pookie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-square24fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cagames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1339arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cagames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·6 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-up37arrow-down3·6 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-up8·6 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.