On 8/8/2020 at 3:50 AM, Bo Carter said:I know one game that isn't Microsoft that requires DX12, Death Stranding which is by Sony.
I wasn't aware it was DX12 only, fair enough, so 5.5 years if we start getting some more DX12 ones
On 8/9/2020 at 6:42 AM, BTGBullseye said:You mentioned a "spiritual successor" to Deus Ex... Were you referring to Cyberpunk 2077 in a hopeful manner? (I'm looking forward to it, but it has almost the same sort of hype that DXHR and DXMD had, though I trust CDPR to deliver much better results)
I wasn't referring to anything actually, just that maybe in the future an indie dev could make something in a similar vein. As for Cyberpunk 2077, I've been intentionally staying in the dark on it, my guess is it's going to be sort of an outlook from another time looking at an alternative reality, but I really don't know. I'm not expecting it to be prophetic, just awesome.
On 8/8/2020 at 12:08 PM, Steve the Pocket said:As far as console exclusives go, I'm ambivalent on the subject and definitely don't think it should be illegal. I mean, what, are you going to make it legally mandatory that every game be ported to at least a second platform in order to be allowed to exist?
I KNEW somebody was going to draw that conclusion and was hesitant whether I should spell it out in the video. Answer: no. I'm saying it should be illegal for contracts to state that the developer can NOT release on another platform. If they don't want to port to another platform by their own volition, that's fine. I'm not saying they should be REQUIRED to release on something else. I realize this is a really radical stance to take, but it's literally what was in place for movies for a long time.
On 8/9/2020 at 12:50 AM, discordia said:please add a content warning, i was not prepared for the hyper climate change stuff.
This might literally be the last video I make where I get into heavy topics (aside from dead games, I'm not done with that). I just kind of wanted to get it out of the way. I'm not kidding about wanting to go back to the escapism side!
On 8/9/2020 at 4:30 PM, PoignardAzur said:I think your summary of the Microsoft vs IRS article is a bit misleading.
I simplified it for sure, the article is a good read. Your take on it is apt, however it ALSO includes the massive defunding, so it's a combo-punch. True, it doesn't literally mean it's codified they are above the law, I just see this as a significant change historically. The IRS had them, but they fought back by essentially exerting power over the agency itself and it's going to leave a substantial impact on the agency. I've only seen evasion tactics in the past, not actual power plays like this.
QuoteAs I said in the Youtube comments, I went back to notes sent to me by a family member of mine, who works in raw material trading, and specializes in gold and oil. I initially thought you were being pessimistic, and that demand would just start falling as oil prices rose, but a few other articles old the subject told me that, nope, demand keeps increasing no matter what.
Oh it will decline with a major MAJOR collapse, but by then it almost doesn't matter. With all the talk of renewable energy, the #1 use of oil is in transportation. Demand can grow and fall, but demand for GOODS, like FOOD, can only drop so much! My understanding is we're decades behind where we need to be on that in order to have a smooth transition and that's assuming an otherwise normal infrastructure and economy. Some bad times coming!
QuoteClimate change: The situation is slightly less dire than you make it sound.
I can believe slightly less dire, I really am lost on the time table, I feel proud I thought of The Mist analogy for my perception on the matter. I think we're in agreement that it's all about trajectory. If I saw WWII-levels of change occurring on this, I wouldn't be making foregone conclusions, but we're really not on a good path.
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Personally speaking, I don't hold out much hope for political solutions. Technological solutions (hydrogen engines, better electricity production, carbon sinks) might be our only hope.
I didn't even get as pessimistic as I could have. Since global warming isn't the only threat on the table. There's just the plain footprint of humanity which is devastating the ecosystem in other way. Maybe we can engineer our way out of it, maybe we can't. I always think of the faith in technology solutions being the equivalent of pulling an all nighter to prepare for a test instead of studying ahead. Maybe it will be enough, maybe it won't!
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(I disagree with the "infinite growth is not sustainable in a finite world" school of thought, but that's a different matter)
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I could almost be willing to do a debate on that. At some point, you run into Newton's conversation of energy being issue. I guess if you got into real sci-fi territory, like the mass generators in Supreme Commander, you open up options, but I think ultimately there are limits. I think of Moore's Law. It held true a LONG time, but eventually stopped working due to physical limitations.
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with global carbon tax schemes so that polluters are the ones who pay to offset the pollution they create, but if we can get that right, net carbon emissions might be reduced to zero decades before even our most optimistic scenarios.
Well you JUST SAID you don't hold out hope for political solutions, that's 100% a political solution.
Anyway, If anyone was confused, my purpose wasn't to be doom and gloom, but more I feel like too many discussions on climate bury the lede, whereas I'm coming at this from a "let's assume we're going to continue not being smart collectively and figure out where that takes us" perspective. Hey, it's not like I KNOW, I'm in the fog of badness!
20 hours ago, PoignardAzur said:Really, it's just that sometimes Ross talks in great detail about a subject, with a lot of really smart arguments, and I completely disagree with the conclusion, so my "someone is wrong on the internet" mode activates.
To be honest I'm not even sure we have a complete disagreement on the conclusion, from what you were saying it sounds like I drift 10% one direction, you drift 10% the other.