
Most of Valves properties are iconic.
- Comment on Censored: Last week, a writer on China's WeChat bemouned that a large part of information from the country's domestic internet had disappeared. Within hours, the writer's post had vanished too. 7 months ago:
That’s a misuse of the 404 status.
- Comment on OpenAI's new safety committee is made up of all insiders 7 months ago:
“Well work to make this as safe as we can. Right up to the point where it starts to cut into profit potential.”
- Comment on YouTube could roll out ads while videos are paused after “strong traction” in experiment 8 months ago:
“You can pause here to read the full post”
“No I fucking can’t, an ad for a dubious weight loss product covers it!”
- Comment on Baldur’s Gate 3 does what Elden Ring couldn’t, sweeps BAFTAs to become first game to win every big GOTY award 9 months ago:
lol. I just remembered starfield.
- Comment on Valve fixes Remote Play on Steam Deck 10 months ago:
What specifically is better? These are just clients for the Streaming that Steam provides, right? They don’t actually swap out the “server” side, right?
