Lfrith

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
Safari has the worst adblock options of the browsers I’ve tried. So absolute bottom choice from me.

Brave is brought up as an alternative to Firefox but that has the same AI and also crypto on top of it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
If brave is able to have their own adblock integrated into the browser by default despite Google being behind much of Chrome I think Firefox forks should be fine. Sucks everything seems to have AI these days shoved in, so it’s hard to escape whether it is Chrome forks or chromium alternatives.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung to halt SATA SSD production, leaker warns of up to 18 months of SSD price pressure, worse than Micron ending consumer RAM⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I have one m.2 and multiple sata ssd, since on my motherboard occupying the second m.2 slot would drop the pcie lane for my GPU due to sharing bandwidth.

Do newer boards not have that problem?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
It is so bizzare to me why the rest of the world has been so comfortable with meta services and been using their social media for years when they’ve come across as a company to not trust with that information

But, I’m probably the weird one looking like im putting tinfoil on my windows and head to the average person.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Go take a look at their comments on their profile. Lot of AI talk there.

I’m guessing people aren’t pro copyright, but its their argument in conjunction with AI that has led to the downvotes.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Probably because their angle is to find opportunities to push an AI positive agenda whether copyright is involved or not.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. consumers are so fucked up, that they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Cyber Monday⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I’m that perfect person.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Its hard to find a non smart TV these days. Its present even in the cheapest TV at the retail outlet.

How long ago did you buy a dumb panel to even be able to find one? Only dumb panels I’ve found have been PC monitors.

Once you start shopping for LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL, etc everything is a smart TV. And lot of people buy TVs based on specs like HDR quality, latency, and frame output and those TVs usually come as a smart TV whether you want it or not.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Customers aren’t asking for this shit. The issue is that companies don’t seem to try to deliver products customers want anymore. Instead they hop on some bullshit trend to try to appeal to investors to buy their stocks to pump it up because they want to show they are the next big thing in innovation.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MKBHD's Panels wallpaper app is shutting down⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’d figure people who think watching ads is entertainment which is basically what his video are would be the group to buy a wallpaper subscription. And he has a lot of subscribers so likely figured there would be enough suckers out of millions to make something that barely cost anything to make to see how many would bite.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨steam vs gog, which game store to buy from?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I like that I dont have to bother going into desktop mode with Steam games compared to heroic launcher.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨steam vs gog, which game store to buy from?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Depends on if it’s a game I’ll also be playing on the Steam Deck and not just on ny desktop. There is heroic launcher, but I prefer the Steam Linux experience.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Him not ordering support for Fortnite on Linux says it all about how serious he actually is about wanting to escape OS ecosystems like Apple, Google, and Windows. He doesn’t care about alternatives.

His only goal is getting more profit, since when it comes to supporting movements thst would help Linux grow that might allow him to not be at the mercy of other corporations he chooses to do nothing. As long as he makes profit he is happy to be on copilot riddled Windows and spyware Google Android. He would rather spend money courts, and considers Linux a waste of money to put resources towards.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yep all those people not liking the idea of AI labels telling on themselves. For how much the AI bros talk up AI they are incredibly skittish about having to show what products were created using it. If it is so awesome why the fear?

Like an artist who traces their drawings, but doesn’t want to disclose it so more people will assume they free handed it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Costco charges an annual membership to shop there. Walmart doesn’t. Both market offering low prices. Costco focuses on good customer support for their customers and good warranty policies and treats their employees better. And prices are cheap with them focusing on bulk and rotating out items that don’t sell well to maintain that. And with inflation Costco has become more popular to try to save money on goods since they sell stuff like food too. Unlike Costco, Walmart has a reputation of entering into new territories cutting prices, putting local stores out of business due to inability to compete with their pricrd, then raise prices once they’ve secured their territory. They are however both stores selling stuff at the end.

Anyways, some don’t care, and a product is a product so membership to them is seen as bloat the way you see the Steam launcher. So it all depends on perceived value. I understand your disdain for steam if you find no value in it, but for me playnite doesn’t meet my needs. Nor have I had issues with Steam being resource heavy. Its iust not a thing that bothers me, but I do understand your point of view and that perceived value on your end won’t change just as mine won’t change. We are different customers with the only similarity being interest in games, but expectations on features being very different.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Gambling mechanic is as impactful to me as Costco selling alcohol and junk food. I don’t play those games, so only reason I’m even aware of it is because of people bringing it up. Those who seek it out can get it those who come for other things can avoid it.

And I like the steam launcher when it comes to linux compatibility, steam workshop, reviews, categorizing my games, note function, and gamepad support.

Those who don’t value that can buy from Epic or other launchers the way some people don’t see the difference buying from Costco vs Walmart and see membership fees as a waste of money. Or go over to consoles to be free of launchers entirely.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I think difference is EA is more a game company so people see a game they like then judge the monetization because its a full priced game that turns out to have f2p monetization.

But, Valve is more judged for its experience as a launcher and less for its games. So with the launcher itself being the draw things like Valve game lootboxes can be something people are completely unexposed to as they play other games.

But, EA is still at a stage where the products that receive the most visibility are their games, and the launcher and services side so underwhelming to not be bothering with it being a selling point.

Its like Costco versus a company that sells chocolate. Costco is a warehouse store people love going to that happens to sell chocolate and is judged multiple things thar draw them there over other stores. A chocolate company is just known primarily for its chocolate so judgef on the quality of their chocolate.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft AI CEO Puzzled by People Being "Unimpressed" by AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You don’t care so much you cared enough to comment on how much you don’t care. But, someone who truly didn’t care wouldn’t have left the second reply to begin with.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft AI CEO Puzzled by People Being "Unimpressed" by AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
In the beginning people did actually find it cool and had fun with the pics and videos being made from it. And found asking it to provide code useful.

Backlash started once corporations started integrating AI into OS and software. People saw that it would be used aggressively to infringe upon peoples privacy and shove ads in their faces, and its getting harder to avoid OS or programs without it because corporations use any excuse to keep pushing it. Its seen as spyware because thats how corporations use it.

And even before corporations went all in on AI, techy people only trusted open sourced AI run on their own systems over trusting delicate information to a third party one connected to the Internet to vacuum up all that data.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC: Here's what we know⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If you don’t consider linux viable then why would android be for PC users?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11's adoption is much slower compared to Windows 10, claims Dell⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Windows 10 was when the stupid accounts became a thing on Windows and candy crush being installed after a fresh install so makes sense people never really loved 10. And they managed to make 11 even worse than it was at launch with the copilot crap.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11's adoption is much slower compared to Windows 10, claims Dell⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Even my parents haven’t screwed up the Linux Mint I set up for them to use. I’m super curious what in the world breaks it so bad that it doesnt boot.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah. Only reason I mention hours not being so important is because I’ve bought many games that are 5-10 hour experiences because I found the aspects like the atmosphere, story, or gameplay very compelling.

On a per hour basis The Finals has been the clear winner for me past 2 years its been out dropping over a hundred hours a year with no money spent. And enjoying more than paid multiplayer games.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
2 hour movies are also competing with streaming services like Netflix where people can see as many hours of TV shows and movies as they want. Some just stick to youtube which requires no money and has some free movies there too.

Its like how people can drop hundreds and thousands of hours on f2p games without spending any money. $/hr valuation is outdated.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Have you tried using a keyboard for fighting games? That’s another set up that can help reduce use of thumbs, and closer to hitboxes so easier to pull off dpad specific moves.

Something I’ve seen commonly done is wasd for movement then using the numpad rows for stuff like punches and kicks.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Have you tried foot pedal? I wonder if that is allowed in tournaments.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I wonder why I’ve never heard of them, since I’d put myself in that category.

I’ve heard Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Bazzite, and CachyOS. Just from interest in what would be a good distro for moving from Windows to Linux full time for gaming.

But, never heard Zorin. What are the places people are seeking out that has Zorin being recommend?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If someone really wants adobe they can replace steamos with windows or dualboot or maybe boot windows off a external ssd they installed it on.
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They can do that on a cheap last gen console.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yep. Trying to type with anything but a keyboard sucks. I love my k400. I’ve had it for years and years. Not sure how old it is but I think I got it during the PS3/360 era for PC TV use and it is still works. And batteries last so long on it.