Tiraon's recent activity
-
Comment on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in ~tech
-
Comment on In search of the hypothetical iPhone Duo buyer in ~tech
Tiraon Link ParentWhat I don't understand is who is forcing these people to only use a phone. For the price of the base Duo it is possible to buy an okay phone and a fine laptop and have a better experience with...What I don't understand is who is forcing these people to only use a phone.
For the price of the base Duo it is possible to buy an okay phone and a fine laptop and have a better experience with the benefit of being less exposed to the addictive properties of smartphones.
Only having a smartphone also carries an opportunity cost as it is terrible for anything besides consumption. -
Comment on Apple announces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone in ~tech
Tiraon Link ParentI don't get why they would simply not make the phone thicker then, getting rid of the camera bump as a side benefit. Do actual users even care about few extra milimeters on an incredibly thin...I don't get why they would simply not make the phone thicker then, getting rid of the camera bump as a side benefit.
Do actual users even care about few extra milimeters on an incredibly thin phone or is it simply to have something to put on marketing materials in absence of meaningful improvements?
-
Comment on Apple announces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone in ~tech
Tiraon LinkI find it absolutely fascinating that something niche like a foldable phone exists but no one will ever make any number of phone configurations that a appreciable minority wants. E.g. small phone,...I find it absolutely fascinating that something niche like a foldable phone exists but no one will ever make any number of phone configurations that a appreciable minority wants. E.g. small phone, no camera bump phone etc.
This cannot have a large potential market, not at these prices. This is at least two times the price of a solid new laptop or about four times of a good used business class one.
-
Comment on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in ~tech
Tiraon LinkThe solution was not to buy "smart" tv maybe decade and a half ago now. Or not act dismissively when anyone brought up wanting a dumb tv. Nowadays it is genuinely hard to find a just a panel...The solution was not to buy "smart" tv maybe decade and a half ago now. Or not act dismissively when anyone brought up wanting a dumb tv.
Nowadays it is genuinely hard to find a just a panel optimized as a tv. I also remain skeptical these revenue streams reduce the cost of the tv in any meaningfull way. Commercial monitors for example are a different product with different requirements for a commercial use, and thus audience. That wil have a large effect on price regardless of anything else.
Regardless, personally I would rather pay the cost upfront rather then be nickel and dimed and a/b tested and exploited and influenced for decades.
-
Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Tiraon LinkZax the alien hunter - I think I already mentioned it on Tildes somewhere. It is two and half decades old isometric action shooter. Playing as Zax you crash land on an alien planet containing...Zax the alien hunter - I think I already mentioned it on Tildes somewhere. It is two and half decades old isometric action shooter.
Playing as Zax you crash land on an alien planet containing large amount of valuable crystals, invading robots and helpful locals. It is a linear experience but features several larger open sections.
It holds up suprisingly well today as a fun distraction but I say that as someone that does not overly care about graphics.
-
Comment on UN says world will miss its climate target, warming must be reversed in ~enviro
Tiraon (edited )LinkAnd yet we have ever increasing resources allocated to data centers/ai and never decreasing resources allocated for destined to trash products. Right to repair never materialized how it would need...And yet we have ever increasing resources allocated to data centers/ai and never decreasing resources allocated for destined to trash products. Right to repair never materialized how it would need to and finding products that will last is either impossible, dependent on second hand market or marked up several dozen times where they are still being made. Then there is the meat industry of course.
There has to be some political will to end global warming and some public will to make sacrifices, mainly to the dreaded convenience. Otherwise it does not matter what targets are set. The nature of the problem is such that when it is impossible to ignore there will be nearly nothing to be done.
-
Comment on OpenAI’s rogue agents were caught communicating via public wikis in ~tech
Tiraon Link ParentThat seems like there should be (a lot) higher standards on companiesbut there are worse companies
That seems like there should be (a lot) higher standards on companies
-
Comment on SteamDB joins Nexus Mods in ~games
Tiraon Link ParentI think this is looking at it from an individualistic point of view. He made it and has the right to do with as he wants, I do not dispute that. From a view of a healthy internet this is a very...I think this is looking at it from an individualistic point of view. He made it and has the right to do with as he wants, I do not dispute that.
From a view of a healthy internet this is a very small step for the worse and people can feel sad about it.
Hobby projects such as these add value in a general web of sites that will squeze everything they can and give back as little as possible.
The problem generally seems to be monetization. I think that if seemless micropayment option existed it could make these kinds of projects more viable. Ads are the dominant option today and are immensely expensive, even if the cost is indirect for the viewer. It is also far more than simply an increase in product prices.
-
Comment on Ahead of an all-digital future for PlayStation, Sony needs to prove in courts that players know they don't own digitally purchased games in ~games
Tiraon (edited )LinkAnother article here about using the oft forced arbitration clause to try to escape responsibility. I have zero idea how that is legal by the way. I simply wish to highlight the following I've...Another article here about using the oft forced arbitration clause to try to escape responsibility. I have zero idea how that is legal by the way.
I simply wish to highlight the following
Sony highlights that Heycock bought Resident Evil Requiem for $69.99 on February 25, 2026, 11 days after co-plaintiff Jason Mendoza bought the same game, and argues that if a purchase conveyed ownership, Mendoza would have owned the title and Heycock’s transaction couldn’t have happened.
I've have seen this argument a few times and simply do not understand how it is not dismissed immediately. There is ownership of the game which includes all the rights to it. Then there is ownership ower the sole copy of the game.
There really needs to be a clarification appended before any claims such as these are made it seems. Owning the full rights to digital products upon store purchase is not reasonable. I think expecting rights over the copy is.
-
Comment on Ahead of an all-digital future for PlayStation, Sony needs to prove in courts that players know they don't own digitally purchased games in ~games
Tiraon Link ParentThis entire thing reminds me of the old Pepsi contest when they ran an ad on television clearly implying it was possible to win a fighter jet. Then someone gathered enough points to win it as per...This entire thing reminds me of the old Pepsi contest when they ran an ad on television clearly implying it was possible to win a fighter jet.
Then someone gathered enough points to win it as per the implied contract of the ad and lost in court since it was clearly unresonable. But of course it was not unreasonable to run something like that, aimed at children and not include disclaimers.
-
Comment on Ahead of an all-digital future for PlayStation, Sony needs to prove in courts that players know they don't own digitally purchased games in ~games
Tiraon Link(In a reasonable society) they can't have it both ways. Either the user owns the games or it is clearly labeled at the point of purchase in an unmissable way that they don't and the renting terms...(In a reasonable society) they can't have it both ways. Either the user owns the games or it is clearly labeled at the point of purchase in an unmissable way that they don't and the renting terms are plainly explained. Not in ToS whose entire purpose is to not be read by the user.
Digital ownership should in my opininion involve at the bare minimum rights to resale and gurantee of unlimited access. How the seller gurantees that is their problem but the easiest way would be to release drm free copies usable on a standard system not under control of the seller.
Sadly the first condition just does not exist at this moment.
-
Ahead of an all-digital future for PlayStation, Sony needs to prove in courts that players know they don't own digitally purchased games
54 votes -
Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
Tiraon LinkCuriously I don't have any major paint points that cannot be traced back to third party incompatibilties. This is possibly due to large amount of choice and personally I went through several...Curiously I don't have any major paint points that cannot be traced back to third party incompatibilties. This is possibly due to large amount of choice and personally I went through several distros until I found one I don't see any major problems with.
There are certainly things that I could prefer different but certainly less than what I deal with on Windows.The worst problem is currently sleep/resume which can sometimes require hard restart.
-
Comment on China’s YouTube, Bilibili, plans global expansion, English-language site in ~tech
Tiraon LinkIt doesn't seem all that much better honestly. I still think that a smaller scale, semi decentralized Yotube competitor would be/have been possible. The basic idea being a central server that...It doesn't seem all that much better honestly.
I still think that a smaller scale, semi decentralized Yotube competitor would be/have been possible.
The basic idea being a central server that offloads video streaming to the users. It would handle indexing and moderation and stream videos with some minimum amount of recent views to provide fallback and ensure smooth experience. Videos below that could be streamed by the creator, both to lower amount of videos uploaded and raise quality by making people stand behind their content.
It would probably only take tens to hundreds of millions instead of however many billions it would take to emulate Youtube directly.
-
Comment on Are others finding themselves spending less and less time online? in ~tech
Tiraon LinkI used to like exploring the Internet but for over a decade now I find doing it progressively less. Especially for the last few years the general quality of the easily findable sites dived for the...I used to like exploring the Internet but for over a decade now I find doing it progressively less.
Especially for the last few years the general quality of the easily findable sites dived for the bottom. The general usefulness of the search engines went the same way because they don't even pretend anymore to care about delivering relevant results.
There are still worthwhile sites available but finding them is a challenge.
I don't particularly want to have every scrap of my attention exploited by low quality content determined by blackbox or to read trash tier ai articles so the web I can access is small and hard to find.
-
Comment on Artists built a site to escape AI. Scrapers are coming for it anyway. in ~tech
Tiraon Link ParentI don't think labeling this as stealing is helpful. In the same way that piracy is not stealing or an actual piracy. It is clearly something. Just not an act depriving the owner of the use of the...I don't think labeling this as stealing is helpful. In the same way that piracy is not stealing or an actual piracy.
It is clearly something. Just not an act depriving the owner of the use of the thing.
-
Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Tiraon LinkI went back to Cataclysm Bright Nights. It is a fork of cdda that focuses more on gameplay. There are more forks by now but I have yet to explore the others. It is a complex sandbox set on a...I went back to Cataclysm Bright Nights. It is a fork of cdda that focuses more on gameplay. There are more forks by now but I have yet to explore the others.
It is a complex sandbox set on a zombie/portal post apocalypse. It is fairly approachable for the tiles version but the ux is very poor due ro complexity and no mouse support. There are some additions since the last time I played it such as planes or a significant increase in boat types and other vehicles.
Unfortunately I am encountering soft and hard crashes irregurarly on both stable and experimental versions.
I have mostly given up on the cdda by now. It is an impressive achievement from technical perspective but not a game I would want to spend my free time on.
-
Comment on Amazon kept shutting down my tablet, so I spent $266 on four AI models to own it in ~tech
Tiraon LinkThe problem here is legal which was apparently solved by technical means . Manufacturers are somehow allowed to sell devices that they still maintain control of. Having unrecoverable bugs,...The problem here is legal which was apparently solved by technical means .
Manufacturers are somehow allowed to sell devices that they still maintain control of. Having unrecoverable bugs, completely bricking the device or changing core functions even years after the fact is perfectly normal and they never face any meaningfull consequences. And their ability to do this is legally protected and the owners ability to evade it and maintain actual ownership over their legally purchased property is legally dubious to nonexistant.
This is only possible due to the abysmal computer literacy rates. The dismissive attitude towards having trivial level knowledge about something that drives majority of someones life never ceases to amaze me.
-
Comment on Fixing a Framework laptop bricked by a BIOS update in ~tech
Tiraon LinkBoth the fact that this could even happen and the response is disappointing and concerning regarding direction of the company. Add to that the previous leak which was their fault for using...Both the fact that this could even happen and the response is disappointing and concerning regarding direction of the company. Add to that the previous leak which was their fault for using bussiness intelligence platform at all.
This repair is also more involved then I would want to do if I was in that position. Though I'd attempt it with instructions.
Personally I opt out. If there is no television that fulfills basic requirements and I don't require TV for something vital then I don't get a television.
I suspect I am about two generations behind on user hostile trends as after that it becomes difficult due to widespread acceptance of the metaphorical equivalent of lining up every morning to get hit in the head with a baseball bat.
I can't control what others do, but I can live my life such that the direction of my personal contribution would lead into society I'd like to be part in.