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Off Topic / Re: Why are old PC games limited to run on 2 GB of ram
« on: August 29, 2018, 08:29:42 AM »
It probably has to do with a combination of hardware and software limitations of the time.

32 Bit systems, by design, can't address more than 4GB of memory. Some much older 32 bit CPUs couldn't even address the full 4GB or would only allow so much to be allocated to a given program. Software designed for 32 bit systems will have roughly the same limitations as the hardware (plus overhead).

On top of that, some software had further limitations imposed due to an expectation of never needing or seeing that much memory on a home system.

These factors can combine to create software that can act strangely, fail to properly utilize resources, or even fail completely on modern systems.

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Off Topic / Re: real talk ~ hot coffee is nasty
« on: August 26, 2018, 05:27:36 PM »
I like hot black coffee in the middle of the night.

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Off Topic / Re: free hearts of iron 4 key give-away
« on: August 25, 2018, 11:42:19 PM »
i dont really want it but i like being part of things
Same.

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Off Topic / Re: is it normal to hate your minimum wage job
« on: August 23, 2018, 01:30:38 AM »
And then people who claim that minimum wage is an "entry level" job and that people should just go to college.

Imagine that, right?

Going to college and wracking up college debt just to get a degree so you can go out and get a better job because you need to pay off that college debt for the next 30 years lol.
I stand by the thought that it should be the employer's job to test potential employees' ability to preform the required task(s), regardless of educational background.

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Off Topic / Re: Implications of The New Steam Play
« on: August 22, 2018, 09:04:52 PM »
sounds promising. i'd considered moving to linux as an alternative to windows 10 once before.
I've been trying to get away from Windows for years. I'm still using 7 because I hate almost everything about 10.

My laptop has been running Fedora Workstation with the cinnamon desktop for a while now and I really like the feel, but gaming has been the biggest thing holding me back. I am thinking my next desktop is going to be primarily Linux though, as I really like the low level access of the Linux command line, as well as being able to automate almost anything in bash.

I have cygwin on Windows, but it's just not the same. I need my package manager.

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Off Topic / Implications of The New Steam Play (Linux Gaming)
« on: August 22, 2018, 08:34:58 PM »
Valve just released the beta of their new Steam Play with Proton for Linux, an API based on WINE designed to make your Windows games playable on Linux without the need for multiple Steam installations or convoluted hacks with WINE.

This could mark the beginning of a new age of Linux, (Or at least Linux gaming.) as it aims to make usability of the platform far better than what we've been seeing.

Valve seems to have finally acknowledged the catch 22 of making Linux gaming mainstream. Developers don't want to bother with games for a platform where there is no played base, and usere's don't want to move to a platform where their games won't run!

Proton is aiming to fix this by bringing most or all of Windows games to Linux without any extra work by the user. While getting Steam to update was a chore, getting Steam Play working was one option in the Settings menu. After that, it was just like installing any other game. (With an extra box to click for non-officially supported games.)

While it's a beta, and only a tiny handful of games are supported at the moment, this is a big deal, and not just for games.

Proton is based on WINE and, like WINE, is open source! This means that, on top of having actual paid devs working on it (as opposed to WINE's volunteer developers, many of whom likely work on the project in their spare time), the Steam hacker and developer community can pitch in to make the system more usable. On top of that, many of the improvements made to Proton wile likely be able to feed back into WINE, and vice-versa, making usability of Windows applications, and thereby ease of transition to Linux, better than ever!

This could very will be the thing that make Linux, as a whole, more usable and mainstream for the average user. Especially with Microsoft's increasingly questionable practices.

(Sorry about the news article. If you couldn't tell, this is exciting to me.)

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Off Topic / Yet Another Stream (Ended)
« on: August 22, 2018, 10:11:21 AM »
I'm streaming again.

I haven't decided what to play yet. Working on my laptop. Then going to play something.

Possibly some older games.

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Off Topic / Re: is rain water safe to drink
« on: August 22, 2018, 12:44:52 AM »
rain water fresh out of sky = safe

rain water that had to flow through your roof, insulation, and onto your ceiling = not safe
Essentially this, but let me extend this.

While some bacteria spores and viruses have been know to be distributed through rain water and clouds, it's highly unlikely that any living thing in the water would be infection to humans. There may however be concerns, if you like in a densely populated area near heavy traffic or industrial facilities, about dissolved pollutants. It is true that some kinds of pollution will be picked up by rainwater, most of the ones to be concerned about are heavily controlled. So, while I don't recommend it as a primary water source, unless pollution is particularly bad where you live, rain water collected using safe means, should be safe enough to drink.

As for water that's leaking into your house, there are a number of reasons not to just drink that. The biggest reasons being contamination with random material from the building, possibly including things like drywall/plaster, fiberglass, arsenic (from some types of treated lumber), low levels of asbestos, mold spores, etc, etc. There's no way to say easily what could be in it. If you really wanted to, you could run it through a carbon filter (and maybe boil it, just to be sure), but at that point, you might as well just filter your tap water.

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Off Topic / Re: is it normal to hate your minimum wage job
« on: August 21, 2018, 03:34:58 AM »
I've had a job with no benefits, and no vacation, working at minimum wage with crappy managers that don't care for over two years.

Nothing makes you want to watch humanity burn to ash like a fast food job that doesn't care about you.

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Off Topic / Re: recommend cool and niche websites
« on: August 19, 2018, 03:24:32 PM »

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Off Topic / Re: are you a summer or winter mofo?
« on: August 19, 2018, 02:24:40 AM »
I like to run around in sub-freezing temperatures and jump into snowbanks with my shirt off.

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Off Topic / Re: would you rather be blind or deaf
« on: August 14, 2018, 12:00:11 AM »
I'm already a little bit of both.

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Off Topic / Re: [help] fast way to make 100 dollars 48 cents
« on: August 07, 2018, 02:15:05 AM »
become a contract killer.
I hear that this pays fairly well.

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Off Topic / Re: top 5 nostalgic games
« on: August 06, 2018, 03:53:50 PM »
Bomberman Genesis
Blockland
Tremulous
Ocarina of Time
Metal Gear Solid 2

stuff. Forgot Red Alert 2, but I don't know where to put it.

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Off Topic / P vs NP: BLF Edition
« on: August 06, 2018, 03:59:55 AM »
Let the scientists debate. We shall decide for ourselves!

Are polynomial and nondeterministic polynomial time equal? Will we ever know? Will all of our lives be inevitably cut short by some natural or man-made disaster?!

Vote now!

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