[-] orizuru 92 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Why someone keeps chasing the latest gadgets when the old ones work just fine is beyond me.

Nobody is waiting every year for the brand new line of washing machines. Why is there a need to swap phones this frequently?

[-] orizuru 33 points 10 months ago

Sounds like the best way to cripple your scientific and tech sector.

[-] orizuru 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The CEO of Unity was also CEO, COO, and president of EA. So, is anyone surprised?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Riccitiello

[-] orizuru 66 points 11 months ago
[-] orizuru 49 points 11 months ago

For the studios releasing a game in a few months, it's probably too late to ditch unity, but would make sense to start looking at alternatives for their next projects.

Wouldn't be surprised if Godot explodes in popularity in the next 5 years.

[-] orizuru 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The margins on the gamedev industry are not that large, you should read some testimonies from veterans. It's a ruthless industry.

Games take years to make, and you can't change engines now if your game is about to come out.

[-] orizuru 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Could you please read the whole article before commenting?

It’s incredibly easy for an ISP to point out that they’re not going to block a network for a different reason by pointing out it’s… not the same reason.

No offense, but don't pursue a law degree, that's not how things work in the real world. The EFF has a long history of fighting these sorts of things in court, they have enough experienced people to know what they are talking about.

A state has enough leverage to push around an ISP to comply, and the ISP gains nothing in opposing.

The EFF deserves to be roundly condemned for this, especially as it has no obvious alternative.

There is. People can be prosecuted individually. This has happened in the past without ISPs blocking whole websites.

The position is intellectually dishonest unless you’re actually pro-killing-transgender people.

Speaking of fallacies...

[-] orizuru 60 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

To the ones down-voting this comment.

People keep piling up on the EFF without reading that article.

Once an ISP indicates it’s willing to police content by blocking traffic, more pressure from other quarters will follow, and they won’t all share your views or values. For example, an ISP, under pressure from the attorney general of a state that bans abortions, might decide to interfere with traffic to a site that raises money to help people get abortions, or provides information about self-managed abortions. Having set a precedent in one context, it is very difficult for an ISP to deny it in another, especially when even considering the request takes skill and nuance. We all know how lousy big user-facing platforms like Facebook are at content moderation—and that’s with significant resources. Tier 1 ISPs don’t have the ability or the incentive to build content evaluation teams that are even as effective as those of the giant platforms who know far more about their end users and yet still engage in harmful censorship.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/isps-should-not-police-online-speech-no-matter-how-awful-it

The EFF supports prosecuting Kiwi Farms, they are just opposed to the dangerous precedent an ISP block sets.

[-] orizuru 36 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The EFF supported the prosecution of people from Kiwi Farms for their activities, just opposed their website to be taken out at the ISP level. I feel a lot of people jumped on the EFF without reading the full article.

Once an ISP indicates it’s willing to police content by blocking traffic, more pressure from other quarters will follow, and they won’t all share your views or values. For example, an ISP, under pressure from the attorney general of a state that bans abortions, might decide to interfere with traffic to a site that raises money to help people get abortions, or provides information about self-managed abortions. Having set a precedent in one context, it is very difficult for an ISP to deny it in another, especially when even considering the request takes skill and nuance. We all know how lousy big user-facing platforms like Facebook are at content moderation—and that’s with significant resources. Tier 1 ISPs don’t have the ability or the incentive to build content evaluation teams that are even as effective as those of the giant platforms who know far more about their end users and yet still engage in harmful censorship.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/isps-should-not-police-online-speech-no-matter-how-awful-it

[-] orizuru 36 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Russian pacifists want Russia to stop invading Ukraine.

Lemmygrad / Hexbear pacifists want Ukraine to appease Russia and give up territory.

They are not the same.

[-] orizuru 171 points 11 months ago

Because I refuse to install the Reddit official app.

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I'm looking for a privacy-respecting open-source android keyboard, and so far I've found:

Does anyone have any experience with these (or other alternative keyboards)? Which one would you recommend?

[-] orizuru 32 points 11 months ago

You're not going to learn much from a phone app. Specially programming.

"Learning apps" are mostly gamified gimmicks. If you never learned programming, you need a good book explaining the concepts of what you're trying to learn, a computer, a project, and the internet to search when you get stuck.

I know it's the boring answer, but this is one of those skills that it's basically a lot of tinkering, exploration, and nose to the grindstone.

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