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someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
Usually "mandated" for people like terrorists, sometimes journalists, but only in few countries for everyone.
someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
Government-mandated (usually in selected specific cases) spyware trojans are not installed through any of the app stores.
someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
FIFA is Elctronic Arts, not Activision-Blizzard. And EA just did that, no more FIFA beyond FIFA 2023.
someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
A flak jacket is not a bulletproof vest.
someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
As substitute for physical state inputs I could accept separate inputs for different states (this excludes off/on toggle buttons, but could be satisfied e.g. by separate off and on buttons) and a state indicator in a visible location, preferably close to the input.

Power windows are close to fulfilling this (up/down separated, and it might be argued that the state is sufficiently obvious, though questionable for the rear windows). A central lock controlled through a common lock/unlock button does not satisfy this.
someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
I am (PPL).
someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
Hard to read in direct sunlight, too. (Partially-)Reflective displays with perfect dailight readability exist (used in aircraft), but they would likely not satisfy the cheaper-than-buttons requirement.

But cars without roofs are getting out of fashion anyway. Next step after no steering-wheel will be no windows.
someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
I don't want buttons. I want switches.

More generally: I want to be able to feel the state something is in. Whether it is push/pull, turn, or flip doesn't matter, but it has to physically maintain the state I put it in.

An exception to this of course are functions that are used temporarily, like the horn, and the wipers swipe-once. And if direction indicators turn off automatically, the input device has to change its state accordingly.
someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
Ten years ago there was "A Slower Speed of Light". FPS with reduced speed of light, as the title suggests, and related rendering.
someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
Not one game. Separate!

On www.a.com players build dungeons that are attacked by AI. On www.b.com players attack AI generated dungeons.

What neither players of a nor b know is that they are playing against eachother. But both are amazed by the AI. And there's none of the drama usually involved in anything pvp.
someweirdperson
·hace 4 años·discuss
Explanations should end up in comments, documents, and the commit-comment of the squash (creating a good one takes some time when squashing).

The PR and original branch show dead-ends that should not be required reading to understand things.