Uvix

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by Uvix 11mo ago
Valve doesn't disclose ahead of purchase whether a title has Steam DRM or not. So even if publishers don't take the option, I have no way to know that. Which means the option effectively doesn't exist.
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by Uvix 11mo ago
Retailers will reject ever rounding down because they lose money, and customers will reject ever rounding up because they lose money.
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by Uvix 11mo ago
No, because they'd still be paying less/more than people paying with credit cards, debit cards, or checks.
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by Uvix 11mo ago
Yes, the article does list multiple root causes, including that one.
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by Uvix 1y ago
CAs have to follow the baseline rules set by Google and Mozilla regarding incident response timelines. If they gave you more time, the browsers would drop them as a supported CA.
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by Uvix 1y ago
Those are just the ones they're fixing . Versions <6.0 are still vulnerable, they're just not getting patched because they're out of support.
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by Uvix 1y ago
On Linux, system-wide installations are handled through the system's package manager. On Windows, if you have the "Install updates for other Microsoft products" option enabled, .NET [Core] runtimes will be updated through Win
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by Uvix 1y ago
There's no way to identify ahead of purchasing a game whether or not it's got DRM. Valve has been gatekeeping long before this year's Visa and Mastercard crackdowns. It's been an ongoing problem since at least 2018. They
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by Uvix 1y ago
How do you install non-Steam games (e.g. from GOG)? Last I tried that still required dropping to desktop mode and using mouse/keyboard.
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by Uvix 1y ago
Steam is doing the same thing as Microsoft, between DRM-locking everything so you don't own it, and gatekeeping what titles are actually allowed in their store. They're both locking you into their vision of the future.
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by Uvix 1y ago
Ah, yes that does make sense now. Thanks for explaining.
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by Uvix 1y ago
Then you’re the importer of record and the compliance burden is on you.
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by Uvix 1y ago
But why spend $45,000 on a used EV when you can get a new one for the same price or less?
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by Uvix 1y ago
It will handle downloads for older versions of the PC app, but the supported version won't download any books released after April 2025.
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by Uvix 1y ago
Civ2 was 16-bit... did you try running it on 32-bit Windows 10, or only on 64-bit?
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by Uvix 1y ago
Agreed, there are cases where user locale is needed. So many so that I expect that to be devs’ default if required to specify, and that they won’t use ROOT where they should.
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by Uvix 1y ago
That only helps if devs specify an invariant locale (ROOT for Java) where needed. In practice, I think you'll see devs blindly using using the user's current locale like it silently does today.
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by Uvix 1y ago
Lock files are about what version the application needs installed, not what a library depends on. They don’t prevent package version flexibility.
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by Uvix 1y ago
I have to upgrade if I want security fixes. Even if they patch old majors for a time, that’s not perpetual.
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by Uvix 1y ago
I'm aware of Big Picture Mode, and it doesn't address either of the scenarios I cited specifically because they can't be done from Big Picture Mode.
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by Uvix 1y ago
But when I have to install drivers, or install a non-Steam game, I can't do that with the controller yet. That's what I need for PC gaming to work in my living room.
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by Uvix 1y ago
Long first runs seem like an unambiguous improvement over stutter to me. Unfortunately, you still get new big games like Borderlands 4 that don't fully precompile shaders.
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by Uvix 1y ago
That's why I said "precompilation at startup ". That has users compile for their precise hardware/driver combination prior to the game trying to use them for display.
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by Uvix 1y ago
Agreed. I didn't mean to say consoles' popularity is why they don't have shader stutter, but rather it's why implementing a fix on PC (e.g. precompilation at startup) isn't something most titles bother with.
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by Uvix 1y ago
As long as I need a mouse and keyboard to install updates or to install/start my games from GOG, it's still going to be decidedly unfun, but hopefully Windows' upcoming built-in controller support will make it less unfun.
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by Uvix 1y ago
The shader stutter issues are non-existent on console, which is where most of their sales are. PC, as it has been for almost two decades, is an afterthought rather than a primary focus.
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by Uvix 1y ago
It sounds like even the PS6 isn’t going to have an expressive improvement, and that the PS5 was the last such console. PS5 Pro was the first console focused on fake frame generation instead of real output resolution/frame rate improvem
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by Uvix 1y ago
“We only support Synology-branded drives” would have gone over a lot better, because we could have used non-symbology drives without support. Instead they actively prevented non-Synology drives from working.
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by Uvix 1y ago
Different plans from the same company, even of the same type, don't always cover the same things at the same rates. This is especially true of self-insured plans for large employers - there's certain mandatory things they legally
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by Uvix 1y ago
> I propose making all forms of price discrimination illegal in healthcare, i.e. uninsured and HSA patients cannot be charged more than health insurance companies. As long as it's left generic so it goes both ways. Currently it&#x27

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