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Quoting: grigiI really consider cloud gaming very bad for preservation of art.
Much the same with audio/video streaming.
The "cloud" has proven itself unreliable in that regard.

audio/video is less of an issue, no one has perfected DRM on it, so unless something is live and the DRM isnt broken before the transmission is finished, its an non issue.

but games on the other hand...

True, if every game stream is unique, then how do you preserve the actual experience?
With audio for example the publishers often retract their licenses so work often disappears, which means getting a small collection of people to try and preserve it. So it's hard word, but not nearly as hard as games.

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I really consider cloud gaming very bad for preservation of art.
Much the same with audio/video streaming.
The "cloud" has proven itself unreliable in that regard.

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Quoting: nattydreadI just got an HP spectre 360 13 2-in-1 it runs ubuntu linux flawlessly out of the box, Function keys, screen brightness, backlit key brightness, screen rotation, everything. I don't think you can say that about the Dells. It's not got ryzen though... :(

Odd, I have had 3 Dells in a on Linux, and the first one only had the issue of the touchpad not working right until the next kernel release. The others have been fine?
Firmware updates, every hardware feature they had, all native support from Linux.
Whereas the HP Elitebook was a trainwreck on Linux.

It probably has to do with the models. I know the Dell Vostros are not made by Dell, so they are very different.

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That looks like a "cost is no barrier" kind of part...
54B transistors, full reticle 7N, 400W+
It's gpgpu specs are up 24% for a mere 33% power increase...

But ML is up 150%, which is fair considering the extra transistor space.
Still I'm not THAT impressed. I expected better.

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Quoting: PopeRigbyThe closest I have seen is the original Operation Flashpoint, later renamed to Arma: Cold War Assault [External Link], where you would basically have no chance of hitting anything while walking around, and sprinting would make your heart race and your hands tremble. But this clearly wouldn't work for a fast paced game like Half-Life.

Well, a game like Half-Life you have an HEV suite, which is a powered suit, it apparently augments your physical capabilities. So one could make the case that it allows the "you" to be a lot more accurate.

I mean, look how little kickback there is on the large weapons. And apparently that was done on purpose as the powered suit handles a lot for you.

I mean, just watch your sprinting speed with the HEV suit, and compare it to the marines... You're like double their speed.

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Seriously, Gonarch was so stressful I actually was happy for the interloper being so slow. Still stuck there, as it is very slow.
Still, Gonarch must be the most intense boss in a game I have ever played. You really get twitchy in panic of being followed/chased.
It's quite the difference when you realise that the HEV suite is so overpowering. You end up feeling a bit like a Xenomorph, so overpowered the HEV suits makes you, then you run into Gonarch... and it's so insanely powerful...
Big momma headcrab. Hungry, and later Angry top-level predator.

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I have never looked at an ASUS laptop after my last one, which was the worst thing I ever experienced. Its chassis literally fractured by itself, and the panel clips broke so the panel literally went skew in the screen... It was one of the earlier ultrabooks, forgot the exact name.

I currently am sticking to "business" laptops, just because they are reliable, have long battery life, good matt screen, have ample cooling so never trottles or burns my hands, have a great keyboard, is serviceable, and finally... is also cheaper than "gamer" laptops.

True, it doesn't come with some fancy GPU with complex switching that causes bugs even on windows/osx, but I can still play my awesome games on it if I feel like it.

I would really be interested in a ryzen 4000 notebook without an extra GPU, in a boring "business" laptop chassis. The performance looks pretty amazing and it seems to have pretty good battery life too.

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Black Mesa — I've been waiting for it to be out of Beta, and now it is! And wow, you can really feel the love they put into it.

Unfortunately due to being in lock-down, the mini-mes keep me too busy to put more than a few hours a week gaming...

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Quoting: GuestWhats all that talk about Debian vs Arch? We all know Valve will base the next SteamOS on Gentoo :P

Mwahaha!
Honestly, not the worst idea, as they can then generate the exact binaries they want to. Gentoo makes it easy to generate a slimlined OS.
But probably not.

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Dunno, I dropped using Manjaro (which is arch based) due to regular breakage. It's just one user on one os, but I was distinctly unimpressed at how unstable it was for me. I need to use my computer for work too.

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