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  • bought myself Half-Life Alyx - Final Hours for less than 50p.
    this is such a good read! i really like interactive magazines and, especially, learning about behind the scenes of my fav game dev studio.
    i understand that everything written in there is extremely simplified, but it still leaves me feeling that working at Valve sounds incredibly awesome! not only Valve, i think gamedev in general can be a fun and fulfilling job! (when you are surrounded by the like-minded people and are not pressured by your bosses lol)
    anyways, is anyone of you travelers currently works in gamedev? would love to hear your personal opinion on the work you are doing and on the potential future of the industry!
    didn't sleep this night in order to fix my sleep schedule.
    body was literally BEGGING for me to go sleep and i almost fell asleep on the spot multiple times today (which is extremely unusual to me)
    anyways, glad this is over and i can finally go to bed. never again i will try this method lol =P
    just found my old screen recordings from my old pc. they are 5-6 hours long and weight 36 GB! it seems like i often forgot that i was recording my screen and then i just spent my evenings as normal.
    kinda insane to spectate myself going from playing tf2 to watching youtube and listening to music, to searching on how to fix my laptop, to searching tabs for "Never Fade Away" by Samurai and then back to playing tf2.
    absolutely surreal experience to be honest 0_0
    after playing Disco Elysium a little i suddenly remembered that i, too, have a big bottle of magnesium pills!
    now i'm taking them every day and hopefully, with time, ill be able to care as much as Cuno (he doesn't care)
    anyways, it is a good game!
    had absolutely the worst night in the past months. simply couldn't fall into deep sleep and it felt horrible.
    you just lay there, with closed eyes. unable to have rest. :melsd:
    just played a demo of Until Then. really cool game, will definitely buy it once i'll have the muneh.
    also was pleasantly surprised to learn that it was made in Godot Engine, because when the game crashed after trying to exit it it showed me the generic "Godot Engine is not responding"
    so many devs using Godot now, super exciting!
    after moving to uni and buying a "non-gaming" laptop, im extremely considering buying the steam deck.
    it would be absolutely the best time to buy the steam deck here, since they are on 15-25% sale at the moment, but unfortunately they got sold out already...
    endless_self
    endless_self
    @Amadis one of my teachers bought himself steam deck and it was super cool, that's why i kinda want to try that "console-like"s pc gaming experience of steam-os that everyone keeps buzzing about haha
    @Nyx9572 modern gaming is indeed expensive, that's why i usually resort to playing older timeless classics like Portal 2, TF2 and [LEGALLY OBTAINED BACKUP COPIES] of psp games! lately i was enjoying playing through metal gear solid peace walker using ppsspp emulator!
    doubleplusgood23
    doubleplusgood23
    @Nyx9572 - you think? I've found a lot of modern computers can run pretty well with mid-range specs now, especially old titles.
    If you want something a small and powerful maybe look into Thunderbolt GPU docks and used, discontinued Intel NUCs. There's also "Small Form Factor PCs" you can build (sffpc.reddit.com)

    @endless_self - I had a Steam deck and it was awesome, I just never play enough vidya to justify it. I do wonder if they'll be doing a refreshed model very soon though, the chip they were originally using is a bit long in the tooth compared to other handheld devices.
    BarnSwallow
    BarnSwallow
    I wholeheartedly recommend a Steam Deck if you can afford it and have a rich Steam library. "It just works" on most modern games, emulates stuff pretty well, and doubles as babies first Linux if you dig into it. I also use mine as a stream box via docking station. The only problem I've had is for some reason it can't output a 4:3 res to my CRT, but it can to my flatscreen. I don't know if that's a bug or faulty/unsupported adapters, but I'll live.
    i think i lost my ability to draw? (and feel enjoyment by the process)

    first started to draw because i wanted to make friends, but had no real interests but playing old source games (and gaming in general) and watching anime. my old drawings were absolutely dogwater, but i enjoyed the process!
    in college there wasn't much people that were drawing, but those who were - are still my friends)
    problem is: i stopped drawing about half a year ago due to exam prep and coursework. felt like i should draw the entire time, but had no time or was extremely tired.
    now, every time i try to draw it turns out absolutely horrible in comparison to my old works. it feels awful and extremely demotivating to draw as it just reminds me of the fact that i sold a part of my soul to achieved the success i've dreamed about. :agcrybl:
    RisingThumb
    RisingThumb
    @endless_self I'd suggest 2 things. Inquire in yourself what actually interests you, and helps and hurts you in the long run, and cut what you want. Sometimes you lose interest in a permanent way, and that's not something to feel bad about(but figure out if it is permanent first!). Secondly, no 0% days. Even if all you draw is a short doodle, or a brief idea, it's something you've done. Even if it's just an idea, enough of them can make great things.

    The parable of the tortoise and hare, and the parable of the pottery class are also worth keeping in mind.

    Also this Jonathan blow talk might be worth a watch if it's a struggle against feelings of malaise or demotivation
    endless_self
    endless_self
    @BarnSwallow it would be very helpful to hear your friend's advice on that. private message me on agora when you will have the time. thank you in advance!
    @VaporwaveHistorian i remember one of my friends used to copy drawings from pinterest for fun and told me that it can improve your skill over time. I will try doing that for a while, until i'll actually figure out something of my own. thank you!
    @Waninem thank you for kind words. its just that before my progress in drawing was looking exponentially-improving, but now it looks like i've accumulated enough rust to stop myself from improving or even doing anything ;-;
    @RisingThumb it would be quite difficult for me to let go some of my hobbies as, even if i'm not good at them anymore, i still hold them dear to my heart. i will try drawing something small everyday, maybe a little doodle on the side of the notes? either way, thank you for the advice. i appreciate it <3
    SophiaHaven
    SophiaHaven
    I know it's demotivating. But we humans never truly forget anything. I think you'll find that even if your drawings seem far worse in comparison to your last work, you'll be able to quickly build back up to that level of quality. Much more quickly than the first time around, and that's an encouraging thought, isn't it?

    If you ever want to share your creative work or maybe collab (I can write poems to accompany your art), my DM's are always open.

    頑張れ!
    tried uninstalling mint from my secondary drive, and now grub bootloader is being stupid as it can't find the linux partition.
    now i can't boot into win 10 as well. basically im locked out of my puter.
    tried to search for a fix online, and did a bunch of fuckery with the terminal, but it had absolutely no results.
    if any of you knows how to disable grub and restore windows bootmgr, i would appreciate some advice!
    my head is cracking from this stuff :mad:
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    endless_self
    endless_self
    ill try removing linux entries, ill see if that helps
    endless_self
    endless_self
    managed to restore the bootloader after a lot, and i mean A LOT of tinkering using CMD in a recovery USB.
    in short, first the i had to override the grub, then point the bootloader at the correct partition, where windows OS is.
    not difficult, if i would to account for all crap that i had to endure. most of the time i've spent fixing this piece of junk was spent on troubleshooting which is frustrating as hell.
    anyways, messing with the bootloader broke most of my windows anyway, so ill have to recover it from scratch(
    anyways, thanks for help and advice!
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    mauer
    mauer
    you should archive this
    multi-cookers are the best, dude. just fry some meat, throw in some vegetables and and top it with some canned beans/corn. wait 1 hour and BOOM - super delicious, homemade, warm and healthy stew! (i made one rn and i'm happily eating it nom-nom-nom)
    and you can do all sorta stuff in them! rice? zero effort. soup? you're at the right place! pies?! YOU BET!
    plus a small bonus is that they are waaaay more power efficient than any oven as it uses different method of heating/preparing food.
    absolutely god-sent. god bless the person who invented them. :agsmile:

    ((this message was NOT sponsored by any multi-cooker manufacturer or brand, i just LOVE this underrated piece of modern technology!))
    just received 50+ notifications of Agora Gang Tags... insane!
    BlackControlBoxer
    BlackControlBoxer
    you will pay the tax human

    Msn Messenger GIF - Msn Messenger Nudge - Gif's ontdekken en delen
    Shantotto
    Shantotto
    happy 1 year
    getting my exam results tomorrow.
    scary, exciting and simply interesting how well me and lads did on our exams.
    wish me luck, travelers!
    finally got my hands on a Tron: Legacy dvd.
    this piece of media single-handedly made me think that computers are cool.
    the root partition got corrupted after migrating linux to a new ssd so now i have to reinstall mint and re-import my stuff from windows. again...
    im only sad to lose all of my death stranding screenshots i've done recently, but other than that i didn't lose much data.
    im mad but i have no idea who im mad at. :mad:
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    @Devastatia giving away your own precious data to some databrokers to control it "own it with the help of some legal terms of bullshit." and allow the access to it if you acting like a good little doggy.

    With this effort give all your money and belongings to the government,they take a good care for it. I'm sure about it.

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    endless_self
    endless_self
    @Devastatia heard about a dude that got his arch booting through google cloud. while "cloud" is a bullshit term, i still thing that the idea of running your system using external data is kinda cool!
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