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Comment on Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro to get seven years of software updates in ~tech
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Comment on Are you using WiFi 6E in a home/home office setting? Have you seen any benefit to the 6GHz channel? in ~tech
swizzler LinkI don't have anything that uses 6E yet, but I did buy a 6E router, an ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12. I've been impressed with it's range, I can walk 100 yards from my house and still get signal, it's kind...I don't have anything that uses 6E yet, but I did buy a 6E router, an ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12. I've been impressed with it's range, I can walk 100 yards from my house and still get signal, it's kind of hilarious because I can tell the antenna on my phone drops out before the routers does, as I'll go from full bars to nothing as I enter and leave signal range, with very little inbetween.
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Comment on Jellyfin - A Call for Developers in ~comp
swizzler Link ParentNever used findroid, but I much prefer finamp as i mostly listen to music from my media server on my phone. I used to use gelli, but development was slow and it was very buggy, missing essential... -
Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
swizzler LinkBought the Baten Kaitos remaster, I owned/borrowed the games at various points in the past but never sat down to play them for long, just got overwhelmed by the card game elements. This time I was...Bought the Baten Kaitos remaster, I owned/borrowed the games at various points in the past but never sat down to play them for long, just got overwhelmed by the card game elements. This time I was already in a card game mood, so was down for all the mechanics this time. Combat is fun if not a little stressful to quickly place cards and build hands (you get bonus damage for laying down cards in pairs/3 of a kind, etc or in straights) also having your heal cards be able to affect the whole board, can't tell you how many times I accidentally healed an enemy.
As far as the story goes, it's kinda hilarious and refreshing having a protag who is just an irredeemable asshole the party has to deal with. Him taking one look at the allied castle being under siege and him just saying "yeah, nah, I'm going home" had me in a laughing fit.
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Comment on What games do you most wish had a remake, or a sequel or both? in ~games
swizzler Link ParentThat, and also maybe just a switch port of Xenoblade Chronicles X, because now that the store is gone you can't download the optimization files that makes it playable on the WiiU, so it's not very...That, and also maybe just a switch port of Xenoblade Chronicles X, because now that the store is gone you can't download the optimization files that makes it playable on the WiiU, so it's not very accessible anymore.
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Comment on Sources: Nintendo targets 2024 with next-gen console in ~games
swizzler Link Parentalso we're seeing huge flops like forsaken, where development is invested in graphics (and not much else) and the game goes on to bomb hard, so they're learning that maxing out nothing but...Anyway the other thing is the console cycle slowing down. Hardware advanced aren't happening as fast, and these ballooning development costs mean that developers aren't taking full advantage of the consoles' power as rapidly.
also we're seeing huge flops like forsaken, where development is invested in graphics (and not much else) and the game goes on to bomb hard, so they're learning that maxing out nothing but graphics on the development pie-chart doesn't lead to blockbuster sales like it had in past generations.
Plus (and this has already been talked about in information released in the Microsoft/Activision merger) there are already plans to re-release xbox one/ps4 gen games to any theoretical switch 2 console, so Nintendo enjoys a built-in large library of quality titles rapidly releasing other console platforms won't see.
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Comment on Bringing back the minimal web in ~tech
swizzler Link ParentWhen I saw videos on cubas streetnet I was legit jealous. I legit think when capitalism completely kills the internet as we know it, some form of streetnet via locally distributed wireless mesh...When I saw videos on cubas streetnet I was legit jealous. I legit think when capitalism completely kills the internet as we know it, some form of streetnet via locally distributed wireless mesh nodes and home-run webservers will crop up in the US, first in college towns, then nationwide. It'll take a while, but it's the true Internets best hope to keep it from the corpos.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
swizzler LinkFinally sat down and finished the first 2 Alan Wake games and the DLCs in prep for Alan Wake 2. There were a lot more starting threads that lead to Quantum Break and Control there than I realized....Finally sat down and finished the first 2 Alan Wake games and the DLCs in prep for Alan Wake 2. There were a lot more starting threads that lead to Quantum Break and Control there than I realized. American Nightmare with its timeloop story, and especially the DLCs and American Nightmare really establish the rules of the Dark Place/ Cauldron Lake and how Alan might be able to be a participant in Alan Wake 2 without immediately escaping the Dark Place. I had previously finished control and the AWE dlc, I am a little foggy on the details of how that ended up though so I might have to revisit that before Alan Wake 2 arrives, but I'm excited for October.
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Comment on Why is Elon Musk doing what he is to Twitter? in ~tech
swizzler LinkTo be clear, he didn't want to buy twitter, he was trying to manipulate their stock price to make more money (like he's done countless times before with his own company stocks, dogecoin, etc), but...Why even buy Twitter if you’re going to change the entire format, including the actual name of the brand? Why not build a competitor from the ground up and call it X?
To be clear, he didn't want to buy twitter, he was trying to manipulate their stock price to make more money (like he's done countless times before with his own company stocks, dogecoin, etc), but is too much of a dumbass and actually signed the contract saying he would in fact, buy twitter. He then found out he couldn't back out of the deal like he planned. He's actually actively suing the Twitter law firm that forced him to go through with the sale now. (which will only lose him even more money)
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Comment on What are some hilarious moments you have experienced in games? in ~games
swizzler LinkI was playing a role-playing run of fallout new vegas, where the rules of the playthrough were: I can only use explosives or my fists as weapons I have to ally with any faction that primarily uses...I was playing a role-playing run of fallout new vegas, where the rules of the playthrough were:
- I can only use explosives or my fists as weapons
- I have to ally with any faction that primarily uses explosives
- If a quest includes a route that causes something to explode, I HAVE to choose that route ASAP, even if it betrays an allied faction.
I was doing the BoS faction quest to earn faction-less power armor, then I was given the optional quest objective to initiate the base self destruct. Cut to me going from being a faithful brotherhood member to randomly blowing up the base, running tearfully through all my angry betrayed brethren.
That whole playthrough was a blast, it was the first one where I allied with powder gangers, and was surprised how much good explosive stuff you get with that route. Also found out about the only other factionless power armor in the game, at the very bottom of the map in a giant pit of deathclaws.
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Comment on IATSE holds strike authorization vote for theater workers on the pink contract in ~arts
swizzler Link ParentGotta remember that our president already broke one strike early, which then lead to several train derailments from overworked and understaffed employees not getting their reasonable demands. Not...Gotta remember that our president already broke one strike early, which then lead to several train derailments from overworked and understaffed employees not getting their reasonable demands.
Not to mention our current congress and supreme court is extremely anti-union. I hope for the best result for workers, but I'm terrified it'll just be the legal end of unions instead.
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Comment on Cloud Servers for the Broke in ~comp
swizzler Link ParentWonder if you can sign up with a privacy.com burner card with a $1 limit.Wonder if you can sign up with a privacy.com burner card with a $1 limit.
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Comment on Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are live in ~tech
swizzler LinkStill waiting on a 2 in 1 MS surface ripoff variant. And with the new battery legislation, it might even have a no-tool removable battery if they announce (that or they just won't sell that model...Still waiting on a 2 in 1 MS surface ripoff variant. And with the new battery legislation, it might even have a no-tool removable battery if they announce (that or they just won't sell that model in the EU).
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Comment on YouTube is testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking in ~tech
swizzler Link ParentApparently what is spurring this on is google got caught cheating advertisers, they sell a type of ad that is supposed to guarantee it's got the viewers attention (not muted, not loaded on an...Apparently what is spurring this on is google got caught cheating advertisers, they sell a type of ad that is supposed to guarantee it's got the viewers attention (not muted, not loaded on an external page, etc). Then a team investigating those claims found those ads embedded into 3rd party sites muted and playing, but still counting towards advertisers ad-spend.
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Comment on Linux could be 3% of global desktops. What happened to Windows? in ~tech
swizzler Link ParentI still maintain a bank of ~100 windows machines at work, so I see similar issues occasionally. Windows just seems to be in a constant state of self-corruption, and if you don't stay on top of it,...What's the context behind this? I haven't had this happen in ages. Just wondering so I can avoid having it happen to me.
I still maintain a bank of ~100 windows machines at work, so I see similar issues occasionally. Windows just seems to be in a constant state of self-corruption, and if you don't stay on top of it, or if something tries to write at exactly the wrong time, you could be boned. chances are if you run the command
sfc /scannowit'll find corrupted files, and if you haven't run it in years, or the restoration image on the machine itself has corrupted, chances are it won't be able to fix them, luckily windows has so much bloat most this corruption goes unnoticed. Basically mine had become unbootable due to a corrupted file or files in such a way that no automated scan or routine recovery was fixing it, even system restore points, and barring spending dozens of hours without a computer manually rebuilding the entire boot stack trying to determine what made it unbootable, a wipe/reinstall was the only option. -
Comment on Linux could be 3% of global desktops. What happened to Windows? in ~tech
swizzler Link ParentFor Morrowind, OpenMW has a Linux version, and for the rest of the Bethesda collection there's someone who makes something called SteamTinkerLaunch It's a bit of a pain to get set up on some...For Morrowind, OpenMW has a Linux version, and for the rest of the Bethesda collection there's someone who makes something called SteamTinkerLaunch It's a bit of a pain to get set up on some distros (though it's pretty easy on gaming-oriented ones like nobara) Works well, but if you run into issues, I'll warn the person who maintains it is kind of a jerk when you try to troubleshoot with them.
As far as doom, other than running custom WADs like the recent MyHouse.WAD (which is pretty straightforward with any Doom sourceport like GZDoom), I haven't done much modding, so don't know how doable that is.
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Comment on Linux could be 3% of global desktops. What happened to Windows? in ~tech
swizzler LinkAs someone who recently (~2yrs ago now) quit running windows as a daily driver and moved everything to linux, I was tired of being jerked around with all this control being taken away from me, and...- Exemplary
As someone who recently (~2yrs ago now) quit running windows as a daily driver and moved everything to linux, I was tired of being jerked around with all this control being taken away from me, and getting zero benefits in return. having to constantly put in work to guard against my operating system spying on what I'm doing and selling it to marketing firms. And what finally ticked me off to pull the lever was my system becoming unbootable with zero way to easily fix without a wipe/reinstall, and my primary job at the time was recovering and restoring windows installs without data loss, so it was something I was very familiar with.
I switched to linux expecting to get as frustrated or worse than I was with windows and begrudgingly switch back like I had done in years past. (I was familiar with linux for servers and various fun side projects, but I always fell off it quickly as a daily driver) I especially was expecting gaming to be lacking, as I own several hundred steam games, and enjoy just spinning up and starting some game, or buying a game on a whim, mostly singleplayer titles.
Cut to me being pleasantly surprised where gaming was at when I switched, which wasn't even as good as it is now. I had about a 70% success rate with booting titles, but the ones that didn't boot I could normally find some user-made kludge to get it working, and then the ones with no kludge, I had the fun experience of reporting the issue, and working with valve employees on the proton github collecting info, patching proton bleeding edge, me testing and reporting back. when Valve started testing CEG DRM support in proton, I found I owned almost all of the CEG DRM-enabled games, so I was able to test and report back how proton was working with those titles. It was extremely exciting, and for the first time in personal computing, I felt the platform improving, instead of features and freedoms being taken away from me.
Then finally here recently, my system became unbootable in a similar way to what first killed my windows install. However I was back up and running in under 3 minutes due to BTRFS's built in snapshotting, I just rolled back to the last snapshot and set it as the new boot point. It was almost a complete non-issue.
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Comment on Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” in ~games
swizzler Link ParentAlso how are these independent benchmarkers getting non-denuvo versions to test against? are they getting them from Irdeto, if so, how can they trust they are actually non-denuvo versions. If I...Also how are these independent benchmarkers getting non-denuvo versions to test against? are they getting them from Irdeto, if so, how can they trust they are actually non-denuvo versions. If I were an evil drm business and I wanted to prove my DRM has no performance impact from vanilla, I'd provide two copies of the software that were identical, and claim they were different.
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Comment on Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” in ~games
swizzler LinkAny form of DRM is evil and inherently anti-consumer, so...uh, fat chance.Any form of DRM is evil and inherently anti-consumer, so...uh, fat chance.
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Comment on Favorite out of bounds experience? in ~games
swizzler LinkI remember in the PS2 version of San Andreas you could jump over the door in the gym and fall into this out of bounds area that I think just had cells from the overworld, but it was just NPCs and...I remember in the PS2 version of San Andreas you could jump over the door in the gym and fall into this out of bounds area that I think just had cells from the overworld, but it was just NPCs and items. The whole area had this creepy fog to it, so it was kinda like the backrooms but before the backrooms, you just wandering around this empty foggy void where you'd occasionally find a gun or NPC. I remember we cheated a jetpack into it and found you could traverse "layers" of the fog and find different groups of things on different layers. me and some friends spent like an entire night just exploring the eerie void of GTA san andreas.
I still miss my ergonomic fingerprint sensor (the one on the back) I don't understand why they trashed it. The fingerprint sensor on the power button works too, but sucks for left-handed people.