Was super obvious last year when Israel was running ads on blogs about their occupation. Super cringe AI stuff.
So I guess there is a use case for AI,
It’s almost like out of a movie, the technology can only be used to benefit evil.
And what are we gonna do about it?
Install Linux
And libreoffice, and stop using copilot or game pass or any of their services
Stop using copilot? Has anyone started?
Unfortunately, a lot of people. Probably not so many here on Lemmy but a lot of people. And I even know a couple of them irl :(
I used it only once, pretty mad about finding out that it was autoinstalled on my workingplace pc. Asked it "how do i uninstall this shit?"
It apologized to me and proceeded to copy the instructions to take bing out of the menu search bar.
I was impressed
Ah work PC is work PC. I’ll try to turn off Bluetooth when possible, local network access, and phone and microphone on anything not strictly necessary
How does Linux fair with gaming, game dev, and modding? I don't wanna get on Linux and have to jump through hoops just to get Vortex working for Nexusmods or something.
Pretty well unless you’re playing AAA games with anticheat. Check out protondb for steamy details.
Modded Cyberpunk is kinda my thing right now, would that be a problem on Linux?
I can't remember specifics but I remember a bunch of games i've modded don't have tools supported on Linux.
I’d have to check. I know Cyberpunk was supported very early on Linux but haven’t looked into modding it.
I’d be cautiously optimistic.
A quick search turns up this page which definitely sounds like it basically just works.
Holy shit that's a lot just to be able to play a game. Is there any hope of Linux becoming more user friendly and streamlined?
That’s not “just to be able to play a game”. Mods are always whole ‘nother thing, that’s not exclusive to Linux.
It's much easier on Windows. When it's just as is easy if not easier to do on Linux is the day I switch without hesitation. I'm far too setup and comfortable with Windows, I'm a pleb I know but it is what it is.
I mean the TLDR covers it pretty well. It’s only like 3 steps. YMMV but use what you’re comfortable with. Linux will be here waiting if you ever decide to dip your toes in (or take the plunge)
You need to
Install d3dcompiler_47
Install vcrun2022
Adjust the Steam launch option to be: WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winmm,version=n,b" %command%
For vanilla games the process has become "enable the Steam Play checkbox one time on your computer, then download and press Play". How much easier does it need to be?".
Each of the following things can add a layer of complexity:
I think Cyberpunk is rated as playable on Steam Deck, which is a good indication of its general Linux capability. There's no telling with mods, though.
Cyberpunk runs +-5 frames from windows for me on a 3070, I don't mod it though so can't speak to that
Any Renpy-based visual novella is a first-class citizen.
There's Wine, with PlayOnLinux as the old way to make it easy, and Lutris as the new way to make it easy, and Proton as Steam's patched downstream of Wine. That covers a lot of Windows games. There are native games, in native Steam too. I mentioned Proton, one can choose it as compatibility option for Windows games in Steam, with varying success.
Problems I've had are with video drivers more than with Wine and such.
Anyway, I'm using FreeBSD now, even here one can spend some time and have Linux Steam with some things working. That's if just Wine or just Proton or PlayOnBSD/Mizuma (FreeBSD analogs of PlayOnLinux) are not enough.
Ironically, IBM also does a lot of business with the Israeli military.
Until proven otherwise assume every United States Corporation supports the Likud Government and their genocidal aspirations in one way or another, especially US Tech and Military Corporations.
The irony is in the fact they sold databases to the Reich for asset manager and business process management (hey kids, did you know the Holocaust forearm tattoos were the database entry ID? Can't go wrong buying blue!)
(12° 23' 23.456", 66° 15' 45.789", skin=brown, has_glasses, action=looking_for_food) -> copilot rolls a 24 -> 13/24 it's a terrorist -> BOOM
"Copilot, read this map of Gaza, and prioritising plausible denyability, give me a list of coordinates of sites that I can claim were being used by Hamas. Rank them in order of increasing atrocity, and make the list really really long, so that by the time we're literally just bombing schoolchildren, everyone's kinda got used to it and it's not much of a headline."
"Sure thing, IDF, I am well trained to help you with the media management of your atrocities, and you can rest assured that I won't let facts get in the way of your genocidal plans. I am engineered from the bottom up to sound plausible and like I know what I'm talking about, and I never cared much for the distinction between reality and narrative-confirming fiction anyway."
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
