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DdCno1

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  • Gog-games is back.

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  • Yes, since gog is PC-exclusive, so is gog-games.

    Forcing console manufacturers to open their systems to third party stores might be coming in the future, at least in the EU, which could also provide avenues for piracy.

  • Gog-games is back.

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  • Gog.com are selling DRM-free games, so there's no copy protection, Internet activation, mandatory launcher, etc. It used to stand for "good old games", but they also have new titles these days. Same parent company as The Witcher developers. There is a launcher, but it's entirely optional - you can just pay prices that are generally comparable to Steam and download the installation files for a game, which require no Internet connection at all (apart from some edge cases, e.g. a very small number of multiplayer games).

    Gog-games meanwhile is a piracy site that redistributes these DRM-free installers to people who are not inclined to pay for the privilege. What makes them preferable to other sites is that you get the trustworthy installers from gog and do not have to fiddle with potentially malicious cracks yourself. They are also uploading to fast file hosts. One thing they are particularly useful for is preservation, games that are now delisted on gog.com and elsewhere, only available there if you have purchased them in the past. The rather decent licensed Back to the Future game from Telltale for example can't be bought anywhere anymore (since the license for the movie franchise was only granted for a few years), but it's still available in its most convenient shape on gog-games.

  • Gog-games is back.

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  • They released a few statements about being upset about people sending demanding/rude messages to them. They also complained about the cost of hosting (there are no ads on the page). Originally, they wanted to only open for people who are donating, but they appear to have backtracked on that, at least for now.

    It's a common issue on the Internet. The moment you're doing anything, especially for free, you are basically inviting vitriol.

  • President Biden is now posting into the fediverse

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  • Humor doesn't translate well into Russian, does it?

  • Unsmart a smart TV

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  • The sensible approach is to get an Android TV device that you have more control over. You basically have the same freedom with it as with an Android phone or tablet. Plug it into the TV and use the TV only as a monitor/speaker.

    Warning: Do not buy cheap Chinese off-brand Android TVs from drop-shipping hellholes like Amazon. These commonly come with malware from the factory. Invest in a quality device with the features that you need.

    If you're on a budget, it's possible to make do with a Fire TV Stick, which are often on sale for next to nothing - just don't expect blistering performance or a good UI. They are still Android underneath that awful UI though. You have to fight Amazon's attempts at funneling you towards their own content, but it's doable.

    If you want a device that you can easily use for a long time without having to worry about it getting obsolete, get an Nvidia Shield TV or Shield TV Pro. Pricey, but - in my eyes - worth it. At first glance, these may look like every other streaming box, but they justify their relatively high asking prices. For starters, the support for these devices is astonishing, with even the first generation from 2015 still receiving updates. While the current hardware generation is from 2019, it has features you can't get anywhere else, like for example real-time AI upscaling of low-res content in certain apps and (on the Pro model) the ability to serve as a media server instead of just a client:

    Hook a storage device up to it (or mount your NAS), add media to them (digitize your home media collection or acquire media from other sources), and use the Plex server application to turn this tiny thing into your own private Netflix that never sees anything delisted. It has enough power to allow you to watch video locally and, at the same time, transcode (=turn media into a format the other device can handle in real-time) up to two more videos (depending on the video files) for other devices in and outside of your home network. This means you could watch something on your TV and at least one other person could watch content you have curated (they don't need a Shield TV - Plex clients are on a wide variety of devices). Given that this is a device that fits into the palm of your hand and needs less than 10W, that's quite astonishing.

  • President Biden is now posting into the fediverse

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  • Isn't it way past bedtime for you two in St. Petersburg?

  • Unsmart a smart TV

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  • Would you mind elaborating?

  • New open source GPU is free to all — FuryGPU runs Quake at 60fps, supports modern Windows software

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  • Anyone who has ever had to maintain old code will tell you that this more civilized age is right now and that the past was a dark and terrible time.

    Seriously, there were no standards, there was barely any documentation even in large organizations and people did things all the time that would get you fired on the spot today. Sure, you had the occasional wunderkind performing amazing feats on hardware that had no business of running these things, but this was not the norm.

  • New open source GPU is free to all — FuryGPU runs Quake at 60fps, supports modern Windows software

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  • Tons of software did this for the longest time. Lookup tables have been a staple of home computing for as long as home computers have existed.

  • New open source GPU is free to all — FuryGPU runs Quake at 60fps, supports modern Windows software

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  • Here's a video that explains the limitations of the DOOM engine and with it also briefly how the rendering part of it works (from 4:08 onward) in a very accessible manner:

    https://youtu.be/ZYGJQqhMN1U

    If you want a more in-depth explanation with a history lesson on top (still accessible, but much heavier), there's this excellent video:

    https://youtu.be/hYMZsMMlubg

  • New open source GPU is free to all — FuryGPU runs Quake at 60fps, supports modern Windows software

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  • Yup, and most people played it at something like 10 to 15 fps on hardware of the time. Same with DOOM a couple of years earlier.

  • Philippines lodges its 'strongest protest' against China over a water cannon assault in disputed sea

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  • Given their global network of secret police stations, global hacking, espionage, intellectual property theft and other shenanigans, the debt trap scheme that is the belt and road initiative, etc. pp. they are doing far more than just being a dangerous nuisance to neighboring countries. What's worse is that any time they are being called out, they and their sycophants are pulling the sinophobia card or using the age-old defense of what's indefensible, whataboutism.

  • U.S. Finds Israel in Compliance With Biden's Demands on International Law, Humanitarian Aid

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  • This does not support your initial statement at all.

  • Israel will stop working with UNRWA in Gaza, official

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  • Wait, are you seriously denying things Hamas have repeatedly and openly stated?

  • Philippines lodges its 'strongest protest' against China over a water cannon assault in disputed sea

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  • Hamas, Al Jazeera admit: Story of IDF rapes in Gaza hospital fabricated

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  • You think the Jerusalem Post is automatically a mouthpiece of the IDF, just because it's based on Jerusalem? How does that make any sense?

  • Hamas, Al Jazeera admit: Story of IDF rapes in Gaza hospital fabricated

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  • To me it demonstrated what I was already suspecting, that the far left is just as susceptible to misinformation as the far right. They usually have good intentions (apart from tankies), unlike people on the far right, but they are just as easily misled and painfully unaware of it.

  • Hamas, Al Jazeera admit: Story of IDF rapes in Gaza hospital fabricated

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  • And that's the English edition. The Arab language version is far worse.

  • Hamas, Al Jazeera admit: Story of IDF rapes in Gaza hospital fabricated

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  • They are a quality independent publication, unlike Al-Jazeera. You just don't like it, because it's from the "wrong" country.