[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Interesting. I've only had Steam since 2017 but currently it's the slowest it's ever been.

It takes 20s to start and 5s to shut down on fast hardware. This is 6x slower than the electron-based open source Heroic launcher. It's also 20x slower than opening a web browser, considerably slower than opening Word, LibreOffice, unmodded Factorio, Kdenlive (a full-featured video editor), Cities Skylines 2 (known for poor optimization lol), or even the 11GB Quartus Prime (used for programming FPGAs) It's not far off from Windows itself.

The only apps slower to open than Steam are large games, some pro-level software, and the absolutely horrific MS Teams desktop app and Epic Games Store.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

You mean rent premium (it's a subscription of course)

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

There's no way that can be legal. I generally support Valve but that is monopolistic as hell.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I'm not the most knowledgeable on this subject, but I'm curious to learn more.

Why do various toolkits have major releases that seem to reset the features of the last one?

GTK 3 seems like GTK 2 but slower to me, and before the transition was even complete GTK 4 showed up, which just seems like GTK 3 but a bit different. Qt 5 works really well and is efficient on resources, so why are we switching to Qt 6? It seems like reinventing the desktop over and over again.

I understand updates for the kernel for compatibility, small to medium updates to all software for bug fixes and new features, and major updates to toolkits when there are big problems with the current release (X vs Wayland for example). Or if the current release was unreliable and bloated, which I heard was what happened with Qt 4 and why they switched to 5. But I also heard Qt 3 was really stable and lightweight, so why did they switch away from it?

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Over-ear for me (both for wired and wireless). In-ear devices will fall off my ears every 5 minutes.

For a specific recommendation, I'd recommend the Monoprice BT600-ANC. It has really good ANC for just $100-$150, good battery life, and the sound quality of it is on par with my $70 wired headphones. You can also use it with a wire (albeit without ANC) if the battery dies.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

My demands in Cities Skylines 2 is just endless low density sprawl. My citizens don't want anything else despite them whining over high rent while the low rent zoning stays empty. How do you have actual demands for larger buildings?

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Why are you getting downvoted? This would make an EV more fun to drive even if it isn't the "real thing" and makes it slower within the mode.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

How does a country of 1.4 billion have 6 billion people with less than 1000 RMB/mo of disposable income?

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Discord takes about 6-8 seconds for me, but if you think that's bad Steam takes 3 times that time for me.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I'm 19-20 and I'm from the eastern part of the US.

In a car, I have about 8 hours of experience and could do it in a pinch, although I'd feel unconfident with it.

On a motorcycle, I have about 20 hours of more recent experience and I feel fairly comfortable with it.

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

No because I never had them in the first place. But they make me less willing to subscribe.

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