Cethin

I’ll often have documentation on another monitor, so I can full-screen my code and still reference the documentation without switching windows.

I think it’d be really cool if, once there’s a bunch of Decks with broken screens and stuff, there’s a community around building new devices with them. There’s no reason it needs to be the same size screen, or even the same controller format. It’d be cool to have like GameBoy size versions (assuming the hardware can be compacted that small, which it probably can’t), or even larger versions. I’d love to see someone print out a Deck case that’s scaled for a laptop screen, for example. There’s no reason that can’t be made easy with parameterized models.

This one is a custom case with a custom screen, except they chose to make it a copy of the Deck. That’s great if you want it, but it’d be cool to have options.

There are a few use cases, but generally very few and far between. The people who need it already know, so it doesn’t need to be brought up every time. If you don’t know you need it then you don’t.

I love the “you can’t modify my mod because it undermines authoritative intent” and then modifying things like the standing stones because “oh, that’s not the way it’s supposed to work.” Obviously he doesn’t even believe what he says. He just says whatever he needs to to “win” like a true narcissist.

Just switch to Linux. You don’t have to hope that you don’t get left behind, and you actually control your system. If you’re willing to deal with LTSC then you’re more than capable of installing Linux and running a VM if you really need Windows.

It was someone speaking on behalf of MS and MS didn’t really work to change the perception. They can hide behind the “not an official statement” argument, but you shouldn’t spread their message. They did it on purpose, and used it for false advertising. It only isn’t illegal because they sent the message through unofficial channels, but then purposefully let it spread.

I’ve tried using LLMs to name games for game jams and wow it’s bad. It tends to recommend almost exclusively alliteration. There’s nothing creative or interesting that comes out of it.

I’m convinced this is on purpose. Politicians always say “we can’t get rid of dirty energy until we have enough clean energy to replace it.” Suddenly, when clean energy is good enough to replace it, businesses decide this shitty inefficient technology is needed, and it gobles up any power available. This creates a situation where we can never remove dirty energy because, no matter how much clean energy is produced, all the energy is also consumed.

I can’t know for sure this is on purpose, but the timing sure is convenient for them. It makes the excuse to never regulate dirty energy perpetual.

I also think crypto could have been part of this scheme, but it suddenly died because “AI” is even better for the task of wasting energy.

It’s my opinion that we should be making cemeteries parks. I know I personally would be much happier if, when I die, and if I were to have a grave, that the space would be useful. Also, the “headstone” could instead be park equipment, like a bench or swings or something. Maybe some space could be set for gardens, and you can choose to be buried there. I don’t understand cemeteries that are made solely for bodies to be thrown in and mostly not useful to society.

What, for people to wear on their fingers to keep oil off or something?

They can outside of the UK, but for stuff accessible in the UK, they can’t. To be specific, I think it’s that they can’t recommend one to get around this law. They can in general, but not to avoid the law.

Yeah, that’s what I said.

I assume the planned release date for 1.0 is staying the same though. This doesn’t buy them any more time. It only delays the time where they’d get feedback from the community. You can always wait for early access to be over if you want. This is all that was delayed, not 1.0.

They can’t recommend using a VPN, but they can say “some users are illegally subverting the ban using a VPN. For more information on this subject see: [link to VPN guide].”

Early Access is being delayed. They were releasing early access to let users give feedback. Now that feedback will be delayed, which allows them to make mistakes that may have been avoidable if they heard from players sooner.

That being said, the current course of action, regardless of justification, is actually going to get us a better game in the end.

Eh, I’m not sure about that. Sure, a more complete initial launch (probably still early access), but will 1.0 be better, or after that? Part of what made previous games good was getting user feedback early in early access. Sure, they played less complete versions, but it allowed them to direct where the game was heading sooner.

Also, how much does this hurt morale of the team? Are they still going to care about the project as much with their owners fucking around with the project? If they don’t care as much, the final product is almost certainly worse.

I agree, but Subnautica was more about exploration than just survival. Sure, you could keep expanding the world to add new environments, but eventually that gets out of hand. For a Subnautica type game, making new ones makes sense, especially to address tech debt as well and start fresh.

The Deck has done incredibly well, but they can’t manufacture enough to make your numbers make sense. Also, last I saw, Linux streaming was around 5%.

However, yeah, most people won’t know how to use these tools. There will probably be a ton of sites that pop up temporarily that don’t have age verification. Any time they go after them it’ll go down, and a new one will appear. They’ll be sketchy sites, but that’s how most people will avoid it if they want to avoid it.

Yeah, it won’t be good, but it’s going to happen eventually. Sooner is better.

I really think someone needs to make a modern evolution of Dark Cloud. Maybe the technological limitation was actually a benefit though, because a modern game would probably try to do open world, full 3d construction, and things like that. The technology at the time required that they keep it fairly simple but also really well designed.

They did not take the money and run. From my understanding, it just ended up with everything they’re working on being tied to some critical update, and making it effectively impossible for them to update the existing version of the game until it’s out. It was bad version control management, but not malice.