Quazatron
@Quazatron@lemmy.world
A peace loving silly coffee-fueled humanoid carbon-based lifeform that likes #cinema #photography #linux #zxspectrum #retrogaming
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
I saw the trailer. I’m down for some sword fighting, horse riding, dragon riding. What throws me off is the train. Why is there a train there?
- Comment on Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying 2 weeks ago:
I hope they enjoy Farscape, because that’s what they’re getting of they eavesdrop me.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
Dishonored.
I’m having a lot of fun sneaking around.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
Dishonored.
I’m having a lot of fun sneaking around.
- Comment on Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says 'employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality' after the company laid off more than 1,000 people 2 weeks ago:
You’re clearly upset with the leadership of your country. How does piracy change anything?
- Comment on Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says 'employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality' after the company laid off more than 1,000 people 2 weeks ago:
When you live in society, you should obey the laws OR fight to change them. Pirating stuff is a weak form of protest.
- Comment on Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says 'employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality' after the company laid off more than 1,000 people 2 weeks ago:
- There’s always a risk, especially with such a desirable bait. If you have no problem with having your system be part of a botnet (or worse), go right ahead.
- I care. When you are responsible for other people, getting hit with a large fine or jail time is not an option.
- Part of the price goes to the developers. Not as much as in indies, but that’s life. That does not justify pirating stuff.
- At least we agree on something.
- Comment on Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says 'employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality' after the company laid off more than 1,000 people 2 weeks ago:
Not my cup of tea, for a number of reasons:
- from a security standpoint, I would have a very high probability of downloading something nasty;
- from a legal standpoint, authorities frown upon such behaviour;
- from a moral standpoint, people who produce games should be payed;
- from a personal standpoint, I don’t like any of their games.
- Comment on Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says 'employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality' after the company laid off more than 1,000 people 2 weeks ago:
Everytime this dirt bag speaks, I wish I had more Epic accounts to cancel.
- Comment on Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says 'employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality' after the company laid off more than 1,000 people 2 weeks ago:
I do hope there’s a special place in hell for people like this, where they are spanked for all eternity with a soup spoon.
- Comment on Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support 2 weeks ago:
Forking projects to put a different coat of paint on them is just silly. It’s still the same project, it’s just got your sticker on it now. You still dependent on upstream decisions. If things change too much for your liking, you have a growing patch management issue on your hands, and that’s not fun. But hey, you’re free to do it, that’s the beauty of FOSS.
Reminds me of the Linux distros that just fork Debian, stick a new theme and logo, create a website and voilá. Nah, mate, it’s still Debian.
- Comment on Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support 2 weeks ago:
There’s nothing wrong with forking a project, IF you can and intend to maintain it – hell, that’s the whole basis of FOSS.
Forking it to make a point with no intention to maintaining it is just an easy way to gather clicks and stir drama.
IMHO the effort is better spent fighting the politicians that are shoving this down our throats, or should we fork all the tech that gets affected by bad political decisions?
- Comment on Nvidia CEO Says He Gets Where The DLSS 5 Outrage Is Coming From: ‘I Don’t Love AI Slop Myself’ 2 weeks ago:
A prompt driven etch-a-sketch would actually be awesome, and I think it could be built with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and a couple of stepper motors, so pretty cheap.
- Comment on Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support 2 weeks ago:
- Fork a project that you have a problem with;
- Write a strong worded manifesto;
- Revel in those sweet sweet internet clicks;
- Try to gather a team of seasoned engineers to keep and evolve the project;
- Most likely fail, look for the next controversy, repeat.
- Comment on What are your hallmark games? What games have shaped how you view games? 2 weeks ago:
You never forget your first successful docking procedure.
- Comment on What are your hallmark games? What games have shaped how you view games? 2 weeks ago:
Elite - a huge 3D vector universe to explore. Tetris - adictiveness distilled. Driller - oh wow, filled 3D graphics on a 3.5MHz 8 bit micro? Wolfenstein 3D - shooting nazis is fun. Doom - incredible, improved graphics and more fun. Quake - full 3D now, but not as fun as Doom. Half-Life - oh yeah, now we’re talking. Great storytelling and gripping fun. Portal - fun, engaging and funny. Bioshock Infinite - I guess I enjoy riding the skylines. Torchlight - There’s something cozy about those dungeons, I dunno. Skyrim - how did I lose 900 hours of my life?
- Comment on Microsoft wants devs to build Electron AI apps on Windows 11, says no need of native code, despite RAM concerns 3 weeks ago:
Just like the good old days of running Windows 3.1 on an Intel 386sx. We’ve come full circle.
- Comment on The 49MB Web Page 3 weeks ago:
Just like the bad old days, when entire sites were made in Flash and Linux users were shafted. Ridiculous.
- Comment on The RAM crisis could completely change how developers make video games 3 weeks ago:
Seconded. This is what I value in a game. You can do great storytelling and/or addictive gameplay with low poly, low res, low color palette.
In fact, I’d argue that hardware limitations sharpen creativity.
- Comment on New ‘negative light’ technology hides data transfers in plain sight 3 weeks ago:
My newish Xiaomi has an IR diode which is very useful to switch the AC on or off when I can’t be bothered to find the remote, and to mute TVs in restaurants.
It has a 3.5mm audio jack too.
- Comment on Meta is planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount 3 weeks ago:
Honest question: which euro alternatives do you recommend for mail, cloud?
- Comment on ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push 4 weeks ago:
As a future customer, please include high quality connectors to import legacy data from Jira and Confluence. We’re going to need them. Thank you in advance.
- Comment on Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a 'Shock' to the PC Industry 4 weeks ago:
One man’s e-waste is another’s Linux homelab.
- Comment on MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow 4 weeks ago:
Well, Portuguese is a Latin language, so there’s a common root.
- Comment on Microsoft Confirms 'Project Helix,' a Next-Gen Xbox That Can Run PC Games 5 weeks ago:
You missed the memo. Windows is now the Linux gaming subsystem.
Resistance is futile.
- Comment on Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS 5 weeks ago:
Congratulations, this announcement really does ticks all the boxes.
- Comment on Dear Meta Smart Glasses Wearers: You're Being Watched, Too 5 weeks ago:
Enhance your calm, I agree with you.
It’s one of those things that sounds great in sci-fi, like flying cars, until you realise that the world is full of awful people that immediately repurpose any new tech for filthy lucre / inflicting suffering / power grabbing.
- Comment on Dear Meta Smart Glasses Wearers: You're Being Watched, Too 5 weeks ago:
Or you can just use your common sense and save yourself the cost of this ugly piece of junk.
People tend to avoid you less if you don’t look like a sneaky perv, so that’s another bonus.
Plus, you’ll not be funding Meta and you’ll have one less piece of rubbish in a drawer somewhere that needs recycling after one month of use.
- Comment on BYD Reveals the ‘World’s Longest-Range EV’ as American Auto Industry Struggles to Keep Pace 5 weeks ago:
We tasted some of that self regulating ‘free market’ a while ago. Banks were having huge profits from the housing bubble until the subprime crisis hit, banks went into default, and the losses were picked up by public money.
My profit. Our losses.
- Comment on Which game have you been most patient for? 1 month ago:
Half-Life 3.
I’m still waiting, Gabe. No pressure. You do your thing.