I want to add to the discussion that another reason why Valve doesn't want to ship proprietary drivers is that they (at least theoretically) reaped great benefits from AMD being open-source - they can fix issues and optimize code without trusting another corporation to put Valve's interests high enough in their priority list.

FLO (free/libre/open) is in this case a better option for collaboration between corporations as well since the parties prioritize making high quality stuff at low prices over their insecurities about losing their secret sauce. If you are vastly dominant in a market (or even a monopoly) you have much more to lose from opening up. So it will be quite interesting how Nvidia and Valve will progress here.

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Part of me wishes this came with low-power optimizations and an e-ink display. Not sure why I would still need it, but sounds cool 😅

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We have released everything under the MIT license, from the PCB schematics and layout to the BOM, firmware, desktop app, and STEP files for 3D printing.

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Any publicity is good publicity? I prolly wouldn't have checked out the video otherwise. The video showed some cool vibes.

I am curious though what country they are from. Because prison can mean severely different things depending on the country. I wouldn't be surprised if one could continue developing their game while in a prison in a Nordic country. 😀

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The similar petition for people in EU: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home [External Link]
The Accursed Farms video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHGfqef-IqQ [External Link]
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I half expect Valve to make something similar to Steam Input a few years down the line (Valve time), but for output (not input) modifications. I'd call it Steam Output 😛. Think zoom like in KDE desktop mode - and judging from this article - also something to increase contrast or turn transparent areas into opaque areas (or modify UI in other, more creative ways).

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Quoting: hell0As someone who worked on the "other side" (in fact, I personally automated some abuse handling), I'd like to offer a bit of a different point of view.

Firstly internet in general is fundamentally flawed in that most of the protocols and technologies in use today were developed by some nerds in a uni/garage. They were never intended to be used at such scale nor were they designed to be abuse-proof.

As a result, internet is full of trash. I worked for some small registrar/host and we would get hundreds of abuse reports daily, week-end included. And the sad truth is that 99.9% of them were legitimate: hacked websites, domain registered with fake/stolen info for phishing, servers used to send spam, the list is endless.

Additionally, the bad actors are not dumb, abuses are often obfuscated (like displaying only if the referrer is google or at certain times of the day) to make detection harder. Checking whether a website is really compromised may require some technical skills (and thus be expensive).

It sucks for itch and imo, their registrar is still at fault if itch did indeed reply (should have trigger a human check). But in general "shoot first, check second" is sadly the most efficient way to protect people from scams, phishing and other bad stuff.

I agree. The economics at play simply make automation the only realistic option. I guess what we should wish for, in the case of the Itch.io story, would be a more sophisticated automated system. E.g. such that long-standing pages get a longer grace period before being killed or get higher priority human (or very good automated) verification.

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Yeah, I too mostly ignore the grind. Sometimes I consent (and sometimes not) to being manipulated into doing some daily quests or other made-up progress bars, but I'm not seeking vehicle unlocks. It's just a bonus.

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Quoting: Stella

Quoting: wytrabbit

Quoting: StellaThis is why I was using Vesktop instead of the official client. Nice to see it get fixed

I use a Discord alternative sometimes as well for chatting, but only official discord has PTT so far. PTT is a must-have for me.

I'm afraid I don't really understand, what is PTT? I googled and found only a medical condition :cry:

When googling for "Discord PTT" I got push-to-talk [External Link] 😉

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: PyrateStill can't believe there's no proper privacy friendly alternative to Discord. Matrix/Element is the closest I found but even that one is not there yet.

Every time I tried Matrix, I found it to be pretty horribly designed. Their mod tools were rubbish, and their multi-room system was ridiculously bad that just strung multiple standalone rooms under a special heading and that was seemingly all it really did. Discord at least generally works well at its job.

I've converted my closes 13 or so friends to using Element/Matrix BUT only as a generic 1-to-1 and 1-to-many messaging replacement.

Discord is less about simple messaging and more about a community (or plural). Slack is similar, but instead of a casual vibe, they're going for that professional market. I guess Rocket.Chat is somewhat of a FLO (free/libre/open) replacement for the latter.

It feels as if some (devs) want Element/Matrix to be a Discord replacement and some want it to be a generic messaging app (replacement for Telegram, Signal, FB Messenger, WhatsApp, Line, etc).

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