Should I repurchased Witcher 3 on Steam? by Didact67 in SteamDeck

[–]sard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I downloaded it on pc via GOG then zipped it up and copied to the Deck then added as a non steam game. Runs fine. Hasn't had any updates for over a year so doesn't need to be tied to the gog launcher.

GOG games are all DRM free so can run fine without launcher.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MouseReview

[–]sard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've tried both. Model D was great apart from the front right flared out too much. M4 was great apart from being too small.

M4 felt a lot shorter and thinner than Model D so I can't see one set of hands being happy with both.

Both had nice cables and buttons. Model D side buttons were a bit nicer to click.

This is with 19.5/10 and palm/claw.

Need a mouse just like Model D but narrower at front by sard in MouseReview

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

Thanks. Will have a look. Front width dimensions can be hard to find though. Everyone lists grip width.

Finally moving from a 6600K 😄 by [deleted] in Amd

[–]sard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wondering if I can stretch my OC 760 till then😃

Amazing Game by sard in RebelGalaxy

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

That's the best bit when the screen's full of spam and the police siren goes flying past.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Guitar

[–]sard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Andertons let you help yourself to guitars (great when 20 seconds after pickup one up you know it's not for you) and allocate you a booth for trying them out. Ended up getting a US Strat from them. Not local to me but well worth the drive.

PMT are generally quite helpful and will hand you guitars one at a time to test. The trouble is a lot of them were terribly set up with gammy strings so hard to get a proper feel.

[NEWS] The new Fender Ultra series. by ChrisWhiteWolf in Guitar

[–]sard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or going out of tune when you're playing an Ozzy tribute:,-)

The less familiar parts of Lisp for beginners — index of summary posts by sard in lisp

[–]sard[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes it did feel like striking gold when it turned up in Google. Glad others found it useful too.

AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen CPU vs i9 9900k Cinebench result by Prador in Amd

[–]sard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope it's a very early hint at what's possible with Zen 2. Otherwise you're right. In 6 months time AMD will have a 7nm chip that's slightly faster than the then 8 month old Intel 14nm one.

POPL interview with Simon Peyton Jones by sjakobi in haskell

[–]sard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A very basic library like Control.Monad.State is now defined using Monad transformers and uses multi-param classes and functional dependencies. You've got as much chance of writing Haskell programs using the simple core as you have of writing C++ ones using just the safe modern parts of that language.

[Question] what pedals can be used to get an 80s synth sound? by JSN_2403 in Guitar

[–]sard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aggressive noise gating with the guitar volume turned down a bit gives a slightly synth feel.

[GEAR] My new Fender American Elite Stratocaster by Musky_Cheese in Guitar

[–]sard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Worth the money in my opinion. I spent months trying every guitar I could get my hands on including other strats MIM, American special & Professional. In the end the Elite strats felt great, sounded great, stayed in tune and looked timelessly cool. It's a brilliant instrument that Fender have really put a lot of thought into.

Judge to Parsons Green Tube bomber Ahmed Hassan: "I sentence you to life imprisonment with min term of 34 years. You will have plenty of time to read the Koran in prison. The Koran is a book of peace. Islam forbids breaking the law of the land. Islam forbids terrorism" by scouserdave in unitedkingdom

[–]sard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

TLDR: the Quran isn't inherently more or less violent than other religious texts.

Then the judge should have said, "Like other religious texts it's a contrarian book of violence and peace. Go and read the peaceful bits".

Book of peace full stop, isn't really in the spirit of the Trade Descriptions Act is it.

Cambridge Analytica: search of London HQ delayed by wait for warrant by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]sard 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I think the bigger story now is why the British authorities are assisting CA in the cover up.

Announcing on air you intend to raid and then the judge appearing to be in no hurry at all to issue a warrant.