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by viktorcode 10mo ago
It's Android where you need Vulkan. Overwhelming majority of PC games that can run on Vulkan can also support Metal due to the engine they use. The real barrier is DX games.
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
> Right now Valve is quietly targeting MS' attempt to create a walled garden for gaming on Windows and (probably) cut them out. Current MS' approach is to not do exclusives and sell all their games on every platform available e
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
Germany does have piracy policing for torrents, for instance. Access is not blocked though, and thus I don't consider fines for torrenting to be an act of censorship.
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
For contrast, you can imagine how this debate between a private OS developer and the government would go in a non-democratic country. Or, you don't even have to imagine, because examples are not hard to find.
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
A large and important piece, but not the final. If it will remain web-only codec, that is no Android and iOS support for taking photos in JPEG XL, then the web media will still be dominated with JPEGs.
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
> You still need one to register Case in point: recently, some Russian mobile service providers started blocking registration SMS for popular messengers, Signal included. In earlier years there were also cases of mobile number spoofing i
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
I mostly agree with your points, but there’s one form of censorship that exists in Germany today: internet censorship driven by the commercial interests of right holders and implemented by the major internet service providers. In short: ill
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
If the aim was to limit children exposure to social messengers, then Discord absolutely must be on the list. I don't know the backstory, but it seems to be a typical exercise of political power by the people lacking expertise in the fi
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
This list indeed seems to be a random selection
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
> “The only thing I have is Preview, and I have to look at one photo at a time,” Shan says. “It’s crazy. I got fed up with it so I looked at different apps.” Select files in Finder, option + double click on them, and you have many photo
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
How about app creators sue DOJ and/or Apple if the law is on their side?
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
That info is outdated. Safari also allows JS scripts running on sites, i.e. extensions working like script injectors. The difference with content blockers is those extensions must be explicitly allowed to access sites being browsed first, f
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
After using uBlock origin lite on Safari for a while I went back to blocklist-based blockers. They are just faster. They don't suddenly break, making me reload site or restart browser. And the only thing needed on top is just some JS s
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
Just to point out that those crashes are specific to Windows: current generation of consoles run the same UE games with no crashes.
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
The US anti trust legislation punishes the abuse of monopoly power, not being monopoly in itself. Google was found guilty in leveraging their dominating position on the platform to do just that. On the other hand in the US Apple's App
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by viktorcode 10mo ago
Consoles win a marketshare by having games ported or developed for their hardware, improving experience. What Valve offers is just one more PC configuration
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
SwiftUI is build upon Apple's frameworks like Metal, CoreGraphics, CoreAnimation, and UIKit / AppKit. If someone want's to make a version for another platform, they will have a whole lot of work to do. That is the real show s
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
Data race safety is not offered by default. In Swift 6.2 you can enable strict mode and it will cover majority of data race problem, but not all.
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
It’s not needed for old games, but as I said: Cyberpunk is an example of port properly done. It’s not something achievable via simulator.
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
I think what you are describing is Apple Silicon GPUs delivering good results with sheer power. However, when the same titles are adopting TBDR you'll get faster rendering time or higher resolution. Cyberpunk is a good example of porti
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
I don't think there's any issue to run any older game using Crossover or similar on a Mac. Grab that on Steam or GoG and go. Not sure why Apple should become involved in those simulation efforts.
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
Two more points to that: First, due to substantial differences in graphics hardware, that is tiled-based deferred rendering for Apple Silicon and immediate mode rendering for NVIDIA and AMD the software simulation or translation layer will
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
I believe the statistics doesn't count Windows version of Steam games running on Mac via Crossover. And of course Steam is not the only store to purchase games on Mac (in last couple of years bought 2 games via App Store and none via S
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
Seems this kind of comments will keep coming no matter what. Nevertheless, here's some points on the matter: Apple was the company that boosted OpenGL popularity by using it as the graphics API for OS X. In Apple platforms world there&
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
My reply is a counterpoint to the statement that banks, government services and streaming services require excessive control over my device. They aren't, as they all can run in a browser, which sandboxes them from the OS. That's i
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
It's not just Netflix. It is also FaceTime calls for Firefox. This is the reason why Netflix limits Firefox.
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
Here's the discussion of that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27432001
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
It works for me, but not as good as the ones based on content list filters. It's also brings odd problems: google.com breaks on first search request, but ipv6.google.com does not.
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
Have you tried AdGuard?
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by viktorcode 11mo ago
There are banks that do not work via a browser. But no one prevents them from doing that. It's their conscious choice, not a technology limitation

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