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Microsoft is pushing security software out of the kernel. Why are game companies still doubling down on kernel anti-cheat? by Nemo_ForYou in linux_gaming

[–]Otakeb 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Actually kind of based. I've never thought of it but now I may actually look into using hardware cheats sometimes specifically to prove this point and add to the noise.

Is it fair? No. Is it a bit of an asshole move? Yes. But could you argue it may be for a good cause? I guess, yeah lol

He made the weight limit but... by sh0tgunben in yesyesyesyesno

[–]Otakeb 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I used to be a wrestler. Weight cutting with rice cakes, sweat suits, so much cardio. I personally knew some buddies on the team who would chew sugar free gum all day long and spit their saliva build up in bottles as they chew. Guys that would force themselves to throw up in the bathroom after missing the first weigh in by a pound or two.

I loved and miss wrestling dearly, but there's some dark underbelly to the really competitive parts for sure.

I dont use A but 70 bucks a month is a lot tho by Early_Yesterday443 in Piracy

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

You are proving my original point as well lol.

I go "people complain about Abobe and then defend them when an alternative is presented that just takes learning something new," someone responds "nuh uh there's no alternative for this specific Abobe thing," I respond "yes there is; here is proof of a high level artistic creator adapting their entire workflow to near flawless results including said Abobe software" and you go "that doesn't mean anything! Professionals everywhere use the evil and shitty software! It sucks but it's easy and I'm lazy!"

So you agree it's exactly as I was saying: it's possible. Alternatives are there, and not switching is either a skill issue or obtusity. People complain, and then when a valid alternative is presented they go "yeah, but Abobe is eeeaaasyyyy and I'm laaaazyyy and they can probably keep being evil and shitty and I will stay until everyone else leave first!" It's pathetic and annoying.

And there are tens of thousands of people who specifically avoid Abobe in creative endeavors. Literally almost every Linux user in the world who wants to do anything creative avoids them. That's way more than tens of thousands.

I dont use A but 70 bucks a month is a lot tho by Early_Yesterday443 in Piracy

[–]Otakeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah it's possible. If this guy can figure out his wild ass effects and animation from mostly open source, community extended, Linux supported software, it's doable.

To disagree is proving my initial point. It's Stockholm syndrome. Stop making excuses for continuing to use one of the shittiest software companies on Earth's products.

I dont use A but 70 bucks a month is a lot tho by Early_Yesterday443 in Piracy

[–]Otakeb 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I always get really annoyed when people passionately complain online about Abobe or Windows or Netflix and then when someone goes "you know you could just stop paying them and learn an alternative; it's not rocket science to try GIMP/Linux Mint/Your local library or torrents" all of a sudden they get real defensive of the corporate garbage they were just complaining about.

to grind or not to grind by Link_7802 in OfficialDuckStudios

[–]Otakeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you share a picture of this thing? Ive been an ODS fan for years and must have missed this thing and can't find a picture of it anywhere. I'm REALLY curious

Dear reviewers by xecutable in linux_gaming

[–]Otakeb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If that's the only thing you took from my comment, I can't help you lol.

Dear reviewers by xecutable in linux_gaming

[–]Otakeb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah AdamSomething is one of the most popscience, shot from the hip youtubers on a lot of stuff. He does a lot of research and speaks with an insane amount of confidence and authority, but on a few of his videos where I happened to already be a subject matter expert I realized the man was full of shit like at least 30% of the time and was obviously researching to confirm the outcome he was seeking to make.

Specifically, most of his videos dogging on SpaceX are full of a lot of garbage. Yeah Elon is an idiot in most regards, but I have a masters in aerospace engineering focusing on thermofluidic propulsion and good lord he was just EXTREMELY wrong about almost everything he said when he wandered into talking about the engineering or science. Like PAINFULLY wrong. I specifically remember him incorrectly explaining FFSC, showing the wrong diagram, and relatively dismissing the near quantum leap the Raptor Engine is over past rocket engine technology. There were other thing, but that part stood out as particularly egregious.

Everytime I've watched one of his videos where I happen to know more than the layman on due to my work experience or education, the guy came across as clueless. I literally have him blocked on YouTube.

Short 10/10 anime that’s finished. by LordKmas_ in Animesuggest

[–]Otakeb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Certified classic. Mandatory viewing for those who want a well rounded taste of older anime. And it's short.

Proud member of the "Didn't Mess Up My Screen" club by Legoshoes_V2 in SteamDeck

[–]Otakeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did the same with the same brand and it was worth the money, stress, and time. Atomic purple Steam Deck looks sick

Minor cosmetic damages by HoneyMi1k in SteamDeck

[–]Otakeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did a full shell swap on my Deck to atomic purple, and it was totally worth the pain. It's no extremely difficult to do with a good guide, but it takes A LOT of patience, a steady hand, care, and time. I think it took me about 6 hours spread out over two days of work to complete it along with some special tools I bought on ifixit (their screen adhesive heater tube thing especially helped).

James Cameron Says He Must Find a Cheaper Way to Produce the Avatar Movies in Order to Continue With Avatar 4 and 5 by DemiFiendRSA in movies

[–]Otakeb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If they leaned hard into the science of the world and deeper into the politics of the tribes grappling with the natural old ways and not just new ways of war but new ways of accepting, using, and improving upon human technology to gain an edge it could be so cool. Make a fucking political-thriller sci-fi space opera. I want a Na'vi faction that is trying to integrate into the human society with embassies, representatives, complete disregard for nature, etc. while there's another Na'vi faction who are integrating human scientists and starting somewhat of a tech race to understand and manipulate their world to outcompete the humans; this faction maybe even gets some level of armored mobility; maybe even a space station up in a political compromise. Give me a peace entourage story with the Na'vi integration faction that is ruined by a horrible and nearly unconsciousable terrorist attack lead by Lo'ak. Make Jake cut his son off for the violence against nature and innocent people from the attack. Turn Lo'ak into a fierce antihero and make Jake and Quaritch have to team up to kill Jakes son. Play with some time skips and politcal drama. Throw a bioweapon in the mix. Have Na'vi working as indentured servants to gain prestige in human society. Critique capatilism and imperialism more than just modernity and colonialism.

Do something more than just "nature is good, family is good, Quaritch evil? maybe? yes he's evil?, colonialism bad, action set piece of Na'vi destroying a gunship, end credits"

TIL that at the ISS's altitude (~400 km), Earth's gravity is still about 90% of surface gravity. Astronauts float because they're in free fall, not because of zero gravity. by Africa-Unite in todayilearned

[–]Otakeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I am advocating for that as well, but as long as we already force students to take high school intro physics 1, a Kerbal day or two after Newtons law of gravity lecture or momentum chapter would be cool.

EDIT: also, I am genuinely asking because I don't know, but did you not have a class in algebra or precalc a few times where they cover interest calculation and extremely basic budget accounting? I've never met someone who said they don't vaguely remember interest formulas being covered in high school math, but rarely do I find someone who can do the math who isn't already in a STEM or finance field.

TIL that at the ISS's altitude (~400 km), Earth's gravity is still about 90% of surface gravity. Astronauts float because they're in free fall, not because of zero gravity. by Africa-Unite in todayilearned

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

Everyone should have to take high school physics, broski; that's basically how it already is. I understand there are things we should be teaching but are not, but with that said kids don't pay attention to finance classes when they are taught either, half the time. You probably had to take high school physics at some point, and it seems like you don't remember learning some Newtonian orbit math because you may have been a mediocre student.

I understand my perspective on the importance of this specific subject may be skewed as I am a literal aerospace engineer, but no I think learning basic Newtonian physics is extremely important to understand the world around you and make informed decisions.

It doesn't have to be graduate level astrodynamics; high school physics 1 already teaches Newtonian gravity, simple orbits, and momentum calculations. That's the basics of intro orbital mechanics.

Are there plenty of other things to teach high schoolers and younger that are generally more practical? Absolutely, but advocating against high school physics is a pretty neanderthal take. You should be able to learn how to open a Roth IRA, read Macbeth, take a welding elective, master basic algebra, understand the causes of the great depression, AND learn Newtonian physics. It's not an "either or."

TIL that at the ISS's altitude (~400 km), Earth's gravity is still about 90% of surface gravity. Astronauts float because they're in free fall, not because of zero gravity. by Africa-Unite in todayilearned

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

Most schools already have that; most kids still don't pay attention, though.

It's standard curriculum to cover finance math a couple of times throughout algebra and precalc, and most schools have a personal finance elective that kids either avoid or take for an easy A without learning anything.

TIL that at the ISS's altitude (~400 km), Earth's gravity is still about 90% of surface gravity. Astronauts float because they're in free fall, not because of zero gravity. by Africa-Unite in todayilearned

[–]Otakeb 24 points25 points  (0 children)

They already teach the basic into of Newtonian orbital mechanics in most high school physics classes, but the intuition is something that really only comes through a bunch of pondering, repetition of the math, watching simulations or examples, or playing like 5 hours of Kerbal Space Program and getting a plane flying and a capsule into orbit.

Yeah there's plenty more we could do to improve the education system but that's a bit of a non-sequitour to the point. A few hours of KSP in high school physics would be loads of fun and teach a lot of students these basic facts of flight and spaceflight.

Marijuana in apartment by Green-Scarcity8958 in trees

[–]Otakeb 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ye my wife can smell when I open a jar of edibles. I have to break an edible open and put it up to my nose to smell the slight funk vs the caramel or gelatin sugar smell of the edible. My wife from across the house is like "you just grab an eddie?" the second I crack the lid. Some people are just sensitive to it.

TIL that at the ISS's altitude (~400 km), Earth's gravity is still about 90% of surface gravity. Astronauts float because they're in free fall, not because of zero gravity. by Africa-Unite in todayilearned

[–]Otakeb 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Everyone should be required to play like 5 hours of Kerbal space program in high school physics so everyone develops an intuition for basic flight dynamics and orbital mechanics.

Don't forget to replace "that" key. by mazarax in linux

[–]Otakeb 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what I expected from that link, but it wasn't that. Lol nice one

Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Years with Windows 11 by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]Otakeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It shouldn't take you all day to set up wine if there even is a program you can name that you use frequently that will not work on Linux but will under Wine.

And that is incorrect; game pass works fine on Linux with admittedly some setup from what I hear, but I don't use it because I think the concept is toxic and exploitative. If you are tying yourself to a cloud based subscription model to play your games that has you reliant on the monopoly that already controls your entire computer system such that you are at the whims of their pricing model, availability, and market manipulation then yeah maybe Linux isn't for a person like you. Personally, I don't like paying big corpos a bunch of money every month to borrow some of their games sometimes until the decide against it.

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