Discussion Comfy Café #14

Every sentence with the word AI in it always ends up ruining my day

 

@Gobb
@Laraib
@Phenom

4 GB VRAM GPUs are going to make a big comeback, apparently.

However, AAA game devs will absolutely never optimize their games to use less than 4 GB VRAM. You see a game using 6 GB VRAM, when it should theoretically be using less than 3 GB (Halo: Campaign Evolved being a prime example of this).

Basically, we gamers are caught between predatory AI bros, predatory RAM/GPU manufacturers, and game devs/publishers who no longer give a damn.

Yeah. I have. And he isn't the only journalist looking into AI cos. He is just the most famous one.

Goodnight, groin punter.

Want me to ruin your day even more?

The RAM and storage manufacturers can supposedly meet the demand (at least the current demand levels as of August-September 2026) for memory and storage with only moderate difficulty. They just want to kill older RAM versions quickly and jack up prices greatly on more current products for everyone - from AI tech bros to the average end consumer. This isn't even a conspiracy theory. There were lawsuits and investigations regarding this in the US, Canada, and the US. Heck, Samsung Germany's CEO was sentenced to eight months in prison over artificial product shortages and price-fixing charges. Samsung's main RAM manufacturing division in Fake Korea recorded a profit of USD 61 billion in FY 2025-26. Just to clarify: That is not USD 61 billion in turnover. That is just the profit.

These people are just using the AI boom as an excuse to fvck with everyone. And I do mean 'everyone'. They're fvcking with even the AI tech bros.

 

This makes me want to punch someone

 

@Gobb
@Laraib
@Blazing Storm

My wife has a relative in DRDO. Apparently, they will finish shifting from Windows to Maya OS (which is based on Ubuntu) every single system in every single DRDO office and factory (as well as in the offices of the Defence Ministry) and also every Ministry of Information Technology office by the end of next month.

Maya OS was developed by the DRDO itself, by the way.

Half of Europe will also see government and central bank computers shift to Linux (many of them being proprietary Linux distros developed specifically by the national governments) by the end of this year or end of 2027. Ditto for Brazil, several African nations, China, Turkey, and several other Asian nations.

Considering that most of these big tech capitalists get away with some truly unspeakable crimes; what is needed are not fists. These people need to be dealt with via small pieces of conical metal traveling at supersonic velocities, if you know what I mean.

The Bolsheviks were right.

 

That's cool. I wonder how ubuntu goes against windows security wise?

 

Debian, Ubuntu (which is a fork of Debian), Fedora are probably the three most secure Linux distros. Hell, most servers and data centres around the world run Debian, while Ubuntu and its forks are trusted by the banks and even militaries of Switzerland and France (both nations recently switched from Windows). That should tell you a lot.

 

Be interesting to see the rise of 8bit gaming again or retro arcade style.

 

I feel as though people who work on the game itself also don't give a damn any more, because they have this looming threat of termination hanging over their heads. The greedy corpos and shareholders have killed all the passion.

At least that is the situation in the west. Japan and China are a different matter entirely.

 

Fell from my bed last night, with all of my weight focused on my left knee. Currently in immense pain, unable to bend my left leg properly, using a walking cane.

 

get well soon man

 

Electronic Asshole has closed studios and laid off workers who made massive hits that did well financially. Ditto for Ubishit and Epic.

At worst it might be an hairline fracture. Going to a doctor and getting my knee x-ray'd later today.