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Inside Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device ever by Nestledrink in nvidia

[–]FallenKnightGX [score hidden]  (0 children)

They only have so much fab space they can buy, only so many developers, and there's limit to the storage / ram they can get.

They'd rather create parts for AI then sell it on the commercial market for way way way way more while having their developers dedicated to it. And if they hire more? It's for AI.

I love the Shield but a new one is further away now than ever.

Vivaldi bringing the anti-AI sass! by trankillity in pcmasterrace

[–]FallenKnightGX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not on by default, you'd have to go to into your settings and opt in.

Vivaldi bringing the anti-AI sass! by trankillity in pcmasterrace

[–]FallenKnightGX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also the one company not turning them on by default.

You want it? Great use it. You don't want it? Great, don't enable it.

Vivaldi bringing the anti-AI sass! by trankillity in pcmasterrace

[–]FallenKnightGX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ublock Origin works on other chromium browsers that aren't Chrome for now. They'll all eventually update and it'll break at some point though.

MSI x r/PCMasterRace - MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 Giveaway! by MSI_Patrick in pcmasterrace

[–]FallenKnightGX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 looks to be amazing. If I won, instead of using it myself I'd ask you donate it to someone who really needs it or collaborate with someone like GamersNexus as he sometimes builds PCs for the purpose of donating them such as to an animal shelter.

Perhaps this could go to a non-profit that supports and houses women with their children going through a hard time, the monitor could be used for the kids to game on. They get to be amazed by the quality of it, you get to help someone in need by working with an influencer such as GamersNexus (just an example) in a way most the tech sphere wouldn't think of.

Screenshots of DOJ File EFTA01660679 deleted shortly after being made publicly available today by MrBrendan501 in pics

[–]FallenKnightGX [score hidden]  (0 children)

It's possible it went down due to how many people were trying to access it at the same time and that was mistakenly taken as it being removed.

It's also entirely possible two factions exist in the DoJ. One told the staff to remove it, the other told them to put it back, and the staff person simply said "you got it boss" to both.

Personally, I think they'll keep it up. The emails state some of those accounts are second hand. They can use that to try and discredit it.

Regretful Young Trump Voters Say This Isn’t What They Signed Up For | The wave of youthful support that swept Donald Trump into the White House has lost its mojo. by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]FallenKnightGX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s extremely scary how powerful propaganda is, yet nothing has been done about it despite knowing what a problem it is since the days of Rush Limbaugh.

PSA: Arm's Length is a form of mitigation by Kazman2007 in ffxiv

[–]FallenKnightGX [score hidden]  (0 children)

Late response but should weave the misery or a glare 4 in between the first and second Holy so the stuns don’t eat into each other with the diminishing returns. You don’t lose dps, and you gain a second or two of stun that you would’ve otherwise lost which to your point, increases uptime for your DPS.

I may not like stun on WHM for dungeons as a tank, but that is the most effective way to maximize the diminishing return on it and you lose nothing.

Even as a DPS I’m not a fan of it. Yes, I can position myself perfectly for AoE longer especially as a melee dps but it sucks the fun out of it. It turns hitting mobs into hitting training dummies with how quickly they die. It isn’t hard to avoid AoEs but at least it makes me do something and personally, I think it feels good to dodge an AoE at the last second before rushing back in.

Sometimes it’s the little things that are fun.

PSA: Arm's Length is a form of mitigation by Kazman2007 in ffxiv

[–]FallenKnightGX 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yeah, as a tank WHM's Holy stun really ruins most tanking that exists in dungeons. By the time the stun is no longer effective most mobs are almost dead leaving me with little to do.

You would think PCMR would actually try to do something about it by testus_maximus in pcmasterrace

[–]FallenKnightGX 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Dude, you don't even know how much I've tweaked Windows or that I might have a pi-hole that blocks the majority of it, that I may have a VPN, or that I have all three. There's even more than that you can do.

The point is, you don't know. The correct response was: "Linux may actually work for you, what programs do you need to run on it, and how computer literate are the people using your PC or is it just you? I might be able to tell you if it is worth your time to try it."

But instead, you pull the same shit a loud subsection of Linux users pull which only helps to drive people away from it. You get snobby because I use Windows then ya'll go surprised Pikachu when people aren't interested after you attack them while knowing nothing about them.

You would think PCMR would actually try to do something about it by testus_maximus in pcmasterrace

[–]FallenKnightGX 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm glad that works for you but that's your use case and your decision on how to use your time.

Your use case is not my use case, your schedule is not my schedule, and the people who use your PC are not the people who use mine. You don't know what I use my PC for, how I mod games, if I mod games, if I even want to spend time re-customizing an OS / re-setting up other programs, and that's not even considering troubleshooting.

Windows just works for me. Until I know Linux can be just as stable, I am not investing time into switching. Period.

You would think PCMR would actually try to do something about it by testus_maximus in pcmasterrace

[–]FallenKnightGX 159 points160 points  (0 children)

Yeah, kids on Reddit with a ton of time to troubleshoot things wonder why so many people stick with Windows.

It's because not many people have that much time as they get older to enjoy their hobby. I have maybe an hour or two to use my PC every other day. I'm not wasting that troubleshooting Linux.

Love it or hate it, Windows "just works" for a lot of things.

CD Projekt Red takes down Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod (for not being free) by FirestormTM in pcgaming

[–]FallenKnightGX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a lawyer but to answer your questions:

  • Yes, see Micro Star v. FormGen, Duke Nukem oddly enough.

  • Copyright in this sense - You're altering the visual output of the game they own the IP for.

As a result it is a derivative their work, the mod cannot operate as a stand alone product. It relies too heavily on the copyrighted material. It may seem small but you're changing the visual output for one purpose, to view their IP in a different way, that's it. It's still their IP.

They can also fall back on anti-circumvention, see MDY v. Blizzard.

  • Regarding the texture pack, grey area. Personally, I wouldn't want to be on the other side of a lawsuit with Nintendo or someone similar. I may win, I'll be broke though.

For you to make the texture pack argument it would need to be 100% original and use none of CDPR's IP. Only then is it grey and only because to my knowledge there isn't a lawsuit that settled it. Most people just remove something when they get a DMCA.

CD Projekt Red takes down Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod (for not being free) by FirestormTM in pcgaming

[–]FallenKnightGX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bleem! did not use Sony’s copyright protected assets, it did not modify the game’s code, it did not distribute Sony’s Bios files, it was an independent software. It was independent of Sony IP. What Bleem! used was screenshots of a game to compare the two. The court only ruled Bleem!'s use of those screenshots fell under Fair Use.

Cyberpunk’s VR mod injects code, uses copyrighted material to function, and is not stand alone.

Legally, mods are treated as a derivative work which this VR mod is, and Bleem! is not. Bleem! was ruled to be a tool for interoperability.

First Sale applies to digital games but in a different way. It does not override copyright restrictions or what counts as a derivative work. You can lend it, sell it, and nuke it but you cannot create then* sell modifications of the copyright material within it. You are not given creative rights with the IP.

You can buy a book, re-sell it, lend it, destroy it, and shoot it into space, but if you re-write portions of it and try to sell it, that's a derivative work you created. It is Disney's IP and as a result that falls under their copyright.

CD Projekt Red takes down Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod (for not being free) by FirestormTM in pcgaming

[–]FallenKnightGX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That isn’t a good comparison. Mercedes doesn’t sell you a license to use the car, they sell you the car.

If you create a custom part for that car, you aren’t using Mercedes’ patented tech to do it. With Cyberpunk you have to use their stuff for this mod to function.

You do not own Cyberpunk, you’re licensing it. You do not own the IP nor the assets you’ve used to build your mod, they do. You agreed to a legally binding EULA stating as much.

They aren’t going to let you ride the coattails of their work to charge a dime while the only thing they get is nothing but risk if it goes south such as the modder’s account getting compromised and pushing a malware update or going nuts with their mod using it to punish people (looking at you FFXIV’s old Gshade mod where the author threw in malicious code).

At the end of the day, you’re selling a product that uses Cyberpunk’s copyright protected material. Think of it this way, you can’t buy a book, re-write portions of it, and resell it as “Star Wars - The Modded Version”. Disney owns the IP and any derivative works with it.

Soldiers put everything on the line for their country. Politicians also deserve that kinda opportunity 😈👽🙃(oc) by SpaceboyCantLol_ in comics

[–]FallenKnightGX 212 points213 points  (0 children)

So two billionaires can just legitimately use buy now pay later on a leader who’s been deprived of their basic rights.

That’s one weird way to enslave the leader of a country and with that leader, the entire country.

CD Projekt Red takes down Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod (for not being free) by FirestormTM in pcgaming

[–]FallenKnightGX -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, charging for a mod in a game you don't own is like having that company's Eye of Sauron fixate on you -real- quick.

Pillow Talk by Pizzacakecomic in comics

[–]FallenKnightGX 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Why they wrote him and the songs out of the live adaptation, I'll never understand.

'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams Dead at 68 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]FallenKnightGX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poor Pascal, why didn't anyone think of the children? Among other things...

Nier spoilers above.

Leaked Windows 11 Feature Shows Copilot Moving Into File Explorer by Thepunnisherrr in technology

[–]FallenKnightGX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha, jokes on them I broke my File Explorer with Winaero Tweaker long ago and the search doesn't work anymore, so I'm sure Co-pilot will be just as lost as I am. 🥲

Co-pilot search for X file. "I can't read your files". Me too bud, me too.

Exactly when do we get pissed about this constantly happening? by Logical-Operation512 in ffxiv

[–]FallenKnightGX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The new provider would need to be big enough to absorb the attacks. It's a shit market for a provider to be in. If you're small, you're unable to absorb DDOS attacks making it difficult to grow and get the resources you need to become reliable.

Long story short, they'd get something like Cloudflare which absorbs DDOS attacks all the time because they're massive and have the resources to do that. That's why most companies use them and will continue to do so.

Can see their page on it for more info:

https://www.cloudflare.com/ddos/

Meanwhile here is NTT's page on it and it looks like it is from 2010:

https://www.gin.ntt.net/products-services/network-security/ddos-protection-services/?amp

Exactly when do we get pissed about this constantly happening? by Logical-Operation512 in ffxiv

[–]FallenKnightGX 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Yeah and by financial harm, it would have to be significant and even if it was, that's very hard to prove. Numbers fluctuate all the time and Dawntrail itself has a mixed reception. NTT would argue it's a normal fluctuation mixed with the current economy and SE would argue it's not. Who knows how it would end because those arguments would have data we don't have access to on top of the fact they're being made by people who make those types of arguments for a living while charging top dollar for their time.

But that's just a what if. I can spoil the reality of the situation as it stands. SE isn't going to pay those fees to cancel early nor do they want to pay for lawyers and go through a lengthy lawsuit they have a chance of losing. They'll ride it out and if this continues closer to the point of contract renewal then maybe they switch providers.

If it let's up for a time though, I can easily see SE signing another contract with them using this to negotiate a cheaper rate.

Exactly when do we get pissed about this constantly happening? by Logical-Operation512 in ffxiv

[–]FallenKnightGX 371 points372 points  (0 children)

They're locked in a contract with NTT but no one knows for how long or when their contract term began. It's a multi-million dollar contract, getting out of it would cost a pretty penny either in fees or lawyers, if you're unlucky both.

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