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EU laws don't apply in the US, yet every new iPhone has a USB-C port despite Apple yelling and spitting like a Visigoth against it.

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Quoting: Cley_Faye.Either their dev are worst than an entry level junior intern, or there's some high level incompetence all around.

On arc raiders there were terrible exploits and security holes, you could pull up the UE5 (?) developer console and use it to teleport back to the game round in which you were eliminated. Or fire the single shot weapon 10 times in 0.1 second with an animation cancel. Etc.

Also what the hell is the finals also affected? I played it often & have my discord linked, nevet played arc outside of server slam

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Quoting: ExplosiveDiarrheaThank God US laws don't apply to the rest of the world... yet!

A common thing people say - but the reality is the opposite. If you want to do any kind of business or service in the US, the laws very much do apply.

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Thank God US laws don't apply to the rest of the world... yet!

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Quoting: JohnologueCan't hear the NVIDIA updates over the fans of my perfectly functional GTX 1070...

But... but ... how is nvidia supposed to survive if you don't use their new vibe coded drivers?

Y'know, I usually don't defend Nvidia, but people getting pissy because they're discontinuing driver support for 10+ year old hardware is just beyond petty. Also, why would they be hiring more Linux engineers if the drivers are being vibe coded? Kinda doesn't really make much sense, but hey, you be an insufferable baby all you want.

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Quoting: CaldathrasNot much benefit to me. My Nvidia chipset is stuck on the 580 series. Ah well, I knew it would happen eventually...

No biggie, though. Nvidia drivers are messy on Xfce (at least on my Mint system) since the 590 series, so I had to go back to earlier versions for it to work properly on my GTX 1650.

I've been seeing that 590 has problems all over the place, but it's been perfectly fine for me on CachyOS. Makes me wonder if it's the Ubuntu maintainers that have somehow broken it, which wouldn't surprise me.

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It's a bit weird. When you buy a beer we have age verification at the point of purchase, we don't have age-verification at the point of opening.

The impression I get is that they are going arse backwards about mandating parental controls.

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As someone who lived for a bit, I'm always worried when I see Microsoft doing something to appeal to people. Their history of embrace, extend, extinguish is quite the marvelous thing.

My personal stance on this is no more closed systems, no lock-ins, no local restrictions. We don't know yet, but I very much doubt this new device will check all this, or if it does, for how long.

But I'm afraid a lot of people will flock to this (assuming MS don't utterly sabotage itself in the meantime).

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In the end

Spoiler, click me

US intelligentsia come and raid your lab and squirrel away all your life's work before pushing the idea that its all quack science through the great wurlitzer.

Disclaimer I've played exactly zero hours of this game

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Liked the first one, this looks great!

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Quoting: Liam DaweAh, but you've touched on a good point actually. With open source - nothing stops people taking a distro and doing a spin with a patch to remove it all huh? How will they deal with anything like that...

By tying it to a 'must have' watering hole, so that people will want it a la Brave New World. Just look at how many swallow in-browser DRM just to pound down a few shows on streaming sites.

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Quoting: melkemindThey could also try to sabotage Proton or pull some other shady stuff.

While PC gaming continues growing beyond predictions, this is no doubt a move to protect the moat. It is one of the dangers of having normalized translation layers like Proton. Microsoft remains in the position to say 'jump' and any translation tool has no choice but to follow.

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I don't think the Steam Machine will age that well spec-wise. Low-end RDNA3 basically means bad raytracing, bad upscaling and only 8GB VRAM. Whatever the next Xbox will be will completely outclass this thing. Not to mentioned they don't have to worry about anti-cheat.

The only thing that Valve can really offer here is lower price and earlier availability. If they manage to launch a year earlier, they could snatch away some potential marketshare and establish their niche in the console space. For the right price of course.
But if they wait too long now, I fear they might miss their chance here.

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Great news, now waiting for GE-Proton update.

I've just been brute-forcing performance with my RTX 4090 on DX12 games, but a real fix is in much need.

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Microsoft has already said this will be a "premium" device. They're not even going to try to make it affordable, so I'm thinking $1,000 or more. I do suspect, however, that they'll allow third-party manufacturers to make cheaper versions, just like they do with handhelds.

The reasons people leave Windows won't change, and it'll probably get worse now that the head of their AI division is taking over Xbox.

The real danger is Microsoft pulling some anti competitive moves. They are one of the AI companies that bought up all the RAM and forced the prices up, and Nadella said they had a surplus. They could turn around and put that RAM into their Xboxen at no cost. They could also try to sabotage Proton or pull some other shady stuff.

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Like they are dealing with VPN's but with less arguments against it. Just declare it all illegal, and then OFCOM will come up with the most tone-deaf way to do it.

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If it indeed includes Steam support, then it's not really bad news for Valve - and if it doesn't, then it's not a real competition to Steam Deck Machine. Gaben wins either way, lol.

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Quoting: GoEsrThey're basically inventing a "pirate" industry where open-source software will have to implement these measures, then the community will create patches (cracks) to remove them. 😆

Ah, but you've touched on a good point actually. With open source - nothing stops people taking a distro and doing a spin with a patch to remove it all huh? How will they deal with anything like that...

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They're basically inventing a "pirate" industry where open-source software will have to implement these measures, then the community will create patches (cracks) to remove them. 😆

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Imagine if it's open enough that we can install SteamOS on it :D

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Was also stuck in the payment process for over an hour :P
I guess that is a good sign. Also, it is currently the top selling game on Steam :)
https://store.steampowered.com/charts/topselling/global

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The nitwits… with a little power, even less understanding or good intention

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One inch at a time, we are reclaiming and returning the web back into one with personality, instead of javascript-framework-of-the-month slop that it's become.

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From the consumer standpoint that is a clear win for consumers, having more universal devices that are not tied to only one platform is always a win. If the Project Helix will be as open as Steam Machine I don't have anything against it, although I really doubt it will be like that.

But as a Linux enthusiast I hope the Steam Machine will win this race!

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Those that appear in Epstein files targeting users under 18 in 3, 2, 1...

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This game should come with a voucher for a therapist specialised in addiction.

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Semi-related: digiphile has Planet Coaster for free right now:
https://www.digiphile.co/collections/planet-coaster-free-game-plus

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They say screen saver, but it's really just a lock screen, is it not?

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Quoting: CarollyI know about Prop 65 labeling

No doubt they had good intentions (consumer awareness can be a good thing), but since they are on almost everything, nobody pays any attention to them. So kind of useless, without some actions to actively reduce their frequency (like with PFAS).

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Quoting: EikeYou don't actually, literally think that you are talking to/writing with a hole in a backside. People get a money fine for insulting.

So what you are saying, is that you have to pay for the "privilege" of insulting (figurative) assholes.

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"driving" and "horror" go hand in hand! 😖🫣

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