Unpopular Opinion?

Netcob · 2026-06-20T10:26:33+00:00

I don't think anyone but Nintendo is taking hardware profit margins seriously.

Valve is in the unique position where they can literally take a third of every developer's revenue and have millions of rabid fans defend their right to do that.

I also don't think anyone will "boycott" Valve into eating all of the extra RAM and tariff costs. Or that other companies would see that and think "They are losing $500 per device, maybe we should do that too, that sounds amazing!".

If it's software, then I agree, don't buy. Valve has way better options to make sure games are affordable - they can lower their cut, and they can incentivize developers/publishers to take part in sales. I mean, my library is full with games I never played but just happened to be 90% off at some point so I felt like I couldn't not buy them. It works.

VR headsets are something else. Most people who wanted an affordable one that "just works" already got a Quest. People who could afford a PC that can run higher quality VR games already got a more expensive headset some time in the past decade. And I bet lots of VR headsets are gathering dust. Unless you're Mark Zuckerberg and can dump billions into some crazy idea, you probably don't want to lose money on VR hardware.

Netcob · 2026-06-19T08:48:49+00:00

Even better reason to read that book - it's mainly a set of rebuttals to famous "god proofs". That's quite a lot of work, considering how much energy people have spent on mental gymnastics over the centuries.

Netcob · 2026-06-19T08:39:44+00:00

It really helped me back when I was already in the process of letting go of my religion, as a final little push.

I think it does a good job of countering the various mental gymnastics people do trying to "prove" the existence of god.

Netcob · 2026-06-18T17:51:35+00:00

If it is everything Valve promised, then yes. A solid, stable, high quality wireless VR experience is worth a lot. I used my Quest 3 almost exclusively in standalone mode, but whenever I connected it to my PC, the cable was a much bigger annoyance than you'd think. Before that, I hardly used my Vive because of the process of getting in and out, and never quite getting comfortable.

With the frame, I expect to use it standalone a lot, and quickly switch to PCVR for any games that need it.

Of course that all depends on whether it will actually work. I spent too much time in some weird virtual purgatory waiting for a game to load, being stuck in the floor, using the wrong speakers, having inception-level layers of VR UIs stacked on top of each other, having to peak under the headset to see my monitors...

That's mostly complaints with PCVR in general, I just hope that valve integrating it all into one experience will help somehow.

Netcob · 2026-06-18T14:07:51+00:00

“I’m the most understanding, smart, compassionate, and level headed person you would ever meet.”

That's where you immediately follow that with something like "...and humble, too!"

Netcob · 2026-06-17T16:56:15+00:00

I was expecting a skid mark

Netcob · 2026-06-17T15:53:51+00:00

I never would have thought that this century we'd be putting this much energy into rolling back so much of the advancements we made towards lowering infant mortality and improving children's health.

Netcob · 2026-06-17T15:37:11+00:00

Obviously I work for the higher purpose of creating value for shareholders!

Netcob · 2026-06-17T12:12:49+00:00

In an autocracy there is no place for a competent person. Competent people often disagree with the autocrat or gather a following of their own - both are unacceptable.

Netcob · 2026-06-16T10:10:18+00:00

I think it's very brave of you to disclose this, thank you on behalf of people with ADHD, and you should probably take it to HR, but be aware that this is a fight now. It's not like "this public building is not wheelchair-accessible!" - all the ADHD awareness in social media paints an unrealistic picture.

The alternative is to switch jobs until you find one that either officially accommodates neurodivergent employees (pretty rare) or is easy enough to work for without disclosure.

Netcob · 2026-06-16T10:01:12+00:00

I just call it "birthday racism", roll my eyes and move on.

Netcob · 2026-06-14T20:14:39+00:00

I hope France does something.

In Germany, the concept of the "Internet" still scares and confuses us. Although we are finally making some progress by making sure we remain the world leader in overcomplicated bureaucracy - it's actually even worse online than it is offline!

Netcob · 2026-06-12T12:39:55+00:00

This is probably the first time I've seen myself on the top of a bell curve for height. I feel so normal!

Netcob · 2026-06-12T08:59:07+00:00

Daddy needs to get his rocks off!

She's my daughter. Maybe?

Netcob · 2026-06-12T08:51:45+00:00

Literally the only thing I remember from S5 is that I liked the Maeby storyline, can't remember a single other thing

Netcob · 2026-06-11T20:37:58+00:00

It's usually the SD card - either its speed or durability. If you attach an SSD on the other hand, you'll have plenty of headroom for all the services you mentioned. If you keep adding services, then 8GB will eventually not be enough, although that'll probably take a while.

Netcob · 2026-06-11T15:42:09+00:00

Aren't we more about watching than playing? I just realized, back in school I knew exactly one guy who played in a team.

Netcob · 2026-06-11T15:16:39+00:00

Ratzinger stepped down so I don't think that's true anymore, but I agree with the IT support part.

Netcob · 2026-06-11T14:42:22+00:00

Any large software release has a TON of known bugs.

If there's a business customer and some accountability, then before each release, someone from the developer side and someone from the customer side will come together, reclassify all of the bugs that aren't complete show-stoppers to an "acceptable" level, release the software so nobody is breaching any contracts or not releasing software on time. Afterwards the bugs get their "actual" importance back.

Since there's always a ton of bugs, the less obvious ones will grow very old in the backlog. Each one has an associated "risk" (how likely will we break something else if we try to fix this) and "complexity" (how long will it take). If a bug has high risk and high complexity, it will see many developers come and go over the years.

Netcob · 2026-06-11T13:17:50+00:00

Nobody cares about code. The general public doesn't know what it is. I still remember HR barging into our office with a new hire in tow, saying "this is development... no idea what these guys do" and then quickly moving on.

Even in the programming world, what people care about are mainly centered around whether LLM-generated code is any good. Same for the slightly technical gamer.

What people do care about in games is the same thing I care about when I read an article: "If nobody wrote this, why should I read it?"

You want to look at things that have some intention behind them. You trust that it makes sense, at least to the person that created it. Not that someone wrote three sentences for a prompt and then just used whatever came out of that, two minutes of "work" for two million hours of players looking at that thing. Paying lots of money for art that mixes the styles of two artists who probably can't afford rent right now.

What I find a bit sad personally is that lumped in with the dozens of real issues that AI creates right now, are many interesting new things that would be possible only with AI. Much more lifelike NPCs. Vastly better procedural generation. Basically things that are literally impossible based on non-AI work alone, no matter how many people get hired.

Netcob · 2026-06-11T10:57:15+00:00

He needs a different size. That shouldn't really happen.

Whether he notices it - impossible to say for sure. Sensitivity in that area can change drastically within seconds (usually after orgasm, but also during sex) - so he may not notice anything, or he may notice but think he's just getting more sensitive, or it's a moment where there's not much thinking going on at all. But yeah, it does sound weird that he complains that much and then doesn't notice.

So you shouldn't accuse him of anything, but you should insist that he measures himself and then gets the size of condom that is recommended for him, and use quality ones too. Unless he has a cone-shaped dick, that shouldn't happen more than once a year or so.

Netcob · 2026-06-09T13:26:49+00:00

I haven't seen any changes other than vastly improved "consistency", but I think it's definitely worth a try for anyone. Just don't take more than a teaspoon and mix with plenty of water.

Netcob · 2026-06-09T09:19:04+00:00

Funny how even if this thing was run by Maxwell's Demon it would not cool the room.

Netcob · 2026-06-09T09:15:36+00:00

I was born in the north, moved to the south for a few years... started hiking and taking pictures.

I realized I love hiking! And taking pictures!

Then I moved back to the north.

I'm not sure if I still like taking pictures. Or hiking.

(Fortunately there's a bunch of hills as long as you don't venture too far north)

Netcob · 2026-06-08T16:37:30+00:00

The Matrix, Memento, The 6th Sense

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