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Comment on Yum Brands sells Pizza Hut to private equity firm LongRange Capital and Yum China for $2.7 billion in ~food
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Comment on Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 in ~tech
babypuncher LinkOh look, more stupid bullshit toys for billionaires. I miss the days when normal people could buy computers and tech companies shipped software that didn't suck.Oh look, more stupid bullshit toys for billionaires. I miss the days when normal people could buy computers and tech companies shipped software that didn't suck.
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Comment on Halo: Campaign Evolved | Cinematic story trailer in ~games
babypuncher (edited )Link ParentI want to count the MCC PC release as a separate line item, solely because they actually went back and fixed 99% of the issues the Xbox MCC version of Halo 1 inherited from Anniversary and the...I want to count the MCC PC release as a separate line item, solely because they actually went back and fixed 99% of the issues the Xbox MCC version of Halo 1 inherited from Anniversary and the Gearbox PC port. This was no small technical feat.
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Comment on Final Fantasy Resonance | Trailer in ~games
babypuncher Link ParentCD keys and disc checks were way more annoying than any DRM I deal with today. And when they stopped being effective, we got draconian online activation limits, where you could only install a game...CD keys and disc checks were way more annoying than any DRM I deal with today. And when they stopped being effective, we got draconian online activation limits, where you could only install a game 3-5 times before needing to call customer support to have the activation limit reset.
Disc checks and activation limits were enforced by third party software that fucked with CD drives, blocked you from using disk virtualization software, and was so notoriously insecure that Microsoft eventually deliberately blocked it from even being installed on newer versions of Windows, rendering retail copies of many games unplayable by the '10s. I had to download cracks for the majority of games I owned legitimately because playing them the right way was genuinely onerous.
This is where Steam came in. Valve correctly recognized that piracy was a service issue. Steam (more specifically Steamworks) provides DRM protection to games in a way that is mostly transparent to the user. No stupid disc checks, no activation limits, no dangerous software running in the background. It just "works", provided you first run the game while connected to the internet to activate it.
Denuvo is similar to Steamworks in that it is completely transparent to the end user. It does have an activation limit, but it is more of a rate limit; dozens of activations are allowed per license per day, rather than 3-5 activations allowed across an entire lifetime. The main difference between Denuvo and Steamworks is that Denuvo is actually difficult for pirates to crack.
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Comment on Final Fantasy Resonance | Trailer in ~games
babypuncher Link ParentYou would have absolutely hated PC gaming in the '00s, DRM was far more impactful of the actual user experience back thenYou would have absolutely hated PC gaming in the '00s, DRM was far more impactful of the actual user experience back then
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Comment on Final Fantasy Resonance | Trailer in ~games
babypuncher Link ParentDenuvo is like the boogeyman at this pointDenuvo is like the boogeyman at this point
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Comment on Recommendations for e-ink tablets? in ~tech
babypuncher (edited )LinkI like my Boox Go Color 7. I don't think it quite fits the bill of what you're looking for. It does support a stylus, and has Play Store access, but at 7" its primary use is reading with note...I like my Boox Go Color 7. I don't think it quite fits the bill of what you're looking for. It does support a stylus, and has Play Store access, but at 7" its primary use is reading with note taking as an extra. That said, I've been impressed enough with its capability in that department that I can see their other tablets geared more towards that use case being fantastic.
A word of caution about Android e-ink tablets: Having full Play Store access is awesome, but most apps are not designed with e-ink displays in mind, so they can be unpleasant to use. The custom Android mine runs lets you tweak some behaviors on a per-app basis to mitigate some unpleasantness, like changing the screen refresh mode or having it wait for animations to finish before updating the display, but these are largely band-aid solutions.
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Comment on What do you think of robots in the military? in ~tech
babypuncher LinkAs and American, I think we've pretty thoroughly proven we cannot act responsibly with the military resources we currently have, and the only movement I want to see on that front is a massive...As and American, I think we've pretty thoroughly proven we cannot act responsibly with the military resources we currently have, and the only movement I want to see on that front is a massive scaling back of military spending until we figure out how to get our shit together.
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Comment on Your URL bar can be a CLI for searching websites in ~tech
babypuncher LinkI've been doing this for 20 years in Firefox at this point and still get excited when other people discover it.I've been doing this for 20 years in Firefox at this point and still get excited when other people discover it.
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Comment on Movie fatigue in ~movies
babypuncher Link ParentI'm getting the rest of Leone's westerns (Once Upon a Time in the West, Duck, You Sucker!), and two from Sergio Corbucci (Django, The Great Silence). I'm particularly excited about that last one....I'm getting the rest of Leone's westerns (Once Upon a Time in the West, Duck, You Sucker!), and two from Sergio Corbucci (Django, The Great Silence). I'm particularly excited about that last one.
I watched another piece of Italian genre cinema today, The Inglorious Bastards, which was also a lot of fun
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Comment on Movie fatigue in ~movies
babypuncher LinkI just watched the entire Dollars Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For a few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) over Memorial Day weekend and had a blast. I had always seen the third...I just watched the entire Dollars Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For a few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) over Memorial Day weekend and had a blast. I had always seen the third one ranked as one of the greatest films of all time, and now I understand why. I highly recommend all three of these movies.
I have a few more highly regarded spaghetti westerns coming in the mail and the anticipation is palpable at this point.
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Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games
babypuncher Link ParentI'm well aware that my proposal is ridiculous, that's sort of the point. I'm out of realistic ideas on how to fix the problem, so I'm just going to contribute to the growing chorus of discontent...I'm well aware that my proposal is ridiculous, that's sort of the point. I'm out of realistic ideas on how to fix the problem, so I'm just going to contribute to the growing chorus of discontent against the class responsible.
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Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games
babypuncher Link ParentOr, we change the constitution to declare anyone with a net worth > $500m legally not a person, but a noncitizen physical manifestation of their financial assets with almost none of the rights and...Or, we change the constitution to declare anyone with a net worth > $500m legally not a person, but a noncitizen physical manifestation of their financial assets with almost none of the rights and protections afforded to the rest of us. They can get their personhood back by charitably donating enough of said assets to bring their personal wealth below that threshold.
This would solve so many problems. For one, they could no longer pump money into elections under the guise of "free speech" because the First Amendment would no longer be applicable to them.
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Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games
babypuncher Link ParentI don't see that happening. Smartphones aren't built to run AAA PC games, and anyone building more bespoke Android gaming handhelds will face the exact same problems Valve is right now. Plus, why...Steam for Android compatibility so that they don't have to deal with new hardware pipelines in a world where all this nonsense is going on. Maybe branded Retroid hardware?
I don't see that happening. Smartphones aren't built to run AAA PC games, and anyone building more bespoke Android gaming handhelds will face the exact same problems Valve is right now. Plus, why even run Android when SteamOS is purpose built for this exact job?
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Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games
babypuncher Link ParentI legit think we should start berating and spitting on them in public. They shouldn't feel welcome in regular society, they should be treated with the same level of disdain they clearly have for...I legit think we should start berating and spitting on them in public. They shouldn't feel welcome in regular society, they should be treated with the same level of disdain they clearly have for the rest of us.
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Comment on Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by up to $300 in ~games
babypuncher Link ParentFuck billionaires. They're the ones pouring so much money into all of this dog shit, with the explicit goal of triggering a mass unemployment crisis. Billionaires aren't people like you and me,...Fuck AI, and mass crypto mining before that, they're ruining my hobby (not just gaming but computer hardware).
Fuck billionaires. They're the ones pouring so much money into all of this dog shit, with the explicit goal of triggering a mass unemployment crisis. Billionaires aren't people like you and me, they have more in common with rabid dogs. It's about time our treatment of them started to reflect that.
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Comment on ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ reviews mixed: “Boring and lifeless” vs. “best Star Wars in years” in ~movies
babypuncher Link ParentI found the idea that this is better than Andor so preposterous that I assumed they meant best Star Wars movie out of secondhand embarrassment for the writer.I found the idea that this is better than Andor so preposterous that I assumed they meant best Star Wars movie out of secondhand embarrassment for the writer.
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Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv
babypuncher Link ParentJust forward port 8096 to the Jellyfin host, no need for a VPN or third party nonsense.Just forward port 8096 to the Jellyfin host, no need for a VPN or third party nonsense.
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Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv
babypuncher Link ParentYou can forward port 8096 directly to a Jellyfin host, no need to bring some for profit proprietary service into the mix. For added security, Caddy is trivially easy to set up for HTTPS, and VPNs...You can forward port 8096 directly to a Jellyfin host, no need to bring some for profit proprietary service into the mix. For added security, Caddy is trivially easy to set up for HTTPS, and VPNs like Wireguard or OpenVPN are easy to run.
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Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv
babypuncher (edited )Link ParentIt's just a single port that needs to be forwarded. I think most people getting into self hosting can figure that out. If not, then they probably deserve to over-pay for Plex Pass.It's just a single port that needs to be forwarded. I think most people getting into self hosting can figure that out. If not, then they probably deserve to over-pay for Plex Pass.
Does this mean the world's last KenTacoHut will soon just be a KenTaco?