Max Smolev

Oh you know, programming, working on UX/UI things, the works :)
Personal account. All opinions are mine. Miiiiineeee!

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

@RinoTheBouncer @baundiesel While EA is probably being evil as usual, we don't know what the parameters were. As in "we'll give you $100k, give us studio and Mass Effect IP" vs "$300mil for Mass Effect IP". Besides, they can always re-form on their own and just try to buy/rent IP.

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So @TPLINK's #tapo uses "bettertrucks" for delivery. Freaking disaster. "Direct tracking" shows "shipment created" with nothing else. Flexport tracker shows "in transit" in NM with "delivery today". But I'm in Texas. Expected was 19th. Today's 21. Ugh. Don't use their store :(

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Do they verify that "free ride" person will vote for Gina Hinojosa? #Texas #spam #politics

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

Don't forget, whether you've voted or not is available for anyone to see on scammy sites like "https://t.co/g39S9j2Ns6". #scam #privacy #voting #databrokers
Cause, you know, "who you voted for is technically not available but act of voting is for everyone to see"...

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

@monsterhunter45 I wonder if it's one of HOA's heads kids who encouraged this, hoping for enough contrarian households to give away large candy bars 🤣

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

@mbravo Gives them clicks and hate-views, so they'll keep doing it. "Evil billionaire is even more of a billionaire! News at 11!"

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

@Nerfnow We can always just watch playthrough on YouTube in case someone asks something to pretend we played it 😅

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

I really wish I could opt out of #Democrats sms spam. They're like Viagra sellers online - no plugging of that fountain. Latest stuff is #RallyTX offering $245 for "talking to friends about voting". That feels unethical to say the least.

[DHH @dhh]

NYT does brainrot better that skibidi toilet these days:
- Are Shirt Buttons Sexists?
- Why Won't My Co-Workers Acknowledge My Birthday?
- Will AI Make Your Brain Lazy?

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

@icons_8 Feels kinda like a lost opportunity. Sea can be way more beautiful than looking through the pixel lens in old Photoshop :(

[Kabrutus @kabrutusdeid]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

And then @duolingo screws up something in their systems and phone starts to complain that "your lesson won't do itself". Over and over and over AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Despite everything being done for the day 🤬 Time to turn off notifications forever.

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

@vanschneider A 3D-like "lateral and perpendicular" timeline of stacks of designs per year, with best ones highlighted on top of stacks when? 😁

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Ugh. @GustoHQ / @elevatedotinc HSA is _the worst_ of anything I've ever seen. Every! Single! Time! card would be "needs attention". Use at the pharmacy? Needs attention. Paid at CostPlusDrugs? "Needs attention, can't scan PDF can't find order total" (total is _right there_).🤬

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

I wonder if current #SpiderManBrandNewDay box office is enough to prevent people from going "herpy-derp, superhero fatigue". The only fatigue Box Office has is of horribly written movies.

[Max Smolev @bugabuga]

@Grummz Probably same person from Goldman Sachs who was doing "Is curing patients a sustainable business model?" posting several years ago 😑

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@RinoTheBouncer Maybe when it's out on PC later :D Like in a year or two, when it's on sale

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@Grummz I wonder if in this case people mix up "I want game like old Halo" with "If we had old Halo devs the output would be like an old Halo". If the goal is Old Style Halo it's still possible but management has no willpower to do it without "let's change it a bit here and there" though

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Soooo will #GooglePixel in 2026 fix all the issues with the phone part of the phone or naw? I mean so far last year's models seem to suffer from the same "phone call? what phone call?" issues so...

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@TheLarkInn @duolingo Mmm someone is doing something on your phone that causes those ads to be weird :) Mine are 95% of "Monopoly Mobile" and 5% random "local store" that doesn't bother to actually show _where_ it is instead going for "Pick us for blahblah" video bs