sylver_dragon
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- Comment on Avowed from Obsidian gets a release date, and pre-orders with earlier access if you pay £80 6 days ago:
And for those of us who are willing to wait a touch longer, it’ll go on sale eventually and we can pick it up for half the price.
- 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 1 week ago:
Any vendor is going to reach a point where they no longer are willing to support older devices. So you have three choices:
- Run with the vulnerability. This is incredibly stupid and I’d hope no one did this.
- Replace the OS on any such device with something open source. Probably the best option for those who already own such a device.
- Never buy a proprietary device in the first place. Unless you really, really need something the propriety device offers, a beige box running some flavor of 'nix is probably a better long term solution.
Ok, I guess there is a fourth option. Learn to enjoy that vendor bending you over every few years. This is what many businesses do and it can make sense. You just need to have lots of money.
- Comment on Square Enix invests in Playtron for their Linux-based PlaytronOS - first Alpha out now 2 months ago:
Playtron’s CEO, Kirt McMaster, added, “We are thrilled to join forces with such a legendary games publisher as Square Enix. The PC we know is morphing into new forms that require a purpose built OS for gaming that meets the demands of powerful new gaming hardware such as handhelds and new players who have grown up in a mobile 1st world with much more sophisticated UX sensibilities. This investment will accelerate the development and deployment of GameOS and create new experiences for players around the globe.”
Huh, so Playton’s CEO is an early example of an AI being used to replace people.
- Comment on Twitch lifts its ban on Donald Trump 3 months ago:
Ya, the guy is a walking case study in how to be a horrible member of society; but, he is now the official GOP nominee for President. Blocking him, but not Biden, might get into sticky territory around campaign finance. Not that Trump’s team or the GOP give a shit about that. But, other folks do, probably the Twitch legal team among them.
- Comment on The Chinese women turning to ChatGPT for AI boyfriends 5 months ago:
- Comment on T-Mobile hopes you’ll buy $30 “Home Internet Backup” for when cable goes out 5 months ago:
Yup, I actually live in one of those areas. I used the local cable internet provider, as they were the only option. They were actually really good, when they were locally owned. Then they got bought out by an large provider and went to shit. We ended up moving to T-Mobile’s Home Internet to escape that trap. While cellular based internet does have it’s own issues, it is breaking the stranglehold incumbent ISPs have on a lot of markets.
- Comment on Google acquires Cameyo to bring Windows apps to ChromeOS 5 months ago:
From what I’m reading on their website, it looks like Cameyo is really just virtualizating software and hosting it in a browser on the client. Which would mean it should work on an OS and not just ChromeOS. I wonder if Google plans to lock it down to try and push their failure of an OS?
- Comment on Oral-B bricking Alexa toothbrush is cautionary tale against buzzy tech 5 months ago:
Why the fuck would I want Alexa in my toothbrush? While I do think Oral-B should be on the hook for maintaining functionality of a product they sold, I also think that the target market for this product was idiots with too much money.
- Comment on T-Mobile hopes you’ll buy $30 “Home Internet Backup” for when cable goes out 5 months ago:
If your wired home internet is so bad you need a backup, maybe it’s time to just switch ISPs completely. I mean, this might be an interesting “try before you buy” option got T-Mobile’s home internet plan, but you can already kinda do that just by signing up for a month.
- Comment on Over 10 years later 7 Days to Die is going to leave Early Access 6 months ago:
One of the more recent updates added in a lot of new Points of Interest and helped make the random maps less “WTF” and more reasonable. Though the replayability is down to personal preference. My wife and I will spin up a new world, play until we reach a point of “well, we’ve basically done everything” and then move on to a different game. And then come back to 7d2d when we want to scratch that “crafting, zombie survival, base defense” itch.
In a lot of ways, 7d2d is like a comfy sweater. It’s not going to ever be radically different; but, it’s nice to wear for a bit. Personally, I’d be all for getting the gang back together. Unless you are all so saturated in other games to play, why not relive the fun? I’m also a sucker for survival/crafting games and have a Steam library full of them. There are only a couple which I keep going back to, Valheim and 7d2d being the top two. So, YMMV, but I’d say it’s a fun enough game and the official release is a good excuse to kill some zombies together again.
- Comment on Over 10 years later 7 Days to Die is going to leave Early Access 6 months ago:
I guess Satan decided on a nice frozen makeover for Hell.
Joking aside, 7d2d has been one of my ongoing favorites since I bought it back in 2016. I’m glad to see them take this (long overdue) step.
- Comment on Baldur’s Gate 3 studio will likely bring their next game to early access again, but admit it’s not for every dev 7 months ago:
Based on DOS:2 and Baldur’s Gate 3…
