TehPers

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  On this topic, I remember seeing a thread for Frostpunk 2 asking if it had DEI stuff in it.

  There aren’t even any real characters in Frostpunk 2. Tf are you talking about DEI for in a game with no real characters?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Amazon's latest AI is named after a dog⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, in other words, it’s so users excuse it when it produces dog shit. Got it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 3rd⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Playing FFXIV for the first time.

  I don’t really care for multiplayer games as much since I don’t like to commit my time to others to play games (I like being able to get up and leave when I need to), but there’s a solo challenge that sounded fun, so I’m giving that a shot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A more complete explanation for the removal of those Russian Linux kernel maintainers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this supposed to be a leading question? I’m not making the decisions, but there’s no reason to be happy about losing contributors in any case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A more complete explanation for the removal of those Russian Linux kernel maintainers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s supposed to put the LF in line with sanctions rather than at risk. They have no control over the invasion (aside from pushing a malicious patch that shuts down all Linux systems or something)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 20th⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Factorio. Probably for the next month or so as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Federal Trade Commission Announces Final “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Making It Easier for Consumers to End Recurring Subscriptions and Memberships⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll give it about two weeks before some random court in Texas tries to block it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC Gamer: The top 100 PC games⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Factorio is not for everyone, but it’s also one of the all stars of its genre. With the upcoming expansion in a couple weeks, it’ll probably eat another few hundred of my free hours over the next few months, and I know I’m not alone on this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommend me your favorite linear games!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same devs also made Sea of Stars. I found it to be pretty fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which unplayed game in your library are you most looking forward to playing eventually?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fortunately, if you need character backstories and such, you could instead read the books or watch the TV series instead. I jumped straight into Witcher 3 and had no issues with missing background knowledge.

  That’s not to say you shouldn’t play 1 or 2 though, just that there are other options.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AMD Ryzen AI 300 CPU beats Intel Core Ultra 200V CPU in Linux showdown — Strix Point was up to 1.6X faster than Lunar Lake⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  200V refers to the gen then? I saw the article mention some CPUs in the 200s so I guess that makes sense.

  Odd choice to go with a V suffix though for a part that would probably explode if provided 200V power (at the usual current levels it draws anyway). Imagine a laptop CPU that draws 2000W and is somehow an improvement over previous gen - actually, that’s a very Intel thing to do now that I’m thinking about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AMD Ryzen AI 300 CPU beats Intel Core Ultra 200V CPU in Linux showdown — Strix Point was up to 1.6X faster than Lunar Lake⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think we’re gonna need some updated naming wheels for the new generations of processors. I have no clue if a “Ryzen AI 300” is supposed to be a high-end, mid tier, or budget processor, nor what the Intel Core Plus Ultra whatever (that somehow draws 200V power?) is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 29th⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For what it’s worth, I feel the same way about normal settings for FP1 in that it’s pretty easy. Switching to extreme though, it felt as though I needed to play perfectly to finish a scenario. To me, I think it comes down to most of the difficulty being frontloaded. A solid start sets you up for the rest of the game, while a rough start can ruin a run as the game continues to kick you down with every temp drop, event, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digital Foundry: Tiny Glade PC - Beautiful RT Visuals - 60FPS on a GTX 1060!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I understand, it’s Bevy ECS + a custom renderer, and likely some other custom code.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digital Foundry: Tiny Glade PC - Beautiful RT Visuals - 60FPS on a GTX 1060!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep looking at this game not because I want to play it, but because I want to see how it was made. As someone who’s played with bevy a bit, it’s amazing to me what they were able to do with it, and it would be so cool to see how it was done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Reddit makes an anti-user change. In other news, grass is green.

  I haven’t been on the site in over a year and nothing since then has convinced me to go back. Maybe I’m lucky that I’m not in any Reddit-only communities, but it could also just be that I treat those communities as though they don’t exist and never had a reason to join one as a result.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 29th⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I made the mistake of starting Frostpunk (1) since I saw that 2 released. It’s an incredibly well-made game. The art style is beautiful, the game is intense, there is a lot of emotion, and it does its one thing just so well. Unlike a lot of modern games these days, Frostpunk wants you to lose, which is fitting for its setting. It sees that you’re behind, then kicks you in the shins for good measure rather than lending a helping hand.

  I’ve read that Frostpunk 2 is a completely different game. That one might be next on my list if I get to it before Factorio updates and the expansion for it comes out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. to ban Chinese, Russian software and hardware used in autonomous vehicles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  From the article:

  Western-owned brands manufactured in China, such as BMW and Tesla

  Looks like you’re safe buying a Tesla.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NVIDIA: Copyrighted Books Are Just Statistical Correlations to Our AI Models * TorrentFreak⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Their GPUs are already bricks. Just throw the GPUs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok Stacking Algorithms in Chinese Government’s Favor with Pro-China Content Originating from State-Linked Entities, Study Claims⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey look, the classic “America bad” comment on a post critical of China!

  Are these people bots or something? It’s possible to be critical of both at different times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨0.0.0.0 Day - 18 Yr Old Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass All Browser Security⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I agree, it makes connecting to localhost as easy as http://0:8080/ (for port 8080, but omit for port 80)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leaked: Nvidia's AI Scraping Pipeline⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine how different the story would be if they compensated people for this data. “10% off Geforce NOW if you let us use your gameplay footage as training data!” (for example)

  This is obviously cheaper and there’s way more data to train with, but it just continues to skirt a line in copyright law that desperately needs to be tested.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Gamers Nexus] Scumbag Intel: Shady Practices, Terrible Responses, & Failure to Act⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, regardless of what happens to Intel, I’m hopeful for Qualcomm providing a real alternative in the CPU space, especially an alternative as meaningfully different as using an entirely different instruction set. More diversity between competing products in the space can only be a good thing since it gives consumers more meaningful choices to make when deciding between products.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"My maternity leave was supposed to start next Monday and I got laid off today," former Bungie employee says⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People talk at the urinal?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Reddit Are Fighting About Why Bing’s Crawler Is Blocked on Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People on Chrome adding Reddit to their Google searches already use Google. People not using Google who don’t search “Reddit” are going to see fewer Reddit results.

  No, this won’t kill Reddit, but it certainly isn’t helping them get more traffic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Reddit Are Fighting About Why Bing’s Crawler Is Blocked on Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Joke’s on Reddit. I’ve been blocking their results in the search engine I use for months!

  I wonder if this will end up being pursued as an antitrust case. If anything, it’ll reduce traffic to Reddit from non-Google users, so hopefully that kills them off just a little faster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI ‘Friend’ Company Spent $1.8 Million and Most of Its Funds on Domain Name⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like the article requires an account. Is there an archived version?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Gamers Nexus] Intel Needs to Say Something: Oxidation Claims, New Microcode, & Benchmark Challenges⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  GN’s charts usually compare against a few gens of somewhat comparable products, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a 12th gen CPU or two on the charts. I’d also expect to see some 7000 series Ryzen chips and maybe a 5000 series one. I believe they normally include these older gens for people who skipped a gen or two to see what they’d get out of an upgrade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your lack of imagination

  I don’t know why you think these ideas were mine, but I do work for a rather large company that has invested a lot of resources looking for solutions using these models. These ideas came from people far smarter than I.

  The rest of your comment has so little to do with what I said that I’m inclined to believe it’s AI generated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right. Once it settles into its niches and the hype dies down, it won’t be overhyped anymore because everyone will have moved on.

  I’ve been working with generative AI for years now and we still struggle to solve real world problems with it. It isn’t useless or anything. It’s way too unreliable, and this isn’t one of those things where time will solve it - it’s being used to solve problems that have no perfect solutions, like human interfacing and generating culturally-appropriate and visually-accurate images. I’d expect it to improve at those tasks over time, but the scope needs to drop from every problem humanity has ever faced to the problems that these models are good at solving.