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- Comment on Do you think a story that mixes magic with super advanced technology can work? 3 days ago:
Hm. I was thinking of the problem in terms of “what is”, and not so much “what it looks like”. SG-1 is a good example, where the argument is that there is no actual magic. Its “sufficiently advanced = looks like magic” not “… = magic”.
I interpreted the question to consider actual existence of magic. So, I suppose it hinges on how “magic” is actually defined. Where I thought it would be some kind of forces / manipulation of energy that is manipulated by will or tools. Hm… I suppose this is a lot more nuanced.
- Comment on Do you think a story that mixes magic with super advanced technology can work? 3 days ago:
Isn’t it always different things? “Magic” being a different set of rules for how the world works. Technology being the things that can be achieved given the rules. And, whether advanced technology is influenced and how, depend on those rules.
If for example magic is only available to some people with the ability or what not. Technology will always be available regardless.
- Comment on Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade 1 week ago:
Yeh. No fault of course in of itself tho. Gimp developers have tried to make something, but it just hasn’t materialised in the same way as Blender. Kudos for trying.
- Comment on Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier." 1 week ago:
I go to office when I don’t have to be productive. The factor is round 10x. As ridiculous as it sounds, one single good day at home equals about two weeks of normal days at the office
- Comment on Starbucks continues to be terrible 2 months ago:
That’s what I’m trying to do understand as well. What’s the explanation for these kinds of things? What’s the actual sequence of events and how conditions that lead to these things? Why would the board approve of this kind of compensation?
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #4 2 months ago:
I’m going to give an explanation, without having a single clue as to whether or not is accurate.
Encryption keys can have many layers, baking in different expiration dates. Rotating one might be required without needing to rotate all.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 2 months ago:
Checks fascist handbook. Jup. Checks out.
- Comment on Eurogamer: we can't recommend the PC version of Monster Hunter Wilds 2 months ago:
MH: World is the only MH game I tried, out of curiosity. It ended up on my library at some point as a PS+ game. Got through the initial “story” thing, if you can call it that. The tutorial. Getting to the camp. The mandatory chat with 10 different people. Did the first real “hunt”.
It seemed to mind bogglingly boring, that after that mission, I just uninstalled the game.
Wilds looks amazing. Which makes me wonder if the games are sufficiently different that it might be worth give it a chance.
- Comment on Many workers would take a pay cut to work from home — some would forgo at least 20% of their salary 3 months ago:
These articles just stink corporate interests. “You’d have to pay 20% more than a competitor, if the difference is requiring working from home.” rings a lot different than “please master, don’t make me go back, I’ll work for 20% less and be happy, it’s a win-win, right?”
- Comment on Geforce Now brings AAA gaming to Meta Quest 3 4 months ago:
The trick is to not consider meta products to be a viable option. What you are left with is the actual playing field.
- Comment on Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey 6 months ago:
I see. That’s not what “security by obscurity” means in my world, but I suppose that the words sound like they could. It’s not like I own the meaning of words, so it’s interesting to hear what it means to others.
- Comment on Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey 6 months ago:
In what way does “security by obscurity” apply here?
- Comment on Half as Hot 6 months ago:
That is indeed the joke.
- Comment on Game Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked 7 months ago:
I was.
- Comment on Game Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked 7 months ago:
Maybe this was an intentional leak. Now the Nintendo lawyers can claim they’ve used stolen proprietary code?
- Comment on Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' 7 months ago:
I suppose. If you are doing things against TOS and you suspect just might happen, by all means.
- Comment on Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' 7 months ago:
The license is with regards to “GOG Service”, not “GOG Contents”. You need the former to get access to the latter, sure. But what isn’t clear about this?
You still own the contents (though, as mentioned, individual titles may have additional blablabla). If you don’t think this distinction makes sense when it comes to GoG vs Steam, then maybe you’re just discussing something entirely different?
- Comment on Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' 7 months ago:
That’s for the gog service itself.
- Comment on Fields of Mistria is one of the most impressive games I've ever played 7 months ago:
What do you mean? Native Linux isn’t that relevant these days. Most games run well through Proton, and some even better than on Windows. Judging by the protondb entry, you wouldn’t notice on Linux that this was a windows game: www.protondb.com/app/2142790
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Never thought about that angle. I don’t think I’ve dealt with this kind of manipulative behaviour myself, but I don’t doubt it.
It’s such a dangerous game to play, as the “requirements” don’t match reality. At least someone along that chain of communication doesn’t know something they should know about their job. The alternative of just being a negotiation tactic would make me consider ending the interview immediately.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
Requiring 8 years of any particular tech is ridiculous in of itself. If you haven’t learned what there is to learn in 3 years, you won’t learn any more in the subsequent 5.
- Comment on Boeing proposes 30% wage hike to striking workers in its 'final' offer. 8 months ago:
On a global scale, corporations could double wages, reduce hours to 80%, and it would still only match the productivity output. Only compromise would be for very few people to be slightly less obscenely wealthy.
Keep this up, and more people will wonder if a few heads rolling is all that bad.
- Comment on Is martial arts really that useful? 8 months ago:
Anyone actually seasoned in martial arts will back this up. Exceptions to the his are trying to sell something.
- Comment on A European consumer watchdog wants you to be able to buy exactly as much in-game currency as you need, not fixed chunks 8 months ago:
Make it have to follow the same regulations as other currencies and banks. If it looks like currency, and functions like currency, maybe it should be considered currency.
- Comment on Classic Ubisoft: PS5 players to install an update and restart their save files from scratch due to game-breaking bugs 8 months ago:
There are so many good games being made these days. I don’t understand why people still reward bad practices.
- Comment on Do you prefer to buy games on Steam or GOG? 8 months ago:
I tried Heroic Launcher. It’s exactly what I wanted. Thanks for the suggestion
- Comment on Do you prefer to buy games on Steam or GOG? 8 months ago:
Thanks. I will try it out. I’m pretty sure it was Lutris I had tried previously, and it didn’t work very well. As for Epic, I’d rather not game, than have to run it, even through Wine.
- Comment on Do you prefer to buy games on Steam or GOG? 8 months ago:
Though consider other suggestions like Heroic Launcher and Lutris. I cannot vouch for them, but there is certainly a better way than how I do it.
- Comment on Do you prefer to buy games on Steam or GOG? 8 months ago:
Sort of. It might be a good idea to see what the mentioned Heroic Launcher does. What I do is tedious and cumbersome.
- Download all gog install files and place them in some folder.
- Add a non-steam game for the installer executable, with the corresponding working directory
- Run the “game”, with the proton compatibility mode enabled.
- After installing, change the entry from 1, to point to the game executable (you’ll have to search for it), and corresponding working directory.
When installing, it is sort of the same story. Download update files. Run the update. Change the entry back.
I’m sure there are better ways to do this. So I’ll probably check the Heroic Launcher. I remember trying similar things in the past, and I wasn’t all that happy with it.
- Comment on Do you prefer to buy games on Steam or GOG? 8 months ago:
If its available on both, GOG. Always. Even if the game was $15 om gog and $6 on steam.
I play them through steam with Proton. It’s tedious installing and adding the games, and updates are a similar manual process as installing them. But, I want to support DRM free software.