Skip Navigation
Deleted
*Permanently Deleted*
  • Good to see!

    Setup looks great and gals that Pop_OS worked you for you in the end.

  • Deleted
    *Permanently Deleted*
  • I've had great success with Pop_OS! and hybrid graphics on my laptop (RYZEN 6800H/RTX 3070). If its related to the high power gpu not swithing at all.

    The Nvidia iso might be worth a try.

    https://pop.system76.com/

    For those that don't want to click through:

    Lenovo - Slim Pro 7 14" 90Hz 2.5K Touch-Screen Laptop -AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 with 16GB Memory - 512GB SSD - Storm Grey
    Model:83AX0000USSKU:6533954

  • Prince Andrew ‘tormented’ as Jeffrey Epstein documents set to be made public
  • Oh won’t somebody please think of the poor prince.

    Reap what you sow, cunt.

  • What's up with Epic Games?
  • each of your replies are handled by whoever the next agent is

    The names of their support agents is truly odd. I’ve seen people post complaints about their support that is little more than this:

    Hi, this is Charlie Uniform November Tango here to help.
    After receiving all the information that you sent us that we requested, we sadly can’t help because reasons.
    Thanks for being an epic gamer.

    Hilariously bad.

  • Male players: Why do you play female characters?
  • I started with the Black Widow fallout 3 perk figuring there world be more male characters than female when fighting.

    https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Widow_(Fallout_3)

    EFFECTS
    +10% damage against male opponents
    Additional dialogue options with certain male characters

    It stuck after that.

  • What's up with Epic Games?
  • I just don't use Epic myself but do use Gog and Steam (with the ultra shitty EA launcher and Ubisoft Connect bundled with some of my games) and Playnite has changed everything unifying it all into that single launcher.

    Full screen mode in Playnite works fine on my HTPC and as a launcher it does consolidate all of them into one place easily. Worth trying if you use multiple stores.

    As for why I'm not using Epic, the whole paying for exclusivity with third parties really didn't appeal to me at all.

    If the free offerings from Epic do appeal to you, or if they do better deals on localised currencies (especially if you do struggle to pay for things), don't worry about using their services. I wouldn't want you to deny yourself some entertainment just because other people have issues with them as a business.

  • YouTube can't stop showing me AI deepfake ads
  • I feel sorry for the people that are exposed to this shit by Google, especially those that are less tech savvy that aren't blocking ads.
    Educate as many people/loved ones as you can folks about this to protect them and to fuck Google.

  • Microsoft is discontinuing Windows Mixed Reality
  • Oh wow, how out of the loop am I. 😆

    Hopefully it’s supported for years to come.

  • Microsoft is discontinuing Windows Mixed Reality
  • One of my earliest vr experiences was with the blue Acer mixed reality headsets and it did fine at the time. Cost far less than the mainstream headsets from HTC and Oculus too.

    Haven't even seen any new WMR headsets for years and thought it was already dead.

  • Relative size comparison of social media platforms (December 2023)
  • I don’t care how big or small it is, as long as it remains real.

    I believe I’ve seen more organic conversation in the fediverse than I have on any other platform.

    It’s either bots, ads or ad bots everywhere else.

    Being tiny makes it less appealing to the megacorp cunts that would want to ruin it.

  • Bungie Devs Say Atmosphere Is ‘Soul-Crushing’ Amid Layoffs, Cuts, and Fear of Total Sony Takeover - IGN
  • Sadly I lost interest in the game once they decided to remove content I’d paid for.

    Gutting to see the developers suffer like this as I doubt they’re the ones making the shit decisions but are the ones taking all the hits with the layoffs.

  • Epic explains why it hasn't sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft over 30% fee
  • I don't even think Sony's MFN is an issue as Alan Wake 2 is $10 cheaper than on consoles, a boon for the consumer and something I could get behind, but no.

    Vbucks aren't even lower cost on pc where 100% of the sale goes to Epic. No 30% cut there but prices are the same.

    I'm all for supporting the message that Tim is trying to portray but they're so inconsistent with the way they manage the business I can't for the life of my accept that they're being honest.

    They briefly cut the price of vbucks on mobile when they pulled the stunt and could easily do the same on pc permanently. PC Vbucks aren't transferable to Playstation wallets so they should be able to do something.

  • Epic explains why it hasn't sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft over 30% fee
  • Not that hard to compare to be honest when games launch at price parity with console launches despite the lesser cut.

    Borderlands 3 launched on Xbox, PlayStation and EGS, each at $59.99

    PlayStation and Xbox had a 30% cut and cost the same.

    0 benefit to the consumer.

    Fuck them. It’s all bullshit.

  • Epic explains why it hasn't sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft over 30% fee
  • Even on EGS exclusives? No such clause should affect the price if it’s not on sale on another store.

    Not one single EGS exclusive has been sold at less than standard prices afaik.

    The whole thing is bullshit.

  • Epic explains why it hasn't sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft over 30% fee
  • Who is they?

    The publishers could already set the prices lower on EGS by default with the 18% difference being put in consumers pockets making EGS a more enticing place to buy games for now, instead, they want to sell games the same price on EGS vs all other stores they offer titles on pocketing the difference.

    EGS Exclusives even launch at the standard pricing despite the money they used to receive up front from Epic and the lesser cut. None of this grandstanding is a benefit to me as a consumer and I won't give a fuck in supporting Epic/Tim until it is.

  • Epic explains why it hasn't sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft over 30% fee
  • On top of all this, Apple also sell their own hardware alongside their own App Store, just like Sony and Nintendo do.

    The Apple model is extremely similar to the way the console manufacturers operate albeit with a few more freedoms on Mac.

  • Epic explains why it hasn't sued Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft over 30% fee
  • 30% fees are insane. Those cost are passed down to us the consumer. We get shittier game because a third of the profit goes to these marketplaces.

    Whilst that may be the case, every single day one launch on EGS and other stores (GOG, Microsoft, Steam) launch at exactly the same price on Epic despite the lesser cut. Not one single title I’ve seen launch at a lower price on EGS.

    I feel it’s naive to think that is, the consumer would ever benefit from a lesser cut, the fat shits at the top would just keep more.

  • Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV
  • My HTPC is on windows 11, set to auto log-in and launch steam big picture. Disabled as much of the Microsoft BS as I can, including the nags to use Onedrive or sub to Office 365 every major update.

    Using Unified Remote to control things with my phone and also Parsec/Moonlight for game streaming to other devices.

    My media is served from my Unraid server to my devices both locally and remotely.

    All working well so far. 👍

  • Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV
  • That's this weekends project, moving to Jellyfin with all the discover together fuckery they're pulling. Fuck Plex.

  • Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV
  • Currently using a Roku Streambar for all of our streaming needs but if they pull this crap, everything we consume will be downloaded, served on my Plex server and streamed using the gaming PC I have under our TV.

    Getting beyond sick of these companies using every measure and device they can to shit ads into our eyes.

  • BigVault BigVault @kbin.social
    Posts 0
    Comments 84