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Cake day: June 25th, 2023

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  • Taking back “don’t be evil” is around when I stopped liking Google a lot, but I do still tend to find that Google’s products are the only ones that follow my way of logical thinking, especially in options and menus, if that makes sense. Samsung frequently doesn’t have stuff where I expect to find it… Sony’s menus are nonsensical… Nintendo is constantly missing settings… Microsoft used to be better, but hides relatively basic shit in the name of “accessibility” nowadays… Apple’s entire ecosystem is a joke, in my opinion…

    Google’s menus and apps just make sense to me and are almost always where I look for them. They tend to include most options for things I would want to turn off or on. Usually if you are in a place where you’d want a search bar, there’s a search bar. Android is still very customizable using third-party apps, instead of just preventing them from working altogether and making you use it their way. I like all that.


  • I really loved OkCupid back before they sold out. They would share a lot of interesting data on their blog posts, and seemed genuinely interested in making successful matchups based on how your profile was presented to others. It was fun to be on there and didn’t feel like you were just being presented for “dateable” you were if you didn’t want to be.

    I also met my wife on OkCupid, but that was just before the site really took a nosedive. Pretty annoyed they deleted my account without warning, so the first message she ever sent me is gone forever.





  • Bethesda has put themselves in an awkward spot by promoting niche and deep RPG mechanics for so long, and then becoming such a AAA developer with entire keynotes dedicated to previewing them that they no longer want to risk making deeper complex mechanics because they’re scared of “confusing” the base audience.

    I want to say they need to take Starfield as a wakeup call, in comparison to games like BG3. But they don’t need to, because Gamepass numbers are practically imaginary sales numbers, and we’re just going to hear about how well it sold for the next half-decade.