I agree, soma definitely parallels weed much more closely, but I don't think it's a perfect match. Huxley imagines a drug a bit more insidious, without obviously negative side effects, and with somewhat unrealistic(imo) intended effects.
Perhaps you're confusing enjoyment with necessity. Iteration is necessary to build a good game, but I want to minimize iteration time as much as possible so I can finish the game.
In that sense, the process is the enemy. A long, laborious process kills games.
Yeah, I don't think this is anything revolutionary. I was thinking they were actually doing something a-la DOOM's pseudo 3D, but no, this is definitely just downscaled 3D.
By temporal I refer to DLSS, FSR, TSR, etc. In this game's case, I imagine it's not as simple as downscaling, there is probably some shader work involved similar to this:
Temporal sampling techniques do (in supported titles) have the option to supersample and generate higher resolution images, but they are most commonly used to efficiently downsample for FPS gains with minimal quality degradation.
From the Wikipedia page for DLSS:
The goal of these technologies is to allow the majority of the graphics pipeline to run at a lower resolution for increased performance, and then infer a higher resolution image from this that approximates the same level of detail as if the image had been rendered at this higher resolution. This allows for higher graphical settings and/or frame rates for a given output resolution, depending on user preference.
The gap this fills is simple: those who just want a flashy arch installation to post on socials. These people have no concerns about quality because they haven’t used Linux extensively and aren’t using their OS for genuine work.
There are numerous other, much more professional and vetted distributions that will better serve you. If you had read the article you’d not be making this comment.
Non work as good as omarchy for my very light web development needs at home.
Starts with very simple things, like podman with its improved security getting in my way, or copy paste not working the same in all apps and terminals.
I unfortunately have not a lot of time, between my familie, friends, hobbys and job.
Tbh the reduced/sensible security is most likely one of omarchys selling points.
As always, there are some nebulous "processional" and "vetted" (by whom) distirbutions that will serve "better" (what is the definition of "better")? And it's always a different set. The article doesn't even pretend to qualify why the distributions it picked are better. It even goes as far as saying "If that’s still not to your liking, maybe explore something completely different." and links to distrowatch, as if that's helpful
I've installed and used vanilla Arch from scratch on at least three different machines, but this time around I wanted Arch on a ThinkPad but didn't want to spend a few hours configuring and ricing it to my liking.
What a ridiculous attempt at gatekeeping. People like you are the reason why regular people shun so many communities --- including Linux.
I have used linux since red hat 5.0 in the 1990s, and I think this distro is a great idea. If it helps people switch to libre/free software, then that is a good thing indeed.
I’m not gatekeeping. This is something I have seen time and time again. I have no animosity towards these people, I am glad to see more people working with Linux, but it is a fact that they are not concerned about the quality of the software they run. That’s why they’re running Omarchy.
People who need "help" to switch, from what I've seen, are realistically going to care more about the included DE/WM than anything else. Any number of distros offer Windows-migration-friendly options like Cinnamon (and bundle popular software like LibreOffice, even if there are better alternatives and even forks). And the newcomers really do need to get used to a well-thought-out package manager rather than training to curl | sh all the things.
For a new user that would prefer a familiar DE, linux mint and elementary is a good choice. If you’re willing to learn a new OS but wants to start quick, I would recommend Fedora.
Anything else is better suited when you have opinions about the ecosystem.
Also the tech-influencers like tj and primeagen hyping this hard. I sometime wonder when out industry went to shit. Its all AI slop and hype influencers these days.
'The world continuing to go on' is the status quo and has been for millenia at this point. Sure, the argument can be made that the world will end eventually, but if we do not have our reference timescale, what do we have? People aren't afraid that the world will eventually end (because 'eventually' should be thousands of years from now), people are afraid the world will end NOW, which does nullify your experience and efforts on the subjective human timescale. Life as we know it continuing to go on without ambiguity on our confidence to prevent world-ending events does resolve those anxieties.
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