I think it’s more that “political” has become so loosely defined it’s essentially useless, so everyone has arrived at different narrower definitions that make sense to them. See also “woke” and “fascist.” Weir’s definition is probably something like “polarizing social issue,” and it’s evident he considers climate change to be settled in science outside the domain of politics (by said definition), which I envy him for being in a place where he can feel that’s a consensus.

P.S. I brought both of my very right-leaning parents to see PHM, and they both loved it, so he’s right in that sense.

They’re not stock, but both GIMP and Krita have had generative AI plugins for a couple years now. I don’t know how well they match up to the Adobe stuff, but they seemed quite powerful and well-integrated the last time I looked.

Thanks! I’m migrating all my PCs to Linux anyway and just haven’t gotten to the AI stuff yet, so it sounds like that might fix itself.

Do you mainly mean outside of meme/shitpost/adjacent communities? They absolutely know the value of the aesthetic, so I think you can count on it sticking around in some circles at least.

I wish dynamic support for user preferences was more of a thing. I like really dense displays of information with small text. Basically, the more a UI resembles a spreadsheet the better. Mobile interfaces almost universally have far too much white space for my taste, so I’m one of those people that’s pretty much always going to want the PDF even on a phone screen. I recognize why that would suck for a lot of people though.

Short rant: Your first sentence touches on a microcosm of a much larger problem. Nuance and context are disappearing everywhere. As far as threats to society go, it’s in my number one spot, and we really need more people actively dismantling it like this, so thanks.

Can I ask you what GPU driver version you’re running? I’m running a 7900 XTX as well and recently encountered some stability issues after a driver update (trying to support gaming and AI stuff at the same time). The latest version I could find as a recommendation for similar issues was 24.12.1.

Before I forget, can I ask you what GPU driver version you’re running? I recently encountered some stability issues after a driver update (trying to support gaming and AI stuff at the same time), and the latest version I could find any stability claims for was 24.12.1.

Ooo… I’m running a 7900 XTX as well. Having 24GB without the Nvidia tax has been super nice for AI stuff. I have a 16GB 6900 XT running in another computer, and a lot of my AI model selection is still sized for it. I may need to stop procrastinating and copy your setup sooner rather than later.

Maybe we have different expectations on roasting levels then. I’m particularly thinking of all the comments making fun of Linus doing a fresh install at a LAN event, picking PopOS again, setting himself up to fail changing all his devices at once to one distro constrained by handheld support, etc. For an honest followup advice video, I’d expect them to consult with someone like Wendell first, so I wouldn’t actually expect it to be a bad video.

That video wouldn’t be for us. Also, the videos as they are are getting roasted heavily already, so it’s not like that’s gonna stop them.

I don’t think LTT’s approach is bad exactly. I really just take issue with their argument that “there are thousands of ‘switching to Linux’ videos on YouTube, so we don’t need to cover that ground again.” It’s ignoring the fact that, for better or worse, they have the biggest audience and furthest reach in the space. There’s still room for “we’re approaching this like normies would,” but I really think they need to close it up with “if you want to do this, here’s how to do it right.”

Are you trolling or do you genuinely believe that? I remember the original too. YouTube is applying AI filters on many old videos and reuploads, and the end result is distrust of many videos we used to trust.

It’s also worth checking out their Augmented Steam extension to get a lot of that directly on Steam Store pages.

I don’t think the positioning will feel too different from the Deck honestly. Your hands are going to be closer together holding the controller and thus rotated more inward. It looks like Valve rotated the grips and stick/button/trackpad triangles to match this angle, hence the lower sticks and tilted trackpads. The ergonomics on the Deck, original Steam Controller, Index controllers, and Index headset have all been great, so I trust them here.

Thanks for the reminder. I don’t think I encountered payment issues with the Deck (I used a credit card and was early enough to be in one of the April 2022 waves), but better safe than sorry.

Yeah, it is comforting. I still often spend more time optimizing my plan for a project than on actual progression. I also need reminders for very basic stuff. Some of my task lines are for stuff like feeding the cat, brushing my teeth, or charging my phone. My daily routine list is 200+ lines and would be unwieldy in anything other than a spreadsheet. Granted, many of those aren’t actually daily tasks.

This sounds like me. I’ve got a spreadsheet I go through daily with sections like “morning routine,” “returning routine,” “essential chores,” “dinner routine,” etc. It’s set up to turn tasks green when I complete them so I get just enough of a dopamine hit to continue. There’s also a dedicated column that’s basically for “you’ve determined this is the optimal way to do this task after countless iterations; stop trying to rethink it and just do it.”

I haven’t had a noise problem in a long time, but my last two theater visits (both PHM) both had seat kicking incidents.

And yes, I always drive to a theater a town over because of visual quality. I saw Dune with some friends at a local theater, and all the bright desert shots were ruined by wrinkles in the screen.

At this point, I’m probably averaging less than one theater visit per year.

Thanks for the new fear.