mnemonicmonkeys
@mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on My AYN Thor 2 days ago:
The original DS released almost 21 years ago. Because of that, the patent is now in the public domain, hence why products like this can be sold now
- Comment on Ex PlayStation exec says Sony can't keep "increasing the graphics power" with new consoles after tech plateau, but PS5 has already "made almost every game a better game" 4 days ago:
TBF, the dude has made millions off the game, and he doesn’t make the updates paid dlc. He just keeps adding to SDV because he loves it
- Comment on arborholing 4 days ago:
Keep in mind that “Welcome to Nightvale” is a Lovecraftian comedy podcast set in the fictional town of Nightvale
- Comment on eco-vengeance iconoclast 1 week ago:
Because the pigs are intelligent and don’t put up with bootlicling?
- Comment on The Steam Controller's stick is upgradeable! 1 week ago:
but Wikipedia does say that the Deck has HDMI out
No, it has USB 3.0 type-C that’s capable of video output
- Comment on The Steam Controller's stick is upgradeable! 1 week ago:
The patent troll you’re referring to is SCUD (fuck those guys and fuck their owners, Corsair).
Thankfully, Valve won the appeal in their lawsuit a few years back and the patent is no longer valid. Unfortunately, the damage was already done
- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 1 week ago:
It also raises levels of LDL cholesterol, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.
This is completely ignoring that there’s multiple varieties of LDL cholesterol, some of which are benign. And basic blood draws don’t differentiate them, you need more detailed blood tests.
They are also low in dietary fiber, possibly causing constipation.
Dietary fiber is not an essential nutrient. Not only that, when I went carnivore for 2 months, after the first week of acclimation I was more regular than I have ever been in my life.
A carnivore diet high in red meat increases the risks of colon cancer and gout.
The study referenced is an epidiological study based on surveys of people that were asked to recall what they’ve eaten for the past 30 years. This resulted in clearly erroneous data where average daily calory intake was wildly off from average human requirements.
And you’re not supposed to draw conclusions from epidemiological studies with results lower than a 100% risk increase (aka doubling risk). The result of this study was 18%.
At best, this study should have been used to propose a more focussed double-blind study on the subject. But they didn’t. The WHO should be ashamed for platforming this trash study as if it’s 6-sigma physics results
The high protein intake of a carnivore diet can lead to impaired kidney function
The amount of protein that you’d need to eat to make this a problem is far beyond what a normal human could eat in a day. You’d die from rabbit starvation before it’d get that far. This study is like the one rat study claiming that asperthame causes cancer, but they were giving the rats 1000x the dose a normal human would consume if you corrected for body weight.
- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 1 week ago:
I tried it for a couple of months. I felt great on it, but it got really fucking boring
- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 1 week ago:
I pulled so many of these boogers out of the garden this summer
- Comment on The Shady Acquisition of EA Games 2 weeks ago:
This is huge Bro energy with little understanding of AI and they are fully on the hype train.
Aparently one of the companies that made the purchase is owned by Jared Kushner. You’re probably spot on with that assessment
- Comment on SteamOS on my gaming PC? 2 weeks ago:
The problem is that Steam Game Mode has spotty support for Nvidia GPU’s, hence why I recommended against booting into it directly
- Comment on SteamOS on my gaming PC? 2 weeks ago:
Exasperated Sigh
I understand the frustration, but this isn’t helpful.
- Comment on SteamOS on my gaming PC? 2 weeks ago:
I have good news and bad news.
Bad news is that Steam OS doesn’t work well with Nvidia GPU’s due to how optimized it currently is for handheld APU’s
Good news is that Bazzite is effectively the same OS and has an install option that includes Nvidia GPU drivers.
If you’re up for installing Bazzite, I recommend picking the dropdown to not boot into Steam Gaming Mode. Every other choice should be rather straightforward. After that, make a bootable flashdrive and put the installer on there.
As for your GOG games, like others said you can use Heroic Games Launcher to run them, alongside games from EGS, EA, Itch.io, etc.
- Comment on historule 2 weeks ago:
The lord/lady is either trans or nonbinary, and the peasant doesn’t know what that is
- Comment on I finally decided to go full piracy against big companies 2 weeks ago:
The hell does “piracy against big companies” even mean?
Paying for indies while pirating AAA isn’t that hard of a concept to wrap your head around. Sounds more like a “you” problem
- Comment on I finally decided to go full piracy against big companies 2 weeks ago:
I’m planning on yo-ho’ing CP2077, but no way an I paying even if I enjoy it. CDPR has fucked me over enough with The Witcher trilogy that they owe me a free game to make up for the time and money wasted.
After that, I might be willing to give them money again for something else, but I’m not paying for Cyberpunk
- Comment on Amen 2 weeks ago:
I originally read your comment as “AHEM” due to the typo
- Comment on Amen 2 weeks ago:
It’s not hard to figure out that the cross-stitcher really cares about annoying religious people
- Comment on I finally decided to go full piracy against big companies 2 weeks ago:
Supergiant Games took a payout to make Hades a times exclusive for EGS. They still have some anti-consumer practices, even if you personally don’t think it’s as bad.
- Comment on Amen 2 weeks ago:
You don’t seem to understand the concept of “mockery”
- Comment on Rest in Peace Jane Goodall. 3 weeks ago:
And uninstall LinkedIn
- Comment on Rest in Peace Jane Goodall. 3 weeks ago:
Harambe was an inside job!
- Comment on Xbox consoles are now getting a fullscreen Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ad at boot, just a day after a 50% price hike was announced 3 weeks ago:
Huh? Just get an old Dell optiplex tower on Ebay or Craigslist and install Batocera on it. It’d probably cost a similar amount
- Comment on Xbox consoles are now getting a fullscreen Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ad at boot, just a day after a 50% price hike was announced 3 weeks ago:
Counterpoint: yar har fiddle dee dee
- Comment on Fans Left Speechless as Capcom Locks Street Fighter 6 Finals Behind Paywall 3 weeks ago:
Reeks of old, greedy executive BS. So short-sighted in terms of both profitability and goodwill.
TBH, this seems like most Japanese companies in a nutshell
- Comment on Randy Pitchford has found his soulmate: an edgy cowboy robot named after money that's in Borderlands 4's first DLC 3 weeks ago:
Didn’t this game just come out? I smell cut content.
- Comment on Material deformation cheat sheet 3 weeks ago:
Pretty sure these are reversed
- Comment on Opinions on Jurassic Park as a Zoo 3 weeks ago:
(pretty much all of his books are good).
There’s a couple of caveats. One of his books denies climate change is a thing, but still has “sources” at the b9tt9m of pages to look real. And then there’s Next, which is… a piece of work.
I think those were Crichton’s last 2 books too, so I think he may have been scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas right before he died
- Comment on Anon gets rid of drop box 4 weeks ago:
So far it’s working fine, yeah. No need to choose among a zillion distros someone swears is the best
Nowadays most people just recommend Bazzite if you just want to game
- Comment on Both Sega and PocketPair are taking jabs at Nintendo and I'm loving it 4 weeks ago:
PocketPair announced Palfarm^[Which I hope is a real game and not just an out of season April 1st like More than Just Pals],
Except More Than Just Pals is actually being developed