vaer-k

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Comment · 11 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I wish they would at least include the japanese cc subtitles. They must already exist so I don't understand why they can't just be packaged along with the other subs.
Comment · 1 year ago
I've only used LLMs with Elixir, so I don't have any other experience for comparison, but I've found that although Claude frequently employs the wrong approaches in Elixir, I usually know when he'll have trouble and just ask him to read pertinent documentation first. So long as he's read the manual he seems to do just fine.
Comment · 1 year ago
Tiktok and communism are the first things that come to mind
Comment · 4 years ago
I used it a bit. The performance was exceptional. I enjoyed playing Cyberpunk 2077 on my phone with a Razer Kishi controller. Although I'm not surprised Stadia struggled to find traction, I think this is mostly due to Google's ongoing struggle with entertainment branding, and despite this, I do agree with their sentiment that streaming is the inevitable future of mainstream gaming.
Comment · 5 years ago
No, my apologies if I came off defensive or aggressive. I just wanted to clarify. Thanks for your comment.
Comment · 5 years ago
Exactly right. This is it right here. It's openly hostile to users, especially considering the broader context of Weeny's pejorative comments about his customers.
Comment · 5 years ago
That's all well and good, and if you like EGS, that's your prerogative. My response is to a question of why people don't like EGS. The point is not even that Steam is better (it is); instead the point is that nobody likes to be forced to use a platform they don't prefer, and this is made especially onerous when the forced platform is so very, very inferior.
Comment · 5 years ago
Because it's a terrible client with virtually no features, yet their business tactics strongarm players into using it. Nobody likes to be forced to use a certain product. EGS doesn't even offer a fraction of what Steam can do. Here's what I can come up with off the top of my head; I'm sure others can chime in with more.

Steam has a robust marketplace, with user reviews and a slew of sorting and shopping cart features.

Steam has friends, chat, voice chat, and group chat.

Steam has built-in, turnkey stream broadcasting of games.

Steam allows friends to drop in and play a game cooperatively with you, even if they don't own the game too.

Steam has remote play with friends.

Steam has remote streaming to devices around your home, and big screen mode so you can plop on the couch and enjoy an optimized UI and a gamepad.

Steam has robust gamepad support and configuration.

Steam has industry-leading Linux support.

Steam has VR mode, with custom spaces, interfaces, and a market of useful tools and mods to enhance the experience.

Steam has a music player and a built-in web browser.

Steam lets you add non-steam games to your library for convenient access.

Steam has customizable user profiles and fun social features, like card trading.

Steam has experimental mods and features via Steam Labs.

Now, ask yourself, how does it feel when EGS coerces players into using their inferior storefront through strongarm business practices.

Comment · 5 years ago
Did you create a throwaway account just to call me a dipshit? For asking an earnest question? I was just interested in why the comment was being voted down, because I'm interested in learning more about the community's standards and moderation policies.

I'd also like to know what my comment was flagged for, but I guess that's out of the question too. It's not very fun being censored with no explanation whatsoever.

Why did you jump to so many conclusions and resort so quickly to namecalling?

Comment · 5 years ago
So which kind of suicide is this? A suicide, or a "suicide"?
Comment · 5 years ago
It's not actually hard at all; instead it's just that the easy methods are not well known, since most crypto news is all about crypto investments and get-rich-quick schemes. Easy to use payments systems are absolutely in place. lobstr, for instance, looks dead simple to me
Comment · 5 years ago
In my experience the documentation around Elixir has been ideal. People are modeling the absolute best of behavior, generally. The popular auth libraries (like guardian) are a bit of an exception in my opnion, for some strange reason. (Pow does a good job, though)
Comment · 5 years ago
Cosby was (rightfully) cancelled with no presence whatsoever. Burying your head in the sand won't help you.

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