The argument that Proton purely drives Linux adoption without disincentivizing native development ignores how publishers behave in reality. Instead of inspiring studios to eventually target Linux as a primary platform, Proton gives them an excuse to ignore the platform entirely while washing their hands of compatibility when updates break things. There are already SEVERAL cases where developers have pushed updates to games that worked in proton previously but no longer do. For Honor, Rust, Apex Legends, GTA V to just name a few. When developers treat Proton as a convenient accident rather than a target, it doesn’t pave the way for a native future. It creates a volatile ecosystem where a single background update can permanently strand players on an unsupported island, with the studio refusing to spend a dime to fix it. Proton keeps Linux users as second class citizens.

I mentioned this as a potential issue with Proton when it first started blowing up and was largely dismissed. It’s great that it works. It’s really amazing on Valve’s part what it can do and the gap it bridged. The problem is that it does NOT incentivize developers to support Linux natively. In fact, it does the exact opposite.

EDIT: For those who don’t see why this is an issue - Proton means in the eyes of developers linux users are mostly second class citizens. There are already several cases of developers pushing updates that break proton compatibility and the developers simply shrug their shoulders and move on.

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That’s janky as hell, I love it.

Yup. This was my paint.net replacement.

Nintendo was first with the SNES controller.

his friends call him Johnny Appleseed.

The pheromones thing does have some basis in science, but it mostly applies to ANIMALS who use scent as the PRIMARY INDICATOR they’re biologically ready for mating. As humans we have the ability to communicate verbally which kinda superscedes any need for that mechanism. That said, I have noticed that after dating someone and being around them for a period of time you do start to form a positive correlation between their natural scent and happiness, security, etc. Note that’s natural scent, not sweaty-ass BO. I’ve had several partners that would love to “smell” me and tell me I smell good even though I wasn’t wearing any specific colonges or other fragrances. It takes time for that positive correlation to form though, so It’s probably not going to do you any good on your first fucking date.

Pretty interesting. I’d like to know the dimensions and how much it hurts the range.

Clever girl

Love to see updates on ReactOS! Alternative options to running Windows are always welcome.

Let’s add Bryan Lunduke and his shitty “distro” to this list as well. https://github.com/BryanLunduke/LCOS

For those out of the loop: He’s not a straight up Nazi supporter like DHH, but Lunduke is vocally anti-LGBTQ and commonly criticizes LGBTQ support from other distro maintainers. Notice the “No weird politics” line in the screenshot on his Github. That’s what he’s referring to.

The point isn’t that an easy option for the bypass exists, but that a bypass is required at all. It shouldn’t be.

Wasn’t there a thread the other week warning everyone about Microsoft device fingerprinting and there were chuds in the comments saying it was a nothing-burger and the fingerprinting was necessary for licensing or some shit? Talk about timing!

Holds up well.

inb4 ethics of bacteria

groan

I always knew I was a happy Japanese woman.

brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “nose job”