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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
So you call them 2 different things. Good. Now imagine doing the same for all the other numbers in between. That is what I get by “speaking 24 hours”. And it takes less sillables.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Sorry, I answered without giving enough thought. You are right in your reasoning of course.

Still, I find it confusing to have 2 completely different moments of the day represented by the same number.

In phrases like “After 12 PM on Monday”, “Before 12 AM” etc. I always need to think an extra second.

Another example is setting automatic responder on the mail, where I need to rely on 11:59, because the date is selected before the time of day.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Everything before midday is AM, etc. etc.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Right, that’s another one.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
You could just as well say the opposite.
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Or indie games.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
What is the logic for distinguishing 12AM vs 12PM? Also, you have double of every element and need 2 more sillables each to distinguish.

It’s confusing and inefficient.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I use 24h all the time when speaking, never got strange gazes for doing so. And I never remember which one is midday and which is midnight on the 12-hour time.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Oh, even I create maps with my cousin still. Playing though…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
AM/PM time is another thing that needs to sink with the USA, just like the Imperial system and Fahrenheit.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Sorry to break it for you, but no one actually plays Doom anymore.

We made physical toys and games into something expensive for adults and kicked kids out of the equation.

Now all they have are videogames and the most affordable ones (the ones on PC) are soon to disappear.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents'⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I know, but at least I asked.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents'⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I feel so good I left Epic Games Store and deleted my profile and asked to delete all my data last year!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's end Anti-Circumvention. We should own the things we buy!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
No no, you’re thinking of circumvallation. This is about traveling around the entire globe by ship.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I am Italian and I find Piracy Shield an abomination.

That said, the consequence after the government enacts this should be to see at least all the technically informed people protesting vehemently if not violently.

Instead no, sofa is just too comfortable and pay is too high (including the one they get from public contracts), so let’s instead applaud the Elon-yapping corpo that decides this is the one rule to challenge, but not the next one that is to their advantage.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I am so waiting for Ed Zitron’s next newsletter/podcast.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I am mostly attracted by their art direction in sci-fi and lovecraftian titles.

Having names such as Beksinski and Lem in their culture I feel plays a huge role.

Also, look at Polish movie posters. They had real pop avant-garde as late as the 1980s.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Cloud saves are experimental on Heroic but in my experience they mostly work.

Achievements are something I never gave a shit about, but I think they should be working with the same upload.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I use Heroic Games Launcher and have no reason to complain.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Last year I played 56 Polish games on Steam.

This year I switched to Linux and to playing on GoG (a Polish company) exclusively.

Now this acquisition, still by a Pole, happens and it only sounds good to me.

One more round of Zubrowka for everyone!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I loved the game.

I understand the use that was made did not in the least affect the final product.

I don’t think they should have a disclaimer on Steam.

I think they screwed up big time if the indie game awards rules could have been interpreted as requiring no use of AI at any stage in production.

Also, I dont really understand the point of saying it afterwards and I fear that may in itself mean that they are promoting the use of AI in game dev.

What I think is very good is that people are (over?)reacting like this: I would like to have devs perceiving the use of AI as fucking poison.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The real issue is not whether we are going to be force-fed this features or not, but the fact that a foundation with limited resources is going to spend any sizable amount of them developing a solution its users are not interested in.

Waiting for Ladybird at this point.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I am a wanna-be coding data analyst who has decided to start directly in Codeberg, more because of anti-US than anti-AI sentiment.

I have 2 questions for everyone more experienced than me and in general more knowledgeable of the market dynamics:
1. How far is Forgejo/Codeberg from feature parity with Github?
2. I don’t see any public SaaS/tools connecting to Codeberg as they are with Github. Is this by design or is it due to lack of reception? And, in your opinion, what would be a kind of service/connector that would really change things if made available for Codeberg?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valves first title with a 3 in it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Why, is it bad?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chat Control isn’t dead, Denmark has a new proposal − here’s all we know⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
You have on the typical rose-tinted glasses many wear when thinking about Denmark and Scandinavia in general.

Greetings,

An Italian who lived in Scandinavia 13 years and is trying hard to escape before Denmark hits a recession.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I remember the Italian TV commercial for that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Did the same yesterday with some Russian songs and was told by my Russian date that it was an excellent result.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
This is good! They dont deserve it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
We need a jingle for Enshittification.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When was the last time you actually laughed while playing a game?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I really want to try it, also because I am studying French and it has full voice over. Problem is, I never managed to play JRPGs, so I am afraid I would be throwing money away.