The void is my friend.
Every once in a while you get where you play it and think to yourself – “They had one idea, one very good idea and then iterated and polished it until it was perfectly executed.” Hi-Fi Rush is one of those games. Developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks, this one truly did just come out of nowhere. As far as I know there wasn’t even a teaser trailer before the game just like…appeared on store fronts everywhere.
Continue reading “Review – Hi-Fi Rush”This post about telemetry in Go’s tools recently appeared in my feeds. I don’t specifically care about Go or its tools. I just wanted to mention something about the use of telemetry in software. It is considered common practice to implement some sort of telemetry package into one’s software nowadays. I am not here to debate whether this is a good idea or if it is effective.
All I care about in this specific topic nowadays is consent.
I’m even at the point where I say that I as a normal developer using Go want the Go team have that kind of data. But now to the one thing about this proposal that I don’t like: It’s opt-out.
Horst Gutmann, Telemetry in the Go tools
Telemetry in software should always be opt-in by default and not opt-out. Furthermore, the opt-in process should provide details on what exactly is being collected and a summary of how the data will be used. This is so that the user can make an informed choice as whether they want to opt in or not.
No, I don’t care if developers and/or other stake holders think that if they ask for telemetry instead of simply turning it on and making the user opt out means that most of them wouldn’t provide any telemetry. Tough shit, that’s how consent works. You are not entitled to telemetry.
On The Vergecast episode dated February 1, 2023, Katharine Trendacosta and Alex Cranz discussed the phenomenon of faking one’s death online. The most recent high profile example being Susan Menchen which got a whole story in The New York Times. The discussion is very fascinating and highly recommend a listen.
Continue reading “Deathly Deceptions and Disappearances”I am trying out a new regular thing for the blog. A monthly post published at the first of every month with a list of what I have read/watched/listened to in the previous month. Here we go!
Continue reading “Media Diet – January 2023”
One of the general resolutions I ended up making spontaneously is to diversify my media diet. One aspect of this is to watch more movies. This is the first movie I watched this year as part of that resolution.
Some spoilers ahead.
Continue reading “Review – TÁR (2022)”