NutinButNet

@NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft built a PC that can't run local apps — Windows 365 Link starts at $349 and doesn't come with storage⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  “Wow, this is worthless!” And expensive.

  Can currently buy a $150 laptop that can actually do things offline. Fucking $349 for a piece of junk that can only do something when connected to the internet and with a paid subscription is utterly pointless besides fixing the artificial problem of new version updates, i.e. Windows 11 > Windows 12.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft stealthily installs Windows 10 update to nag you to upgrade to Windows 11 – and not for the first time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s really crafty and nasty. And it also allows users to go through the process without requiring admin access.

  We needed to stay on Windows 10 for a few reasons at work. I had a few users tell me this or that broke and they could no longer use this function. Remoted on and found the computer was somehow updated to Windows 11. Users swore it was not their doing. I know what happened; it’s an update screen that has a decline at the very bottom corner far from the button to allow the update to proceed that most users don’t see so they are being intentionally misled by Microsoft to think they have no choice but to accept the update. And worse is that none of these users were admins. So what the fuck, Microsoft?!

  It’s so infuriating and disgusting.

  Thankfully we can now move to Windows 11 without issue, but that was a really frustrating time to be an admin and Microsoft deserves every bad thing that comes of users getting upset over this. Hopefully lawsuits to lose some money over it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is trying to patent a 'universal' rewind button that could fix your worst gaming catastrophes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So Recall for PlayStation?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HORI Steam Controller releases in the USA in December⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah the article says they don’t mention anything about rumble and the same for the older article when this was announced for Japan’s release. The Amazon page seems to indicate the same that no rumble feature exists.

  Such a weird choice to make.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HORI Steam Controller releases in the USA in December⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m stoked. But sad it doesn’t have vibration. I wonder why they did that.

  Does it have Hall effect sticks? I’m not seeing any information on that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Rumble went from a family-friendly Canadian startup to a megaphone for U.S. election deniers.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, I thought those people moved on from 2016 already. Gotta give it up and accept that Clinton lost 2016 fair and square already!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft closing Arkane Austin was “stupid”, says founder: recreating “a very special group” like that would be “impossible”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a fantastic game. I haven’t finished it, but it was a really interesting atmosphere and I loved the horror game mechanics combined with that Bethesda feel it had. Felt in between Fallout 4 and Starfield with good components taken from each.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luma Island devs spent an 'enormous amount of effort' to make it smooth on Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds amazing. I’m just now hearing about this game and hearing it’s made with the Steam Deck in mind is an added bonus.

  They know their audience because this is going to be very popular with people on the go and wanting something on the Deck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Streaming subscription fees have been rising while content quality is dropping⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s pretty much every industry as of recent. Fast food and theme parks and other subscription-based services are much the same.

  It would me easier to name off subscription B services that haven’t increased prices, and the only ones that come to mind are VPN service providers like Mullvad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is testing its cheaper Premium Lite subscription again, but it now has limited ads⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yay! I get to pay for the privilege of having ads…

  What I hate more is that there are idiots who will pay for this too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assassin's Creed Mirage arrives on Steam as Ubisoft return to Valve's store⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But still requiring that piece of shit, knock off launcher “Ubisoft Connect”, so this means nothing.

  Only benefit to users is better customer service and refund practices through Valve and integration with Steam community. Other than that, fucking useless if you’re still requiring users to download and install that shitty launcher, Ubisoft.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Time for everyone to purge Google Chrome from their systems. Google needs to learn the hard way that people aren’t going to tolerate this kind of hostility and reminded that they aren’t the only browser.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare come to PC on October 29⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s kind of fitting since it follows the events of RDR2. There were a lot of people who had never played RDR, so they will get to experience it for the first time as the story is meant to be told, chronologically speaking.

  I imagine a good handful of people will be disappointed by some of the outdated mechanics that were improved in RDR2. Hopefully people understand that this game came out 8 years before RDR2 and had massive differences.

  One still annoying thing about this release is that according to the Steam page it “Requires 3rd-Party Account: Rockstar Games”. For a single-player game that’s always a nuisance since there’s no multiplayer content in this release.

  This really sucks and makes zero sense. GTA V has it too, so not too much of a surprise considering how scummy every “AAA” game company is becoming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can’t upgrade your PC to Windows 11? Buy a new one, is Microsoft’s laughable solution⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not like it used to be where you absolutely needed to know command line and memorize them. It hasn’t been that way for at least a decade now.

  Most Linux distros look identical to Windows that the average user would assume it’s Windows with a different skin.

  And with WINE and Proton, Windows apps (except Windows Store apps) can be run with little to no issues in many cases.

  The biggest obstacles are going to be:

  • Choosing a Linux distro, which can be fun in some ways
  • Making some apps compatible or finding an alternative if it doesn’t already exist there or isn’t compatible with a translation layer like Proton
  • creating the USB to install, but this has been made a lot easier in the last decade and the installation process has been simplified on many Linux installations

  I’m currently on KDE Neon which I love. Thinking about moving over to it fully on other computers too.

  I’d say getting a distro with KDE Plasma is a good thing if you are accustomed to Windows.

  GNOME if you are more accustomed to Mac.

  Just in the way it looks and behaves. KDE Plasma feels a lot like Windows 7/10.

  Some good distros to try with this would be KDE Neon, Zorin, or SteamOS. There are others out there to try.

  YouTube is fantastic for any setup questions or just to follow for a painless experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FCC lets Starlink provide service to cell phones in areas hit by hurricane⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, I didn’t know the FCC oversaw this. I remember that satellite services like satellite television and satellite radio, allowing them to host content that would normally violate FCC guidelines like speech and nudity.

  Why is cell service different? Or has it always been like this that the FCC still has jurisdiction in some areas?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld boldly announces upcoming mobile game despite Nintendo's lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The mobile adaptation will be handled by PUBG Studios, the same team behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.

  TIL wow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Latest Windows 11 preview update is causing widespread system crashes and failures⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is so fucking annoying.

  All week we’ve had issues with users using Outlook only to discover today that it’s due to a faulty update on Microsoft’s part and they haven’t released a fix for it so we need to revert.

  I’m getting realllllllly tired of having to fix Microsoft’s mistakes and be their beta testers while we pay for that privilege. And this is all with them offering a program for users to be actual beta testers. Their stable channel is riddled with bugs too.

  People need to quit putting up with this.

  I’m personally moving away from it and wish my job would follow suit instead of rewarding them with more business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨XR glasses on Linux / Steam Deck get vastly better with the XR Gaming Plugin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What was the issue you faced? Or was it multiple issues?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chromebooks are getting a new button dedicated to Google’s AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not really new as it’s just replacing the search button which is where the Caps Lock key is on every other computer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft investors push for company sale as shares hit decade-low⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll start the bidding at the reasonable price of $0.50

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam players no longer require a Microsoft Account to play multiplayer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish they had implemented this sooner. For a very long while, Microsoft logins were broken on the Deck and only just got fixed a few months ago, if I remember right. Before that, you had to blindly enter your credentials and hope you were clicking the right spots and it was picking up your typed words. It was a mess.

  But this is good news to hear. While Sony shoots themselves in the foot by requiring it, Microsoft’s studios’ devs are going the opposite direction. Hope to see more of this.

  I wasn’t really sure what the benefit was of having the account linked anyway. Because I was hoping to sync my backyards across devices so I could play on the go, but it didn’t seem to do that when I finally could log into Microsoft successfully.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft details security/privacy overhaul for Windows Recall ahead of relaunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t mind if it just hurt them.

  Unfortunately it’s our heads they’re banging up against a wall with these stupid decisions nobody asked for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam will let you sue Valve now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Most of these seem to just put most of the money into corporations run by lawyers, so that doesn’t make much sense. Transferring money from one corp to the next.

  Millions going to the lawyers and pennies going to the actual victims of the suit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assassin's Creed Shadows and Star Wars Outlaws head to Steam as Ubisoft return to same-day releases⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But they still require Uplay or whatever the fuck they’re calling that shitty Steam knock-off, aren’t they? So what’s the point? You can already add non-Steam games into your Steam library.

  Ubisoft needs to get rid of that ugly piece of shit app they keep trying to shove down everyone’s throats and let Steam be the end all be all launcher if they want us to use a launcher. Either I buy off your storefront and just use your shitty launcher or I buy off my preferred launcher and never have to touch your shitty launcher at all. Or, better yet, I buy the fucking game and don’t have to use any launcher!

  The only benefits I get from this is having a cleaner layout in Steam to see what I’m interested in and the ability to have better customer service through Valve than going through Ubisoft when I have an issue. Other than that, this is stupid and Ubisoft isn’t even doing the bare minimum yet again.

  Go back to letting Steam do all the work for you post release and you just focus on making the damn game, Ubisoft.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG TVs start showing ads on screensavers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad I’ve kept mine offline all this time. Also have a PiHole that I hope would stop this shit too.

  I got enough of it from Samsung.

  For the amount of money I paid for these TVs, I should get a discount if you’re going to shove some ads down my throat. Especially when most of them are irrelevant to my interests.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metro Awakening (VR) releases November 7⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes! We need more bigger VR projects. Ok getting tired of the smaller projects that are small scale. But hoping this will be similar to Alyx which is currently one of the best VR games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forget the games: Halo raked in a whopping $1.8 billion from merchandise alone⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s part of the problem. Not blaming fans of the series for buying merch, but Microsoft sees no issue with the way 343 is mismanaging one of their biggest gaming franchises because they’re still racking in money from the merch.

  But this should signal to them that change is needed because fans are probably buying merch for the old stuff and they could capitalize on that with newer, better games that return to the old roots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Start in his bathroom and have it livestreamed. For safety, of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The creator of Lutris has joined up with Playtron for PlaytronOS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s backed by the likes of Samsung, Square Enix, Circle & Mysten Labs and is taking aim at both SteamOS from Valve and Windows from Microsoft to give a simple interface to get gaming on handheld PCs and more.

  This is going to be interesting. I think Valve will welcome the competition while Microsoft is not going to like this if they notice an impact.

  It’ll be interesting to see what new features they can bring to the table that Valve can implement or improve SteamOS on.

  But loving to see more Linux options and less reliance on Windows!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus’ new mini PC has a Copilot AI button on the front for some reason⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s very thoughtful of them to provide a button that can be repurposed for anything else you’d like it to do!