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781 points HelloUsername | 3 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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duxup ◴[16 Jan 25 13:31 UTC] No.42724831[source]▶
I was pretty skeptical about the original Switch but bought it on a whim after being laid off.

It quickly became one of my favorite gaming consoles. The ability to play anywhere didn’t seem like a big deal until I could do it.

I have zero interest in being tied to a single spot like the traditional console experience now.

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markgreene ◴[16 Jan 25 13:57 UTC] No.42725144[source]▶
cloud gaming has given me this same revelation. It's as portable as a Switch but the gaming experience isn't limited by the hardware in hand. Connectivity is important for the experience, though.
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machinekob ◴[16 Jan 25 14:05 UTC] No.42725235[source]▶
cloud gaming is good if you live close to the servers and don't care about graphics, but playing with +60-100ms for every action feels very bad. It almost feels like playing on 15-20 fps PC and quality of streaming video is always a problem compared to native quality maybe AV1 will fix it.
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joseda-hg ◴[16 Jan 25 14:11 UTC] No.42725321[source]▶
I have gigabit, but no servers that are close, it's... rough
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lostmsu ◴[16 Jan 25 14:36 UTC] No.42725713{4}[source]▶
Shameless self-PR: we are building p2p cloud gaming at https://borg.games

You should get low latency as long as anyone in your city joins as a provider.

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mh- ◴[16 Jan 25 15:47 UTC] No.42726833{5}[source]▶
Did clicking on the Rent my PC tab really try to benchmark my GPU through my browser, or did I accidentally click another button on that page inadvertently that triggered that?

If the former, that's a terrible idea. If the latter, that button really needs a confirmation and explanation of what's about to happen.

I'm viewing on an Intel Mac and it hung my entire computer for like 15 seconds. I didn't even connect that it was related to viewing your site until I got the error at the end and everything unfroze.

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1. lostmsu ◴[16 Jan 25 23:52 UTC] No.42732466{6}[source]▶
It does. Sorry about the experience, we will try to improve it.

Having user confirm it is not a good option, because every click is a hassle.

What we could do is first run a very short version of a smaller benchmark, and if that takes too long, don't run the main one. Then the worst case you will have a 100ms lag at this point, which is way better than 5 seconds of reading.

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2. mh- ◴[17 Jan 25 00:18 UTC] No.42732635[source]▶
It's a neat feature, I just think it'd be ideal to do a confirmation first. It wouldn't be a great experience if it happened on mobile, either.

Every click is a hassle, but principal of least astonishment applies here. Literally not a soul will be expecting that to happen when casually browsing your site.

3. jirf_dev ◴[19 Jan 25 22:19 UTC] No.42762607[source]▶
“Every click is a hassle” so you created a click that is one big hassle?