Yeah that’s a good point, on second read I see that the only mention of kernel-level anticheat made in the article were by the author, and nothing from the Valve rep themselves. Maybe I reacted too soon, and Valve is just trying to get devs warmed up to the idea of using better and less-intrusive anticheat systems.

No thanks, Valve. One reason I switched to Linux was a game ecosystem absent root-level surveillance software. There are many other, better ways to discourage cheating in games.

I decided that no video game is worth handing over the reigns of my personal computer at a root level to a corporation.

Something about the kind of person who has such a need to prove their ability to shoot other people in a game that they’re willing to give a corporation complete control over their home PC…

Google Murray Bookchin.

Yeah at this point the anticheat of the multiplayer military fps genre really is the opiate of the masses keeping windows at the top of gaming market share. Because no OS besides windows would ever allow for something so wildly insecure.

I play the genre, in fact PUBG is one of my favorite games (Judge me as you will), but I made the decision a few years back that my control over my own computer, my privacy and security in my own home, my ideological rejection of the stranglehold microsoft has over the home PC, were all more important than my ability to play a handful of violent, samesie, DoD-funded military apologia.

I have zero regrets. I do miss PUBG from time to time. But no, in the end it wasn’t really an excuse to not switch.

Half of them I did wait, yeah. Plus they were indoor hydroponic grown (People think I’m growing weed in that room but really I grow everything except weed), so I presume supercharged.

Hello fellow communalist! Thank you for the nostalgia wave with the ICQ icon. I literally posted this a few days ago in anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com:

If I’m talking to a leftist, I’m an anarchist.

If I’m talking to anyone else I just talk around anarchism without saying the word.

But in all cases I’m lying, as I’m a communalist. It’s not worth dragging anyone down that rabbit hole!

I refer more to growing flowers at the main event. Most people I know who garden outside use flowers in the way you described.

I do however have one extremely “dudebro” guy friend who literally grew almost nothing but flowers for a few years, specifically to sell them to a florist :P

I grew jalapenos and no joke, they were too hot for me. Way hotter than store bought.

I believe it. My credit score had a knock against it because, and I quote: “Months since oldest auto trade opened”.

I guess cyclists who outright own two cars (An old hatchback and an old truck) are a credit risk.

Sorry for the legalized discrimination you faced, that feels a lot more egregious than mine.

I’ll be honest, I’ve never come across this.

I’ve known people who aren’t too keen on growing flowers, if only because it takes up space where they could be growing something more productive.

If I’m talking to a leftist, I’m an anarchist.

If I’m talking to anyone else I just talk around anarchism without saying the word.

But in all cases I’m lying, as I’m a communalist. It’s not worth dragging anyone down that rabbit hole!

In NYC there is a standing rule against cops giving chase in their vehicles, because statistics show cop chases are a large contributor to deaths, injuries, and property damage.

They commonly flaunted the rule under Eric Adams (Himself a cop), predictably resulting in more carnage. Hopefully the Mamdani administration reigns them back in.

This whole thread feels like a honeypot designed to get me to say something prosecutable.

I love all of you.

I am so painfully aware yes lol. Like my brain min-maxxed that specific attribute. But thanks! A lot of young people don’t know this.

In the case of my autism I was fortunate enough to not reflect it back on myself in most cases and instead was just frequently frustrated with how shockingly fickle, arbitrary, flighty, shortsighted, and ethically inconsistent other people seemed to be.

My mom did her best to turn it inward by always telling me I was “too judgemental” but she had already raised me with enough confidence and privledge by that point that instead of crushing my spirit it just made standing up for myself extra frustrating.

Yeah kid better learn to enjoy the drudgery imposed on you by institutions because it’s all you’ll be allowed til you die. /s

Seriously if this comic was trying to communicate the message to enjoy the time you have it’s sure shooting itself squarely in the foot with it’s scenario.

Oh by the way, which one is Pink?

If he can get his hands on a copy, I hear it was quickly out of stock at newstands this morning. They’re already up on eBay.