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supersquirrel, do games w Six ways Microsoft’s portable Xbox could be a Steam Deck killer

lol fat chance Microsoft is capable of launching a new hardware line and having the competency and staying power to be sucessful in 2025, maybe 5 years ago, but not today.

newthrowaway20,

They couldn’t do it 5 years ago either.

epicsninja,

10 years ago Michaelsoft launched their own VR headset, which was such a flop you probably don’t even know it happened.

BroiledShit,

I think that was the thing that gave us Young Conker, ms really knows how to use those IPs it has.

quickenparalysespunk, do games w Six ways Microsoft’s portable Xbox could be a Steam Deck killer

it will most likely run steam, so it will not be any kind of steam deck “killer”. more like “sibling”.

mindbleach, do astronomy w White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent

Get rid of Elmo.

muhyb, do astronomy w White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent

That should help to put a flag on Mars.

BigMacHole, do astronomy w White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent

Woah! We just found a FREE half of Nasa’s Budget not being used! We should GIVE IT to President Elon Musk!

gravitas_deficiency, do astronomy w White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent

Wow, the government agency with literally the best long term ROI by an order of magnitude is getting its budget cut. Cool cool cool.

derzeppo,

Well the IRS is about the same at $7 revenue per $1 spent, but yeah.

disguy_ovahea,
cocolowlander, do esa w When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered

Arianespace hasn’t publicly disclosed the cost for an Ariane 6 launch, although it’s likely somewhere in the range of 80 million to 100 million euros, about 40 percent lower than the cost of an Ariane 5. This is about 50 percent more than SpaceX’s list price for a dedicated Falcon 9 launch.

With more launch, the price per rocket should decrease, but making it cost competitive will be an important mission if EU wants to launch hundreds of satellites in the future.

threelonmusketeers,

With more launch, the price per rocket should decrease

Should it? Are you referring to amortizing the costs of development, or optimizing the production cost of each rocket? No portion of Ariane 6 is reusable, so it’s not like they can get more launches out of each rocket…

cocolowlander,

Are you referring to amortizing the costs of development

Yes, I was thinking more amortizing the costs of development which will definitely get cheaper the more launch happening, but I guess it’s also possible for optimization of production, although I’m not expecting much from that.

MajorHavoc, (edited ) do games w “Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft

Misleading title -looks like all assets, functionality, and code were stolen, not just some HTML.

20,000 downloads at $3

The ripoff artist made $42,0000.00. Apple made $18,000.00.

The original creator made ~$2,000.00, after TikTok comments pointed people to the original.

And

“Apple encourages the parties to a dispute to work directly with one another to resolve the claim.”

Apple facilitated theft, and owes this developer $60,000.00 if they lose in court. But they know they don’t have to lose in court, because they can spend $6,000,000.00 or more on lawyers, forever, to set a precedent to discourage others from suing.

egrets,
@egrets@lemmy.world avatar

The ripoff artist made $42,0000.00

Not quite that much ;)

anindefinitearticle, (edited ) do esa w When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered

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  • Valmond,

    Most stupid take of the day!

    Like lol.

    anindefinitearticle, (edited )

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  • sys110x,

    Those damn Ancient Greeks and their fascist rockets. /shakes fist

    en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ariane

    If your day is just starting, maybe you need a coffee. There’s a distinct difference between Aryan (or Aryen in French) and Ariane (or Ariane in French).

    Different words in different languages sounding the same is a wild launch to a crusade in 2025. Wait until you hear about Ariana Grande… the most Grand of all the Aryans. I know the additional letters won’t fool you.

    Bezier,
    @Bezier@suppo.fi avatar

    Now that’s a stretch.

    tiramichu, do games w “Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft

    Lots of great money to be made in theft, apparently.

    Buzztiger, do esa w When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered

    So glad to see that Arianespace is back in business. At least now it is also abundantly clear that Europe needs its own and sovereign access to space.

    hadek, do esa w When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered
    @hadek@lemmings.world avatar

    I was so pumped the first ariane 6 launch, I grew up with watching ariane 4 launches and had a huge revell model kit in my room.

    gonzo-rand19, do games w Kaizen: A Factory Story makes a game of perfecting 1980s Japanese manufacturing
    @gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com avatar

    It's horrible of you to post this when it's not out yet, now I have to wait to buy it. D:<

    (Comments on the article mention that Zach said in an unofficial Discord that they're looking at releasing this summer but nothing concrete.)

    BuboScandiacus, do games w Kaizen: A Factory Story makes a game of perfecting 1980s Japanese manufacturing
    @BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz avatar

    Wtf

    New Zachtronixs game dropping wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card

    overload, (edited )

    I’ve not heard of Zachtronics, but love puzzle games. Do you have a recommended one of theirs?

    Edit: thanks everyone!

    FooBarrington,

    All of them are pretty great! I’ve played a bunch of Shenzhen/IO, and it taught me a lot about low-level programming.

    BuboScandiacus,
    @BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz avatar

    Depends on what you like, I suggest that you check them out yourself

    missingno,
    @missingno@fedia.io avatar

    I'd say Opus Magnum is the best entry point for beginners, no programming knowledge needed.

    Emerica,

    Can’t really go wrong with any of their games but Infinifactory and EXAPUNKS are my favs.

    gonzo-rand19,
    @gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com avatar

    EXAPUNKS and Last Call BBS have the most flavour IMO. TIS-100 and Shenzhen I/O are also very good.

    Honestly, all of them are worth trying so that you can see which ones are for you. They're all pretty different (with a couple of exceptions), especially MOLEK-SYNTEZ.

    Emerica, do games w Kaizen: A Factory Story makes a game of perfecting 1980s Japanese manufacturing

    Zachtronics is back!! Was bummed when they said they weren’t making anymore games, guess they just changed names.

    They made some of the best programming games out there for anyone that hasn’t heard of them.

    Sylvartas,

    Oh shit you’re right, that is great news !

    jeeva,

    I am amused to report that this is a legally distinct definitely-not-Zachtronics company that just happens to have two guys (including Zach) from Zachtronics in.

    … But yeah, they’re back, whoo!

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