Quoting: F.UltraThe database is probably not corrupted due to queries (sqlite is a very robust engine) but when the game crashes in the middle of a write. So the first crash is not due to sqlite but every one after that is since the first crash corrupts the database.

An sqlite database can usually survive even a crash, as all transactions are basically atomic under the hood with automatic recovery from the journal. But of course there are other ways to corrupt the db if you really try, like messing with the file directly, or messing up directory access so that sqlite can't create its journal and then crashing.

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Quoting: mao_dze_dun9 people are extremely friendly and helpful, but the 10th makes Apple fanboys go "Daaaaaaaaamn!!!" :))).

My experience with any tech community ever. There are opinionated idiots in every bunch, and the anonymity of the Internet doesn't help. Better stick to decently moderated communities to keep the worst trolls off your case and the signal-to-noise ratio at a reasonable level. That won't fix the problem, but I don't believe anything will.

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Quoting: pete910

Quoting: GuestToo bad the system requirements are pretty steep.... It requires a supercomputer to run. A Haswell quad core, 8gb ram, and an Nvidia GTX 970 (!!!!) as MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.... Seriously? A freaking 970 is considered "minimum"? And to think it is Vulkan-only... Imagine if it was D3D11/OpenGL....

By the way for the people mentioning Star Citizen, Star Citizen is vaporware. It will never be released, and even if it will, it will be Garbage. The writing is on the wall... X4 just can't be worse than this...

In what universe is a Haswell and a 970 classed as a supercomputer today :huh:

And to be fair I don't think anything lower from NV supports Vulkan

Nvidia supports Vulkan on the GeForce 600 series and up.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuySo I think good forms of socialism would have to work on that decoupling. Rather than attempting to make everyone the same, the aim should be for as many people as possible get to have kudos for whatever their line of cool stuff is, but the currency is pure respect, it's separated from extra wealth or ability to coerce other people.

So true, but that's only part of the puzzle. Taking part in volunteer projects or doing any sort of cool stuff already indicates a certain privilege. There will still be people who simply cannot contribute in any meaningful way, and people who will not be content with their situation, whatever it is. There'll be people with physical or psychological problems and people with self-esteem issues etc.

I think there's an unlikely milestone to reach before anything else can happen: We all need to agree on a common goal. That goal being the happiness of everyone, indiscriminately. That needn't mean equal access to material goods or enforced values beyond mutual respect. Those who have should be willing to share to those who need, simply because it makes sense. Also it makes both parties feel all warm and fuzzy which is a nice bonus.

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Quoting: TheRiddickI don't believe CSMT is a nvidia compatible feature!

Yes it is. You must be mixing it up with something else.

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Quoting: mrdeathjrFor fun try run assasins creed 1 - blur - 007 blood stone on show this

Not unexpected, the post only mentions UT99 running with glitches. I expect a year will pass before you'll larger numbers of games run on this one.

These predictions are hard. Might very well be that getting the first "big" game running is the big hurdle to clear, and then you'll find a bunch of games with similar requirements. The best thing that could happen would be if more developers join the effort.

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Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTWhen I read about the issues Liam had I better move on.

Why the heck did they release a broken game? Are they EA?

But they didn't release it yet! This is a closed beta.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyRight now what we've got is a situation where there are huge differences in wealth and power. Most of it belongs to white males--although as Scott Adams once put it, those are other white males, not anyone you or I ever talk to. But going below the top people in control, there is a whole pyramid of difference from bottom to top, and who goes in what bit is systematically influenced by all the prejudice factors. The economic system divides us up into (mostly) white haves and black (mostly) have-nots, male have-mores and female have-lesses, and so on.

This is true, but notice that many of these issues, while completely valid, are pretty much optional and interchangeable. There's basically no nation, big or small, no matter how racially and religiously homogenous, where you can't find the whole scale of people living in the streets to a small elite owning pretty much everything there is to own. Proportions might vary but that's inevitable.

This is certainly true of Finland. While there is the expected amount of racism (obviously), in effect our nation is almost all white and minority races aren't in the financially most dire situation in our local "hierarchy". Gender equality is better than in some Western countries, but far from perfect. Homophobia still flourishes and so on.

Even smaller Middle Eastern, African or Asian nations, right down to tiny tribes on the Amazon, with extremely homogenous populations, show the same sort of multi-tier hierarchy. I guess that's just social animals being social animals. If only we could find a way to rise above it all.

The rest of your post is hard to disagree with, socialism bit included, as long as we remember that human beings aren't very suited for sharing equally and will botch it up eventually. We'll obviously have to find a middle ground of sorts somewhere much closer to the socialist ideals, but not something completely unrealistic that ignores and conflicts with human individuality. And all of this demands a starting point where people are somewhat content and happy with their lives, even at the bottom.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyThere. Now everyone on all sides can be mad at me! ;)

Well I'm not. How about you stop making sense if you're looking for a fight? :P

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Quoting: TheSyldat

Quoting: tuubiAd hominem is ad hominem,

That we agree on

Quoting: tuubibut I have better things to do than congratulate random internet strangers for the shape of the turd they deign to drop on a conversation.

How about you start practicing now ...

Sure. Let's do it together. You repeat to yourself: "There are good people who deserve my respect outside my bubble" and I'll meditate on the virtue of patience.

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: TheSyldatIn other words "only an abuser or a silent accomplice of an abuser gets mad at being called one"

Well, despite doing my best to defend your position (which I think I have a fair bit of empathy for), we'll never agree on that. Total nonsense. You walk up to any "innocent" person and accuse them of being an abusive aggressor out of the blue and you'll get a justifiably angry reaction.

Ad hominem is ad hominem, schoolyard pseudo-psychology doesn't change that. I have plenty of empathy for him and other people suffering abuse, but I have better things to do than congratulate random internet strangers for the shape of the turd they deign to drop on a conversation.

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