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New comment by rbits in "Upload Your RAM"

rbits — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 14:10:16 +0000

It also won't be worth it to make games for next gen consoles if the prices end up being what people are saying. So in the end they'll just keep doing what they're doing right now, and not increase the hardware requirements of their games.

New comment by rbits in "Search for everyone"

rbits — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 01:46:10 +0000

For schools

New comment by rbits in "Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM"

rbits — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:36:38 +0000

They can just repackage the web app and mod that if all else fails.

New comment by rbits in "Google will turn off search for schools that reject AI"

rbits — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:26:50 +0000

If Gemini's good at sorting through search results, and they're already using Gemini on every search, why don't they use it to help filter out the SEO spam?

New comment by rbits in "Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3"

rbits — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:21:16 +0000

That's why every site should respect the user's light/dark preference when possible. Dark mode vs light mode is very divisive

Six Companies Adopt the Accessible Games Initiative Tags

rbits — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 05:05:24 +0000

Article URL: https://accessiblegames.com/news/six-companies-adopt-the-tags/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50348302

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by rbits in "Three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics"

rbits — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:03:13 +0000

It's still a lot bigger than polynomial. I don't think it would realistically be that useful.

New comment by rbits in "Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown"

rbits — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 11:45:40 +0000

> IMO a more precise framing is that what is being removed is the ability of anonymous developers to have wide distribution on Android devices. That is, after these changes, you (as an app developer) can either: > > - be a registered developer, and target all Android users (Google Play Store, F-Droid, distributing .apk files, etc), or > > - remain anonymous, and target only a subset of Android users (all "power users" who do the one-time 24-hour cooldown, or a small number of users if you use the student/hobbyist path, and of course anyone can install their own apps on their own device with adb). > > This is definitely an unfortunate step backwards from Android's prior openness, but is still more open than iOS (my comparison from a previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47939361), and is basically Google being forced by the governments of certain countries (Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand) where malicious-app phone scams have led to a lot of people losing their savings (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152069 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45909348).

As far as I am aware, the 24-hour cooldown will be required to use F-Droid. Has the situation changed regarding that?

New comment by rbits in "There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]"

rbits — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:54:52 +0000

Art is different

New comment by rbits in "NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rather than licensing"

rbits — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:10:56 +0000

Reverse engineering the protocol is not the same as reverse engineering the entire server, though. That would be very hard in most cases, especially when you don't have access to the server binary.

New comment by rbits in "NY announces game ownership bill requiring ownership rather than licensing"

rbits — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:07:19 +0000

You can pass your game collection to your children. Just download them and put them on a USB drive. I guess you won't get updates that way, though.

New comment by rbits in "Sorry, I'm in a meeting"

rbits — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:36 +0000

Yeah it sounds like I'm listening to an audiobook, not a meeting

New comment by rbits in "SvelteKit 3"

rbits — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:51:46 +0000

God that's depressing. I would hope that this website hasn't lost all interest in coding because AI can do it now.

New comment by rbits in "Fuck Android Developer Verification Program"

rbits — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:07:00 +0000

Just don't show the apps in Play Store search/recommendation. There's no need to completely remove the apps

New comment by rbits in "2DWillNeverDie"

rbits — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 03:40:12 +0000

I'm young enough to have grown up with the Wii and the Switch, and I love pixel art.

YouTube introduces A/B testing for videos

rbits — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:40 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/innovation-youtube-era-made-on-viewers-creators/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49828057

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by rbits in "I said no and Apple said yes"

rbits — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:25:21 +0000

How is Exapunks[1] anything like a slot machine? Or Slay the Princess[2]? Or Minecraft? A blanket statement like "video games = slot machines" just doesn't work. I won't deny that there are many games that are predatory/mindless, but video games are such a broad medium.

[1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/716490/EXAPUNKS/

[2] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1989270/Slay_the_Princess...

New comment by rbits in "Steam Frame starts at $1059"

rbits — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:20:01 +0000

I think it would still work. A lot of people claim VR is about immersion, but I disagree. There is nothing less immersive than having a giant headset strapped to your face. To me VR is about the control scheme. Playing games with your hands with full freedom is very different to playing with a standard controller. That wouldn't be affected by a lack of 3D vision.

Some VR games assume you have depth perception and so you may have trouble with them, such as Beat Saber, but I honestly think most VR games would be perfectly playable without 3D vision. You may not be as good at the games as someone with 3D vision, but you'd probably still enjoy it.

My second favourite VR game is Gorilla Tag. I think that would play fine without 3D vision... as long as you don't get motion sickness - that game can be a lot.

New comment by rbits in "Steam Frame starts at $1059"

rbits — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:10:27 +0000

That doesn't fix anything. The battery is still heavy whether it's plugged in or not.

New comment by rbits in "iPhone Duo"

rbits — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:28:23 +0000

I imagine that would be to account for the bezel. The outer display is slightly less than half the size of the inner display, so to get the same aspect ratio they would have to adjust it slightly.