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Comment by nonethewiser

6 hours ago

Oh wow that’s cool, I had no idea Palmer Lucky owned this. He pumps out quality tech. Im gonna check it out.

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dabluecaboose  6 hours ago

A friend of mine did posit the quandary that an "unpalatable" individual such as Luckey appears to be one of the few making consumer-friendly products: Removable, swappable battery packs, AA battery support, standard USB-C charging, easy interoperability, open sourced designs, exposed screws, teardown instructions, etc. Apparently ModRetro is even looking into making dumb TVs for gaming.

It's ironic, in another world HN commenters would be lauding Luckey and ModRetro for all these virtues.

  • edent  5 hours ago

    Ted Bundy could bake beautiful Soufflé. Perfect every time. Deliciously balanced flavours. Incredible texture.

    Isn't it strange that commentors focus on the other, less palatable, aspect of his life?

    As the meme goes, "you do not, under any circumstances, 'gotta hand it to them.'"

  • wombat-man  2 hours ago

    Yeah I don't really like Luckey, or what I've heard from him anyways. But in the run up to launch the Chromatic, it became pretty clear that this guy, for whatever reason, is really passionate about gameboy. I have been less impressed with the other emulator/fpga machines. the chromatic is solid though.

  • CMay  17 minutes ago

    This propaganda against Palmer Luckey completely lacks any critical thinking. Then again, I guess all propaganda is targeted at people who aren't critical thinkers to start with, so that's why it ends up working.

    I've seen this astroturfing and spreading of lies increase since he delivered weapons to Taiwan so they can defend themselves. Probably the CCP amping up their influence campaign against him.

  • spankibalt  5 hours ago

    > It's ironic, in another world HN commenters would be lauding Luckey and ModRetro for all these virtues.

    Lot's of HN (and "social" media) commenters in this world evidently are; nothing ironic about it.

    It's just many people have a radically different set of ethics which, once they become principles, can't be easily, or at all, compromised on. And just to be fair, it's not just the what, but the how (which extends not just to Luckey & Friends, but to Anduril & Friends).

    • munk-a  4 hours ago

      I am nuanced enough to appreciate that these qualities are present in the products being produced and still not buy from this producer because of their industry ties. Hopefully someone without such ridiculously unpalatable PR is able to copycat their design and sell a competitor - and hopefully the lead they've laid sets the standard for easily replaceable parts for the market (though, I'd mention that retro gaming hardware is intentionally made to be as modular as possible in most circumstances anyways).

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    • dabluecaboose  2 hours ago

      > Lot's of HN (and "social" media) commenters in this world evidently are; nothing ironic about it.

      I suppose what I'm trying to say is that it's ironic that the one guy providing these consumer-friendly features is considered anathema by many of the people clamoring for those features. You, yourself even mention downthread that you'd otherwise be interested in the M64 Pro controller, but won't consider it.

      I was just trying to make a genuine comment remarking on the dichotomy, but I guess people are more interested in making quippy one-liners.

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