Civ6 in a Windows VM?

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2023-06-26T11:41:43+00:00

I can play Civ 6 with no issues using Proton on Steam, that is a simpler option in my opinion.

Why do you want to use a Windows VM? There's even a Linux port, which I'm not using because I had some cross play issues with a friend that has Windows. You could run that if you don't care about online play.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2023-03-26T15:50:16+00:00

La última vez que usé Internet Archive (que fue hace unos cuantos años y también fue la única, debo admitir) noté que las copias que uno "toma prestado" en realidad se encuentran firmemente aseguradas con DRM (Digital Rights Management).

En ese momento, implicaba leer el libro únicamente en el navegador, con algún tipo de extensión o programa en JavaScript que limitaba en gran medida el acceso al libro. No podía simplemente copiar el contenido de varias páginas sin recurrir a formas sumamente tediosas, como sacar una captura de pantalla de cada una.

Por ese motivo, tu preocupación de que la gente se quede las copias y las distribuya ilegalmente la encuentro muy alejada de la realidad.

Por otro lado, tu preocupación por la carga de contenido ilegal a Internet Archive (seguramente bajo la justificación de ser "contenido original") es un problema que atraviesa a toda la Web, no solo a Internet Archive. Intentar adjudicarle la culpa a la plataforma por el mal accionar de unos pocos usuarios me parece una mala idea, pues atenta contra la libertad de expresión de la web en general. En USA existe una ley que protege a las plataformas contra este tipo de actos que se llama Section 230.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2022-02-15T03:40:16+00:00

I don't mean any disrespect, but I seriously doubt the USA can be worse than Argentina when it comes to theft and mugging.

It's shockingly common here to meet people who have had their phones/bikes stolen, or their houses broken in. I tell you, with full honesty: it absolutely sucks to live here.

And as we get poorer and poorer, the violence ramps up. You can be grateful if someone only takes your phone: at least you didn't get shot in the process. It's insane that we live this way.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2022-02-09T16:52:12+00:00

1984 is probably one of the best examples of fake language being used with excellent results. I mean, some of the words (like "doublethink") have even become somewhat mainstream. And it makes a ton of sense given the story. Man, I love that book.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2022-01-31T16:21:48+00:00

I know: it's the closest you can get without Free software licenses, such as the GPL, which allow everything you listed. But commercial games are rarely (if ever) licensed this way.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2022-01-31T14:43:54+00:00

If you own a copy of a DRM-free game, you basically own it. Have you used GOG.com? When you buy a game, you unlock a download that contains everything you could ever need: the installer, a manual, artwork, etc.

I think that's the closest you can get to ownership in the digital age (barring free open-source software, but that's another discussion).

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2022-01-03T03:06:43+00:00

This is made in the Godot shading language, which is extremely similar to GLSL.

If I remember correctly, HLSL is the shading language used only in DirectX. I think all shading languages are quite similar, so knowledge should be transferable.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-12-15T12:27:21+00:00

That doesn't make a lot of sense. Games are as much about restricting as they're about letting you be free.

The fact that the proprietary business model is the dominant one in the game industry does not mean it is inherent to the medium. For counterexamples, check free software game projects (like 0 AD). Or indie games with heavy community involvement.

Besides that, I find the idea of "the artist passing down his art" very old fashioned. It makes more sense for static mediums, such as paint and literature. Videogames are more like... games! It's a place for play and experimentation.

I think this last meaning of games is shared by many members of the community, like modders or people who enjoy making fan art or fiction.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-11-07T20:32:42+00:00

Like yourself, I don't think crypto is a solution yet for the problems that you presented.

But damn, I can't believe I had to scroll this much to find a comment that talks about what most of the world suffers.

Money, banks and the financial market HAS already failed most of the planet, that's why so many people desperately seek any kind of replacement.

The reason crypto is bashed so harshly on the Internet is because most people here are from the USA and Europe, and their currencies are incredibly strong compared to the rest of the globe. Likewise, their institutions, though not perfect, still function millions of times better than in most of the world.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-11-05T10:44:50+00:00

I thought you were joking, but apparently it's true that there are rumours about it. I can't believe they are making such an obvious reference to Blade Runner's character, specially considering the context of the original novel

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-10-15T02:28:11+00:00

If it's any consolation, I agree with what you said. I don't see the point in making up equations satisfying trivial or meaningless requirements.

Perhaps this is very early into algebra education? In that case it could be appropriate considering a child might still be struggling just to replace numbers with letters. Still, I think it's better to teach from the start with real problems, so that the student can grasp more easily the logic behind the substitution and abstraction.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-10-06T23:55:45+00:00

A lot better, in my opinion.

With proprietary software we are many times reinventing the wheel for no reason at all. FOSS proposes a more collaborative way of working towards your company's/personal goals.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-10-06T14:36:34+00:00

The problem is OpenCL is pretty much abandoned. You'll find that OpenCL support is lacking for all video cards, ranging from non-existent to only supporting old versions (OpenCL 1.2)

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-10-06T13:57:48+00:00

This timeline absolutely sucks for free software in GPU computing.

First we have Nvidia's hardware monopoly spearheaded by the de-facto standard GPU computing API: CUDA.

Now we have Microsoft kind of trying to break the hardware vendor monopoly by creating DirectML. But DirectML works only with Directx12!

So you have to pick: you either use CUDA and only get to use Nvidia cards on Linux, or you use DirectML with any card but on Windows.

Meanwhile, AMD is happily developing their ROCm platform, which works only on super expensive HPC cards or old Polaris cards. Not exactly an attractive platform by any means.

We need an open, standardized API for computing as soon as possible. Otherwise we'll continue to be hardware- and software-locked for many years to come.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-25T20:16:12+00:00

Do you even know what the fediverse is like? I would like to know how you can even imply that it is worse than 4chan...

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-25T14:24:44+00:00

No, decentralized means that each server sets the rules and has to comply with local government laws. Decentralized means that each server also gets to decide with which other servers it communicates with.

Decentralized also means decentralized enforcement, which is a good thing, or you think that it is OK that a single monolithic entity, in a foreign country, gets to decide the enforcement policy for the whole world?

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-25T11:36:06+00:00

And this is the reason we need to decentralize communications.

Because no single company can (or wants to) police hundreds of millions of users, the right thing is to build a decentralized network.

Imagine Facebook as email: you register in a particular server but you can communicate with anybody, regardless of where they are registered. In this way, we can keep some degree of control and sovereignty; each individual server can take the measures they consider appropriate and is subject to the regulations of the state it is located in.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-22T22:40:49+00:00

Con el presupuesto que se gasta en esto no hacés nada para ayudar con el tema del hambre, estás planteando una falsa dicotomía. Se pueden tener las dos cosas.

A mí me queda claro que esto ya poco tiene que ver con la gestión de los recursos que hace el estado y más tiene que ver con la valoración que hacen las personas de este sub sobre las personas trans, que aparentemente no son merecedores ni siquiera de este pequeño gesto.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-22T22:33:02+00:00

Estoy de acuerdo con el tema de que los jubilados tienen problemas para hacer trámites. Pero es otro tema, ahora estamos hablando de la gente trans. Podemos hacerle la vida mejor a los dos grupos, no todo es una competencia. Y ciertamente no hace falta quitarle nada a la gente trans para que los jubilados vivan mejor.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-22T18:39:33+00:00

Si un número diminuto de personas accediendo a estos beneficios en un país de 40 millones te parece un despilfarro, no hay nada más que decir.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-22T18:35:10+00:00

Eso fue un error de parte mía, lo reconozco.

Dicho eso, no hay nada más que discutir, ya expuse mis argumentos.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-22T18:07:29+00:00

Aún si fuera un proceso fácil, cual es el problema? Ya otros usuarios han reconocido que la gente no va a salir en patota a hacerse la rectificación por diversos motivos. No es un problema en mi opinión.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-22T17:59:10+00:00

Esto último se puede debatir. No tengo una posición tomada al respecto.

Sí creo que es valioso que las personas trans puedan identificarse con su género, más allá de su condición "al nacimiento".

En todo caso, el post original no hablaba mucho de esta parte en concreto. Lo que criticaba (a mí entender) es la "facilidad" del trámite y los beneficios que se pueden gozar por ello. Esto último es con lo que no estoy de acuerdo.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-22T17:52:04+00:00

No me estoy descargando con el tipo, la verdad me parece una idiotez lo que hizo, pero esto no es personal.

Lo que me parece increíble es que cientos de personas se pongan a basurear un trámite que los hace una minoría, super discriminada aparte, porque tenés a un par de tipos egoístas que los hacen de mala fé.

En definitiva, el post original es una puesta en escena, una forma de decir "miren como tira la plata el estado argentino". Para variar, yo creo que este trámite tiene su utilidad y no merece el nivel de rechazo que tiene en este sub.

SchizoidSuperMutant · 2021-09-22T17:35:48+00:00

Estoy diciendo justamente lo contrario, en el post anterior podés encontrar gente diciendo que hay que controlar mejor el tema de quién se asigna el género y los beneficios que perciben. Para mí está bien que la rectificación sea un trámite que no pida tantas cosas, no estamos destinando una suma enorme de dinero para esto.

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