rbits
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Comment · 4 days ago
It's still a lot bigger than polynomial. I don't think it would realistically be that useful.
Comment · 7 days ago
> IMO a more precise framing is that what is being removed is the ability of anonymous developers to have wide distribution on Android devices. That is, after these changes, you (as an app developer) can either:
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> - be a registered developer, and target all Android users (Google Play Store, F-Droid, distributing .apk files, etc), or
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> - remain anonymous, and target only a subset of Android users (all "power users" who do the one-time 24-hour cooldown, or a small number of users if you use the student/hobbyist path, and of course anyone can install their own apps on their own device with adb).
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> This is definitely an unfortunate step backwards from Android's prior openness, but is still more open than iOS (my comparison from a previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47939361), and is basically Google being forced by the governments of certain countries (Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand) where malicious-app phone scams have led to a lot of people losing their savings (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152069 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45909348).
As far as I am aware, the 24-hour cooldown will be required to use F-Droid. Has the situation changed regarding that?
Comment · 12 days ago
Art is different
Comment · 13 days ago
Reverse engineering the protocol is not the same as reverse engineering the entire server, though. That would be very hard in most cases, especially when you don't have access to the server binary.
Comment · 13 days ago
You can pass your game collection to your children. Just download them and put them on a USB drive. I guess you won't get updates that way, though.
Comment · 21 days ago
Yeah it sounds like I'm listening to an audiobook, not a meeting
Comment · 29 days ago
God that's depressing. I would hope that this website hasn't lost all interest in coding because AI can do it now.
Comment · 1 month ago
Just don't show the apps in Play Store search/recommendation. There's no need to completely remove the apps
Comment · 1 month ago
I'm young enough to have grown up with the Wii and the Switch, and I love pixel art.
Comment · 1 month ago
How is Exapunks[1] anything like a slot machine? Or Slay the Princess[2]? Or Minecraft? A blanket statement like "video games = slot machines" just doesn't work. I won't deny that there are many games that are predatory/mindless, but video games are such a broad medium.
[1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/716490/EXAPUNKS/
[2] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1989270/Slay_the_Princess...
Comment · 1 month ago
I think it would still work. A lot of people claim VR is about immersion, but I disagree. There is nothing less immersive than having a giant headset strapped to your face. To me VR is about the control scheme. Playing games with your hands with full freedom is very different to playing with a standard controller. That wouldn't be affected by a lack of 3D vision.
Some VR games assume you have depth perception and so you may have trouble with them, such as Beat Saber, but I honestly think most VR games would be perfectly playable without 3D vision. You may not be as good at the games as someone with 3D vision, but you'd probably still enjoy it.
My second favourite VR game is Gorilla Tag. I think that would play fine without 3D vision... as long as you don't get motion sickness - that game can be a lot.
Comment · 1 month ago
That doesn't fix anything. The battery is still heavy whether it's plugged in or not.
Comment · 1 month ago
I imagine that would be to account for the bezel. The outer display is slightly less than half the size of the inner display, so to get the same aspect ratio they would have to adjust it slightly.
Comment · 1 month ago
I don't see that at all personally. Maybe 10% of the posts I see are political/drama, and almost none of them are insulting posts from other platforms.