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- Comment on Harry and Ron were always bored in class because Rowling's magic system is boring as hell 3 days ago:
Not any more than your average school kid I’d say. There are many subjects that are or can be interesting that are thought in schools. Doesn’t mean you have to live doing homework on them. One thing is doing something because you enjoy it - another is doing something because you are told so.
There are also other subjects not related to practicing magic directly. And the homework is usually essays too
- Comment on In a thousand years, will historians regard today as the digital dark ages? 1 week ago:
I’ve seen “post factual” thrown around the most
- Comment on After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad 2 weeks ago:
That’s my understanding, yes
- Comment on After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad 2 weeks ago:
The age of Notepad having a paywall has arrived, with the simple writing software now prompting users to sign into a Microsoft account to access new tools such as Rewrite, a new feature that uses artificial intelligence to rewrite highlighted text.
It should be noted that you can still use Notepad without a Microsoft account, and users can go as far as removing the Rewrite icon completely from Notepad.
- Comment on is it wrong/selfish to cut contact with my trump-supporting father? 2 weeks ago:
By definition it is selfish I’d say. BUT! Huge “but” here, like you wouldn’t believe - sometimes it is alright to be selfish. Sometimes you just need to put yourself first. This is most definitely one of those times.
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- Comment on What is a season pass in computer games? 2 weeks ago:
I will provide a point of view of someone who is a bit more pro “live service game” concept.
While I agree these can be scummy it depends on the game. I see them as evolution of the subscription model on which most MMORPGs functioned back in the day (and few big ones and several niche ones still do). You used to pay monthly sub to be able to play the game, now you have the opportunity to pay for the season pass. Depending on specific game you get content for free (no neex to pay the sub to access the content) and alonv with the content they will launch a season pass which gives you some goodies for playing. Gives them engagement numbers and expectable revenue stream.
In the above model, I usually decide whether I like the content that they bring and if I would realistically play it enough to get majority ofnthe rewards from the pass (because, and this isnthe worst part - once the season ends in 99% of the cases the pass goes away and its rewards are gone forever if you didn’t have time to earn them). Then there are also games like Destiny where the content is not free but tied to the pass, so you basically purchase x months of content (+the rewards from the pass).
There are many shades of season passes - some could be considered fair, some are alright, some are ignorable and some are bad. All of them are made to make money - which in a live service game is I think fair, as they need to fund the ongoing developement. It all depends on the way they want to takenyour money: can be used as a nice bonus you can purchase if you are enjoying the game - in which case I’m fine with it. It can be used so they want to manipulate you through various way to feel forced to purchase - in which case I’m very much oposed to it.
Though I think we all agree that the part when the rewards you purchased are only available temporarily is a scam and shouldn’t be a thing - and I do realize I will be called out here for sometimes purchasing them. I try to view them as simply making a voluntary payment for the content I got from the devs. And the rewards tied to it a bonus.
- Comment on Started Kingdom Come: Deliverance 1 Today 2 weeks ago:
It is not as bad if you approach it with open mind. I’m the person who quicksaves twice before hitting “save and exit” so it definitely took effort but the saves are not that bad. It is definitely more tedious at start, later you have enough resources to use the Saviour Shnaps (the item that lets you save whenever) more. Game also saves when you sleep so you just need to go to sleep when able and it’s alright. I don’t remember gear breaking tbh but you probably do have to do some maintenance on i to keep using it.
As OP says, it is very slow burn and can be difficult at start because the combat can be a bit janky, due to it being very different to what you may be used to - uses direcional inputs in a similar way as For Honor does, but has more directions. So you have to get used to thay but also your character is literal peasant who knows shit (you even have to learn to read) so it takes time for both you and your character to get decent at stuff. But I found it worth it.
- Comment on Anything tempting you? 1 month ago:
Jesus Christ be praised!
- Comment on Sony is working on Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2 movies 1 month ago:
Wasn’t there a Horizon show that was cancelled recently?
- Comment on Dell kills the XPS brand 1 month ago:
Which one is better, Pro or Max?
Dell Pro Max Plus, obviously.
- Comment on How does patientgamers feel about free games on Epic? 2 months ago:
You can claim directly from Heroic btw, just go to “Stores”
- Comment on Why BlueSky Isn’t the Alternative to X (Formerly Twitter) You’re Looking For — and Why Mastodon Is the Better Choice Over X, Threads, and BlueSky 3 months ago:
So you are saying Mastodon won’t take off because people need to choose a server but also because having a “default” where majority will ptobably end up is bad - but this is literally the solution to the problem you mentioned
- Comment on Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-reckoning, do you remember the original one? 3 months ago:
Never really got into it but really loved the concept.
Also RIP the MMO that should’ve been.
- Comment on Lab Assistant Jobs 3 months ago:
Just the fact you thought of this confirms your identity
- Comment on Lab Assistant Jobs 3 months ago:
Calm down Satan
- Comment on In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment? 4 months ago:
Mine is Gothic and Soul Reaver - getting both so I’m a happy camper
- Comment on Talking to dead people through AI: the business of ‘digital resurrection’ might not be helpful, ethical… or even legal. 4 months ago:
And not a “don’t do this” kind of warning. More of a “this will happen, get ready” kind of warning
- Comment on Lemmy should have a community called lemmy_guess 4 months ago:
I’d subscribe to that community
- Comment on Talking to dead people through AI: the business of ‘digital resurrection’ might not be helpful, ethical… or even legal. 4 months ago:
Hey, I’ve seen this one
- Comment on Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST) 4 months ago:
Let me put it this way - I know nothing about programing and was also scared of all the terminal talk and stuff. And I can vouch for Linux Mint.
You know how you sometimes havento use command line in Windows for some issues? That’s pretty much comparable to terminal usage from my layman perspective. I installed Linux Mint on a separate drive and only booted to Windows once or twice since then - it’s been couple of months now
- Comment on Seeking feedback: how should lemm.ee move forward with external images? (related to frequent broken images) 4 months ago:
Option 2 sounds best, but if that would mean broken images continuing I’d lean to nr 3.
I like the idea thatwas floated to retain temporary images for longer, but I don’t really know if and how much that would help. If possible, it could be worth the try. But I’m just a layman in these things so what do I know?
- Comment on Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future? 5 months ago:
The Broken Empire trilogy. Also Red War trilogy, which is spin-off (though uses these themes a bit less)
- Comment on Do animals feel love and emotion? 5 months ago:
It’s not only barring teeth, dogs also do a “submissive smile” in some cases, to show they are not a threat. Not seen much but when we got our second dog she was very insecure and “smiled” a lot. Definitely not for showing happines but I think I read our smiles have similar origins.
- Comment on PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off 5 months ago:
Very happy with Linux Mint
- Comment on Phonebooks 5 months ago:
Man, I was already feeling ancient. Ypu using “1900s” didn’t help much :D
- Comment on Phonebooks 5 months ago:
Man rotary phones were the best
- Comment on Phonebooks 5 months ago:
They were quite big, but used super thin paper and small font. There were books thicker still, but still the phrase “thick as a phone book” was used.
There were also Yellow Pages (same format as phone books, but entirely yellow) which listed businesess and stuff.
Pre-internet these were the household essentials.
- Comment on Yes No 5 months ago:
If anybody does it would be the perfect answer on multiple levels.
- Comment on Jet Fuel 5 months ago:
You don’t understand, steel is either solid or melted. No in-between. No idea what ^ou mean by forging temperature, swords for example are forged by pouring liquid steel to a form, it’s in so many movies!
/s obviously.