twinnie

@twinnie@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The end of the road? What The Salt Path scandal means for the nature memoir⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The couple claimed that their house got repossessed by the bank and that’s what inspired them to do this big walk that the book’s about. Turns out that when the author was unemployed a friend helped her out by getting her a job at the company run by her husband. The author then went on to steal loads of money over the next few years and nearly drive the company bankrupt; causing loads of grief for the company’s owners and causing lots of mental problems like depression, etc. The author eventually got busted and had to agree to a payment plan which they didn’t keep up with, and that was the point their house got repossessed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 381 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I liked this game but the combat really killed it for me. The enemies just move too quickly and in a game about conserving ammo it was way too hard to reliably hit them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fiber⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t Turn That Old System On, First Take It Apart⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labour knew Palestine Action posed no violent threat, but banned it anyway amid lobby pressure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They jumped onto a base and sabotaged a piece of military equipment, of course they had to ban them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple sues YouTuber for alleged iOS 26 trade-secret theft⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If he’s on the Photos team he probably deserved to be fired. The new Photos app is dogshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I printed one of those octopuses with flexible tentacles and my daughter still plays with it like 6 months later. I think she broke the rest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨came across some family heirlooms today, hahaha!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I always thought ME was okay. I think it just wasn’t that much different to 98.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games' proposals would make online-only games "prohibitively expensive to create", argue EU lobby group⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Aren’t they only being asked to open source the servers at the end of a a game’s life?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨11 Bit confirm that they used generative AI for The Alters "in a very limited manner"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t really care that much. I’m quite happy for AI to be used to create more content in my games wherever it’s appropriate. If a company can use AI to create all the mundane background content that nobody really wants to make then who cares? It doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re going to fire people, it might just be the same people making more content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We are not the same⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Who’s ask Grok?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mario Kart World Faces Massive Backlash After Update, Online Racing Experience Ruined⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not even clear what changed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is Adding AI-Powered Summaries to WhatsApp⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like it might be useful for some people who get lots of messages, like businesses at least, but I just don’t trust Meta.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Robotaxi Drops Off Passengers in Middle of Intersection… Handpicked Riders Say the “Performance Was Great”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are these cheaper or is it just Uber etc trying to maximise their profits by cutting out the salary bit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t realise it wasn’t already banned. It’s been banned in the UK since 1999.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just some glitch. They’ve not said anything about watching stuff locally becoming a pay thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll probably keep using it and see what happens. To be honest I’ll just go where the content is, and if the new people fuck it up it’ll likely go elsewhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First server: Buying hardware in a developing country⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I spent a few years living in a developing country in Africa so I have some appreciation of what you’re going through. I used to find lots of technology shops on Google Maps, etc, then when I got there they just sold phone covers and SIM cards and knock-off iPhones.

  I can’t really offer much advice but have you considered just making something based on a second hand laptop? A lot of them are still pretty powerful just with old batteries and they’re designed to run efficiently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IPv6 for self hosters⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I always thought it’s kind of odd how frivolous we are with IPv6 addresses given the problems that gave us with IPv4. US DoD has like 200 million IPv4 addresses and they probably only use a tiny fraction of that. There’s also a bunch of old companies like HP, IBM, and Apple, that have entire /8s, so that’s 16 million IPs each. I know IPv6 is ridiculously bigger but we’re talking about giving IP addresses to our lightbulbs now at a time we’re also looking to inhabit other planets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Telegraph has deleted this sob story ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually know a couple of teachers at private schools and they say the people being hit hardest aren’t the rich twats but the families who scrimp and save just enough to try and give their kids the best opportunities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨53% of Israeli public opposes aid entering Gaza, new poll shows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think Israelis are getting a very neutral view of the war from their media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grieve with me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried this and had limited success. Then I just got a wireless charger and it’s fine now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm guilty of not reading the f..ing documentation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I find that the docs usually consist of a quick start guide covering some ultra tight scenario that doesn’t apply to most people, and reference material that’s just some total brain dump of every possible command without any kind of context.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe let them know how many people skipped their question?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not against some political stuff but there’s so much circlejerk opinion pieces that get posted. It’s just a bunch of people posting stuff that confirms their own beliefs, which is not better than what happens on the likes of Xitter. It’s just a different kind of echo chamber but people are okay with it because it’s left rather than right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 297 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t want to say this but I can’t help myself.

  It’s addictive, not addicting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 289 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is everyone posting about Oblivion simply new to it? Seems weird to me that everyone’s so excited about it but it’s probably just because I played it to death the last time it came round.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda's Oblivion remaster passes four million players, breaks series concurrent records⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the Skyblivion people might want to think about moving to Skorrowind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan to oppose Trump pressure to join anti-China trade bloc⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Trump burnt decades of hard earned goodwill for absolutely nothing, now he wants to cash in on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is excited about money!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think we’re moaning over nothing again here.