Is that true or does it only feel true because they nerf the old models just before every major release?
Even something as simple as buying a movie ticket can require submitting a name using only Japanese characters.
If you can’t read, you can’t write, and if you can’t write, you can’t think. Depending on your place in the class hierarchy, and the orientation of your moral compass, this may or may not be a good thing.
I don’t think Phil had any other options while existing under Satya and a relentless push to services revenue. If Windows can’t make a case for itself without moving heavily to services (advertising and pushing 365,…
And this attitude is why we have the software we have in 2026. The profession used to recognize value beyond next quarter’s dividend (jk, we only do stock buybacks now for tax reasons).
Seatbelts and airbags sometimes kill people, too. Sometimes people die in unlucky ways.
People for some reason forget that for most election apps you can run it in a browser tab and avoid almost all of the overhead. You can run slack, teams, outlook, Spotify, figma, and just about everything else in a…
I was really disappointed that air cleaning didn’t take off after Covid. Super disappointing to see society just collectively decide to not learn any lessons. Even if there were no mortality or productivity benefits,…
Does it? Do people actually play those games? I thought people just liked buying them and never playing the vast majority of them.
Console stores also have sales. Often with pretty huge discounts. I just bought a bunch of games on Xbox in the 1-5 dollar range. I see similar sales on PS5 all the time.
They fired all of their SDET, eliminated the SDET role/discipline, and made SDEs responsible for quality and shipping their features, a major conflict of interest. This happened ~2014/2015.…
True, those things make Windows unusable. They also make the Mac worse, but not so much worse that it isn’t an absolute breath of fresh air compared to any corporate provided Windows device.
Try using any demo app from their user showcase on web.
GitHub enterprise is getting worse release after release. Cloud demand/usage spike is just an excuse.
Loads, the various attempts to overthrow the Weimar Republic for one, but many smaller, like the Impresa di Fiume. Maybe not “for fun” but largely for justifications that pale in comparison to the suffering they…
> Nobody starts a revolution for funsies They definitely do, see the 1900s. I think modern day Americans do not understand how bad war is because they’ve been engaged in it for nearly 30 years continuously without…
I think it counts as effectively unhackable since it remained unhacked until five and a half years after its successor went on the market. I wonder if, assuming they continue making Xbox, they find a way to mitigate…
Fair enough, you’ve been very convincing and I think you’ve identified a blind spot of mine. I’ll need to take some time to develop a better understanding of these sub cultural movements. Thank you.
Does going on tour and spending long hours hacking computer systems count as lying flat? I’d say they were just contrarians who worked differently, and we’ve got lots of those, working hard, in all parts of society.…
You can make analogies to the current, active antiwork movement. I think it is pretty clear that all of society is poorer for the existence of these people. Perhaps China’s ability to keep a lid on it is one small part…
When I spend too much time on TikTok (about an hour I think), it slips in a video of a relatable young person saying something like “hold on! You’ve been scrolling for way too long now!…” or alternatively, “I understand…
Can you please elaborate? I’m trying to avoid causing distress but I don’t see how what I’ve written is anything other than clear, neutral, and respectful (even more than usual for an Internet forum). (PS: I don’t…
Key phrase is “a lot of”. To break down the full statement: - “Sometimes I wonder” => this is an explanation/story I’ve thought about; it is one of many models of the world and I have doubts about how applicable it is -…
> Beyond the logical fallacy I won't get into how do you explain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness where people/animals are having actual struggles and yet depression settles in ? Learned helplessness…
> What's you angle ? Depressed people are spoiled brats ? Depression is not a real struggle ? Only bored people get depression ? Just say so and stop sugar-coating what you think. I’m sensing a lot of defensiveness. I’m…
Is that true or does it only feel true because they nerf the old models just before every major release?
Even something as simple as buying a movie ticket can require submitting a name using only Japanese characters.
If you can’t read, you can’t write, and if you can’t write, you can’t think. Depending on your place in the class hierarchy, and the orientation of your moral compass, this may or may not be a good thing.
I don’t think Phil had any other options while existing under Satya and a relentless push to services revenue. If Windows can’t make a case for itself without moving heavily to services (advertising and pushing 365,…
And this attitude is why we have the software we have in 2026. The profession used to recognize value beyond next quarter’s dividend (jk, we only do stock buybacks now for tax reasons).
Seatbelts and airbags sometimes kill people, too. Sometimes people die in unlucky ways.
People for some reason forget that for most election apps you can run it in a browser tab and avoid almost all of the overhead. You can run slack, teams, outlook, Spotify, figma, and just about everything else in a…
I was really disappointed that air cleaning didn’t take off after Covid. Super disappointing to see society just collectively decide to not learn any lessons. Even if there were no mortality or productivity benefits,…
Does it? Do people actually play those games? I thought people just liked buying them and never playing the vast majority of them.
Console stores also have sales. Often with pretty huge discounts. I just bought a bunch of games on Xbox in the 1-5 dollar range. I see similar sales on PS5 all the time.
They fired all of their SDET, eliminated the SDET role/discipline, and made SDEs responsible for quality and shipping their features, a major conflict of interest. This happened ~2014/2015.…
True, those things make Windows unusable. They also make the Mac worse, but not so much worse that it isn’t an absolute breath of fresh air compared to any corporate provided Windows device.
Try using any demo app from their user showcase on web.
GitHub enterprise is getting worse release after release. Cloud demand/usage spike is just an excuse.
Loads, the various attempts to overthrow the Weimar Republic for one, but many smaller, like the Impresa di Fiume. Maybe not “for fun” but largely for justifications that pale in comparison to the suffering they…
> Nobody starts a revolution for funsies They definitely do, see the 1900s. I think modern day Americans do not understand how bad war is because they’ve been engaged in it for nearly 30 years continuously without…
I think it counts as effectively unhackable since it remained unhacked until five and a half years after its successor went on the market. I wonder if, assuming they continue making Xbox, they find a way to mitigate…
Fair enough, you’ve been very convincing and I think you’ve identified a blind spot of mine. I’ll need to take some time to develop a better understanding of these sub cultural movements. Thank you.
Does going on tour and spending long hours hacking computer systems count as lying flat? I’d say they were just contrarians who worked differently, and we’ve got lots of those, working hard, in all parts of society.…
You can make analogies to the current, active antiwork movement. I think it is pretty clear that all of society is poorer for the existence of these people. Perhaps China’s ability to keep a lid on it is one small part…
When I spend too much time on TikTok (about an hour I think), it slips in a video of a relatable young person saying something like “hold on! You’ve been scrolling for way too long now!…” or alternatively, “I understand…
Can you please elaborate? I’m trying to avoid causing distress but I don’t see how what I’ve written is anything other than clear, neutral, and respectful (even more than usual for an Internet forum). (PS: I don’t…
Key phrase is “a lot of”. To break down the full statement: - “Sometimes I wonder” => this is an explanation/story I’ve thought about; it is one of many models of the world and I have doubts about how applicable it is -…
> Beyond the logical fallacy I won't get into how do you explain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness where people/animals are having actual struggles and yet depression settles in ? Learned helplessness…
> What's you angle ? Depressed people are spoiled brats ? Depression is not a real struggle ? Only bored people get depression ? Just say so and stop sugar-coating what you think. I’m sensing a lot of defensiveness. I’m…