natecox

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[–] natecox 145 points 5 months ago (14 children)

I dislike the narrative that you can’t be happy as an adult. Yeah having nothing to do and no responsibilities was cool, but I would not trade what I have now to have it back.

Adult me has an awesome wife and kids, good friends, hobbies that I wouldn’t have dreamed of as a kid, a tool bench full of fun power tools, and freedom to use my free time basically however I want.

I am way happier as an adult than I was as a teenager.

[–] natecox 4 points 5 months ago

It’s not even a definite cockup, because being a large data provider means you are constantly under attack by intelligent, knowledgeable people intent on getting in. It’s surprising that it doesn’t happen far more often.

The real problem is that all this is being stored in the first place.

[–] natecox 7 points 5 months ago

Sure, because it logically follows that the troll here is the “I had an irritating and unexpected behavior on windows” person, not the “Linux users are troglodytes” person.

FWIW, windows also did this to me as a part of the “oh god please oh please use Bing search on Edge” campaign.

[–] natecox 22 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I’m not sure how you messed up, because I was able to not blame the user for decisions made on their behalf without their consent, and I too saw this post.

[–] natecox 7 points 5 months ago

Damn fine callout here, it definitely looks like the AMS there is loaded up with the green, orange, and pla support

[–] natecox 4 points 5 months ago

A device that can do all of the things a phone can do without needing to find and install apps, that can learn from your usage patterns in effective and practical ways, and is unobtrusive to wear all the time sounds pretty fucking cool to me.

That is the promised future that AI devices are selling; I thought I was pretty clear that this device was never going to deliver on it.

[–] natecox 124 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Tribespeople became so addicted that Marubo leaders, fearing that history and culture — which is passed down orally — could be lost forever, they have now limited access to the internet for two hours each morning, five hours each evening, and all day Sunday.

That is still so much internet, we would probably all be healthier following that guideline.

[–] natecox 17 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I’m sure this will pass, I just do not understand why people vote against their own best interest so damn often.

[–] natecox 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I think it would be really cool if it worked like they wanted us to believe it would. Like, it could be one of those “change the way we live our day to day lives” events to the like of of smartphones becoming mainstream.

This device was never going to live up to that or get anywhere close to it, but I can’t blame people for really wanting to believe.

[–] natecox 11 points 5 months ago

This just in: intentionally misrepresenting something has a 100% chance of it being misrepresented.

Let’s try again:

  • proper tools are important, but not as important as the people using them
  • documentation is important, but not as important as the software functioning correctly
  • working with the customer to accomplish their needs is more important than adhering to the letter of a contract
  • plans are important, but dogmatically applying them above the spirit of their intent is harmful
[–] natecox 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I had a setup that turned on the action camera when I put my thumb on the steam decks left stick, so I was always in normal mode unless I was actively looking around or moving.

It was pretty natural and the best experience I came up with, but I still felt like it was a compromise I was frustrated to have to make.

[–] natecox 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I set up a pretty workable controller config that I played with for like two months, but even with many hours invested in fine tuning it I just felt like I was fighting the game’s UI and I gave up.

What’s really frustrating is that the game is totally playable with a controller. ANet just needs to update the menus and it would be a fantastic experience.

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