Yeah VR is a good thing to point at as a message for “this is where we are heading and it will make the problem worse” but the current problems stem from the broad internet (the big apps) taking away real socialization time without giving much in return, and also cultural identity problems that are vast and complex.
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John_Coomsumer@beehaw.orgOPto
Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•What non-FOSS software are you using that you wish you could replace?
4·3 years agoI freed myself from these chains years ago now, It was definitely worth it. understandable if you are locked in for work though.
John_Coomsumer@beehaw.orgOPto
Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•What non-FOSS software are you using that you wish you could replace?
5·3 years agoThis is a big one for me, I currently have NVIDIA gpus on all my machines, (i am going to avoid them in the future, the corporate price gouging is unacceptable) but at the moment that makes switching to linux for my gaming pc quite a bit more obnoxious.
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Technology@beehaw.org•FTC loses again, Microsoft is now clear to close the Activision-Xbox deal in the USEnglish
10·3 years agoThe laws are the problem here, the FTC’s legal case and legal argument was dogshit. The moral one isnt, but that solution lies with congress and they are gridlocked on actual anti competitive laws by corpo-suckers that are only 75% republican
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Technology@beehaw.org•FTC loses again, Microsoft is now clear to close the Activision-Xbox deal in the USEnglish
1·3 years agoThe laws are the problem here, the FTC’s legal case and legal argument was dogshit. The moral one isnt, but that solution lies with congress and they are gridlocked on actual anti competitive laws by corpo-suckers that are only 75% republican
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Android@lemdro.id•Button navigation is objectively better than gesture navigation.English
43·3 years agoIt is physically impossible for gestures to be faster than a single button press. If you prefer them that’s 100% cool but c’mon that shit is not faster
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Technology@beehaw.org•what AI tool do you mostly use Bard or ChatGPTEnglish
2·3 years agoThis is a bit close minded and reductive when you can see a large number is examples where these tools beat the shit out of search engines, and search engines have been on a precipitous decline in quality for years now. Not talking shit; the privacy concerns are very valid and i dont think there is anything at all wrong with an anti-ai stance in these areas, I just don’t want novices reading this and thinking these tools are “glorified keyboard autocorrect” when some near version of them is undoubtedly the future of both internet search and internet assistant.
The WAN show is a great option for a one stop shop for broad tech stuff. It is often very long but they add very clear chapters to the youtube video that make it easy to jump to the stuff that interests you. Luke is a software developer/manager so he is fairy knowledgeable in that realm, and Linus is a very transparent CEO of a tech media company, so the coverage is actually very good between the two of them. Just dont expect in depth conversations about RHEL forks and node.js code efficiency and stuff, its very much meant to be consumed by regular tech enthusiasts and not hyper deep code monkeys.
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Technology@beehaw.org•What do you think of Hacker News?English
1·3 years agoIt’s fine and worth visiting, unless there are topics related to economics or business and then you can REALLY tell the site is filled with silicon valley bros
I’m on jerboa, and like others are saying “active” is pretty ass and ‘hot’ is okay. My main actual complaint is the inability to sort comments! Please God, I’m tired of seeing the rare hateful message with 1/2 up votes on top, and then a more normal good comment with 50 up votes beneath it. Going to be a real problem for onboarding people and optics.
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Operating Systems@beehaw.org•Is anyone here daily driving an obscure OS like HaikuOS, ReactOS, MorphOS, etc?English
3·3 years agoIf the developer hadn’t gone off the deep end and lost control of his mind I actually think he was primed to make a massive impact on the industry. So much talent wasted
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Programming@beehaw.org•Faster sorting algorithms discovered using deep reinforcement learning
4·3 years agoWouldn’t this still be pretty massive at large scales like datacenters?
VRchat is similar to second life in terms of what it provides to the player, and is very popular with VR users. Second life is still around but it looks like puke and has an impenetrable culture.