abir_vandergriff

abir_vandergriff , 10 months ago to linux in Fuck it, give me your most OVERRATED Distros

I like a pretty much stock with tweaks KDE, personally. Nice and simple, utilitarian, but not necessarily minimal.

I’ve never really cared for the MacOS visual style though.

abir_vandergriff , 10 months ago to technology in Don't expect quick fixes in 'red-teaming' of AI models. Security was an afterthought

I tried to get it to tell me how long it would take to eat a helicopter, as it’s one of the model’s pre-built prompts and thought it would be funny. Went through every AI coercive tactic that’s been thrown around and it just repeatedly said no and that I should be respectful and responsible about the thing. It was quite aggressive and annoying about it.

abir_vandergriff , 10 months ago to programmer_humor in data secured

I’ve questioned it before when I just didn’t watch where it went, but it usually takes just a few seconds to figure it out most of the time.

Now Android on the other hand…

abir_vandergriff , 11 months ago to gaming in Out of the way FROMSoft, Pokémon Sleep is now the hardest game ever created

You might need a new a different bed. That and exercising regularly completely killed my lower back pain.

abir_vandergriff , 11 months ago to technology in Which is your preferred smartwatch/fitness tracker?

I just wish it tacked my heart rate a little better while I’m working out. Mine loses track what seems like immediately once I start sweating a little. It can recover with a little jostle or sometimes moving the band up a notch if possible, but man it’s annoying.

abir_vandergriff , 11 months ago to technology in The Release Date and Key Features of Windows 12 Unveiled

My cynical take - it’s what MacOS looks like and they’ve been throwing away their own identity to copy Apple for years now.

abir_vandergriff , 11 months ago to gaming in whats a game that you got significantly far into, only to realize you were doing something wrong or missing a key feature/ability altogether?

And you can make Acrobatics a class skill for super fuck you hard mode. I didn’t know this as a 13 year old playing Oblivion, and I thought “levels good” and wondered why I couldn’t get into the game for years until I learned about this little “quirk” of the leveling system.

abir_vandergriff , 11 months ago to gaming in Best sub-20 hour games?

Oh man, it’s so good. It’s my favorite game in recent memory and it’s only competition is probably Hollow Knight.

Don’t look anything up, this game is super easy to spoil because of the way the exploratory puzzles are set up.

abir_vandergriff , 11 months ago to gaming in Best sub-20 hour games?

Depending on your puzzle solving abilities, Outer Wilds (not Outer Worlds!) should only take around 15-20 hours.

Extra bonus, it can be played in very short sessions very easily and has a great in-game log of events in case you have to put it down for a little while.

abir_vandergriff , 1 year ago to gaming in I don't get why there was positive buzz around Sonic Frontiers. It's not a good game

It certainly wasn’t incredible, but for Sonic a 6-7/10 is basically a 9/10 to hardcore Sonic fans. That’s okay, and it means the game inherently isn’t for everyone. It’s got lots of issues, but I think if you can look past the surface level details it has a lot that it does right too.

It’s definitely, from the position of a jaded fan who tried it after years of ignoring (and occasionally playing because they’re so bad) Sonic releases because of the poor quality, the best release in a long time.