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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Randy Pitchford Snaps Back at Borderlands 4 Criticism: 'Code Your Own Engine'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve released some updates, I’m not surprised if it’s gotten better

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Randy Pitchford Snaps Back at Borderlands 4 Criticism: 'Code Your Own Engine'⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t you know that gamers demand hyper realistic graphics? Even when there is a defined art style it doesn’t matter. Realism.

  It’s famously why comic books failed to captivate anyone, and cartoons are never successful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher season 4 premieres next month, Netflix show off recast Gerry from the River and vampiric Morpheus⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Completely agreed.i didn’t want some assholes version who didn’t like the source. I wanted the source material, on camera, with Cavill. That’s more or less what we got with seasons 1 and 2, that’s all we wanted to continue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Randy Pitchford Snaps Back at Borderlands 4 Criticism: 'Code Your Own Engine'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve read reports that people can’t get more than 30fps on low settings on 4000 series cards. I’m definitely not one to expect sweet 120fps on ultra on launch day, but a 4000 card not even getting low settings? They failed. Hard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher season 4 premieres next month, Netflix show off recast Gerry from the River and vampiric Morpheus⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If it was enough to piss off Cavill it’s enough to piss off me. Netflix had something that truly could have taken on Game of Thrones and was too worried about offending someone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just watched SNW 03.04 and that monologue by "Joni Gloss" about inspiring generations... it touched me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A bit meta, but it hit home for me too. Felt like them screaming at paramount yes it’s SUPPOSED to be this. It’s supposed to be utopian, with no huge explosions and horrible situations. We want to hope, and star trek gives us that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone finally made a "Sonarr for YouTube"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I like that it says they are different from projects like TubeArchivist, says “read the readme for why”, and then it doesn’t have an explanation.

  I’ve been using TubeArchivist for years now and it’s been great. Solid update cadence, reliable, and I have no idea why this project is different from it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guest post: How heat pumps became a Nordic success story - Carbon Brief⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Because numbers like that would mean things they believe would have to be reevaluated, and that’s too hard

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guest post: How heat pumps became a Nordic success story - Carbon Brief⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I found out that that’s why EVs are even more efficient with a full-on coal power plan than it is to drive around an ICE vehicle - and it kind of makes sense. With a power plant they’re going to monitor how much power is being used and try to generate the correct amount with as little waste as possible, which then of course is the electricity that goes directly to you. ICE vehicles though you’re literally hauling around a generator with your car at all times, constantly wasting energy that could be used elsewhere, never getting any true efficiency. When you start thinking that way it makes a lot of sense

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Far Cry series will push multiplayer "more predominantly" going forwards, according to Ubisoft boss⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The only multiplayer I would ever want is co-op in FarCry. This is just sad, they’re so desperately trying to just make profit go up, while completely ignoring what made the series great in the first place. I played 5, and while it was fun it was so repetitive and boring that I knew unless they seriously went back to their roots I wouldn’t be going back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a company that will sue you if you even watch this press release incorrectly, but they’re still coming at the bit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' & 'Doctor Who' Crossover? Watch Finale Sneak Peek⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly I’m over the silly episodes. One musical episode in an entire season? Hilarious and a ton of fun. 5 lame “what if” scenarios in one season with only 2 or so that feel like trek? Getting annoying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Atari handheld with retro controls is finally available for preorder⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s amazing to watch corporate greed see a quality product like steamdeck and rush to make a shittier version

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo wins $2 Million settlement against Switch modchip seller who previously denied wrongdoing⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m aware, we aren’t going to make a massive dent. However, for this 2 million dollar settlement, how many people would need to be swayed to not buy a switch 2 to make the settlement more expensive? In other words, how many sales would need to be lost because of us not buying the console to make the settlement moot?

  In the case of 2 million, that’s about 4,500 switch 2s, not counting the loss in games bought or accessories.

  If just 4500 people were convinced not to buy one because of this settlement, then the cost to their brand being tarnished is worse than the loss of potential sales due to the chip.

  There’s a dozen other factors too, legal costs, what drives these potential sales, etc. what I’m trying to say is that if they’re willing to be this litigious over a few thousand console sales, then that means that even small groups like us not buying consoles can actually be noticed. It may be a simple dip in sales on a chart, but they’ll notice. To a greedy corporation willing to go after a single guy in a garage, they’ll notice a couple thousand people not buying consoles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo wins $2 Million settlement against Switch modchip seller who previously denied wrongdoing⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I continue to not buy Nintendo devices or software because of their continuing nonsensical litigation like this. Whatever value they think they lost because of these chips I say compare that to their continued tarnishing of their name.

  If your drm can be altered with a chip some guy made in his garage then it’s your drm that’s at fault. Financially ruining the guy only hurts the Nintendo brand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the current state of Matrix?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I did synapse about a year ago but kind of wish I had done conduit, it seems so much simpler. That being said, all of the bridges and add-ons assume you’re running synapse

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proxmox or Docker?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I found proxmox and docker to be fairly incompatible, and went through many iterations of different things to make it work well. Docker in VMs, Docker in LXC, Docker on the host (which felt redundant as hell). Proxmox is an amazing hypervisor, but then I realized I didn’t really need a hypervisor since I was mostly running containers.

  My recommendations:

  • No need for VMs Just run debian and run containers on it

  • Some VMs, Mostly containers, 1 host Run proxmox, and create a VM in proxmox for your contianer workloads

  • Some VMs, Mostly containers, >1 host, easy mode Same as above, but make one host debian and the other one proxmox

  • Some VMs, Mostly Containers, >1 host, hard mode but worth it after 2 years Use kubernetes, I use k3s. Some nodes are just debian with k3s on them, others are running in VMs on proxmox using the extra compute available. This has a massive learning curve though, it took me well into a year to finally having it at a state I like it - but I’ll never go back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨thick skinned employees, how can you be so thick skinned?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel you exactly the same. I don’t know how my coworkers do it. They can literally get screamed at, called out in a meeting in front of others and it’s like nothing to them. Meanwhile I fight back tears and my voice raises and I panic. In the corporate world that means I’m weak. I’m damn good at my job but in a situation like that I just crumple, and to leadership they don’t look at my projects or outcomes, all they see are those few instances.

  It also haunts me years and years later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say hello to Bary⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a Simpsons quote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say hello to Bary⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is your friend the same crazy person I know who doesn’t eat meat? Are they crazy?

  _i don’t know why your comment made me think of that reference _

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Before she was the CEO of BlueSky Jay Graeber worked in cryptocurrency⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s so shitty, I’m sorry they stole your content. Well, if you ever decide to do one here I couldn’t promise someone wouldn’t do it, but it’d be much less likely

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm playing Gears of War Reloaded, and I have a question. Will there be some point when the Chainsaw I've had for hours actually gets explained to me?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You just hold the rev button as you walk up to an enemy. Then Marcus screams and the large body becomes many pieces

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Been seeing a lot of posts about replacing Spotify and such, so I wrote up a guide on how I did just that⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The only way to be a truly moral person on this planet is to not participate in society and go completely 100% off grid. Even then the Good Place did a great episode on that, and they’re right, you’re not really living then either. It’s all just about what you’re willing to put up with

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Before she was the CEO of BlueSky Jay Graeber worked in cryptocurrency⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So many questions! You should consider doing an ama here sometime

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Before she was the CEO of BlueSky Jay Graeber worked in cryptocurrency⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We all have bills at the end of the day, and I’m a firm believer that there are no moral companies. I’d love to drop everything and work for a non profit who only does good, but turns out my bank still expects me to pay the mortgage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Before she was the CEO of BlueSky Jay Graeber worked in cryptocurrency⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You weren’t talking about that, you only brought up the crypto role, you made it the title of the post. It’s an irrelevant footnote in her career.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Before she was the CEO of BlueSky Jay Graeber worked in cryptocurrency⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So? She was a junior engineer, probably just needed the money to scrape by. You’ve never worked low level roles at morally questionable companies?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What am I agreeing to?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s him, he’s the chosen one. The one who gets to use the software without agreeing to anything. The one who will bring peace

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games have mastered "Both emotional extremes"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Red dead is the only game I’ve laughed out loud and literally cried at the screen. It’s a masterpiece.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how good are you at lying during job interviews?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You kind of jumped from one thing to the next, as an interviewer nothing super jumps out yet, but for clarity maybe tell us how this part went specifically, what did each party actually say?

  Why I think the second job rejected me: I was assigned to 2 coworkers who started prying inquisitively about my job experience and expectations. I told them I don’t want to go back home with back or leg pain or feeling broken, I don’t mind doing my pause after 7 hours of working and not 4 but I actually NEED my pause, one every day, I also told them I don’t live to work but the other way round (this is nursing).

  That just feels like two separate conversations and we’re missing some key info. No judgements, if you said something we’ll tell you, but I won’t judge.