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Nice for undervolters efficient silent systems, too.

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Quoting: TevurJust another, vaguely related thing:

Yeserday, I got an update for Steam Runtime 4.0.
When was that released? What is the difference to Sniper? Who uses it?
Why is it not codenamed, yet? (vote for cannoneer)
Maybe for VR, Fex and the Frame...?

The runtimes are named after TF2 characters. So it's Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Heavy, Demoman, Engineer, Spy, Medic and Sniper.

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Quoting: hardpenguinUsing AI for any kind of recognition is good, actually (and often helps with accessibility).

Using AI for creation is not good.

Yeah, on a related note:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2026/04/22/anthropics-claude-is-pumping-out-vulnerable-code-cyber-experts-warn/

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Mass surveillance and mass control.

Every month we etch closer and closer to a China CCP level of individual control.
One day the world is going to wake up to the social & media engineering(manipulation) going on.

People who advocate for this level of government overreach in everyone's lives deserve the hellscape of their own creation!

I see too many people willing to give up everything for comfort/platitudes/virtue/emotions; handing over all control and rights to governments and corporations...DARK DAYS AHEAD!

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Be cool if they updated and also made it like some future horror war instead. To give people something truly new rather then just a reskin with better UI....

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Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: GoEsrDoesn't really need to be brought up to "current standards" whatever that means, ...

That's what I was thinking. They could do a completely new take on the game, like a fully 3d game instead of a 2.5D one, but I wouldn't class that as a remake.

Wouldn't that be exactly remake? That wouldn't be remaster, which they said it won't be.

only as much as Two Point Hospital is a remake of Theme Hospital (or even less so, depending on what they call "reimagine")

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So many useless commenters who what to do nothing and expect things to magically change.

Here let me simplify it for you simple minded people...

You can draw hate speech with markers (crayola is NOT responsible)
BUT if you display this hate speech on crayolas website then (crayola IS responsible)

You can type a guide to making explosive suicide vests on MS Word (Microsoft is NOT responsible)
BUT if you publish that guide on the Microsofts forums then (Microsoft IS responsible)

You can make a game about under-age sex (Steam is NOT responsible)
BUT if you publish that on Steam then (Steam IS responsible)

This is about centralized platforms being responsible for the content they host, NOT distributed software in which the USER is responsible. Any online games that are hosted or use the services of said company are responsible for the content of that game as this is publicly available and subject to the same laws regarding content in any public space. This is not the wild west internet anymore, we need rules and punishment for breaking said rules.

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Sorry about our government, we don't really have any say in what they do.

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They target Islam in this, but what about the other cults of Abraham or even other mythologies period? Cause Judeo-Christian bullshit can be just as extremist as Islam. I don't like any mythology, but bigotry is stupid regardless.

Furthermore, they'll probably just end up using this against the actual left and labor or peace activists too. Can't have too much social justice or freedom for workers after all.

Also, I don't know how Aussies still aren't pissed about the US/CIA coup d'état in their country back in the day.

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As long as it has a good foundation Im sure the dev will flesh it out more like their last game but it's definitely a wait and see thing.
I was hoping for more from the game mechanics so hopefully some updates make it more interesting.
Least the price isn't bad.

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Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: GoEsrDoesn't really need to be brought up to "current standards" whatever that means, ...

That's what I was thinking. They could do a completely new take on the game, like a fully 3d game instead of a 2.5D one, but I wouldn't class that as a remake.

Wouldn't that be exactly remake? That wouldn't be remaster, which they said it won't be.

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Quoting: CaldathrasAGI = Artificial General Intelligence

And that term means something with real intelligence, which non of these AI models will ever be able to do (also not those in 10, 20 or 100 years, based on similar technology), because it is just a super complex deterministic program, where a specific input gives a specific output (if you control all input parameters, which are not exposed on cloud services, but on some local models). That companies speak about AGI is a pure marketing lie to make their bubble grow further.

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Anyone else noticing that countries and companies are loopholing authoritarianism through capitalist punishment hard lately? That has me terrified, because it means they found a means to get what they want through financial punishment rather than actual legislature.

Like, for example, the whole Visa and Mastercard situation. They're not banning NSFW content explicitly, they're just saying you can't earn money from it, which is close enough. Here, they're not explicitly banning freedom of speech outside of their own country, they're just fining Valve till the company does it themselves worldwide. Parents Decide act isn't banning linux, they're just making it untenable to comply with or face fines an open source community can't handle.

Makes me sick to my stomach, tbh. Especially because they're dressing it up in "fighting extremism" or "protecting children", people who aren't these authoritarians defend it themselves because they don't think of the collateral implications and context of what enforcing this kind of stuff actually entails. It will not be done with the scalpel it requires, it will be done with a zweihander.

I also see "yeah well just block [thing] in [place], problem solved" as incredibly short sighted, especially as a californian that would very much like to still be using linux after age verification laws we didn't even want got slipped in before we could even have a say about it, and I have to watch all these people go "yeah just ban linux from california then" - said before "Parents Decide" made it USA-wide

In for some scary times ahead.

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Quoting: NagezahnLegend of Keepers is currently free to keep.

Got it free from GOG a while back. Haven't played it yet.

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No demo? No thanks.

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one special exciting feature

Multiplayer?
The board game can be played solo (like the original videogame) or with a group, so I wonder if they'll implement something of a turn-based process for a multiplayer mode?

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For those that might not know (myself included),

AGI = Artificial General Intelligence

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All companies involved risk fines of up to AU$825,000 a day if they do not comply.

It seems to me that the natural response of these companies would be to block Australia from their services. The fines only matter if the companies consider the eSafety agency's concerns valid and want to do business in Australia. Otherwise, it's just lost tax revenue for the AU government.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: TevurJust another, vaguely related thing:

Yeserday, I got an update for Steam Runtime 4.0.
When was that released? What is the difference to Sniper? Who uses it?
Why is it not codenamed, yet? (vote for cannoneer)
Maybe for VR, Fex and the Frame...?

Each new Steam Runtime is based on a newer version of Debian. More info [here](https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steamrt/-/blob/steamrt/steamrt4/README.md).

Yep. Steam Linux Runtime 4 is based on Debian 13.2 Trixie. I used Runtime 4 to get OpenMW v0.50.0, which requires glibc 2.38, to run in Linux Mint 21.3. Otherwise, Mint 22 would have been the minimum requirement for v0.50.0.

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Quoting: GustyGhostIt will still be native Linux?

No one can say, as the article mentions it’s in the concept phase.

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This looks like a Warcraft 2 auto-battler and I think that's rad. I'm wishlisting it too.

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It will still be native Linux?

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Quoting: GoEsrDoesn't really need to be brought up to "current standards" whatever that means, ...

That's what I was thinking. They could do a completely new take on the game, like a fully 3d game instead of a 2.5D one, but I wouldn't class that as a remake.

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It's starting to get REALLY expensive to compete with the already established tech giants....

And this is still just populism. No-one wants to be seen as "weak on extremists" or be accused of not "wanting to protect the children" (both terms are drenched in deep double speak and dog whistling).

Everyone is trying to kick the can to someone else, it's a lot easier. Facebook wants the kick age validation to governments, politicians want to be seen kicking the can to companies.

Companies should take responsibility, and so should governments. This is neither taking responsibility, and is just a bunch of theater.

Sorry, old man ranting again.
(At least the coffee price is down somewhat!)

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Legend of Keepers is currently free to keep.

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Cartoony witches and cute familiars?

Colour me intrigued. 🐱

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how about targeting actual extremists in actual places where extremists dwell

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Doesn't really need to be brought up to "current standards" whatever that means, but there are a few QoL things that could be fixed up with a remake, especially with the excursions or whatever they're called. I've had buildings softlock more times than I care for.

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Quoting: Arehandoro

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: GerarderloperI do wonder how long until this extends to ALL software. Imagine having to have your face and id scanned to play a game or use an adobe app.

Could be worse. What if instead of your id, they wanted to scan your superego?

One would hope that only happens in Nietzsche applications.

You know, the Jung people aren't going to understand these jokes.

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Quoting: hardpenguinGood. It's time for gaming companies to take responsibility for spaces they own but opened to public.

You would ban an actively harmful and violent person out of your bar, football pitch, or book club, wouldn't you? This is the same.

Define actively harmful. I send my Turkish lady friend a joke about hitler and khm... sex toys, and it contained swastika. Or swastika MADE of sex toys. Which she loved and was laughing about. Am I actively harmful? Its just power grab by crazy people in head of state of AU. Nothing else. Anyone who is not opposing it is brain washed.

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