AI-slop gaming is here, folks

The most cost-effective solution will always be a SBC NAS, as those bad boys just sip on power. However, there is a tradeoff - if your computer is being used as a media server, having higher end hardware means better transcoding performance.

In the bios, there should be an option called “Eco mode”. Make sure you have that turned on, if that is an option. Not sure if it’s different for the Ryzen chips with integrated GPU.

Finally, if you are using Windows, you’ll probably get better power efficiency by switching to Linux. But I’m not sure how much.

I got bad news for ya:

you say this, but do I have to sacrifice being connected to online communities that are more local to my area? A huge privacy issue for me is just participating in online communities for my state and my city. I want to remain anonymous, but I also want to participate in these more local discussions. Just being subscribed to those communities narrows down their search by like 99%. Sure I could create a burner account to participate in those communities, but then I look like an astroturfing bot to other users because I don’t participate in any other conversations across reddit or lemmy or whatever.

How does one connect with their local community digitally without making a massive sacrifice to privacy? It feels unavoidable.

And a related headline: Pokémon Pokopia is currently the highest-rated Pokémon game ever on Metacritic.

hey can we unpin this thread? having a pinned discussion topic from 8 months ago makes our community look more dead than it actually is.

Can someone give the short version on what Ethan Klein did? I read the Wikipedia article but it paints everything in a broad brush, definitely feels like a story missing some key details.

yeah i actually just discovered this revival right before posting my comment. It’s really neat! Xfire and Discord are always linked in my mind, because i literally first installed Discord because my friends were moving over from Xfire. These days, Steam Chat can do almost everything that Xfire did, so there isn’t REALLY a reason for it to exist. But i love seein that ancient UI.

I suppose the next question is where will everyone go?

time to go back to Xfire, i guess.

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It’ll never happen, until they make YT premium so prohibitively expensive that a majority of users no longer want to pay. If they’re smart, they’ll keep it at the current price until it starts losing money, because their effective monopoly is YouTube’S most valuable asset. Once they get any kind of decent competition, the whole house of cards tumbles.

Clarification: ICE’s recruitment campaign with Spotify ended. Doesn’t mean they won’t accept a new one if ICE comes knocking again.

I don’t think it’s exactly “rubbing it in.” I think it’s appropriate for NBC to point out this small detail in the headline, as it is a neutral detail which nevertheless colors the incident in a more appropriate light. Just saying “car crash” would lead more people to believe he was t-boned or something (most people only read the headline), when the truth seems to be that he made a very dangerous decision which unfortunately led to his death and the death of his passenger. Hopefully more Ferrari owners get the message, and they remember Vince before they decide to gun it down Angeles Crest Highway.

Based on the rest of the story…it kind of seems like he was driving his Ferrari way too fast.

not sure what beef you have with GN, but they’ve seemed pretty rock-solid reliable to me for years now. Just good, detailed benchmarking and high-quality journalism. Unlike many tech channels and blogs, they actually cite their sources thoroughly.

And for the record, the Kraken Z7 I bought 6 years ago and mounted vertically is still running quite strong, despite gamers nexus all but telling me I was an asshole for mounting it that way because it was going to die within 2 years and I’ll have only myself to blame.

Quick google is pulling up no parts called “Kraken Z7” so not exactly sure what you’re talking about. I think you’re referring to this AIO mounting video they did 5 years ago? Generally speaking, computer parts are subject to a binning process, which means not all parts are created equal. Just because your AIO has lasted 6 years with a suboptimal orientation doesn’t mean that every Kraken Z7 will last 6 years in that orientation. In that video, Steve uses a lot of qualifying language. In the chapter testing vertical orientation, he even specifically says “this one is more about noise than performance”. They also say that you could mount vertically with the tubes towards the bottom of the radiator, and that would solve most of the issues. They supplied tons of testing and evidence proving that their recommended orientations would work best. I’m not sure how you heard “this could shorten the life of your AIO” and took that as a personal attack, but sure. Take it out on GN i guess.

i think they mean more in terms of relative performance, so that “Steam Machine Verified” also means “Steam Deck 2 verified”. But I guess from a dev perspective, that is not exactly a “single target”, as diff hw means diff optimizations are required.

Anyone else been playing this one? It’s so wildly derivative (almost everything is ripped straight from either Vampire Survivors or Risk of Rain 2), but I can’t seem to stop playing. The one unique mechanic is the momentum-based movement, and for some reason that is SO addictive. The loop is solid, only thing the game needs now is more weapon variety and more stages.

All ElonCops are bastards.

Right there with u man. If LLMs mean the death of the modern resume process, I say good fucking riddance. Maybe the only good thing we’ve gotten out of LLMs.

well that’s the Olympics. They are the dictators of their event, for better or for worse. Rules in the Olympics are important, but they are not legislation or regulation.