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patchymoose , 11 months ago to gaming in Sources: Nintendo targets 2024 with next-gen console | VGC

I’d like there to be an OLED option for people who use handheld mode heavily and want to pay more for a better display. But for the base model, it makes total sense for it to be an LCD display. That’s just prudent, as the average player probably doesn’t care and wants to pay less. Especially parents buying this at Christmas.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to worldnews in $360B on nuclear subs, locking into US military strategy, opening up our country to US troops and military hardware, we ask them to free an Australian citizen and the US says piss off!

Yeah and characterizing the US response as “piss off” is melodramatic at best

patchymoose OP , 11 months ago to gaming in Which Dragon Age games are worth playing?

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patchymoose OP , 11 months ago to gaming in Which Dragon Age games are worth playing?

Thanks, I didn’t realize there was an expansion. I’m not sure if GamePass includes it so I’ll look into it.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to news in President who threatened to eat his opponent to attend upcoming Russia-Africa summit, while most invited leaders decline

IMO it’s very condescending that there is a Russia-Africa summit where all the leaders of Africa are summoned to St Petersburg (and the US does the exact same thing with the US-Africa summit). As if they need to come and pay tribute.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to worldnews in South Korea has given up on talking to the North

Maybe “The US and its allies”?

I mean Japan is typically included as part of The West, and it is to the east of China. Cuba is in the western hemisphere, but it is Marxist-Leninist. I don’t think directional terms of the globe make as much sense in the 21st century as they did in the premodern world.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to worldnews in South Korea has given up on talking to the North

Well yes, you are definitely exaggerating if you are suggesting that half the planet is a ‘death cult’. Maybe if you want to say that the foreign policy establishment in certain countries is, then it would be a more reasonable statement.

I don’t think that “the West” is even a useful term.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to technology in Elon Musk says Twitter logo to change, birds to be gradually abandoned

It must be incredibly frustrating to be the new CEO that he just appointed, only to have him continuing to run his mouth and make ruinous decisions that tie your hands.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to technology in Can spez really be that stupid?

It’s really apparent that Spez and the rest of the admin team don’t actually use Reddit on a day to day basis. Their decisions are like some consultant coming in and recommending ideas.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to worldnews in Sweden in NATO? Maybe not

Just want to note that the link is an opinion piece, not a news article.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to technology in Reddit is replacing / modifying the Reddit gold feature, what are your thoughts ?

I think it’s very on-brand for Reddit to announce that they are removing a feature without having a replacement ready for primetime.

Why on Earth would you announce this now when you’re not ready for whatever is coming next? It’s like they are purposely trying to kill Reddit.

I’m only half joking that I’m expecting Mark Zuckerberg to announce a new app called “Links” next week that looks suspiciously like Reddit, because this pattern is starting to feel familiar.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to technology in Twitter, Threads, and the misunderstood nature of engineering

True in society at large, but to be fair, I don’t think this post is trying to be “Team Threads” as much as it’s trying to point out the consequences of the very different decisions they made. And hopefully in the future, some stupid CEO will think twice when trying to implement shit like Elon Musk did.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to technology in The Release Date and Key Features of Windows 12 Unveiled

This is just my own take, but I feel like at least part of the reason they went back to releasing new versions is because of the recent resurgence of macOS. Not only do Macs have the excitement of Apple Silicon, but they have annual “new” OS releases; even if not much has changed, it creates excitement with their fanbase. I think Microsoft realized that it’s not very exciting to just be on Windows 10 forever. So we got Windows 11.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to retrogaming in Anybody play Golden Sun?

I’m hoping it comes to the NSO service soon. Of course there’s nothing wrong with emulating, but it would be cool to play it on the Switch too.

patchymoose , 11 months ago to technology in Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads

Amusing that Twitter’s cease and desist notice claims that Meta is using its “trade secrets”. Lmfao what trade secrets? Twitter has no unique technology or patents. Their whole business position is nothing more than first mover advantage for their format of social media.

That’s why they’ve never made money. They don’t have any novel IP or “trade secrets” to leverage in the first place.

Say what you want about Meta, but at least they have a whole ad platform that they created that competes with Google Ad Sense, and is an actual asset.