eronth
@eronth@lemmy.world
- Comment on If I invented a shirt that caused cameras to be damaged when filmed/photographed, would I be committing a crime by wearing the shirt at events with cameras? 1 week ago:
Creating something that damages nearby electronics? Yeah, that’s probably not going to fly. It really doesn’t matter if it only damages things that actively film/photograph you. Like, it’d be illegal if I walked up and hammered every camera that photographed me too.
- Comment on LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think. 1 week ago:
Thank you for being rational here. It drives me bonkers how many people try to act like Linux is “just as easy” as windows. Like, yeah, to some degree it’s getting used to the differences, but there are definitely considerations and complexities that you simply don’t have to worry about with a windows machine.
As a relatively recent convert, I can say it was easier than I was expecting, but it was not “just as easy” as installing windows. It took more time to set up all the extra bits I needed/wanted, and I’m still not fully set up the way I’d like to be.
- Comment on Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — Xbox says it "will keep our full priced holiday releases at $69.99," with refunds incoming 4 weeks ago:
That’s still overpriced.
- Comment on Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA 5 weeks ago:
Not just UI, but simplicity of operation. The closer to “it just works” a system/program is, the more palatable it is to adopt.
- Comment on I totally missed the point when PeerTube got so good 5 weeks ago:
Sometimes it’s nice to know where you even start, then verify from there.
- Comment on I totally missed the point when PeerTube got so good 5 weeks ago:
Asking chatgpt can be super useful to get info. I just don’t understand why people don’t try to verify what it says before just re-posting like fact.
- Comment on Scientists make game-changing breakthrough that could slash costs of solar panels: 'Has the potential to contribute to the energy transition' 5 weeks ago:
Honestly solar panels and electric cars. I know those existed over 15 years ago, but they weren’t serious market options until like 5 or so years ago.
- Comment on Can you see magic eye pictures? 1 month ago:
Nope. Never figured it out
- Comment on Can an American go to Europe just for cheaper healthcare? 1 month ago:
Because instead they just outright deny the claim and pay nothing. It also works against them if people start to realize they can get cheaper care elsewhere.
- Comment on The Guardian and the University of Cambridge Computer Science Department unveil new technology to protect journalists 1 month ago:
It’s a red flag to those who think you’re going to share internal info.
- Comment on Nier creator Yoko Taro reveals the sad reality of modern AAA game development, “there’s less weird people making games” 2 months ago:
Part of the issue is that AAA still hasn’t learned how to manage and produce passion projects, which most great games are. They keep wanting to use what’s working elsewhere with no regard for what makes sense in their own game.
- Comment on Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting 2 months ago:
Joysticks still drifting is an embarrassment.
- Comment on matrix is cooked 2 months ago:
It feels like there could/should be a good modern chat protocol and voice protocol and you just pick which interface you want to use, much like email currently does, except for chatrooms.
- Comment on The Outer Worlds 2 - Official Story Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2025 2 months ago:
Well, time and a sale it is, then.
- Comment on Stack Overflow seeks rebrand as traffic continues to plummet – which is bad news for developers 2 months ago:
Yup. Infuriating. I can’t remember how many times I saw a thread of someone asking my version of a question that was then closed as duplicate linking to an older one that wasn’t the right version and therefore the fix was irrelevant or at least not best practice anymore.
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 2 months ago:
I guess me and my several thousand borderlands hours are not a real fan then? The games weren’t worth $80 even when they came with goodies. They’re not worth $80 without the goodies. I’ll just wait for a sale.
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 3 months ago:
True, but the problem (at least for me) is that I was simultaneously going nowhere and running out of places to go. I legit wasn’t sure how to progress literally any of the opened quests and felt like nothing was getting done.
- Comment on Reminder if you're leaving Discord for this Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators) 3 months ago:
Reasonable, but you’d be fooling yourself to act as if forums will meaningfully replace Discord for most users.
- Comment on Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it 3 months ago:
Not just keylogger. It’s a screenlogger too.
- Comment on What is this called? 3 months ago:
I really want a poncho/ruana style thing to wear casually, but I just cannot seem to find one with a style that really tickles my fancy. I’ll wrap random blankets around me shawl sans brooch style, but they’re not really the style I’d want to go wear out and about.
- Comment on British soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms for pennies 4 months ago:
I wager the word “radio” also helps. Early 1900s would have had plenty of radio broadcasts being “the thing” going on, so that word probably helps prime the interpretation, even if not used in quite the same way.
- Comment on Nintendo Maintains Nintendo Switch 2 Pricing, Retail Pre-Orders to Begin April 24 in U.S. 4 months ago:
I’m normally at least moderately excited for nintendo’s release lineup. This time, though… it’s neat I guess?
- Comment on What's a cancelled game you really miss? 4 months ago:
Breach. An asymmetric game of 5 v 1 with the 5 heroes working through a dungeon crawl while the 1 enemy sets traps or controls random AI characters.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ | TechCrunch 4 months ago:
Instead of explaining what you mean, you’re just going to casually suggest they read a roughly 500 page book and hope that clears it up for them?
- Comment on The US Secretary of Education referred to AI as ‘A1,’ like the steak sauce 4 months ago:
Bro how out of touch with your colleagues do you have to be to not know it’s AI. Have you literally never heard someone around you talk about it? No one on TV? You’ve never said it aloud to someone who corrected you?
- Comment on So this is it, is trump god? Will Republicans sacrifice their own well being to own the libs? 4 months ago:
They already have.
- Comment on First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80 4 months ago:
Yes, inflation happened, and purchasing power has not grown or stayed the same with it. People can’t afford as much, so rising prices on entertainment are going to sting even more.
- Comment on In the latest Windows 11 preview build, Microsoft removed the “bypassnro” command, which let users skip signing into a Microsoft Account when installing Windows. 4 months ago:
It’s mostly my penchant for longer passwords in general. I did not plan to swap up strategies for my personal PC login account. Seeing microsoft demand a shorter password than I use almost everywhere else was… not promising.
- Comment on In the latest Windows 11 preview build, Microsoft removed the “bypassnro” command, which let users skip signing into a Microsoft Account when installing Windows. 4 months ago:
Basically. It’s essentially a full-on sentence and last time I looked, Microsoft allowed about half the character length.
- Comment on In the latest Windows 11 preview build, Microsoft removed the “bypassnro” command, which let users skip signing into a Microsoft Account when installing Windows. 4 months ago:
I use that command partially because Microsoft accounts don’t allow passwords as long as the password I like to use for my PC