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@StarServal, you mean patents (not copyright), since it is about inventions.

And there is at least one hall effect controller patent that already expired. It is from 1988, so hall effect joysticks are not a new thing at all.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US4825157A/

@anarchyrabbit @Yondu_the_Ravager @Birchoff

@arsenics, Yahzee had a review of it, if you're interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW32ml-OLxY

@slimerancher

@Squirrel, there is a demo, if you're interested.

@doomgazer

@slimerancher, dunno about Tetris 99, but I totally switched to Tetris Effect and love it. That one is still very alive online.

@mysteriouscinderella

@Zyratoxx, it’s going to be Switch 64 and it’ll simply be Switch Line with 64 GiB eMMC and a flap cover 😅 (SCNR)

@Wussy

@mattj, thanks. Will look into it.

...still hoping for an XMPP renaissance.

@privsecfoss

@mattj, I guess you’re right.

I’m probably paralysed a bit due to my main XMPP server being (someone else’s) small instance that’s not very maintained (can’t blame them) and every time I log in I’m literally greeted with hundreds (thousands?) of spam invites and messages.

I should probably migrate to a more active server. Happy to pay/donate for it too.

(I moved my family to #Matrix, but would prefer #Jabber, esp. if self-hosting was easy enough for my weak-ass admin skills.)

@privsecfoss

@mattj, you are totally right re extensibility & I probably worded that a bit awkwardly (I blame jetlag).

I guess my gist would be:
• XMPP is amazing, but also complex
• complexity ⇒ many clients
• small(ish) user base ⇒ not all clients support full Jabber XEP
• ⇒ choice paralysis or bad experience with first choice
• ⇒ user base stays small(ish)

🐔 & 🥚

IMHO to break out of it, we need critical mass (again).

( using #XMPP / #Jabber since 2010: https://matija.suklje.name/migrating-to-xmppjabber-and-aim-woes )

@privsecfoss

@privsecfoss I would absolutely love to get back to #XMPP as my main (ideally only) IM, but in time some things made it hard to do so:

- it's extensible and not all clients support all modernly needed extensions - the #Jabber XEP solves this (on paper/standard level)
- loads of spam - again, tackled by Jabber XEP bundle and clients that fully implement it
- and ultimately, 90% of my contacts there never pop up anymore - network effect problem

@cyanide, you mean Hacienda?

https://github.com/foocorp/hacienda

@trivernis

@r3xus, sure, but it is much more fun and rewarding if you can aim more precisely then rely on aim assist. And gyro aiming can help quite a bit here.

@314xel

@314xel, I agree. But at least when it comes to #FPS #FirstPersonShooter games, I find that if they integrate gyro aiming it can actually be very good. Not all gyro aiming is implemented well, but when it is (you may need to set the sensitivity to your liking), it’s (almost) on par with mouse aiming.