Dr. Guillermo Power 
@gpowerf@social.cleverlibre.org
This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
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Apple's game porting toolkit is fantastic. Cyberpunk 2077 at Ultra on an M1 MBP
Link: https://twitter.com/isaacmarovitz/status/1666209780031971341
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36223927
Interesting article on EVs. On a personal level and leaving the environmental benefits or drawbacks aside, electric motors are more suited to the job of powering a car. They have a lot of low down torque, need less maintenance, are less complex with many less moving parts, are quiet, theres no risk of water intake off road, etc… even if they were worse environmentally I’d argue they are still the premium option. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/03/electric-vehicles-early-adopter-petrol-car-ev-environment-rowan-atkinson?CMP=share_btn_tw
I’m going to say something controversial. #AppleVisionPro isn’t too expensive if you want to experience the future today, it isn’t for the masses. It is kind of an early experience of the future, an early adopter’s toy that’s going to be a tonne of fun and a incredible experience for them. Personally I’m not interested until there’s a cheaper version for the masses, but if you are that early adopter wanting your fun now I don’t think $3500 is too much to pay for what this is. #AppleVision
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In a world of generated code, your hand-crafted vanilla coded software is precious.
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For Vision Pro to succeed, Apple needs to make wearing a headset seem normal
Opinion: Apple normalized AirPods and smartwatches. Can it normalize headsets?
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I love that Apple uses "machine learning" instead of "AI." That feels way more honest about what is going on under the hood and helps avoids personification.
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Will I buy some fancy new AR goggles? No.
Am I interested to see how the technology develops further so that I might buy fancy AR goggles in the future? Yes.
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Support for gestures on touchscreen devices coming with @linuxmint 21.2 https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Mint-Finally-Receiving-Support-for-Gestures #Linux #gestures #LinuxMint #Ubuntu #GNOME #Cinnamon #FOSS #Victoria #touchpad #touchscreen #OpenSource
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LOL. Linux user uses Nouveau drivers instead of the binary Nvidia https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-install-nvidia-driver-latest-proprietary-driver/ drivers. 🤣 You need the official driver for gaming, ML, CUDA, etc. There is no alterntive.
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Teacher: William Shakespeare is credited with the invention of over 1,700 words. He was a linguistic genius.
Student: Can I make up words and use them in my papers?
Teacher: Absolutely fucking not.
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I think for only the third time ever I’ve had to block someone on here. If the new Apple product has done nothing it’s shown up someone who complained so much about it that they become the No.1 source of toots about it on my feed but finally hit the end point with the ‘you shouldn’t buy expensive things when there are poor people’ which is right up there with calling someone Hitler in an argument
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Anyone local (Halifax, NS) have any interest in an old Commodore 64 with accessories? As far as I know it still works, though I expect a fair number of the floppies don't. No adapter for a modern tv, but those are fairly easy to come by. Free to a good home. I can probably ship it elsewhere, though it's not light, lol.
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I’ve had to block mention of the new mega technology corporations new head mounted device, ironically not because of pro-Apple accounts, but because of the people with hot takes about how it’s going to usher in a privacy hellscape, or various takes on what humorous thing it looks like or, the standard whenever Apple does a product release, how you should hate Apple and only idiots waste their money on them. My entire feed is full of them
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They just announced a feature that helps prevent kids from holding displays too close to their face.
And then they announce a product that straps a display to your face.
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macOS Sonoma drops support for another wide swath of Intel Macs
As the last Intel Mac is finally replaced, software support is gradually fading.
I got to the point where I don’t consume much TV or film. I got tired of tropes like twists, subverting expectations, meta references, and just overt references to appeal to certain groups of fans. Much of it feels so so tired. There’s the occasional thing I watch that impresses me, but I don’t finish watching most movies, I start and give up a few minutes in.
I crave a simple straight forward story, that feels rare and special today.
What's your opinion? #StreetFighter6 worth buying? I've missed out many SF games but I was REALLY into Street Fighter in the past.
I was impressed by the demo, it is so smooth and it controls well.
How is Chun Li? Suitable fun and fast to play as usual? #gaming #gamers #xbox #ps5 #pcgaming #gamingonlinux
Dr. Guillermo Power has moved to @gpowerf@mastodon.social:
has moved to @gpowerf@mastodon.social:
This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
