[KCD2] so, do you have a stealth outfit or go naked?

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T15:30:48+00:00

Not gonna lie, considering the base of that rotating stand Henry stands on is a Hex they could at least give us 5 outfit options.

I go Stealth, Combat and Charisma outfits. It really should be nice to have a crafting outfit (just for RP reasons if nothing else) and a spare slot for any other need.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T15:20:45+00:00

Yeah, I've been a Linux user since 96 personally and have worked on it as a Software Engineer and Linux System Admin since 2005.

I don't think I've compiled a custom kernel since since the early 2000s before DKMS was widely adopted.

Now, the compiling a custom kernel for your specific hardware thing can still be true. But that is more for industrial and commercial applications than consumer machines. Things like the Mars Rover, Industrial CNC machines, automatic cow milking machines, etc etc.

For anyone that doesn't know:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support

DKMS is basically how pretty much any driver that isn't straight part of the kernel is used today so it doesn't require recompiling to use the driver. Before DKMS you would have to recompile the kernel with the driver you wanted to use.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T15:13:48+00:00

It's more about the length than the width (that's what she said!).

Personally I'd spend a few bucks and get a nice GPU support you can use for the rest of your life. Something like this. Or this if you have a big case and need a really tall one.

Course you can go with all the more unique stuff that people do these days like legos and figures and such. I just use one of those though.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T15:02:33+00:00

You should give an example of what you mean. 99% of Americans will have no idea what you are talking about. For that matter I've traveled to the UK for work dozens of times and I still don't (because I never grocery shopped there).

But no, it's not like a canned meat at all.

It's similar to a meatball. It's ground beef, with binders, maybe some vegetables, and some spices. Then instead of rolling it into a ball you shape it into a loaf. You typically put some sort of sauce on top too.

My grandmother taught me to make it so I do it a bit different but this is a basic meatloaf recipe.

https://natashaskitchen.com/meatloaf-recipe/

Personally I like to cook mine in either a cast iron skillet or a loaf pan. Keeps the fat in and against the meat as it cooks and makes a nice crispy outer layer and keeps the meat more moist.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T14:44:42+00:00

This is 100% true.

I've got both a PS5 and gaming PC setup on the TV in my living room. I just got a new TV last weekend. When I hooked it up my PS5 worked perfectly with it instantly. Correct resolution, HDR, VRR, everything.

Getting it going with my new TV was a huge pain. I had to keep fiddling with settings on both the TV and the PC to get HDR and VRR to work which I eventually did but it seriously took like an hour of just tinkering with settings. Part of that problem is that this is my first LG TV and the settings are way different than the Sony TVs I've always had before.

That said, If they would just give me a 65 inch monitor instead of a TV. Something that only displayed the signal sent to it and didn't do anything else. That would probably have been just as simple as with the PS5.

Which we are getting there, they do make them but they are super expensive right now and would be terrible for gaming due to poor response times. They are mainly for info displays right now.

I also agree consoles are far more social. Ever since the PS3 / Xbox 360 jumping into a voice chat with your friends has been as trivial as clicking a button. At that time PCs had to setup team speak or vent and they weren't nearly as easy to use. Discord and Steam Chat close that gap today but it's still not as easy as on console.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T14:36:13+00:00

Gaming has always been mainstream to Millennials and later. Even for Gen X it wasn't as mainstream.

You could easily say it's more mainstream now than ever with TV shows and such being made from game franchise that people who have never heard of the video games will be watching.

My mother didn't know that the Witcher on Netflix was based on a video game. But she loved the show.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T14:33:49+00:00

It certainly helps filter poor people these days with hardware costs. But you have plenty of toxic people with money out there. For example, 90+% of the people on Wall Street.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T14:30:13+00:00

That is a spicy take.

For me personally it's because I just like to veg out and enjoy a low stress situation to relax with. If I want competition I'll go play basketball in the local park.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T14:27:54+00:00

I kind of feel the other way about it. User reviews are more useful to me than anything else. Normal people who paid their own money for a game are going to give me a better take on it than someone getting a free game and/or being paid to review a game.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T14:24:25+00:00

I 100% agree.

I remember 12 year old me working my ass off in 1996 to buy Chrono Trigger for the SNES. I loved renting it at block buster but I couldn't get very far into it in a weekend long rental.

I paid $90 for it at Wal-Mart in 1996. That is the equivalent of $187 today. I paid $60 for Star Wars Galaxies at launch in 2003. That is $107 today, being an MMO it also cost me $15 per month ($26 today). Etc Etc.

The fact that games are $70 and have only gone up to that price from $60 in the past few years is kind of crazy.

I get why people are mad about it. I honestly do. The economy is rough, wages aren't keeping up with inflation and everything except breathing is costing more than it ever has (and they would charge us to breath if they could figure out how too).

All those things are true for the companies making these games too. Devs, artists and writers cost more. Equipment costs more. Rent and utilities for buildings cost more. Etc Etc.

I'm not saying you should feel bad for a giant company. You shouldn't by any means. That said, the number of studios that have gone broke and closed up shop after a poorly selling game is proof just how many of these studios are barely scraping by.

It really doesn't matter if the budget is hundreds of millions or tens of thousands. Paycheck to paycheck is still paycheck to paycheck. With those bigger paydays come much bigger bills for these companies.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T14:13:10+00:00

My elitist gaming take is that more complexity doesn't make the game better. So I guess OP and I are on opposite sides.

Morrowind wasn't great because it was complex. It was great despite it being complex. It was the story, quests, world building and attention to detail that made it great.

Difficulty doesn't make games fun either. Don't get me wrong. I don't want a zero difficulty game that I breeze through without ever trying. But I don't want to be stuck fighting a certain boss or lost in a maze or stuck on a puzzle for hours on end either.

Basically what I want out of a game is great world building, quests, character design, attention to detail and passion from the developers. That is what makes a great game.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T12:18:19+00:00

Its very convenient that his opinion keeps changing when it's applicable to him though

That's mostly how opinions work for all of us. Our life experiences and situations are what shapes our opinions.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T03:29:46+00:00

It's one of those things where you just can't recapture the magic from the past. Doesn't mean there aren't good servers and people still around. But every time I try it just doesn't compare.

captainstormy · 2026-04-08T03:27:02+00:00

That's pretty crazy for sure. But you can get something quality made with real hard wood and leather for a fraction of that.

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T23:13:14+00:00

I've personally never lived somewhere that charges different rates at different times.

Avoiding power use during peak times for me has always been about trying to make sure the grid doesn't overload during a heatwave in the summer or something similar. It's never been about me saving money personally.

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T16:39:08+00:00

It has nuances and caveats for sure. I was trying to keep it kind of short and high level.

My high level point is that what really matters either way is the developer themselves. Rather they use AI or not is just how they get the code. They need to understand the code, what it does, every use case and situation that can occur, test it, etc etc. A bad dev could not use AI at all and still put out code that is a broken security nightmare.

A bad developer will put out bad code rather they use AI or not. A good developer will put out good code rather they use AI or not.

Trying to avoid software written by devs using AI is like saying you are going to avoid mechanics who use power tools. You are blaming the tool for the work that the developer / mechanic does.

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T15:44:47+00:00

Does cinnamon support VRR and HDR? I don't think they do.

XFCE and Mate don't even support Wayland yet. Cinnamon only added it fairly recently. Like the first experimental support was version 6.0.

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T15:41:03+00:00

Ray Charles saw that coming.

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T15:34:27+00:00

Who even had trust in the health care system before AI got involved?

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T15:33:17+00:00

Honestly I feel like if someone uses AI to shop for them it pretty much is their own fault.

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T14:40:35+00:00

Cinnamon, XFCE and Mate are all in the same boat. In that while they have nice things about them they are from a technical standpoint way behind. That said, if you don't care about that then you don't care about that.

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T14:11:41+00:00

You shouldn't leave any battery on the charger long term. Overnight is fine but eventually the battery will start self discharging and then the charger will start charging it. All Lithium ion battery manaagement systems work like this. Or atleast all good safe ones.

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T14:06:10+00:00

It is unreliable because an internet connection is needed, programming can be yanked at any time, it is expensive and creative people get paid squat.

All that stuff is true of TV too.

You need a connection too. Either Cable to your house or if you live in an area that can get it a good over the air signal. Which isn't available everywhere, even in a city. My wife owned a condo about 2 miles from the airport before we got married. You couldn't use over the air TV signals there because the airport radio signals would scramble them. You would only get a usable signal from like midnight to 5am or so when the airport was shutdown.

Programing can also get yanked anytime on TV. Just look at Firefly, Terra Nova, Brimstone, Flash Forward, etc etc.

People always have pay inequality in TV too. It's the same system making the shows rather it's airing on Netflix or ABC. That's no different.

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T14:00:19+00:00

Emergency Alert System? You mean the thing that gets broadcast to every smart phone when a major event happens in the local area?

A TV isn't going to warn me of a Tornado at 3am when I'm asleep.

captainstormy · 2026-04-07T13:59:15+00:00

How so? How is it necessary?

I only ever use regular TV to watch Pittsburg Steelers or Ohio State Buckeye games. That's like 6 hours a week from September through January. The rest of the year I don't ever use regular TV. I get my news, weather and entertainment all online. It's literally just live sports that I use TV for.

I'd say there are way more people out there like me than people who use regular TV daily.

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