I mean, that's certainly one way of looking at it.
On the other hand, I know how much people were pooh-poohing the specs of the original Switch, and saying if Nintendo had just invested $50 more into it, it would've been such a better platform.
I guess you can't have …
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Read MoreAbout a week ago, I had the pleasure of answering some interview-style questions from Hyde that got posted to his blog series, Over/Under.
Give it a read, as I had a lot of fun writing my responses, such that I forgot to actually answer "Overrated/Underrated" to some of …
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Read MoreI had only intended to post this as a reply to my own "toot" on the Fediverse, but it actually went over my instance's post limit of 5,000 characters, so here we go! 😆
On Friday night, I posted a toot saying that I was intending to play Kerbal …
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Read MoreI was an 80s kid. I grew up in a booming and optimistic time. The future held so much promise: all kinds of cures for disease, technology and automation would free humanity from the drudgery of labor (heh), and the Information Age would bring an acceleration to learning and innovation …
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Read MoreThe Linux Cast is one of my favorite Linux youtubers, as he usually posts very interesting videos and isn't afraid to share his off-the-cuff opinions of things in the Linux world, yet is usually not toxic, unlike some of that space's more infamous members.
He published a slightly ranty …
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Read MoreWhen I was a young-un in the early, early 90s, PICT was the day-to-day image format …
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Read MoreI'm talking mostly about terminology, but of course, when in doubt, "I don't want your dumb app."
So, as I briefly alluded to in yesterdays blog post, most mobile apps are pretty terrible. They're generally chock full of spyware (trackers), and are inherently user-hostile.
But I want to talk about …
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Read MoreThis morning, I enjoyed a blog post by James Ashford about whether or not it's good to use a bible app.
I commented on a tangential issue: the fact that bible apps have so many trackers!
I mentioned that I do use YouVersion, even though it has many trackers (including …
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Read MoreLast Sunday, I did something that I really don't like doing.
I left church early.
With a heavy and conflicted heart.
The Sunday prior, I walked into church and spoke briefly with the pastor. I told him I was shocked to …
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Read MoreI, like many, have taken an interest in Daniel Supernault's new Loops video service.
Unlike many, I'm not so much interested in a FOSS, Federated clone of TikTok, YT Shorts, or Vine. I honestly don't care for that kind of media. I don't object to the format (other than …
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