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Comment on Proton Meet isn't what they told you it was in ~tech
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Comment on Proton Meet isn't what they told you it was in ~tech
JCAPER LinkSorry about my comment not being about this article directly but: is it just me, or has there been an increase in negative posts/comments/articles/etc about Proton in the last months? (in the...Sorry about my comment not being about this article directly but: is it just me, or has there been an increase in negative posts/comments/articles/etc about Proton in the last months? (in the internet in general, not here on Tildes specifically)
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Comment on Suggest media in which the antagonist is an idea or an abstract concept rather than a person or intelligent entity in ~talk
JCAPER LinkBojack Horseman Throughout every season, Bojack has to deal with his own flaws - or maybe "nature" would be more accurate. He wants to be a good person, but he struggles to learn that "wanting"...Bojack Horseman
Throughout every season, Bojack has to deal with his own flaws - or maybe "nature" would be more accurate. He wants to be a good person, but he struggles to learn that "wanting" and "doing" are two different things, and people get hurt because of him.
Some antagonists pop up in different arcs, but the constant - and point of the show - is always about a part of him that sabotages everything good in his life, even though he consciously doesn't want to
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Comment on Indie Pass, a PC subscription service for indie games to launch on April 13, 2026 in ~games
JCAPER LinkIn the Browse Catalogue section, if you check the Cozy games, almost all of them are horror games lol That oopsie aside, I'll be keeping an eye it. I'm not sure if it's for me, but I can see this...In the Browse Catalogue section, if you check the Cozy games, almost all of them are horror games lol
That oopsie aside, I'll be keeping an eye it. I'm not sure if it's for me, but I can see this being a good way for a new dev to gain visibility
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Comment on Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence in ~tech
JCAPER LinkI use LLMs for coding and I DESPISE their sycophancy. I learned to rephrase my queries in a way that I talk in third person to avoid having the LLM grovel at my feet. I found that responses from...I use LLMs for coding and I DESPISE their sycophancy. I learned to rephrase my queries in a way that I talk in third person to avoid having the LLM grovel at my feet. I found that responses from Claude and Gemini tend to be more assertive and that they more easily point out faults with a solution if I tell them the idea/code is from some guy
I remember GPT 5 being dunked on for being inferior to GPT 4o, but from what I’ve seen and experienced, they were equivalent. My personal theory is that it’s not that the new model is inferior/less intelligent, it’s that it just doesn’t lick their feet.
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Comment on I think Tildes moderators and admins may need to make a decision regarding how to handle Harry Potter related posts in ~tildes
JCAPER Link ParentI like the idea, but I would argue that it probably would be more beneficial if it was more general and not just about JKR. Like a bot that - based on tags - would fetch the Wiki article of the...I like the idea, but I would argue that it probably would be more beneficial if it was more general and not just about JKR. Like a bot that - based on tags - would fetch the Wiki article of the creator of whatever product is being talked about. Most Wiki articles should contain all of the controversial points of any public figure, so this should work just as well.
I say this because I doubt how a disclaimer made specifically for JKR would matter on Tildes. I may be wrong, but I bet that >95% of people here at least know that JKR is transphobic (or at the very, very least, that she's controversial).
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Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk
JCAPER Link ParentNot sure. It’s not mechanical (thank god) but it’s not silent either. I think I’ll just put up with it. I’m not sure if it would be worse if I suddenly showed up with things to put in her keyboard lolNot sure. It’s not mechanical (thank god) but it’s not silent either.
I think I’ll just put up with it. I’m not sure if it would be worse if I suddenly showed up with things to put in her keyboard lol
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Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk
JCAPER Link ParentNah same age as me (30s). She does that thing where she curves her fingers and her nails hit the keys as well. Like this, but faster and louder. I don't know if she has arthritis but at this rate,...Nah same age as me (30s). She does that thing where she curves her fingers and her nails hit the keys as well. Like this, but faster and louder.
I don't know if she has arthritis but at this rate, she might someday lol (just a joke. That disease is horrible, I don't wish it on anyone)
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Comment on What’s something you’re putting up with? in ~talk
JCAPER LinkMine is much tamer than the rest of the comments, but here goes I work in an open office and until recently, I considered myself pretty tolerant of the noise that these places have. A colleague is...Mine is much tamer than the rest of the comments, but here goes
I work in an open office and until recently, I considered myself pretty tolerant of the noise that these places have. A colleague is putting that to the test though.
She - for the lack of better words - literally punches her keyboard. She strikes each key with so much strength that half of the office can hear her. I don't even have to look to know that it's her typing whenever the key clacking comes up.
Her laptop obviously couldn't keep up with her and a key or two popped out. Someone else would've asked IT to fix the keyboard, but she had other plans: she got another keyboard and uses it instead. And of course, this keyboard is louder than the laptop's keyboard.
Now, it's worse. I can hear her punching her keys through my headphones and it drives me insane. I even stayed working at home a couple of times just because I knew she was coming to the office on those days.
The fact that nobody else seems to notice or care makes me think that maybe I'm the one with a problem; that I decided to notice one thing out of many that happens in our office and have an issue with it. I considered talking with her, but I'm not sure if I even should, maybe I would just come across as petty and unreasonable.
So I just put up with it. Maybe one of these day's I'll get a close headphone, I've been thinking about getting one for some time now, so I could just kill two birds with one stone
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Comment on Digg has shutdown (again) in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentI don’t think it’s possible with big communities. I tried Lemmy and piefed and honestly they are the same BS as Reddit but smaller (with some of their own unique quirks, but generally, same...I don’t think it’s possible with big communities. I tried Lemmy and piefed and honestly they are the same BS as Reddit but smaller (with some of their own unique quirks, but generally, same toxicity)
I’m convinced that the only places that are worth it are small and niche communities, small enough where community members can remember each other nicknames
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Comment on Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC in ~games
JCAPER Link ParentI think it makes sense. Your game might not reach as many people, but the ones who cross over will probably spend more elsewhere in your store - other games and subscriptions. Buy anything on...I think it makes sense. Your game might not reach as many people, but the ones who cross over will probably spend more elsewhere in your store - other games and subscriptions.
Buy anything on Steam and 30% goes to Valve. Not Sony.
For better and worse, exclusives work. I'm with you that I would love to be able to play any game in any platform, but Sony doesn't care about that. Microsoft tried "play anywhere" and it arguably killed any reason to own an Xbox. Why get the box if the games show up on PC anyway?
Sony watched that play out and wants no part of it. Going PC means walking into Valve and Microsoft's backyard, fighting people who've been dug in there for decades. Their edge is the platform. The moment they need someone else's ecosystem to reach players, they would become a publisher instead of a platform.
Every exclusive that ports to PC trains people to wait instead of buying the console. Meanwhile, Nintendo keeps selling hardware with ease partly because their games straight up don't exist anywhere else. Sony knows this, and they'd rather be Nintendo than Sega
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Comment on Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC in ~games
JCAPER Linkhttps://gameriv.com/ex-blizzard-boss-explains-why-sony-is-reportedly-pulling-back-from-pc-ports/ Mike shared an interesting opinion here, he says that Sony is actually wary of Valve because of the...https://gameriv.com/ex-blizzard-boss-explains-why-sony-is-reportedly-pulling-back-from-pc-ports/
Mike shared an interesting opinion here, he says that Sony is actually wary of Valve because of the Steam Machine. They don't want to make games that will work on a potential new rival in the living room, which would make players stay in Valve's ecosystem instead of coming to Sony's.
Mike Ybarra was the president of Blizzrd and worked for many years at Xbox as Vice President. He might be onto something
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Comment on Xbox confirms 'Project Helix', its next-gen console that will also play PC games in ~games
JCAPER LinkThis won’t come as a surprise for those who’ve been following rumors, but now it’s confirmed TL;DR: the next “xbox” is a PCThis won’t come as a surprise for those who’ve been following rumors, but now it’s confirmed
TL;DR: the next “xbox” is a PC
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Xbox confirms 'Project Helix', its next-gen console that will also play PC games
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Comment on Apple announces Macbook Neo, a new budget Mac in ~tech
JCAPER Link ParentNot to disregard your point, but how much RAM do you have? Because that might explain it, nowadays most OSes consume more RAM the more they have available. A fresh install of Windows 11 for...My Macbook Air running Tahoe is chilling with over 10GB of RAM in use with pretty much just the OS and Firefox with 5 tabs running.
Not to disregard your point, but how much RAM do you have? Because that might explain it, nowadays most OSes consume more RAM the more they have available. A fresh install of Windows 11 for example can use about 10gb on a 64gb machine (wouldn't be surprised if it used over 20gb on a 128gb machine).
Browsers do the same thing, so your macOS and Firefox might just be filling the free space that they have rather than actually needing it.
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Comment on Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC in ~games
JCAPER (edited )LinkNot surprised, but still disappointed. As a PC gamer I would love to disagree, but I can’t. I think they’re right. I think that as long they provide a box that plays games, they’ll always have an...Not surprised, but still disappointed.
A faction within PlayStation has also expressed concern that releasing their games on PC risks damaging the console’s brand and will hurt sales of the PlayStation 5 and its successors, according to the people familiar with Sony’s inner workings.
As a PC gamer I would love to disagree, but I can’t. I think they’re right.
I think that as long they provide a box that plays games, they’ll always have an audience. PC gaming is more convenient than ever, but it will never be as convenient as just going to a store, pick up a console that you know that will run any game that is advertised for it. No need to think, pick or choose. Just buy the box that plays the game.
But if we put that “casual” audience to the side, you have the audience that either doesn’t mind or prefers PC. For this group of people, I don’t believe that most would buy a PS5 if the game that they want already exists for PC. But I can see many buying the console just to play the exclusives. I should know, I was once like that.
All of this said, I would love to play Ghost of Yotei, but I don’t really want to get back into the practice of buying consoles because of the exclusives. I’ll play it if someday they backtrack or an emulator pops up
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Comment on The internet was weeks away from disaster and no one knew in ~tech
JCAPER LinkTL:DW version: a hacker (or group of hackers) managed to become a trusted maintainer of xz project, and used that to build a backdoor into SSH protocols. They almost managed to make it into...TL:DW version: a hacker (or group of hackers) managed to become a trusted maintainer of xz project, and used that to build a backdoor into SSH protocols. They almost managed to make it into several distros - for a short bit, their backdoor was in Fedora and Debian. Someone by accident noticed how debian SSH calls were taking longer than usual, and reported it to debian, which then they sounded the alarm to everyone else.
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The internet was weeks away from disaster and no one knew
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Comment on I switched my gaming PC to Linux, and this time I think it's for good in ~comp
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Comment on I switched my gaming PC to Linux, and this time I think it's for good in ~comp
JCAPER Link ParentIf you decide to try out arch again, try Endeavour OS. It's arch but with extra scripts, with several features and settings preconfigured for you. It makes Arch ready to go out of the box, so you...If you decide to try out arch again, try Endeavour OS. It's arch but with extra scripts, with several features and settings preconfigured for you. It makes Arch ready to go out of the box, so you don't waste time configuring every minute thing.
It also has a welcome screen which acts as a tutorial, it tells you what you need to do upon first launch, and it also acts as a shortcut for several features that you can use later
They also accept payments in cash via mail.
But that latest controversy was a bit of a mixed bag for me.
Because - in my mind - if I wanted to use a service where privacy is paramount, I would never pay with a debit card. That for me is just common sense, it’s the first thing that anyone looking to track you would check.
On the other, I do agree that Proton isn’t as transparent on these nuances as they probably should be. If your marketing material says that everything you offer gives the customer privacy, it can create a false sense of privacy and you end up using their tools “the wrong way”, which makes you trackable.