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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • The unfair advantage argument definitely holds water, mouse and keyboard can be like a sports car racing against a bicycle. But if someone had the budget to tackle this issue through software, it would be Microsoft. So I’m inclined to agree that it’s mostly just MS squeezing money out of third party manufacturers.

    If they’d care only about the “unfair”, they’d put a fair, almost free, price on the official license that covers the cost of testing or whatever. Truth presumably here is also a bit more complicated, maybe third party controllers could be easier to hack resulting in an ineffective licensing system, idk. But yeah smells like money for Microsoft and a loss for consumers.



  • I think it’s the same problem Wes Anderson kinda suffers. They’re trying to do their thing in the way their audience expects them to.

    And I don’t really think either is playing a caricature of themselves, there’s real creativity at play. But the creative risks are mitigated by relying on their set style, which makes it safe to consume but often not that exciting. I find Dunkey’s reviews usually pretty interesting, whether I agree with them or not. But this poetry felt closer to an ad than an honest review.











  • You might want to check out Tildes too. I don’t know if it’s exactly what you’re looking for, which I think is a community where you form relationships with others (hasn’t been my experience there [nor here]), but its main focus is less noise, better content (as in both posts and conversation). It’s less about jokes or raking in upvotes and more about having something meaningful to say.

    I haven’t encountered that much of any kind of hate speech or your average internet assholery so it might be at least a place to check out.

    It’s a bit dry and slow content wise so I don’t think it’ll end up being anyone’s one stop shop for everything social media.