drasglaf
@drasglaf@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Oracle made a $300 billion bet on OpenAI. It's paying the price. 3 days ago:
And ripping off their customers.
- Comment on There's ads on an apple 3 days ago:
Give it some time and that sticker will be a detachable user manual.
- Comment on Looking for games to watch Let's Plays of: Recommend me something! 6 days ago:
What about A Plague Tale: Innocence and A Plague Tale: Requiem played by Amicia’s (main protagonist)'s voice actress?
- Comment on No it won’t 1 week ago:
That’s the date duh!
19th day of the 71st month.
- Comment on Free content for LoTRO with a coupon for 3rd of November (redeemable in-game with code EXPLOREOURWORLD) 1 month ago:
I played it through Lutris for a while a few years ago.
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- Comment on Great games you would recommend from before 1990? 2 months ago:
Snatcher (1988). Cyberpunk text-heavy adventure by Hideo Kojima. The MSX version was fan-translated and the Mega CD/Sega CD version received an official English version a few years later.
- Comment on Ghost in the Shell – 1997 Developer Interview - shmuplations.com 2 months ago:
I played the demo a lot back in the day, I should give the full game a try some day.
- Comment on Brad buys a house 3 months ago:
My first email was netwesker15
- Comment on Mosquito Sprites 3 months ago:
This might have perfectly been nominated for an Ig nobel prize.
- Comment on Gen Z Is Cutting Back On Video Game Purchases 4 months ago:
For people outside of .world (like me):
!foss_gaming@lemmy.world
- Comment on Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK 4 months ago:
I’ve been using RuTracker for years and it usually has all the music I need. And it has more than music, great site.
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 4 months ago:
One that comes to mind is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 months ago:
I’m about to finish Deliver Us The Moon, quite interesting.
And before it I played Tacoma, and before it I played Observation, and before it I played The Invincible. I think I’m starting to see a pattern here…
So far my favourite has been The Invincible, I think I’ll read the book eventually.
All of them performed like crap on my Legion Go with CachyOS, Tacoma being the least annoying in that regard. The farther I get into a game, the worse it performs.
If someone have more recommendations I’d appreciate them.
- Comment on ‘Subnautica 2’ Leaders Say Krafton Sabotaged Game Over Payout [new events in the Subnautica 2 story] 4 months ago:
IT still remains to be seen if all this is true, but it reads as standard corporate behaviour.
- Comment on Krafton Delays ‘Subnautica 2’ Game Ahead of $250 Million Payout 5 months ago:
Detecting multiple executive class lifeforms in the game. Are you certain whatever you’re paying is worth it?
- Comment on What's the e-reader you would buy if you were in the market? 5 months ago:
Another Libra 2 owner here, it works great and it looks great too.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #20 5 months ago:
Maybe text-heavy would be a more accurate description.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #20 5 months ago:
I’m currently playing Betrayal At Krondor on my old Celeron PC. I played a couple of chapters a few years ago but I left it there, so I’ve started again and I’m on chapter 2. Since the game is slow and mostly text based, I think its gameplay has aged quite well. I’m playing it with MT-32 sound and music thanks to my MT32-Pi.
I’m also replaying Undertale on my PS Vita, it looks great on its OLED screen.
- Comment on Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital 5 months ago:
It’ll always be at 1HP from now on.
- Comment on Engineer creates first custom motherboard for 1990s PlayStation console 5 months ago:
Archived version:
- Comment on Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater - Gameplay Trailer 6 months ago:
It looks great, but why wasn’t Ocelot moving his mouth while he was speaking?
- Comment on SILENT HILL f | Release Date Trailer (September 25) 6 months ago:
I hope it does really well, can’t wait to try it.
- Comment on Survey shows Gmail users would gladly sacrifice features for more privacy 6 months ago:
If email is all you want, Tuta Mail is a good alternative with a free tier.
- Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal 6 months ago:
Here you go:
Four former Volkswagen managers have been convicted of fraud for their roles in the so-called Dieselgate scandal, which erupted when U.S. regulators discovered that the company had installed software to cheat emissions tests on millions of VW, Audi, and Porsche vehicles worldwide.
The court sent the former head of diesel engine development behind bars for four years and six months, and the former head of powertrain electronics to two years and seven months. Two others — Volkswagen’s former development director and a former department head — received suspended sentences, according to Der Spiegel and Deutsche Welle reports from the Braunschweig courtroom.
The verdict follows nearly four years of proceedings and adds to the mounting legal troubles for Volkswagen. Prosecutors had asked for prison terms of two to four years, while the defense argued the men were scapegoats. Appeals remain possible.
After being caught cheating in 2015, the company admitted to installing software in its diesel engines that activated emissions controls only during laboratory testing, allowing the vehicles to meet U.S. standards while in real-world driving, the vehicles emitted up to 40 times more pollutants.
The fallout forced CEO Martin Winterkorn to resign, although he denied wrongdoing. U.S. authorities issued an arrest warrant for Winterkorn in 2018, but Germany does not extradite its nationals. His trial in Germany was paused in 2021 due to health issues, but he remains a key figure under investigation.
Meanwhile, the arrest of Audi’s then-CEO Rupert Stadler in 2018 marked a dramatic shift, as German prosecutors expanded their probe into current executives. Stadler was accused of continuing to sell cars with illegal software even after the scandal broke.
Across the Atlantic, two former VW engineers — Oliver Schmidt and James Robert Liang — are already serving prison sentences in the U.S. Schmidt, who once led VW’s environmental office in the U.S., was sentenced to seven years after initially denying guilt but later reaching a plea deal. Liang received 40 months after cooperating with prosecutors.
Currently, German authorities are investigating up to 40 executives and engineers across Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche, with parallel cases against Daimler (Mercedes) and BMW under way.
OCCRP previously reported on Volkswagen’s 2017 U.S. guilty plea and multibillion-dollar settlement.
The Dieselgate saga has so far cost VW an estimated €33 billion ($37.5 billion) and the legal and financial fallout is far from over.
Thousands of European customers continue to press for compensation, while investigators on both sides of the Atlantic keep pushing for accountability at the highest levels.
- Comment on Switch 2 supports USB mouse controls, developer reveals 6 months ago:
You can always buy a used Switch 2 once it’s hackable.
- Comment on Catchiest video game song? 6 months ago:
- Comment on And gay men. I'm sorry. I'm weak for it 6 months ago:
I’ll always remember what I was doing on 9/11: Drinking ice coffee while watching the news after lunch. Not gay, btw.
- Comment on It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System 6 months ago:
This gives me flashbacks. I had to take Java exams with pen and paper. They took 6+ hours. The reason? Not enough computers for everyone and our teacher wasn’t willing to make 2 different exams, like every other fucking teacher does.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 6 months ago:
If you ever see yourself in the need of information about the DOS era again, Vogons is the place to go IMHO.
