theunknownmuncher
@theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
- Comment on What are your favorite 1000+ hour games? 4 days ago:
Team Fortress 2
- Comment on Young Frankenstein is not available for streaming 5 days ago:
Have it on DVD
- Comment on How do I get over fear of cooking? 1 week ago:
youtu.be/fQBUu3J2USA?si=Uep27GNBx_s1ukwE
Kitchen fires are scarier than they are difficult to deal with, if you are prepared and remain calm. You can see in this video how quickly and easily you can contain and extinguish the fire with just a baking sheet or a pot lid. The real trouble happens when people panic or respond to the fire improperly, like splashing water onto it. It’s also smart to keep a small fire extinguisher in your kitchen, just in case.
There is also a lot of food that you can cook that will have little to no risk of causing a fire, although if you keep your kitchen clean and tidy, and use your stove burners on appropriate levels, there should be little risk of a fire anyway.
- Comment on Hidden razor blades 1 week ago:
Cost and quality
- Comment on Air fryers are simpler than you think, but still pretty neat [19:38] 1 week ago:
That would help, but I doubt it would be as effective as a real air fryer that is actively blowing air while heating it, instead of just circulating it. An air fryer gets really loud because it is moving so much more air.
- Comment on Air fryers are simpler than you think, but still pretty neat [19:38] 1 week ago:
I was like you once and believed a convention oven and air fryer are the same thing and produce the same results. But I was wrong!
There’s actually a subtle but crucial difference between an air fryer and a convection oven. A convection oven only circulates air around inside the oven, keeping the steam trapped with the food, while an air fryer actually removes all of the steam away from the food, allowing it to get much crispier much faster than is possible with a convection oven.
- Comment on Are there ways to use VR headset for realtime assistance? 1 week ago:
I think you’ll just be adding more problematic devices to troubleshoot…
- Comment on On a lighter note: Why do people still buy fast food? 2 weeks ago:
I genuinely have no clue. I only ever have it once in a blue moon if I stop during a road trip and don’t have another option. I wish I had money to open a fast food place with because holy shit, how can you even fail, given what is successful???
It’s actually more expensive than other options, truly awful service, usually much slower than it was in the past (I’ve literally never gotten my food in a McDonalds in less than 30 minutes because they prioritize drive through and online orders), it tastes like shit and makes me feel like shit after I eat it.
- Comment on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Smoking Barrels Gameplay Trailer 2 weeks ago:
Gunplay seems very bulletspongy
It is S.T.A.L.K.E.R… you compare it to fallout, is fallout not bulletspongy? This isn’t a PvP game, it is an open world RPG…
weapons seem very static and weightless
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general atmosphere is dull
AI enemies just run around like imbeciles and spray into the general direction of the player
Have you ever played a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. title? SoC had literally revolutionary AI, where NPCs behaved in ways never before seen in video games prior, such as intelligently grouping, splitting up and flanking, scouring an area in a human-like-way instead of just walking to wherever you were and then giving up when you aren’t there, taking cover, reinforcing and covering each other, and applying grenades in actually useful ways. I mean yes, it was still a 2007 game, it definitely wasn’t perfect, and there was loads of wonkiness and weird NPC behavior that you could exploit, but at the time it was mind-blowing. Clear Skies took this idea even further and applied it faction-wide to the entire map, and suddenly you were dropped into a highly dynamic full scale war with shifting fronts and struggles over strategic objectives. Amazing AI is one thing that the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. titles are known for.
You can hear in the video ~1:24, an AI yells “Cover me, I’ll hide”. I’m guessing they included in this clip to hint and signal that this game will have the same kind of focus on great AI mechanics. In some of the indoor clips, you can see that the AI are actually taking cover during the fire fight instead of moving around. Even if they took the NPC AI code from Call of Pripyat and just directly shoved it into this game, it would 1) be nothing like what you just described and 2) be head and shoulders above NPC AI in even recent titles… I’d love to see some significant improvements and iteration still, though.
It just makes it look like this game was made for the sake of having a sequel
Hurray! Exactly what everyone was asking for! We just want more original S.T.A.L.K.E.R., yes, correct.
- Comment on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Smoking Barrels Gameplay Trailer 2 weeks ago:
Believe me, I have nothing but patience and slack to give them. I see how my tone could be read as more demanding than nostalgic in that message. I’ve waited like 14 years for this game, that I thought would never be made when the original studio dissolved, I wouldn’t even be phased by an additional delay.
Even where this game may have faults, I have that there will be incredible work done by the modding community delivering more than I can ask for, such as there was for SoC/CoP
- Comment on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Smoking Barrels Gameplay Trailer 2 weeks ago:
So what kinds of gameplay differences would you have liked to see, that would not be “weak” and “mediocre” to you? What would you have them deliver?
- Comment on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Smoking Barrels Gameplay Trailer 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Smoking Barrels Gameplay Trailer 2 weeks ago:
I noticed this, too. “FUCK HIM UP WITH A GRENADE!”, “Cover me, I’ll hide”; I need a Ukrainian language setting for these voicelines.
- Comment on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Smoking Barrels Gameplay Trailer 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on What can I do to help? 2 weeks ago:
You might be interested in this: …wikipedia.org/…/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate…
It isn’t the only way, but as far as I can tell, it looks like the most viable way and closest to achieving the goal.
- Comment on Microsoft made me sign in on their Xbox Accessories app to update the firmware on my controller 3 weeks ago:
Omg absolutely, what a workhorse. I ended up slapping on a custom vBIOS, aggressive overclock, and swapped the AIB’s air cooler for a little closed loop 120mm water cooler. I say “since my 980Ti” as if it was long ago, but I ran it until it died in 2020, and if it was still functional, I’d probably still be using it. RIP what a loss. The 6GB of VRAM were starting to get tight and DX12 was starting to age it, though, but it was still totally holding up.
Now I am on a 6900XT with the navi21 XTXH chip in it. I bet I’ll skip at least as many generations with this as I did with the 980Ti.
- Comment on Microsoft made me sign in on their Xbox Accessories app to update the firmware on my controller 3 weeks ago:
Wait for real??? You make an NVIIDA account now? I haven’t had an NVIDIA card since my 980Ti… Is this account insanity true for the proprietary Linux driver too?
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 3 weeks ago:
Pretty sure it’s still just twitter
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- Comment on Sugar vs baking soda to neutralize acid in canned tomatoes? 3 weeks ago:
Heat and time on the stove.
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 3 weeks ago:
I definitely understand where you’re coming from, but at this point I’ve had so many JustWorks™️ Linux systems, including set up on my parents’ PC for well over 5 years without one single problem or breaking update, and they certainly are never opening up the terminal.
I’ll stick with my suggestion that Linux is not for anyone with a strong aversion to terminals.
My experience tells me that this is just objectively wrong, or I’d be getting calls from my parents, HOWEVER, I will concede that maybe this is only wrong if you just want a bulletproof system that works without messing around much.
If OP wants to mess around and get dirty in settings, then I’ll give it to you that they might need to be a bit more open minded about the terminal. I haven’t really tried much GUI configs or settings besides really common, typical stuff, like network config or power saving modes/settings, because I just go right to the terminal regardless.
But its just wrong to claim that someone who doesn’t want to use a terminal will have a problem on Linux, it just depends heavily on what you are trying to do. For the tasks that most people use a personal computer for, there won’t be anything holding you back.
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 weeks ago:
Dude, reading comprehension
Mint isn’t based on Fedora either
Lol ironic. Where did you “comprehend” that I claimed it was?
So which GPU, and I’ll give you a leg up, don’t say “5700XT” because that one is notoriously broken for drivers, including on Windows…
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 weeks ago:
Now I just want to know what commands you thought you needed to run that you found randomly on the internet lmao, like what, you had to
chmod +xthe installer??It makes me sad that you’re totally soured on Linux now because you didn’t realize you could update your graphics driver or that it is officially written by AMD…
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 weeks ago:
I hate to say it, but… you sure about that? The Wikipedia article addresses this exact issue:
As AMDgpu is part of the monolithic Linux kernel, it is shipped by most Linux distributions directly. The package suite / install script amdgpu-pro, distributed by AMD directly from AMD Radeon Software, ships an AMDgpu kernel module somewhat reliably more up-to-date compared to that of kernels shipped in regular operating system distributions.
Yes, a version of the driver is included in the Linux kernel as part of Fedora, but it is likely slightly old and you can download the latest version from AMD.
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 weeks ago:
OMG you’re not even talking about NVIDIA… 🤦
My friend, AMD, the manufacturer that you trust, are the ones that maintain the open source drivers for Linux…
You spent 2 whole days, yet never found that you can download directly from the AMD website? What exactly were you doing for those 2 days??? www.amd.com/en/support/…/linux-drivers.html
…m.wikipedia.org/…/AMDgpu_(Linux_kernel_module)
AMDgpu is an open source device driver for the Linux operating system developed by AMD
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 weeks ago:
“Who the fuck knows what I just installed?”
This is honestly a great question; you’re on the right track here.
With closed source, the person that wrote the program decided that it should be impossible for you to answer that question.
With open source, the person that wrote the program wanted to make sure it is possible for you to answer that question.
Which of those 2 options is better and safer? I’ll stick with open source, personally, but install whatever you like on your own machine.
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 weeks ago:
and on Mint
So it runs perfectly fine on Linux! That’s great news
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 weeks ago:
Are we going to pretend that stuff being closed source prevents people from inserting bad shit in their code?
downloading home made drivers on GitHub 🙄 lol wut.
Open source isn’t perfect, but it doesn’t have to be because it is better than it’s only alternative.
There are literally only 2 options: open source or closed source. One option offers you and anyone the ability to see the code that you are running for yourself, the other option is “trust me bro, nothing bad is in here”. Which of those do you prefer? Which do you think ends up with more malware? You think computer viruses include a link to the code on GitHub? Lol
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 weeks ago:
Was this within the last decade? Sounds like a faulty GPU.
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 weeks ago:
You also have no idea what that file you downloaded from a website is doing, too. And we have AppImage now, so you CAN still download a file from a website on Linux!
