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#22> That latency, frustratingly enough, doesn’t come from the actual rendering, which happens locally on that beefy hardware, but rather the fact that Cocreator validates everything with the cloud for “safety”; never mind that you can create “unsafe” images in Paint of your own volition (at least for now).
I am shocked that the Cocreator didn't flag the author's drawing as "unsafe".
It totally depicts a a view from below of a blond woman squatting and peeing.
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#23I wonder what route existing Windows power users should take after Windows 10 support ends next year.. I don't care about these features at all, I just need a Windows OS, bare, where I can install the tools I need, not what Microsoft thinks I need, and so it also serves as a decent, performant gaming PC. I know for the first point Linux is my obvious choice, which is totally fine, but gaming support on Linux never li…
I have exactly the same question. I'm most likely to switch to Linux; I've heard that game support is a lot better than it used to be, and Valve has given developers an extra incentive to be compatible with Linux because of the Steam Deck. I've heard that MS will offer paid security patches for three years, albeit with the cost doubling each year, so something like $70/$140/$280. I personally wouldn't want to do that…
I switched to full time gaming on Linux (Arch) about six months ago. It is very good, and improving, though it will still often require tinkering (ProtonDB is very good for user reports). And certain games, like those with "kernel anti-cheat", probably won't work at all, indefinitely.
I can say that if you stick to Steam Deck Verified games, you will have very few problems; and if you enable compatibility (Proton) for non-Verified games, then almost every game will work, possibly with some tinkering.
I'm less familiar with non-Steam games, though I know Proton is not intended to be used outside of Steam. I guess that gaming outside of Steam would require more tinkering.
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#24I wonder what route existing Windows power users should take after Windows 10 support ends next year.. I don't care about these features at all, I just need a Windows OS, bare, where I can install the tools I need, not what Microsoft thinks I need, and so it also serves as a decent, performant gaming PC. I know for the first point Linux is my obvious choice, which is totally fine, but gaming support on Linux never li…
I wonder what route existing Windows power users should take after Windows 10 support ends next year.
I no longer think of myself as a power user and that seems to make my life easier and more productive.
I think about it like cars on the road. Getting from A to B is the point. Sure sometimes the complexity of an alternate route is more efficient but oftentimes sitting in the slow down is the fastest way.
That's different from making a hobby of driving backroads. There's nothing wrong with making computers a hobby "also." It's also ok to choose other hobbies and just treat computers as tools.
As cattle not pets. Have a cow that doesn't connect to the itnernet. Have a cow that runs Linus. Have one that doesn't pretend it can outgun Microsoft. You'll have more surfaces to put stickers on for aesthetics.
If I gamed, I'd buy a console. But that's me. YMMV.
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#25> What a positively Buldakian statement!
Does anyone know what "Buldakian" means? "Buldak" is a spicy Korean dish, literally "fire chicken", but that doesn't seem relevant.
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#26> What a positively Buldakian statement! Does anyone know what "Buldakian" means? "Buldak" is a spicy Korean dish, literally "fire chicken", but that doesn't seem relevant.
He's talking about a statement from Jerry Buldak of Sears from the article he's quoting himself in:
https://stratechery.com/2016/walmart-and-the-multichannel-tr...
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#27> What a positively Buldakian statement! Does anyone know what "Buldakian" means? "Buldak" is a spicy Korean dish, literally "fire chicken", but that doesn't seem relevant.
He's talking about a statement from Jerry Buldak of Sears from the article he's quoting himself in: https://stratechery.com/2016/walmart-and-the-multichannel-tr...
Thank you!
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#28"developers can add “breadcrumbs” to their apps so that you can not just return to a specific app but also the exact context you wanted to Recall." Like a link?
Like so-called “deep links” already extensively used by mobile apps.
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#29I wonder what route existing Windows power users should take after Windows 10 support ends next year.. I don't care about these features at all, I just need a Windows OS, bare, where I can install the tools I need, not what Microsoft thinks I need, and so it also serves as a decent, performant gaming PC. I know for the first point Linux is my obvious choice, which is totally fine, but gaming support on Linux never li…
I wonder what route existing Windows power users should take after Windows 10 support ends next year. I no longer think of myself as a power user and that seems to make my life easier and more productive. I think about it like cars on the road. Getting from A to B is the point. Sure sometimes the complexity of an alternate route is more efficient but oftentimes sitting in the slow down is the fastest way. That's diff…
> I think about it like cars on the road. Getting from A to B is the point.
That's also a reasonable requirement for power users, I don't even consider myself a Windows power user since I mostly live in the terminal, browser and IDE - and play games of course, but gamers are hardly 'power users' either).
But Windows has been on a long downward spiral both for 'regular' and 'power' users (unless one counts stupid ideas like displaying ads in a desktop OS as a useful feature).
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#30> introduce a new Copilot key to Windows 11 PCs. Wait, like, on the keyboards? The keyboards that already have those bloody useless Windows and Menu keys between the AltGr and the right Ctrl? Where the hell are they gonna put that new key, exactly?
> those bloody useless Windows and Menu keys between the AltGr and the right Ctrl? If you didn't learn to use them for more than a quarter of century thrn it says more about you than of the usability of those keys. Maybe you are that ... person what shoves PrtScr in the place of ContextMenu on ThinkPads.
Not unusual though? FWIW I use Windows since Win95 and never use the Windows or Menu key (I typically live in the terminal, but can't imagine navigating the start menu or context menues with the keyboard).