Havald
@Havald@lemmy.world
- Comment on The entire Dragon Age series is only $10 on steam until June 27th. 4 months ago:
I played through the third recently, yes there are a few mods. The game isn’t very mod friendly so there’s not a ton there but I found like a dozen or so that were worth installing on nexus.
Game still kinda sucks but good enough for one play through if you liked the first (two)
- Comment on Eww, Copilot AI might auto-launch with Windows 11 soon 6 months ago:
I looked into it and tried it myself just today. For the most part it’s fine but you’ll have to be prepared to do some tinkering here and there. Most of the games I wanted to play are listed on proton as works but with some issues.
I set up popOS yesterday and tried to install satisfactory today via steam but it wouldn’t let me and when I filtered my games lost for Linux it shrank down to a very small list. Iirc it was listed on proton as gold or even platinum so there must be a way to get satisfactory to run but I honestly couldn’t be asked today so I set up dual boot and went back to windows for now.
I think that’s the way to got for a newbie. Set up dual boot and whenever you have the time & patience to try to get something to work on Linux go for it but when you just want to relax and play some games (or multiplayer) boot up windows.
I think Linux for everyday use is just fine even though popOS could use some UX designers.
- Comment on ExpressVPN bug leaks DNS requests for Windows users with split tunneling: 8 months ago:
Even just going off the article you posted “helped” is a strong word in regards to distributing malware through their framework. It appears that their framework had simply been hijacked by hackers to distribute malware and they had no involvement in that.
I’m not saying they’re trustworthy but the situation isn’t nearly as bad as this biased summary suggests.
The same website has rated express VPN as one of the most trustworthy vpns in their most recent review. Based on the high amount of independent audits the company is performing.
restoreprivacy.com/vpn/reviews/expressvpn/
Definitely do more research. I’m going to look into it myself but I’m paying until June anyways and I don’t think an immediate switch is necessary.
- Comment on xkcd #2866: Snow 11 months ago:
- Comment on "this is my friend from work" 1 year ago:
Oh my god I should do that. Just hire some actors and rent an Airbnb.
- Comment on Byeee 1 year ago:
- Comment on Spotify re-invented the radio 1 year ago:
There is still a difference between basically nothing and literally nothing. Spotify is better than pirating and CDs/vinyl/digital directly from them is better than Spotify.
- Comment on Spotify re-invented the radio 1 year ago:
You’re not hurting the companies, you’re hurting the artists. I’m not saying don’t pirate at all, especially from artists like Taylor swift. But maybe if you’re listening to a small artist, especially if they’re independent, consider buying their cd.
- Comment on Spotify re-invented the radio 1 year ago:
It’s a free account, what’d be stopping you from just creating a new one?
- Comment on How Google's Pixel 8 Pro Will Change Smartphones Forever 1 year ago:
Yeah, for me it always helped to think about what I was actually doing with my phone and I quickly realized that I really have not mich use for the most expensive phones. A camera like I’d get on the new iPhone for example would be nice but that alone isn’t worth paying almost 1k more. And aside from camera I don’t think there’s much difference for the average user when you compare a high end and a low to mid-range phone.
- Comment on How Google's Pixel 8 Pro Will Change Smartphones Forever 1 year ago:
Bringing a spare is a good point. Less of a hassle than a power bank (although still not ideal). Battery life is pretty much the only thing I care about aside from longevity. Fairphone has longevity covered, maybe the review I read just made the battery life seem mich worse than it actually is. I’ll have to look into it some more, thanks
- Comment on How Google's Pixel 8 Pro Will Change Smartphones Forever 1 year ago:
I need a new phone soon, can’t really wait until the EU regulations force companies to build them with removable batteries. I need to look more into Fairphone, hope that’s decent. Last review I read made me concerned about battery life, I really don’t like charging my phone every day either. Or having to carry a power bank with me.
I don’t think there’s anything on the market that comes even close to the modularity aria had promised. Moto z had some mods but they dropped that very quickly unfortunately.
- Comment on How Google's Pixel 8 Pro Will Change Smartphones Forever 1 year ago:
I just want to change my battery and get a phone for that no people had to die In some poor country.
Like seriously, what’s the percentage of people that run machine learning algorithms on their phone? 0.0000000001%?
- Comment on Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors 1 year ago:
Building and maintaining one isn’t really the concern I have with this one, nuclear reactors are incredibly safe these days. What are they going to do with the nuclear waste? That’s the real issue here. Governments can barely figure that out, how’s a megacorp going to do that in an ethical way? I already see them dumping it in a cave in some poor country in africa.
- Comment on Reddit will no longer let you opt out of personalized ads 1 year ago:
If they do I hope someone finds out about it. Should at least be quite a hefty fine.
- Comment on Reddit will no longer let you opt out of personalized ads 1 year ago:
You’re working on the assumption that they collect that data anyways and if they do then I kind of agree. But in the EU for example it would be illegal for them to collect that data so I sincerely hope theyre not doing that. Well, actually I kind of hope they are doing that and someone finds out about it.
Assuming that no one is breaking any laws here I’d rather get generic ads than targeted since I’m perfectly capable of making my own purchase decisions and don’t want to be manipulated into buying some garbage I don’t need. But more importantly, I don’t want some random companies out there having a detailed profile of me, that’s super dystopian to me. What if that falls into the wrong hands? Oh wait, it would already be in the wrong hands.
- Comment on Reddit will no longer let you opt out of personalized ads 1 year ago:
Accirzto the article it doesn’t apply to all users, presumably the EU is exempt from this change in policy (because it’s illegal)
- Comment on How do I soak and clean a badly burnt and stained air fryer flat tray? 1 year ago:
Is it coated with anything? If it’s just bare metal then scrub it with steel wool and some water, any burns & stains should come off without much effort.
If it’s coated then I’d try to soak it in soapy water over night and then gently scrub. Keep in mind that anything you put on there you’re probably going to eat with your next few meals so before you use any aggressive chemicals just buy a new tray.
- Comment on A Fine Vintage! 1 year ago:
Should put that on a t-shirt and wear it next time I have to pee in a cup
- Comment on Looking for games with strong female leads for my daughter (even just to watch as I play). Came across this link, but they're a bit old. Any suggestions from the community? 1 year ago:
Don’t think the gener is specified anywhere so it could be either. Anyways, amazing game.
