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Squabble3786, do gaming w Saint Row developer, Volition, is shutting down

I am deeply upset from the fact that management can decisively lay off talented staff without notice and impact their families financial security.

JokeDeity,

It’s the American way. Go out of your way for the shiny penny, don’t do anything to earn the dollar.

TWeaK,

Well the management are out of a job now, too. However in this case it’s the parent company that shut them down, because of the parent company’s financial troubles.

SheeEttin,

The other side of that coin is that employees can quit without notice.

Though really it’s not a balanced relationship. Businesses can absorb the loss of an employee much better than an individual can absorb the loss of a job.

The employees are still probably getting a layoff package, and they can file for unemployment, so it’s not like they’re out on the street, fortunately. We do have some protections in the US.

EmbeddedEntropy,

And the WARN Act.

skullgiver, do piracy w help needed with linux and torrents
@skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

I’ve noticed plenty of torrents that don’t work right if you require encryption in your torrent client. If the client you used on Arch has encryption disabled by default but the Mint client has encryption mandated by default, this would explain the difference.

BluePhoenix01, do gaming w Suggestion for game streaming setup

Some of this will have some bias because of my own experience, but for me the best setup has been with:

  • Apple TV 4K - It has apps for both Steam Link and Moonlight, generally has low Bluetooth latency, and the wireless and wired network adapters are great at getting low latency.
  • if you’d rather avoid Apple, the Nvidia Shield is another good option, it supports those apps as well. I just personally found the experience smoother on ATV.
  • the chrome cast ultra can be a good first step. I just can’t remember how different the base model is. But try finding Moonlight app.

Regarding software, Steam Link is the easiest to set up because it is integrated with steam, but sometimes you get encoding artifacts, and you have less control over setting the best bitrate for your network. I do like the network connection graph it has in the configuration settings though.

So check out Sunshine to stream from your pc, supports AMD cards as well. And then the Moonlight app.

Sunshine docs.lizardbyte.dev/projects/…/overview.html

Moonlight moonlight-stream.org

Hope you can find what best setup works for you!

Kir,
@Kir@feddit.it avatar

Thank you for your suggestion!

retrieval4558, do piracy w Sanity Check Setup

That’s very similar to what I run and I’ve never had any problems.

Lettuceeatlettuce,
@Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml avatar

Awesome, ty!

Mike90210, do piracy w Xmanager stopped working - logged out since yesterday, can't access

Logged out of the Spotify app you mean?

Try clear all data in app settings and re login, and check if the app is update.

Fyi no issues here.

boo_, do piracy w Whats your preferred codec?
@boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I usually use what’s available, and has the best file size for the quality. h265 is usually the best in this regard, but I look forward to more av1 encoded content. My Jellyfin server runs on my old school computer, whicj I could buy cheaply from my school, but since it has a sub-1080p screen, it works best as a server with built in UPS for me. It also has quicksync, so I’ve never had to think about which codecs my clients support.

escapesamsara, do piracy w Sanity Check Setup

That’s more secure than most setups, the VPN with killswitch will defeat any and all attacks you’re likely to encounter if you don’t open files on that same VM.

Lettuceeatlettuce,
@Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml avatar

Awesome, ty!

PerogiBoi, do gaming w What games have you played due to FOMO?
@PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca avatar

Cuphead and I fucking hated it. Lovely art style and retro feel but my god. I play video games to unwind and have fun. What the hell maaaaaaaaaan.

boo_, do piracy w Is there a desktop app with similar UX to Cloudstream?
@boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I have not gotten cloudstream to work, so I don’t know it’s similar, but I’ve used popcorn time and my friends use it regularly and are happy with it.

LazyCrow,

Oh that’s one I haven’t heard in a while, maybe I’ll give it a shot too, thanks!

I have not gotten cloudstream to work

For the extensions you mean?
I successfully got them from cloudstream[dot]on[dot]fleek[dot]co/repos/ it seems like that website hasn’t been taken down yet and hopefully it won’t “ever”, since, as I understand, it relies to some extent on the IPFS, though I don’t know how that works exactly

omalaul, do piracy w Sanity Check Setup

What about file encryption? How do you store your new files?

Lettuceeatlettuce,
@Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml avatar

Full disk encryption? Or should I do something additional?

_TK,
@_TK@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz avatar

file or disk encryption is only for protecting against attackers with physical access to the machine your VM is running on. Getting files from your server to local storage you should still use a secure connection and encrypted traffic to prevent ISP snooping, but going extreme on file encryption isn’t necessary unless you’re downloading actual heinous shit (CSAM) in which case you should go to jail.

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Why would you need file encryption?
Not like having a drive full of movies is illegal…Except if OP has CSAM stuff inside. Than it should be very encrypted in case of loosing (or not depending if OP wants jail time).

spez,

Except if OP has CSAM stuff inside. Than it should be very encrypted

then OP SHOULD go to jail.

FrostyCaveman,

That escalated quickly

Lettuceeatlettuce,
@Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml avatar

Holy shit yeah lol. Obviously nothing like that! I was confused as well why anything other than the generic Linux full disk encryption would be needed.

This would be in a server closet, so not on drives that I would be transporting copyrighted media into other countries anyways.

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Not like I don’t agree. Those vile people should.
But something like that or actually confidential stuff you don’t want others to see is a valid reason to encrypt it.

escapesamsara,

FDE is for physical attackers, it would have nothing to do with torrenting unless you’re really intending on pissing off every single criminal legal authority and not just worried about civil suits from copyright holders.

lukas,
@lukas@lemmy.haigner.me avatar

Nah. If you piss off the executive branch in your country, then they can more likely than not force you to hand over the decryption key. Plausible deniability doesn’t exist when an encrypted drive of likely illegal content chills there in your room.

uzay, do gaming w What games have you played due to FOMO?

Among Us. But it was free and I only needed a couple of rounds to figure out I don’t enjoy it much

JCPhoenix, do gaming w What games have you played due to FOMO?
@JCPhoenix@beehaw.org avatar

Fallout 3 was one. I had just transferred to a new college and was dorming. Several of the guys were playing FO3, so I decided to get it, even though I knew almost nothing about FO games. But I knew it’d be something to talk about with people. And it worked, even though I didn’t get that far into the game. Made friends; some that 15yrs later I still talk to on occasion. As far as the game itself, I haven’t played another FO since; just generally not my kinda game.

My gaming buddies now, who I’ve known them for several years, have the attention span of goldfish, so I’ve largely stopped FOMO games purchases. I can’t keep spending money on games they’ll play for a week or two, or less. Though if it appears there’s some longevity, then maybe I’ll jump in. Barotrauma and Project Zomboid are a couple where the FOMO eventually won out, but it did pay off. We’ve sunk hundreds of hours into each game over the last 2-3yrs.

Case,

Fallout 1 and 2 are 2D isometric turn based games, while 3 and later move to a first person perspective so you might enjoy the classics… Unless you just don’t enjoy the setting - in which case fair enough.

JCPhoenix,
@JCPhoenix@beehaw.org avatar

Really? I do enjoy turn-based games, so that’s good to know! It’s definitely the first-person perspective that I think I just don’t care for. The post-nuclear apocalypse setting I’m into. Looking at some pics, I’m kinda reminded of Shadowrun Returns, which I enjoyed. Is that an apt comparison?

madkarlsson,

Not a bad comparison but fallout 1-2 are decades ago so quite a jump in graphics and stuff. Huge classic fallout fan, and I enjoyed shadowrun so you might like it

Coelacanth,
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

Fallout 1 & 2 are absolutely phenomenal classic games, but they are very old school (they’re 90’s releases, after all) so you have to be up for that. Not just graphically, but game design too. If you’re okay with that, they’re really worthwhile experiences, and I might even prefer Fallout 2 over unmodded New Vegas.

As is usually the case with games from this era, look for the unofficial patch and the Restoration Project, too.

sculd, do gaming w What games have you played due to FOMO?

Elden Ring

The glowing review and how people say its the best time to try a souls game made me buy it.

Not a game for me.

(Just in case people start saying I need to get good. It has nothing to do with the difficulty. I am thoroughly enjoying AC6 now.)

TommySalami,

No worries! I’m a big fan of FROM and you are absolutely right, they just aren’t for everyone. I honestly wish more people would see that a game can be good but you don’t have to enjoy it. That’s me and a lot of strategy games like Crusader Kings.

nottheengineer, do piracy w VPS/VPN and Private Trackers (Questions)

If you live in a place where you can buy anonymous SIM cards and USB modems, that’s a safe way to make sure no IP information can be traced back to you.

It’s probably a bit overkill for this but if you’re not Edward Snowden, you can use that setup for a long time and don’t have to discard it.

privadesco,

Thanks for answering, I’m not trying to circumvent these sites rules, but to actually better understand em.

I get it that they are probably defending themselves from attackers, abusers, or who knows what else. I just fear that needing people’s real IP at time of registration (and even accumulating data that links this ip to the future use of the site) can become a big problem in the future, if something bad happens to them. I mean, they can even be forced to handle their users data, some sites have done that already, using it as “bail”/negotiation when pressured (Torrent Freak has some examples).

So I thought that since the problem could be some user causing harm to their sites, maybe having some other static ip address route (not a shared vpn address) could suffice. But I don’t know if that’s the case.

Thanks for your suggestion, are they ok with that or would it be considered cheating?

Montagge, do gaming w What games have you played due to FOMO?
@Montagge@kbin.social avatar

I grabbed Elden Ring on sale for $40 and I wish I hadn't

argv_minus_one,

What’s wrong with it?

Montagge,
@Montagge@kbin.social avatar

It's not worth $40. It's basically a Bethesda game without the modding community to fix it.

argv_minus_one,

Yikes. Thanks for the heads up.

Montagge,
@Montagge@kbin.social avatar

A lot of people liked it. I'll probably beat it because I bought it, but I'll throw it on the heap of other Fromsoft titles that I find to be lacking. I don't see myself wasting time on NG+ as the first playthrough has been less than satisfying.

Squirrel,
@Squirrel@thelemmy.club avatar

For what it’s worth, most people would not agree with their assessment. To me, it’s open world Dark Souls, but better.

rich,

Yep. It’s Dark Souls 4 as far as I’m concerned

rich,

He’s utterly wrong.

Sas,

I found ER to be pretty polished on ps5. When i bought it in pc to do the seamless coop with my friends i was shocked by the stuttering that i couldn’t get to stop. So I’d say it depends heavily on platform

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