skulbuny

skulbuny, 2 days ago

It’s quoting the source who used that specific term

skulbuny, 21 days ago

At some point there’s proprietary stuff in our bodies, be it a driver, a BIOS or the code that runs on the various microcontrollers that run low level functions from the USB ports to simple power management.

The most “security paranoid” organizations in the world usually run a lot of stuff on children and babies are full of opaque and proprietary code and they consider it “safe enough”.

People are replacing lost/damaged organs and limbs with computer-controlled hardware. The same problems that occur in computers that exist outside of humans will occur in computers inside of humans. Do you trust non-open drivers from Corporation X or Government Y in your eyes telling your brain what you do or don’t see?

That’s the extreme, of course, but it isn’t any less scary than computers you trust with your credit card, bank account, etc information.

Open source drivers means when corporation X goes under, your hardware still can work and isn’t automatically abandoned. It keeps more hardware out of landfills longer, with the ability to drastically reduce e-waste.

skulbuny, 20 days ago

You make wonderful points, but I think we can both agree that I’ve demonstrated that there is value open source drivers, however insignificant they may be in comparison to non open drivers isn’t really relevant. It shouldn’t be such a shock an individual may want an open source only version of Linux which is the topic of discussion here.

skulbuny, 1 month ago

How confusing will looking up “elixir mix Linux” be in web searches though 👀

skulbuny, 1 month ago

I’m very glad I got lifetime 😂

skulbuny, 3 months ago

Sounds like they should’ve had guns

skulbuny, 3 months ago

You can duplicate any item in the game for regular ol gold with a special NPC.

skulbuny, 3 months ago

Helldivers is as p2w as dragons dogma 2. Both currencies are earned in-game.

skulbuny, 3 months ago

The more stuff it can access, the better the anticheat, of course!

skulbuny, 3 months ago

A case of black hat hacking resulting in good outcomes for most people? Hate that those people who spent a lot of time and effort in the tournament get fucked, but (on its own, without the collateral damage) exposing the terrifying problems of giving that much access to a single executable is a good thing.

skulbuny, 3 months ago

Lasers and shields.

skulbuny, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

I don’t think it has kernel anti cheat tho. Runs just fine on Linux without root permissions

Damn, getting downvoted for just stating my experience. It doesn’t require kernel level access on Linux and runs fine—it’s not a stretch to think it doesn’t have kernel level anticheat (it doesn’t on Linux, just on Windows).

skulbuny, 3 months ago

Does that function the same on Linux?

skulbuny, 3 months ago

I really do not understand how server anti cheat is not way easier. I feel like devs are caught up on realtime anti cheat and not willing to do anything asynchronous. Or they really like paying licensing fees for client-side anticheat. I just don’t understand how any competent software engineer or systems admin or architect trusts the client so fervently.

skulbuny, 8 months ago

By your own admission you are punching down or sideways at best. Punch up. You see what you want to see, you aren’t the only person in the world who’s a card carrying union member here nor are you the only person who cares about workers in any non-tech industry here. Class infighting is about the dumbest thing ever.