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Was gonna ask, never heard of anyone.

According to the article they're expanding on their cloud-based streaming tech, aiming to reduce the local base install from >100 GB to ~50 GB.

So what's actually downloaded is probably just the airplanes and a very low detail version of the planet, streaming data in over the internet as you fly (or now also walk I guess).

A Fedora spin is planned, right?

Because enough people will then buy the game twice that it's worth the very slight reputation loss for them.

I was surprised to see the article doesn't include a screenshot of the feature in action.

I didn't see any mention of the Microsoft Store on their website?

Nintendo Switch - on the Nintendo eShop Epic Games Store - for Win / Mac WorldOfGoo2.com - right here, for Win / Mac / Linux, DRM-free

Or are you saying it should also be available on the Microsoft Store? That wouldn't help my mentioned use case (easy install on Steam Deck and cloud sync between Deck and desktop PC).

EDIT: Also, none of my computers run Windows anymore, so yeah, I couldn't care less about the Microsoft Store.

We'll see whether he's replaced right after Mexico.

Not a fan of that Epic Games Store (semi) exclusivity deal.

Offering a DRM-free version in addition to the Epic Store one is nice and all, but having it on Steam (on which games don't have to use any DRM either should the studio choose not to) would be much easier especially because of cloud saves and the Steam Deck.

It's a skip for me (for now). Still an enjoyable game I'd guess if you don't care about Steam.

ASUS leadership was like "yeah do it fast, else this Steve guy from Gamers Nexus will start beating us up again."

Sad to see an otherwise reputable and often recommended company like Puget only do 3 years tops though.

Temporarily connect the new drives via USB enclosures and clone the data via ZFS snapshots.

I was gonna ask if things like YubiKeys or even security chips inside smartphones were vulnerable to these sort of attacks, but apparently not, thanks for the heads up.

Pretty much any laptop with a mobile RTX 4090 and a removable wifi card then. Choose based on desired weight and size class I guess.

You can definitely get fairly accurate power draw readings from these chips in macOS, even with Apple's own debugging tools. If anything, it's harder (or at least more confusing) to get accurate readings for AMD chips (TDP != power draw).

Also, the TDP the manufacturer states in the spec sheet pretty much doesn't mean anything these days. These chips will be allowed to draw different amounts of power for different durations under different conditions. This is especially true for the AMD parts, as they run in a lot of different laptops with different power and cooling capabilities. But even for Apple's M chips there are different configurations: a MacBook Air only has passive cooling while the same chip in a MacBook Pro can have active cooling, which will impact maximum allowed (sustained) power draw and with that, performance.

You also link to CPU Monkey, a website I wouldn't use for anything but very rough estimates, because their seemingly random collection of benchmarks are likely just taken/stolen from somewhere else (I doubt they benchmarked every single CPU they list themselves) and it's unclear with what power limits and thermal constraints these benchmarks were run.

Even with all the data, it's still hard to make a 100 % accurate comparison. For example, the efficiency curves of these CPUs is likely quite a bit different. The M3 might achieve its highest performance/watt at 12 watts, while the Ryzen's best performance/watt might be at 15 watts (these numbers are just an example). So, do you compare at 12 or 15 watts then?

And yes, there absolutely can be situations where the AMD CPU draws 50% or even 100% (or more) more power under load, and depending on the configuration of the chip in a specific system, the opposite can be the case as well. This in itself doesn't tell you much about potential power efficiency though.

EDIT: Also, comparing the Ryzen 9 part with 12 cores to the smallest M2 doesn't make any sense. You'd much more likely compare it to the M2 Max which has 12 cores as well (and again, trying to match the TDP in the spec sheet doesn't make any sense, as especially for AMD, TDP isn't even close to actual power draw under load - PPT is at least a somewhat better number here).

I also get that you're trying to match the process node as closely as possible and TSMC N4 is "just" an improed variant of TSMC N5P, but it still differs. Also, the M2 was released two years earlier than AMD's AI 300 series, so you ignore two years of architecture improvements which happen regardless of the process node, just look at the (supposed) performance and efficiency improvements from desktop Zen 4 to Zen 5 on the same.

Maybe the new AMD chips are better in many ways even compared to more recent Apple chips, but the comparison you are trying to make is so deeply flawed on so many levels that it's completely useless and it doesn't prove anything whatsoever.

Privacy is not just black and white.

I'd want bluetooth for music from my phone though. And it'd be nice if my phone's cellular and GPS didn't get blocked.

This is one of those correlation != causation things, hm?

It might be more a case of the "average" Arch user being more sensitive to small quirks/bugs or certain defaults. Arch is at least comparatively unbiased, which might be why these users pick Arch in the first place.

I would personally agree with where Arch is because I prefer a distribution that mostly works out of the box and already made a lot of the decisions for me that I don't want to be bothered with. I do still customize quite a few elements to my (sometimes very specific) liking, but I also like that I don't have to do anything when it comes to configuring my disk layout, or configuring zram, or install and configure fwupd or other packages that kind of just make sense to have.

But I don't really see why Arch users can't be as happy with their choice as I am with mine, unless the only reason they "use Arch btw" is that they think that's unironically something to brag about (or peer pressure, but that shouldn't be a thing I hope).

*Crowdstrike

Baldur's Gate 3 (including the Trials of Tav mod)

Minecraft (if I get all existing mods that's almost endless content)

And the third one is hard to say. Likely something with a world that feels alive and filled with content. Maybe Skyrim, which also has a lot of mods, but maybe also a simulation-type game.

Massgrave works with 8/8.1 just fine, just not with the HWID method afaik.