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- Comment on Why does Sync not display some comments? 2 days ago:
Comments are cashed until you reload, to reduce the traffic. Open the comments view of the post and pull down to refresh, then you should be able to see them all.
- Comment on Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams 2 days ago:
Someone should face jail time for this piece of crap that I can’t opt out of.
And OneDrive as well. That piece of shit installed itself as the default save as location, and after removing it from my system, the save as dialogue now hangs for 20 seconds. And the policy to remove OD as a save location doesn’t work whatsoever.
- Comment on Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams 2 days ago:
And the bloody “new” tag in the task bar icon is driving me nuts.
- Comment on Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams 2 days ago:
Yeah they are shit, but aren’t forced down your throat by the OS.
I hate teams with a passion. As long as you have to work with more than one organization, nothing works whatsoever. You are constantly logged out, have to go through their stupid authenticator app, can’t save a second login (only a private one, not an organization), links open in the wrong org (even if you are logged in), etc. etc.
I’ve reached the point where I use teams exclusively in Edge, alongside with Outlook, because both of their desktop apps are utter crap.
- Comment on Does mini 12V DC diaphram water pumps like this get really hot after running for 5 min? 4 days ago:
Right, that does make it a bit more tricky. Is there any serial number or manufacturer?
- Comment on Marvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review to access the playtest 4 days ago:
In the context of a game, let’s say a clearly outdated graphics engine that everyone can agree on looks very dated. Or game-stopping bugs. Constant crashes. Etc.
- Comment on Does mini 12V DC diaphram water pumps like this get really hot after running for 5 min? 4 days ago:
Yeah those things get quite warm. Did you check the data sheet? Also, make sure it’s intended for a continuous runtime.
- Comment on Marvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review to access the playtest 4 days ago:
It says not to leave “subjective bad reviews”. As in, objectively bad is fine.
- Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year 1 week ago:
I do the same with youtube and adblock, so I guess that qualifies.
- Comment on TikTok sues the US government over ban 1 week ago:
Wait, I’m in HK right now for business and can open it just fine from my hotel wifi. The website that is, I don’t care about the platform and wouldn’t use the app.
I could play videos just fine without login though. Anything I’m missing?
- Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year 1 week ago:
Yeah I’m done with spotify.
Back when it was a fiver, I could get the appeal and had a subscription myself.
At 11 bucks it comes at the price of a CD per month, every month. I didn’t buy that much music annually, ever. So right now we are entering a territory where streaming is exceeding the price of my regular music consumption patterns. I’ll go back to buying physical media and torrenting whatever old stuff is no longer available and can’t be found on ebay.
Fuck 'em with a cactus.
- Comment on It’s not impossible for someone to have heard about assguard, looked it up, and then realized it’s “Asgard”. 1 week ago:
The most popular VPN in China is called Astrill, and since vpn’s and related discussions are forbidden, we refer to it as Ass Drill in messengers.
- Comment on What's your favourite era for video games? 1 week ago:
I’ve recently replayed Thief and Thief 2, they still hold up well!
Tried Gothic II, and unfortunately the controls feel very clunky today. Or maybe it’s just me. But somehow third person view doesn’t really work for me anymore.
- Comment on What's your favourite era for video games? 1 week ago:
For Thief and Gothic II there are unofficial graphic mods out there that improve things massively. They basically replace the original models with those from Thief II and Gothic 3, and also fix some bugs.
www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152429 - that’s a user made campaign for Thief, the thread also has links to all the patches and updates. The campaign is also absolutely great with overwhelmingly massive maps, but you should play the original first.
- Comment on What's your favourite era for video games? 1 week ago:
Around the turn of the millennium. Games were designed for offline use and had way more immersive campaigns, were shipped by and large ready and bug-free, and so were add-on campaigns.
And since graphics were not as refined as they are now, additional efforts were placed on gameplay.
My top list (by release year):
- Diablo II (1996)
- Dungeon Keeper (1997)
- Half-Life (1998)
- Thief: The Dark Project (1998)
- Thief 2 (1999)
- Dungeon Keeper 2 (1999)
- Heroes of Might & Magic 3 (1999)
- Gothic II (2002)
Never had a console and don’t get along with controllers whatsoever, so those are all referring to the PC versions.
- Comment on No, you don't need a 'very bespoke AOSP' to turn your phone into a Rabbit R1 — here's proof 1 week ago:
The article says that you need a custom launcher to establish a connection to their cloud service, so the apk only won’t do it either way. But give it a few days and someone will have rigged up a full package, no doubt. Then you’ve probably got 6-8 weeks to use the service before they kick the bucket and shut down forever…
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
The active user tracker is quite inaccurate as it’s not fully indexing all servers. Plus you never know if a decline is not merely a sign that the anti-spambot measures are taking hold.
New releases have always been slow since there are more fundamental changes being done for the time being. Once everything works well under the hood, I’m sure the releases will be pouring in faster when it’s only cosmetically things that are being addressed, where not much testing is needed.
As far as hating the community goes - please name one social media platform that’s universally loved.
Lemmy isn’t perfect, but it’s not as toxic and bot infected as reddit nowadays. There are 3 major toxic instances (lemmygrad.org, lemmy.ml, hexbear.net), blocking those will improve your experience on the platform massively. (Unfortunately .ml still has some of the large communities without decently sized alternatives elsewhere, so maybe you’re better off blocking individual communities rather than the whole instance).
As far as receiving comments and upvotes is concerned - are you sure it’s actual people and not bots?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
But people can eat nuts everywhere in public, on the subway, in class, at work etc., does that mean she spends her life in locked up at home? And nothing that can be solved by wearing masks? I’ve been flying quite a bit during covid and was wearing N95 and even N99 masks once (regular ones were sold out), and while not the most comfortable experience, it’s certainly possible to get through the day.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Can’t safely fly due to a nut allergy? Excuse me, but what? Those peanuts they serve during the flight are optional…
- Comment on Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time? 2 weeks ago:
I’m still using Swype & Dragon, and it’s as awesome as it was 12 years ago.
Apparently it’s not working with Android versions >12 anymore, so I’ll ride this phone until it dies on me.
- Comment on Post your Servernames! 2 weeks ago:
My server is called Mars, and the two clients I have are Phobos and Deimos (the moons of Mars). I though that’s a good fit.
- Comment on Interesting new data on Lemmy instance federation with Threads, ordered by Active Users descending. 2 weeks ago:
I have yet to see a single Threads post in my timeline, or a comment from anyone. And I deliberately chose an instance that does not defederate from anyone.
- Comment on We compared the finances of 30-year-olds now, to 30-year-olds 30 years ago 2 weeks ago:
Yep. I agree with the other stuff, but that part caught my attention.
- Comment on How do I use uBlock to hide threads with certain urls? 2 weeks ago:
You mean for Lemmy, or general web browsing?
If it’s for Lemmy, I can’t help you with ublock, but this Tampermonkey script works perfectly: greasyfork.org/…/471718-lemmy-post-keyword-filter
- Comment on We compared the finances of 30-year-olds now, to 30-year-olds 30 years ago 2 weeks ago:
I’m aware they exist, but the way it was phrased made it sound like that’s the plan all along.
- Comment on We compared the finances of 30-year-olds now, to 30-year-olds 30 years ago 2 weeks ago:
“I would love to have a child, but I don’t think I could do it as one person with the costs of childcare and everything … "
Um, did someone forgot to factor the co-parent in, or is voluntary single parenting en vogue?
- Comment on Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL? 2 weeks ago:
Ah, that was it. Thanks!
- Comment on Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL? 2 weeks ago:
The taskbar is one thing, but it’s horribly slow, even on a rather high spec laptop. The delay from clicking start menu icons to programs starting is very noticeable, and some programs freeze regularly. MS Office are actually some of the worst offenders. I tried it for 2 weeks and then did a fresh install of Windows 10.
I didn’t even mind ME, for me it was running pretty stable. I heard most issues came from people updating from 98 or 98SE to ME, a clean install was usually stable.
I skipped Vista though, went straight to 7. Still my favorite Windows. 8 was crap, 8.1 was not bad once you applied the taskbar fix.
- Comment on Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL? 2 weeks ago:
Just get yourself a copy of the LTSC (long term service contract) versions, they will still be supported until 2027, and in the past have been extended by up to 5 years on top.
It’s the only viable alternative to Linux, for those who can’t switch for one or another reason. Windows 11 is pure cancer.
- Comment on Meta spent $4.3 billion on its VR division in three months, and made *checks figures* $440 million in return 2 weeks ago:
So what? R&D expenses aren’t supposed to turn an immediate profit. Developing a new technology can take years before it’s earning money, and some never do. I’m all aboard the “hate meta” train, but that’s nothing.