Maybe this is the sign for me to finally play it, last excuse for me not to was the lack of HDR in Linux (though I was going to play on my desktop instead of the Steam Deck)

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Nice! I still remember wanting the PhysX expansion cards before NVIDIA bought them, then when they integrated the hardware into the Geforce cards. Sadly I don't think they've updated it in years, so it does make sense that they finally are just dropping it out there as open source.

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I've been playing more Dead Cells. Game is seriously hard, but seriously fun. Always seems you're just getting a little better at it each time you play and getting just a little further, only to have something random wallop you hard and send you back to the beginning.

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Quoting: Zer0Cooli liek appimage and flatpack both for different reasons. appimage is nice for stuff like github or a random obscure app, and flatpack for 'app stores' experiences or things that should be sandboxed. both have a place

I think the main reason I prefer flatpak is based on discoverability. Also it currently will usually integrate smoother. Appimage does... but then you need appimage launcher.

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Quoting: ShmerlAlmost there :)

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Ha, that's funny. The crappy things about GPUs. 1) we only have really two main players if you want better than 'meh' performance (maybe the ARC GPUs from Intel will change this, but I doubt it). 2) Either you have open source drivers that require kernel updates and bleeding edge mesa if you have a new one, or you have proprietary drivers, which (dependent on Distro) are easier to install, but usually have some features lagging behind the Windows ones.

The other issues are developers themselves, where they either test with AMD or NVidia, but for some unknown reason, rarely bother to test with both. This of course have caused them to state that supported video cards are one or the other, even though either would work fine. You can damn well bet they try multiple configurations in Windows...

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: slaapliedjeRandom conversation yesterday started me on the path of 'why is it called the Amazon anyway, did the conquistadors find a bunch of warrior women in the Jungle when they first traveled there?' Still don't know the answer...

You made me curious, went to to Wikipedia... and that's pretty much what happened: Spanish conquistadors were attacked by female warriors while exploring the river.

Makes you wonder if Jeff Bezos was bullied by teenage girls in school?

Ha ha! Then he started a little book store... then went to space. Though I maintain he still looks like a comic book villain. I somehow missed that bit on wikipedia, but that's hilarious. The Amazon is weird, there are still tribes that are there which are very anti-outsider and are still 'low-tech'. We're also still finding new ancient structures that were consumed by the jungles.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: slaapliedjeRandom conversation yesterday started me on the path of 'why is it called the Amazon anyway, did the conquistadors find a bunch of warrior women in the Jungle when they first traveled there?' Still don't know the answer...

The conquistadors saw it and said "What an Amazin' river!"

HAHA, sounds about as logical as anything else.

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Random conversation yesterday started me on the path of 'why is it called the Amazon anyway, did the conquistadors find a bunch of warrior women in the Jungle when they first traveled there?' Still don't know the answer...

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Quoting: denyasisSo, uhh getting back to the topic at hand...

How do you guys using Mastodon feel about it? Likes? Dislikes?

I'm very torn about having social media (I don't really have/maintain any), but I looked around Matadon a bit. It seems interesting, but navigating is a little confusing for me. It seems like a chunk of what I saw was, umm headlines? Like people just yelling things into the void but not a lot of discussion? Or maybe I couldn't see the conversations as I wasn't logged in?

I feel more biased toward Discord at the moment. I get they are different, but as a chat room, for some reason, it feels more, I dunno, real?

Thoughts?

I haven't really used Mastodon either, but most of the projects I follow are on Discord. Though I suppose that is the difference? Mastodon is more like twitter where people just post 'thoughts' so to speak and Discord has discussions about projects / products? Seems like different use cases.

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Quoting: anewsonI'm quite curious how spin-off games like Rimworld have paved the way to the masses for DF. I suspect the answer is "not much," but I suppose there is a world in which DF does become a massive hit.

Friend of mine has played more hours of Rimworld than I think I have played all of my Steam games combined... damn, I remember when I used to have the patience to play that long, I sadly do not anymore. Though I am trying to refuse watching shows and play more games though. 😜

I don't think he, or a lot of people even are aware of Dwarf Fortress.

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