Skip Navigation

Stillhart

@ Stillhart @lemm.ee

Posts
8
Comments
392
Joined
2 yr. ago

  • Amazon- and Google-backed AI firm Anthropic says “general-purpose AI tools simply could not exist” if AI companies had to pay licences for the training material

    Jump

  • I don’t know if you noticed this but some really big companies with high stock valuations are only existing because investors poured tons of capital into them to subsidize the service.

    Exactly, they PAID MONEY to make it work. No they don't make the money back and depend on outside capital, but they are still paying their employees (not enough) and suppliers, etc.

  • Get the PS5 now or wait for the pro?

    Jump

  • IMHO, Xbox is a better console than PS this gen. I was a PS guy all the way but I got both XSX and PS5 when they came out and I barely touch my PS5 compared to the Xbox.

    To be fair, most of the reasons I prefer the Xbox are just user experience things. The biggest one is that I think the PS5 controller is horrible. The ergonomics are all weird for me (yeah I realize that everyone's hands are different) and the fancy trigger buttons are real cool in the one or two games that make use of them but they're squishy and vague feeling in the other 99% of games. The Xbox controller has better ergonomics, and better feel in the hand with its materials and button feel. Yes, ergonomics and feel preference will vary from person to person but it's worth mentioning since I never had an issue with PS controllers until the PS5.

    The other reasons I prefer the Xbox are things like how much better it is for things on your TV that aren't gaming (streaming shows, watching movies, etc.), I think Gamepass is WAY better than the Sony version, it has more exclusives I am interested in, etc.

    Anyhow, you do you, but you might look into the Xbox a little before blindly just going with the PS5 on the strength of the older consoles. I was surprised by how much I didn't want to use the PS5. And a little bummed if I'm honest. It was a lot of effort to get one at launch and a lot of money and it mostly just gathers dust.

    And to answer your specific question, if you do decide to go with a PS5, just get whatever is available when you are ready to get one. When it comes to tech, there's always something better coming so you can wait forever because they will never say "okay, all done!".

  • Amazon- and Google-backed AI firm Anthropic says “general-purpose AI tools simply could not exist” if AI companies had to pay licences for the training material

    Jump

  • It doesn't matter what business we're talking about. If you can't afford to pay the costs associated with running it, it's not a viable business. It's pretty fucking simple math.

    And no, we're not talking about "to big to fail" business (that SHOULD be allowed to fail, IMHO) we're talking about AI, that thing they keep trying to shove down our throats and that we keep saying we don't want or need.

  • I feel like I'm missing out by not distro-hopping

    Jump

  • Linux can be a hobby, not just a tool. If you want to have fun with a new hobby, distro hopping will have plenty to keep you busy. But if you just want something to run your computer and your current distro does it for you just fine, then you're not missing out on anything but a headache.

    It's funny, I'm in an opposite situation. I don't want to distro hop, but my current one has some issues that I'm getting a little fed up with (issues that are a result of my hardware and use case) so I am working up to swapping distros to find something with fewer issues. For me, I just want my OS to be transparent. I don't want a hobby. That's why it took me so long to swap to linux in the first place.

    Anyways, IMHO, unless you're really into the idea of playing with your OS as a hobby, don't let FOMO trick you into making the mistake of throwing out what works in the hopes of greener grass.

  • Thinking about making the big switch – recommend me a distro!

    Jump

  • I swapped last summer and landed on Pop!_OS after trying a few different options. If you game, Nobara is a great choice too. Other ones I considered were Mint, Ubuntu and SUSE Tumbleweed.

    I would highly recommend trying them all with the live disk thingy. Mint didn't even work at all on my computer for some unknown reason, which was rather surprising considering how often it's recommended. It kept freezing right when the GUI logged in. So yeah, try em out for a little bit just to make sure there aren't any weird incompatibilities.

  • Thinking about making the big switch – recommend me a distro!

    Jump

  • OP, 5 minutes of research on Manjaro will give you a very different impression of how easy or reliable it is.

  • Palworld is Steam Deck Playable and runs on Desktop Linux with Proton (first big hit of 2024)

    Jump

  • Yeah I was pretty disappointed when I realized that. Oh well.

  • Is it only me, or do you find all those "I deleted Windows"-posts annoying too?

    Jump

  • No I don't mind them. I am a linux noob myself and these kinds of posts are what helped me decide to switch.

    While we're complaining, you know what I don't like? Completely incomprehensible posts about some super specific subsystem. "fdplq updated to 0.5.pi.007.69!" Wow, that will change my life the next time I boot up my computer to read some Lemmy and play a game for an hour or two.

    But they are all part of the linux community. I'm not gonna say the way I use linux is any better or worse than anyone else.

    And fortunately, nobody is forcing us to click on those posts we don't care about.

  • Palworld is Steam Deck Playable and runs on Desktop Linux with Proton (first big hit of 2024)

    Jump

  • Xbox cloud requires a controller, which kinda defeats the purpose of playing on PC imho.

    That said, it DOES work well if you're into that kinda thing. I tested it out with MS Edge installed via flatpak.

  • Palworld is Steam Deck Playable and runs on Desktop Linux with Proton (first big hit of 2024)

    Jump

  • I kinda do too. It's nice having the option to play Gamepass games on PC or console. Some games are just more comfy on one than the other.

  • Palworld is Steam Deck Playable and runs on Desktop Linux with Proton (first big hit of 2024)

    Jump

  • I realize this is the linux gaming sub, but it's worth mentioning that this is on Gamepass too (I still use Gamepass on Xbox even though I don't game on Windows anymore).

  • You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds

    Jump

  • as supposed to

    Not to be that guy, but it's "as opposed to". Hope this helps in the future!

  • What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

    Jump

  • Seemed to me you called the console version unplayable. You said they didn't work. I was just correcting that statement for anyone who wasn't aware that your were bending the truth to make a point.

  • Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games

    Jump

  • It's funny that he mentioned Spiderman and John Wick, two other examples I was thinking about mentioning because they came up recently.

    The Pokemon bit ending with "Easy." was solid. :-D

  • What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

    Jump

  • I don't know what to tell you, I played it on Xbox just fine. Played the whole game through from start to finish and had fun. I believe the issue was with last gen consoles specifically.

    And again, I think a lot of the criticism was reasonable. But my point is that the game itself was and is fun, but suffers because of the bad reputation it got at launch thanks to some ill-advised (intentional understatement alert!) decisions by CDPR.

  • What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

    Jump

  • Fair enough, we can agree to disagree on the OP's intent for this post. Thanks for the civil discussion regardless.

  • What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

    Jump

  • Yes, NMS was overhyped and completely failed to meet expectations. But it was also complete garbage on release. 7/10? Not even close. It's one of the only games I ever bought on physical disk that I returned because it was so bad when it wasn't unplayable. That wasn't a problem with expectations, that was a terrible fucking game.

  • What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

    Jump

  • I get it. I said I didn't think the expectations were unreasonable.

    I think you're pretty much proving my point, though, that the game is unfairly maligned due to unmet expectations. The game they released, while buggy, was fun. You're pissed off about a lot of things that aren't how fun the game is to play.

  • What are some good games that have a bad reputation due to unreasonable expectations?

    Jump

  • The salt is real. (And the edits.)