Maestro

@Maestro@fedia.io

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks like it used modern Firefox and Thunderbird code under the hood, so it should be good on standards!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That's because Valve is privately owned and this has largely resisted the enshittification that largely plagues public companies and private equity frims.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 install size reduction effort yields 131GB in cuts, and you can try the slim build right now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I can tell you why too. They fucked up the map structure at the beginning. They made the world the top level and all the dino and plant assets are under that. Not a problem in the beginning when it's just one map. But they added a second, and a third etc. and all maps needed to contain a copy of those assets. Worse, they let players transport stuff from one map to another. So if you only have the base game, your friend can come visit and use the pokeball to spawn in a couple of dragons or other DLC creature. You need to be able to see that so you need to have those assets too, even in just the base game. So, now every map needs to have a copy of all possible dinos from all DLCs. 11 maps. 11 copies of all assets. Bye bye drive space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 install size reduction effort yields 131GB in cuts, and you can try the slim build right now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Don't forget Wildcard. Ark Survival is an absurd 200+ Gb monstrosity. And there is sooooo much duplicate data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 76-Year-Old Gamer Plays Much Better Than Most of You, Takes Out an Entire Opposing Team in Counter-Strike⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  uBlock with the annoyance filter takes care of that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sean Murray just crushed my hopes of playing Light No Fire anytime soon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not only do they feel isolated, they also feel the same. NMS technically has billions of unique planets. In practice it has about 10 or so because they all feel the same. And even those look alike because they're all sparsely populated worlds. Big stretches of emptiness filled with the occasional POI. Where are the mega city planets? The forge worlds with heavy industry? Any city with more than 100 inhabitants?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I finally started "Styx: Shards of Darkness". A stealth acrion RPG. It's been pretty fun so far. Better than the first one. I'm trying to go for the silent & deadly approach. No alarms raised in any level. So far so good!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Does this specify the kinds of AI? Are none of these devs using code completion on their IDEs? Or refactoring tools? Because the bulk of them use AI these says.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fans Are Accusing Ubisoft Of Using "Incredibly Disappointing" AI Art In Anno 117⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I still don't understand how a company gets to decide to stop trafing their stock....

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe try the Styx games? They're on sale quite regularly. I liked the first one a lot!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Question on TV's⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why not Qled?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1X Neo is a $20,000 home robot that will learn chores via teleoperation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't want this. I just want a robot that can fold laundry. I don't care if it can only fold 80% of it and if it takes all day for a single basket. I'd happily pay 1-2K for it too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, well, we're well on our way to those unfortunately 😕

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Starfleet!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yet another note taking recommendation needed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Obsidian aldo has (paid, subscription) native sync that is supposed to work better than file sync. Another alternative is git sync. That's basically file sync through git but great if you want to track your changes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I got "Warhammer 40K: Boltgun" on sale recently. It's been great fun so far! Really well made and just plain fun to play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Has Begun⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just got the base version. If I like it enough I can wait for another sale for the DLCs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unifying the Fediverse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm on mbin too. I like the UI better than Lemmy, but I do feel like it has started falling behind. Imgur image posts never load, no inline images in comments. A very annoying click action on every comment. I'm contemplating moving to Piefed...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Has Begun⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought "Cult of the Lamb". It's not a spectacular discount but good enough to go try it out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Magic: The Gathering to Honor 60th Anniversary of Star Trek with Special Tribute Set⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is that in MTG you can't avoid the crap you don't want. With D&D I can just ignore the crossover books and ban them from my table. But eith MTG you have no control over the kind of deck your opponent brings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Time to hand in your nerd badge at the front desk 😄

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get ready to see ads on your… Samsung refrigerator⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was recently at a gas station that scanned my license plate and then started showing me ads telling me to upgrade to a newer model of my car, while showing me ads for those ewer models on an used car website. It felt incredibly invasive and I haven't been back to that gas station.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Purpose of Difficulty | GMTK Mini⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me it wasn't so much the runback, as it was fighting your spirit every time. I hated that. Especially if you died in a difficult platforming section. It only made it more difficult.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evoland 2, a wonderful mix of games and homage to old games⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I never could get past the bit where you

  story

  Fight your shadow

  😕

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just finished Strange Horticulture a few days ago. It was really fun! Not too long as well. It looks like a shop sim, but it's a puzzle game.

  After that I started Two Point Hospital. I used to play Theme Hospital a lot in my youth so this hits all the right spots.

  Both were recently free on Epic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jump Space devs outline a bevy of early access roadmap updates and an easy-on-your-wallet price point⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here. The most coop fun I had since Deep Rock Galactic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gatormead 🐊⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the update 😃

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paradox issues Bloodlines 2 refunds after backlash over paywalled clans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Except that with their other games, each DLC not only adds a bunch of content but also brings with it a significant free update to the base game. So there it's clear that the DLCs fund the base game too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gatormead 🐊⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you had a chance to taste it yet? Is it any good?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Evidence That AI Is Destroying Jobs For Young People Just Got Stronger⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn't matter if the implementation is good. All that matters is that middle management gets more stuff "done" with fewer people. Where the definition of "done" is just tgat it hasn't exploded in their face.... yet....