Limitless Possibility

Yanik talks about Bluesky, how implementation details matter, and how social network design impacts user behavior.

• FU: East Japan Railway Company: Resumption of sales for non-personalized Suica and PASMO Cards
• FU: Nintendo Switch 2 – First-look trailer - YouTube
• FU: Crédit fédéral pour véhicules électriques : c'est terminé! - Guide Auto
• FU: Oubliez le 31 mars, le rabais fédéral pour VÉ cesse dès maintenant - Guide Auto
• FU: Daring Fireball: Apple Removes '2024' Timeframe From Next-Generation CarPlay Page
• FU: Fin graduelle de la 3G au Canada | Soutien | Vidéotron
• Bluesky
• AT Protocol spec
• ActivityPub spec

Luc-Olivier lists some things he's keeping an eye on in 2025.

Programming note: Starting with the release of this episode, the show will be going on hiatus until the release of episode 244 on March 9th.

• Québec suspend le programme Roulez vert à compter du 1er février 2025 | Radio-Canada
• Switch 2 Motherboard Leaked... And There Are Questions About Performance – YouTube
• Switch 2 leak teases Hall-effect sticks, 4K dock, and official name | Polygon
• Nintendo Switch 2 leaks are everywhere right now. Here’s why | Polygon
• Dunkey's video, The Future of AAA, which features a montage of Switch 2 rumors
• Actually Simple Syndication
• Point-Free
• GitHub - pointfreeco/swift-composable-architecture: A library for building applications in a consistent and understandable way, with composition, testing, and ergonomics in mind.

Yanik and Luc-Olivier share their picks for their favorite games they played in 2024.

Programming note: With the release of this episode, Limitless Possibility will enter a holiday hiatus and return with episode 243 on January 12th. Following that episode, we will enter an extended winter hiatus until episode 244 on March 9th.

• FU: World's First Apple Pay Alternative for iPhone Launches in Norway - MacRumors
• Yanik's honorable mentions:
  • The whole Diablo series
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
  • Battlefield 2042
  • Destiny 2: The Final Shape
  • Combat Master
  • Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
  • Graze Counter GM
  • Metroid Prime Remastered
  • "Not actually a video game" of the year: Blade Rondo
  • Disappointment of the year: Forza Horizon 4: Lego Speed Champions
• Luc-Olivier's pledge list
• Games Luc-Olivier actually played in 2024:
  • Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition
    • Review: Hori's HoriPad Ultimate for Apple TV + iOS doubles Nimbus's battery life, improves ergonomics - 9to5Mac
    • Since 9to5Mac's article no longer have images of it, here's two from Luc-Olivier: 1 and 2
  • The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures
  • Whiteout Survival
• Games in Yanik's top 4:
  • #4: Tourist Trophy
  • Yanik's Tourist Trophy video
  • #3: EZ2ON Reboot R
  • The haute42 mini controller Yanik uses to play EZ2ON 4K
  • #2: Balatro
  • Yanik's #1
• The backlog bingo video
• Yanik's 2024 backlog bingo board
• Yanik's 2025 backlog bingo board

Luc-Olivier shares his thoughts on managing motivation for your hobbies.

• FU: Luc-Olivier's Fall Exhibit
• FU: Porsche Still Has No Imminent Plans to Launch Next-Generation CarPlay Despite 2023 Preview - MacRumors
• FU: Expensive Point and Shoot - YouTube
• FU: Xbox Wire: This Is an Xbox
• FU: IGN: Microsoft Confirms Plans to Release an Xbox Handheld, but It's Years Away
• FU: Bloomberg: Sony Working on Handheld Console for PS5 Games to Rival Switch
• FU: Dusty Cloud.org: How decentralized is Bluesky really?
• FU: WhiteWind: Reply on Bluesky and Decentralization
• FU: Yanik on Bluesky

Yanik plays some Call of Duty and explores the community's aversion to skill-based matchmaking.

• FU: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete Gets December 2 Release Date - MacRumors
• FU: Nintendo says the Switch successor will be compatible with Switch games - The Verge
• Spawek: SpawELO: Matchmaking system for LAN parties, explains the basics of an ELO-based skill rating system
• Arxiv: EOMM: An Engagement Optimized Matchmaking Framework
• Activision Research: Call of Duty Matchmaking Intel: White Paper #2 Details

Luc-Olivier takes his yearly look at features available to apps moving to an iOS 17 deployment target.

• FU: YouTube/X.Org Foundation: XDC 2024 | AAA!! She's a witch! - Alyssa Rosenzweig
• FU: Mastodon toot showing the Steam release of Tomb Raider 2013 running on a OnePlus 6T
• UIKit updates | Apple Developer Documentation
• SwiftUI updates | Apple Developer Documentation
• SwiftData | Apple Developer Documentation
• TipKit | Apple Developer Documentation

Yanik brings not one, but three topics to the table this week in a Linux grab bag episode.

• Easy CI runner provisioning with Fedora coreOS
  • Fedora coreOS
  • Bitbucket Support: Set up runners for Linux Docker
  • HN comment thread on disabling SELinux
• Linux on the smartphone with postmarketOS
  • postmarketOS
  • Supported devices and their compatibility matrices
  • postmarketOS Wiki: Motorola Moto G4 Play (motorola-harpia)
  • The Pixel 3a camera toot
• More reliable container SBOMs with Wolfi
  • Chainguard Academy: Wolfi Overview
  • GitHub/chainguard-dev: melange
  • GitHub/chainguard-dev: apko

Luc-Olivier gives another update on the state of the North American electric car market and Quebec's purchase incentives.

• FU: DF Weekly: the Switch 2 hardware leak is almost certainly real - so what have we learned? | Eurogamer.net
• FU: Luc-Olivier's Fall Exhibit
• Rivian’s R1 vehicles are getting a gut overhaul — here’s what’s new - The Verge
• EV startup Fisker files for bankruptcy, aims to sell assets | Reuters
• This is the Worst Car I've Ever Reviewed – YouTube
• North American Charging System - Wikipedia
• Are Electric Cars Dead? – YouTube
• About the Roulez vert Program | Gouvernement du Québec

Yanik talks about Swan Song after 100 episodes and what he's learned after years of running a YouTube channel.

• Inspirations:
  • Chrontendo
  • Jeremy Parish
• Contemporaries:
  • Famidaily
  • The PlayStation Experiment
• Wikipedia: Net Yaroze
• Wikipedia: Linux for PlayStation 2
• Mentioned episodes:
  • 095: Digital Partner
  • Looking Back at the First 100 WonderSwan Games
• YouTube/Regular Eyepatch Wolf: Super Eyepatch Wolf and the Future
• Personality-led channels:
  • Joe Collins
  • pattheflip

Luc-Olivier conducts the Nintendo Switch's exit interview.

• 任天堂株式会社（企業広報・IR）/ X
• IR Information : Sales Data - Dedicated Video Game Sales Units
• Wikipedia: Macintosh Portable
• YouTube/Digital Foundry: Best Graphics on Nintendo Switch: The 'Impossible Ports' Third Party Collection!
• YouTube/VK's Channel: How to Fix Your Joycon Drift Permanently
• Gulikit Replacement Hall Effect Joy-Con
• Swan Song: The WonderSwan 25th Anniversary Special for more on Nintendo's design philosophy
• r-ch.net: Designing for focus levels, Yanik's article on why handheld game design should be treated differently from console game design