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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Multiple" future Hardspace projects are coming, as Hardspace: Shipbreaker devs Blackbird Interactive take full ownership⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Considering all that the article is saying it’s that there are “multiple hardspace” things coming, it sure uses a lot of words. Still, that’s all it’s saying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds on why desktop Linux sucks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This video is over a decade old at this point. It’s even in 4:3 for God’s sake. I mean his argument isn’t wrong, but with flatpacks and other formats like it existing the relevance changed quite a bit.

  We just needed valve to step up (I think he mentioned it in that talk, been a while since I saw it), and for MS to just make Windows shitty enough to at least gain momentum.

  For what is worth, as a user I haven’t had that experience that it’s hard to find apps at all. Quite the opposite. Almost all apps I wanted to use were just in my package manager. I think I have 1 flatpack installed, not even sure…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Look at what might happen: say you go on a date, you like each other. Maybe you end up together, maybe for just a while, maybe for a long time or you get married. Do you really care why or how you met then?

  Even if the opposite happens, so you go on a date, you don’t really get along or aren’t each other’s type. What did you lose? An afternoon or an evening? And you (probably) still get some nice conversations out of it, or just “experience” in dating. Not really a big loss either.

  It’s hard enough to find someone. Take any chance you can get, no matter how much of a long shot it may be. You said in some comment that he has a “wide social circle” or something like it. I would be glad he managed to use that for you in this way. If it doesn’t work out, nothing of value was lost (if anything it might be embarrassing for him in his social circle, I don’t know). If it does work out literally everyone just wins.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I wanted to bury a hard drive for archival purposes (e.g. Country becoming Dictatorship), how to keep the contents from being damaged and where is the safest place to bury it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard drives that aren’t used will get data errors over time. Usually for data storage this is counteracted with what’s called a “scrub” every so often (like few months). This just means the whole drive content is read, and the drive itself will figure out if any areas have a “weak signal”, and just rewrite that part.

  Having only 1 drive without any mirror and without any way to detect potential errors (let alone a way to correct them) is a recipe for disaster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the magic diet for no-wipe poops?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea, sorry. Turns out it was a different person posting this, and I had somehow assumed it was the same person replying, my bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the magic diet for no-wipe poops?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So it clearly has nothing to do with the spiciness, and just with whatever your digestive system doesn’t like about jalapeños (or them being pickled). Why would you agree that spicy food is relevant here when it clearly isn’t?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I tried living entirely on IPv6 for a day, and here's what happened⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really wish I could run ipv6 only at home, but due to a variety of factors, I just can’t. Lacking support for it is actually the least of my problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LIMBO and INSIDE are being delisted from GOG on July 17th⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s just say I also don’t play platformers, basically ever. It was fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LIMBO and INSIDE are being delisted from GOG on July 17th⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t played inside, but limbo is absolutely fantastic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lime bikes dumped in canals and rivers 'posing pollution risk'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in the EU. The violations of Google and Amazon I mentioned also happened in the EU. Feel free to look up the repercussions on those. Having rules is irrelevant if there is no way to actually enforce them, or at least verify them. It would be doable (maybe not quite “easy”) to have that verifiable, but there is no system or law in place for it as it stands right now.

  You can trust them companies that would put surveillance equipment like that in their stuff to not abuse it, that’s your call. I just won’t use it. In quite a few EU countries this wouldn’t be allowed anyway, btw. At least not with current laws in regards to video recording in and around traffic. For example dash cams are still not fully legal in Germany, and only very limited recording (and storing) of footage is permitted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lime bikes dumped in canals and rivers 'posing pollution risk'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes totally. I would trust any company to always do this the right way. And there would never be an incident where some footage gets leaked, or passed around the office. “Oops there must have been a malfunction”.

  Yes like Amazon AND Google haven’t been caught saving private conversations that their voice assistants recorded totally unintentionally even though they weren’t triggered. They did totally say “sorry” and won’t do it again, ever. Right? Right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lime bikes dumped in canals and rivers 'posing pollution risk'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds nice until you think about the implications for everyone that doesn’t vandalize or destroy these bikes. I’m most certainly not going to rent one if it has 360° surveillance capabilities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG summer sale is live⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  … and Amazon games. People who have or had prime accounts often have large amounts of free games on there from claiming them in the past (often via twitch).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top D&D designers join Critical Role after quitting Wizards of the Coast⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  WotC did some shady shit before, too. Certainly right improve since the acquisition though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Borderlands 2 is free to claim on Steam for the next two days⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No of course not, but if it’s run under proton/wine it doesn’t even have access to any normal files. When it’s run natively it does (documents and all that). I’m not saying it’s doing anything with this, or even that it would make sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Borderlands 2 is free to claim on Steam for the next two days⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not in general. Typically, games with kernel level drm or anticheat just didn’t work at all.

  Borderlands 2 specifically has a native Linux version though, and it may or may not abuse this fact. It isn’t run in a sandbox-like environment like Windows games that run through proton, but according to protondb it does run through proton? In any case yes, it’s probably better than running it on Windows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Definitive Guide to Steam Play Tools⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This comes at the perfect time. I was thinking I’d have to find out how to run modloaders or managers on Linux, but I guess I got my answer right here. Thanks for posting!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA rebrand and refresh their anti-cheat into EA Javelin Anticheat, still blocks Linux / Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With my backlog of games I have, but never played, I really find it hard to care. I’m not running out of games. Keep piling on reasons for never buying your games. So I won’t. Not my loss.

  Eventually it’ll be enough reasons for enough people that they’ll notice. Guessing it isn’t that time yet though?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean for ksp2 saying it failed cause they had “no experience with this kind of work” is kind of weird, since neither did the ksp1 devs when they started that. And they didn’t fuck it up either, let alone this badly. Remember that it was a passion project of harvester, working at a PR firm that just happened to let him do it under their roof and employment. The company did not even have any basic experience in game development, arguably even software development in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re into primarily gaming, try PikaOS. It’s Debian based and uses the same tooling, but it’s on an optimized kernel. Is generally geared toward gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG seems to be considering paid membership option⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You do know Heroic exists, right? It works perfectly fine.

  And I prefer an open source solution integration multiple platforms to a single closed solution per platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Physicists vs Normal People⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only works in America though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube, when the walls fell⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Again, he doesn’t do sponsorships and doesn’t want to. Missing out on “only” AdSense is one of two revenue streams (the other being donations/patron).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube, when the walls fell⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because it’s not an alternative to people with YouTube as a job. It’s great if you want to have a couple of videos hosted and watchable by others. There is no way to monetize them by their very definition and mission statement. Their own website says it was “created for non-commercial purposes”. It’s his job though, so he’s not the target demographic.

  You could integrate sponsors, which he doesn’t do on YouTube either. Or redirect to patron or similar services.

  There’s also no (or very little) discoverable for people who watch sometime similar, which YouTube actually does extremely well. So how do you grow your audience?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You kinda missed most of my points. Because a core advantage of building a PC from individual parts is that you can buy some parts used, or adjust them to what you actually need. You can’t buy the PS5 used cause it just came out, but the components are actually relatively old.

  A case can be had for cheap (often with fans). Also a used GPU might allow you to get a bit more performance for the same money (or the same perf for less money). Keep in mind that the hardware specs of the PS5 aren’t exactly cutting edge top tier performance. You can also find a complete used PC with roughly the right specs, and a quick check showed an eBay listing for case+PSU+mobo+3700x+16gb and 512gb nvme + 2tb HDD for 309€. And that was the first hit, with “buy it now”, after 30s on the site.

  You can also tailor what exactly you buy to your needs. Maybe 1TB nvme is enough for you, or you can even start out with 500gb. It’s a PC, just buy another m.2 when you really need it, takes 5 minutes to install.

  But all that is kinda not the point either. Mainly the advantage is that it’s a PC. It’s not just a gaming thing (though it can be). That is what makes it worth it, also obviously depending on the individual needs. And that’s the point. The PC does what you need, and can be made to change to whatever that is.

  When you said “from a pure budget standpoint, no PC isn’t worth it” you also one again COMPLETELY IGNORE that you need to buy games to play. Those are so much more expensive (and have a much more limited selection) on console. And over the lifetime of the console, game costs will have been much more than the device. That’s the point, and why they are relatively affordable, they are subsidized by the manufacturer who makes money on every game bought for it. When a console comes out, they typically loose money on it.

  Finally, once a few years have gone by, you can actually upgrade PC parts individually where needed. You don’t have to buy the next generation new one, like with consoles. Again, much cheaper. For people who are on tight budget, this is or should be a huge consideration. Once you got a PC, the next upgrade is so much cheaper than a new console, yet it’ll be equivalent to that new console.

  Consoles are cheaper the day you buy them (and not by a lot). Even just weeks or months later the PC is cheaper. Years later it’s cheaper by a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless I misunderstood something, the PS5 isn’t “true 4k”, but uses upscaling just like any semi-modern GPU can do as well (DLSS and FSR I think is the AMD version). That changes that equation quite a bit.

  I would argue that reocmmending a PC over a (new) console has gotten easier, especially for someone on a budget. Because you can actually get an incredibly competent machine these days (used of course). Even if you decide to pay more to get a better PC, you then have access to the vast PC library with all the bundles, frequent and often deep sales, giveaways, … The cost of the console isn’t just the console, but also what you can play on it and what it costs, and this aspect has improved massively on PC in recent years (and was already pretty good before then).

  Of course, if you’re interested in exlusives or first-party titles (like nintendo), or you generally play mostly AAA games, the console might just be the better or only option, but you better bring the wallet for the whole journey.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand that not everyone has the expertise, but for 800$ you can put together a very capable system that will beat the PS5 easily. It will probably include some used parts. You don’t need a 4070 in there, not even remotely close.

  But yes, obviously the prices have gone up quite a bit over the last years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi-Rez Studios is laying off further employees and ending development on Smite, Paladins, and Rogue Company⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The article makes it sound like it’s just about the “older” games, but layoffs affect core smite 2 development, too. And not just 1 or 2 people either. Also literally everyone related to eSports, so that entire concept seems dead to them as well. Kinda looks like we’re on a downward spiral, so don’t get too invested.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The steam mobile app telling me to open the steam module app to login to the steam mobile app .⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like Randelung said, that would be true if you couldn’t reset you password via email. But as long as that’s possible the email can’t ever be the 2nd factor because it can be used to (re)set the 1st one.

  A safer definition of what the 2 factors should be is “something you know” and “something you own”. The “know” is usually a password (which you can remember, but you should use a password manager these days so you can have a different password for every service). The “own” is typically a phone these days (generating a timed code, for example). But it doesn’t have to be, it can be a physically USB dongle or your fingerprint. The idea is that it’s something that can’t be overheard, or recorded via key logger or or even told to someone.

  Steam does this better (as in safer) than most.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The steam mobile app telling me to open the steam module app to login to the steam mobile app .⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the point of real 2fa. And the prices of activating it also makes it very clear. I find it incredibly frustrating when I activate 2fa on some service, and they allow email as a callback that I can’t turn off. Cause that turns out back into single factor, being the email. That’s what the recovery codes are for.

  Otherwise, if someone has access to your email, they can just reset the password and get access (cause that is the 2nd factor). Then they can change the associated email address and that’s that.