Ulrich
@Ulrich@feddit.org
- Comment on Even Silicon Valley Says that AI Is a Bubble 18 hours ago:
Right. The point is they’re not even pretending.
- Comment on Even Silicon Valley Says that AI Is a Bubble 19 hours ago:
I mean it’s in most CEO’s best interest to pretend to care about the general public.
- Comment on Even Silicon Valley Says that AI Is a Bubble 19 hours ago:
True that, but the problem is that would have been a fairly normal recession but now we’re careening towards a straight up depression.
- Comment on Even Silicon Valley Says that AI Is a Bubble 1 day ago:
I’ve never heard of this guy before but fuck him. He doesn’t even consider the global fucking impact of (another) recession that they’re intentionally causing.
- Comment on Microsoft quietly retires 'This is an Xbox' marketing campaign 3 days ago:
All depends on what type of games you play. I never use them.
- Comment on Home-building robots could help fix the housing crisis 5 days ago:
Depends on where you build it but yes, most of the value is in the land itself.
- Comment on Home-building robots could help fix the housing crisis 5 days ago:
I live in an area where a lot of 3D-printed houses are going up. They tout the low cost of construction but guess what? All those savings go directly into the pockets of the builders. They still charge market prices for the houses. Because why wouldn’t they?
- Comment on Nintendo sues to prevent Trump from dodging full tariff refunds 5 days ago:
Tariffs don’t even impact video games, and yet they raised the prices by 33%
- Comment on The Helldivers 2 Community needs to get a fucking grip on itself 1 week ago:
It’s kind of a shitty thing about modern gaming, is that the game revolves around the community, and if you’re not part of the community, you don’t know WTF is going on, because they never explain anything in the game.
I got pretty sucked into it playing Destiny 1 like 10 years ago but eventually it was too much fucking work and not enough fun.
- Comment on The Helldivers 2 Community needs to get a fucking grip on itself 1 week ago:
I hope to never ever see this kind of behavior happen within the Fediverse, because we are supposed to be better than this.
That’s pretty naive, honestly.
- Comment on Xbox Project Helix may cost $1,200 with massive performance upgrades 1 week ago:
That would feel even sweeter if they were losing money on every Helix sold.
They wouldn’t lose money for the same reason Steam doesn’t lose money; they sell them at market value. That’s (part of) why they’re so expensive.
- Comment on Valve suggests further delays for Steam Machine: 'We hope to ship in 2026' 1 week ago:
They didn’t say valve said anything.
Its literally the title of the article…
When someone says 2026, it is a year. There is zero implication of one half or the other.
Yes, exactly, there’s zero implication that it’s the other.
- Comment on Valve suggests further delays for Steam Machine: 'We hope to ship in 2026' 1 week ago:
OP opined that the wait might be longer, which isn’t false.
No they didn’t. They said Valve suggested it would be longer, which did not happen.
The first half of this year is still 2026, sure, but 2026 isn’t just the first half of this year. 2026 by itself is a whole year.
…and? You’re reaching here. That is in no way any sort of suggestion.
- Comment on Valve suggests further delays for Steam Machine: 'We hope to ship in 2026' 1 week ago:
What does that have to do with this conversation?
- Comment on Xbox Project Helix may cost $1,200 with massive performance upgrades 1 week ago:
They’re going to do what Steam is doing and just open up Xbox branding for licensing on PC hardware, much like they did with XBOX Ally. So there will be something for everyone.
Except people who hate Microsoft, but they were never going to buy it anyway.
- Comment on Valve suggests further delays for Steam Machine: 'We hope to ship in 2026' 1 week ago:
They suggested no such thing. “Early 2026” is still part of “this year”…
They literally just referred back to their previous post about the timeline.
We shared recently that there have been challenges with memory and storage shortages, but we will be shipping all three products this year. More updates will be shared as we finalize our plans.
This is just malicious clickbait.
- Comment on Ethical alternative to Canva? 1 week ago:
Slides like a presentation? LibreOffice Impress.
- Comment on Ethical alternative to Canva? 1 week ago:
Dear H,
GIMP is a private and ethical (free) alternative to Canva.
Love, A
- Comment on VPNs Can’t Make You Anonymous Online. Don’t Be Fooled by Anyone Who Says They Can 2 weeks ago:
Yeah you’re missing all the VPN ads.
- Comment on VPNs Can’t Make You Anonymous Online. Don’t Be Fooled by Anyone Who Says They Can 2 weeks ago:
Ugh. Tired of hearing people say this. No, VPN alone won’t make you anonymous online. But they are a mandatory part of an online anonymity toolkit.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Pretty much the entire industry is siding with Anthropic though.
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 2 weeks ago:
Yes she does LOL
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 2 weeks ago:
You said they don’t need to be a gamer. How can someone not be a gamer and know absolutely anything about XBOX? That seems like a bare minimum?
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 2 weeks ago:
I’m honestly completely blown away at the number of people who think a CEO does not need to know absolutely anything about the product they’re supposed to be selling…
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 2 weeks ago:
“She has zero experience but at least she’s not lying, I guess?”
Yeah I don’t get what you’re trying to say here at all.
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 2 weeks ago:
I think being an active gamer is an important quality but it certainly doesn’t guarantee success. Certainly having never played an XBOX before in your life is a BAD BAD quality for XBOX leadership.
- Comment on Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag — what it reveals 2 weeks ago:
Former Xbox leadership Phil Spencer, whom Sharma was succeeding, was a prolific collector of achievements with a rich gamercard that was a popular subject of discussion among Xbox communities.
Scrolling to the bottom, Sharma’s very first achievement was unlocked in The Master Chief Collection and was the aptly titled “Your Journey Begins” on January 15 of this year
SYAC
- Comment on New packaging can warn you when meat has spoiled 3 weeks ago:
Because it’s dumb.
- Comment on New packaging can warn you when meat has spoiled 3 weeks ago:
Why would I read an article that doesn’t matter? I’ve never gotten sick from a piece of spoiled meat in my life.
- Comment on New packaging can warn you when meat has spoiled 3 weeks ago:
Have you tried using your eyeholes?