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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hurry pls it's urgent⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Does it even matter? Just opening the door of a clean room is enough to make the whole thing useless. Also, even without opening the door, how does one even run an ASML device without their support? That doesn’t sound realistic.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's it going to take to truly stop the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

Canada, Mexico, the EU, and others just refusing to do business with the US.

Seeing how the EU is still going business with Russian while it’s at war with Ukraine it’s hard to imagine such a scenario.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Well I do mean physically opaque but true that implies, as few persons did comment regarding e.g. Poker, that the content itself or the rules do not change the distribution to introduce artificial scarcity.

The point is that purchasing a package in itself should not be a monetary bet.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
You might enjoy Loot box content is associated with increased user engagement for YouTube gaming videos (2023) then.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
To learn why it matters Neuroexploitation by Design at 39c3 (with English dubbing) specifically 28min in.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
What I tried to express is that when decks are
- NOT the same
- AND are sealed
- AND there is a distribution of the content (namely some rare and non rare items)
then the purchase of that deck itself is gambling.

That does not imply anything about other situation, namely decks that are all the same can still be used for gambling when there are played with rules that do introduce randomness.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Uno can be gambling too if you start to bet on round. Anything can be gambling if you want it to but poker with non convertible tokens isn’t gambling. Betting on players also would be gambling. Anything can become gambling. If you think that’s an overstatement look at predictive markets to see how broad bettable events can be it’s ~~amazing~~ scary.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

Uno is not gambling because there is no money involved.

Uno is not gambling because all decks are the same. There is no artificial scarcity to monetize, it’s literally just a game and that’s good.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
YuGiHo, MTG, Pokemon cards, Labubu, etc basically

ANYTHING that comes
- sealed (as opposed to transparent packaging) and is
- collectible (limited supplied of some specific items)
physical or not is prone to betting and thus addiction. We tend to ignore the thing we care about, because we are passionate or come up with explanations (not to say excuses or post-rationalization) but in practice it doesn’t matter if your MTG deck is super “powerful” or that you see yourself as a great strategist, in fine if you do buy or promote those your are promoting gambling.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Surprising, I would expect it’d rely at some point on something like CLIP in order to be prompted.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Thanks, a friend recommended it few days ago indeed but unfortunately AFAICT they don’t provide the CO2eq in their model card nor an analogy equivalence non technical users could understand.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Does it only use that or doesn’t it also use an LLM to?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Right, and to be clear I’m not saying it’s not possible. This isn’t a trick question, it’s a genuine request to hopefully be able to rely on such tools.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You are solely using your own data or rather you are refining an existing LLM or rather RAG?

I’m not an expert but AFAIK training an LLM requires, by definition, a vast mount of text so I’m skeptical that ANY company publish enough papers to do so. I understand if you can’t share more about the process. Maybe me saying “AI” was too broad.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

There are AI’s that are ethically trained

Can you please share examples and criteria?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of this things? Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Eh… I have one and use it. What are you monsters using, a spoon?! /s
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just learned 37% of Americans fear vaccinating their dog will cause the dog to develop autism. 😐⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Capitalism.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just learned 37% of Americans fear vaccinating their dog will cause the dog to develop autism. 😐⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
That’s actually pretty wise, what if you then autistic dog outsmarts you now thanks to their autism? /s
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot shuts down after reproducing the gesture of its human operator removing their headset⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of teledildonics. Because yes, you can actually wank with open source, not just about it! A good library for your toys buttplug.io and a prototype I did for it …benetou.fr/…/1280079465847160832/ activating a toy from within a VR experience.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Technically speaking hand tracking can be done with just computer vision, no dedicated tracking (like Leap Motion) required even though it’s typical better. So yes, it could be done but there is not promise of it so it’d be a risky bet.

VR proper content like Half-life: Alyx, here my comment is about producing content, not using the existing Steam catalogue. I love Alyx, I need more. If I get another headsets (I have several) but nothing amazing to put on it, “just” the usual then I’m not as excited.

I did stream, actually Alyx in 2020 (half a decade ago!) via Alvr …benetou.fr/…/1243659207783649281/ so… that’s definitely feasible, definitely not new. It’s a good principle and if it helps keep the device price low, in fact VERY low, then it’s great. If it’s still relatively expensive then it won’t feel great to buy a device in 2026 with specs comparable to something that was out few years priors even if in practice it might be “good enough” standalone with some specific games. The Steam Deck didn’t really have that problem because there was no real alternatives. Here I’d argue it’s a bit different with Quest, Pico, Lynx but also higher ends like Vision Pro (which you can stream Steam games to, as I did also last year) or the newer Samsung Galaxy XR.

Regarding updates… yes, in theory, in practice I best most of use don’t have accessories for our Index “Frunk”. AFAICT also most people didn’t upgrade their Deck but rather bought the newer model. They do hint at quite a few upgrades or modules in the video though. Love to see how repairable it will be and no doubt it should be way better than most alternatives!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Cubism, mini golf or any game where you build something in the space, Laser Dance, all the sketching and sketching apps, etc. It’s not for everyone but feels like such a low hanging fruit when all the rest is there.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Sadly agree. I’ve been waiting for years, claiming I’d buy whatever they sell… but honestly right now this would feel like a donation more than something I eagerly want, even less need.

FWIW I’m also NOT the market, I have … I don’t actually know how many but at least 5 XR headsets.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
AFAICT for the Frame it’s only foveated streaming, not foveated rendering.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Yes but …
```
no hand tracking
no color passthrough
no hardware upgrade
no WebXR
no new VR proper content
```
Still, it’s good obviously, not having to rely on BigTech. This was also possible before though as I pointed out in lemmy.ml/post/38899489/22202786 with e.g. Lynx XR1, as a rooted Android standalone HMD with no account required.

Anyway IMHO the big questions for VR on Linux more broadly is what changes upstream on KDE in terms of immersive UX? Is KDE Plasma becoming a VR graphical shell? Does it have 3D widgets? Does it impact freedesktop in any way?

(copy of lemmy.ml/post/38899489/22202838 as I posted there first)
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

legit and works well

legit works well… but also not a magic wand. It doesn’t transform a low-end rig in a powerful machine.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hmm breakfast⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian… it’s not really specific. It’s also not for everyone. I’d say it’s mostly for 20sth in rush and 50sth working men. Everybody else either skip it entirely or have a proper breakfast, but that’s just my experience, might not generalize.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Check my post history I repeat this so often I’m getting tired of it, sorry, but basically 2080ti since it’s out, been gaming nearly daily on it, from AAA to indie, from “flat” to VR and… it just works.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're so predictable⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
This kind of posts typically hint at how manipulable we all are… and it’s true, but what they omit is the cost.

Readying a random meme and getting “pwned” by it typically gets you a good laugh. Sharing your bank details over the phone does not. So… what this kind of stuff does rather show how rational most of us are, namely we don’t mind getting played if we have fun doing it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I have a Tridactyl rule to rewrite YouTube URL to youtube-local (repository github.com/user234683/youtube-local/ ) e.g. www.youtube.com becomes localhost:9999/https://www.youtube.com but as others have suggested, I do my bet to avoid YouTube entirely, because Google is bad, Big Tech is bad.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I mean… detecting (some) VPNs is as trivial as

fetch(‘https://github.com/NazgulCoder/IPLists/raw/refs/heads/main/output/vpn-ipv4.txt’).then( res => res.text() ).then( res => console.log( res.includes( “1.2.3.4” ) ) )

thanks to github.com/NazgulCoder/IPLists/

FWIW though I did try, connected via a random VPN from ProtonVPN from Argentina… and it wasn’t in that list. So it’s not perfect. Also ProtonVPN has apparently today 13K servers according to protonvpn.com/vpn-servers

That being said I can imagine that Google, which is literally built on crawling the Web, has all the infrastructure and expertise needed to have such lists and up to date ones.

I’m not justifying blocking VPN here, only trying to clarify that unless you self-host in a rather specific setup (i.e. not relying a popular cloud provider but truly self hosting) it’s technically not hard to block VPNs.