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Rust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense”

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It's just their ego showing through.

It basically now comes down to the current devs depending on new Rust devs for anything that interacts with Rust code.

They could just work together with Rust devs to solve any issues (API for example).

But their ego doesn't allow for it. They want to do everything by themselves because that's how it always was (up until now).

Sure, you could say it's more efficient to work on things alone for some people, and I'd agree here, but realistically that's not going to matter because the most interactivity that exists (at the moment) between Rust and C in Linux is... the API. Something that they touch up on once in a while. Once it's solid enough, they don't have to touch it anymore at all.

This is a completely new challenge that the Linux devs are facing now after a new language has been introduced. It was tried before, but now it's been approved. The only person they should be mad at is Linus, not the Rust devs.

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Nintendo shuts down Switch emulator Ryujinx

I need to remind some people here who don't seem to understand something.

Forks may be dead and development may not be as fast as the original.

However - you must think about the future and not the situation right now. Yuzu and Ryujinx sources will be invaluable information for people making emulators later down the line.

It's a matter of when and not if someone picks it up again.

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Zen Browser - A very nice, Firefox-based, clean UI browser

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Yeah enabling remote debugging because the dev thought it made it easier is a pretty big oof.

But this is just strike one. It's a one man show, after all, so cutting them some slack is warranted when it comes to this specific topic.

Nevertheless, your concerns aren't unfounded. This project needs more contributors to be able to keep up. (Thorium is basically in the same boat)

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SilentPatch for Grand Theft Auto goes open source!

Silent is a real cool dude. I've interacted with him directly and he's always been helpful.

I assume the code was closed only because it was a bit of a hodge podge he had to clean up. (Well, that and the GTA modding scene is a bit, uh, toxic, to say the least)

I'm currently in a similar position for Black Box NFS games. It's taken me over a year so far and I'm still not fully satisfied to release anything because there's so much code to span over 6 (similar, but different) games.

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A little thing called the "Massive Ad client" exists in NFS Carbon, Pro Street, Undercover and even World.

It was used to download ads off the internet and display them in the game's own billboards.

It was also an entrypoint for a NFS World hack too lol so ripbozo EA

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FF Evangelists

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I'm referring to the philosophy behind the usage of said allocated ram.

If you allocate 5 cookie jars to store 1 cookie in each jar, then that's not good.

If you store 2 cookies per jar, that's better already, but still kind of crap.

If the websites keep putting rocks in those jars, then you'll obviously run rampant with usage. (Read: https://tonsky.me/blog/js-bloat/ )

The goal is to store as many cookies in least amount of jars. You might crumble them down and reconstruct them later (compression and/or clever code) but that could take more brain (processing) power (of which we kinda have, especially on the desktop).

As you've said, it's often a tradeoff between processing power and memory usage and depending on the application, you can configure things the way you need them (at least when you're coding it).

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DuckStation Creator Considers Shutting Down Emulator Amid License Change

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And that't the crux of the issue. Stenzek doesn't actually understand the reality of licensing.

The reality is this - you can't do anything without a lawyer. Laweyrs cost money (pro bono isn't a thing in the copyright world AFAIK, but IANAL).

If he wanted to avoid this, then maybe he should've kept it closed source from the beginning. Chinese sellers on AliExpress couldn't care less about licensing anyway, so that way he'd have at least some protection.

IMO his course of action so far has been wrong.

What he should've done is this:

  1. Cause a stir
  2. Get support from the community
  3. Open up donations for the project (or just himself, since you don't want a repeat of Yuzu)

He could even go after Arcade1up legally if he raised funds, but that's not even worth the time if you ask me.

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Reddit is currently very mad at Hasan Piker because he seems to be abusing his dog

I'll preface this by saying that I do not follow any of these slop streamers (be it Hasan, Ethan/Hila, Destiny, etc.). I think they all suck. I'm just upset that the dog got hurt.

That being said - from my perspective and first impression I'm leaning towards this being a shock collar incident.

The "paw clipping" theory doesn't hold water to me currently. We don't know what kind of bed that is and it's not possible to determine this from the video. Maybe there is evidence that can prove this otherwise, but from what I've been reading, nobody provided anything to suggest this other than a slowmo of what we already can (or rather, cannot) see. The timing of the dog's reaction is interesting, I'll accept that, but that may as well just be a coincidence until there is something else to support it.

The "shock collar" theory looks more plausible because:

  1. The dog has an electronic collar in the first place
  2. Hasan's timing of doing something off-screen with his left hand also coincides with dog's reaction
  3. Hasan's previous statements on the dog herself and alleged carelesness towards her

The mere possibility of the collar having that function is enough to make me lean towards that it actually is a shock collar. Granted, he showed the collar on stream, but that doesn't really prove us anything until he provides an exact product make and model and it being on the dog in that exact configuration as he presented it.

Besides, the collar being electronic at all is a major red flag in my opinion. If he needed to track his dog, he could easily attach an AirTag to a regular collar.

At the end, I don't care who or what it is. Just let the dog be happy. If he doesn't like having or caring for the dog, then why have it in the first place?