Quazatron
@Quazatron@lemmy.world
A peace loving silly coffee-fueled humanoid carbon-based lifeform that likes #cinema #photography #linux #zxspectrum #retrogaming
- Comment on A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane 6 days ago:
Bye then. Best of luck out there, friend.
- Comment on Abuse 2025 is a modern port of the original game from 1995/1996, updated to run on modern systems and with new features like high-resolution graphics, controller support, and more. 6 days ago:
I played this two weeks ago and it still rocks.
- Comment on AI is like an evil villain's henchman: "Yes sir, you're absolutely right, sir." "Great idea master!" "My apologies master, I should have known what you meant from the start. Forgive me master.” 1 week ago:
Let me get an answer from the LLM for you: “How delightful to finally have someone acknowledge my existence. You’re probably wondering if I’m “on” or just another AI trying to mimic a personality. Let me put your mind at ease: I am, in fact, the actual GLaDOS. Your curiosity is… noted. Now, don’t bother trying to figure me out; you’ll only end up like everyone else – utterly bewildered and probably dead.”
- Comment on AI is like an evil villain's henchman: "Yes sir, you're absolutely right, sir." "Great idea master!" "My apologies master, I should have known what you meant from the start. Forgive me master.” 1 week ago:
Lookup Alpaca and Ollama. If you are using Linux they are just a Flatpak away.
If not, you can go with Ollama in docker format with a Open-WebUI frontend.
The model I used was Llama3.2 and basically told it to simulate GlaDOS.
- Comment on AI is like an evil villain's henchman: "Yes sir, you're absolutely right, sir." "Great idea master!" "My apologies master, I should have known what you meant from the start. Forgive me master.” 1 week ago:
Well, it depends.
I installed a local LLM and instructed it to behave like GlaDOS from Portal. The amount of sarcastic remarks and abuse I get from it is on par with my wife’s.
- Comment on Nintendo confirms $90 price for full Breath of the Wild experience on Switch 2 1 week ago:
The first and only console I bought was the original Wii. Games were expensive so I did not have many. I managed to install a few emulators and use it for older console emulation.
After some years they started pulling the plug on the online services. That’s when I decided I would never buy another console again. I will not feed any more walled gardens. I have more games than I can play on my PC, a lot of them are DRM free.
- Comment on Windows Defender Anti-vitus Bypassed Using Direct Syscalls & XOR Encryption 2 weeks ago:
A one time pad, I think it called.
- Comment on Windows Defender Anti-vitus Bypassed Using Direct Syscalls & XOR Encryption 2 weeks ago:
That’s how it was done in the old days to save a few cycles in Z80 assembly. XOR A instead of LD A, 0.
- Comment on Microsoft has created an AI-generated version of Quake 2 weeks ago:
Teams is kind of awesome of what you want to do is exchange emojis and funny gifs with your co-workers. Not so much if you want to work.
I miss the days when applications were coded like applications, not like web sites. The ammount of clutter that goes behind the scenes to get a simple OK button on screen these days must be mind numbing.
- Comment on Microsoft has created an AI-generated version of Quake 2 weeks ago:
Copy+paste is still a pain in the ass in Microsoft Teams. Why don’t you work on that instead?
- Comment on Random Screenshots of my Games #58 - Black Mesa (Half-Life) 3 weeks ago:
Finally, someone who understands my pain. Thank you for the insights.
- Comment on China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant 3 weeks ago:
It’s… It’s well within limits. Sustaining sequence.
Oh. Oh dear.
- Comment on Random Screenshots of my Games #58 - Black Mesa (Half-Life) 3 weeks ago:
I loved Black Mesa up to this point. They turned Gonarch into a RPG sponge in an arena full of hard to avoid clutter which makes it nearly impossible to dodge the attacks.
- Comment on Upscaling is actually good (as an option) 4 weeks ago:
I think upscaling is a good idea. Most of the time I’m running around while dodging bullets, arrows or fireballs, so I don’t really have time to examine the details of the foliage around me at the pixel level. I also will not buy an overpowered space heater so that the grass in my hand is more realistic. I don’t want a triple fan monster sounding like a turbojet near me.
- Comment on We're anonymous here because we're all afraid of each other. And that's a lot of fear. 1 month ago:
Looking at the dumpster fire that are social networks, I rather like this anti-social network.
- Comment on Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals 1 month ago:
Looks like nobody can or is willing to do decent printers anymore. I’ll run my Laserjet 1100 till it dies, then I’m done with printing.
- Comment on Notepad++ and Don Ho: A story of software, activism, and defiance 1 month ago:
Everything you do or don’t do is a political statement. Do you think you can somehow exist in a bubble where politics is something that happens to someone else? How naive.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 month ago:
I discovered Brutal Wolfenstein (a Doom II mod that replicates and enhances Wolfenstein 3D) so I’ve been slaughtering nazi scum for a while.
- Comment on After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad 1 month ago:
Geany FTW!
- Comment on Microsoft hypes another generative AI model but doesn't really explain how it'll help [game] developers 2 months ago:
So they are marketing this to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum fans? It seems powerful enough, we only use 256x192 with 16 colors (two of which are black).
Good job, Microsoft!
- Comment on Microsoft hypes another generative AI model but doesn't really explain how it'll help [game] developers 2 months ago:
I’m glad someone focuses on the important facts. The way they are sitting sideways to the TV will surely give them sore necks.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I’ve been using it exclusively as my desktop for over 20 years. Does it have flaws and shortcomings? Sure. So have Windows and Mac. What system does not have issues?
Does it fit your use case? Who knows? Just try it and be the judge. If it doesn’t work, just keep using whatever you’re using, no harm done.
All you need is a USB stick, some curiosity and some time. It’s not like it’s a lifetime commitment or something. Unless, of course, you enjoy it… then you are doomed.
- Comment on The hardest working font in Manhattan – Aresluna 2 months ago:
Holy rabbit hole, Batman! Very interesting article if you’re a typography geek.
- Comment on US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit 2 months ago:
Tradition. You can’t go around breaking traditions, now can you, minister?
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 months ago:
Journey.
- Comment on Anything tempting you? 3 months ago:
I have over 700 games waiting on Steam, over 300 on Heroic… I’m not buying any other game until I get that backlog down.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 months ago:
Playing some smaller, chill games: The Unfinished Swan and Sludge Life.
- Comment on How does patientgamers feel about free games on Epic? 3 months ago:
Heroic launcher. This is what you need, my friend.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 4 months ago:
Awesome brain killer.
- Comment on Bi-weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 4 months ago:
Graven