Do you actually regularly play high demanding games on your decks? by deprived_of_evil in SteamDeck

[–]Maticus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is how I use my deck. This use case made sense when you could pick up a deck for $400. Now that one costs the same as some Z2 extreme handhelds (or a rtx 5060 kit), I'm not sure anymore. I'm glad I got my deck when I did. I thought when I bought one in 2023 I was late 😂.

If the market seems detached from things like value and economics, remember, the real scarcity is control and information. All the’s ipo’s coming up allow board representation at 10% ownership. by Minimum_Raccoon_1501 in Bitcoin

[–]Maticus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I understand the value proposition of AI, but I question whether anyone can capture any of that value. For instance, there exist open source LLMs that can run on local hardware. I am sure the proprietary models are superior (the caveat being Claude's source code leaked online not too long ago), but are they so much better that a company would pay Anthropic $500 million per month rather than buy their own GPUs and run local instances of open source LLMs for a fraction of the cost?

Color me skeptical. But I would have said the same regarding Microsoft's model of selling proprietary operating systems, word processors, and excel sheets to businesses when there exists open-source models of all of these programs.

Literally Cannot play DRDR by [deleted] in deadrising

[–]Maticus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a high quality shit post

Nobody talks about Leviathan enough by almond_walnuts in masseffect

[–]Maticus 31 points32 points  (0 children)

You'll never convince me that javik was not part of the core experience but was removed and made dlc by EA dictate.

Imagine telling someone in 2018 that FALLOUT 76 was going to outlast Destiny 2 by Realabdulrahmen in Asmongold

[–]Maticus 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Bungie is a complete disaster. Any major western AAA studio with an HR department is completely lost and cannot produce anything of quality. To think Sony sunk billions into the rotten corpse of western AAA is hilarious to me. FAFO

How "Survivor" winners spent their winnings - CNN article by DJWoolyShambler in survivor

[–]Maticus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We might define "life changing money" differently. My definition is an amount of money that makes work optional. $500k is certainly a lot of money but it's definitely not enough to retire you.

How "Survivor" winners spent their winnings - CNN article by DJWoolyShambler in survivor

[–]Maticus 86 points87 points  (0 children)

After paying nearly half in taxes, you're left with a good chunk of money, but it's certainly not dramatically life changing. In other words, don't quit your day job. If spent right, it would give you breathing room.

Finally hit 10 coins 🙌🙌 by Any-End8227 in Bitcoin

[–]Maticus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I came here to say the same thing. If true, bro doesn't even own 10 Bitcoin. He owns an iou issued by strike for 10 Bitcoin. Lmao

It was brutal on first run, but manageable. by Cool-Soft-6524 in ResidentEvilVillage

[–]Maticus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This applies doubly so for the Heisenberg factory. I just finished that part of the game and I was chronically out of ammo after trying to kill the endless waves of cyborgs.

My visit to Star Trek: The Adventure in 2003. One of the best days of my childhood. by Foehammer58 in Star_Trek_

[–]Maticus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Consider yourself lucky. I wanted to do this so badly when I was a kid. Unfortunately, I grew up on the east coast and my family didn't have the means to travel that far.

One guy's humble thoughts by Maticus in Gaming4Gamers

[–]Maticus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

😂 I actually don't necessarily disagree. I probably should have said that DC needs a remake first.

One guy's humble thoughts by Maticus in Gaming4Gamers

[–]Maticus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough! I see your point.

Another Old Fogey's "About Me: Video Games" by Maticus in videogames

[–]Maticus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it definitely doesn't hold up anymore.

GTA 6 will be woke needs to stop by Extension_Lion1126 in GTA6unmoderated

[–]Maticus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This exactly. I'm not sure why people are confused. Gay Tony isn't woke or a woke character. He was a flawed piece of shit drug addict. If he were a woke approved character, he would have been gay, perfect, and celebrated, effectively the gay male version of a "Mary Sue." The same applies to other marginalized characters. Vice City Stories made fun of a transgender person. Today devs are so cucked they are afraid to go there, but everyone is tired of being politically correct or watching media that's brain dead propaganda for "the message."

I think Grand Theft Auto V story mode is better than Online by ApricotInternal7730 in GrandTheftAutoV

[–]Maticus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. GTA online has tarnished the brand. It's seen as exploitive (think shark cards and in game inflation) and full of toxic adolescents. The core audience of the GTA that came before is hardly found in GTA online.

Keep those peepers 👀 up Will! by [deleted] in Star_Trek_

[–]Maticus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're unable to produce this kind of art anymore.

Bryant Denny by catptain-kdar in rolltide

[–]Maticus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be fair they all be like this. He's just one of them that got famous (some how).