Quoting: GuestHow much are you willing to bet it's not going to work without a connection to Epic Games (specifically EOS), like Dying Light 2? Not very excited... and it doesn't sound like they need money too badly after having gotten the Epic-exclusive treatment.

Now, in a way, not buying the game when it lands on Steam at large may send the message that interest on Steam is too low to bother, but it's hard to respect publishers knees-deep in the concept of free Epic exclusivity money. But it's not really the developer's decision to do this, at the end of the day.

Oh, Deep Silver...

The way I see it, Epic already paid for my one. :whistle:

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Quoting: wvstolzing

Quoting: BlackBloodRumTerrible at poker, huh? :huh:

It's a bluff, obviously.

:unsure: You could be right.

But, I'm willing to hedge my bets and take a gamble on this one, the reward could be beneficial! :grin:

PS: Liam, don't forget your wallet. :grin:

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Terrible at poker, huh? :huh:

Tell you what, next poker night you can come along and we'll teach you! :grin:

Playing poker is an essential skill to learn! :grin:

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Oh.. cool. It looks like they're giving a discount on it too for old people like me, who own the originals ones![1]

Quoting: Pengling

Will you be picking it up to have a nostalgia blast?

I probably will*, but it probably won't be at launch - I want to wait to hear others' experiences of running it on Linux first.

*If it's saddled with DRM I won't touch it with a ten-foot pole - I'll go the TR1X route in that case. But the Steam page doesn't currently suggest its presence, thankfully.

In fairness, this is aspyr. They have a reputation for not doing that. Or at least, I've yet to see one of their releases to have DRM. :grin:

(I could be wrong, ofc)

Quoting: EriIt's sad this remaster doesn't get a physical release, not even for Switch. But getting Deck Verified ahead of release is great, I'll probably buy it, the tank controls is what aged worst in these games and having an option to control the camera with the right stick is a good selling point.

Yes, we definitely need a physical release of Lara Croft! :grin:

[1] Which I accepted the offer for. Oops.

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One thing that occurred to me, they are claiming this, according to the article.

it would be impossible to train today’s leading AI models without using copyrighted materials. Limiting training data to public domain books and drawings created more than a century ago might yield an interesting experiment, but would not provide AI systems that meet the needs of today’s citizens.

Okay. So then, in their terms of service, under "Using Our Services", source:
https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use [External Link]

It states, and I quote:

What You Cannot Do. You may not use our Services for any illegal, harmful, or abusive activity. For example, you may not:

• Use our Services in a way that infringes, misappropriates or violates anyone’s rights.


• Modify, copy, lease, sell or distribute any of our Services.


• Attempt to or assist anyone to reverse engineer, decompile or discover the source code or underlying components of our Services, including our models, algorithms, or systems (except to the extent this restriction is prohibited by applicable law).


• Automatically or programmatically extract data or Output (defined below).


• Represent that Output was human-generated when it was not.


• Interfere with or disrupt our Services, including circumvent any rate limits or restrictions or bypass any protective measures or safety mitigations we put on our Services.


• Use Output to develop models that compete with OpenAI.

Don't you think, it's a little amusing they are claiming that you need to "copy" others to create "AI". While at the same time, trying to strictly forbid anyone else from doing the same? :huh:

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Or is there something you're desperate to see fixed? Let me know in the comments.

I would like to see Ctrl + F fixed for the browser component of the client. It opens the box to type in my search, but won't let me type in it. Not cool. :tongue:

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Quoting: 14

Quoting: BlackBloodRumI can't share my wallpaper for uh, reasons. But anyway, I thought everyone changed their wallpaper anyway?

Does anyone actually use the OS's default wallpaper, without changing it? :neutral:

I keep zero icons on my desktop, and I like wallpapers. I subscribe to gamewallpapers.com and have over 800 images that Plasma rotates on a daily basis.

There's always someone who must take it to an extreme. :tongue::grin:

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I can't share my wallpaper for uh, reasons. But anyway, I thought everyone changed their wallpaper anyway?

Does anyone actually use the OS's default wallpaper, without changing it? :neutral:

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Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: Purple Library GuyOK, this quote annoys me:

"No unfortunately not. From a security point of view supporting WINE would be like having a bank vault at the top of Nakatomi Tower then installing a doggy door in it."

Shyeah right, your anti-cheat is like a bank vault at the top of Nakatomi Tower. Also you walk on water and your shit doesn't stink. I'm sure it's been hacked six ways from Sunday, and here he is being all arrogant about it. What a douche.

Even if one were to claim that Linux were less secure - despite literally all of the high-value infrastructure everywhere using Linux... the vault at Nakatomi Plaza got breached. If he's going to go with plots from films he should have gone with Fort Knox: so radioactive that it's worthless.

Security is a wide term.
Linux is really good at allowing the owner of a device to choose who gets to do what.
It's only mediocre at letting the developer of the software on a device choose who gets to do what and Valve has made surprising little effort to achieve the latter.(I appreciate this)
Anti cheat "security" is of the second kind.
Server security is of the first kind.

This is true in terms of anti-cheat (e.g, they want to control what you do). But, in my opinion the owner of a device should always have the final say on what their desktop can or cannot do.

That level of control isn't just for servers, it's for desktops too. Your computer can potentially hold your most personal information, as such you should have full control over it[1].

The desktop user (device owner) should be fully able to control and limit what an application can do, anti-cheat or not.

Personally, I significantly limit what steam and my games can or cannot access on my computer. They get bare minimum permissions, they don't need more and will certainly never get any kernel-level control.

[1] I believe the same for smartphones where used. But I don't use mine a lot, so it doesn't hold much data for me.

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: BlackBloodRumDo they not realise that this software has a high enough level of access to do any number of activities on their computer, and hide it from the OS and the user? For example, hide a running process from "Task manager" on Windows, and continue running even after they close the game?

Can you really justify that level of access just for a game?

Course they can. They do. They're not techies, they just want to play games and write the odd email, maybe check their socials (although that's probably more phone-based these days). Besides, it's the norm on Windows - everything gets full control. AV software, for example. There are still hundreds of articles out there that suggest that if you're having a problem with a given piece of software, two common troubleshooting tips are a) turn off your AV and/or firewall and b) run it as root.

It's a different culture, which makes sense, because it's a different audience.

I guess so, but even so it should raise red flags even to someone who's not overly technical. But I get it. :neutral:

Quoting: scaineI'll bet there are mechanics out there who walk past my car while I'm sitting at a set of lights and can critic all sorts of stuff I do with it - poor tire wear, dirty interior, crass stickers, slipping fan belt, revving too high whatever. I don't care. I'm not a car person. I don't give a single shit about the state of my car. But I care deeply about the tech I use.

You know, I used to think you was a decent fellow, but if this is how you treat your car, I'm afraid I can't think that any more.

Spoiler, click me

Just kidding! :grin:

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