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- Comment on Here's for 2 years since I joined Lemmy 1 day ago:
it was kbin, the first one i registered on because it played nicely mastodon too, and i thought it would be nice to have less tabs permanently open.
now i have accounts on mastodon, dbzer0’s lemmy, piefed, pixelfed and even friendica goddamnit it’s like collecting pokemon
- Comment on (Technology Connections) Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind [33:46] 5 days ago:
The top Youtube comment by Ridley Combs explains it pretty well:
FFmpeg maintainer here, and the details behind the caption decoding issues you’re seeing in VLC are complex and horrific. They largely stem from how the EIA-608 caption format expects text to be laid out in a monospace grid onscreen, which isn’t really how the text rendering stacks used for modern subtitling work (this is probably why changing the font caused problems on those Sony players); beyond that, the behavior can just end up pretty complex, and there’s no convenient public-domain corpus of sample files for open-source software developers to test against. These kinds of issues also affect the Japanese (ARIB) and European (Teletext) formats to varying extents. These days, a lot of the focus ends up being on converting the text into modern Unicode text formats, styled using modern techniques, so direct rendering of the legacy formats hasn’t had as much attention lately.
- Comment on Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year 1 week ago:
If they could make them small / sensitive enough to make them subdermal, without the risky brainsurgery, that would be an absolute gamechanger and would increase acceptance by a lot. if the process would be like getting a few piercings under local anesthesia, it would make servicing the hardware much less of a life and death decision, and i wouldn’t mind getting something like that - especially if it’s on the hackability scale of a steam deck lol
- Comment on Self-hosting is having a moment. Ethan Sholly knows why. 1 week ago:
I’ve set up my SO with adfree alternative clients for Youtube 3 times now, and she always defaults back to the adinfested youtube app. i cannot wrap my head around it, but it’s her time and attention she’s wasting, not mine.
- Comment on Self-hosting is having a moment. Ethan Sholly knows why. 1 week ago:
hardcode all the ip’s!
- 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" 1 week ago:
Dead Island 2 is free on Epic currently, and probably more fun than Borderlands 4; BL 3 wasn’t written well, and i assume the same for BL 4. A shame, BL2 i one of my most played FPS
- Comment on noyb sends Meta 'cease and desist' letter over AI training. European Class Action as potential next step 2 weeks ago:
a quick overview of the legal battles of Max Schrems / NOYB: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schrems
- Comment on noyb sends Meta 'cease and desist' letter over AI training. European Class Action as potential next step 2 weeks ago:
Max Schrems and his team have done a lot of good regarding user rights in the face of giants like meta. I’m pretty sure that at least a handful of Meta employees regulary have nightmares because of NOYB.
- Comment on My PC is tired 3 weeks ago:
nah, it’s only if you are to lazy to learn. i bet i can play more games on a budget pc than on a ps5, even with integrated graphics nowadays, because PC’s have a back catalogue from the last 4 decades, and thats before getting into emulation of classic consoles like NES, Megadrive and a lot more platforms.
Consoles are just good for switching your brain off, which is a valid reason to get one. But the price of 5 console games gives you enough wiggle room to get a decent graphics card which will run pretty much everything you want, and it will do so for the forseeable future.
- Comment on My PC is tired 3 weeks ago:
and don’t forget repairability - i recently broke the digitizer of my steam deck, i just went to ifixit and ordered a new one for 100€. you can repair everything on that thing with a simple screwdriver, which is whack
- Comment on Kids nowadays don't have many (if any) videogame heroes... 3 weeks ago:
for the modern child with liver cirrhosis
- Comment on Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy 3 weeks ago:
I disagree on the premise that a rock cannot be used for much. I mean, the available actions for a rock ARE pretty limited, but it can be used in a variety of ways!
- Comment on When you fail the DC 8 "JD, CHILL!" Persualsion check 1 month ago:
How many hit points had the Pope, an high level archpriest? he was sick, so he definitely wasn’t at max hp, but he fumbled that roll hard.
- Comment on What programs do you wish a good FOSS alternative existed, but doesn't or most of the FOSS alternatives simply aren't good? 1 month ago:
I dearly miss Playnite on Linux. Having Games from a lot of different sources, only Lutris supports more than Steam/Epic/GoG, and it’s missing a lot of features from Playnite and it’s plugins. Managing my Gamelibrary without it sucks.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 1 month ago:
as a pedestrian i have to say that i never use my blinker.
joke aside, there’s not much that aggravates me more than drivers not using their signals when they can turn either left or right, but cannot continue forward, like near the street i live in that i frequently have to cross. since they HAVE to turn, i have to wait for them to either remember that they have turn signals, or wait until they have enlightened me about their decision by making them a fact.
don’t be an ass, use your turn signals to make your intentions known for the weaker parties on the road.
- Comment on Florida’s New Social Media Bill Says the Quiet Part Out Loud and Demands an Encryption Backdoor 1 month ago:
That’s an education problem, not a privacy issue. Children also deserve privacy, especially when they have awful and potentially abusive parents.
- Comment on Suggestions for mouse only games? 1 month ago:
If you want an alternative to Slay the Spire i can recommend Monster Train; you mainly summon different Hellspawn and cast spells, which gives it more of an Magic the Gathering feel.
If you want an ARPG fix and have thumb buttons on your mouse you can try Chronicon, don’t let the gfx stop you, it’s an excellent hack&slash game, and you can put all your skills onto 1 button if you like - i use the middle and the right button for most builds and thumb keys for pots
If you want a new spin on Darkest Dungeon, give Iratus - Lord of the Dead a try. Or if you played a lot of Darkest Dungeon and want more of it, try Black Reliquary, a huge (and free!) mod with a lot of new mechanics!
Going into the same direction as Into the Breach is Shotgun King - the final Checkmate. It’s really fun and the higher difficulties really make your brains work out. Workshop support with lots of extra content included! Also great for Turn-based Tactics is Invisible Inc., putting you in control of an spy agency which has been hit hard and tries to recover.
For arcade games i can recommend Utopia must fall - it really captures the spirit of old arcade games, but feels real fresh. You can also go for Nova Drift, which is also an excellent arcade game.
Then there is Cultist Simulator and its spiritual successor, Book of Hours. It’s basically a card based riddle game, and very atmospheric.
There is always Shattered Pixel Dungeon - it is also available on Steam or Gog, but you can download and play it for free from the link i provided.
I think your collarbone might have healed until you’ve finished that list, have fun!
- Comment on Time to rewatch. Gurren Lagan 1 month ago:
I’ve watched Hellsing Ultimate at least 8 times now, and i’ve had the itch for a new run for the last few days. I will never be able to get through my watchlist…
- Comment on Signal downloads spike in the US and Yemen amid government scandal | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
The white house trusting signal is nice, but using it to circumvent official communication tools which document messages for the archives is not the way it should be used - they used the “disappearing messages”-feature as well. This usage is more in line with criminal organizations like the mafia or yakuza.
- Comment on Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland 2 months ago:
i suspect having a larger claim to arctic ressources is another angle.
- Comment on Family fights for death-row retrial under Japan's 'snail-paced' system 2 months ago:
I am opposed to the death penalty, because mistakes cannot be corrected. But if a country deems it acceptable, then there must be at least a attainable way for retrials and much shorter processing times, or else it’s just life without parole with the chance that you get killed an a random day.
- Comment on YSK about SomaFM, an independant non-commercial internet radio with really nice and diverse curated channels 2 months ago:
thanks, i love it! i’m just browsing, and the channels seem all to be really the good stuff! i’m a bit weirded out by the secret agent radio, but it’s a good kind of weird lol
- Comment on YSK that some governments have technology known as Directed-energy weapons such as Long-range acoustic device and Active Denial System... (continue in post) 2 months ago:
Funny that equipping the equivalent to middle age combat gear (chain mail, helmet /w hearing protection, shield) is probably the best way to protect oneself.
- Comment on “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen 2 months ago:
i have 3 just in case one dies
- Comment on Reddit tracking upvotes for mod actions 2 months ago:
This is really really disgusting, thanks for sharing; i know who to send this information for some laughs.
I don’t think it’s a bannable offense tho
- Comment on GitHub - LadybirdBrowser/ladybird: Truly independent web browser 2 months ago:
there may also be the possibility of the dev simply not wanting to define his views publicly out of the blue, because regardless of stance, you will make enemies, potentially hindering the projects development or facing personal repercussions.
It should be allowed for someone to not out themselves as either transphobic or an ally. If the person does have issues with pronouns, it’s better if they simply keep to themselves instead of loudly proclaiming it. The other way around it’s the same - even if someone is pro trans, it might not be suitable for them to openly speak about it - it might even put them in danger.
I agree with you that this is often a dog whistle, but it might also be a poor choice of wording.
- Comment on Henry Symeonis 2 months ago:
literally how traditions work
- Comment on Designed by men, for men: Why sex with robots does not have appeal among women 2 months ago:
I know from my netherlands visits (from locals, personally i’m not into sex workers) that the bouncers in the Amsterdam redlight district don’t fuck around when one of the girls have any issue with a client, so they tend to behave themselves.
- Comment on John Oliver promoted alternatives to big tech in last night's episode, including Mastodon and Pixelfed 3 months ago:
from what i understand, a decentralized bluesky is nothing for an enduser at all.
TL;DR: the cost for an enduser to run a bluesky instance will soon be prohibitive because of the amount of storage needed owed to its shared heap architecture. but what it does is to provide a “credible exit” - if users lose trust or the company shutters, there’s nothing in the way of another organisation picking up the mantle and continue from there on.
- Comment on HELP! How do I help educate my son about his body when I know nothing about boys?? 3 months ago:
There is a wealth of resources regarding sexuality and thematics for adolescents in general available here: www.youmo.se/en/