Geth

joined 3 years ago
[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

I always say if I were a billionaire I would fund games and shows left and right, there are so many ideas that die or fizzle because of lack of funding. Seems like most people with money have no other passion but their money and controlling others.

Personally I would sponsor whatever cyberpunk game CDPR is working on next and for an original IP I'd like to see a medieval era ghost of Tsushima like game with all the longswords, chainmail and leather armor that comes with that.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 day ago

Already saw the better version of this the other day, someone pasted a data center in the middle of the field.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

In my anecdotal experience I can empty the electric boiler while filling the tub with warm water, but I can't empty it by taking a 20min shower. So bath is a luxury I take very rarely.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not trying to tell you to parent better, shit's hard, but I see two possible things that might help.

First, any device he uses should be filtered from the open internet on router level with a white list of approved things he can access.

And second, you really need to talk with him about it. Why it's a bad idea to text numbers of the floor, how cards are gambling and how specifically gabling will ruin his life and about addiction and how almost everything on the internet is designed to create it and abuse it. These would be long and not just once conversations with examples and reiterations because the subjects are complex and he will need a long time to process and absorb all that.

Good luck!

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't Witcher 4 use unreal? They supposedly gave up on red engine because it caused too many headaches with cyberpunk.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have raid 5 to protect against hdd failure and I run syncthing and duplicati on immich and other folders for on premise and remote backups.

What I'm curious about is how people make stuff like Immich and nextcloud available to other people outside their network? When I need to access something remotely I vpn in. I know I don't have the knowledge to have my server connected to the open internet in a secure manner. I don't think someone like family members would ever want to bother with anything other than a link and a login page so only me and my partner use these services.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't this a rare case of well deserved? Bringing an actual benefit to society and not just random hype.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

But this particular example is far from a cooked brain situation. I had the same questions when I was a kid about how they make cartoons and movies. There are many practical and in camera effects that were used to make people bigger or smaller and are very interesting to learn about. Nothing cooked about it.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Feels like we've been waiting for this bubble to burst for a lifetime.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

I have also never read the books but that last season throws every character development out the window in a show all about characters and just rushes through scenes ignoring any build up to conclude to whatever shit the writers thought no one would ever guess because it was more important for them to not be guessed than to make it make sense.

It is objectively a horrible season, doubly so in contrast to the first one.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He sees the content and interacts with it on his own instance so he is not in fact "here". Unless you are trying to somehow claim ownership of this community because it's hosted on the lemmy.world instance.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

The momentum and attention Linux is getting lately is beautiful to see. Hope it keeps going strong for long enough to make it mainstream.

 

I think what's difficult to grasp is how easy they kidnapped Maduro. If it's as easy as a few months of training, simulation and intelligence and then just do it, how is it possible that none of the other much worse world leaders have not had this happen to them until now? Has this ever even happened in recent history?

You're telling me the US had the capability to eliminate any of the worst ones in much more problematic countries and chose not to because there was no oil in it for them? That's a grim thought.

 

Like for many other people, Valve single player experiences were one of my favorite of all time growing up. I considered both Half-Life and Portal to be masterpieces. It's true they've always been distracted with multiplayer games as well, things like Counter-Strike or Team Fortress and I did play them for sure, because I was a kid and I had all the time in the world.

These days I'm not a kid anymore and so when I game I tend to look more for memorable experiences instead of mindless grinding. Obviously I remember Valve as the experts in creating memorable experiences and I would like them to keep fully exploring those talents. They don't have that many employees, but they do have all the money in the world, no external pressure, no publisher to shit on them, it's just their developers and artists and a vision. But then they use all that and create this. An Overwatch looking moba shooter, really? I'm sure people will like and play it, but is this the results of the vision and ambition of a company like Valve?

It doesn't have to be Half-Life. I remember them saying that they dont want to do another one in the series because they are looking to innovate and make something truly original. My body is ready, give me anything. I can't imagine a moba shooter really fits with this description. I'm wondering how such a low hanging concept even becomes a real product at a company as ambitious as Valve.

I hear people are having fun with the new game and I'm happy for them. I am no longer the target audience and I wish them good luck with it. In the mean time let me hear your thoughts on it. Would you like to see another single player experience from Valve?

 

I've been using sync for a while and occasionally I go looking in the settings for the feature to hide read posts automatically, instead of having to do it manually. Other Lemmy clients have this so I was convinced sync should probably have it as well, I just can't find it. Does this exist? If not, is it something that could be added? Thanks!

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