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  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mltoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Cyberpunk 2077 released in December 2020. Almost 4 years later, what is your opinion on it?
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    9 days ago

    I pre ordered it. I had just finished building a new PC with just barely enough resources to handle it. Strangely enough I never encountered any of the bugs people complained about, so I was lucky.

    I kept replaying it and heavily awaited the patch releases to see what the devs were going to fix and/or add. Been there since the beginning and play it through once a year (fully, clear the map of objectives every time). Simply put, I’m a fan.

    I even was running it on Linux pretty much from day one (though certain patch numbers and updates to Nvidia drivers would occassionally break this compatibility). A small thing, but one that I greatly appreciated.

    The driving mechanics to this day is the biggest pain point for me. Even though a patch at some point improved on it, it still feels wrong whenever going around a corner at even moderate speeds. There’s a reason most people opt to use motorcycles in the game (or use mods).

    The story is well done IMHO. I feel like they could have spent way more time in the prologue section, fleshing out one particular character (anyone who’s played knows who I’m referring to). Other than that, I’m happy with only a few very small nitpicks.

    The combat system is well fleshed out since patch 1.68, and iirc patch 2.0 brought some significant QOL changes. It’s fun and varies extensively depending on how you build out your character’s skill tree.

    The atmosphere is perhaps the developers’ biggest achievement. The depiction of Night City is difficult to put into words. It feels lived in, and there are still areas of the map seasoned players are discovering. Other than the combat system, the environment is definitely one of the game’s strongest selling points.

    Ever since patch 1.68, the game has run smoothly. I can’t run Ray Tracing or other high resource requiring features as my PC, again, is considered to be mid to low tier depending on who you’re talking to. But if you’re running a high end PC, the visuals are likely to be far more stunning for you.

    If you do buy, definitely get the Phantom Liberty DLC, the side content adds quite a bit to the story, including a new ending, and is overall a fun addition to the entire experience.

    Lastly, if you do dive in, enjoy yourself, and want more, I’d highly recommend watching the anime mini series, Cyberpunk: Edge Runners, which depicts a prequal to the events of the main game. And of course, if you’re really in love, perhaps get together with some friends and play the Table Top RPG.

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mltoTechnology@lemmy.world•The Cult of MicrosoftEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I’ll push back a bit on this, though I generally agree with you. I’ve only worked for a small startup as my career in tech is still in its infancy, but in previous roles I’ve had in other industries, this cult like aspect of corporatism pervades to varying degrees.

    That said, when I first started socializing and networking with those involved in the tech sector, I noticed that there definitely is a subsection of the tech industry predominated by those who, in my view, took the concept of "There’s God In The Machine” thing way too far.

    This subsection seems to be mainly populated by those who have only a passing understanding of the tech itself and don’t actually write the code or architect the software. This subsection also seems to be populated by those who can code and do architect the software, but appear to me to have a selfish and shortsighted mindset reminiscent of stock traders and crypto bros, communities for which I personally have a particular disdain.

    This obsession and claim that tech can do anything from save the world to destroy the planet is very dangerous as it is a perceived pseudo reality that many people, both with power and not, seem to be desperately trying to make real (mainly fueld by a fear of the future and a desire to have some semblence of control over it through power mongering and vacuuming up influence in the present).

    And this problem of progress for its own sake with some ambiguous “tech will save us” mindset is only recently exacerbated by the claim that these chatbots are AI (IMHO making a mockery of the term, intelligence).

    Additionally, among this subsection, there seems to be an almost ravenous push for AGI, which, whether a boon or blight on future generations of humanity, they tend to argue is an inevitable outcome because technological and economic progress can never be nor should be slowed or halted.

    I have definitely encountered this sort of “progress at all cost” mindset in other industries, but never have I seen it so vehemently defended among a not insignificant subsection of an entire economic sector (tech). And I’d imagine it is particularly pronounced in the major FAANG companies.

    If you follow Ed Zitron’s other work, his recent articles and podcast episodes highlight a sort of “Villain of The Week” format, and so I don’t think it’s lost on him that this problem is not solely the purview of Microsoft, but rather is an indicator of a larger societal problem.

    Indeed the issue Zitron is highlighting here is simply the newest incarnation of the strange cultish mantle that the Tech Industry can and has taken on in recent memory. The topic of Tech Work as Religion/Cult is thoroughly explored in the 2022 book, Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley, by Carolyn Chen.

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mltoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Playing Repacked windows games on linuxEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I recently got fitgirl’s Cyberpunk 2077 repack working on Artix Linux with Lutris by following this guide:

    It doesn’t take into account you also need to use GEProton as well (for Cyberpunk at least), but its easy enough to install GEProton via ProtonUp, and then just configuring the game to use GEProton in the settings via lutris.

    I got mangohud working as well, that was relatively simple.

    I also noticed that I needed to install and setup dxvk as an overlay for Vulkan.

    Yeah, it was a lot of setup and you need plenty of hard drive space as both the repack and the installed game are huge (have double the space available listed on the repack site).

    I have the game on Steam, but wanted to know how to do this, and it was not as bad as I thought it would be.

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mltoTechnology@lemmy.world•How to make an Amazon-free KindleEnglish
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    30 days ago

    To be fair. I get where they’re coming from. Some people simply don’t want to take the time to learn the Linux command line nor learn how to utilize the tool, balena etcher.

    That said, if one says “Is there a way to simply install a Linux OS”, I usually assume said person has at least a passing familiarity with burning an ISO as that is the bare minimum knowledge for starting the Linux installation process.

    Hence my assumption that they were familiar with said tools when they asked the question.

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mltoTechnology@lemmy.world•How to make an Amazon-free KindleEnglish
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    30 days ago

    I meant a workstation OS. Or any Linux OS that’s not locked to a corporate account and probably filled with spyware.

    Yes, though I have not tried to utilize this:

    https://github.com/Quill-OS/quill

    I don’t even understand the first sentence of these instructions. “Mount the device” followed by a bunch of seemingly random letters and characters. Mount it on what? What do I do with these?

    These instructions require a very basic understanding of the Linux command line and file system. As does installing a Linux OS without a GUI helper.

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.mltoProgramming@programming.dev•How should I continue learning?
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    2 months ago

    It’s a lot of work. I’m in a similar boat. I’ve been self teaching myself how to program in various languages and working as a Fullstack developer at a very small startup.

    While I’ve learned alot, there’s always more to learn and finding direction is a challenge you’ll hit many times over if you stick with it.

    Right now I’m reviewing various Open Source Projects I could contribute to as I know ultimately this will make me a much better developer. There are so many CLI and web development tools I use that I’d like to expand on but will require a marginal jump in my skills. Here are a few examples:

    • Add a feature to the rTorrent client that would allow it to torrent over i2p
    • Expand the amount of tools available within the SolidJS framework ecosystem to be competitive with React’s ecosystem.
    • Create a HTTP server in Rust that has feature parity with Golang’s Caddy
    • Add a feature to AntennaPod akin to YouTube Sponsor block that would allow for user contributed timestamps to facilitate auto skipping of ad mentions in podcast episodes.

    I also am slowly working out plans to learn enough about Rust and browsers to recreate the terminal based browser Links in Rust.

    But these are all just me spitballing. In truth, my skills aren’t quite there yet and the amount of time to get there for each one of these is a lot. So I have to choose wisely and dive in deep on the project’s codebase, probably for at least a year or more to make headway. But this is the mindset I think might help you. Look into the software you use a lot or like the concept of. Figure out how you’d like to improve it or add to it. Reach out to the developers of said software however you can, either make your case for the improvements you want to make or just help out on something they want to do with the software. Learn, listen. Rinse and repeat.

    Hope this helps a bit.