Where do you find alternatives for your subreddits? I found most of them but for these I can’t find any alternatives so I’m still using old.reddit and redreader....
It’s a resonably sensible change. I wouldn’t be surprised if they extend it to images etc (on a longer timescale) as I keep seeing people hosting images off discord…
I guess so, it depends how they are treating them though. Image files (probably) are not being used to distribute malware and are going to create a lot more dead links.
Is this change live? We could probably test it. (Re read the article - not yet)
Lots of games are a lot more fun if you roleplay them. Forget your meta knowledge, what would the character do? This adds a lot to strategy games as it adds challenge and puts you in interesting situations.
Playing without savescumming is also a good challenge in a bug free game. I try to only savescum for bugs/missclicks.
For MMOs - play through to the endgame with randoms only, no guild/org etc.
I’ve been playing a ton of Cities Skylines II since its release a week ago. After building a 230k population archipelago I started playing around with the in game cinematic video tools and this is the result....
It’s probably unmaintained because they don’t care any more, or don’t have the time. If they don’t care or have time, they are not going to spend the effort and time required to open source it and publicise that fact
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Even the developers admit it is un-optomised, what GN did was to try and let players know what settings are effecting performance a lot so they can get more frames.
They also put some numbers to the first performance patch.
I prefer that they are spending the money one actually developing advanced/new engine technologies than just releasing a half baked cames and a huge profit.
They got loads more money than they expected and increased the scope to match.
(I agree on the pricy ships though)
Even if they went bust and the game failed, I would be happy if other big studios got the engine.
Of course, it’s better to emit less carbon, and support systems and policies that emit less carbon. That said, carbon emission is unavoidable, and I’d like to minimize that portion of my impact as much as possible....
Im going to piggy back off this - does anyone know of any reputable carbon capture schemes?
It seems like removing carbon directly should be completely measurable and auditable so we can be sure it’s actually having an impact?
In answer to the post - offsets are a scam, even the well intentioned ones often have side effects and the market is set up such that the bad ones get all the money.
Hii, I am trying to get into reading books but don’t know what to read. I like programming, tech, DIY stuff and science and would love to read about it....
I don’t really read much non-fiction, but if you want something entertaining and kinda sciencey look at the books “What if” and “How to” by the XKCD comic’s author: what-if.xkcd.com
Squadron 42 is the single player campaign of Star Citizen, that is supposed to launch as a separate game. It's basically a small portion of Star Citizen, but with a story and ending. I'm still not confident; waited too long for that.
From reading through a few, it sounds like while the simulation has improved, it has usability/polish problems (and comparing it to a heavily updated game)
As usual, it sounds like it could have done with another few months of development.
I don’t really understand how people make the review threads, but we’re sitting at a [77 on OpenCritic](https://opencritic.com/game/15195/cities-skylines-2) right now. Many were worried about game performance after the recommended specs were released, but it looks like it’s even worse than we expected. It sounds like the...
There is a downloads page, right click on “library” at the top and there is a downloads button that gives you a view of all pending/queued/current downloads etc.
The sales have become less fancy than they used to be? I have seen lots of complaints that the events have gotten worse.
Let me clarify: We have a certain amount of latency when streaming games from both local and internet servers. In either case, how do we improve that latency and what limits will we run in to as the technology progresses?
The base limit is the speed of light/electricity it takes X time for a signal to travel. This is your base latency. For example it takes about 70ms for light to travel half way round the world (it has to go round, not through). This can be improved by talking to servers that are closer to you and by taking links that are direct. But can’t be improved beyond the rules of physics.
On top of this you get really small amounts of processing delays as data is passed through various routers/computers on the way to the destination.
The real problem comes from congestion - if there is a lot of data being transferred between two destinations, the infrastructure between them might not be able to cope. This may result in messages being queued (causing a delay) or dropped (your controls don’t make it to the server!) To avoid this, the network will route your message via somewhere else with less demand, increasing the distance and delay (but spreading the load)
Unfortunately, if that overloaded cable is the one bringing data into your neighborhood, then there likely isn’t an alternative route. In the UK at least, we are (finally) building out a fiver to the premises internet network that effectively fixes any local bottlenecks.
If you want to see where your latency is coming from, you can run a trace route using various applications (or even directly in windows). This will show you the latency between each router that your data is traveling through on its route to it’s destination.
Edit addition: for game streaming the network delays are added onto the natural delays of running the game (controls -> computer -> processing -> display/speakers).
The other big additional delay for streaming is that in order to reduce the network load of streaming the game the image is compressed and encoded to be sent to you (much more than is done for your monitor cable).
This is a computationaly intensive operation that can take a good few ms. The better the computers at either end, the faster this can be done. However the big way forward here is hardware encoding/decoding. By using hardware that is made to just do encoding/decoding and nothing else this can be done much faster.
These encoders are commonly on graphics cards, and the graphics parts of CPUs. As newer encoding formats are created and hardware encoders created (and actually included) this area will becomeuch faster.
Source: programmer with a computer science degree and a vague interest in networking.
You can boil water with water by using the electricity from hydro power to power your kettle. (kopnij.in)
You have probably done it without even noticing. The modern world is clearly miraculous.
YSK the difference between lead and led (and similar-sounding/looking words) (kopnij.in) en
This drives me nuts when I see it done wrong, but it’s actually kind of complicated because English is orthographically deranged....
Cities: Skylines 2 DLC delayed so studio can focus on PC fixes (destructoid.com) en
Do we get points for comments and post ? I just downloaded Connect and noticed the points. (kopnij.in) en
This was not the case when I was using Eternity
Portal: Revolution (mod) - Trailer (youtube.com) en
Baldur’s Gate 3 - Physical Edition (us.merch.larian.com) en
Subreddit alternatives (kopnij.in)
Where do you find alternatives for your subreddits? I found most of them but for these I can’t find any alternatives so I’m still using old.reddit and redreader....
What existing organizations should start hosting fediverse instances? Which ones are already doing so? (kopnij.in) en
TLDR: This is a long post, so a shorter question you can respond to is:...
Bots copy pasting Reddit - is there a method to block them all? (kopnij.in) en
I’ve noticed we have bots copy pasting Reddit submissions. Is there a method to block them all?...
Discord file links will expire after a day to fight malware (theverge.com)
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Cities Skylines II is an absolutely beautiful game (vimeo.com) en
I’ve been playing a ton of Cities Skylines II since its release a week ago. After building a 230k population archipelago I started playing around with the in game cinematic video tools and this is the result....
How is your experience on the Fediverse? (kbin.run) en
What are some things that you enjoy or dislike about the Fediverse so far.
Why don’t application developers who have abandoned their development make the code they don’t need open source? (kopnij.in)
There are many closed source applications that have been removed from the Google Play catalog for various reasons....
The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion (lemmy.world) en
Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!...
Report: Game industry investment, deals to increase in 2024 (axios.com) en
[Gamers Nexus] Terrible Optimization: Cities Skylines 2 GPU Benchmarks and Graphics Optimization Guide (youtube.com) en
Star Engine Tech Demo (Star Citizen 4.0) No Commentary CitizenCon 2953 4K (youtu.be) en
Since I haven’t seen anyone post this, I thought I’d share the new Star Engine demo video from Cloud Imperium Games.
What decorations are on your walls? (kopnij.in)
And what do you recommend to hang on walls, *for decorative purposes*, besides family photos?...
Do any of you pay for carbon offsets? (kopnij.in)
Of course, it’s better to emit less carbon, and support systems and policies that emit less carbon. That said, carbon emission is unavoidable, and I’d like to minimize that portion of my impact as much as possible....
Which book should I read? (kopnij.in)
Hii, I am trying to get into reading books but don’t know what to read. I like programming, tech, DIY stuff and science and would love to read about it....
Space sim Squadron 42 is "feature-complete" and gunning for Starfield's lunch with massive new video (rockpapershotgun.com) en
Squadron 42 is the single player campaign of Star Citizen, that is supposed to launch as a separate game. It's basically a small portion of Star Citizen, but with a story and ending. I'm still not confident; waited too long for that.
Flooded City by Shubham Parte (cdna.artstation.com) en
[Source](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QXYxl4)
[Open Critic] Cities: Skylines 2 Reviews (76 Top Critic Average 67% Critics Recommend) (opencritic.com) en
Well, Cities: Skylines 2 is here, and it's another broken game release. (kopnij.in) en
I don’t really understand how people make the review threads, but we’re sitting at a [77 on OpenCritic](https://opencritic.com/game/15195/cities-skylines-2) right now. Many were worried about game performance after the recommended specs were released, but it looks like it’s even worse than we expected. It sounds like the...
Cities: Skylines 2 devs warn players of performance problems: 'we have not achieved the benchmark we targeted' (pcgamer.com) en
Ahead of the city builder's release on October 24, the devs want to "manage expectations on performance."
Valve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win' (pcgamer.com) en
Total War Pharaoh is struggling, with fewer players than another TW game from ten years ago (pcgamesn.com) en
Crusader Kings III: Dev Diary #136 - Our Vision for Persia (forum.paradoxplaza.com) en
After over 80 weeks the Steam Deck leaves the top 10 global sellers on Steam (gamingonlinux.com) en
What games do you think should NEVER be remastered, because they're close to perfect as they are? (kopnij.in)
Any games where a remaster could never stack up to the original....
This modder made such a great change to Starfield's food it's actually making me hungry (pcgamer.com) en
What is the fundamental limit on game streaming? (kopnij.in) en
Let me clarify: We have a certain amount of latency when streaming games from both local and internet servers. In either case, how do we improve that latency and what limits will we run in to as the technology progresses?
[POLL] Do you use/require a headphone jack on your phone? (strawpoll.com)
Alternatively, if your current phone doesn’t have a headphone jack, do you wish it did?
Telecom companies in India want tech firms to pay for network usage (techcrunch.com) en
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