narc0tic_bird

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[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

True, like they banned two-time world champion Michael Schumacher.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Jup, I just never buy games with Denuvo these days.

Under Windows, the 5 machine activations per 24 hours limit they impose wasn't something I ever hit, but under Linux it's kind of easy because, as the article states, switching Proton versions counts as a machine activation to Denuvo.

Ah, Microsoft. Just when I thought you understood how to properly release a game with South of Midnight and TES: Oblivion Remastered: Steam Deck verified, no Denuvo or other intrusive DRM (doesn't mean the games are DRM free), available on multiple storefronts. Along comes Doom and they just couldn't resist Denuvo. Idiots.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

99 % of smartphone users don't care about USB-C transfer speeds because they only use the port for charging. Maybe a fraction of these users uses wired CarPlay, which works the same with USB 2.0 speeds. Maybe some users use a USB-C to headphone jack adapter which works the same as well.

There's a tiny fraction of users that'll ever notice the speed difference (because they use the port for actual data transfer) but they won't find reading a spec sheet confusing.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

A Way Out is marked as "Playable" by Valve, mainly because of Origin (or EA App nowadays?) and some quirks with the controls. Should play just fine though and once in-game controllers should be well supported.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Did the orange cats share their OneOrangeBraincell with him for a moment there?

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure if I understand you correctly.

Your goal is to have a single (1) computer that replaces all computers you currently have by essentially virtualizing different systems?

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised the press hasn't reignited the Verstappen to Mercedes rumors yet. Russell getting a contract extension pretty much rules that out, no?

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I mean you could see how bad that car was that weekend from the outside. Looked like a nightmare to drive, even for Max.

Will be interesting to see how the season develops as even Norris vs Piastri seems very unclear to me right now.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You get downvoted because people here tend to dislike Apple (which is fine), but that's actually what happened.

The iPad (and eventually Android tablets) basically ate up the market share of Netbooks very quickly. Steve Jobs introduced the iPad as a Netbook alternative as a device class between a smartphone and a (full-sized) notebook/desktop.

https://www.cnet.com/science/apples-ipad-nabs-netbook-market-share/

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 44 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The PS5 was released more than 4 years ago.

The PS4 Slim was released 3 years after the original model and sold for $100/100,-€ less than the original.

The PS3 Slim released ~3 years after the original model and was significantly cheaper (to be fair, it also had a lot of features removed).

The PS5 saw a Slim model release with no price cut at all, and now they're planning to actually increase the price of over 4 year old tech that is almost certainly a lot cheaper to produce than 4 years ago, especially the Slim model that saw a reduction in cooler size, lower-powered PSU and other cost-reduction measures.

Gaming is becoming less and less accessible and more and more of a luxury.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

That it's best so sort comments from lowest scores to highest to get the actual unpopular opinions.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the game will take advantage of the system CPU and GPU

Oh really?

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