DaCrazyJamez
@DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’ 2 weeks ago:
Until a couple years from now when they wonder why other companies are destroying them, and they become a shell of their former self. THE literal case study on this is GE.
- Comment on Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’ 2 weeks ago:
Ahhh, the truest sign of a company in decline, cutting costs by firing talented people.
- Comment on You can travel just a 100 thousand years at the speed of light and already gross the galaxy. The Andromedan mind cannot comprehend 3 weeks ago:
Bu-but the picture says 1 million light years across the milky way, which one is it?
- Comment on Help me navigate the world of debloated/custom Windows 11 Installs 3 weeks ago:
I set it to pause updates…theres probably something on their website to say how to handleit you want to keep them on
- Comment on Help me navigate the world of debloated/custom Windows 11 Installs 3 weeks ago:
Ive installed ReviOS on my media pcs and have been very happy with it. You install over top of a clean windows install and it takes care of all debloating automatically.
- Comment on Google fires 28 employees after protest over Israel cloud contract 4 weeks ago:
Not that I am a fan of google, but those people signed a contract that prohibits certain behavior, so I cant really blame the company this time.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 4 weeks ago:
Playing Planescape: Torment for the first time, amazing game though the rather dated interface can get tiresome.
- Comment on Trust exercise 1 month ago:
Oooohhhh shiiit. Took a solid minute to see it but daaamn
- Comment on On Lemmee, actual shower thoughts can be posted because theres less filters. 1 month ago:
Could I make a device that expands the middle range of the temperature scale, so I can have more choices than just “arctic” and “mcdonalds coffee”?
- Comment on Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed 1 month ago:
I will not federate with any meta products.
- Comment on Can you un-smart a smart tv? 2 months ago:
I’ve replaced rokus / firesticks with cheap mini PCs. Currently they’re running ReviOS (a stripped down version of windows) but I plan to migrate to linux as I get more comfortable with it.
- Comment on What are y'all buying on the steam sale? 2 months ago:
Being based on DnD, it takes a little getting used to, especially compared to most RPG combat that were built for PC rather than tabletop. That said, while the system doesn’t get any less ‘clunky’ it does feel more natural as you become more familiar with it.
- Comment on You weirdos 2 months ago:
I’ve slept in jeans many a time. Never while sober, though.
- Comment on What are some good games with *zero* replayability? 2 months ago:
Man, a game I wish I could first-time again
- Comment on What are some good games with *zero* replayability? 2 months ago:
Play “Inside” by the same team
- Comment on 10 Years Passed Since Flappy Bird Left Its Fans 3 months ago:
Unique concept? It was a xlone of “Helicopter Game” that was from like 1990
- Comment on The Factory must grow. 3 months ago:
Those mountains? Nah, that place needs mining!
- Comment on Poignant post on the state of things 3 months ago:
Historically, most families lived together under one roof (even royalty). It was only in post WWII USA that the idea of each generation having its own home became prevalent.
- Comment on You may want to wear sunglasses though 3 months ago:
Yes, but what is the distance from the blast to perfectly cook a frozen pizza?
- Comment on What happens to my Corpse if I die in a Forest? 3 months ago:
Are we giving a murderer advice on how to dispose of a body?
- Comment on Fortnite has changed 4 months ago:
Must be at most 17 years old to participate.
- Comment on A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US 4 months ago:
Legal working age of 15 1/2 (in my state) plus a kid who looks young for their age - may not be the most appealing situation, bit this probably completely above board.
- Comment on A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant 4 months ago:
Geothermal energy requires a very stable heat source near the surface. Unfortunately, while volcanoes meet both the “heat source” and “near surface” criteria, they are not at all stable.
- Comment on Do you have any grapes? 4 months ago:
No. But I do have staples.
- Comment on Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 4 months ago:
Welp, time to disable TWO keys on my keyboard.
- Comment on What's up with all this data breaches and leaks? 4 months ago:
We’ve gotten better at reporting them
- Comment on Best games that can be completed in under ten hours? 4 months ago:
I keep a spreadsheet literally called “games to play”. Ive played about half of these so far, but they all meet your criteria, and all have overall good reviews, here’s a selection from it, including my own notes: (pardon the lack of formatting coming from a spreadsheet)
A Hand With Many Fingers 3 hours Puzzle Difficult (use pen and paper for clues) CIA mystery
A Wolf In Autumn 1 hour Walking Sim Girls nightmare
ADR1FT 6 hours Puzzle Space station catastrophe
Anna - Extended Edition 5 hours Adventure Psych horror in sawmill, inventory based puz
Antichamber 7 hours Puzzle MC-Escher-esque open world physics breaking puzzle solving
Aporia: Beyond The Valley 5 hours Walking Sim Walking Sim+ (puzzles), awaken in ancient temple in jungle
Ballads At Midnight 4 hours Visual Novel Story of a bard and a vampire
Beyond: Two Souls 12 hours Adventure Ellen Page / Willem Dafoe,
Blind Spot 5 hours Puzzle Puzzle mystery story
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons 3 hours Walking Sim Heart-wrenching story told with no words
Brukel 1 hour Walking Sim 92yr old grandma retells memories of WWII
Close To The Sun 6 hours Walking Sim Looks like Bioshock, great atmo
Cloud Climber 1 hour Walking Sim
Deliver Us The Moon 5 hours Adventure Sci-fi story on moon, some puzzles, some platforming
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald A Whirlwind Heist 1 hour Walking Sim Very short, hilarious game from maker of The Stanley Principle
Draugen 3 hours Mystery American searching for missing sister in 1920s Norway
Goetia 7 hours Point-And-Click Puzzles / adventure in abandoned house, text heavy
Gorogoa 2 hours Puzzle Hand Illustrated puzzle game
Heavy Rain 10 hours RPG Crime thriller / mystery, multiple outcomes, some QTEs
I Hope She’s OK 1 hour Walking Sim Short mystery at a nordic cabin, told through instagram-like messages
Jessika 3 hours FMV Solve suicide of Jessika
Journey 5 hours Walking Sim Atmospheric exploration
Knee Deep 4 hours Puzzle Mystery in a swampland / theater production
Kona 8 hours Adventure Detective in eerie Canada town
Manifold Garden 6 hours Puzzle M.C. escher landscape build gravity bend puzzles
Murdered: Sould Suspect 10 hours RPG Solve your own murder
Scanner Sombre 3 hours Walking Sim Trippy cave-explore game
SOMA 10 hours RPG Horror adventure
Tacoma 4 hours Walking Sim Sci-fi space station adventure
The Forgotten City 10 hours RPG Time loop in ancient Rome
The House of Da Vinci 7 hours Puzzle Similar to “The Room” series
The Painscreek Killings 10 hours Walking Sim + Murder mystery, find clues and keys
The Secrets of Darkwood 5 hours Txt RPG Descendant of Might and Magic series
The Signifier 9 hours Adventure Dark, tech-noir
The Silent Age 4 hours Point-and-click Short, fairly easy puzzles, time travel post-apocalypse
The Turing Test 6 hours Puzzle Portal/Talos wannabe
The Unfinished Swan 4 hours Puzzle Paint / blob game
To The Moon 4 hours Walking Sim Doctors help dying patients relive life
Untitled Goose Game 6 hours TP-RPG You are a horrible goose
Valley 8 hours Walking Sim Actually running/jumping sim
Of these, the standouts that I’ve played so far are “Scanner Sombre” and “Unfinished Swan” for truly unique gameplay. “SOMA” and “Heavy Rain” for best storytelling. “Painscreek Killings” for best mystery (minus one very out of place sequence). “Forgotten City” for the best standalone Skyrim mod turned into a self contained adventure.
- Comment on Over 50 per cent of users may shun social media by 2025 as misinformation, toxicity grow 4 months ago:
[posted on lemmy]
- Comment on The Fediverse is working just as intended. 4 months ago:
You can always, as a client, block individual instances in your settings
- Comment on A massive tech company exodus is occurring in Texas, reports show 5 months ago:
Of the examples they give, half never moved there in the first place, several are moving elsewhere in Texas, and one is going to Arizona. Very misleading title.