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- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 3 days ago:
I leave my Steam update settings to only update on Play. This allows me to pretty easily review what is being patched in to any particular game and choose when to apply it.
It’s also trivial on Linux to keep the Proton prefixes and game installs backed up automatically. This has the added benefit of making all game installs portable.
Unfortunately GOG still has no official Linux client, though there are workarounds. The “apocalyptic scenario” would ultimately kill either company, so you’re right to think it is moot.
- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 3 days ago:
Neither can Steam. Then the difference is down to those games on Steam which are not DRM-free.
- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 3 days ago:
Oh, I absolutely would – I’m just making a point based on a previous statement earlier in the thread:
Considering games with no DRM can have it added retroactively, that Steam pushes updates I may not want with no option to decline
If the practice is that you need local backups on purchase anyway, then I fail to see the difference between non-DRM games on Steam and those on GOG. It feels like a different goalpost is being used depending on what service is being discussed.
- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 3 days ago:
Does it? What recourse do you have if they change their policy and you don’t have local backups of your games?
- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 3 days ago:
Maybe. If you trust them, though now… I don’t.
- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 3 days ago:
Depends on the game. As I mentioned in another thread, there are many games on Steam which are DRM-free and do not require the client. GOG’s advertising suggests they are the only method for getting such games, but as always, the devil is in the details.
Mostly it comes down to how much you feel about one issue over the other, but I don’t see how they can be unrelated if there’s a monetary transaction involved.
- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 3 days ago:
Because supporting GOG now means supporting unfettered AI usage. If you disagree with such policies, the only way to voice that discontent is with your wallet.
- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 3 days ago:
I’m guessing by your wording that you’re aching to bash Steam, so I’ll preface this with: no corporation is ever going to get this 100% right; the world is drawn in greys, and only a Sith deals in absolutes.
“Better” is not very useful without context. In the context of AI usage, Steam is better. In the context of GOG, their main claim about game preservation is “no DRM”, but there is an important point often missed: lots of games on Steam also do not have DRM.
I have no issues “buying” games on Steam which have no DRM. For others, I factor the DRM into the price I’m willing to pay for access. These tend to be larger titles anyway, so I’m not terribly worried about it long term.
Long term game preservation? More about unofficial channels than relying on yet another corporation. GOG wasn’t changing that before, and they definitely aren’t now.
- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 3 days ago:
Something tells me the “double down” is to distract from that fallout
- Comment on "Game preservation only works if people care" As GOG doubles down on its commitment to saving old games, it's asking players "who give a s**t" to support its crusade 3 days ago:
I care. Enough to abandon my qualms about AI usage? Yes, but it means GOG is not the answer.
- Comment on Ahhhhhh YEAH! 💲💵💰🤑🪙 6 days ago:
It’s like $120 billion right? 350 million folks in America, so if my math is right I should get… $300-something bucks!
Maybe I’ll invest it in some new food.
/s
- Comment on Council scraps four-day work week plan after backlash from business sector 1 week ago:
In a move that surprises no one and should enrage everyone.
- Comment on How do I get my oscilloscope to read voltage correctly? 1 week ago:
This seems like it’s probably within spec (i.e. not a terribly accurate meter, but not far off).
One other thing to keep in mind is that the laptop supply will probably produce a slightly higher voltage without a load – that is, you’d get a value closer to 19v if you were able to measure it while charging the laptop.
I’m just a hobbyist, so take this with a grain of salt, but it matches my understanding.
- Comment on Space strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has a demo out now 1 week ago:
A new Star Trek game and a new Battlestar Galactica game!!! At around the same time!!!
My geek is tingling
- Comment on ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering 1 week ago:
Absoutely. It takes like 5 seconds to get a real photo.
But I have considerable downvotes on my original comment. Maybe bots. Maybe AI bros who need to see the light and that their tech is based on the death of IP law.
- Comment on ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering 1 week ago:
Exactly, makes no sense to me
- Comment on ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering 1 week ago:
Really cool article. Except this bit:
The image of Saturn was generated with ChatGPT.
Fucking why? Could have saved time and energy with traditional search. Leave the slop out, please.
- Comment on Steam Machine & Steam Frame FAQ - RAM and storage crisis to blame for no pricing or dates 3 weeks ago:
I had started to assume this was the case.
With all the layoffs in tech, I’m just hoping the Frame releases while I can justify it.
- Comment on Should I be using Debian? 3 weeks ago:
Definitely makes a lot of sense to use a VM for it. Though there is something fun about having a spare laptop and just playing on bare metal.
- Comment on Should I be using Debian? 3 weeks ago:
I’m running Mint currently
I’m wondering if there is a lot of benefit to going more barebones
Not really. On the scale at which homelabs operate, I doubt you’ll see any difference at all – except what might be the significant time sink to set everything up again.
I’m not having any issues with my current setup
I’d put this firmly in the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” category. Mint is already a distro which is ultimately a Debian derivative. It operates more like Debian as opposed to, say, Fedora or Arch. While it can be enticing to explore the many options of Linux, the benefit isn’t clear here.
Now, distro hopping on a nonproduction system? Something where you don’t care what’s on it and you just want to experiment? That’s one of the best parts of being a Linux user. But at least do that first before even approaching breaking something that isn’t broken.
It sounds more like you want to have fun distro hopping, and believe me: I can tell you from experience that distro hopping isn’t fun if you have to rely on that machine.
- Comment on Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee" 3 weeks ago:
I’m really tired of seeing this idiot quoted.
- Comment on Google will pay $135 million to settle illegal data collection lawsuit 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, no argument there. But I’d argue companies do that kind of thing already for various reasons (many having to do with taxes).
Overall, I don’t think it’s a good argument against regulation to say “let’s regulate less because people will cheat”. People will always cheat.
- Comment on Google will pay $135 million to settle illegal data collection lawsuit 4 weeks ago:
Really need to start calculating settlements like this as a function of profits. Otherwise this is just factored in as a business cost and does not actually apply as a consequence.
$135 million may seem like a lot to regular people, but it’s not for Google. If we are letting these tacit monopolies stay in place, then the kid gloves at least need to come off when they’re being dealt with. Scale up consequences so they are appropriate for the size of the corporation.
- Comment on Linux just works until it doesn't 4 weeks ago:
This guy fucks
- Comment on GOG accused of using AI-generated art to promote sale, as job listing indicates they're keen to adopt "AI-assisted development tools" 4 weeks ago:
Oof. I feel like GOG has been on the good guy list for a while, so this is pretty disheartening.
- Comment on Steam Owner Valve Faces $900 Million Lawsuit Over PC Monopoly Claims, Following UK Tribunal Ruling - IGN 4 weeks ago:
This is exactly why this shit constantly annoys me. Steam is not unique in how they handle their store. If you don’t want to pay Valve a fee as a dev, then don’t put your game on Steam. No one is forced to do that.
Now, you will lose many sales. But a service being popular does not make it a monopoly. Other stores exist, and are even discussed in the article. All of them have some similar method of getting add-ons. Steam’s happens to be very easy – again, that doesn’t make it anti-competitive.
Also: the fact that this is about “PC gaming monopoly” and “Microsoft” is not mentioned is just… wild. And sad.
- Comment on Steam Owner Valve Faces $900 Million Lawsuit Over PC Monopoly Claims, Following UK Tribunal Ruling - IGN 4 weeks ago:
Xero is publicly traded. Generally it’s shareholders wanting endless return that pushes every company to enshittify. The specifics of the company matter less if they have public shareholders.
- Comment on Gehheie88f3nj3-i-odk3j4y8-fff-jej 4 weeks ago:
“Works on my machine”
- Comment on Humans on average get 2 hours of battery life for every hour they charge 4 weeks ago:
I only charge myself to 80% each time in a vain attempt to extend my feeble existence
- Comment on Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it 5 weeks ago:
Textbook definition of a solution searching for a problem.