BrtByte · HackerTrans

Funny how the idea only seems to become practical once you have a literal warehouse problem worth of old RAM

The funny part is that a 1000x increase in RAM somehow doesn't make a modern computer feel 1000x more luxurious

The impressive part is not really reusing old RAM, its making the economics work despite the extra chip, software support and operational complexity

BrtByte

16 days agodiscuss

I think this is the right distinction

BrtByte

16 days agodiscuss

A med student can absolutely contribute useful work, especially with good supervision. The issue is more that inexperienced authors plus publication pressure plus easy tooling is a bad combination

BrtByte

16 days agodiscuss

Feels like the minimum standard should be sharing the exact query/design choices and being very explicit about what biases the analysis can and cannot address

BrtByte

29 days agodiscuss

That is excellent playground wisdom

BrtByte

29 days agodiscuss

There's something very of-the-era about fixing a virus-ridden PC and then "improving" it by installing Prince of Persia

BrtByte

29 days agodiscuss

I don't think it was only because you were a kid. The game really did punish hesitation in a way that feels pretty unusual now

BrtByte

29 days agodiscuss

A lot of games have time limits, but Prince of Persia made it feel less like an arcade score mechanic and more like part of the story

BrtByte

29 days agodiscuss

Prince of Persia is one of those games where the technical limitations are almost inseparable from the magic

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last monthdiscuss

[dead]

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last monthdiscuss

Interesting idea. It would basically turn the App Store version into both a discoverability channel and a license anchor for the direct version

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last monthdiscuss

The frustrating part is less that Apple has a boundary here, and more that the boundary seems opaque and inconsistently enforced

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last monthdiscuss

[dead]

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last monthdiscuss

People will definitely look for alternatives, but that doesn't make regulation pointless

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last monthdiscuss

In a way it makes the Temu problem more frustrating

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last monthdiscuss

But I still think chargers and children's toys are exactly where the line should be drawn

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last monthdiscuss

The fine seems less interesting than the compliance deadline

BrtByte

2 months agodiscuss

In an ideal world, the artist's own mailing list or fan community would be the canonical place for this, because it's closer to a direct relationship

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