BigTrout75
@BigTrout75@lemmy.world
- Comment on Microsoft Says It Has Stopped Using China-Based Engineers to Support Defense Department Computer Systems 6 days ago:
Um thanks
- Comment on Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Platinum Edition is free to claim on Epic 6 days ago:
Just going to take a little peak
- Comment on Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Platinum Edition is free to claim on Epic 1 week ago:
The game I play the most lately is “Collect the free games”.
- Comment on Steam cracks down on some sex games to appease payment processors 1 week ago:
I had to manually change my Steam settings to exclude adult games. The previews were showing CLOSE-UP hardcore porn games. After flipping through a couple previews, I decided to block. I’m a simple person who likes shmups.
- Comment on Ninja Gaiden for DOS: rated M for "mistake" 1 week ago:
I’m I the only person who liked the arcade and was disappointed by the NES port? NES game is not bad, but the arcade was a brawler like Double Dragon.
- Comment on Tape drive backups 1 week ago:
Forget the tapes. This is hard to say but just pay for online storage. It’s $9.99 a month for 2TB from Google and Apple. Your data will be safe and accessable by family if something happens to you. You could also get a cheap NAS like device like this a.co/d/dgsnQbr and maybe every couple of months you create a offline backup onto another device.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Edge browser now loads sites even faster 2 weeks ago:
Nice advert
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
Mario 64. Never really had the patience before, I would rather play PC games. It’s pretty fun. Gameplay is where it’s at.
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 3 weeks ago:
Translated: Adults 18 to 25 are using there parents healthcare and are not paying for the crappiest healthcare being offered at their first jobs.
- Comment on What are some great retro games that I can play with my 5yo? 4 weeks ago:
Hard to beat Super Mario Brothers. I tried other classics, bunch of arcade games, but my son never liked them. Ms. Pac-Man might work. The big hit with us was Wii sports.
- Comment on News outlets in crisis mode as Google-led AI search push crushes website traffic 1 month ago:
Usually I would be digging through some old forums for examples from 10 years ago. Or searching stack exchange. Personally, my usage is scripting and programming sites has totally deminish.
- Comment on 'Fortnite' Lobbies Can Now Have Up to 92% Bots - Players Are Furious Over Supposed OG Season 3 Update 1 month ago:
Back in the day we dreamed of games with large war zones and hundred of people. Sadly, technology wasn’t advanced enough. So we would have bits running around everywhere. Simpler times😂
- Comment on Bambu Lab Controversy Deepens: Firmware Update Sparks Backlash 1 month ago:
I have an A1 and it’s been a fun learning 3d printing. I got it before all this started last year. While I’m happy with my device I’ll probably just wait for it die or a major upgrade comes along. Elegoo looks nice.
- Comment on So many bands emphatically demonstrate that successful communication is not about what you say, but how you say it 1 month ago:
Peaches for free
- Comment on News outlets in crisis mode as Google-led AI search push crushes website traffic 1 month ago:
Depends on what it is. As a reference lookup for a simple programming function and with an example, it’s been a game changer.
- Comment on YSK some cities in the US are starting to build an affordable community built wifi network that goes around big telecom companies 2 months ago:
Reminds me of the time I shared my Internet with my friend who was in another apartment. We just created a Wi-Fi bridge with dd-wrt. That was 15 years ago.
- Comment on Starbucks' new drive-thru in Texas is the coffee giant's first 3D printed store in the US 2 months ago:
🤔 there’s some jank on this print. Guess they’re just going to accept it.
- Comment on Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down 2 months ago:
There guess the chat app.
- Comment on What do office workers actually do? 2 months ago:
Other people’s work
- Comment on Best way to prevent Bambu A1 mini from updating firmware? 3 months ago:
Blocking by firewall probably the best option. I’m just rolling with the updates and planning on getting a different brand next upgrade. Things are changing fast.
- Comment on The US Secretary of Education referred to AI as ‘A1,’ like the steak sauce 3 months ago:
The tech and sauce are both overrated.
- Comment on Amazon is testing a Buy for Me button powered by agentic AI that will let users purchase products from third-party websites without leaving Amazon's app. 3 months ago:
Ha ha tech funds a way. Sell in Amazon and get a free website. cpsc.gov/…/CPSC-Finds-Amazon-Responsible-Under-Fe…
- Comment on HP Inc settles printer toner lockout lawsuit with a promise to make firmware updates optional 4 months ago:
HP is like, “enjoy the security vulnerabilities”
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
🤔 guess we’ll all find out in like 10 years
- Comment on Spotify says it's fixing the bug that caused Premium users to hear ads 4 months ago:
🐛
- Comment on How to effectively protest outside my House representative's office 4 months ago:
Protesting is a legal right but I’m not sure it really does much anymore. Money is king. People need to realize that using Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, etc is giving these people power.
- Comment on Microsoft tests ad-supported Office apps for Windows users 4 months ago:
Ha ha ha
- Comment on Microsoft's ad-supported version of Office only saves to OneDrive 4 months ago:
All you do docs belong to us
- Comment on Microsoft tests ad-supported Office apps for Windows users 4 months ago:
Hi, I’m Clippy and you need to watch this 5 minute ad about about how Facebook brings families together before you can save you document.
- Comment on After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad 4 months ago:
Notepad is not free! Bah ha ha ha. Anyway, tons of options out there for those not to lazy to look.