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Oh that makes sense. I also now just realized all the RoR2 maps are pre made, you just randomize the order you see them in, and the enemies that spawn there (within a fixed set)

Rogue had you start from scratch with a new character in a random map every time.

Rogue-like games initially meant you start from scratch in a new random world, but you incrementally improve your experience by small buffs you can buy, or changing your starting equipment / skills (sometimes by changing out which character you start as).

Rogue-like has slowly changed to mean "start over regularly but slowly unlock new items/buffs/equipment/characters/etc to help you further explore a world which may or may not be random"

So it applies to games like Risk of Rain (and 2), Balatro, Dead Cells, and Rogue Legacy, just to name a few examples (though 3 of those are 2d platformers with randomly generated worlds if I remember right...).

But yeah it seems to have morphed into a broadly used term for games where you get better over time through purchasing permanent buffs and whatnot (as well as natural skill), but are forced to restart any time you die.

Vampire Survivors and other similar style games have you constantly restarting when you die so I think the term fits as a partial descriptor.

Maybe we could adopt the idle/clicker game term Prestige, but that's more of a voluntary restart when you hit a wall and can't progress, so I don't think it quite works.

Kirkland Costco, admittedly 2-3 weeks ago. Something like $9.59 for two dozen.

Something between $9 and $10 on the price tag is what I remember.

No idea what it is now.

Penis. I can say penis. Can you say penis?

Technically Teams uses a lot of underlying Skype technology iirc.

This statement is entirely useless without also reading the Privacy Notice.

When you type in "https://lemmy.world/", guess what? They kind of need to know where you're going in order to process that request. They are processing that url. At least within the browser.

If you take the time to read the Privacy Notice, they point out the data that actually gets stored by them. Also they point out all the stuff that never leaves your device and is only processed within the browser on your machine. Guess what, your browsing history is one of those things that never leaves the machine.

"Mozilla collects certain data, like technical and settings data, to provide the core functionality of the Firefox browser and associated services, distinguish your device from others, remember and respect your settings, and provide you with default features such as New Tab, PDF editing, password manager and Total Cookie Protection. You can further customize your Firefox experience by adjusting your controls, buttons, and toolbars and adding features with add-ons."

Great, if I signed in to my account in Firefox and asked it to mirror saved bookmarks and passwords across all my devices... How do you think it's going to do that without sending data to Mozilla's servers? Don't turn on those features and the data doesn't get stored. Awesome.

Okay, cool... What about stuff it doesn't collect?

"Firefox processes a variety of personal data in a way that does not leave your device, such as browsing history, web form data, temporary internet files, and cookies. This means the data stays on your device and is not sent to Mozilla’s servers unless it says otherwise in this Notice. If you choose to allow it, your precise location may also be processed for location-related functionality for websites like Google Maps; this data is only accessed from your device by the website(s) you choose to enable it for — it is not sent to Mozilla's servers."

Cool, so all the privacy things I care about.... Never actually leave my device?

Awesome. Oh hey they say something about search here...

"When you perform a search in Firefox, your search query, device data and location data will be processed by your default search engine (according to their applicable Privacy Notice) to provide your search results and search suggestions."

Well if I want Google / Bing / DuckDuckGo search results... I guess it's gonna have to send them my search request. Makes sense.

Oh Firefox also shows it's own search results but... Oh cool I can disable those and no data will be sent to Mozilla.

" [...] Mozilla processes certain technical and interaction data, such as how many searches you perform, how many sponsored suggestions you see and whether you interact with them. Mozilla's partners receive de-identified information about interactions with the suggestions they've served. You can enable or disable Search suggestions at any time."

Maybe take the time to read everything before you spread FUD.

The real question is what resolution. My 6900 XT with no FSR and no raytracing, at 1440p, could do 63fps average but sadly stuttered at times. I forget the exact graphics settings but generally high / ultra because I was pushing it to see if it would do it.

At 4k I'd probably get half that.

Capcom specifically does two releases of Monster Hunter by two different studios, sort of alternating, for this reason.

MH World and Icebreak were the "fancy PC / Console games"

Then MH Rise and Sunbreak were the "mobile" releases.

Now MH Wilds is another "fancy PC / Consoles" release.

So Capcom does actually account for this.

All UK machines, phones, and servers should just remove all root certificates. Can't trust encryption right?

X509Brexit.

Then they wouldn't have to interact with any part of the encrypted internet.

Launched day one on Xbox Game pass for PC so that's where I'm playing it.

My understanding is 32-bit PhysX games are broken.

64-bit compiled games are fine.

Nice! You should read the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks if you like Fantasy novels.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/291662-lightbringer