Fubarberry

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic CEO wants Valve and Steam to stop requiring devs to disclose generative AI usage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  To play devil’s advocate here, it seems like I keep hearing people saying to avoid games/etc over AI content, and the actual AI content is really minor things that no one would have ever paid attention to.

  I suspect as it continues to become more common, people will care less. But in the meantime admitting to even minor AI use for background assets/etc is enough to get you a bunch of negative reviews on Steam (judging from my discovery queue).

  There was also how Arc Raiders got a terrible review from Eurogamer because of some disclosed AI voice lines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Recently picked up the DLC for Outer Wilds, Echos of the Eye.

  I enjoyed outer wilds a lot the first time, but revisiting it with the more concentrated DLC experience has been fantastic. It’s such a good game, just constantly triggering feelings of satisfaction and discovery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Microsoft ended Windows 10 support, why is it still getting updates like every other day?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Except Microsoft will randomly decide the updates are critical and force install them anyways. I literally switched to Linux because Microsoft kept force installing an update that would lock up my PC until I reverted to a recovery. I tried everything I could to disable them, disabling updates, delaying updates, marking the network as metered, editing the registry to disable updates, etc. Some of those worked for awhile, but in the end, as long as the PC was connected to the Internet eventually Microsoft would start installing the update again making the computer unusable.

  Been on Linux ever since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People with high end systems (5090s etc) are apparent having a lot of performance issues, and are unable to run the game at 60fps/4k without AI upscaling or frame generation.

  There’s also a lot of complaints about stuttering, and the game wouldn’t launch at all for a lot of people when it first came out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge spares Google from Chrome or Android breakup, orders data sharing with rivals and end to exclusive agreements⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They were considering blocking Google from paying Mozilla to be the default search engine, which is almost all of Firefox 's revenue.

  It kinda makes sense, chome being the dominant browser gives Google a search advantage, and the other alternatives (like safari and Firefox) both make deals with Google to have it be the default as well.

  But removing those deals would be more disastrous for Firefox than for Google.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge spares Google from Chrome or Android breakup, orders data sharing with rivals and end to exclusive agreements⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We avoided the worst outcome, they were considering killing Firefox to prevent a Google internet monopoly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"A guitarist who's also an astronaut" sounds more impressive than "An astronaut who plays the guitar", despite both meaning the same thing.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think astronaut has a higher skill floor than guitarist. I don’t mentally separate astronauts into categories like amateur/average/talented/expert, it’s just assumed that any astronaut is an expert. Leading with describing someone as a guitarist before you mention they’re an astronaut too implies that they’re also an expert guitarist.

  So basically it’s the difference between:

  • An expert guitarist who’s also an expert astronaut

  • An expert astronaut who’s also an amateur guitar player.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The tech industry is all about growth. For better or worse facebook has basically grown to it’s max size, and it’s unrealistic to expect any significant growth there. Zuck is trying to sell investors and shareholders on the idea that Meta is going to be at the center of the next massive thing. Some years ago he thought it was going to be VR, and it’s completely unsurprising that he now thinks it’s going to be AI (unsurprising because every other tech company thinks the same thing).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Condé Nast Parent Company is a Major Owner of Reddit, You Should Avoid their Publications (Wired, Ars Technica, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue,...etc) as Much as Possible.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ars Technica is generally excellent in my experience, one of the better tech news websites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  These are both on the Lenovo Legion Go S. The significance here is that there’s both official OEM windows and official OEM steamOS for this device.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Windows uses a lot of power just existing, so you can’t get any of the windows handhelds down to a low power consumption. I remember when the Rig Ally first came out, the verge tested it using 5-8w of power on the steam deck, and using 16-22w of power on the Ally. Some of that is the hardware (the Deck has a really power efficient chip for low power games), but a lot of it is windows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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  Yeah you’re right, I had mostly been looking at the difference between the steam deck and legion Go S on that chart and barely even noticed the difference between windows on the legion Go S there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is it’s mostly just the advantage of not having windows running hogging resources, so it should be a bigger gain for CPU bound games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dave2D - Windows Was The Problem All Along (Lenovo Legion Go Windows 11 vs. SteamOS)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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  I think this screenshot is pretty telling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Google maps auto suggests that restaurant name if you start searching for it, but then fails to actually pull up the location. Checking the actual maps location shows nothing there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mewgenics Is One of the Most Exciting Roguelikes I’ve Played in Years⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty wild that this game is still in development, I remember reading about it back in 2012/13 ish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Judge Accepted AI Video Testimony From a Dead Man⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently the video was presented after the verdict was already issued. This video had no impact on the actual outcome of the trial, and was more of just a closing statement.

  So the judge didn’t approve this a testimony, but just found it emotionally touching.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our new AI strategy puts Wikipedia's humans first – Wikimedia Foundation⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally I would have preferred them to say it more explicitly, but I’m assuming their idea is people provide the knowledge for wikipedia, and AI should help smooth out the other necessary parts (moderation/editing/translation/etc) so that contributors can focus more on the knowledge part.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Until now I thought drying filament wasn't that important⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just recently bought a dryer. When I first got my printer, I was printing pretty constantly and didn’t really have an issue with wet filament. But these days I’ve slowed down my printing frequency a lot, and I’ve definitely noticed that the print quality gets worse the longer I’ve had the roll unsealed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4chan Is Dead. Its Toxic Legacy Is Everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There used to be a dozen sites like 4chan. I don’t know if any of them are still around, but I’m willing to bet that if 4chan doesn’t come back there will be a new website that takes its place.

  4chan is a pretty unique experience. Most of the internet is forming into echo chambers, where having a different opinion than the “correct” opinion for that community will get you downvoted or banned. My understanding with 4chan is that post popularity is determined by replies, and frequently controversial opinions/etc get the most replies. So posting stuff that most people will agree will result in a less popular thread than posting something controversial, offensive, or wrong.

  I think this leads to a lot of the negative things you’ve heard about 4chan, but encouraging disagreements between its members keeps it from becoming a full echo chamber like a lot of social media. They still have some dominant community opinions, but those opinions can’t really smother all the other opinions like on most sites.

  To be clear, 4chan is a cesspool. But for all it’s flaws it does offer something unique that’s largely missing on other websites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gal Gadot is just a more feminine Tommy Wiseau⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably comparing her acting in the new Snow White movie to Tommy’s acting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the latest Windows 11 preview build, Microsoft removed the “bypassnro” command, which let users skip signing into a Microsoft Account when installing Windows.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like this won’t stop anyone who was already refusing to use a Microsoft account for windows. Anyone who was already bypassing the account requirement will still do so, it just will be more difficult. They’ve accomplished nothing except further pissing off some of their most competent user base.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely agree. Most printers are sold at a loss with the plan to milk the buyer long term through ink and other services. EcoTank printers are more expensive, but Epson makes their money at the time of purchase. The ink is extremely cheap, and there’s no way for them to tell if you use 3rd party ink at all. We’ve been printing out textbooks with ours, which would be financially disastrous with a traditional inkjet printer.

  Overall I’ve bought two, one for home and one for the office at work. The cheaper ink has paid for the printers several times over now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't there mass protests in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You won’t see much about protests until we’re closer to the next election.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck Gaming News #2⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Awesome, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck Gaming News #2⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a pretty good writeup, would you consider cross-posting it to !steamdeck@sopuli.xyz?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha that explains where you got the number from, but still have no idea how you remember it. I suppose they do provide a helpful jingle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How did you come up with that username?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is also nice because every state doesn’t have to pass this kind of law for it to help everyone else. Companies are often willing to have california specific models of their products to comply with California specific laws, but if enough states have right to repair laws it will hopefully be easier for companies to just have all their products be compliant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All of Humane's AI pins will stop working in 10 days⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That still seems like a wildly high buyout.