Been playing everyday for about two years with my 3060ti without much issue. There’s still the odd hiccup on occasion, but it’s usually solved by picking a different Proton version. Most games “just work,” generally without any changes.

The nVidia drivers haven’t been “a mess” for quite a long time, so if that’s what is holding you back, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. ProtonDB has a massive and growing list of games that run on Linux, and you can see what people did (if anything) to get those games working.

I will caution you, however, that if any amount of tinkering makes you inwardly cringe, you might want to think twice. Linux is generally easy to use, and it’s only getting easier, but there will be times you’ll have to add Launch Options to a Steam game, install a mod differently, or use the command line to do something.

Because that’s not how you make money from the household consumer market. We’re already there, and people aren’t able to buy RAM.

You don’t make money from product that doesn’t sell.

And this, Tim, is why I spend most of my money at Steam.

This may shock you, but proudly parading that you want to fuck over consumers at every opportunity is not good incentive.

I wouldn’t say “never,” but it’s very likely that RAM prices will not return to pre-AI (read: bullshit) levels. Many markets do this; hike up to crazy levels during a boom, come back down 80%, rinse and repeat.

The only thing that might put a stop to it is competition or the unicorn business that focuses upon everyday consumers and not purely profit (lol). I’m hopeful China is able to be a spoiler to this current tech hegemony, given general US hegemony is basically over, but the home computing market is probably fucked in the meantime.

That was actually a fun read, and if we lived in a just society, Adobe would be forced to care about making shitty software. But alas.

At least there’s some easy workarounds.

“I think it’s blasphemy against AI if ‌you say it’s a bubble,” Son said at the Japanese conglomerate’s annual general meeting. “It’s just the beginning. AI’s potential will be unlocked.”

Another stupid rich Boomer who’s bought into the science fiction, but who is too rich to have anyone who can tell him he’s an idiot.

The entrepreneur, 68, said he will lead the company into his 70s ​to bring ⁠about “artificial superintelligence,” which he defines as being 10,000 times smarter than a human.

“I have become greedier,” Son said. “I would like to do more over the next 10 to 15 years. I will stay healthy as long ⁠as I ​can.”

At least he’s honest, unlike the American ultrawealthy who have been trying really hard to convince people they’re regular humans and not skinwalkers.

For real. How can we get AI to break up with us and go away?

Yeah, for eleventy-bajillion dollars worth of AI credits. Why use pesky money, when you can pay in pretend currency from an overinflated system backed up by an endless trail of IOUs?

top of their fields

lmao as if they are some kind of great thinkers. Motherfucker, you just have an absurd amount of wealth and don’t grasp that being born rich isn’t the same as having intelligence or qualifications. I don’t see any of y’all with Nobel Prizes, shut the fuck up.

The only thing y’all are experts in is ratfucking humanity.

Sweet. I’m set for life, and I’ll get to be one of those devs that tells the bosses what I’ve decided to work on.

As far as I can tell, Voice doesn’t integrate with anything. You pick a device folder where the audiobook files are, and it’s all local.

Anyone who might know better, feel free to correct me.

Neat, I didn’t know that was possible

They could, but that would mean water treatment before being used (money their profit-driven asses refuse to spend). It’s why they always go for drinkable aquifers: the water is already high-quality, and fuck everybody who needs it to live!

And the DoJ is trying to prevent xAI from having to go through a current lawsuit over their unlicensed gas turbines, because they power the data centers for Grok.

Brazen corruption and ineptitude from top to bottom.

Amazing. Given how much wealth the top 10% own, it’s basically only the wealthiest—who have enough income to exist in a different tier of society—who think AI will have a positive impact. The other 6% must be their sycophants and shills.

Some US States do not buy back excess electricity, no.

Just more proof that there’s two tiers of justice. “Wanna put solar panels on your roof? Better hope your HOA is cool with that. Fuck no, we won’t buy back your excess electricity. Also, we’re taking away the tax incentives and subsidies, and we hope you get turbocancer.”

But we need Melon Husk to operate his unlicensed gas turbines, because we need Grok to tell us what to do in Iran. That’s not a joke, btw, that’s what the DoJ said.

The memorandum [stating that xAI should be exempt from this federal regulation and] filed by the Justice Department said that Grok is one of four AI models that support “mission-critical operations,” such as its recent strikes in Iran.

Why you should self-host: Exhibit A

Basically, Microsoft Places and Teams have received workplace check-ins via Wi-Fi. The idea is that if an employee arrives at the office and connects to their enterprise network, their profile status indicator will show them as being present in the office.

Joke’s on you. My work is so stingy, they don’t offer WiFi to employees. Also, I’ve blocked location permissions in Teams, just in case.

How is it not? They didn’t take over the core projects, they took over the midstream distribution.