41–50 of 97 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
One of the demos had a nipple in it. Probably got flagged by an algorithm.
Good god, a nipple. Imagine if children were around, they've never seen a nipple before! /s
Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is already a lot of raytracing in the demoscene, no need for RTX. RTX accelerates ray intersection on a typical scene from a video game. But demos are usually not typical scenes, instead using mathematical models like signed distance fields that work differently. There are other issues: you need compatible hardware, it is not well supported by OpenGL if at all, there may be too much overhead for 64k or less int…
Demos outside of small sized intros usually still work with traditional mesh geometry, so RTX could have been helpful at least there. It's just not that many people are doing big demos anymore. For small intros it's almost as you say -- RTX is mostly uninsteresting and not that helpful for current status quo at least on the surface. However, while SDFs are do indeed provide a relatively cheap and intuitive way to spe…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good god, a nipple. Imagine if children were around, they've never seen a nipple before! /s
I don't appreciate the sarcasm. Seeing a nipple can have serious effects on the psyche of a still-developing child. Luckily, the chance to see one (even by accident) is very small, since we banned nipples in 2017, and very few people now have them.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just checked the top 50 live streams in English by viewer count. Exactly one of the fifty (it's not even in the top half) fits your characterization.
If you don't filter by English (or anything else), it's only two in the Top 200 right now. One of them is dancing (which then seems fine to me), one is doing ASMR and her outfit today isn't even that much of a "titty streamer". And zero in hot tubs. Didn't expect HN to fall for the incel memes like that. Also didn't think I need to give that advice here, but Twitch's frontpage and suggestions in the sidebar are perso…
Popular live channels on top is all games, 2/6 appears to be DOTA. Next section shows popular categories. Top category is Just Chatting, followed by a bunch of games. Next section is popular Just Chatting channels and the top two both have "try on bikini" in the title.
So that is what a first impression on twitch looks like without any personalization: mostly games, with some kind of mild erotica front and center. It would be easier to ignore the erotica if it wasn't so discordant with the rest of the content...
Is anything capable of disrupting Twitch at this point? YouTube would be impossible to disrupt, but Twitch is ephemeral. So maybe if enough people got outraged?
- reach out to 20 biggest streamers on twitch and get them to agree to move to your platform, the same way spotify got Joe Rogan to move from YT to Spotify
- with signed agreements ready get funding
- build the platform, and all accompanying streamer tools, preferably fix all major issues that twitch has
- set the date for launch
- launch, with all your onboarded twitch streamers streaming “we moved to platform x” on their abandoned twitch channels
- profit
Note: this requires a few million USD, but it is definitely doable. In fact, YC could get a few investors and build this in a year, if they wanted to.
Very, very surprising considering the trash that's allowed to stay up on Twitch.
Is anything capable of disrupting Twitch at this point? YouTube would be impossible to disrupt, but Twitch is ephemeral. So maybe if enough people got outraged?
It is possible. Here’s how: - reach out to 20 biggest streamers on twitch and get them to agree to move to your platform, the same way spotify got Joe Rogan to move from YT to Spotify - with signed agreements ready get funding - build the platform, and all accompanying streamer tools, preferably fix all major issues that twitch has - set the date for launch - launch, with all your onboarded twitch streamers streaming…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good god, a nipple. Imagine if children were around, they've never seen a nipple before! /s
I don't appreciate the sarcasm. Seeing a nipple can have serious effects on the psyche of a still-developing child. Luckily, the chance to see one (even by accident) is very small, since we banned nipples in 2017, and very few people now have them.
Very, very surprising considering the trash that's allowed to stay up on Twitch.
I have seen plenty of almost naked girls on twitch frontpage. This is borderline prostitution and should have no place on twitch, a platform built for and made popular by gamers. I really hope twitch gets a worthy competitor soon.