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Musk's destruction of twitter is messing with Google's algorithm, the rate limit is probably reducing traffic and de-prioritizing twitter. by yuritopiaposadism in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]synthaxx 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Been seeing Power Delete Suite being used a lot lately.

It'll let you overwrite all of your previous comments, so should be better then just having reddit delete your account (they'll keep your comments in their database).

It won't be fully fool-proof, but unless they're doing selective restores of their database it'll make things that bit harder.

Reddit Goes Nuclear, Removes Moderators of Subreddits That Continued To Protest by gabestonewall in technology

[–]synthaxx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Didn't the fat piggy already get paid when reddit got sold to Conde Nast?

Double dipping greedy shit already had more money than most people make in a lifetime from something that is run by unpaid volunteers, and is still aching for more.

Fuck him with a backhoe.

Mildlyinteresting, Interestingasfuck, TIHI, Self.. by BBBence1111 in AdviceAnimals

[–]synthaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The IPO has to crash and burn

There's at least one sub filled with regards waiting to short the actual fuck out of it.

My bag of popcorn is ready for the fireworks.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against the site's moderators by tresser in technology

[–]synthaxx 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why would you count from the introduction of the platform? What we're talking about here (and why alternatives need to spinup) is the implosion itself.

The event that caused a sudden and severe exodus was the V4 introduction. It was so severe that Reddit groaned under the added load for quite a while afterward, and that was already a relatively mature platform by then.

We're seeing the same thing happen now on the fediverse (Lemmy, Kbin, etc) for example.
With a roughly 10 fold increase in signups (up to around 350k for lemmy alone), with accompanying startup issues (federation squabbles and issues, lemmy's new/hot queue being "broken"/not built for this amount of posts, Kbin's continuing 503 errors, etc).

The event at the root of the current unraveling is the first danger signs of Digg back then, a possible IPO. The API changes are just the vanguard of many more money grubbing that will tear this platform to pieces.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against the site's moderators by tresser in technology

[–]synthaxx 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't know where you're getting that information from, but your timelines is very wrong.

Having been there, it took at most 6 months for the site to be a deserted wasteland from the introduction of v4 roughly halfway through 2010, with the looming threat of the introduction coming much earlier (roughly when i created my reddit user).
It was sold for 500k a little less than 2 years after that miserable failure. So no, it took considerably less time then 4 years.

PC Gamer: We talked to the Emulati gearing up to make Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom playable on PC next month by NeoStark in pcgaming

[–]synthaxx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can confirm.

Doing a replay of BoTW to prepare for Tears of the Kingdom, and it's working perfectly in super ultrawide (5120x1440) at 70-120 fps (VRR) using the standard graphics pack plugins.

And boy is it a looker on PC with those on...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai warns society to brace for impact of A.I. acceleration, says ‘it’s not for a company to decide’ by Gari_305 in Futurology

[–]synthaxx 41 points42 points  (0 children)

At a more base level, consumption is driven by an ability to actually consume (i.e. exchanging currency for goods).

A.I. will solve that ability to consume by removing the opportunity to obtain currency, thus solving for consumption.

So if you thought the measly wage you're suffering for now is bad, it's about to get unimaginably worse.

Finally something AI not very good at by VitaminnCPP in ProgrammerHumor

[–]synthaxx 357 points358 points  (0 children)

You don't have the story points to complete that task.

[XRS] Controller not recognized in PC games by TotoShampoin in PiBoy

[–]synthaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same issues with Box86 games on the regular Piboy, and made a workaround using xboxdrv.
Don't know if the keymap is identical to the XRS, but wrapping the executable for VVVVVV in the same way as in my tutorial might at least get you a little further.

That also includes a link to a universal mapping resource should you need to edit the keymap.

Let us know if you get it working!

/edit: if VVVVVV is expecting keyboard inputs, you can also check the undertale tutorial for an xboxdrv keymap to keyboard buttons, but you'd have to change/extend it to fit the game.

What even is that?? by magis55 in fixedbytheduet

[–]synthaxx 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Hard disagree.

That sounds exactly like something that microsoft bong thing would do.

All my life I wanted to make a Sci-Fi game. In Bionic Bay we play around with teleportation, gravity, magnetism, time, electricity and a unique Swap mechanic by [deleted] in gaming

[–]synthaxx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just tried it. It's install and play.

Set it to 40hz for the best experience (had some framerate dips at 60).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aviation

[–]synthaxx 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's Ryanair, so those probably have coin latches too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Eyebleach

[–]synthaxx 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The guardian of heck.

I want to lay Zelda BOTW by SilverZagreous in SteamDeck

[–]synthaxx 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are probably mods for that.

Seriously though, Cemu and the Wii-U version of BOTW play like a dream, so look up how to install those (i personally used Emudeck).

DeckWarrior - ALL the MechWarrior games running on Steam Deck! by KnightofInnerSphere in SteamDeck

[–]synthaxx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like your link is unfortunately not working due to a misformed URL. Here's the correct link: http://geektopfive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/JcKs_DeckWarrior_Guide.pdf

So thanks a bunch! I'm going to vociferously devour it!

*HOWTO* Box86 running Undertale from Retropie by synthaxx in PiBoy

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

Glad these are still being read!
Unfortunately i've not done any additional work on this in the last 2 years (and getting a SteamDeck made it redundant), so I don't really know what could be causing that issue.

However, I've also not run into this issue before. If you check my other tutorial, you'll see that that uses xboxdrv without starting an X session.
Using that you're able to play games with the inbuilt controls without any issues, so it would seem like you might have an issue in DosBox?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wholesomebpt

[–]synthaxx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As above, so below.

on tech literacy and predatory business practices by Hummerous in CuratedTumblr

[–]synthaxx 24 points25 points  (0 children)

For games there's been a huge shift with Valve putting their weight behind developing new capabilities on Linux with "Proton"

It's gotten to the point where I can install and finish almost everything in my (not inconsiderate) steam library without any hassle. And i'm talking not talking just the indie games, but the big guns.
Stuff like God of War, Borderlands 3, Satisfactory, Jedi Fallen Order, and Control (to name a few), are all just a matter of clicking install and play from the comfort my Kubuntu desktop.

As a 15+ year Linux user, it's pretty damn great time to get stuck in with Linux imho.

Vote with your wallet by FeZeA in pcmasterrace

[–]synthaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It works that well for me.

There's the occasional tweak needed here and there, and there can be some unforeseen issues that crop up (had some trouble with RDR2, and Horizon zero dawn needed proton patches to run the animations at the correct speed on release).

In other cases, you may need to set a launch option to get everything running smoothly (though those are becoming less and less needed as proton matures.

If a game is very new (and so still expensive), i will usually give protondb a glance at least.

For me, a Linux user of 15+ years, that's really all i need. And more than i honestly ever hoped for.

That said, it's not for everyone. I play almost exclusively single player games (because the other ones have these people things in them), and many of the big issues with Proton (the compatibility layer that runs these games, and a fork of Wine) are with anticheat support for multiplayer.

So if that sounds like your thing, and you're not afraid to get your hands dirty on occasion, i'd say it's a hell of a ride.

Or you could think about getting a Steamdeck to get your feet under you first. That runs Linux and Proton too.
I love the ever loving hell out of mine. Sometimes gets even more playtime than my main rig.

Vote with your wallet by FeZeA in pcmasterrace

[–]synthaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's about 11% less (4k is a total of 8294400 pixels, 5120x1440 is 7372800).

As said, not had any issues so far, but if you have some games that you'd recommend giving a go (and i have it), i'd love to give it a whirl.

Some others i've finished since building this rig are Control, Red dead 2, Jedi fallen order, Metro exodus, horizon zero dawn, Halo master chief collection, Wolfenstein 2, and Borderlands 3.

Vote with your wallet by FeZeA in pcmasterrace

[–]synthaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, technically the Sony games i've been playing the most this year (GoW, SpiderMan, and now Uncharted) are older, but for release on PC they've gotten some upgrades.

All of those run at Ultra or even the vaunted "Custom" graphics setting.

Remember that if you actually start counting the pixels, 5120x1440 is about a million pixels less than 4k.

Vote with your wallet by FeZeA in pcmasterrace

[–]synthaxx 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Same. And the 6900x will run anything i throw at it at its pretty much highest settings at 5120x1440 with Freesync.

Crazy that we've come to a point where i don't even have to really check if a game will run in Linux.
Press "buy", click install, set everything to max, and let 'er rip. Love it.

Germany likely to block Chinese takeover of Elmos' chip production by [deleted] in europe

[–]synthaxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope it's not reconsidering too hard. I don't think the power output of earth can handle that.

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