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Comment Re:It's a Tool (Score 3, Insightful) 45

Treat it like any other submission.

You can't treat it any other submission, for a variety of reasons. Some important ones are:

1) AI did not create the code. It lifted it from somewhere else, and it will be contributed without proper attribution.
2) There is no way to know if the lifted code has a compatible license, since there is no way to know where it came from.
3) If (or when) the rightful owner is identified, the lawsuits will fly.

Nuke it from orbit, then destroy the galaxy from which it originated. It's the only way to be sure.

Comment Re:Modern VR hardware is really disappointing (Score 1) 45

The problem is untethered VR in the real world means shit graphics, shit battery life and a bulky HMD that generates more heat than the sun.

You have not watched the release announcement. Even if, for the sake of argument, you are correct in your claims, it would be massively incorrect to judge the Frame by those past experiences, assuming Valve's claims are even partially accurate (there is every reason to believe they are completely true). Valve has seen all the complaints about all prior headsets, and addressed the all.

Comment Re: Who asked for this (Score 1) 97

Probably for less than what this will cost.

Maybe, and maybe not. But it WILL be locked down all to Hell, and will be stuffed to the gills with crapware and spyware. The Steam Machine will not. My next living room PC will definitely be a Steam Machine. The form-factor and openness have me sold.

Comment Re:Modern VR hardware is really disappointing (Score 3, Insightful) 45

All I want in an HMD is something that...plugs into the GPU in the back of a PC.

You are definitely in the terribly small minority of VR players who want wires on their VR headset. Tethered VR is dead, and has been for quite a while. Unwired VR is what 99.9999999% of players want.

The Steam Frame is a Quest-killer, and has tons of potential to which no other VR headset even comes close. I expect to see a firesale on used Quest 3s once the Frame hits the market, if the Frame is price-competitive with the Quest 3.

Comment Impressive (Score 1) 37

That is an impressive feat, even if it's already been beaten by a mile. I ran a program that stripped Windows down to zero bytes to maximize Windows' usefulness. I don't remember the exact name, but I vaguely remember that it starts and an "L" and ends in "inux". It's right on the tip of my tongue.

Comment Re:They want it both ways (Score 1) 50

The web has a mechanism for indicating that you want your work not to be used by other sites or bots: robots.txt.

The mechanism is copyright protection. Copyright exists because creators want to share their works under their own terms, and they don't want someone else to take away control of said works. This can be for a profit motive or for other, personal reasons.

If people or companies kept their works to themselves only, there would be little to no reason for copyright at all.

Comment Inevitable (Score 5, Insightful) 55

We FOSS people have been warning governments around the world for decades that relying on closed-source software is a huge danger to national security, and we were blown off as paranoid. Now that closed software has inevitably bitten them hard, the obvious is now obvious.

Countries should be redirecting the millions upon millions they spend on proprietary software/spyware to employ FOSS developers instead. It would make them much safer and more secure.

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