modwilliam | 2 months ago | on: How Y Combinator made it smart to trust founders
Yes
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modwilliam | 2 months ago | on: How Y Combinator made it smart to trust founders
Yes, but you basically can't pay for them. Revenue is basically all from direct cosmetic sales or the battle passes
modwilliam | 2 months ago | on: How Y Combinator made it smart to trust founders
Overwatch is not
modwilliam | 8 months ago | on: Zuck's Haul: Tracking Meta's AI Talent Acquisitions
Where are these "publicly available sources"? Also, why are there so many round numbers and people missing from this list?
modwilliam | 1 year ago | on: My Amazon TV Now Unmutes Itself During Prime Video Commercial Breaks
There's a big difference between a bug that slipped through during a release or two and an actively user-hostile design decision
modwilliam | 1 year ago | on: My Amazon TV Now Unmutes Itself During Prime Video Commercial Breaks
Would be good to know if this is actually true. From a comment in the thread:
> Assuming that you tested that this happening only during commercials. When you google the issue, it seems like a lot of other people are saying that it unmutes in general after 5 seconds, which matches what happened to you from the video.
modwilliam | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that most people don't know?
It's stated to have a liberal slant, so especially on social issues it would disagree with Trump. It's also explicitly said bad things about Trump's demeanor or attitudes.
However, it does praise some actions that Trump and the Republicans have done with regards to covid19. I overall find that it greatly tones down the extreme takes / perspectives I see on Reddit, and finds lots of nuance
modwilliam | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are some available force multipliers that most people don't know?
Have you tried The Economist?
modwilliam | 5 years ago | on: Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments
You can download your data from Google and Facebook
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: CS246: Mining Massive Data Sets
I've taken a more recent version of this course and it seems that concepts were explained pretty well - particularly, the graphics in the slides were good at explaining the various algorithms step by step.
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: When will Google shut down Stadia?
That's what the Pro subscription may end up being. I believe you get 2 free games with it for now, and they'll be adding more
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: When will Google shut down Stadia?
I hadn't heard of OnLive until there were comparisons to Stadia. On the other hand, Google is able to do some great first party advertising on YouTube.
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: When will Google shut down Stadia?
> it costs money, the service costs a monthly fee, and on top of it you have to buy the games
While this is true now, you'll later be able to play games by only paying a monthly fee or only buying the game for the normal <=$60 price. The subscription isn't necessary to play games at all.
The problem you have with the service potentially going away also applies to Steam, to a lesser degree. I acknowledge that they have a proven track record now and also require much less to continue serving games though.
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: Stadia Founder's Edition
Agree with your points. Just think the OP was being misleading about the hardware costs for either platform.
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: Stadia Founder's Edition
I think it's worth trying it out before saying 20-30 ms is jarring
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: Stadia Founder's Edition
Stadia can have $0 in additional hardware costs (assuming you already have a computer that runs Chrome).
The fact that you already own the games on other platforms doesn't necessarily apply to potential Stadia users.
Plus, you're comparing Stadia's release price to GeForce Now's beta price. Not really a fair comparison
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: Sony and Microsoft set rivalry aside for cloud gaming alliance
What I meant by "people like tetha" is people who can't play games on their own hardware, don't want to buy their own gaming hardware, and/or don't care about these rights.
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: Sony and Microsoft set rivalry aside for cloud gaming alliance
Cloud gaming probably isn't targeted to people like you, then. When the choice is between not being able to play the game at all (due to lacking sufficient hardware) and cloud gaming, the potential downsides of cloud gaming are worth it.
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: Pixel 3a
Pixel 3a will also be getting discounts, though. It's only launch and you can already get a $100 gift card at best buy with it
modwilliam | 6 years ago | on: Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Build WeChat for the West
Could you be more specific about what's worse on Messenger than WeChat?
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