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Cant wait to get my hands on fsr4 support in cyberpunk 2077

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Quoting: Sakuretsu

Quoting: Stellawow, this is really really cool. and totally unexpected too. This means we no longer have to rely on hacks to enable the best FSR on older cards

Yes, but we'll still need hacks to use FSR 4 on most games because they either only support DLSS or some ancient version of FSR incompatible with FSR 4.

Nah, your game either has it or it doesn't.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: SirMCJeagerThat wasn't appropriate. Review bombing a perfectly good game like that over a contest. I wish this anti-ai nonsense would stop.

Right?

It's perfectly fine to be against AI. But these people behave like a vicious lynch mob who go after anyone who disagrees with them. I lost respect for the anti-AI crowd a while ago, when vitriol and hate took the place of logic and reason.

So they should just be silently against genAI? Perfectly fine to protest it in silence... we can't upset the people pushing the genAI agenda, right?

Seriously though - I have no idea what they expected here. The masses had one route to voice their displeasure at this shitty technology, and they took it.

The review bomb would probably go away if they had apologised and backed actual creatives. But it probably won't go away now, because they didn't.

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AI controversy aside, I hate the trend of using reviews for general protests instead of, you know, actually reviewing a product.

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Quoting: Linux_RocksOne could also argue the same thing with Apple and macOS. As at the start, Apple were touting the open source origins of Mac OS X.

Maybe in the future Valve will go down that route too. With Gabe Newell, and other principled individuals at Valve gone, and new leadership they may decide "Yeah we need to milk the customer. Let's stop with all these open source stuff". It wouldn't surprise me if it happened, what keeps bad practices at bay isn't just the fact that a company is private but also the individuals who are there.

Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneNo, ideally it would be everyone, because how do you want to protect your data if the data leak is not on your PC, but on your friends PCs?

Do you mean that if everyone is using Linux our data will be safe(r)? Linux can be corrupted just as much as any other platform (Android, Ubuntu/Microsoft/Amazon). Age verification/attestation "laws" is yet another testament to that.

Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneAll the people care for freedom etc will not disappear. Do you really think Debian or Arch will change with a bigger Linux user-base? As long these two distros are clean, I do not fear the future of Linux.

Linux will never go away but it will be like the city of Zion in the Matrix. A continual cycle of building up to defeat the machines and regain the planet, comparing it to Linux users wanting a utopian Linux platform (anti ads, bloat, telemetry, lock in and with good game/app support), but when they reach that point the cycle is refreshed and the city and ressisstance has to be rebuilt. Linux will never go away but we will be in the same predicament of lacking support, features and having issues and roadblocks (proprietary stuff). If everytime you build a homestead and someone comes and makes you move your attitude is "We will just move and rebuild somewhere else" you will find out that at some point you get fed up and tired, or maybe you die before that happens = leaving the FOSS project.

In order for Linux desktop to remain strong it has to be solidified by principled individuals and organizations so that it cant be corrupted by greed, politics and companies like Google. If Linux can't achieve that I fear at some point some corporation (mere example, Google ChromeOS), may take the mantle and provide with the vast amount of Linux users (who have switched) with an option they can't refuse (proprietary features like Android). At that point a big portion of Linux users are then using the wrong Linux, not the free one, and we will be in a similar situation as with Windows. Only difference would be the "Linux" that Google has provided has Linux kernel powering it but the philosophy of ads, telemetry, lock in and so on would not difer much if at all from Microsoft's Windows. And if you run away to a corner to an Arch distro you will be yet again in the "Damn I wish Linux got more support" because I promise you EEE will be enforced by corporations to ensure your experience on said distros will not be good.

There are numerous other things threatening Linux also. Like X11 vs Wayland politics, Rust (erosion of GPL license?) being forced, Systemd and so on. For a platform that we say and hope to be about freedom I sure see alot of resistance to people saying "No I dont want this". Somehow software and quality of code you present, what should be at core of Linux projects, is no longer most important. I don't want to discuss these things I've mentioned, my point is simple; Linux has no bulletproof vest. It can be shot down into an stagnating stage yet again. And by Linux I mean all the distros that value what sets Linux apart of all platforms: freedom.

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My RX 6800 (non xt), still going strong 5 years later. This is welcome news.

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Quoting: Stellawow, this is really really cool. and totally unexpected too. This means we no longer have to rely on hacks to enable the best FSR on older cards

Yes, but we'll still need hacks to use FSR 4 on most games because they either only support DLSS or some ancient version of FSR incompatible with FSR 4.

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AMD took it's head out of it's own arse? It's a miracle!

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyMy year of the Linux desktop was somewhere around 2000, I can't remember exactly. The Linux desktop sucked really hard back then, but so did Windows 98, so.

There is something unbeatable about the early 2000s Linux desktop aesthetic. I'm nostalgic for it and I wasn't even there for it!

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Quoting: g000hLet's go through your arguments then, shall we? First, you agree with some of my points, so I'll only counter where your points differ:

While Amazon does host third-party sellers, your declaration that this facilitates small business overlooks the predatory nature of the platform's ecosystem. Amazon is both a referee and player, making it a clear conflict of interest. During 2020, Amazon systematically used non-public data from third-party sellers to identify successful products and then launch competing Amazon Basics versions to undercut them. Additionally, Amazon takes advantage of algorithmic bias when promoting marketplace items prioritising products with higher profit margins for Amazon even if they are more expensive or lower quality than third-party alternatives. Often sellers that try to sell outside Amazon's ecosystem are penalised.

The existence of other competitors does not disprove the abuse of market dominance - It merely indicates the market is large enough to sustain a few giants. However Amazon is the largest of these with the greatest marketshare, and is still the one to focus attention on. Amazon has successfully driven out competition in niche markets. The book industry (for instance) is nearly monopolised by Amazon. forcing independent bookstores to close or struggle immensely.

Before Amazon there were thousands of independent online retailers. Now the market is heavily consolidated, thanks to Amazon's damaging influence. The presence of Temu and Ali Express does not negate the fact that the biggest player, Amazon, has used its logistics network and capital reserves to engage in predatory pricing (selling below cost) to crush competitors. Only to raise the prices later, once dominance is secured.

Your contention that supporting local business requires dropping globalist capitalism, i.e. some things need global scale: This is a false dichotomy. One can advocate for fair labour practices, ethical tax contributions, and consumer protection without rejecting globalisation or efficiency of scale. The issue is not globalisation itself, but the unregulated concentration of power that allows a single entity to dictate terms globally.

Your argument relies on a "straw man" fallacy, i.e. that criticising Amazon equates to wanting to abolish all global trade. The reality is that Amazon's specific business practices - data exploitation, predatory pricing, and anti-competitive behaviour - These all harm the small businesses and consumers. Amazon is a monopoly that uses its size to stifle market diversity.

GOOD. Instead of throwing out generic talking points, you are now addressing specific concerns.

The book industry issue is complicated. Blaming just one source, Amazon, is as much a "straw man" fallacy as you accuse me of below. The retail market has changed. Small publishers, instead of just wholesaling to bookstores, are now selling direct. Consumers seem to have embraced "mail order" over brick-and-mortar stores. I have no problems finding small online retailers for most books that interest me. E-book formats certainly haven't helped the situation. Like computer video game stores, the bookstores are being forced to adjust. To argue that globalism has not played a part in this complex issue would also be naive. I, for one, lament the loss of the local bookstore. Browsing online is just not the same as browsing the shelves in a bookstore.

Your argument relies on a "straw man" fallacy, i.e. that criticising Amazon equates to wanting to abolish all global trade.

I made no such argument. You're reading too much into my comment. By all means, criticize Amazon but be specific about your complaints. Using generic talking points just diminishes your argument.

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I wonder if this was riven by the accidental leak and outrage, or more Valve and Steam hardware. Either way a huge win for gamers.

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That's good for the Steam Machine I guess.

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Gave it a try. Crashed the tutorial when I opened the tech tree before it told me to. Then twice it soft locked by requesting an action that it wouldn't let me perform.

Abandoned the tutorial and went to the normal game where I had no issues but the ones I created for myself. 😅

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The environmental impact of events which leading to a huge amount of people using LLM in an excessive way. Who is taking the responsibility of this? Are they even aware how much power it would require in additional, just to create the slop-content of this event? If they had to pay all of this, their 75k$ would not be enough to pay the bills.

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Quoting: SirMCJeagerThat wasn't appropriate. Review bombing a perfectly good game like that over a contest. I wish this anti-ai nonsense would stop.

Right?

It's perfectly fine to be against AI. But these people behave like a vicious lynch mob who go after anyone who disagrees with them. I lost respect for the anti-AI crowd a while ago, when vitriol and hate took the place of logic and reason.

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Why the original releases and not the Redux later editions? It seems like a waste of effort.

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Had the "stuck hover windows" issue and thought maybe it was Wayland misbehaving; there'd been an update recently and I'm too tired to track down root cause. Or whose fault, whichever. :)

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Well the marketing team was split between doing either a youth chain smoking competition, public service worker harassment tiktok videos, or flash mob twerking at hospice care centers. But like any good head of marketing, they settled for something where participants could generate buzz while sitting from their couch at home that would maximize drain on society without requiring consumable commodities, going outside, or physical (or even mental) exertion. Real party animals if you ask me.

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Loved Talos 1, got about halfway into it, then life came at me hard and I had no brainwidth to go at the puzzles in my moments of downtime. I'll buy 3 to support the devs and hope that I can pick up where I left off on the series.

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Quoting: Klaas

Quoting: JarmerThe endgame was not really properly thought out, so hopefully they listen to fans and fix that here.

What do you mean? Wiping everything on the map in the first time was not what they wanted? 🤔

LOL.

I actually never even did finish the first game because it just got so boring :( I think I did like a half dozen or so battles where the enemy never even got a single turn, ever. So then there's no point to anything. Why even upgrade anything? Why change any abilities or etc etc etc. And for a tactical game where there isn't much else outside the battles: I kinda just moved on to other things.

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What? A "number go up" game that actually has a reasonable time to an ending? TAKE MY MONEY!

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Quoting: slayerthechickenis this still the bad timeline just with sprinkles of hope?

Nope, this is still the timeline of despair. But now we have better visuals to go along with it. :D

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Quoting: SirMCJeager... I wish this anti-ai nonsense would stop.

It will when the "ai"-nonsense stops.

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There‘s no Hope. They’re giving this to us, because we won’t be able to get any new GPUs I bet and now they’re throwing us a bone. A tasty bone though.

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I burned out on the first part mainly due to trying to find the hidden stuff, so I still have not finished it. I think I watched some speed runs of the second part and it looked too open for a puzzle game.

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Quoting: scainethe 20+ reasons why genAI is a curse

I'm still convinced that the only real description for gen AI is that it is a weapon for the ultra wealthy to be used against the rest of the people.

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Quoting: JarmerThe endgame was not really properly thought out, so hopefully they listen to fans and fix that here.

What do you mean? Wiping everything on the map in the first time was not what they wanted? 🤔

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To us, AI is Just another tool.

So, you don't understand then. Not gonna regurgitate (again), the 20+ reasons why genAI is a curse. It should be obvious by now, but there are still execs out there who love the fact they don't have to pay humans anymore. Fuck 'em.

Quoting: SirMCJeagerThat wasn't appropriate. Review bombing a perfectly good game like that over a contest. I wish this anti-ai nonsense would stop.

What do you suggest people do with their anger and frustration at genAI when it's promoted as gleefully and as ignorantly as this?? This is the perfect answer to such total lack of awareness of the negative impacts of genAI. Execs want it, NO-ONE ELSE WANTS IT. But no matter how many capital letters we use, we'll still get dumb takes like an AI competition to promote yet more use of "just another tool".

Just another hammer - small catch, every time you use it, someone dies. But yeah, it's just another tool. Would you use that hammer?

*yes, that's an exaggeration, but it feels like absurd arguments like that are the only way to land the point in the face of tech-bro'ism these days.

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Quoting: SirMCJeagerI wish this anti-ai nonsense would stop.

That's the thing, really. AI is being forced upon people throughout all aspects of life and that's not how you make something popular. Quite the contrary.

And review bombs work. It's one of the few ways in which consumers can fight back.

I wish all this AI bs would stop because it's the only tech that requires mandatory usage quotas to justify more investments.

Every other unpopular idea/tech that yeilded this level of backlash should have been abandoned by now but we keep pushing it while it's actively being a detriment to society from all the perspectives in which you can analize it (energy use, profits, job loses, copyright infringement, ...).

So, no. People will not let this go because people hate this shit.

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I do not understand how anyone supposedly in the marketing realm can fail to read a room this badly.
I'm almost impressed.

While I don't think review bombs are an appropriate form of protest against non-game issues, I also realize people don't have anything more powerful available to them, so 🤷‍♂️

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