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Comment · 1 month ago
This looks extremely useful.

If you continue working on this a good direction to go in would be to package it as a command line tool, so it can be integrated into testing and release processes.

Comment · 1 month ago
Superhot VR and Half-Life Alix, in that order. Sprinkle in some Beatsaber to taste.

Playing Superhot VR for the first time made me experience actual physical euphoria. I hadn't had that reaction to a new tech thing since I first got a ZX Spectrum as a little kid.

The only downside of starting with these is that it sets the bar incredibly high. But I still recommend it - it's hell of an introduction to a new medium.

Comment · 3 months ago
How meaningful is that in a society where political dissidence is suppressed?
Comment · 4 months ago
This is clearly broken, it shows "3 blocked" even as uBO is reporting 89 requests to 34 different domains blocked.

EDIT it's below the fold: "Some browser/blocker combinations may affect results. If uBlock Origin breaks the test, allow adblock.turtlecute.org."

Comment · 5 months ago
Comment · 5 months ago
It was blocked from inclusion in the AMD GPU drivers, it's nothing specific to Steam or the Steam Machine.

The HDMI Forum apparently forbids any open source implementation of HDMI 2.1. Although I don't know if they ever offered an official justification, for a group that exists to promote HDMI adoption, they're clearly morons.

Comment · 8 months ago
I was in the same boat and literally this week bought a Pixel 8. It's a 2 year old phone but with the extended support period that's no longer a problem, and being old means you can get it new for about €300 or refurbished for even less.

The other option is the Samsung S2x line, which you can apply the same strategy to.

Comment · 9 months ago
> I'd love to know what the justification for replacing them in the first place was.

There were two converging factors: number one is that there was a time where it was considered a sign of sophistication / progress. Definitely a case of form over function, but remember this was the era when everything Tesla did was cool and everyone was chasing them.

The second factor is cost. Physical buttons are expensive to design, certify and manufacture (most people don't have a notion of how high the durability bar is for everything that goes into a car interior). Once you have to have a touchscreen anyway you can (theoretically) remove almost all physical controls.

Comment · 11 months ago
They don't need to expand capacity to fulfill this contract.

They would want to expand capacity if they believed this increase in demand is long lasting - the implication is therefore that they don't believe it, or not enough to risk major capital expenditures.

You saw the same with GPU makers not wanting to expand capacity during the Cryptocurrency boom. They don't want to be left holding the bag when the bubble pops.

Comment · 11 months ago
Truly, the writers of Yes Minister were documentarians. That line could have been straight out of the show.
Comment · 11 months ago
They are, and that's exactly why music piracy fell off a cliff in the streaming era and movie/tv piracy didn't.

"Piracy is a service problem" -- Gabe Newell

Comment · 1 year ago
I've had something similar happen starting maybe a year ago, and varying in intensity from "no problem" up to "pegged CPU in the youtube tab and UI actions can lag up to several seconds". It doesn't affect video playback though.

This behavior comes and goes over time, for example it's been fine for several weeks in a row now. I assume it's punishment for running an ad-blocker.

Comment · 1 year ago
I use uBo which uses easylist, and when I watch youtube videos they are marked as viewed, so this explanation does not seem likely?

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