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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My PC is tired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a wealth of resources regarding sexuality and thematics for adolescents in general available here: www.youmo.se/en/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HELP! How do I help educate my son about his body when I know nothing about boys??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  thanks, i wanted to comment something similar - training is necessary, and i would have been very pleased if someone told me that condoms are not a “one size fits all”-thing at all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love the future.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  if it’s non-linear, maybe a reincarnation in a parallel universe without those grifters would be to your taste?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  i switched to lemmy after seeing the crackdown after the blackouts where they just repo’ed subreddits that didn’t stand down - it was clear then that internal forces would not be able to change a thing over there. i couldn’t support a site that was doing shit like this. (It’s the reason i keep pestering my wife to leave facebook and instagram after zucks kneefall for trump, and switch to pixelfed and bluesky instead; lemmy wouldn’t be a good place for her, but i can see her enjoying pixelfed a lot)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  something in the same direction can be found under blorpblorp.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with everything except the following bit of wrong info: protonvpn does allow port forwarding on their paid plans. source: i am using it, and protonvpn.com/support/port-forwarding

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what was the last game you played in 2024?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Simulacra together with my wife :-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Wii good?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just remember having a blast playing Resident Evil 4 with the Wiimote for targeting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite 1000+ hour games?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Grim Dawn (currently playing Community Season 7! check it out @ grimdawnleague.com, Dead Cells and Terraria (and most of that time unmodded - i just love building cozy or not so cozy homes).