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John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
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Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#232Massive props to John Carmack! We also need laws to protect consumers when they don’t have an enlightened champion on their side. Part of the reason I buy Apple devices is because Apple is unlikely to get acquired or go out of business for the foreseeable future. I wish there were viable alternatives. Android devices are not an option for me, as they are more likely to be abandoned and/or contain Google/manufacturer/…
Oddly enough, this is why I stopped buying iOS devices. With my old Android phones/the one Android tablet I got I was able to install something useful and pared-down once they became older and unsupported. They work fine as readers/browsers on my home network or as "fancy" remotes and local-network media players. The only old iOS device I haven't sold/tossed is an iPad 2 which is unbearably slow for most things, and…
This doesn't invalidate your argument (which I agree with) since it's unofficial and relies on exploits, but you should be able to downgrade your iPad 2 thanks to its unpatchable bootrom exploit and the fact that Apple apparently has to keep iOS 6.1.3 and 8.4.1 signed for that model specifically https://github.com/LukeZGD/iOS-OTA-Downgrader/wiki/How-to-Us...
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#233> allowing for a randomly discovered shrink wrapped headset twenty years from now to be able to update to the final software version, long after over-the-air update servers have been shut down. This resonates so much with me. Each time I setup a new device that requires an Internet connection, I think about how we can enjoy booting 30 years old retro computers and how the next generation will not be able to do the sa…
The same is true of some of the best work being done on the web, such as the NYTimes interactive infographics. Because they are so JS-heavy, and reliant on CI/CD pipelines for deployment, on custom CMSes, there is no way to archive them in the way that static pages containing just text and images can be archived on the Wayback Machine. Heck, even Flash projects from 15 years ago still run fine when compiled on Ruffle…
I've always been of the opinion that to allow third party content to be embedded in an HTML page was a mistake. URLS within a page that embed content should have been relative to the page itself, never to another host. Of course the current one is much more powerful but both archiving, bitrot and security would have been a lot better served if it all got served from the same host.
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a person who wears glasses, I'm very excited for AR devices. A great input device* and incremental improvements in the battery tech and energy efficiency would make them ideal for on-the-go computing, reading, and note taking. * https://wefunder.com/tapwithus looks promising, and facebook bought up companies doing similar things. A ring with a touch slider, gyroscope, and a button would be interesting.
I e purchased and learned how to use a tap strap. Unfortunately it doesn't really live up the the hype and after a few frustrating months of practice and work it now lives in a drawer collecting dust.
Yeah, I also have one, and I'm not really excited for new products from that company, even if it's the only real device in it's field at the moment. The whole configuration app and strange ecosystem they tried to push rubs me the wrong way, and I probably won't be getting the wrist device if I have to deal with that.
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#236Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Because they are so JS-heavy, and reliant on CI/CD pipelines for deployment, on custom CMSes, there is no way to archive them in the way that static pages containing just text and images can be archived on the Wayback Machine. Welcome to the world of digital archiving. It's an enormously complicated space, and even for just my own personal projects and content, I've spent a lot of time thinking about how to ensure…
Some people actually use those "takeout" features to collect archive data. So then you do get the archive, it's like having somebody's cuttings from a local newspaper rather than a complete set of local papers on microfiche. One reason I take these is that I have RAM and I have grep and apparently either the people who had the data don't have RAM or they don't have grep, and so while I can ask my local Facebook archi…
I have this exact same situation with my Youtube history.
I used to be able to search it in Google's history search, but that only shows a subset of results.
If I want to really search for the title of a random video I saw 5 years ago the only option is to download a raw CSV of my history and use grep :(
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#237Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you notice the reduction of information density on web pages? I think that would be the biggest immediate difference. Old Reddit vs. new Reddit as one prominent example. The dominance of responsive designs now, as compared to the old separation between main site and mobile site, as another example. I guess hamburger menus weren't a big thing in 2013? I honestly can't remember. Maybe time to hit the Internet Archi…
I actually like New Reddit, except for the advertising. Design is much more responsive now, I'll give it that. Lots and lots of huge photographic headers. Hamburger menus? I'm guessing that is the name for the 3-line icon? They were pretty new in 2013 on mobile sites on my iPhone 5. And the 3-dot thing for "extra" options ... I don't remember that existing back then. There is a reduction in information density.. some…
Strong suggestion: uBlock Origin ad blocker, including in Firefox on Android.
Other options include the Brave or Duck Duck Go browsers - similar features built in, but possibly less bookmark portability, etc
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#239Earlier quoted context omitted.
I actually like New Reddit, except for the advertising. Design is much more responsive now, I'll give it that. Lots and lots of huge photographic headers. Hamburger menus? I'm guessing that is the name for the 3-line icon? They were pretty new in 2013 on mobile sites on my iPhone 5. And the 3-dot thing for "extra" options ... I don't remember that existing back then. There is a reduction in information density.. some…
Strong suggestion: uBlock Origin ad blocker, including in Firefox on Android. Other options include the Brave or Duck Duck Go browsers - similar features built in, but possibly less bookmark portability, etc
Thanks. I have ethical issues with ad blockers. As someone who has built businesses based on ads it pains me to hurt these sites, even though the ad situation is really fucked up in 2021.
I just found out about Brave this week. It looks promising. I didn't know DuckDuckGo had a browser. I've been using the search occasionally. People say they can't switch from Google, but honestly their search quality is over-rated. They are really sanitizing their results more than the others recently. Even Bing is bringing back more results from really useful obscure sites than Google is.
Re: John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset
#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hm, I have an OG iPad that runs a few excellent apps (TouchOSC, Animoog, Samplr) well enough that it‘s still a worthwhile device with just those. TouchOSC in particular should get massive props. As of last year, it was still able to update and is solid and super responsive. The App Store still works and I can download the last compatible version of any app I own.
Except for Safari, which is tied to OS updates. And of course Apple don't allow other browsers on the store so now you're stuck on the outdated browser. I know my old iPad has issues with Home Assistant's web interface for example.
Yeah safari barely works on it, which is maybe half because its outdated and half because websites have gotten a lot heavier since then. The iPad had a tiny amount of RAM by today‘s standards. Something like 512 MB, or even 255? iOS was aggressive about killing apps (esp safari) when RAM runs out. Not sure if it can even swap, or could back then?