JoshCodes

https://youtu.be/tdIUMkXxtHg

TL;DW Conclusions are that science can’t measure attention span accurately, but the video paints a picture that there are bad effects from watching short form content due to the lack of agency rather than the length.

Just saying this because if you spend even 5 seconds thinking about it, how would you scientifically measure attention span? You probably can’t because its impossible to track peoples thoughts. There’s lots of interesting attempts but they kinda suck, like measuring how often workers switch windows at work.

Microsoft is usually the cited source for attention span being less than a goldfish and as usual they are full of shit.

Yeah, thought I’d make a stupid joke out of it. Figured we all knew what you meant anyway

1GB may not be enough and could prove challenging for a first time user, even with a minimal Linux install… Though I’m not an arch user myself so probably just a skill issue now that I think of it

No one is claiming that…

Are you going to have a go at C++ then for compiling the game in the first place? Ooo let’s have a yell at assembly for running the game too. Maybe Intel or AMD could cop some shit for performing the instructions, Nvidia as well just to be sure.

I’m not the other person, if it’s conflicting then idk what to tell you. I work in security, but I’m not the biggest expert on proton. I know enough to understand it’s not an emulator, it’s a compatibility layer, and that means it runs the code that was written to the best of it’s ability, on your hardware. Happens to run as you. You’re having a go at the environment, i.e. the packages and software that makes the game run, for the actions you and the game developers made. Don’t run spyware if you don’t like spyware, or run it elsewhere.

Can the games scan your drive where your user can navigate? Yes, they have to. Can they see other programs that are running? Yes, they have to. Can they read, edit and make changes? Yes, they have to. Can they capture input in other software? Not unless you’re on Xorg, then probably. Can they make web requests and send your data outside the machine? Yes, obviously they have to.

Congrats, it’s spyware if it wants to be.

Why would you make this a proton/wine convo when you are clearly unhappy with the practices used by the companies making the software. This isn’t about the compatibility layer you’re using, reframe your thinking. If you ran malware, Proton would say “yeah sure bud let me get that for you” and would run that shit. Proton isn’t an antivirus or a security tool.

Also, privacy and security are completely different. Privacy is the right to not be observed, think anonymity. Security is the control of access, think authentication and authorisation. If you’re attempting to run software on your user account, you’ve authorised it to run as you. Therefore every action you do that doesn’t require a password is possible, if improbable. But yeah, they can see other open software, it can view your files and it can see your hardware. It needs to. It’s a compatibility layer. It’s still just software you ran on your machine.

I repeat, if you run spyware, you get spyware. You’ve just given it the tools to work cross platform.