mkwt

@mkwt@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton is the Future of PC gaming. But how does it work? [Gardiner Bryant, YouTube]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. Linux is a total pain in the behind to write applications for, because of API and ABI instability. Just ask notable Linux desktop application developer Linus Torvalds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC accuse Microsoft of breaking promise not to raise Game Pass prices after Activision Blizzard deal⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno. I was mostly just trying to explain why the federal government might care about video game pricing at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Major Windows BSOD issue takes banks, airlines, and broadcasters offline⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Car manufacturers have ISO 26262 to regulate safety critical software development, whereas aviation is mainly based on RTCA DO178.

  The concepts are pretty similar. Details differ.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC accuse Microsoft of breaking promise not to raise Game Pass prices after Activision Blizzard deal⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If only there was some way to regulate corporations.

  It’s called the Sherman Antitrust Act, and it’s why this promise was made and why the FTC cares about it now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American Truck Simulator is heading to Iowa in a future DLC⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude, all the work is in the maps, and they generally sell them proportional to the amount of map content. There are two benefits:

  1. Studio doesn’t have to staff up to do all the content at once, but they still get paid periodically for what they do produce. This keeps the staff employed longer in a more stable position.

  2. You can pick and choose which areas you want to get. If you want a big bundle, those still show up on Steam too at various levels of discount. But you’re not locked into having to deal with Ohio too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And Governor Rod Blagojevich.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if we aimed the Hubble Telescope at Earth? - Minute Earth are working together with xkcd to animate "What If" questions!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And the angular momentum is conserved.

  Your choices are basically RCS thrusters or reaction wheels. Thrusters burn limited fuel. Reaction wheels are flywheels inside the satellite that you spin in the operator opposite direction to where you want to rotate. They are limited by the mass and size of flywheel, and the maximum speed you can spin it up to.