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>any valuable laptop is a tracking device anyway.

You say this but I've seen countless videos of Apple stores getting raided by thugs who steal all the devices. We all know those devices will shut down and be inoperable but they don't know and/or care.

I'm sympathetic to the title inflation issue but more on the problem of the "engineer" title, not to mention the "scientist" title.

For example, I work in Data & AI and we have:

- data engineer

- analytics engineer

- data scientist

- AI engineer

What I don't know is what's the alternative?

Data Engineers are basically software developers.

Analytics Engineers were Data Analysts or BI Analysts but the job has changed so much that neither of those titles fit.

My opinion is that basically everyone should just be a "Developer" or "Programmer" and then have the area suffixed:

- Data Engineer → Developer (Data Infrastructure)

- Analytics Engineer → Developer (Analytics)

etc.

That doesn't change the reality that the Steam Deck is a niche device.

I hope that changes though.

Came across this piece from Discord on how they scaled dbt for petabyte-level workloads and a big engineering team. Some interesting ideas around environment isolation, faster compilation, guardrails, and CI/CD patterns that data and analytics engineers might find useful.

Curious, what have they moved on to? Is it better than Fortnite and the other games you've identified?

Steam Deck has a tiny install base.

Switch 2 does not.

I'm mostly a PC gamer but let's be real here.

I tried all of these debloating scripts a couple of years back but nowadays I just stick with LTSC

I would guess that the overlap between people deeply concerned about display response times and those excited to buy a Switch 2 is tiny. Most Switch buyers aren’t chasing cutting-edge codecs, they’re buying it for Splatoon, Zelda, Mario, and Animal Crossing. Nintendo’s audience has always prioritised unique first-party games and portability over hardware specs.

Speaking from experience, I've been thoroughly enjoying the Switch 2. Even if I knew about this information before I bought the console, it would not impact my purchase decision.

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.

I've found them to be pretty good for summarising Slack notifications but less so for Messages.

Mycenaean's were Greek. Same as the Macedonians, the Athenians, the Spartans, the Corinthians, etc.

True but if you're referring to the fact that you can play Xbox and Xbox 360 games on newer hardware, I believe Microsoft has a team that has to individually patch these games to work for newer hardware.

Sony does something similar I believe with their new Classics Catalogue as part of their most premium PS Plus tier.

This is all true. Xbox always threatens to leave their current vendors only to end up signing a renewal at the final hours of the contract.

>As a gamedev I have a different perspective: Sony and Nintendo would be fools to give up backwards compatibility just for savings on chips.

In your view, is this issue worse with modern consoles now that the Playstation (and possibly Nintendo) online store purchases persist across generations? Imagine a scenario where someone has a PS4 and PS5, they buy many games through the Playstation Store, then Sony selects a different chip supplier for the PS6. I'm guessing this would cause issues with games that were designed for the older consoles, breaking backwards compatibility.

I'd imagine that if the console manufacturers cared about backwards compatibility, which I think they do, the likelihood of them switching chip providers would decrease with each generation.

What's so bad about the developer living in China?