pookie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoA Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkA Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you'www.pcgamer.compookie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoThat moment when there’s one company with which you’d almost be OK if they turned into a monopoly (still no, though).
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoValve is that perfect example of being just shitty enough to be annoying without stepping over the line into complete enshittification. But this too will happen. I reckon there’d be good odds of it happening not long after Gabe retires.
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoThat’s my main worry, and why I’d never want a monopoly of any sort with contemporary hierarchical structures.
That moment when there’s one company with which you’d almost be OK if they turned into a monopoly (still no, though).
Valve is that perfect example of being just shitty enough to be annoying without stepping over the line into complete enshittification. But this too will happen. I reckon there’d be good odds of it happening not long after Gabe retires.
That’s my main worry, and why I’d never want a monopoly of any sort with contemporary hierarchical structures.