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Retroity

188 karma · joined November 24, 2016

I'm Retroity. I like making things.

Email: retroity@retroity.net

https://retroity.net

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/retroity; my proof: https://keybase.io/retroity/sigs/y7vbBW43dK0KfSwRfAJmlGUdiGTwG5QYlkeGYXIY1f0 ]

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Retroity··on Paypal Withdraws from Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
Interesting, but not surprising considering all the pressure from governments regarding Libra. I wonder if Facebook will ever back down from Libra considering how popular it is, or if they're going to adopt a "rain or shine" attitude and go forward with it regardless of what happens?
Retroity··on Oracle's New Supercomputer Has 1,060 Raspberry Pis
> ServeTheHome asked Oracle why it chose to create a cluster of Raspberry Pis instead of using a virtualized Arm server and one company rep said simply that "...a big cluster is cool."

Honestly that's a totally valid reason to make something like this. This is super cool.

Retroity··on Hong Kong ISP Association’s Statement on Selective Blocking of Internet Services
A very interesting statement. The Hong Kong ISP Association makes a number of very good points. Much of Hong Kong's economy relies on the open internet (like most of the world) and censoring it would do it much harm.
Retroity··on Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?
I opted out of the redesign on my account. That way, I use the old design on my account, even if I'm not using old.reddit.
Retroity··on Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?
It is the worst redesign I've ever seen on a major website like this for a number of reasons. It's needlessly heavy on resources, it's slow, it's difficult to navigate, it's filled to the brim with ads, it's uninspired and takes away all of the charm of the old design in favor of making Reddit look like a more generic social media, it doesn't work with the wayback machine, and that's just scratching the surface.

It's such a awful design. I've explicitly opted out of the new design on my account, and I use old.reddit.com whenever I'm not signed in.

Retroity··on Google Is Turning Off the Works-with-Nest API
Samsung's SmartThings seems to be pretty similar. Not sure about it's security though.
Retroity··on World of Goo Update, 10 Years Later
It's super cool that the game is being updated 10 years later to effectively remaster it AND make modding easier! I wish more developers were like this, but I can see why that might be difficult (which makes this all the more impressive)
Retroity··on Epic Games Is Acquiring Psyonix
Just because you don't use or need those features doesn't mean that everyone feels the same.

Many people use any enjoy the features that steam provides. For example, I enjoy the ability to go to someone's profile and be able to instantly join their game. I enjoy the ability to organize events through events in steam groups. Many people I know use the Steam Workshop to share their fan-made content or the Marketplace to sell their items.

It's not just those features in the client though. Steam also has a number of integrations that developers can make in their games, such as achievements, integrating their multiplayer with steam (allowing for the aforementioned joining via profile), cloud saves, controller support, etc.

Right now Epic is missing many of these features and more. With that being said, what reason do I have to use Epic over Steam besides the fact that Epic has a few exclusives?

Retroity··on Americans Are Starved for Sleep
It promotes athleticism, teamwork, and is generally enjoyable to those around it. Sure, some schools may invest a little too much into sports, but that doesn't mean that schools should drop sports entirely.
Retroity··on [dead]
This is a really bad post with a lot of completely needless personal attacks, with some coming right out of the gate.
Retroity··on Repl.it Multiplayer
This is really cool! I've always dreamed of something like Google Docs for programmers.
Retroity··on Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration
On one hand, this creates a platform that is more or less the standard of the web. On the other hand, this only gives Google more control of the web.

I really wish that instead of doing this Microsoft would just stick with EdgeHTML and maybe open-source it.

Retroity··on AT&T CEO: State net neutrality and privacy laws are a “total disaster”
> Find the one that is the most restrictive in what it protects and make that your policy. ;)

Pretty much. As an example, see how car manufacturers follow California's emission standards nationwide, because it's easier to just do it for every car than to make compliant cars just for California.

Retroity··on Internet Archive is adding in-browser emulation support for Commodore 64
The Internet Archive has been doing great work lately, between backing up arcade machines, to Winamp skins, and now this in addition to all the other cultural works they've backed up. I highly encourage donating if you have the extra cash.
Retroity··on The Evolution of Reddit’s Architecture (2017)
Exactly. There are often times where I get a blank page and have to refresh. Combine that with the fact that CPU usage is way higher on the redesign for me, and after about a month or so of testing it I reverted to the old design.

The fact that Reddit even considered making this the default design for logged out users is laughable.

Retroity··on Google, but for colors
I love this! It's really fun, and will be really useful for when I'm making something and can't find a specific color.
Retroity··on Reddit Experiencing Elevated Error Rates
This outage lasted quite long. I hope we get a postmortem from Reddit as to why the site went down.
Retroity··on Netflix suffers first massive global outage
Here's an alternative article from CNBC since the linked article is having trouble loading: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/12/netflix-down-streaming-servi...
Retroity··on John Bain, YouTube most subscribed PC gaming critic has passed on
Damn. I knew this was coming but it still hurts.

He was one of the most respectable, honest, and hardworking people in this industry. His death is a massive loss.

I hope he rests in peace.

Retroity··on Apple Signs Deal with Volkswagen for Driverless Car
You laugh but that's probably what's gonna end up happening.
Retroity··on Show HN: RecBox.io
Yeah, that's what I want to know too. I'd rather not my purchase data be shared with advertisers.
Retroity··on Introducing Git protocol version 2
Non-Mobile link for those on desktop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junio_Hamano
Retroity··on Microsoft Turned Consumers Against the Skype Brand
Discord is pretty alright. It has most of the features that I want (Video calling, search, server administration, etc) and the "gaming" features are pretty easy to ignore.
Retroity··on Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
Somebody on GitHub made a epub version, which you can find here: https://github.com/pettarin/fsfs3

In the releases tab you can find a download for a zip file containing both epub and mobi files.

Retroity··on Ask HN: Why would you prefer Signal over WhatsApp?
Signal is easier to use. I use it primarily as a SMS client but when I'm talking to someone who is also using Signal the conversation automatically becomes way more secure.
Retroity··on YouTube networks drop thousands of creators as YouTube policy shifts
I'm just sitting here wondering how far YouTube will go to make the site "Ad Friendly" with all these changes lately. At this rate it wouldn't surprise me if the YouTube Partner Program went back to it's original form, where it was invite only for a select few creators.

But this also highlights the need for creators to diversify their revenue. Don't just rely on YouTube. Offer T-Shirts. Take sponsorships. Open a Patreon. Start streaming on Twitch. Try to get to that point where the majority of your revenue comes from sources outside YouTube.

Retroity··on Reddit’s Redesign
Last I checked reddit's reasoning for the redesign was that their current codebase was difficult to work with due to "the lack of separation of the frontend and backend code"
Retroity··on Mailchimp Is Shutting Down ICO and Blockchain-Related Emails
Don't trust this, 2no.co is an IP logging service. See their website for reference. https://2no.co/
Retroity··on Ask HN: What password manager do you recommend for non-technical people?
I'm a happy user of Bitwarden, but until it undergoes a formal security audit I'd probably recommend Lastpass or 1Password (assuming "non-technical people" means friends/family)
Retroity··on DeleteFacebook: Perspective from Mastodon
React is an open-source freely-licensed javascript library that you can self-host, so I don't see the problem with it just because it's maintained by Facebook.
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