UndercoverUlrikHD

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UndercoverUlrikHD,

You can block Instances that like those, or switch to and instance where the admins do it on an instance level.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

The matrix admin group or a different one?

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Joining an instance that has defederated from them should alleviate that problem.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Can’t read the tweet as Twitter is blocked on Firefox, but my guess would be closer ties with NSA, i.e. NSA can exert more control and monitoring of the data openai collects.

Microsoft announces a disc-less Xbox Series X console in white (www.theverge.com)

The new console option won’t include a disc drive, and will be entirely all-digital. Inside it’s identical to the Xbox Series X, with the same performance for existing Xbox games. This new white model will be available with 1TB of storage later this year, priced at $449.99....

UndercoverUlrikHD,

“adorable all-digital” console as they called it in the internal email.

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You got to take that up with the Microsoft executive who wrote it. It’s physical media, so Microsoft has less control over it, which they clearly don’t like.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Skimming through it it wasn’t fully clear to me, is this just for their pdf editor?

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Thanks for clarifying

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This is one of the parts GOG are doing way worse than Steam. Even with a 1GB limit I still have to constantly remove save files from Pathfinder WotR to make it fit inside the cloud sync. 200MB is ridiculously small.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

When it’s configured by the devs they can set limit appropriate to their game’s save file. Pathfinder got massive save files (there’s even mods to try to reduce the size) compared to most other games, especially linear ones. It seems like GOG is setting a global limit

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Should probably have been more clear that it’s extremely small for pathfinder. And since GOG is setting a global limit and they are selling pathfinder on their storefront, their global limit is too small.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

While I do agree that Owlcat could do a better job with their save file system, from the point of view of the consumers it shouldn’t be their problem. If GOG sell their games and offer cloud sync, they should provide adequate amount of space. Storage is relatively cheap.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

I think you misunderstood me, I never claimed that excessive file size can’t be a problem for the end user. I was saying that in regards to cloud save, large file sizes shouldn’t be a problem for the end user. It’s a problem GOG should take up with the developers they allow selling on their storefront with GOG’s advertised feature set.

I’d like to challenge you on that edit of yours though. On an SSD the time it takes to load a save file into memory is negligible, and in almost all cases less than the game assets the game loads up when you start a game. The complexity of the game world is the dominant factor.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

It’s a shame it requires a PSN account. I got an account, but making it a requirement is deal breaker in my eyes. Hopefully it will find it’s way on to GOG one day, plenty of other of activities to do in the meantime.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Alan Wake 2 is probably the best looking game running on any system, it works on Linux via Proton

Does a VPN used on a smartphone with Wi-Fi disabled (mobile data only enabled) provide any sort of protection?

I’ve never completely understood this, but I think the answer would probably be “no,” although I’m not sure. Usually when I leave the house I turn off wifi and just use mobile data (this is a habit from my pre-VPN days), although I guess I should probably just keep it on since using strange Wi-Fi with a VPN is ok (unless...

UndercoverUlrikHD,

What sort of protection are you after? Your VPN should encrypt your data to make it more difficult to snoop on your activity. I wouldn’t trust any random WiFi hot-spot just because you got a VPN encrypting your traffic though.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Autopilot turns off because the car doesn’t know what to do and the driver is supposed to take control of the situation. The autopilot isn’t autopilot, it’s driving assistance and you want it to turn off if it doesn’t know what it’s should do.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Sure, what meant though was that Tesla doesn’t have self driving cars the way they try to market it as. They are no different than what other car manufacturers got, they just use a more deceptive name.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

What sort people are you trying throw off your trail? Genuine question as I’m not a frequenter of privacy communities.

Unless you’re a investigative journalist, what are the odds details such as weather, car, type of job would be compiled by someone to identify you?

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Sure, but what random psycho would go through all your comments collecting data like weather on a specific day, car, job, etc… just to mess with you in real life. That’s like one in a billion unless you specifically seek out those kind of people.

UndercoverUlrikHD, (edited )

Better than Steam I’d argue. Unlike Steam, games you buy on GOG are yours to keep forever. No DRM like steam that forces you to log on after a few days offline. You also get better version control.

Edit: the offline limit was a bug. Offline restrictions would be dependent on the DRM solution for each individual game.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

After digging into it, it seems like the 2 week limit was a bug that has been fixed by steam. So there is no Steam enforced limit, it’s up to each game’s DRM to enforce restrictions. Steam can function as DRM with a simple command during upload, but it’s rather basic and Valve recommends publishers to use additional DRM for more serious protection.

GOG on the other hand is DRM free as a core policy so you’re guaranteed no restrictions.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Gave Newell is 60+ years old and haven’t exactly taken the most care for his own health. We don’t know what will happen once he is gone.

With GOG there is nothing a change of leadership can do to your existing game library.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

I’m aware, however it’s not as transparent and Steam does not provide the same guarantees that GOG do.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

R and rust are two completely different languages…

UndercoverUlrikHD,

My apologies then, I thought you were shortening rust to R by mistake

UndercoverUlrikHD,

What’s weird about the whole incident is that anyone with even the slightest knowledge of the PC gaming space could have told you that this is exactly what would happen.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Impulse? Got a similar mail yesterday for my gym too, doubt I’ll bother until my card stops working. Cards are simply more reliable than apps.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

In what bizzaro world did the witcher series fail to live up to expectations? The first one was a masterclass of atmosphere and had zero expectations, the second were just fine and the third one still is the gold standard for quest design in open world games.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Buggy like most ambitious open world games, but still perfectly playable. It certainly lived up to expectations, it was one of the most praised games of its time, more than what I’ve seen about BG3. Granted I don’t follow the industry as closely as I did back then.

Just because you didn’t like 1 and 2 doesn’t mean they didn’t live up to expectations. CDPR was nobody before witcher 1 and a small studio before 2, so I really don’t get how they didn’t live up to expectations for those two games.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

You better have been playing a durge campaign when doing that, you’re heinous

UndercoverUlrikHD,

We stopped doing it in Norway many years ago when society moved to debit cards. I would have assumed most of Western Europe to have made the change by now?

UndercoverUlrikHD,

No, they simply removed the locks as nobody got got coins anymore

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Who didn’t move on to card?

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Never played/watched the first, but based on the protagonist it looks like a story sequel?

UndercoverUlrikHD,

The new generation? I remember this stuff happening 15 years ago. People were camping outside before big game releases and had an incentive to ensure they got a copy of the game. The new generation that only buys digital is not to blame for the practice taking hold.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Eight space indentation should be crime, I’m not made out screen width over here.

If you want to be strict with indentation, use tabs as your standard instead of forcing others to use your preferred visual width.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

It’s a shame, but people are asking for it when they buy, and therefore support, these kind of games. If people simply refused to buy always-online games, we wouldn’t be in this mess.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Larian doesn’t lock your save files to an online server. You can jump into appdata and save scum manually even in honour mode.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Nothing stops you from busting your games on other platforms when available. I always choose GOG over steam personally. What cut they take from publishers isn’t consumers’ concern.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

They aren’t exclusionary.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

I think Phil like most executives prioritise whatever they think will be best for their career, regardless of what their preference is

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Wrath of the righteous runs pretty poorly in my experience, no really playable without a graphic cards. Kingmaker works better though

UndercoverUlrikHD,

“ignoring the major players in the industry”

UE5 had turned into the standard whether you like it or not. I personally don’t like the engine, but that doesn’t mean I’ll lie about its position in the market, and neither should you. You aren’t doing Godot any favours with it

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Your preference doesn’t dictate what’s industry standard is my point. It would be like someone only playing exclusively Total War games claiming the Warscape Engine is industry standard, sounds pretty stupid doesn’t it.

The last AAA game I bought was Fallen Order,

A shame you missed out on Baldurs Gate 3 then. Alan Wake also got great criticism.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Lol, alright dude

Sega sells off Relic Entertainment, will axe 240 jobs (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Canada-based studio Relic Entertainment, which recently released Company of Heroes 3, did receive some good news in the midst of these layoffs. The company announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it is becoming an independent studio thanks to the help of “an external investor” who went unnamed.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

Eh, CA pretty much aced their DLC strategy for warhammer 2. It’s with Warhammer 3 that they fell of a cliff. And three kingdoms barely got any DLC before getting cancelled.

UndercoverUlrikHD,

The irony…

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