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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨INTERPOL urges end to 'Pig Butchering' term, cites harm to online victims⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I always did find the term ‘Pig Butchering’ confusing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WordPress Forces Users to Agree That Pineapple Is Good on Pizza⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, not the onion!
  How childish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How can Apple even fix this?
  Genuine question, what can they even do other than adding a new prompt saying “don’t mislead the user when summarizing the news pretty please 🥺”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit bans posting UnitedHealthcare shooter’s manifesto⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Come to .zip!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube “Enhances” Comment Section With AI-Generated Nonsense⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For example, last week Basinger posted a short video about a Duke Nukem-branded G Fuel energy drink […] In the video, Basinger makes himself a serving of the drink but can’t find the scoop he’s supposed to use to measure out the formula.

  “I wouldn’t be surprised if the scoop was buried in the powder,” one YouTube user commented […]

  YouTube’s AI suggested that Basinger reply to that comment by saying: “It’s not lost, they just haven’t released the scoop yet. It’s coming soon.” Another suggested reply to that same comment said: “I’ll have to check if they’re using a proprietary blend that requires a special scoop.”

  Lmao. It’s always funny to see how these tools behave in the marketing materials vs. IRL, feels like the gap is widening instead of closing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Recall screenshots credit cards and Social Security numbers, even with the "sensitive information" filter enabled⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like those a extortion scam emails that say “we took pictures of you masturbating” except this they’ll know know some guy’s porn habit from their Recall database lmao

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI recommends coming up with a 'secret word or phrase' to make sure your family know you're you and not some hellish AI copycat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Truth be told, me and my parents have been doing this for a bit now to combat the kidnapping scam calls

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sam Altman lowers the bar for AGI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Moving goalposts as a Service™

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I will admit I had a nerdgasm at the portable pilet mini consoles from soulscircuit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Contender for the worst headline I’ve read in weeks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Leak] Steam Controller 2 render thumbnail leaked in SteamVR drivers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Consider yourself lucky you can even find the damn things, where I live there simply don’t exist on the used market.

  I’m getting ready to eat the fucking bullshit import taxes and buy this thing soon as it drops, I’m so pissed I missed out on v1…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOJ wraps up ad tech trial: Google is “three times” a monopolist⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Jake Marshall is that you???

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google reacts angrily to report it will have to sell Chrome⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The judge deciding is called Mehta

  Ah man, the writers are being too on the nose this season

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A study found that X’s algorithm now loves two things: Republicans and Elon Musk⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you mean ‘now’???
  It’s been like this since Elon took over

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, I think we might be speaking about different things here, so let me try to clear it up.

  Click the little ‘Games’ tab just above the search bar in your library, on the pop-up check ‘Tools’ and uncheck ‘Games’, then to the right of it, click the play icon to only show currently installed Tools. It’ll look something like this:

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  First we have the ‘Steam Linux Runtimes’. These are used to run Native Linux games.

  I don’t think these get uninstalled automatically, but Steam will make sure to download the necessary one when a game needs it, so if you’re really strapped for space, you can just uninstall the runtimes and Steam will figure it out next time.

  Next, we have the Proton versions. These are used to run Windows games.

  While technically you should only need one of these, some games run better with some versions, some with others, so in a few scenarios Steam might automatically download and install a specific version when you launch a game that has been vetted by Valve. You can control what version gets used by clicking the Steam logo in the top-left corner of your client > Settings > Compatibility > Enable Steam Play for all other titles > Select one in ‘Run other titles with’.
  This will make it so any game that doesn’t have a Proton version defined by Valve use the version you selected.
  This includes games Non-Steam games you add to Steam.

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  Now if you want to ignore the recommended versions and force games to use a version of your choosing, you can do so by right-clicking the game > Properties > Compatibility > Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool.

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  However, do so at your own risk, as said before, some games might not work so well with a version other than their default, so I’d leave this alone unless you’re having issues with a specific game (or are really, really, really strapped for space)
  As is the case above, I don’t think these will get uninstalled automatically, so if you want, you can uninstall all them right now and Steam will figure it out next time you launch a game.

  Now, for Proton Prefixes.

  I think these are what you meant when you were saying “Runtimes” earlier.
  If you go into your Steam folder at ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/ (path for Arch Linux, might be different on other distros/Steam Deck/Flatpak/Snap) and peek into the ‘compatdata’ folder, you see tooons of folders with random numbers inside.
  These are Proton Prefixes, and these hold files and other bits and bobs the games need to run under Proton. If you’re familiar with Wine Prefixes, it’s the same principle.

  Steam manages these automatically, and will delete prefixes from uninstalled games.
  Non-Steam games that you remove from your library will have their prefixes deleted too.
  It’s important to note that these prefixes act as “Virtual Drives” for the game to interact with. They simulate the C: drive of your typical Windows install, including profile folders, AppData, Roaming, all that jazz.
  What does that mean? THAT THEIR HOLD YOUR SAVE DATA.
  While most (keyword: ‘most’) Steam games have cloud saves and thus can be uninstalled and reinstalled without consequence, this definitely does not apply to Non-Steam games, so make sure to backup your saves/mods/other stuff you don’t want to lose BEFORE removing a Non-Steam game from your library.

  To explore the files inside your prefixes more easily, check this:

  Each folder is named after the game’s App ID. For Non-Steam games, a random ID is generated.
  The easiest way to correlate the IDs with games (IMO) is to use a tool called ‘Protontricks’.
  This tool is allows you to modify the Prefixes in various ways and is very helpful when trying to make a problematic game run under Proton. We’ll ignore most of its functionalities for this use-case, though.

  After installing either from your distro’s repo or from Flatpak, open Protontricks.
  It might give you some info/warning dialogs. That’s normal, it’s a very noisy tool, just hit OK until you eventually see a dialog that looks like this:

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  It’ll show you all your Proton games, both Steam and Non-Steam.
  Select which one you want to explore and click OK through the barrage of weird warnings and errors Protontricks gives you until you reach this dialog:

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  Choose ‘Select the default wineprefix’ (yes this option is nonsensical), select ‘Browse files’ on the next and your file browser will open up at the proper prefix for the game. Tada!

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  Or y’know… might be easier to just read the numbers from the first dialog and navigate where you want manually :p

  As said before, these hold your saves. Grab them before deleting, don’t just start blasting willy-nilly.
  Use the PC Gaming Wiki to help you find save data locations.

  Hope this wall of text helps. Cheers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It removes the proton prefix that was used to run the game, now the runtimes themselves stay, I believe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On your library, if you tell it to show you Software instead of games and mark the “Only installed” option, it shows you what Runtimes and Proton versions are installed IIRC

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck OLED Limited White Edition announced⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, I couldn’t get one over the fear of it getting yellowed but it looks cleeeeeean

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is an AI winter coming? Diminishing returns and scaling limit fears freeze AGI hopes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is the bubble popping?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  According to Besset, one of their colleagues claimed setenv as “the worst Linux API”
  Woof.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  damn, side-eyeing the D-Link router I got in the closet now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The .io domain might be in trouble⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh, associating these things with physical land is such a waste of everybody’s time, they should just turn it into a generic top-level domain and be done with it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft closing Arkane Austin was “stupid”, says founder: recreating “a very special group” like that would be “impossible”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct. Fuck Microsoft/Bethesda/Zenimax/whoever the fuck it was.
  I just wanted more Dishonored/Prey 😒

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is working on an AI agent that takes over your browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, so just like that Large Action Model thingy Rabbit Inc. promised and did not deliver?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  […] a new effort by Denuvo to bring PC gamers over to its side, which kicked off with a Discord server last week (it didn’t go well) and an interview with Rock Paper Shotgun this week

  PR baybeeeeee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m with the company for such a long time," said Ullmann. "The guys here are like my family, because a lot of the others here are also here for ages. It just hurts to see what’s posted out there about us, even though it has been claimed wrong for hundreds of times.

  It hurts???
  I get he’s being paid to gobble corporate dick, but people try to at least hide it usually lmao

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Portal 2 project lead wants Valve to return to single-player games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes please, and start with the next Portal entry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta suggests AI Northern Lights pics are as good as the real thing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Between this and Google’s Olympics ad, maybe they should be asking AI how to not piss off their costumers lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That didn't last long - the Junk Store for Steam Deck has its Steam page removed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How entirely unsurprising

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, we all have to have to deal with proprietary bullshit sometimes, specially when the subject is government BS.
  Just don’t daily drive Chrome and ya good 👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI coding assistants do not boost productivity or prevent burnout, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a bridge to sell to anyone who thought AI would help reduce burnout lmao

  No really, AI has great uses but I’m in awe anyone thought this was one