WolfLink

@WolfLink@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is all your music in opus?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨De-Escalating Social Media⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s “let’s a go!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You say on another dopamine drop website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Plenty of Steam games are DRM free and will launch just fine without Steam installed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I too prefer to buy from GoG, but I often add my GoG games to be launched through Steam as non-Steam games so I can take advantage of features like Proton and Steam Input.

  If I want to take advantage of certain features Steam only offers to games you buy through them, I will buy through Steam instead of GoG. Usually when I do this it’s for multiplayer or save file syncing reasons.

  Steam features you can use with non-Steam games:

  • provides SteamInput which allows me to use any game controller in any game with a lot of configuration options. It’s the best tool for that purpose I’ve ever seen.
  • provides Proton for playing Windows games on Linux (and I do 99% of my gaming on Linux these days)
  • provides VR headset drivers and tools for using different VR headsets with games not designed for them
  • provides a TV and controller optimized interface (“Big Picture” mode)

  Steam features exclusive to Steam games:

  • updates games automatically
  • backs up my saves and syncs them across devices
  • provides multiplayer server infrastructure making it easy to play with friends
  • provides modding infrastructure, although not all games use it
  • provides tools for managing which version of a game you have installed
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who buys crazy expensive "new retro" consoles and why?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I picked up a GameCube at a convention a few years ago for $100 and bought a few games I missed out on as a kid. The pricing on the games is worse than the console (unless the game is niche, then it’s dirt cheap). I like the physicality of collecting the disks and using the console itself. I’ve always preferred buying cartridge over digital when possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who buys crazy expensive "new retro" consoles and why?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are companies that sell parts to repair and sometimes upgrade old devices. Sometimes local retro game stores will service your devices for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When the weather is 100% hot outside how hot is it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Designed a simple photo frame on FreeCad. Why are some layers peeling in my print?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like first layer adhesion issues, but given the print finished with no other issues, I’d call this a success. You might try adding a raft or brim next time to isolate the first layer issues from the print itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we put shitjustworks behind a captcha?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use an app for my Lemmy browsing and I’d really like that to not break :/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People need the truth⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve decided not to go after the golden strawberries in Celeste. The only other thing I’m missing is the moonberry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3196: Aurora Coolness⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is good to know. I’ve seen the aurora once and it was like the bottom of the graph describes it - a very faint glow, barely noticeable to the naked eye, but it turned up much better in photos.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I miss play-by-email games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The chess.com app has support for this kind of thing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  From my experience, you have to manually go to the Nvidia website and download the installer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nvidia graphics cards don’t “just work” on windows either tbf

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: listening to audiobooks and reading books both activate the same language related areas of the brain⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Play it on 2, 3, 4x speed. However fast you can still understand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hytale is OUT NOW in early access!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Notch sold the game to Microsoft long before it was ever a complete game.

  I know it’s a bit fuzzy with Minecraft since it’s constantly getting updates, but I find the claim that Minecraft was “incomplete” before selling it to Microsoft is a big stretch.

  Version “1.0” came out 3 years before the Microsoft sale, and at least to me, the game felt “complete” long before 1.0

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3.5" floppy disks were peak tactile feedback in storage: easy to stick in, drives had a button to immediately eject them, big enough to get labels, thin enough that stacks didn't take too much space⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can get near that level of performance with a small thunderbolt drive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3.5" floppy disks were peak tactile feedback in storage: easy to stick in, drives had a button to immediately eject them, big enough to get labels, thin enough that stacks didn't take too much space⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s called a thumb drive and you can do it as long as the computer you are using has the option to boot from USB enabled in BIOS (typically personal machines come with that enabled but machines out in the public often disable it specifically because they don’t want you booting a different OS)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where does “Alemania” (what they call Germany in Spain) come from?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That time Apple sent everyone a U2 album: 'I DONT WANT YOU.'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tested it right now and it worked fine. I was able to get “you too” or “you two” depending on the context, and didn’t get “U2”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peak technology ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A Homestuck post in the wild in 2025?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I liked Blue Prince but I don’t think it’s anywhere close to “Game of the Year” material.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  To be clear, the game released with the AI “placeholders” in the game, and only replaced them later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Backing up Spotify⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately if you sort by least popular musicon Spotify, you’ll get nothing but spam

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what a bummer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Team Rocket sloppified Pikachu!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is this colour?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Garbage

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Recent Nvidia drivers are open source

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨should I go back to my old job now that several people, some of them more knowledgeable than me have told me they don't understand my decision to quit it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d just try to understand why they feel that way to make sure you aren’t missing anything.

  Is it the pay cut? 20% sounds pretty significant to me but 2% isn’t, but in the end if you are making enough to live the way you want that’s all you need.

  Is it the career path options? That can be more complicated, but if there’s nothing you would want from “climbing the ladder” that’s up to you.