PieMePlenty

@PieMePlenty@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose wisely⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  So you see school children grow up through the years, see how their behavior, biology and culture changes. You’re a book away from being an anthropologist,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What sort of grill needs a firmware update lol⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does a grill need a screen and buttons? Maybe I’m living in the stone age, but what I call grilling involves putting charcoal to a flame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It also fucks up the main plumbing system right down to the water treatment facility and while there, it fucks that too.

  If your taxes pay for wastewater management, you’re fucking yourself up.
  If you pay in addition to your taxes, you’re fucking yourself up.
  If you have your own septic tank, you’re fucking yourself up.
  If it flows to the river directly and you enjoy clean nature, you’re fucking yourself up.
  If it flows to the river directly and your taxes pay for nature maintenance, you’re fucking yourself up.

  Grease down the drain is fucking yourself up and you deserve it. You can not win with it. It will come back to bite you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Switch 2's price won't be impacted by Japan's new tariffs, but its games might⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, no, you don’t get it. It’s the other country that pays the tariffs… duh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: If the first Smart Search in Immich takes a while⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahh, calmed me down. Never thought of doing anything like you’re doing it here, but I do like it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: If the first Smart Search in Immich takes a while⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, you pull new images every time you boot up? Coming from a mindset of having rock solid stability, this scares me. You’re living your life on the edge my friend. I wish I could do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Steam controller was ahead of its time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve owned one since the beginning, and the only major downside to the controller is that it requires relearning. No d pad, touch pads, back buttons are something not found on other controllers, so there is no familiarity you can bring to the device. As a result, you need to rethink and relearn how to use a controller. If you do end up learning it, it can bring a lot to the table because there is nothing like it in terms of customisability.
  Sadly i never put in the time and only played simple games on it. I still bist it out for mario kart.
  The other minor downside is its not exactly comfortable to use. The handles are angled upwards instead of down which feels unnatural to me… again, probably because no other cobtroller does ot that way.
  I keep saying to myself if I ever boot up cities skylines on the TV, I’m waking up the steam controller for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milking dust⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  First one was grand, didn’t need to be followed up or remade. Now we have a franchise… The only remake I wouldn’t mind seeing is a more brutal first one, closer to what the book was depicting. All I’d be interested in really.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, this is generally what can be done. Disadvantages include:

  • having to buy yet another device
  • knowing which dehumidifier will start working as soon as it gets electricity. The ones sold in my country are all no name brands with little information if they will work or not and few spec sheets.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I can turn it on remotely, that’s a good feature. I have solar, I want it to work when the sun is out and I’m producing excess energy.
  Yes, I know I can use other peripherals to do this (sometimes) but its always nicer if its just built in so I don’t need to waste carbon on other things.

  The only thing I want when manufacturers add wifi to these things is to appeal to open source principles like allowing us to connect to it and communicate with it openly and not tie it down to some cloud service they run.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jellyfin over the internet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed a good recommendation. I’ve not set it up yet but I’m probably going to do so in the near future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It was all a lie, wasn't it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jellyfin over the internet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I access it through a reverse proxy (nginx). I guess the only weak point is if someone finds out the domain for it and starts spamming the login screen. But I’ve restricted access to the domain for most of the world anyway. Wireguard would probably be more secure but its not always possible if like on vacation and want to use it on the TV there…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Drama drives these things. I totally understand Ross not wanting to engage in it 10 months ago but look at what it can do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is what it is⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Naming it incognito was a mistake. It was always clear to me all incognito is, is a non persistent container to keep your browsing data separate from your regular browsing data. All its hiding is your porn browsing habits from your mom. But of course, the name implies much more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The end of Stop Killing Games [Accursed Farms]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, so many influencers do this. It’s really a shame what kind of world we are building. People who actually have reach - influencers, staying quiet about real issues in fear of cutting the hand that feeds them. Off topic but damn if it doesn’t hold true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A cuppa Jill⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm… oversight by who?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how are my fellow peeps hosting your music collection these days?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Music folder on a network share. Navidrome and plex and jellyfin all have access to that library, then pick your poison for the client app. Plex is also DLNA enabled so my dumber AVR can access it too. I mostly use tempo app on android though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We live in a society or smth⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One could argue the article is anti consumerist since its talking about de cluttering, albeit in a weird way. At least, that’s what I’m assuming. As for organic conversation, beats “did you see [sports game] last night”. But that’s just me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Shadwen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What I’m seeing in Europe is a few sellers selling them, sourced from other steam decks. Used parts from non reputable sources. This is what I’m talking about. Yes, I could use them if I really needed it, true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And, as luck would have it, the thing that breaks on mine is the track pad and I cant find a replacement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 332 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well said. I adjusted my expectations and found myself liking the game. I didn’t find the planets lacking in anything, really. I expected things to be barren as it felt more realistic. The game is photographiclly beautiful. While a lot of the gameplay and writing critique is valid, I didn’t think it was a fundamentally bad game, just mediocre in some parts and excellent in other parts many people simply overlook.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pick-ups from the Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe it uses DRM that doesn’t work on newer Windows versions. There’s a fan patch that removes the drm and the game should run. Online is probably not an issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people like Mario Kart?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure if you’re trolling or what, but I still play MK Wii regularly with friends on local co op. Used to play it on the console, I now emulate it on a steam deck. There’s nothing that matches the quality and charm of the game on any platform and I say this as a regular opponent of Nintendo. I don’t find it unfair as it strikes a good balance between skill and luck. Everyone I’ve played with, gamers or not, pretty much agree.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Android 16 is here⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now to wait 10 months for samsung to update.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG One-Click Mods | New era of modding begins⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice to see some competition in this space. Steam dropped the ball by not getting fallout London.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deathloop is free to claim on Epic Games⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  New to this? You go to the website and claim the game, then never play it and go back to playing whatever you were before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Sealed Copy Of Fallout 3 DLC Is Selling For Over $2,000, And Fans Have No Idea Why⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can buy it yourself. Then list for 9k again and point out it’s previously been sold for 10k. It’s been done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought your point was it was never happening? I provided examples where it did happen in the past and where its happening now. Volatility of the price vs USD is not the biggest issue if the payment processor gives the vendor USD back after the transaction. If the vendor believes in crypto, they can decide to keep it as well. Had Valve chosen to hold their crypto earnings in 2016 for a few years, they’d have seen even larger profits. But thats beside the point. I personally believe they canned it more because of transaction fees. At the time, bitcoin network was oversaturated due to an explosion of popularity which reduced it to unusable levels for everyday transactions.

  You should be focusing on why other vendors are still supporting crypto and asking yourself why.