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@ Pika @sh.itjust.works

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Just your normal everyday casual software dev. Nothing to see here.

People can share differing opinions without immediately being on the reverse side. Avoid looking at things as black and white. You can like both waffles and pancakes, just like you can hate both waffles and pancakes.

been trying to lower my social presence on services as of late, may go inactive randomly as a result.

  • Why I don't contribute to open source rules very often

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  • I don't contribute to projects most of the time strictly due to the hurdles in place for contributions. if I see an issue with something, I would like to be able to properly fix it, not have to follow a multi month process to actually get it in

    The last project I wanted to contribute to had the following system:

    1. make an account (makes sense, its a self hosted tracker)
    2. verify my identity and specify what I wanted to do in a whole different project in order to get validated to be able to open issues in the tracker
    3. open an issue stating that I found a problem
    4. state in the issue that I was willing to fix said problem
    5. agree to sign the code away if done
    6. wait for response confirming that it was ok
    7. fork the project
    8. fix the issue on your fork
    9. create test units for the project
    10. submit a merge on the main project
    11. wait weeks to months for the actual maintainer teams to review the fix and make suggestions/alterations
    12. fix any merge conflicts that was created during the time that it took to review
    13. rinse and repeat the last 2 steps until it's finally merged

    Luckily I had noticed that the timeframe of existing requests prior to doing it, and decided to pass on it.

    Don't get me wrong, a lot of those steps are necessary for proper development cycles but, it's the extra steps that are annoying. I'm looking to quickly contribute and move on. Too many steps or if the process seems like it will be a major pain in the butt = You can find and fix it yourself.

    Most projects if they have that I will at least open an issue for it so it's known as a problem... but some projects don't seem to want them reported, let alone fixed.

  • With all this talk about Ai not being profitable why aren't we using it in video games? I dont mean replacing developers I mean in NPCs in the game. I make them more realistic.

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  • games already have pretty extensive requirements for function, one model running for all NPC's wouldn't be that bad i dont think. it would raise ram requirements by maybe a gig or 2 and likely slow down initial loading time as the model has to load in. I'm running a pretty decent model on my home server which does the duties of a personified char and the CT im running ollama on only has 3 gigs allotted to it. And thats not even using the GPU which would speed it up tremendously

    I think the bigger problem would be testing wise that would be a royal pain in the butt to manage, having to make a profile/backstory for every char that you want running on the LLM. You would likely need a boilerplate ruleset, and then make a few basic rules to model it after. But the personality would never be the same player to player nor would it be accurate, like for example I can definitly see the model trying to give advice that is impossible for the Player to actually do as it isn't in the games code.

  • This smartphone runs Android, Linux, and even Windows 11

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  • I think it might for Linux but they mention a boot menu and requiring a reboot for windows, so I don't think windows is via a virtualization layer.

    Also disappointing to hear the downgraded stuff for the 6. I was looking into them at once point but due to the infancy of the phone I decided against it, looks like it was a good call.

  • This smartphone runs Android, Linux, and even Windows 11

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  • Does the Fairphone 56 run Linux and Windows? I was under the understanding that the Fairphone was more focused to be a repairable Android device.

    This device is marketing as a middleman device that runs Windows(Native), Linux(through an app), and Android(native). I think its intent is to give more lower technical people(the people who only really need a phone + access to low power programs like documents or spreadsheets) the ability to have a work computer without actually needing to carry both a phone and a computer around.

    edit: replaced 5 with 6 as 5 is discontinued and not sold first party anymore

  • This smartphone runs Android, Linux, and even Windows 11

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  • Man, I didn't even notice that my first looksy on it. Yeah, that killed any type of interest I would have even if they made a cheaper version. Like, an enthusiast grade that doesn't allow you to replace the battery. Yeah, they're shooting themselves in the foot just from the start.

  • What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS

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  • I want to add onto this that if you're choosing between Lutris and Heroic, you should probably go heroic. I personally use Lutris myself, Mostly because I prefer the UI design of it. However, heroic does have a faster update cycle, while having built in support of Amazon gaming, epic games(including experimental cloud support) and gog, and doesn't have the bugs that Lutris has. Especially when it comes to trying to run GE layers through it.

    Trying to get those first party storefronts to work on Lutris is, for lack of better words, a pain in the ass. I'm only still using it out of pure stubbornness because, like I said, I much prefer the overall layout.

  • Epic Game Store’s free giveaways just cause a huge spike in Steam sales, reveals New Blood CEO

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  • yea looking into it, the steamworks policy doesn't mention price parity outside of product keys via steam being sold on other storefronts, being said it does look like steam has submitted to the courts evidence of them communicating via email threatening studios that if they actually went through with it, that steam would just choose not to sell their game at all, this was uncovered during deposition during the Wolfire & Dark Catt’s U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Valve. They went on record admitting to the email and explaining that the steam key page was meant to be for all products as a whole. It sounds like it's a situation where on paper they have it one way, but in practice it's meant to be the other.

  • Epic Game Store’s free giveaways just cause a huge spike in Steam sales, reveals New Blood CEO

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  • That would cause compliance issues on steam though publisher wise. They would need the title to be off steam since one of steams publisher terms is that the sale price of an item must be at least equal to the lowest price available on other platforms. Meaning that if you have a deal like described there, steam would be the higher price and it would violate their publisher terms.

    edit: looking into this it looks like it might only be for steam keys, so actually they may be in the clear here.

  • YSK: Europe Can Wreak HAVOC On America Without Firing a Bullet.

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  • I don't think he has a track recording of thinking in general to be fair.

    I think he spits actions and just takes whatever sticks. The dude bankrupted how many times now and is expected to be the master in resolving US trade?

  • YSK: Europe Can Wreak HAVOC On America Without Firing a Bullet.

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  • I'm not the respondee but you may want to reread that post. they use the word mainly there to indicate most but not all. You are risking cherry picking the argument. By what I see it, the wording for "only exception" since the word mainly is used, would indicate that the only major exception would be, not the "only exception" would be.

    That's how I read it anyway.

    regardless though, the entire theory is silly anyway, doing what the original article suggests would also send the world into a global recession and would be the a classic case of shooting your own foot in an attempt to harm the opponent.

    ammendum/post addition: regardless of who owns it though, the outcome is still unlikely. For government it would be political suicide in democratic countries, and for private sector it would be a massive financial dumpster fire. I think finding alternative export/import partners is far more likely to happen than something of the scale the article posts

  • Epic Game Store’s free giveaways just cause a huge spike in Steam sales, reveals New Blood CEO

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  • I've said this in the past but I think it's worth restating. I'm amazed that EGS is willing to even front the cost of these free games. Like I would expect some form of arbitrary restriction like requiring periodic actual money purchase to be eligible. They have posted income reports that state the free program just isn't working. Sure it's increasing numbers, but that isn't very helpful when your revenue is still decreasing ontop of the cost of the program. I mean it does help that its a flat cost and not a cost per install for them, but still.

    for perspective: my last purchase was void train in super early stages of the game (2021 I think?) and prior to that was satisfactory somewhere around 2018 or 19. Meanwhile I have collected a lot of decent games from the program. And I'm one of the better cases. I have /tons/ of friends who have zero intention of ever actually buying anything on the shop, they only use it as a log in, claim the weekly freebie, log out or play the freebie game. Heck, there are programs that are dedicated exclusivley to log in as you, and claim the weekly freebies so you never even have to log onto the storefront. It isn't a sustainable model.

    I feel like they would be better off forcing an annual payment history check on the platform, something stupid small like "if total paid is > 5$" or something cheap, or even like how steam does it where once you purchase something once everything unlocks. From a financial/business mindset, I don't get their intent on the current program. It only encourages people to grab games and never actually spend money on the sinkhole.

  • What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS

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  • Fair, I have a handful of dev friends who I know don't know "why" a command or script works, just that it does, so I guess that statement would likely help them.

  • This smartphone runs Android, Linux, and even Windows 11

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  • I'm not sure if I just misunderstood you but, the article does say the pre-order/reservation is a deposit that is for the phone. so you would only own an additional 349(plus shipping and fees) at shipping not 549 + deposit

     
        
A NexPhone reservation entitles you to purchase NexPhone before general availability.
Price: $549
Reservation deposit: $199, refundable
Remaining balance: $350
At shipping: the remaining balance plus shipping and any applicable taxes/duties will be due.

  • This smartphone runs Android, Linux, and even Windows 11

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  • this is honestly my biggest take on all of the alternative phone options.

    Like I can see spending 500-1000 on a device that is already established and known to be good. 500-1000 on an enthusiast device is a bit of an ask.

    If there was an alternative device that was somewhat in the consumer range for phones (so 50-250 range) I think it would go a lot better, but every alternative phone seems to focus on flagship series price ranges for devices, and for a project that may or may not take off that's not a good objective.

  • Unsealed: Spotify Lawsuit Triggered Anna's Archive Domain Name Suspensions * TorrentFreak

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  • Not the person you asked the question to but, for me it was dogshit music selection. I dislike radio music, my forte of music is almost exclusivley EDM based. Spotifies selection for glitchstep/dubstep/chillstep was a joke when i was looking into it. Plus I heavily disliked their leaning into requiring an account to even listen.

  • What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS

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  • No, I was curious about it so I looked it up, it's a secondary first party terminal app it seems, I was wondering as well cause I didn't see how the system could even function without it. Powershell and Command Prompt are still available it's just terminal has the ability to merge them into one app it seems.

  • What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS

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  • I love the warning note

    Sudo for Windows can be used as a potential escalation of privilege vector when enabled in certain configurations. You should make sure to be aware of the security considerations when enabling the sudo command on your machine.

    What do you mean a master-key/privilege escalation tool can cause a privilege escalation vulnerability, who knew 😂

  • What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS

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  • Most chromebooks can be put into a dev mode(which requires factory reset...) in order to install a new OS on it. I have done it a few times.

    being said, with how low power they are, they can't really do much but what chromeos can do.

  • What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS

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  • I just need a spare weekend or two to make the swap now and throw wine on it for the games I play that refuse to run on Linux.

    if your primary storefront is via steam, you likely won't even need to manage wine, steam will do that for you as part of the install process. You can use something like protonup or something to get GE editions of proton but, honestly it mostly works right off the gate.

    Just be aware that proton can have conflicts if you try to use it on NTFS drives, you'll need to manually specify UID and GID for the drive (via fstab or however you manage mounting drives) or you'll get permission errors that won't actually say what they are unless you ran steam via the terminal.

  • Nova Launcher’s new owner, Instabridge, is ‘evaluating’ ads, and some users already report seeing them.

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  • While he says that Instabridge is in a “difficult position,” he thinks that open sourcing Nova “has to be a component” of helping rebuild trust with the community:

    Yea, I bet it is a difficult situation, wanting to add advertisements and trackers to an app you didn't develop while trying to skirt out of a public commitment for going open source, an act that would allow people to completely undo your efforts for ads and trackers. I can see why they don't want to open source it.

    For context that is paraquoting Barry(the ex-dev that left) talking about instabridge and open sourcing it. the full quote is in the post.