BobbyTables @ v0rld @lemmy.world

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If only we had the technology that would allow us to compile software into an intermediate language and provide a runtime for a multitude of operating systems, instead of running everything in a fucking browser. That would be so cool, that way a text editor would not need 2 Gigs of RAM. And maybe outlook would not take ages to load

We could name the technology .net or something. Or maybe name it after a coffee bean.

The Switch still offers the plug-and-play experience the other consoles lost.

The other points still apply, but the Nintendo crowd doesn't seem to mind being fucked sideways.

I do sympathize, but this isn't a new problem.
Nvidia has been shitty for a while now. On multiple fronts, not just Linux drivers.

The second best time is now, stop buying Nvidia cards.

Well Heroic uses Electron which is just another kind of slop.

Is it just me or is the headline misleading and wrong?

Why would WireGuard, VeraCrypt or Windscribe push windows updates in the first place?

If you read the actual text it says Microsoft locked out the accounts these 3 projects used to publish new versions of their software.

Could also be a difference in the games. But I just dump the folder into the default wine prefix and run them from there.

What kind of issues do you expect with cracked games? Maybe I'm lucky, but the 20+ cracked games I tried worked perfectly fine in WINE.

Apart from the fact that all things you listed exist in one form or another on GOG, have you considered that there are people that prefer not having all those random bullshit social features in their game store? Stream may be more popular, but getting out of their niche and copying steam will alienate their fans without attracting steam users.

Also fuck the workshop, it's the worst thing that ever happened to modding. It's a total pain in the ass to download and apply a mod that is only available there to any non-steam version. Additionally it produced a generation of gamers that is unable to trouble-shoot even the tiniest problem with the mods they applied.

My secondary PC has a GPU in it that is more than 16 years old. Works as if it was brand new. I'd be pretty pissed if the support for any part of that PC just ended for no other reason that a billion dollar company trying to safe a few bucks 🤷

They pulled support for a GPU still widely used. If you buy an NVIDIA GPU today you will most likely face the same problem a few years down the line.

Eh, GitHub Actions might suck. But it doesn't even come close to sucking as much as JavaScript, and most engineering teams seem to survive that just fine.

Underhand is a nice little resource management game.

She outsmarted us all. Long after all twentieth century musicians have been forgotten random kids will still look her up.

Apple can't even be arsed to support games that were released on their own platform like 5 years ago. Why would they suddenly start bothering to support games released for other platforms?

How do you propose GOG should handle forever support for a nearly endless number of shovelware games? Preservation is more than offering the downloads, the games also need to run on systems people actually have.

As far as I can tell they are fullfilling all their marketing promises by taking charge of updating games when developers stop doing so. I wish they would do that for the Linux versions as well as the windows versions, but it's absolutely better than nothing.

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness is a slightly obscure CRPG from Hungary / Austria Coridden is a very unique ARPG from Sweden If you are willing to slightly stretch your definition of european you can also get the IMO best two CRPGs on the market Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader from Owlcat which have their headquarter in Cyprus, but if I understand correctly most of the actual development happens in Armenia.

That is true, Typescript and JavaScript look easier. And heck if all you want to do is make the money dance on your web page it really is easier.

But writing actual application? That does actual work with error handling? Hell, no. It honestly baffles me that anyone would use JavaScript of their own free will, unless that's the only language you know.

Easy to make? Have you worked with JavaScript before? It's an absolute mess and full of footguns.

And I assume your project doesn't use async code for shits and giggles? Async code is just as hard in JavaScript except that everything is single threaded anyway.

And even assuming that it really is easier to make: I'd rather have fewer well made applications than hundreds of crappy ones. Each fucking application having to redistribute a whole ass browser is insane, and they're all slow despite needing massive resources.

A different mythic part can alter your experience considerably, nevertheless i would recommend playing something else for a bit before returning to avoid burning out.

Kingmaker is a good option, although you'll find that it's a bit less polished than WotR. On top of that the final dungeon extremely tedious, you fight the same composition of creatures over and over again in an extremely confusing map, that part of the game is just not fun. And being on Luna you AFAIK can't install mods that make this part of the game less un-fun. Overall if you loved WotR you'll at least like kingmaker.

Looking forward in Owlcat's lineup, I liked Rogue Trader even more than WotR.

Other good options are the older Obsidian games: Both Pillars of Eternity games and especially Tyranny if you haven't played those already.

If you already played through those, maybe look at the 3 Shadowrun games, they are a bit niche and the RPG system in use is kinda quirky but I had a blast with them.

(I have no idea which of these recommendations are available on Amazon Luna in your region)

Here's how it works in countries that are not dystopian hellscapes:
You tell your boss "I'll be at the doctor's on Tuesday from 08:30 to about 11:00."
You go to the doctor and pick up a paper from the receptionist when you leave that confirms the hours you were there.
You go back to your job and hand HR the paper, they put the hours into the system. The time you spent at the doctor's office as well as the time you spent going there counts as work time.
This works the same for other things like getting your passport renewed or school events that parents should attend.

If the system in your country is worse in any way you should probably fight to improve it, or get out of there as fast as you can.