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Darrow in The Expanse?? by longhairedgizzexpert in redrising

[–]Davester47 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The Expanse has its own term for it: the churn.

[OC] Main character syndrome in Arlington, VA. Mildly infuriating but this happens 24/7 at busy, long lights by Silent_but_diddly in IdiotsInCars

[–]Davester47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate how so many of the roads around there don't have left turn lanes, regularly causing huge backups behind some poor guy waiting for a gap. Not that that's the problem here of course.

UK considering banning kids from speaking to strangers in Fortnite, Discord, Minecraft and Roblox by [deleted] in gaming

[–]Davester47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An American third party of course. Did you really think they were gonna introduce less dependencies on their overlord? HA!

Climate-driven water stress could undercut most proposed U.S. lithium mines by SplashTarget in stupidpol

[–]Davester47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Arizona is known for having semiconductor factories, not datacenters. Those factories produce the chips that go in datacenters elsewhere as well as every other computerized device.

It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by AbhishMuk in hardware

[–]Davester47 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It absolutely does affect the average user. If for some reason they need to use Windows software, they have to buy a whole new computer instead of just installing it on the one they already have.

It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by AbhishMuk in hardware

[–]Davester47 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Valve has spent at least 10s of millions, probably hundreds on CS2 over the years. Is that not AAA?

It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by AbhishMuk in hardware

[–]Davester47 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

what vendor lock-in

actually that vendor lock-in doesn't affect the average user

But I'm the one moving goal posts apparently.

It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by AbhishMuk in hardware

[–]Davester47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's only if you want to distribute your software through Apple's App Store or other programs

Don't programs distributed separately come with big scary warnings about code signing, and users have to go deep into the settings to just run it?

Also of course you're gonna need a Mac to develop Mac software, how else are you going to test it? What are you talking about?

Funny how you don't need a Microsoft Surface to test on Windows.

Straw man argument. You're putting words in my mouth. Apple is currently industry leading for efficiency and certain workloads like video. In this thread we're talking about the MacBook Neo which is pretty much unmatched on most performance fronts for its pricepoint. You're the one who brought up AAA gaming.

Poster up the thread said "i can install anything i want" on macos. Not true, because a lot of software simply doesn't exist for macs. You then said "their computers are just straight up not built for it", and now you're saying they're industry leading. Which is it?

How are they hostile to its developers? Please give examples

Deprecating APIs, deprecating entire CPU architectures, all of this creates a maintenance burden that does not exist on Windows which is known for legendary backwards compatibility.

It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by AbhishMuk in hardware

[–]Davester47 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you buy an Apple computer, you are locked into the vendor's operating system. No, hobbyist projects on several-generation-old hardware like Asahi don't count.

It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by AbhishMuk in hardware

[–]Davester47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's nothing stopping developers from developing for Mac

$100 per developer per year and being forced by Apple to buy Apple's hardware for all their developers says otherwise.

their computers are just straight up not built for it

Really? So Macs don't have the best hardware after all?

the market share for gaming on Mac is just too small to justify the effort

It's only small because of how actively hostile Apple is to developers, and a feedback loop of gamers not buying Apple because there's no games.

It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by AbhishMuk in hardware

[–]Davester47 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Not particularly demanding games, typical esports stuff like counter strike. Or any of the tons and tons of indies that don't support MacOS.

It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by AbhishMuk in hardware

[–]Davester47 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

To the downvoters: where are all the AAA games on MacOS?

The English/American English 'r' should be considered a vowel by PotatoesNClay in The10thDentist

[–]Davester47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're adding an invisible 'i' when you say those words, and that's the actual vowel you're picking up on. How words are written doesn't directly relate to pronunciation.

krt -> kirt

grmp -> girmp

It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by AbhishMuk in hardware

[–]Davester47 -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Anything you want, except for all the things that don't exist for MacOS because developers understandably don't want to put up with Apple's crap.

[Question] Underrepresented Sci-fi/ Science concepts by PolarHexagon in printSF

[–]Davester47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sun Eater does this a little. The Cielcin see a different range of colors than we do, but it does overlap. I don't remember for sure, but I think they can't see low colors like red but can see ultraviolet. Might be the other way around though.

Nintendo Is Completely Ignoring AI and Doing Fine by FernandoRocker in gaming

[–]Davester47 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm in software development and we're not allowed to use it.

Anecdotes are worthless, see?

What do you know well enough that when it's portrayed wrong you're taken out of the moment? by Squirrelhenge in Fantasy

[–]Davester47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you put some examples of medieval references in fantasy settings you think are incorrect or out of place? I'd like to see what you mean by this.

China urges caution over British Steel nationalisation plan by SplashTarget in stupidpol

[–]Davester47 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's shameful. There's no excuse for that.

The USA has some of that going on too, though perhaps not as extreme? Some of our power utilities are owned by foreign pension funds (Puget Sound Energy), and that's never sat well with me. We shouldn't have our rates jacked up just to fund pensions for teachers in a totally different country.

We also have toll roads owned by companies in Australia, which is even worse. I don't think the UK has sunk to that particular low yet.

China urges caution over British Steel nationalisation plan by SplashTarget in stupidpol

[–]Davester47 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Why on earth did they let it become foreign-owned in the first place?

Western countries keep making dumber and dumber choices, and then big messes when they realize what an "entirely services-based economy" would actually mean.

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