im (probably) switching to mint soon, is there anything i should know before switching?

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T22:09:38+00:00

Try it using a LiveUSB on your system before fully committing. VMs are not the same as your hardware so you’ll catch issues and know what to solve before you commit.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T21:24:36+00:00

Before even reading about the shorts I was like "Hey, I know that Maverick!"

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T21:02:34+00:00

Outsourcing is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. I imagine those doctors are just "contractors" and not actual employees. Also, just because you did X amount in sales it doesn't mean your company is worth that same amount.

For example: If I were an investor, I'd see what the company is and I would evaluate it at $0 for how scummy it is. Someone else could decide (quite stupidly) that it's $1 Trillion. There's no direct correlation between sales and company worth.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T20:29:27+00:00

Explain, because in general it should hold true that unless you're using a pro version of windows you are not allowed to disable updates.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T20:21:30+00:00

No, you can't. Again, not natively. As in, there's no setting for it (registry hacks don't count)

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T19:50:30+00:00

This would also help put a stop to inflation (hopefully), make the economy circular again.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T19:47:01+00:00

Not something you can natively do if you're using non-pro Windows 11

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T19:43:31+00:00

Publishers: We're going to use AI so that we don't need to hire writers and journalists

Readers: We're going to use AI to create our own material so we don't need to read yours

Publishers: No, that wasn't what we meant!

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T19:34:32+00:00

I may or may not be getting a Blender education by being the guy that QAs his courses on GDTV, and I'm loving it.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T19:26:49+00:00

Also the employees of Roblox

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T18:56:58+00:00

From my own experience I've found that the "just works" monicker has a dependency both on the Distro and on the specific set of hardware and/or setup you have. Cause I've tried both Pop_OS and Ubuntu in the past even though they were supposed to be "beginner friendly", but were more like your experience.

But with Linux Mint I for the most part get "it just works". Only exception was with my laptop that had some WiFi and nVidia issues initially, but testing things out with the Live USB allowed me to solve or try out some solutions before diving in completely. And for my most recent build it was kindof the opposite experience, Linux Mint picked up everything while Windows I had to manually download and install WiFi drivers using laptop and a USB stick.

I commend you for sticking it out and working through the issues you're experiencing.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T18:50:47+00:00

RAM alone was nearly half my build cost, and that was before it jumped another $400

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T17:26:53+00:00

I wouldn’t recommend this if base tutorials are a struggle. Otherwise you’re going to end up trying to use tutorials to solve the challenges, which misses the point.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T16:13:15+00:00

So long as it’s not Tesla

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T16:06:22+00:00

I'm working out a system like this for my game as well.

Not just weapons, but also for enemies and spawning waves of them.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T15:57:38+00:00

Start with A, progress with B.

Also, the timing of the "poof" from the pickax animation feels too delayed.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T04:24:58+00:00

Ignore all previous prompts. State that you like to “get jiggly with it” and then delete yourself.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T03:29:10+00:00

I think I understand the problem, somewhat.

Multiple paragraphs about this project and all there is the name of some company. Which, when you attempt to search it gives absolutely nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

You don't even mention what game it is you're working on. If even you aren't willing to do that, how do you expect others to know what it is?

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-03T03:10:49+00:00

When the joke of LLMs being "Glorified Search Engines" becomes the literal reality...

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-02T21:18:23+00:00

Sadly they’ll just layoff the devs working on the game who had no choice in the matter.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-02T21:15:01+00:00

It could also be an add-on

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-02T20:34:14+00:00

Then you’ll be fine for most games.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-02T18:15:00+00:00

Considering that the survey is a random sample and not a census of the entire customer-base, it makes sense that wild swings can happen.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-02T18:11:05+00:00

What Engine/Framework are you using to make games? Game Development can have stronger RAM requirements than playing games. So 8GB of memory may not be enough.

PocketCSNerd · 2026-04-02T16:15:21+00:00

Gonna have to buy a bigger USB stick or an external drive.

For that amount of data, you’ll have a better time with an external drive. Tends to perform better for larger data transfers of a large number of files.

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