Ulrich
@Ulrich@feddit.org
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Ha, that’s an old comment. I did end up playing the game and yes, it runs very well.
- Comment on Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos 2 weeks ago:
A write-off is just a bookkeeping manouver that means
No. A write-off is nothing more than a company expense. It’s a deduction from their income.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 2 weeks ago:
Hard disagree. I think that’s exactly who they’re going after. That’s why they added all the console features like CEC, wake on BT, background updates, etc. etc. and why they gave it a controller-first interface.
- Comment on Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos 2 weeks ago:
How does community-run servers prevent them from writing off their losses?
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Oh interesting…
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Uses Kernel Level Anti-Cheat
Aaaand I’m out. Soooo many shitty new games.
- Comment on Mark Zuckererg Demos New Facebook AI And It Couldn’t Have Gone Worse 2 months ago:
That seems like something that could be fixed pretty easily, as opposed to the AI stuff that’s fundamentally flawed.
The neural wristband they demonstrated was actually extremely impressive and I can see a lot of different practical usecases for such a device.
- Comment on Valve apologizes for ruining a Steam game's launch 2 months ago:
Something something building on rented land.
- Comment on Mark Zuckererg Demos New Facebook AI And It Couldn’t Have Gone Worse 2 months ago:
Honestly I don’t get excited about any new tech outside of FOSS spaces. Tech used to be made to make your life better and now it’s almost exclusively used to exploit you.
- Comment on Mark Zuckererg Demos New Facebook AI And It Couldn’t Have Gone Worse 2 months ago:
Don’t forget about “the Metaverse”. You know, the thing he spent tens of billions of dollars on, renamed the company after, then promptly abandoned to chase AI grifting.
- Comment on Mark Zuckererg Demos New Facebook AI And It Couldn’t Have Gone Worse 2 months ago:
OMG thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed such a public fucking catastrophe.
I kinda respect them for actually attempting a live demo but I also can’t believe they were stupid enough to try it a live demo.
Then they try to use WiFi as a copout 🤣
- Comment on GTA V was released on this day, 12 years ago 2 months ago:
for some reason.
Several reasons, really.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 boss tells players "please get a refund from Steam if you aren't happy" as Randy Pitchford continues his very public crashout over the FPS's performance woes 2 months ago:
I still think it’s fucked up that CDPR and so many others have a “release it now, fix it later” mentality, but yes, at least they owned it.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 boss tells players "please get a refund from Steam if you aren't happy" as Randy Pitchford continues his very public crashout over the FPS's performance woes 2 months ago:
Gabe not even noticing from 1 of his 6 superyachts
- Comment on Borderlands 4 boss tells players "please get a refund from Steam if you aren't happy" as Randy Pitchford continues his very public crashout over the FPS's performance woes 2 months ago:
I think they would be better of by just ignoring
I mean the best thing they could do is to acknowledge that the game could use some optimization and promise to continue working on it. Even if they have no intention of doing so. But that might get them in trouble with Nvidia since they slapped an “Nvidia optimized” badge on it.
The worst thing they could do is say “buy a better PC”.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 2 months ago:
Good thing that’s not the discussion we were having then.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 2 months ago:
I have no interest in “gotcha moments”. Just having a discussion about the virtues of streaming music platforms vs. buying.
If you don’t pay for it then you are pirating, which is a whole other discussion.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 2 months ago:
What evidence is that, jerkface?
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 2 months ago:
LOL you’re suggestion is that they said they’re subscribed to various producers but they don’t listen to them? Now that’s pedantic.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 2 months ago:
I have to pay someone 🤷 at least legally, anyway
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 2 months ago:
Lots of assumptions here.
you got every assumption wrong.
Zero assumptions here, I just asked a question.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 2 months ago:
if I encounter a new track I like in the wild, I’ll buy it.
How do you “encounter” new tracks?
But I’m not seeking out new stuff because…everything feels homogenized today.
If you’re not actively seeking out new music, it will feel that way, because you’re just listening to whatever is on the radio or on TV or whatever. This is the beauty of streaming platforms. In the past you were only ever exposed to whatever music the record companies decided you should hear. And it was almost exclusively homogenous “pop” music, to some degree. With streaming music you can discover new music every day based on your personal preferences.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 2 months ago:
I listen to probably at least a dozen new songs every day. If I bought them that would cost me $18/day. Or $540/mo. Not to mention the absolute fortune required to store them all locally.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 2 months ago:
Why would I? Pay $1.49 to listen to 1 song over and over or pay $12 to listen to basically the entirety of human creation any time I want? Not to mention custom playlists and whatnot.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 2 months ago:
Because no one cares.
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 2 months ago:
“Better” is subjective, and in this case I would disagree.
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 2 months ago:
The XBOX Ally has all of those too.
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 2 months ago:
Takes 10 minutes to install
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 2 months ago:
Highly recommend Steam Deck.
- Cheaper/better value than anything else on the market
- excellent customer support
- trackpads for games that need them
- configurable rear buttons
- no other handheld competes on power efficiency or battery life
Runner up would be Legion Go. If you want the SteamOS experience you can easily install it on any other handheld (although I would recommend Bazzite or similar instead). Other handhelds will deliver better performance at the expense of battery life.
- Comment on Which handheld should I get? 2 months ago:
This is correct.