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

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

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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 gün öncediscuss

I think this is the right distinction

BrtByte

16 gün öncediscuss

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 gün öncediscuss

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

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29 gün öncediscuss

That is excellent playground wisdom

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29 gün öncediscuss

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

BrtByte

29 gün öncediscuss

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 gün öncediscuss

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 gün öncediscuss

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

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

BrtByte

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

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In a way it makes the Temu problem more frustrating

BrtByte

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

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The fine seems less interesting than the compliance deadline

BrtByte

2 ay öncediscuss

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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