TheRealKuni

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[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 7 points 9 hours ago

Important thing to remember about the “console wars.”

Other than the Nintendo Wii (iirc), most consoles sell at a loss at the beginning of the generation. They eventually turn a profit on console sales, but console sales aren’t the point.

Game sales are.

When each console was its own very specific architecture and games needed to be designed specifically for them, console sales matter a lot because that’s how you’d sell games.

But now that architectures are similar (if not the same), cross-compilation has become easier than ever. It’s why you see Sony finally releasing first party titles on PC.

Microsoft knows full well that their console sales aren’t great, but that’s okay for them. Their PC sales are. Many of their titles sell on Steam. And they sell some of their titles on PlayStation.

They’ll continue to make some form of console because without it they lose out on millions of Game Pass subscriptions from people who don’t want to make the initial investment in a gaming PC, or deal with the complexity, but their goal of making that next console more and more like a PC fits perfectly in their model.

It’s a shame the Series X has sold so poorly, it’s a great console, but I doubt Microsoft is too worried about “losing” the console wars to Sony. The game has changed.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 7 points 17 hours ago

It was fun. Extremely formulaic and predictable, but enjoyable. A lot of the race strategy stuff was bullshit, but it kinda had to be, the sport itself is too complicated to have silver bullets (though there are silver arrows).

Also the cinematography was really cool. It captured so well how damn quick an F1 car is.

Not a great movie, but worth seeing if you like Formula 1.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 12 points 21 hours ago

Hmm.

This sucks for TSMC, but I have a hard time being upset that humanity’s ability to make better processors will expand, especially given the vulnerability of Taiwan. But I don’t really know enough to have a firm position on this.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Oh damn, really? Guess I’m switching adblockers! 🤣

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There are a number of adblockers for iOS, but you are correct, uBlock Origin is not one of them.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same question to you as I posed to the other poster:

Why aren’t you using an adblocker on your phone? They are easily implemented on both Android and iOS (as long as you’re willing to use Safari as your browser on iOS).

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

How are you not using an adblocker on your phone?

I know Firefox on Android (and other browsers) support adblockers. On iOS if you want to block ads without using a DNS to block them I think you’re stuck with Safari, but you’re using Safari to render them regardless so it’s not a big deal. Still, you can block mobile ads.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Themes like “incest” and “rape” were pulled from Steam.

While distasteful to most, these are not illegal in pornography (local laws may differ). Hell, even snuff films are legal as long as they’re simulated (and not real video of actual murder). However, because of payment processors mainstream porn sites won’t host them.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago

Hello? If he had survived, they all would have survived.

I think the answer to your confusion is “if he weren’t in the sub when it imploded.”

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice! I’ve considered a Voron, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to dedicate that much time to the printer as opposed to the printing. (I feel like I got my fill of excessive tinkering already 😅)

But the closed nature of Bambu does bother me, I’ll admit.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

As someone who replaced his Maker Select Plus with a Bambu Lab P1S a few months ago…if you do get a new printer, be prepared to be angry for a moment.

I spent so much time and effort improving that thing over the years, and the modern printer was so much better right out of the box. 😅

(Not that I don’t still have a fond place in my heart for my old bedslinger. A friend has it now, so it’s still chugging along.)

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some of the conformity is safety. Cars today are generally designed with crumple zones, airbags, and other safety measures in mind. That leads to them looking similar to other cars designed with the same requirements.

There are still some beautiful cars today, but they are outliers. For example, I saw a Honda Prologue recently and loved it. It has a somewhat unique look that was much more obvious in person. And the Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Giulia, while bigger than their older brethren, always make me smile.

There are other examples. But largely, cars have become pretty samey and boring.

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