ulterno

@ulterno@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty realistic lid in that case.
  I can even feel the meniscus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you touched a CNC tool tip right after a non-watercooled job?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you still have 4GB RAM? If so, you’ll have problems running most games.

  Well, yeah. The computer having 4GB RAM also didn’t have a Vulkan capable GPU, so I was unable to go Linux+Proton.
  It was a bummer that I could only use it with Windows 7.

  OS update

  I’m talking about Windows 7 here. OS updates didn’t make stuff worse back then.
  And 4GB was the maximum limit for that motherboard, barring double sided memory, which I failed to find over the years.

  OS should offload unused memory

  Except that it was not happening in case of EGS. It was most probably doing something in the background, preventing suspension.

  something like the Rockstar or Paradox launcher …

  The paradox launcher is actually pretty fine. It checks for updates pretty quickly and lets me play the game regardless of version. Rockstar, no idea. And I was referring to my experience with Steam. At least when it is on HDD, it takes 30+ seconds to get ready, after I click the direct link to the game (which then starts Steam and the proceeds to not start the game, so I’m better of just clicking the Steam button first). And even with an SSD, it’s more than just a couple of extra seconds.
  I haven’t tried Heroic yet, but considering my experience with Lutris, its is probably also going to be much better than any of the vendor’s solutions, meaning, if you get a GoG launcher, expect it to be worse than Heroic.

  Yes, Proton is the main reason for Steam being worth it for me. Not that it couldn’t have been done is a much lighter package (but I am not taking up that project, so just make do with what’s there).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t used Heroic, so can’t say much about whether I’d prefer it.
  But from what I remember of my experience with Epic Games Store back when I was on a Windows 7 PC, it took quite a bit out of my 4GB RAM and made it very difficult to play my game for a long time.

  Honestly, I am fine with a launcher as long as it gets out of the memory when the game starts.
  But also, I don’t want the restrictions that come with it, so not really a launcher, but a download/update manager at most, would be fine in this case.

  The reason I don’t like the word “launcher” in this case, is because it is implying that it will be required to start the game, which might be fine for games that need to be up to date, just to function but for all the others, it’s just an unnecessary extra 30+ seconds after I click the game icon.

  I mean, look how fast and light, the update checking scripts are on Linux ^[except Ubuntu. Well, I only properly remember the EndeavourOS one and that the Ubuntu one was a massive slowdown. There may be others that are not as good.]
  You don’t need to start up a whole web-browser (full, with a JS engine) and connect to 10 other things before checking for updates. Just get something lightweight like RSS on the server, that tells the current version by query and let the client check that against the version no. file on the system, with 0 GUI until it actually requires a download and even then, it can simply use the system’s “Notifications” system to tell you that there is an update available.
  The blocking checker is only required for games that won’t work unless updated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inspirational⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s why try multiple times and aim higher every time until 45°
  Once you reach that, if you are still falling short, you know you have no chance, unless you increase the launch speed.

  Of course, you can try to properly calculate drag for each projectile and set that as the maximum, but it’s fine for a one-off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inspirational⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Go with a fantasy arrow made of light, for the last one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, my Linuxified brain would just setup a background service to do that instead.
  And I would set it up to not keep on running once I have started the game.

  I think Lutris does that too, not sure about it though. Maybe I’ll check it next time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These are your only alternatives. ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going with 4 too, unless I somehow lose my fingers.

  4 seems the most suitable for liquid-er stuff, which I’d be unable to use my fingers for.
  It also feels like it would be easier to clean than the others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you really keep track of it?

  No, I just don’t update them. The offline installers don’t come up as often either.

  Also, I only have ~5-10 GoG games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah right, I had forgotten the cloud saves. Those are actually a real value addition to consider using an extra client.

  For updates though, I am happy to just re-download the offline installer whenever it gets released.
  Of course, I am not buying from GoG, the kinds of games that won’t work unless constantly updated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe they did and didn’t like that I used the technically incorrect term “quality testing”, instead of “performance testing”, which would be appropriate for this case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s also Windows Phone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m trying to say, “Why have a client in the first place?”
  I keep GoG games and I am happy getting to keep the offline installers and not having to open an extra GUI thing before running my game.

  I would love being able to run my Steam games without having to open Steam.
  Now maybe you see some value in Steam giving the Achievements system and notifications to online-friends about your activity, but is it really required?

  If your point is about using the GoG Linux client to run Windows games on Linux:

  1. Yes, it’s a big deal. Steam can do it, but GoG is much smaller
  2. Lutris

  I don’t buy GoG games that don’t have a native Linux download and I use the Linux installer, so again, I see no merit in having yet another app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do you desire a Linux client?
  I myself don’t want to have to open an extra software from the distributor, just to play my game.
  It might then end up adding extra constraints like not being able to open multiple games at the same time on your multi-monitor setup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses GOG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess you were testing with multiple versions of Proton to see which one works the best? Otherwise, doesn’t make sense to have changed 5 versions in 25 hours.

  If you were testing as such, the game publishers should be paying you for doing their job of quality testing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hardest version I've seen yet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  how bad could it go

  this bad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hardest version I've seen yet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All those people tied up over there, previously disturbed the cat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are fruits and berries healthy, even though they are mostly just sugar?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  around
  Maybe ± 70 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If by streaming, you mean using a client-server architecture to get a sound signal to the aux port, then yes, I use mpv with pipewire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your test for people?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s a self service place, I tend to look around if there is a place to keep the dishes (kinda like SubWay has).
  Otherwise, I don’t stack. Waiters can have different ways of taking the dishes and those ways are usually based on all the dishes being random-access. I’d rather do nothing, than stack it the wrong way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everyone thinks the Deus Ex remaster looks awful and they're right: 'They really turned those 1999 graphics into 2003 graphics'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  playable

  as in “it does not work on Win 10”?
  Because I found it playable, myself. It was on Win 7, if I remember correctly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everyone thinks the Deus Ex remaster looks awful and they're right: 'They really turned those 1999 graphics into 2003 graphics'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  better specs to run it than Mankind Divided

  Guess I’ll stay content with the old one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They were just a little wrong, “Flu shots give you a flu”.

  There are 2 types of these shots essentially:

  1. the pathogen is put into some other thing that creates stuff that fights against said pathogen. That stuff is then extracted and given in the shot.
  2. the pathogen itself is processed and given to you. This causes your body to make stuff that fights against the pathogens. Your body then vaguely remembers how the pathogen felt and hence, increases the reaction your body does to any attack from a similar pathogen that comes the next time. This is the one corresponding to the above quote.

  Of course, if your immune system is weak, the processed pathogen can be enough to give you quite a bit of a problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨advertisement⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you make sure to spray WD40 into those tubes before turning on that water?
  They only said no for drinking water, not for eye cleaning water. Get all the rust out of your eye sockets and lubricate them for grater eye-rolling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beams⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Water can do weird stuff.
  Here’s another

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't argue that.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah.
  I use KCharSelect for it and have been considering making a plasmoid for it for a while now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't argue that.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of things are easier to learn when you have a base foundation.

  Also, a lot of skills have interrelated mental pathways, so once you have enough exp with one, learning the other means, you are actually plasticising your brain, less than what you would have, had you learnt the other skill without knowing the first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't argue that.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know I’m late, but you can also use:
  R² = 0.11

  Someone said it messes with screen-readers, but when I tried, everything messed with screen-readers, so I don’t see much of a difference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨suspicion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Drywall is primarily made of gypsum, which is a mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, sandwiched between layers of paper or fiberglass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨suspicion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  On the other hand, it could also mean:

  • Number of “me” = 1
  • Number of “voices” = 0

  Perhaps the voices went away, after getting rid of that pesky concealment, now that the wall is in debugging mode.