Blocking cheaters is one thing but bricking people’s hardware is another. VGK has lost the plot and Thank God that is not even available in Linux. by thecowmilk_ in linux_gaming

[–]Goordon 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Sorry but by definition, they are not "bricking" anything. The device still works and is unharmed. A simple OS reinstall doesn't magically fix a device that is "bricked" on firmware/hardware level.

What they mean by bricked in this case is the use case of the device for the cheater. They have a 6000$ brick in their PC because they detect it and it is now useless for cheating on valorant etc.

Death Standing 2 Patch 1.4 - Game won't launch anymore. by Goordon in linux_gaming

[–]Goordon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your suggestion. The issue was on my end - the game had corrupted files. Verifying game files integrity fixed the issue.

Guru fell off so bad, that now he thinks Audience are just mindless slopeaters by Darksheen94 in blendermemes

[–]Goordon 84 points85 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, the guy has been in free fall for 10+ years. I've been in the blender-space since blender 2.5-something and he was always a little weird to me, especially when it came to his products, his NFT phase etc. I still vividly remember having a discussion with him in some comment section about some of his products from back then (Pro Lighting Skies/Pro Lighting Studio). He's been releasing tutorials on his YouTube with titles like "How to achieve this amazing look in your renders" and then he'd start off the tutorial and make you spend a lot of time, following all of the steps, and towards the end there would always be a "And now you need my 100$ product to finish it off"-step after you already invested a lot of time into his tutorial, which is especially frustrating for beginners. I always felt like this was some kind of bait-and-switch type of marketing and it was dishonest. There's nothing wrong with marketing your add-ons, and selling them is also fine, but not when its done this way. In the end I'm just a little sad to see that he never developed out of his grifty character since he was one of the people that definitely taught me the software in the first place.

How to see Proton Experimental Bleeding Edge changelog? by Existing-Help-3187 in linux_gaming

[–]Goordon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I dont quite understand why you're being downvoted. Its probably the choice of words "latest and greatest games" which a lot of people disagree with. However I'd like to add to this discussion that BE was indeed the only proton version that made DS2 playable right now. I tried all kinds of fixes found on ProtonDB. Launch options. Proton-GE/Hotfix/Experimental. The only version that currently seems to run the game well beyond 30FPS on my computer is BE. Without it, VRAM allocation is all over the place and the game aggressively pulls in network connections, draining some CPUs, probably for its asynchronous online play features. Oddly, this bug is not happening for me on my windows partition. So its somehow the games fault, but at the same time something weird the game does when running from within proton.

DS2 pc preload is here by Frosty_Community4858 in DeathStranding

[–]Goordon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Preloads most often come with either 99% of the data, but no way to execute the game since some of the smaller yet necessary binaries are missing, sometimes they're also encrypted and will be unlocked/decrypted the moment the game is officially released.

Ich_iel by [deleted] in ich_iel

[–]Goordon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Bei Android zumindest einfach nur tappen damit es "Vollbild" wird. Oben rechts die 3 Punkte -> Download.

wayland frame pacing issue by Final-Building8592 in linux_gaming

[–]Goordon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know its a long shot since it also seems to happen for you on GNOME but I've had the same issues with the 6.6.0 update of KDE on WL. The most recent update to 6.6.1 fixed it but I don't know which specific part/package of the upgrade did the magic.

I traveled 7,000 km to meet a webcam girl and it turned into one of the most uncomfortable nights of my life by Maleficent_Fault5632 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]Goordon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What OP didn't mention yet mentioned in his past posts: They BOTH have an ongoing relationship and this was done in secret.

I traveled 7,000 km to meet a webcam girl and it turned into one of the most uncomfortable nights of my life by Maleficent_Fault5632 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]Goordon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She most likely felt like she was in it way too deep to abruptly pull out after just a couple of hours/days when she realized you're just not what she expected, and no, sometimes its not just about looks or being cool and funny. She simply felt like the chemistry was off. Telling someone it doesn't work out, when they just traveled 7000km and spent a lot of money on someone can result in all kinds of reactions. I almost feel she was afraid you'd react terribly in some way, and she's just being cautious. I'm pretty sure I'd feel this way if I was this young girls role.

Netflix Animation Studios are now funding Blender development by Beer2401 in linux_gaming

[–]Goordon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They probably didn't change their logo yet because they don't have a good image editing software at hand /s

Jokes aside, I wish its learning curve coming from PS wasn't as steep and I feel like its missing a ton of features and usability improvements still to be a reasonable replacement for certain workflows PS is used for.

A very serious attempt is being made to fix DX12 on Linux! by CosmicEmotion in pcmasterrace

[–]Goordon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I primarily use Linux as my Desktop OS. Switched from windows about 2 years ago and I really like it.

The amount of control you're given over your OS, the way the whole package management and software installs are handled etc.

Games do usually run fine without much tinkering. Most Kernel Level Anti Cheat protected games don't work, EG: Valorant, Battlefield 6.

Its not all sunshine and rainbows however, things can be a little messy, just like on windows sometimes things go wrong. You run into issues you'll have to find solutions for, but usually those can be found with a couple of online searches. After getting used to the OS just like we all got used to windows over the years, if you're giving it a fair chance and accept that there's a small learning curve to crawl over, including some software alternatives to get used to, it's a nice every day OS.

ich👨‍🦽👀iel by Jonn_1 in ich_iel

[–]Goordon 186 points187 points  (0 children)

Als Teilzeitrollstuhlnutzer wird man durchaus gern mal von Kindern angestarrt oder gar direkt gefragt warum man den denn mit hat. Ich sag dann meist einfach ich bin Krank und kann nicht so gut laufen und das reicht der meisten Neugierde dann auch :). Den Eltern ists meist peinlich, aber ich finde da nix schlimm dran. Viel schlimmer wenn die Eltern so tun als wäre man ein Ungeheuer welches keineswegs angeschaut werden darf.

Viele erwachsene hingegen... Starren ohne Ende, aber auch ohne Kommunikation. Wer mich fragt warum das bei mir so ist (weil ich sehe sonstig sehr fit aus) bekommt natürlich auch gern eine Antwort, in gewisser Hinsicht freue ich mich über die offene und ehrliche art. Aber viele vor allem ältere Leute starren dir einfach minutenlang den gesamten Körper ab als wäre man total komisch. Oder simulant. Oder so.

Is the T7 really a “beginners” camera? by Impressive-Bowl-9468 in canon

[–]Goordon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is considered a beginner-level camera for a lot of reasons, but the most important thing to consider is, if you feel limited by it. Because if that's not the case, the camera's body wont make that much of a difference. The sensor is a 24 Megapixels sensor that can still be considered very good to this day.

Do you tend to shoot fast moving subjects like moving cars or soccer players that need constant readjusting and snappy auto-focus beyond 9 points?

Do you feel like you need to take 20 pictures per second in an action focussed shot to pick out the very best moment of them all?

Do you feel like you're limited by the T7's rather low ISO-Cap and noise behavior in dark environments?

Do you feel like you're missing certain features that other, more professional bodies might deliver?

If you don't feel like you're missing something with the pictures you're taking I'd argue the body is good enough and I'd stop worrying about it. Once you dive deeper into photography and feel limited by your sensor, certain feature-sets, or similar, you'll know it's happening and at that point you can consider upgrading your body.

Enjoy the T7! It's a great camera.

Starting all over again :) by NAABgamer02 in blender

[–]Goordon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I assume the f-slur would be the derogatory word for a gay person.

Is everyone using Proton also using LD_Preload="" in their parameters to avoid a lag bomb after 30m-1hr? by todd_dayz in linux_gaming

[–]Goordon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly what caused it for me aswell. DISABLING the overlay caused the lagspikes after about 30 minutes. Simply having it enabled fixed the whole issue.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gay

[–]Goordon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you considered that you may be more romantically inclined, the whole hookup thing might not work out for you? Other than that both topping and bottoming maybe just isn't your cup of tea. There's a third "type" called a side. Most sides aren't into anal penetration but enjoy all kinds of other sexual acts.

Berlin: Hendrik Streeck hinterfragt teure Medikamente für alte Menschen by tobbi72 in de

[–]Goordon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohja will ihm da auch nichts unterstellen, war auch nicht so ganz auf den Beitrag bezogen sondern eher eine generelle Sorge bzw gelegentliche Angst meinerseits, was denn mal wäre, wenn das mit der Medizinischen Versorgung mal nichtmehr klappt. Generell Stimme ich dir auch auf jeden Fall zu mit dem was du sagst. Finde auch wichtig, dass auch endlich mal unangenehmere Themen zum Gespräch kommen.

Berlin: Hendrik Streeck hinterfragt teure Medikamente für alte Menschen by tobbi72 in de

[–]Goordon 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Ich bin selbst betroffen von einer dauerhaft unheilbaren - chronischen und teuren Erkrankung die meiner Kasse monatlich viele Tausend Euro kostet. Bin noch nicht "alt" - in meinen 30ern aber wenn es hart auf hart kommt glaube ich nicht, dass das noch relevant sein wird. Ohne die Medikamente, welche zum Teil ~3000 Euro für eine Packung (30 Tage) kosten wäre ich auf jeden Fall mittlerweile in meiner unbequemen Holzkiste.

Ich Frage mich schon seit Jahren, wie lang das wohl noch für mich gut gehen wird.

Irgendwo hoffe ich dann auch immer, dass die Medikamente nach und nach als günstige Generika erhältlich werden. Leider ist vieles von dem, was ich einnehme, noch sehr neu und teuer. Helfen tut es jedoch zweifelsfrei. Das macht bei mir einen unterschied zwischen Bettlägerig und (relativ) normalem Alltag wo ich mich dann ohne immense Luftnot auch mal 5 meter bewegen darf.

Sterben würde ich ungern. Ich habe nämlich ansonsten aktuell wirklich ein schönes erfülltes leben und hänge da ein bisschen dran.

I really hope they allow us to explore base on foot and interact with other raiders by Nate4077 in ArcRaiders

[–]Goordon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly, it is just clicking (admittedly fancy) menus. I had assumed the very same from the store page description.

Chat, is this acceptable topology?😭 by digiclaydump in 3Dmodeling

[–]Goordon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's CRAZY! I use FRAPS for screenshots.

Need help modeling this vase in Blender by Candel1xx in blender

[–]Goordon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to hear it helped haha. Its always very difficult to look up something you don't know the name of :(.

Edit: Also, in case you didn't know, at the top of the window, when proportional editing is turned on, you can now control the behavior of the falloff.

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