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I feel like even Valve Anti-Cheat can handle that level of concern though, no?

I'm really hoping they get a lot of negative feedback on Treasure Hunter in particular and finally get rid of Treasure Hunter ... and move all micro transactions to just be tasteful cosmetics that are part of Solomon's Store.

I do not want another "we got rid of Squeal of Fortune ... and introduced Treasure Hunter!" moment.

I'd be willing to invest in actual cool cosmetic animations, effects, UI skins, etc that actually fit the RuneScape art style if they offered that. It's so frustrating (at least to me) that they've kept this terrible "phone game"-like RNG system that devalues items, gold, and XP and surely abuses people with predispositions to gambling.

I ... find that hard to believe, but also someone on the R site said in a "everything is bass heavy" troubleshooting section that the vinyl master has less bass and the record players add extra bass back in to the signal.

I'm really leaning towards Vinyl is just a different reproduction that some people like more than digital. Seems like a similar thing with how some people use tube amps with their digital audio library to cause that "old school radio" warm tone when you crank it up.

He also wanted to use the resonance for transmission AFAIK. He didn't really buy into the radio waves from a scientific standpoint (which to be fair to him ... everything was more theoretical back then; if he was in the modern era, he'd have better information to use).

Indeed, we need an afterlife version of the sims lol

This is theoretically the best defense of records I've heard...

But, I still find it pretty hard to believe they're mastering the records any different than they do anything else.

My current hunch is that maybe the imprecise nature of a record results in it sounding a bit warmer (which ... to be fair is a very desirable sound to a lot of folks; I've thought about using a tube amp for that exact reason).

That's not right... He was trying to achieve wireless power through Earth resonance. Which AFAIK is pretty much now completely debunked as never going to work ... but it tracks with Tesla's world view.

It's kind of crazy how much you can build without a complete understanding... There's probably stuff we think we understand now that we really don't and other stuff left to discover.

Right?

I'm really hoping for better trees at a distance. The current system looks pretty dated, especially when you scope in on a tree and it changes shape.

The lighting and water changes alone should really help improve the maps though!

I'm very curious how the shooting range will look on the 15th (it'll presumably be the only way to play on an old map for the first 30 days).

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I know A LOT of people that still use cash and use it frequently for legitimate purchases.

There are also several places around here that are cash only shops, and several more that will charge you extra for using a credit card.

Cash is an official, government sanctioned, form of currency. Part of the appeal of cryptocurrencies is they're a currency that's outside of government management.

The problem with bitcoin in particular is volatility vs any other reference currency is insane. You might have enough to buy an expensive house one day, then a few months later you only have enough for a cheap car, then a few months later you can buy an even nicer house (or maybe not!). That's just not practical for most people ... I don't think it ever will be practical for most people.

If we get a "stable coin" that requires low power draw ... maybe? But is that really better than just using a credit card? Are online purchases really more secure? People get their wallet stolen in real life, getting your digital wallet stolen is something that can totally happen too. There's no FDIC on your bitcoin, a bitcoin wallet isn't a bank.

Crypto fans love to talk up crypto coins but ... I just do not see them as a practical solution to much of anything. We would be far better off improving security of credit cards so you can manage your purchases in a system that's more like PayPal's where there's a way to see "these are the things that are authorized to take money from you automatically" and "these are the things where we generated a one time token and this is how much you paid."

The things I've seen about bitcoin at scale have also suggested it could never even come close to the transaction speed of VISA.

I just ... I am so far from sold. I found Bitcoin when it was ~1 USD per bitcoin. I wish I'd bought just $50 of bitcoin back then and sat on it, but I don't think bitcoin ever has soared because of its merits. It's kind of like this AI hype right now, block chains have very limited practical usability.

OH, I misunderstood what you were saying. I thought you were saying search itself is a duopoly between Google and Brave Search.

You're saying searching Reddit is a duopoly between Google and Brave Search.

That's my bad... but yeah, the article is just wrong anyways, Kagi also has access still (presumably through their deal with Google to use Google's search results as part of their result set). I wonder if Brave has a similar deal ... or their crawlers just haven't been blocked yet ... or they paid off Reddit.

EDIT: Also, I will say because Brave search has such a small market share that's probably not going to help Google's case much.

I will say, I disagree with this perspective as a developer.

Adding more people doesn't inherently make the product better. You can have too many cooks in the kitchen and too many people stepping on each other's toes.

It's like the saying 9 women can't make a baby in a month.

I think the other apps are moving at a reasonable pace. Though I do wish they'd put some more people on Linux desktop apps... Maybe even a Linux distribution "Proton OS" could be very interesting.