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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘I’m a modern-day luddite’: Meet the students who don’t use laptops⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  In your defense, the statement specifies “modern-day Luddite” which compares it to the historical Luddite bands and excludes the first meaning of the Oxford dictionary.

  Also, avoiding is not the same as opposing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Talking to Technology Executives Like They Have Anything to Say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  In many instances it can be argued that the decisions they make are not good for the business either, at least in the mid- to long-term.

  • What’s good for business stockholders is generally not what’s good for society. FTFY
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨5 Signs the AI Bubble is About to Burst⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  NVIDIA is already paying podcasters and YT channels to cover Isaac and Jetson, so I guess the shovel seller is already seeing itself out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I did the same and using Windows at work is slowly becoming unbearable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨18% of people running Nextcloud don't know what database they are using⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That is actually good news. Means that people more likely to be “normies” are adopting an alternative solution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I went for it and noticed it had the Reset button available, clicking which it switched to “false”. I am on Zen Browser and I never turned anything like that on.

  Any idea why it appeared like that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whoa whoa whoa! Callate chico!

  You copied this from us Italians where we have the friend of Berlusconi providing the State with a censorship system (the Piracy Shield), allegedly exactly for the same reason since 2023.

  Let’s give the right Fascists what is theirs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I want this to be the next reveal in a movie or TV series, in the same fashion as the one of the Navajo “backing up” the Smoking Man’s magnetic tape in The X-Files.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infinite Backlog | A Video Game Collection Tracker⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course, I am not asserting any superiority. I am just a buy one-play one, indie-loving guy.

  What mostly stops me from buying titles I don’t play directly is going through the list of all the other things I may need/want to buy with the same money.

  Regarding the most, category/publisher sales are back-to-back in between the seasonal ones, so yes, I think they are most of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infinite Backlog | A Video Game Collection Tracker⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I will save your nick in a list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infinite Backlog | A Video Game Collection Tracker⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To me, it is. Just shy to share something definitely only half-done, when it is my first ever programming project.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infinite Backlog | A Video Game Collection Tracker⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am trying to give it a publicly acceptable form in Streamlit before sharing it. Bare with me, it is my first ever programming endeavour and I remained without a mentor half-way into it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infinite Backlog | A Video Game Collection Tracker⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On Steam there are category sales much more often (right now TPS Fest).

  I buy at historical lows via Isthereanydeal any time of the year anyway.

  And just like weight and fashion changes for shirts, I may change my schedule and interests not to fit games I bought years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infinite Backlog | A Video Game Collection Tracker⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have only 200something titles across my GOG and Steam libraries and I have played all of them and finished 90% at least.

  I may be from another generation (I am in my 40s), but I don’t get the point of spending money on a title I don’t know if I will have ever time or interest to play.

  Also, this feeds stale mechanics, since most titles are bought in bulk during sales that are usually centered around game categories.

  I built a small python app to use howlongtobeat, steam data and isthereanydeal to select the best next title for me to play in terms of price per hour and (steamdb-style) rating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our Channel Could Be Deleted - Gamers Nexus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These days I am looking at their video on their channel on Rumble while working. I think they are achieving financial and political pressure in the most wholesome way possible.

  That said, I don’t think I am going to click on anything else on Rumble, as it is all Tucker Calson, bitcoin and other shit like that. I don’t see any future in it; it has achieved Dailymotion status in no time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨95% of Companies See ‘Zero Return’ on $30 Billion Generative AI Spend, MIT Report Finds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really understand this is a reality, especially in the US, and that this is really happening, but is there really no one, even around the world, who is taking advantage of laid-off skilled workforce?

  Are they really all going to end up as pizza riders or worse, or are there companies making a long-term investment in workforce that could prove useful for different uses in the short AND long term?

  I am quite sure that’s what Novo Nordisk is doing with their hire push here in Denmark, as long as the money lasts, but I would be surprised no one is doing it in the US itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Spotify really have “fans”? Or maybe just users? And what user spends time “threatening” piracy, if they know how to do it?

  Also, I realized only last month that my younger brother doesn’t know how to use torrents. Shame on me for having left home too early!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Is Now Being Sued Over Sunsetting Windows 10⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And that’s why if you open the command line in Windows 11 you will read:

  10.0.26200.5742

  Et voilà!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tucson City Council votes 7-0, unanimously to kill AI Data Center⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess that , unlike some famous people in “Phoenix Valley”, the people in Tucson did not forget “the white man’s greed”.

  Kudos to them!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favourite and go-to gaming websites?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  All I need are Steam, GOG, Isthereanydeal, Howlongtobeat and SteamDB. There are some YouTube channels I follow, but as they mostly talk about consoles nowadays, I don’t really rely on them for the final choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can (probably should) remove personal information from a photo before uploading it to social media⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Can it be made into a Cinnamon extension or even a tool with which I would run it for all new image files while idle (if needed)?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I am a newbie in LibreOffice, but I am wondering whether me chronicling my first experiences in it would be worth doing.

  I think what we sorely lack is more people like Nick and Michael Horn making approachable tech news about this niche.

  I understand that to some the idea itself of the tech news cycle, focused on its own navel all the time is not appealing, but I think that is exactly there that a channel like this could distinguish itself, showcasing OSS solutions having an impact on the public good, something the usual news outlets cannot afford to do since every second is lost revenue.

  The only risk is being boring.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahem, you may want to listen to this: pca.st/…/007323a5-a2ba-4b4c-ab18-5307e0d31164

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People angry that Superman represents kindness are outright admitting that they don't want to be good people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am not an American and I have never been a Superman fan. I had fun, I felt represented, I was entertained, cannot wait for a sequel, am looking forward for Peacemaker S2 and whatever else is planned.

  Warmly recommended. I really think all Americans should see it, as it may have a very good and stronger effect on them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People angry that Superman represents kindness are outright admitting that they don't want to be good people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am absolutely with you.

  Also people should learn the difference between empathy and sympathy, the latter not as fatiguing and difficult to develop and often more useful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People angry that Superman represents kindness are outright admitting that they don't want to be good people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just came out of watching the new movie.

  In the scene in which Clark gets interviewed, seen also in the trailer, it is transparent that Superman is with Francesca Albanese on a very current issue.

  That’s what they are mad about.

  I guess WB/DC is gonna fall out of grace.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full Hitler⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Defineky not in the case of a CEO, she is the bartender.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Raiden and Midna at PLAYERINSIDE did it (again) this week and are going to do it again in their video today.

  I bet that if they point out that we are losing to the French, we may achieve incredible results in record time.

  Except in Pisa.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX's Starship blows up ahead of 10th test flight⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here comes the killjoy!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX's Starship blows up ahead of 10th test flight⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I now have the Street Fighter voice in my head going:

  “Honda Wins!”

  For the killjoy that will come pointing out that SpaceX is at another level of development etc., yes, I know that. Japan also has a constitution written by the US that doesn’t permit them to have long-range missiles.