rafoix
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- Comment on Nvidia's Jensen Huang: 'China is going to win the AI race,' 6 days ago:
Yeah, he’s desperate to have the US allow him to legally sell the high end GPUs directly to Chinese customers as opposed to the current system they use with lots of middlemen.
- Comment on GM cuts thousands of EV and battery factory workers | TechCrunch 1 week ago:
Yeah, those people do not see Chevrolet and Dodge as an alternative to BMW and Mercedes. GM, Chrysler and Ford have made junk for decades and now they’re trying to be upscale. Nobody wants their trash.
- Comment on Microsoft pushing for profits "well above the industry average" is reportedly behind Xbox's layoff and cancellation misery 1 week ago:
That Activision Blizzard merger was 100% only for COD and Diablo. Everything else will be purged.
- Comment on GM cuts thousands of EV and battery factory workers | TechCrunch 1 week ago:
The US car companies want to make $70,000 EVs profitable instead of $30,000 EVs. They gave up on the working class.
- Comment on Microsoft's decision to axe Windows 10 is driving Apple PC sales growth — users buy Macs instead of AI PCs despite Microsoft’s push for Copilot+ PCs 1 week ago:
That’s the best thing about OSX. It doesn’t really change to new complete garbage every iteration. It is basically the same with different color schemes.
- Comment on TikTok can use AI to turn your long video into short ones 1 week ago:
I imagine a lot of annoying cuts to cut down on any quiet time.
- Comment on Even Xbox developer kits are getting a big price hike 3 weeks ago:
I looks like they’re actively trying to kill the Xbox brand and go back to just having MS branding like the old days.
- Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright 3 weeks ago:
lol, e-waste beds.
- Comment on When Everything Is Fake, What’s the Point of Social Media? 3 weeks ago:
Social media’s value comes from its ability to influence the public.
AI’s value comes from its theoretical ability to replace humans in jobs and in influencing the public.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 3 weeks ago:
Who’s blaming the victim?
I’m blaming the one-way relationship celebrity culture. It seems like a breeding ground for people with serious social issues.
- Comment on 'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': High-profile streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment 3 weeks ago:
I can imagine that this type of celebrity attracts the most unhinged obsessed fans with borderline personality disorder and/or other potentially dangerous and antisocial behaviors.
- Comment on As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers' 4 weeks ago:
Activision should not have been allowed to merge with Blizzard.
MS should not have been allowed to purchase then.
- Comment on Why Japan's internet is weirdly designed 4 weeks ago:
they’re stuck in their version of the Geocities / dot-com boom era
That’s before everything became total shit.
- Comment on Qualcomm to Acquire Arduino 4 weeks ago:
Consolidation is always bad for consumers.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Tesla “full self driving” is an illusion that works on idiots.
- Comment on Dev says Switch 2’s physical Game Cards were too slow for Star Wars Outlaws port 2 months ago:
There very little chance that there will be faster game cards. I don’t think it has ever happened before on any system.
it would likely be a lot of work
This is the key point. The amount of work they would need to do goes against the amount of profit the way want to make.
CDPR actually put in the work to adapt the game to Switch 2. Not every publisher is willing to do it.
- Comment on Dev says Switch 2’s physical Game Cards were too slow for Star Wars Outlaws port 2 months ago:
CDPR can do it.
- Comment on Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamics lay off more staff, say the series' future is "unaffected" 2 months ago:
Tomb Raider needs to go back to exploration focused gameplay.
Once it became more action focused, it took away Lara’s fun vibe. Now she’s a grizzled mercenary with PTSD.
They should look at Death Stranding for exploration based gameplay.
- Comment on Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately 2 months ago:
Crypto is full of scammers that are not allowed to trade securities because of criminal activities.
- Comment on Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty 2 months ago:
Yes, the longer they delay the more expensive it will be.
- Comment on Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty 2 months ago:
It would benefit Canada and most countries to join forces and invest into open source tools together that achieve each of their objectives.
Canada doesn’t have to do it alone.
- Comment on Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty 2 months ago:
Open source software should reduce costs and improve reliability.
- Comment on [[TheGamer]] Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition's Gamescom Build Has Major Performance Issues On Nintendo Switch 2 2 months ago:
FromSoft is one of the best developers in the world. Unfortunately, they lag behind many other studios when it comes to software performance. This has been an ongoing issue for multiple decades.
- Comment on Leaks again hint at Valve doing a proper Steam Machine Console 2 months ago:
A Steam Machine only makes sense with an APU.
wccftech.com/xbox-next-magnus-apu-power-both-cons…
This seems to make more sense for AMD, MS and Valve.
- Comment on The Chinese Room defend Bloodlines 2's paywalled vampire clans: "we have been expanding it from where we originally planned to land it" 2 months ago:
I’ll just wait for the discounted version.
- Comment on Sony makes the “difficult decision” to raise PlayStation 5 prices in the US 2 months ago:
The solution to this is a healthy PC gaming market but the hardware prices there are much more inflated than console hardware costs.
- Comment on Intel’s Move Toward Nationalization Won’t Work—at Least for the Long Haul 2 months ago:
That’s great because Qualcomm sucks.
- Comment on Google executive Ruth Porat calls Trump admin’s climate denialism “fantastic” and calls for data centers to be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear 2 months ago:
She’s wealthy. At no point is her home life affected by the climate crisis.
- 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 2 months ago:
At least it’s something positive.
- Comment on Intel’s Move Toward Nationalization Won’t Work—at Least for the Long Haul 2 months ago:
Qualcomm seems like is going to be the big ARM supplier for Windows PCs. Nvidia and AMD have yet to announce any ARM SoCs.
ARM is good enough for most computing needs and it uses a lot less power.