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And when that service is abused for piracy, CP, and other illegal files; it will start the ball rolling that inevitably drags it down legally to the level that DropBox is at.

>> Besides Google Maps/Apple Maps and Waze

‘Besides search, why would anyone use Google?’

You can’t remove the headliner from a show and ask why people still come.

There’s an incredible lack of documentation on the SEGA CD’s actual development architecture - you can find copies of all SEGA’s official documentation, but it’s pretty arcane and tough to approach.

Obviously there’s tons and tons of Genesis/MegaDrive documentation, but there’s little documentation for the CD.

Terminator is a notable original CD title, not a port unlike a lot of its cousins.

Sadly; though, they announced not to expect a miniature Saturn or Dreamcast anytime soon; which - the Saturn being my all-time favourite console - couldn’t be much more of a disappointment.

It was also notable for being a miniature but combined SEGA CD and SEGA Genesis.

IIRC it did not officially support the 32X, but it did work?

Another pretty brutal failure on Apple’s part. There’s literally no excuse for this beyond greed. Multi user support is a base level OS feature.

How is a MacBook Air a multi-touch Apple Device I can code on?

WebOS is still; to this day, my favourite mobile OS. When it was open sourced - I’d actually hoped it could be a serious open source competitor in the field. Quite a sad disappointment.

This is extremely similar to the field of music for me.

As a vinyl DJ, hip hop producer, and turntablist, one of the greatest joys is finding one of those rare LPs that just never was heard, and - even better - that juicy sample in it.

Obviously there’s gotta be unknown literature out there that’s brilliant. :)

I mean - the real problem here is that companies want to offer products to a billion+ people without actually offering any kind of support - which is a direct result of trying to offer a free product for the base level user.

They could unlikely profitably offer the level of support that would be needed to engage with users in a reasonable way.

Never forget that the user is not the customer on Facebook, they’re the sucker who is psychologically manipulated in whatever way possible to be addicted to the product and engage in ads.

I’m legit interested - I’m in Canada, as well - I’ve always wanted one.

The Wii menu music may unironically be one of my favourite ambient music pieces of all time, if I actually think about it. So much character!

I often wonder what the CEO and investors of Juicero actually felt when the video of the ease to self-squeeze was released. I can't imagine that level of just instantly knowing everything you've worked on is absolutely fucked and there can be absolutely no recovery or hope for it.

Uhh, no? That would easily be the 808…even if you go by AKAI, where the entire series are samplers, not drum machines - by definition - the MPC 2000XL is easily the more famous/legendary unit.

What kind of blatantly incorrect clickbait headline is this?

I genuinely had no idea this was the case - and yet it’s so brilliant, and pretty much necessary - considering the amount of backgrounds and details in them - for these games to have fit in the 1.44MB that a floppy disk offered.

I had basically only really considered this with Flash in the 90’s, when dial-up was a thing and, similarly; raster images would cause size issues.

It’s fascinating as hell to learn that this is how these games were put together.

>> On the other hand, no one has released a VR system with mass market appeal.

Quest 2 would like a word with you?

Did you know there is a direct correlation between the decline of Spirograph and the rise in gang activity? Think about it…

In all seriousness though, this is a cute and fun tool. I actually played with Spirographs a lot as a wee one.

The laws are a direct result of these people existing and voting for them, and a symptom of the oppressive environment that awaits for LGTBQ+ folk who visit, or - worse - live, there.

And of course I would never visit Afghanistan, either!

I was immediately reminded of a meme I saw yesterday that said 'corporations during June' and featured logos from a handful of fictitious but wholly evil companies like SkyNet, Umbrella Corp, inGen; etc, but painted with rainbow colours for Pride.

I have a bit of a crisis of conscience about this stuff. On one hand, especially with the oppression the LGTBQ+ community continues to face worldwide; any and all additional awareness and acceptance we can get is obviously so important.

On the other hand, it's obviously pandering, and a lot of these companies that fly the flag during Pride month have serious issues within their companies like fair treatment of employees, or whatever-have-you.

I'm actually more grateful, I think; for mandatory sensitivity training modules in most corporate businesses these days that essentially explain flat-out that homophobia and transphobia is not tolerated, and also help people who might genuinely not fully even know about things like proper usage of pronouns for trans people, for people who identify as gender neutral, etc.

My Dad is one of those homophobic/transphobic Christian nuts who thinks it's cool to use the name of God in order to belittle us, etc - he actually disowned me for a year when he found out I was transgender.

But - he had to undergo some sensitivity training through Microsoft, where he works - and eventually told me he had to work with transgender people at a couple points.

It helped him come around and decide to treat me like a person, too. So that kind of thing clearly helps, and I think it's awesome that companies are legitimately proactive on LGTBQ+ issues - not just during Pride month. :)

link to the related meme (I think it's actually pretty HN-suited): https://shorturl.at/aioqM

I never said it was anything to do with safety. It's a statement against an oppressive move from a government increasingly uninterested in the people it governs.

However - here's where safety comes in. As a queer/trans woman, I don't particularly feel safe (at all, really) in the southern states (California excluded, I guess?) - Florida and Texas, especially.

People are actively, regularly violent towards LGTBQ+ people down there. And, of course - it's not the ban - it's the attitude behind it - and the people behind it who are dangerous, and are often violent people with guns.

I've rejected a handful of paid business travel opportunities because they were either in Texas or Florida. It's not worth it on the chance I run into some psychotic anti-gay Christian and their gun, demanding I get the hell out of their city...again. (Yes, this has already actually happened to me...)

As a queer girl myself; I appreciate the support, along with any and all progress towards stopping this shameful backwards march America is madly dedicated to.

For a country that likes to jerk itself off about being the epitome of ‘freedom’, they sure do like to tell people what to do.

A country where I can get a gun without a background check - but potentially be arrested for an abortion - is the definition of ‘fucked up priorities’.

Saddening recent events have only proven this is more true than ever.

>> Well if you just want to trick people into thinking you’re present when you aren’t, you can just use a video file as your camera feed.

I’m immediately reminded of the classic Simpsons episode where Homer plays a clip of him, Carl and Lenny; on a poorly-edited 5-second loop, of them clearly from 10-15 years before, overtop of the security cameras.

If faking webcam presence ends up being a thing, it’ll just be another bit of the future the Simpsons nailed.

Clickbait title - Gateway never really…created products, just licensed and repackaged them. It was pretty ubiquitous for a few years, however it obviously can’t be compared to Apple.

>> This is the same situation as with Electron apps - the savings aren't for YOU the USER, the savings are for person MAKING the thing. They get all the benefit at the cost of your user experience.

I hate Electron as much as the next average HN user, but isn't the benefit of Electron actually kinda for the user as well as the developer, in the sense that Electron is basically a one-stop shop for porting to other platforms?

For instance, Microsoft Teams is written in Electron. This means the application is pretty damn well identical whether users within my company are using Windows or Mac computers. There are advantages to that.

I'd say for myself, Unity is a great example of where, basically; if I went 'native', I would really only be supporting one platform, like I used to when I did game dev in the late 90's and early 00's. But Unity gives me the power to flip a switch, and then all my friends can play pretty much the same copy of my game on any platform of their choosing.

It also means if there are bugs on one platform, they usually show up on another as well; making QE and addressing bugs a little bit easier, making for a better user experience.

Not a fan of Electron, just saying that there are benefits to the user for using such a system.

Studio Ghibli's 'Kiki's Delivery Service' as an open-world game whereupon you actually hop on your broomstick and have to deliver parcels to individuals across the village where she lives.

Think a 'crazy taxi' RPG where you fly to deliver parcels instead of passengers.

You would have to deal with issues like weather conditions, weight vs. travel time; and occasionally race against competing witches.

It's honestly a 'take my money' situation - I've considered doing it as a fan game, but I would need a small team, and of course we wouldn't be able to profit from it. I'd ultimately love to see it adopted into even a mobile game.

…have you travelled out of a city recently? Like…to farming areas of your state/province?

I live in Toronto, where I have solid 5g for maybe 30km in any given direction (except probablyLake Ontario, lol…though I do still get 5G on Toronto Island…) - but I travel out to Palmerston, Ontario, and in some places along the way I’m shocked to see the ‘E’ for EDGE or 2G status on my iPhone. My grandparents still have dial-up with no option for Cable…in southern Ontario…

I used to farm in rural Illinois. Same deal. I don’t think people in less agricultural areas really get it.

>> The problem is that as another commenter points out, passengers wouldn't feel safe next to a helmet-wearing driver while not wearing one themselves.

I actually laughed out loud reading this.

So what? It’s the company’s job to ensure safety for the riders and the staff. There are many places in the world where it’s actually illegal not to wear a helmet.

If you get into a business like this; and you didn’t factor this in, you’re a plain and simple idiot and your business deserves to fail if you make it the staff’s problem.

Shame on these idiots. I’d never heard of these guys before, and my first impression is one of the worst I could have. How is this even worth it for them from a PR side?

Thank you for sharing this. Calvin and Hobbes is one of the more influential works of art I've ever held dear to my heart. I love hearing this from him.

>> Anecdotally, they have gone above and beyond what was required or expected, for me, many times, including helping out when products were out of warranty.

Absolutely, from replacing an entire water-damaged MacBook (with a minor spec boost on the upgrade, even!) - to simply handing me a new identical iPhone when I went in for a screen repair - etc, etc...I can honestly say that Apple's incredible customer service is a huge part of the reason I still use their products nearly 20 years after I bought my first one.