derpgon
@derpgon@programming.dev
- Comment on Borderlands 4 Launches To Mostly Negative Steam Reviews Over Performance Issues And Crashing 5 days ago:
True, TT’s B&B was great. Shame the TT standalone game lacked that charm and any meaningful engame.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 Launches To Mostly Negative Steam Reviews Over Performance Issues And Crashing 5 days ago:
Let’s be honest, the only story missions we ever cared about were those starring Handsome Jack.
- Comment on Mercedes and BMW, eternal rivals on a race once again - this time to the bottom. 1 week ago:
BMW ass looks nice, combine it with the MB front grille in black and I won’t be too mad.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Don’t you fucking use that slur in public
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 weeks ago:
Oh and leave a bad review so other people won’t make the same mistake!
- Comment on How did it come to be that only two companies supply all of the world's PC graphics chips? 2 weeks ago:
Rocking my second Thinkpad with full Linux, it has been a very pleasant experience both times. Sadly, had to switch a year back to from E15 to T16 because the keyboard started failing and it wasn’t servicable from my side. Still works with external one though.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 weeks ago:
Linux is heavily used on servers. Losing server sector means a huge chunk of revenue.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 weeks ago:
It is entirely possible to lock down computer parts to only run Windows and signed drivers. However, the sheer amount of available computer parts, open sourced hardware, widely understood technologies, and not enough monopoly makes this unfeasible for anyone to really try to implement (yet).
If Intel started doing Windows only, they would lose so much revenue from big corporations and data centers it would ruin them, and everyone would just buy AMD instead. Consumer market in computer sector is secondary.
For phones, you really do not have enough alternatives. You choose between evil and more evil. Think of it as Linux in it’s starting days - missing features that makes it unusable for the common folk. Linux phones haven’t matured yet, that’s why you have to choose between feature rich vs heavily degraded user experience, as opposed to minor inconvenience of not being able to run some apps.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 weeks ago:
Realistic games do not quite count, because the controls are complicated by nature and learning them is the gameplay.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 weeks ago:
Usually boils down to a given category and combination of main elements. Open world, survival, crafting, automation, FPS, rogue lite/like, RPG, inventory management, RTS, puzzle, first/third person, action combat, tat target, top down, isometric, etc.
Of course, there are heavy outliers, but those usually require heavy wiki / youtube use to even get into. Same with spreadsheet simulator games where mastery does not necessarily come with time but understanding of hidden mexhanics and synergies.
As an example, I used to play WoW a lot and raided a lot, then got back into GW2 after 10 years (where I didn’t do any dungeons or big raids, and if I did I couldn’t remember), and didn’t have problems with mechanics as others who were playing for several years. The mechanics just make sense, even when it is a new one - stay out of red circles, stack during attacks that split damage, damage phases etc.
When I got into Valheim, I already knew what would be needed without having to see any tutorials - build a house, make a farm, roughly where to look for what, and how to find info correctly.
There is not much I havent explored in my younger days, and throwing me into an FPS game I haven’t played would probably mean I’d be in the top quarter on my team in two or three games.
When started Helldivers 2, I could no problem take on diff 8 (out of likr 10 or 11) and stay up to speed with others way before I unlocked it, as lower difficulties did not pose much of a challenge besides not having the top gear unlocked.
Sure, I won’t know immediately what to do or how to control the character, but when I see a streamer struggling to clear content and see they throw points into defense on an attack character especially when it HIGHLIGHTS the recommended stats (looking at Clair Obscur), I just wanna tip my eyeballs out.
I am usually having a hard time with choices regarding optimization, like when I get to choose “do you want 1 level up or 10 attack power”, bitch I dunno. But we are back at spreadsheets.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 2 weeks ago:
I played games all my life, and it always baffled me how some streamers can master one game over several years and then be completely unusable in another. Like bruh, it is still a game, it is not THAT different. Sure, they might suck because they didn’t master the mechanics yet, but struggling with basic controls for an hour? They gotta be playing it…
Throw me into a game, and if the controls make sense it will probably be second nature to me in 15 minutes for me.
- Comment on Refrigerators have DRM on them, To force you to buy $50 water filters or it won't dispense water 4 weeks ago:
Can’t you just, I dunno, disconnect it from the ater source and stop using it? My LG is not dependent on it, and water filters are not DRM. It is a new models as well.
- Comment on Anon updates GNU/linux 5 weeks ago:
Nah, check my comment history and you’ll probably find several instances of me calling this shit out. Usually it is just a downvote for the post, though.
All good mate, I’ve got a new keyboard and not uses to the layout yet.
- Comment on Anon updates GNU/linux 5 weeks ago:
I’ve fat fingered and my autocorrect did not register it because it is valid Czech word.
- Comment on Anon updates GNU/linux 5 weeks ago:
Yes, I’ve fat fingered and my autocorrect did not register it because it is Czech word.
- Comment on Anon updates GNU/linux 5 weeks ago:
Linux is just w gateway druh to TempleOS
- Comment on Charging to tour rental properties... 5 weeks ago:
Might get a coffee out of it
- Comment on Anon saves up 1 month ago:
In Czechia (not sure if by law) you can take half of your days off to thr next year. So, if you had 20 days off a year, you have to use 10 (HAVE to, they don’t just fizzle out) you can stack 10 to the next year, so you can have up to 30 a year.
- Comment on Anon saves up 1 month ago:
In Czechia (not sure if by law) you can take half of your days off to thr next year. So, if you had 20 days off a year, you have to use 10 (HAVE to, they don’t just fizzle out) you can stack 10 to the next year, so you can have up to 30 a year.
- Comment on Anon saves up 1 month ago:
In Czechia (not sure if by law) you can take half of your days off to thr next year. So, if you had 20 days off a year, you have to use 10 (HAVE to, they don’t just fizzle out) you can stack 10 to the next year, so you can have up to 30 a year.
- Comment on Anon saves up 1 month ago:
In Czechia (not sure if by law) you can take half of your days off to thr next year. So, if you had 20 days off a year, you have to use 10 (HAVE to, they don’t just fizzle out) you can stack 10 to the next year, so you can have up to 30 a year.
- Comment on Anon saves up 1 month ago:
In Czechia (not sure if by law) you can take half of your days off to thr next year. So, if you had 20 days off a year, you have to use 10 (HAVE to, they don’t just fizzle out) you can stack 10 to the next year, so you can have up to 30 a year.
- Comment on Anon tries running live USB Linux on his dad's computer 1 month ago:
What the actual bloody fuck, I didn’t know. Well, back to my Factorio I guess.
- Comment on Anon tries running live USB Linux on his dad's computer 1 month ago:
If you use Rufus to burn the IDO into the USB, there is an option to patch the ISO to not require secure boot.
- Comment on Atlassian terminates 150 staff with pre-recorded video, AI customer contact solutions rolled out 1 month ago:
I hate Jira, I hate how bloated and slow it is, and I fucking despise all the AI shoving up my face. Now they added a unclosable sidebar with all their apps nobody uses, but you can’t get rid of it.
- Comment on "We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal 1 month ago:
I also love squeaky clean, ad-less internet. In this timeline, I get to enjoy both.
Blessed uBlock.
- Comment on "We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal 1 month ago:
Stable coins on the rise, buy while they are cheap!
- Comment on Anon witnesses excellent security 1 month ago:
Not related, but did you ever use k9s? Quite nifty CLI tool to control Kube, albeit not on a very advanced level, it helped me a lot to not get drowned in Kube commands.
- Comment on Everything is a problem 1 month ago:
My whole home automation is using Zigbee devices, they don’t even know what internet is, and it doesnt matter which brand it is as longs it is supported by Zigbee2MQTT. Matter is great, so is Thread.
- Comment on I'm doing my part! 1 month ago:
It is always “Look, we are actually trying to help the climate” types of government. Helping to build sustainable shit? Put money towards developing open, essy to implement, and easy to service standards? Nah, we will pay a billion dollars towards some bullshit that will be forgotten in a year and 80% (if not more) of the cash will be pocketed by billionaires (to use towards lobbying either against shit that will lose em money or shit that will make em money) because the contract was overpriced.
Fuck humanity, seriously. I just wish we will get a revolution before we burn to a crisp.