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Old man yells at cloud

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Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Post by cfeduke »

teen wrote: post #3

The first example is because the game had a patch, I'm pretty sure that you can skip that on Switch, but even if you can't, games that couldn't be patched were objectively worse than ones that can. The second example is social media and has been discussed to death. No arguments there. The third example, Tesla's UI, could be said to be worse than manual buttons, but the technology in a Tesla is not objectively worse o…

Though games that couldn't be patched weren't as complex but still at least as fun or more fun than today's games. Obviously my opinion. The article is getting at that you cannot just pop in a cart and play a game - there's ceremony with today's games. And for what? It's not a better experience. Unless that's all one knows. Then maybe it's... just an experience, I guess.

the rigamarole I had to go through so my son and I could play a Double Dragon title as a 2P simultaneous experience on my X-Box is the stuff of maximum frustration. Like, exhausting. I pine for the days of hitting the "select" button to choose "2 Player" in NES Contra's main menu and off we go, playing two player. Today, such a feat is amazing technology.

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Post by goosedragons »

teen wrote: post #3

The first example is because the game had a patch, I'm pretty sure that you can skip that on Switch, but even if you can't, games that couldn't be patched were objectively worse than ones that can. The second example is social media and has been discussed to death. No arguments there. The third example, Tesla's UI, could be said to be worse than manual buttons, but the technology in a Tesla is not objectively worse o…

Its not a Switch in the article. There's also this bad trend where publishers literally leave pieces of the game off the disc/cartridge and force you to download the rest. Not a patch, the actual game.

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Post by bitexploder »

kashkhan wrote: post #6
mberning wrote: post #4

Man vehicles are a big one. All of the infotainment crap, the 200 control computers, electronic wastegate turbos, etc. etc. are going to age so poorly. There is a reason why cars with mininal BS are fetching such a premium on the used market.

peak toyota/lexus was around 2006. After that all downhill.

4runner are still decent.

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Post by mensetmanusman »

kashkhan wrote: post #7
lawgimenez wrote: post #5

It's hard to relate with these first world issues.

i was in the "third" world last week and i had half gig symmetric fiber internet. Today i am in colorado with cable modem that can barely hit 60mbps on a good day and 4mpbs up.

Which country # were you in?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_...

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Post by spullara »

Apocryphon wrote: post #9
mberning wrote: post #4

Man vehicles are a big one. All of the infotainment crap, the 200 control computers, electronic wastegate turbos, etc. etc. are going to age so poorly. There is a reason why cars with mininal BS are fetching such a premium on the used market.

So just how does one escape from a car through the window if the electrical mechanism is broken?

Lots of people have something like this on their keychain for exactly this purpose:

https://smile.amazon.com/01-100-09-Original-Emergency-Keycha...

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Post by eggsmediumrare »

codetrotter wrote: post #10
Apocryphon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So just how does one escape from a car through the window if the electrical mechanism is broken?

Kick the front window out with your feet.

Do we have the technology to make windows that can smash from the inside but not the outside?

Re: Old man yells at cloud

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Post by NL807 »

Rename the headline to: "Software has gotten objectively worse"

Technology on the hardware front has long track record of getting better. But the software stack running on them has gotten worse. Writing good, optimal code is no longer economical. Move fast and break things. Marketing wants new features and done quickly. They want to monetise everything, and run things on subscription model. And they want to spy on you. VC funded tech is even worse.

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Post by porb121 »

mberning wrote: post #4

Man vehicles are a big one. All of the infotainment crap, the 200 control computers, electronic wastegate turbos, etc. etc. are going to age so poorly. There is a reason why cars with mininal BS are fetching such a premium on the used market.

Modern cars are much safer than cars of even 10 years ago
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