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I have a tentative take, and I kind of feel stupid for even claiming this, since I don't work in Cloud-ops, or whatever, but it's fun to try to participate, and I spent some time articulating what i think is a good perspective on Cloudflare now a days, and as psychologist, I am primary interested in the psychology of things.

Basically, my take is: It’s not a technical monoculture; it’s a billing psychology + inertia culture.

I dont think the internet is fragile simply because Cloudflare is so ubiquitous, because that view ignores the economic factor of why people choose them. The situation is really a perfect bi-modal distribution: at the low end, you have hobbyists and personal sites who use Cloudflare because it is the only viable free option, and at the extreme high end, you have massive enterprises that truly need that specific global capacity to scrub terabits of attack traffic.

However, I think the following perspective is important: For the vast middle ground of the internet—most standard businesses and SaaS platforms—Cloudflare could be viewed as redundant. If you are hosting on AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, you are already sitting behind world-class infrastructure protection that rivals anything Cloudflare offers. The reason this feels like a dangerous monoculture isn't because Google or Amazon can't protect you, but rather because Cloudflare wins on the psychology of billing. They sell a flat-rate insurance policy against attacks, whereas the cloud giants charge for usage, which scares people.

Ultimately, the internet isn't suffering from a lack of technical alternatives to DDoS protection, nor is Cloudflare a NECESSARY single point of failure; it is just suffering from a market preference for predictable invoices over technical redundancy, and inertia, leading to an extremely high usage of Cloudflare. So basically: Even though we are currently relying a lot on Cloudflare, we are far from vendor lock-in, and there is a clear path to live without them, given that there are many alternatives.

Maybe we could view this as a good thing, since basically medium to large-scale enterprises efficiently subsidize small and hobby-level actors? So to summerize: The 2018-era "just use Cloudflare for everything" advice is outdated, and the following is a better philosopy: If you're tiny: Cloudflare free tier is still a no-brainer. If you're huge and actually get attacked: pay for Cloudflare Enterprise or equivalent.

If you're anywhere in between: seriously consider whether you need it at all. The hyperscalers are good enough, and removing Cloudflare can actually improve your availability (fewer moving parts).

I think Cloudflare thinks this way too, which is why they've been pushing Zero Trust, Workers, WARP, Access, and Magic Transit, to become the default network stack for companies, not just the default firewall.

/wall-of-text


Bah, I think I double-posted. Is this visible? :o

I believe that most headlines with the format "everybody thinks X" would be more honest if rewritten as "I believe X".

Or should I say... Everybody thinks that titles using the format "everybody thinks X" would be more honest if they instead said: "I believe X."


I like Python-like indentation, but I usually read Python in an IDE or code blocks. JSON in a non-monospace environment might be problematic with some fonts. Hell, I pass JSON around in emails and word processors all the time.

I have a special spot that gets extremely annoyed when I feel I have to spend a necessary time just figuring out what something is. The page suffers from "developer-brain" marketing, where they describe the technology used to build it (cloud-native images) rather than what the product actually is. Why not just lead with that it is a Linux distro/version focused on gaming. In the beginning, I thought it was new hardware, then I actually thought it was a streaming service. the website does a poor job of simply stating what it actually is. Then again, I might be stupid, but the problem is that a lot of people are stupid. And I guess many non-developers are going to have a hard time just figuring out what the hell this thing is. I’m probably being too cranky now, but the page reads like a combination of the worst from developers-speak combined with the rest of marketing-speak.

"The next generation of Linux gaming - Bazzite makes gaming and everyday use smoother and simpler across desktop PCs, handhelds, tablets, and home theater PCs."

Are we reading the same website?


That could apply to everything from some sort of software service, to a game installer, to a streaming service, to an App Store for cross-platform games. You have to take into account the chaos that is the Internet and the promotional material shit storm of marketing speak. A sentence extremely close to this could easily be found on the top of the Razer Synapse promotional page. Why not lead with a simple description that uniquely describes what THIS is? I work in both development and psychology, and it’s frustrating when tech people make fun of others for not understanding their jargon, but those same people get extremely annoyed when they don’t understand anything outside their area because other fields use unnecessarily indirect and convoluted language. Why don’t we just help each other out and try not to create unnecessary cognitive load, just to understand what something is? It is actually possible without dumping down, it’s just a little framing that is needed.

The first text on the page says:

> The operating system for the next generation of gamers


If you're trying to argue that this snippet should answer the question of "what is Bazzite"... have you looked at marketing-speke websites lately? Think of how many different categories of service / product / platform / technology call themselves "the operating system for the next generation of XYZ".

+1 to jtrn's complaint here; when Bazzite's homepage doesn't own up and immediately say "Bazzite is a Linux distribution", it's being unnecessarily unclear, and it loses my trust.


This was a very recent change. Just yesterday the same line read "The next generation of Linux gaming". So it's good someone is taking feedback!

> The first text on the page says:

> > The operating system for the next generation of gamers

This doesn't say anything.


Now it does. It didn't when the original comment was made.

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His comment isn't exactly a wall of text, it's perfectly fine as it is.

I'm reading it on my computer, and it's perfectly fine; yet, how would it look like on a smartphone?

I shrunk my window's width and it still looked fine.

It is true that it amounts to the same number of words, so why would it look more like a wall of text when the text is narrower? Perhaps it has to do with the number of lines?

<p> here you go.

I believe you are. Or we are. The quoted line tells me nothing. Is it a new game engine? Or something like winetricks to tune wine, maybe more streamlined? Or is it a some kind of app store? App launcher?

It is the site made like a presentation, in my experience they are all suck and like a real presentation are impossible to comprehend without accompanying speech.


It does say very clearly on top of the page that it is an "operating system", what is so unclear about it?

If you want to know more, just scroll down and read more detailed explanation

Not sure in what way some people expect to be fed the information. If you did not understand what it is from the first couple of sentences then maybe it is not for you.


They JUST changed it (probably reading the HN feedback). Now the title on tip reads "The operating system for the next generation of gamers" while just yesterday it was simply "The next generation of Linux gaming".

The change is for the better, but I would still like to have words like "Linux" and "distro/distribution/pack" be used.


I agree with the author. Is that an OS image you put on a machine to make it a game box? Or is it a piece of software you put on your existing Linux? Or a framework for game developers? Not clear.

How about "the operating system for the next generation of gamers" replacing the first line?

Yes, would be a major upgrade

Then let us understand will it be a separate PC (or mini computer) solely for gaming, or is it still some familiar OS that can be used for other purposes too? Arch? Debian?


Awesome, I'll probably workshop it a touch but I appreciate the input.

Now the title on tip reads "The operating system for the next generation of gamers" while just yesterday it was simply "The next generation of Linux gaming".

The change is for the better, but I would still like to have words like "Linux" and "distro/distribution/pack" be seen somewhere soon after the visitor loads the page.


  Gaming on Linux: The Final Frontier.

  These are the voyages of the Linux distribution, Bazzite.
  Its continuing mission, to support all computer games.
  To seek out new gamers and new platforms.
  To boldly go where no distro has gone before!

We don't consider ourselves a distribution and linux is mentioned all over the rest of the page.

It said Linux before but apparently that wasn't clear that it's an operating system, less is more sometimes.


The current version is clearly better than the old one, that's for sure.

Since you are receptive to feedback, I will give my marketer/PR-professional's opinion that hopefully you put in use.

I recommend checking out the "Don't make me think twice. A common sense approach to web usability" book by Steve Krug. It's an old book, but most of the advice is common sense and still applies. I especially want to point out the "Chapter 7. The Big Bang Theory of Web Design".

The basic idea is that: 1. the information you want to tell visitors has priority. You should make a list of all (everything, not only the things that are currently visible) the things you would want to communicate to visitors and rate it ("Linux" before "gaming" before "smoother, simpler" before "next generation", etc). 2. The home page is the most important page. The visible first-view of the home page is the most real estate. 3. The home page and first-view content should be organized according to the priority list. The longer the visitor stays on the page, the more of the more important stuff he should see. The progression should be logical; the 10th item should not come before item-5. All the important things should be read in 5s and the rest of the important things should optimally be read without scrolling at all.

The organization of your website is currently extremely suboptimal. The first view of the main page has hardly any information, even on 1440p screen. The problem lies in both: 1. amount of total information. So much wasted space, instead of engaging/revealing text and compelling/informative images. 2. the importance/uselessness of such information. E.g. "for the next generation of" - what does it even mean? What purpose does it serve? Why is it there? Couldn't valuable space be used better? For sure it can.

Compare the first view of your website with products: https://rubyonrails.org https://www.hey.com https://basecamp.com Most of the examples are by the same people/company because they mastered the art.

Or with other distros: https://www.linuxmint.com https://omarchy.org https://tails.net https://www.parrotsec.org https://manjaro.org

You don't need to scroll at all in order to see what the page is about and what are the distros' USP (Unique Selling Proposition). - "Linux Mint 22.2. The latest version of the friendly operating system is here. Linux Mint is an operating system for desktop and laptop computers. It is designed to work 'out of the box' and comes fully equipped with the apps most people need." - "Omarchy. Beautiful, Modern & Opinionated Linux by DHH" - "Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship." - "ParrotSec. The ultimate framework for your Cyber Security operations." - "Manjaro Linux Empowering People and Organizations. Taking the raw power and flexibility of Arch Linux and making it more accessible for a greater audience."

Not all the first-views of distro pages are as good as they could be, but they are way above what Bazzite displays. To be clear: the content of the main page as a whole is fine, it gives the necessary information and is quite well organized. It is only the first-view side is what I have problems with; it is not worthy of the rest of the page.

Before you respond, also check the "The Top Four Plausible Excuses for not Spelling Out the Big Picture on the Home Page" in the same Chapter7. :-)

It does not matter what you want to call Bazzite. It only matters what words people (your visitors, your potential "clients") know and have associations with. I haven't seen you complain when you are featured in the "Best Linux distros for gamers" lists. :-) And that's how it should be. Don't fight the society, go with the current.

Please check DHH (Ruby on Rails, Omarchy) interview about distros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCcTSAhvj-s (from 22:30-33:35)

Communication is about clear positioning through clarity, not about muddling through obfuscation.

Your website has a good core (base under the first-view), but the first-view needs A LOT of work. Just a little effort would go a long way. Let me try to make quick changes to the first-view: 1. Add tag line at the top. Part of the logo, instead of "Become a Supporter" (this is not a correct place to ask for that)?. If not in logo, then separately to the right/bottom of it. What kind of tag line? E.g. "Gaming in Linux? Easy-Bazzizy!". Sounds corny, but it works. Honestly! This is something I came up with in under 1 minute, but even this is better than not having anything. 2. Make site og title/description something useful/searchable/identifiable. 3. Get rid of "load/show/animate pics only after scrolling". This is highly irritating for people who want to quickly find out about Bazzite. 4. Change "The operating system for the next generation of gamers" to "The operating system for X gamers". X stands for 1 or even better 3 (3 word rule) words like: serious, no-nonsense, busy, dedicated, passionate. 5. Change "Bazzite makes gaming and everyday use smoother and simpler across desktop PCs, handhelds, tablets, and home theater PCs." to "Linux distribution made safe, easy and efficient. Focus on games and gamers. On desktop PCs, handhelds, tablets, and home theater PCs." 6. On the right make list of main USP ("Play your favorite games", "Take your game library anywhere", "Upgrade and rollback fearlessly", "Secure by default", "Hardware compatibility out of the box", "Supporting Handheld PC and couch gaming setups", "Run your favorite containers") with headers that jump to appropriate parts of the main page. 7. Make a list of usual complaints/opinions of OS switchers, so visitors could associate and see themselves switching. In form of questions: "Are you tired of watching ads in your OS?", "Do you enjoy all the AI Microsoft is trying to push down your throat?", "Want an Operating System working for you, instead of against you?", "Tired of unnecessary hassle and slowness of OS and simply want to live and play?", "Don't want to be a slave anymore?", "Desire to be treated as an adult instead of a child?", "Make play, not fray?", "Linux-curious, but afraid?", "Want an easy and safe way to play on Linux?". You can come up with a lot of stuff that resonates with visitors, who are thinking of switching OSs (imo you should mainly target switchers from Mac/Win instead of linux distro hoppers). These questions can be rotating, adding animation/liveness to the first-view. Make clickable to take to Testimonials. 8. Add some small images/screenshots as well.

One can always argue with the specific details, but I think I managed to demonstrate the overall point of these changes making the website and the experience of visitors much better.

I hope you will put my friendly feedback to use. Best wishes.


Here's a thought experiment. What hypothetical piece of technology am I describing?

> Next generation of construction - gezzite makes construction smoother and simpler across various commercial and residential projects.


The problem with your thought experiment is intentional obfuscation - where is the Linux equivalent?

"Next generation of construction bricks" is already obvious


Well, "next generation of Linux gaming" is not specific. "Next generation of Linux operating system" would be specific.

My thoughts exactly, linux gaming really doesn't tell me much, beyond that I might be able to use it if I was using Linux. Could be some controller or a Proton-something for all I can tell reading the phrase.

How about this:

> Next generation of construction cranes - gezzite makes construction smoother and simpler across various commercial and residential projects.


Too much noun, needs to be vaguer.

How about "next generation of Nordic construction".


Still too specific.

How about "next generation of sheltering" or "next generation of the essential element in the hierarchy of needs"?


Did they change the website in the last hour? It now says "The operating system for the next generation of gamers".


But it's much worse now, they've lost the name of the OS!!!

Yes they did. Now the title on tip reads "The operating system for the next generation of gamers" while just yesterday it was simply "The next generation of Linux gaming".

The change is for the better, but I would still like to have words like "Linux" and "distro/distribution/pack" be visible somewhere on the first visible page.


Ah so it’s a usb C key that adds a Linux friendly GPU for which the drivers are in the kernel?

Or it’s some gaming smoothening software.

Hmm runs on tablets, so it’s an App then… that also runs on htpcs… hmmm…


So it’s some sort of an application you install on your PC to make game runs smoother?

And/or something like Moonlight/Remote Play?


That could describe a special "gaming-optimized" router.

That’s says nothing about what it actually is.

That's not "developer brain" but marketing speak! Lots of websites for technical products are like this - generalities galore. Usually the open source ones just say what they are.

No, marketing starts with the person being marketed to. Engineers thinking they are doing marketing state technical terms with colourful fonts.

Often the person being marketed to is an investor, not an actual user. "XYZ is what's next for [huge market]" may not sound like a product you can buy, but it does sound like something that can make lots of money.

this is what developers think marketing is

It says on the main page: "The operating system for the next generation of gamers"

The one fault perhaps is saying "operating system" when it's a distro. Linux is the operating system


They JUST changed it (probably due to the HN feedback). Now the title on tip reads "The operating system for the next generation of gamers" while just yesterday it was simply "The next generation of Linux gaming".

The change is for the better, but I would still like to have words like "Linux" and "distro/distribution/pack" be used.


Linux is a kernel, it doesn't have a stable and rich enough set of userspace services to be considered an operating system on its own.

The page clearly states that it's an operating system. It's the very first words.

They've edited it due to HN.

It literally begins with "The operating system for".

stupidity != ignorance

I mean the sort of user you are describing sounds like they’d struggle with PC gaming in general.

Same is true for: insulin, Levothyroxine, Antiretroviral Therapy (HIV), Enzyme Replacement Therapy ( Pompe Disease or Gaucher Disease, antipsychotic medications for severe schizophrenia. And many others. And here’s the interesting twist, the closer the Number Needed to treat is to 1, the more helpful the medication should be viewed. All these medications have an extremely low NNT, including GLP1s.

I feel AI now is good enough to follow the same pattern as with internet usage. The quality ranges from useless to awesome based on how you use it. Blanked statements that “it is terrible and uesless” reveals more about the person than the tech at this point.

If anybody has a question for a clinical psychiatrist from Norway who has worked with both adults, children, and at an inpatient unit, over many years, feel free to ask. Maybe I can contribute something compared to many of the computer-related discussions here that are beyond my expertise.

On the article I would somewhat agree but it’s too limited a view. It ignores too much of the at current assumed underlying causes that we know are relevant. For instance, it’s more correct to say that autism is associated with an increased attentions to “details”, not small things, and challenges with associations and broad concepts, maybe grounded all the way down to increased dendritic connectivity due to less aggressive pruning. of Also, the effect of motivation to focus over a period of time on unrewarding activities is not well incorporated into this theory of (monotropism). I thing there are some valid obersvation but it’s way to simplistic a model when working with real life ADHD. For instance, on interesting commonality seems to be inability to filter out information. But ADHD are unable to filter out Salient content (like a conversation) and autism are usually unable to filter out details or granular sensory stimuli.

Anyways. Ask and I can attest give my perspective


something I've always wondered about... have you ever seen anyone "recover" completely from ADHD or Autism? as opposed to finding ways of managing it. Maybe a nonsensical question but that's why I'm asking.

ADHD yes trough many avenues: change of environment, development, therapy and techniques, medication. Autism: Depends on definition of recovery. If you define it as “no large problems that hinders functioning and happiness”, then yes. If you define at all the symptoms and characteristics that are the cardinal features of the condition; as “completely gone”, then no. And more so the further into the spectrum the person is. People underestimate how noticeable true full blown autism is since it’s been conflated with Asperger’s level of presentation. Note: Many people with autism have happier, more productive lives than neurotypical people, so it’s more of personality description than a disease for them.

What kind of work accomodations have you seen that work/help for people with autism or ADHD?

There are two levels to this. The Standard Environmental Fixes This is about finding the right level of stimulation vs. distraction. Many people with ADHD work better with external stimulation, like music. Small habits help, too—like taking photos of tasks to remember them. (e.g., snap a photo of the empty printer paper so you remember to order more when you scroll through your camera roll later).

The Job Fit (The more interesting intervention). Sometimes we need to figure out if the problem is the job, not the person. Some people with ADHD simply cannot tolerate meaningless or monotonous tasks. An active person, for example, probably shouldn't work as a data entry clerk. for instance a 50-year-old builder who becomes a manager because his body is too beat up for hard labor. He is suited for leadership but can't stand the administrative work. Even if he wants the job, the boredom of the paperwork makes him miserable. These are the people who often present as depressed and benefit most from medication, as it gives them the stability to tolerate boring but necessary tasks. So basically spanning everything from small techniques, to existential and professional evaluation of best fit, to medication. Everyone is different.


Thank you for this post. It’s so obvious in hindsight, but I’ve been struggling for the last couple of years with my day job, especially the last while since I’ve been unmedicated.

In office, I listened to music almost my entire career, it’s the only way I got anything done for whatever reason, to the point I almost got fired once when a manager tried to stop me heading out briefly to pick up a replacement set of headphones when mine broke. I threw a literal tantrum almost, all I knew is I had no music, and that it was essential I did so I could continue doing what I was doing.

For some reason however, when I made a transition in the last few years to WFH, I’ve been living this bizzarely very different approach where I sit in almost complete silence all day long, and it’s the most I’ve ever struggled with my…focus for lack of a better word.

I now truly wonder how much this may have to do with this huge struggle I’ve felt to remain engaged or on task. I’m getting my job done, but 90% of my effort is me having to force myself to get it done rather than…just getting it done like I used too.

I suddenly feel very stupid.


I want to send you an e hug.

I've worked in education and helping kiddos get accomodations and fixtures for their learning has made grow a huge amount of compassion and empathy for myself in this respect.

I think the reality is that this new way of working is still relatively new for human beings. For eons we had more natural, environment based rhythms and then suddenly we're thrust into artificial air and lighting environments staring at papers and now screens.

Our eyes and minds wander to literal infinite spaces on a screen, while our body is sitting in the exact same space (often in the same posture) and we all pretend that "this is normal". But our body keeps score and you can't BS it. It takes its toll.

I too WFH and while my days are somewhat longer, it's only because I do life things while I do work things (as if reality actually has a distinction) and it's better for my mental health.

I sit on a yoga ball, I have an office chair, I do standing desk. There is a beautiful garden behind my screen that constantly beckons me to stop staring into the phony black mirror.

Sorry for the rant, but just know that you're not the weird one. Our systems and processes are the weird ones. And it's our prerogative to find, or construct, better ones for our flourishment.


You have no idea how normal your situation is. At worst, you are as stupid as the rest of us. At least you’re actually able to understand yourself and actually try to tackle your issues. Don’t feel stupid. Most people doesn’t even bother self reflect.

how often do you encounter screen addiction nowadays? (phone or pc overuse)

I personally don’t encounter it as much as I did before when I worked at a children’s psychiatric institution. I think this is explained by the relatively generous welfare system in Norway, where it’s relatively easy to just drop out of society. A lot of people actually seem to prefer it, just staying home gaming or whatever. As such, they have very little incentive to seek help, and when they do, it’s usually someone else in their family who sends them to us, not them seeking us out themselves. I encountered a relatively severe case about 25 years ago: myself. I remember going outside, thinking that the real world was boring compared to video games, and wondering why more people didn’t just game instead of going about in the real world where nothing interesting happened. I’m extremely curious to how all of this is going to play out. I thought the behavior I was watching unfold, with nobody being able to stay away from their phone for 30 seconds, would create some sort of society catastrophe, but so far it hasn’t turned out as bad as I thought it would. But there’s still time I guess. Buy 1990 standards. Everybody is addicted to screens today. But by today’s standard, the normality has shifted a lot, and at least society is hanging in there.

I was diagnosed with ADHD at several different points and saw different professionals about it at different times, most notably in kindergarden, first grade, fifth grade, the beginning and end of high school, and college. (not all were re-diagnoses but for some reason took place at different locations) I don't really know why treatment was so off and on or varied, but I suspect it is because I don't respond well to stimulants. They make me feel extremely 'up' and anxious in very, very small doses. Everything from the amphetamines they prescribe to coffee.

When I was in college, I was prescribed them again just by my primary care physician. I didn't say I was having trouble focusing, I said I was having trouble with wakefulness. I still do sometimes. It was hard to stay awake in a lecture setting for some reason, borderline impossible on days when I had several in a row. Medication definitely helped me get through college but it was a rough time.

As an adult I don't take them, but it is hard to really work the full work day. I have always performed well enough that nobody questions it (and in some cases have brought so much value to a company that nobody cares), but it is a constant source of stress. I resonate with the top commenter in that I also have hundreds of unfinished personal projects across all domains. At this time in my life (33 y/o) I am more concerned about mitigating the constant stress I feel than I am about the actual ADHD symptoms. I am ok with my many personal projects clashing with each other.

At one point a few years ago I was stressed enough about my job to seek medication. For some reason I was not able to get the information about my diagnosis from my old primary care (from 8 years ago) and the one before that was pediatric and didn't seem to count. I talked to a therapist for a bit (which was not useful), got a diagnosis, and then talked to a psych briefly via zoom, and went on medication for a month before deciding (again) that it wasn't worth it. The whole thing was kind of disheartening.

Things are very weird when it comes to ADHD treatment and diagnosis. There seems to be a tendency towards the same 'easy button' when it comes to ADHD. I also don't think it's exaggerating to say that just about every single person I know well enough to have spoken to about these things says that they have been diagnosed with ADHD, often medicated. I don't think very many of them actually do have it. Sometimes I'm not even sure if I do, or there is something else going on.

I'm not sure what to conclude after all this except that maybe there are no answers for me in this space. It's frustrating, but I've never opened up to exploring this problem without the same exact solution being thrown at me, a solution I know is not sustainable for me. I've never spoken to a doctor who's ever suggested it could be anything else. Should I just find my own way, since I seem to be able to function well enough?


This might not be relevant for you, but generally, such constellations of symptoms should at least trigger a differential diagnosis between anxiety and ADHD. Anxiety can be simplified as "energy mobilized to handle important challenges." Some people with high baseline activation are really focused on managing challenges, whether external or internal. This could resemble ADHD if the person is not avoiding their feelings but instead enduring them. This would explain both tiredness and low benefit from stimulants, scatterbrain, and high energy/activity levels. People usually think that anxiety just causes someone to sit in a corner and be anxious, but many people channel the energy into action and don’t even realize they are doing it due to an extremely high baseline activation of the nervous system. For these people, it’s almost more physiological than psychological. If the activation is always directed at managing and handling something, as opposed to reflexively focusing on the most interesting thing, I would suspect it’s more in the realm of anxiety, or perhaps better described as a really reactive, hair-trigger nervous system. Not saying that it is anxiety, but it might just be that you are the opposite of apathetic.

Interesting, I have never been diagnosed with anxiety beyond 'well ADHD and anxiety go together, ADHD medication should help' and then a kind of shrug when it made things worse. All these things are possible and are food for thought (I am not saying it definitely is that either). This is kind of US-medicine specific, but everyone I know who is being treated for anxiety is being treated via methods I'm not interested in unfortunately.

> For these people, it’s almost more physiological than psychological.

This stands out to me. I have lifted weights in the past, have not been well physically conditioned in cardio activity since I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 22. Cardio tends to cause my blood sugar to become unpredictable (or at least you have to actually be really rigid in maintaining your exercise patterns to keep things predictable). Maybe a bit of biking or running would do me some good. What would you do?


The only thing that matters is how easily I can customize what is shown on the screen. Everything else is probably just annoying, like the translation or map feature, which I assume will be finicky and useless. If the ring had four-way arrows and ok/back buttons, and the glasses had a proper SDK for creating basic navigation and retrieval, such as the ability to communicate with HTTP APIs, there would be no limit to the useful things I could create. However, if I'm forced to use built-in applications only, I have very little faith that it would actually be useful, considering how bad the last generation of applications for these devices was.


> The only thing that matters is how easily I can customize what is shown on the screen.

What matters more is how they support different eye-distances (interpupillary distance, IPD).


I assumed that the display is actually watchable, as it seems to be. I have multiple AR and VR glasses, and I have never gotten fed up with them due to an inability to view the content properly. But having to struggle with getting it to show the content I want...

For instance, the teleprompter is terrible and buggy when it tries to follow along based on voice. A simple clicker for moving forward in a text file would be better than how it currently works.

How many people say they lost interest due to ocular issues versus complaints that it’s just not useful?

Seriously. A simple file browser with support for text files only would be more useful than the finicky G1 apps.

Of course visual issues could occur for someone, but it’s so aggravating that the they can’t just put in some sort of customization for content properly


There's a Bluetooth API for the G1 that's been pretty fully reverse engineered. It wouldn't be at all difficult to wrap an http wrapper around it if somebody hasn't already. I suspect you could even vibe code it in a weekend.


So is this better, different or replacing current codex ?


Makes me think og Borat.


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