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  • Arguably Brighter Shores is a cozy game and it's got an appealing art style to my eyes

  • I get Tim's reasoning though with Xbox, Switch, and PlayStation. As it stands, these are not general purposes operating systems. You don't "install apps" on them, you play games, maybe stream a show, and maybe use a web browser (but realistically few people are doing the latter two with these devices). They're also typically much more subsidized because Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft can recoup a lot of the hardware cost in game sales (where as Apple and Google increasingly make the most money off of the hardware sales).

    Compare that to the Apple and Google case; like imagine if Microsoft and Apple had done this with PCs in the 90s. The world would look significantly different because you couldn't install various things on Macs. Like as an example, Firefox and Chrome arguably wouldn't exist (or would be a pain to install), because your system would ship with Safari and Internet Explorer (and the other browsers would just "not be allowed").

    This is hugely anti-competitive in a way that's far more offensive than Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft's behavior on their gaming consoles. These are not general purposes devices (maybe they should be, but they're not). Basically nobody is doing their taxes on a Switch or PlayStation ... but plenty of people use iOS/Android devices as their only computers (they do their taxes there, pay their bills online via these devices, etc).

  • Tim is taking a moral stand ... and I know he gets a lot of crap, but he's not wrong to fight Apple and Google about mobile app stores.

    Apple and Google created entire operating systems where the flow of almost all transactions flows through them.

    Some people don't even have computers anymore, the just use these mobile platforms.

    It's hugely anticompetitive (especially in the Apple case where you can't even install -- without heroics -- non-Apple approved apps).


    I disagree with Tim on Linux.

    I also disagree with his approach to taking on Steam dominance ... mostly because of the Linux bit but also because I don't like exclusivity deals. That said, people may eventually appreciate what Tim has done here should Steam turn sour. It is kind of scary that so much depends on the good will of the aging Gabe.

    I don't disagree with Tim RE Apple and Google's app stores.

  • I don't think this is an "anymore" problem, I don't think it ever has been taught. The majority of people that voted for Trump were not young people fresh out of school.

  • Eh... Without examples, I don't know that this is a good warning.

    Everyone gets into different technologies at their own pace. Even if it does bite OP in some abstract way because they eventually get to some complex use case, that's okay; it's all a learning experience.

  • Oh I agree, no doubt ... but teaching critical thinking is not easy

  • Well like, basically every shooter currently uses a hitbox to do the hitscan and that never matches the model 1:1. The hitboxes are typically far less detailed and the weak points are just a different part of the hitbox that is similarly less detailed.

    I think what they're doing is using the RT specialized hardware to evaluate the bullet path (just like a ray of light from a point) more cheaply than can be traditionally done on the GPU (effectively what Nvidia enabled when they introduced hardware designed for ray tracing).

    If I'm guessing correctly, it's not so much that they're disregarding the mesh but they're disregarding hitbox design. Like, the hit damage is likely based on the mesh and the actual rendered model vs the simplified hitbox ... so there's no "you technically shot past their ear, but it's close enough so we're going to call it a headshot" sort of stuff.

    If you're doing a simulated shotgun blast that could also be a hundred pellets being simulated through the barrel heading towards the target as well. Then add in more enemies that shoot things and a few new gun designs and... maybe it starts to make sense.

  • It's a different thing. This is pixel perfect accuracy for the entire projectile. There aren't hotboxes as I understand it, it's literally what the model is on the screen.

  • I think we need to do better than just say "get an education."

    There are educated people that still vote for Trump. Making it sound like liberalism is some result of going to college is part of why so many colleges are under attack.

    From their perspective I get it, many of the Trump voters didn't go, they hear that and they just assume brainwashing.

    We need to find a way to teach people to sort out information, to put their immediate emotions on pause and search for information, etc, not just the kind of "education" where you regurgitate talking points from teachers, the TV, or the radio as if they're matter of a fact ... and the whole education system is pretty tuned around regurgitation, even at the college level. A lot of the culture of exploration surrounding college (outside of the classroom) is likely more where the liberal view points come from and we'd be ill advised to assume the right can't destroy that.

  • They used ray tracing for the hit registration so that's presumably why.

    It's a really interesting idea ... presumably that means there are some really flashy guns and there is a very intricate damage system that runs at least partially on the GPU.

  • Yeah, eternal was for me one of the best video games ever

  • It's definitely still an early access game, but it's progressing nicely, incredibly stable, charming, backed by a passionate team, and well priced.

  • Corporate capture of Dems is real. In 2022, we campaigned extensively in the US for anti-trust legislation. Two bills were ready, with bipartisan support. Chuck Schumer (who coincidently has two daughters working as big tech lobbyists) refused to bring the bills for a vote.

    At a 2024 event covering antitrust remedies, out of all the invited senators, just a single one showed up - JD Vance.

    By working on the front lines of many policy issues, we have seen the shift between Dems and Republicans over the past decade first hand.

    Dems had a choice between the progressive wing (Bernie Sanders, etc), versus corporate Dems, but in the end money won and constituents lost.

    Until corporate Dems are thrown out, the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses.

    I guess it was the initial one where he said the little guy stuff, regardless he doubles down on the partisan politics. This was posted through the official Proton account as well.

    Like, he had a bad expense with Chuck and basically nobody including 99% of Republicans showed up to his party ... So clearly we should all just forget all the other problematic stuff that Republicans have done.

    I think he doesn't get the part about US politics where most of the time party leaders won't bring bills unless they're major flag flying things (like immigration in the Republican House) or they'll actually pass.

    Privacy is neither for either party.

  • The worst part was not Andy's initial posts it was his initial "let me correct the narrative" follow ups where he went on to bash Democrats and call the Republicans the party of the little guy, which is in many ways untruthful.

    It's just a really bad look overall. This is basically how it started with us finding out Musk was such a mess too.

  • I guess Biden isn't going to enforce it and Trump has promised not to as well. So... This sucks.