Kobolds with a keyboard.
I have an Acer Aspire One (very low spec mini laptop from ~2010) with 2GB of ram; it runs modern linux distros with xfce with better performance than it had running Windows 7 when it was new (which is what it came pre-installed with). Doesn’t run much modern software obviously but it does work for web browsing (firefox). It’s noticeably slow, but it always was.
Mate, I could not care less about your screenshot. I’m referring to your posts in this thread, which extends to this very reply, where you’ve got a generally off-putting, condescending tone and frankly, I’m glad you’re getting downvoted for them, because that sort of behavior is just not something I’d like to see rewarded on the fediverse.
Have you considered that, perhaps, your prickly attitude and the tone of your posts is the source of the downvotes, rather than the content?
See, this is what they should have been doing from the start. Actually add value for gamers rather than try to win market share through exclusivity agreements. This is how you complete with valve. Do more of this.
I’d be more concerned if someone isn’t worried about the future, to be honest.
It’s most likely the one you’re given each time you go for a physical (or at least, we are where I live) - it’s more like:
In the past week, how often have you…
etc, with options like “Never”, “Rarely”, “Most days”, “Almost all of the time”
For what it’s worth, you can add a non-Steam game in Steam and still access all of the compatibility options. I find this considerably easier than trying to get the game to work manually.
It’s not that they need it to develop features, it’s that if developers want to claim that Steam is overcharging, they need to be willing to give up access to the features Steam provides, because Steam is providing a service to developers through that promotion. As a personal anecdote, I’ve bought tons of games that I’ve never seen mentioned anywhere except on Steam, and would never have found at all if not for Steam promoting them to me.
The popular complaint is that if your game isn’t on Steam, it doesn’t sell on PC. The purpose of the thought experiment is to consider whether simply existing on Steam is all it takes, because if not, then Steam is clearly providing a service to them above and beyond simply having their game available to buy on its storefront.
Let’s engage in a thought experiment. Let’s assume Steam were to offer 2 options:
How do you think that second option would work out for developers? Anyone who wouldn’t take that option is admitting that the services Steam is offering are worth the price of admission. By your logic, it should result in a 22% reduction in the cost of games; I doubt that would be the case.
Even if the most favored nation clause does exist, all it takes is a quick look at https://isthereanydeal.com/ for nearly any game to confirm that it isn’t actually enforced. Games go on sale on platforms other than Steam all the time when they aren’t on sale on Steam.
“No Diggity.” “Is that your final answer?” “No doubt.”
That’s a weird way to put that. Is that Perry’s fault? Shouldn’t you have equal sympathy for him as you have for every other addict? Or are you saying you have no sympathy for any of them?
…so is this why Trump wanted to go inspect Fort Knox to make sure the gold was still there?
Right, that’s what the canals are useful for, what did you think they meant?
His friends must’ve finished selling off their oil stocks.
I guess his friends just finished buying oil investments and need to jack up the value again; give it a week and we’ll be back to threatening to blow up oil reserves and blockade the strait again once they’ve finished selling off.
My wife and I both work; she makes about 150% of what I do. This ‘woman bad lol’ rhetoric should just stick to Reddit or 4chan.
It’s saying Copilot was the first on the scene and had access to literally all of the training data anyone could possibly want, and is still being shown up by most other AI models. Their failure to capture the vibe coding space is a legendary fumble. At least that was my read.
So, there are no stupid products, only stupid customers?