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'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.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: GuestP.S. According to LanguageTool, three commas were needed in the article.

Ehhh, IMO commas are kind of a "soft" punctuation mark--there are stylistic differences in how people use them. There are many situations where it's not really technically "wrong" either to use one or not to use one, and others where it is wrong by some technical standards to do it a particular way, but doing it that "wrong" way still works given the flow of the sentence and the way people talk. Periods, for instance, are a lot clearer--if you're at the end of a sentence you should be using one, period. Well, unless you have a reason to use a question mark or exclamation point instead. But commas are comparatively mushy, and I don't trust computerized guidance about how to use them.

All the places where LanguageTool said a comma was needed, I wouldn't care either way. However, I personally err on the side of using the commas, because they save lives after all.

This joke?

A comma is the difference between:
- Let's eat, Grandma!
and
- Let's eat Grandma!

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I'd love to know where the money is being made with this shit. AI is not cheap to run, and while it's not proof-of-work coin-mining bad, it's still pretty bad for the environment overall, given that all the compute is running on hot-ass tensor cores guzzling electricity and cooling before it melts. Microsoft stuffed over $10B (yep, billion) into OpenAI, with another billion coming from multiple rounds of fund-raising, with OpenAI also apparently wooing the middle-east for another $8B-$12B. Meanwhile, Meta is pushing Llama2, Google is pushing Bard and Gemini, while Amazon, Google and others are all out (also to the tune of around $6B) on Anthropic.

And for what? LLMs are just complex guessers. Sure, they guess with context, but they're still just guessing based on all the billions of documents they consumed during their (extremely intensive) training. You can't use them for research because they make shit up [External Link]... because they're just guessing. It's a mess.

I'm hoping that 2024 might see some of this novelty wear off as consumers realise how bland and uninspiring AI generated content generally is, but I suspect that real, lasting damage will have been done by then.

It has a use in enterprise settings, properly controlled, with targeted outcomes. As it stands? Total shit show.

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A mate of mine raved about Midnight Suns and was sad I refused to buy it (cos Denuvo). However, this bundle is worthwhile just for Roguebook in my opinion, a game I've raved about quite a few times in the past (and more recently).

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I've played 27 of the 50 overall, 8 of the platinum games. Very few on my Steam Deck though! That tends to be simple 2D or pseudo-3D games mostly. The only Platinum game I played on Deck was Dave the Diver.

What I love about this list is that there's so few Denuvo games on there. Hi-Fi Rush, Street Fighter 6 and Midnight Suns are the only ones that jumps out at me. It's great that Monster Hunter World is on there (had Denuvo, it was removed), while Monster Hunter Rise isn't (still has Denuvo).

I hate wishing ill on anyone, I really do hate the whole cancel culture thing, but as a very committed gamer, I'd happily see Denuvo fold tomorrow and I'd toast its demise with a whisky and a smile.

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Quoting: whizseFinally a new GoL update! I was starting to experience withdrawal symptoms!

Haha! I think Liam only takes like a week's holiday a year. I don't begrudge him Christmas! :grin:

Besides, this gave me the impetus to knock out an article myself. And I still have about 10 PIN articles to write. Sheesh! Maybe that'll be my New Year's resolution...

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Quoting: ShabbyXOvercooked 2 has native Linux support!

Really fun game btw, recommended!

Argh, you're right, I'm an idiot! The native game wouldn't detect my Dualsense controller, so I played on Proton, and forgot to check when I wrote the article! Thanks!

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Reminds of me Fortress Craft Evolved for some reason, but without the insane complexity! (that's a good thing)

I'll wishlist, but I have too much to play right now. One for the new year, I reckon.

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So, I re-applied 3.5.10 this morning and it was seamless. No idea what broke the first time I did it, but all working okay now. <shrug>

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3.5.10 slightly broke my Steam Deck. After applying the update and doing the reboot, it sat at the "logging in" logo, spinning endlessly. I thought the damn thing was bricked, until I angrily pressed the Steam button and got the Steam "menu" popping up from the left-hand side. From there I only had "Login", "Settings", and "Power" options. Choosing "Login" did nothing, but "Settings" let me exit the Preview version and get my Steam Deck up and running again (after another reboot).

I'll give it another shot at upgrading over the weekend, but in a year of owning the device and participating in either beta or preview releases, this is the first time I've ever had an issue!

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