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Then let's agree to disagree.
I am talking of the scene that have caused Horses to be rejected by steam and was then removed. Your sentence

and never contained any scenes where a child was shown in connection with anything sexual.

is incorrect according to Horses faq.

I may be biased due to the cultural context. France went from very tolerant to mixing sexuality with minor to extremely hostile in the last few years due to a storm of chocking revelations and high-profile cases. There was way worse than Antichrist dating from 2009. The opinion have shifted sharply and a film with a similar scene would struggle to be projected at Cannes in 2026. I have read a ton of testimony of survivors of abuse that were published in the press, so the subject become touchy for me.

The points that I tried to pass, maybe badly as I'am not a native English speaker was that the rejection of the game that was sent to steam is unsurprising considering steam rule which are, in my mind, very relaxed.
The debate did go on should steam rules be even more relaxed. But the debate I expected is whether Steam should provide a second chance with its selection process. And I think that it should not in such a case. If they really wanted to ship the scene, they should have followed steam rules and provided a patch like most Japanese eroge.

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Quoting: KimyrielleAnyone had any success with it?

I had some problems with it being slow to start but otherwise it seems to work fine. Only played for 10 minutes to see if everything worked.

But I'm using the standalone client through Lutris and ProtonGE.

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I guess that might explain the state of the Linux version of their Storage Executive Software. It used to be available with a GUI. From what I can see, the latest version is only available with a CLI. The old GUI version won't run on Mint 22 (Ubuntu 25.04).

Not surprised about the price increase on memory. Pricing has cycled like that before. Especially when the big three are colluding to create artificial scarcity. I am a little surprised, however, that a major hardware component company has decided to put all their eggs in one basket like they've done. Not a very wise business decision. Consumers will remember the slight.

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I've had Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition on my Steam wishlist for a while now. I guess I'll be putting it on my GOG wishlist now.

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Can't say I have much sympathy. Doesn't matter what you think of AI, if your response to being accused of Z is to post up something saying OK, I've stopped doing Z in a video that does Z, you are asking for whatever you get.

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Quoting: PyronickGreat hardware, but I'm sticking to open hardware projects like Ploopy. Once you get used to the freedom of open firmwares like QMK or ZMK on your peripherals, it's hard to go back to closed ecosystems. It is too bad, though, that open firmwares for wireless mice are still pretty much non-existent or broken.

Hey!! 👋🏻 I thought I would be the only one in this thread. LOVE my nano trackball, and am looking forward to build their headphones, too.
Building the headphones would be just for the fun of building it though as I am happy with my beyerdynamic.

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Quoting: Philadelphusbut Trixie was released November 15 last year so I suspect

Trixie made it to stable only this August. Most people won't bother with testing/unstable.

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Aaaaand it's gone. Goonswarm Games posted an update:

Our project, and everything we built over the past six years, was canceled in just a few days.

We've decided to shut down the studio and end all future activities.

(I don't know why these companies keep using shitter but I will not post links to that hellhole)

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Knowing that memory is nearly everywhere, I'm worried about inflation if this AI scam doesn't settle quickly. Think about TVs, cars, even the production chains of the bread we eat... Who will be able to pay for this AI stuff? The ultra-rich?

A world built we the tax payer's money where he/she is not invited.

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I just checked my shelves and digged out GW1, i have that cdrom bookcase with the necromancess (is this correct english? like sorcerer and sorceress)
and there are two inlay books - manuscripts on Challenges and Lore.
Hm, I wonder if I get a free copy when I prove, i still have my GW1 hardcover with this merch inside...

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As for the news themselves, knowing about OldU's track record and having contributed to their UGold and UT patches, here's my reaction to this:

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Quoting: amataiA horror movie with the same scene that got the game rejected by steam would have caused its authors to be sent to jail, though.

It would not. As a concrete example, Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist" (2009) (nominated for the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival and shown uncut in both the UK and the US - a far cry from your jail scenario) features a graphic intercourse scene between two naked adults, showing a toddler present and watching them in the same room. That is a far more explicit scene than the one in "HORSES", which - again - features no scenes with any children and never contained any scenes where a child was shown in connection with anything sexual.

Would you kindly stop pretending that the game at any point featured sexualisation of a minor, without any evidence to support this? It makes it very hard to discuss the actual topic at hand if we also have to pause to consider unfounded scenarios as if they were facts.

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It does affect Intel actually, just not as badly. It doesn't affect AMD because they treat mappings differently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpwjJdkg2RE

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Quoting: Loftya comment so accurate you made it onto a Mr. Sujano video

Oh, wow.

Hi Mr. Sujano.

You said my name like you don't know what character it comes from (*).

I thought you were into videogames...
___
(*) - actual ingame name and name in manual are slightly different, I know.

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I have played the original Mining Mechs: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1603180/Mining_Mechs/
The mechanics of the game are very similar to Chipmatic.

On the topic of mining themed games:
I recently purchased Coal LLC: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3361510/Coal_LLC/
The graphics are simple (primitive), but the I have really been enjoying the game play. It is just the kind of game I enjoy:

• A simple tutorial is enough to get you into the game and feel a sense of progress

• A meta-progression system that levels you up from run to run. (roguelite)

• Keyboard and mouse controlled interface

• First Steam game for this developer

• Self-published

• Written in Godot

• Platinum rating on protondb

I tried to play the game on the Steamdeck and it really did not work well for me. In the discussion section of the Steam page, users are also complaining of controller issue.

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I think Steam made a good call when they originally blocked Horses build in 2023. I don't think the scene is an actual depiction of a child in a sexual manner, but I guess if there's doubt, better remove it.

However I don't understand why this story only became public 2-years later, why Valve refused to release the patched game and why EGS chickened out. If you play the game now there is nothing deserving a ban.

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I went and checked. My 2x32gb sticks cost 290cdn. (580 for 2 packs)
Current price: 1150 per pack. 2300 for the 128gb. Almost 4 times the price.

(the gov will love it for the extra tax money)

ppbblltt!
:P

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Quoting: EikeIf enough people do want it, they sell us what we want.

Assuming that it's profitable, no matter the wants, or even the *needs* of consumers; and also assuming that possible satisfactions of such wants/needs can't be manipulated. In consumer electronics, 'products' are slowly turning into further 'revenue streams', or portals for indefinitely extended rentals.

For example -- "If enough people do want" ... perpetual licenses as opposed to subscriptions ... would "they sell us what [they] want"? They wouldn't, and they don't; and those smaller companies that do sell perpetual licenses weasel their way out of it the moment they get bought out.

As luxury/specialist items, vinyl players, or even penny farthings can be produced at smaller scales; what's at issue here is mass production at scale, of things that have everyday use -- things that you can't just "vote with your wallet" not to buy, because you *need* them; things that you can't get from the 'competition' ... because there's no competition when it comes to the large-scale trends like what we're seeing with electronics right now. 'Competition' is at best a short term illusion, when the model requires the bigger players to keep swallowing the smaller players, or at the very least constrain the possibilities with which they have to work.

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A horror movie with the same scene that got the game rejected by steam would have caused its authors to be sent to jail, though.

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Aaaaaand it's gone. RWS posted another update:

... we've been overwhelmed with negative responses from our concerned POSTAL Community. The strong feedback from them is that elements of the game are very likely AI-generated and thus has caused extreme damage to our brand and our company reputation.
...
Our trust in the development team is broken, therefore we've killed the project.

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Gamers Nexus coverage: [youtube link](https://youtu.be/9A-eeJP0J7c)

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Quoting: mr-victory@Eike do you have a fairphone?

Yes. :)
The Motorola G-Whatever I had before hat removable battery and SD card slot as well though.

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Quoting: apocalyptech

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: ElectricPrism☑ Removable Batteries on Laptops and Phones

Not true. Have it in my phone I bought this year.

Quoting: ElectricPrism☑ Removable MicroSD Storage on Phones

Not true. Have it in my phone I bought this year.

I'm not quite as inclined to a Total Doom prediction as ElectricPrism, but those two points up there specifically are at least extremely strong trends over the past, I dunno, five years or so? Sure, are are phones available with removeable batteries and MicroSD cards, but those have been becoming increasingly rare. I'm hoping the zeitgeist will turn back around eventually re: MicroSD in particular, but even brands and product lines which have historically been really good about that kind of stuff have ended up dropping it on their more recent models. Saying that features like that are entirely "gone" is probably overstating things slightly, but I know that my own phone selection pool has drastically shrunk since ten years ago.

I agree these are trends!

But, vinyl records vanishing was a trend, too. If enough people do want it, they sell us what we want.

I also find it funny to strange that AFAICT it is not too hard to get a phone with SD card slot - as long as you buy for say 200 bucks instead of 1000.

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Quoting: Trias

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: ElectricPrism☑ Optical CD/DVD/HD/BluRay Drive on Laptops
☑ Ethernet Port in many cases gone necessitating USB-C Hub
☑ Anything outside a single USB-C

Not true. Have it in my laptop I bought this year.

Oh, you bought a notebook with an ODD this year? Regardless of ElectricPrism predictions those *are* becoming more and more scarce and harder to find. Did you bought it for gaming or office work? Was it good? Can you please tell the model?

Ah, sorry!

I should have edited the quote, it has multiple USB-C ports, not the other points.

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i think postal 2 is a cool and fun game, but this one is too much for me. there are horror movies similar to horses, with overly graphical and disgusting imagery, with violence for the sake of showing it. perhaps this sub-genre is not popular, because people don't see any point in this beside shocking their audience. i hope that developers of this game had at least some kind of artistic intent in this stuff, but on this topic I agree with my friend, who is a fan of horror genre, that very few creators of horror understand horror. it is not about disgusting imagery, or jump scares, or shocking content, it is about building up fear, tension, suspense in viewers. I can't feel any of that in the trailer, it is just gross. Well, whatever, I am not calling for its ban, the stores already have 18+ age check.

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I wish Logitech still produced the G600. I got into WoW Classic at the beginning of the year and consequently picked up a cheap Redragon MMO mouse. I've since stopped playing WoW but man, I just can't go back to mice with just a couple of side buttons. Even in non-MMO games, I just rebind everything to my mouse and just use the keyboard for movement basically.

I ended up upgrading to the Corsair Scimitar but I'm wary of the build quality. Many people say the scroll wheel dies quickly, and even now after a few weeks the left click has this weird creak to it.

By the sounds of it, many saw the G600 as the gold standard but they stopped making it. I loved the G502 years ago, and still have a G305 in reserve.

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Quoting: Boldos

Quoting: rea987Well, it's hard to believe that 2 decade old proprietary has a 64 bit native build available for Linux already. It does require a bit library linking but Luxtorpeda automates that perfectly. Regardless, best arena shooter of all times.

Well UT2k4 "always" had a native Linux build; I believe it was just not added to the official DVDs during release...
(I've had the Linux build on old HDDs somewhere for years...)

Owner of the 6-CD physical copy here. The installer is on CD1, and I guess it's on the DVD as well. It uses the fugly old installer (liflg I guess) which needs ancient versions of certain libraries in order to work. Can't remember which ones, though.

I do remember using another tool to generate a .deb package a long time ago, but I can't remember the name.

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Great hardware, but I'm sticking to open hardware projects like Ploopy. Once you get used to the freedom of open firmwares like QMK or ZMK on your peripherals, it's hard to go back to closed ecosystems. It is too bad, though, that open firmwares for wireless mice are still pretty much non-existent or broken.

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In my opinion, Logitech mice are the best on the market.

Personally, I use a G502 X (I just replaced my G502 Hero, whose left click button broke down after years of use).

This model G502 X has a fast scroll wheel, and I have to admit that aside from gaming, for example, for browsing the internet, I can't do without it anymore.

I chose a wired version, which is less expensive and, most importantly, never runs out of battery mid-game.

To make it easier to use depending on my needs, I created a profile with five DPI settings: 2000, 3200, 4400, 5800, and 7200 DPI. Most of the time I use 7200 DPI, except when, for example, I need to do photo editing.

I recommend using Solaar and Piper software under Linux to get the most out of your Logitech hardware. They allow you to configure your Logitech keyboards, mice, and receivers according to your personal preferences.

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Quoting: syylkIf there's a textbook example of how one can hate and love a videogame company at the same time, then it's Epic Games.

Today is even-numbered, so we love them.

Tomorrow Sweeney will speak, and we will hate them.

Sigh

a comment so accurate you made it onto a Mr. Sujano video

https://youtu.be/1NfAwHeo7ZM?t=867

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