redwattlebird
@redwattlebird@lemmings.world
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun! 3 days ago:
Fear & Hunger 1 & 2 for me among others. Stellar Blade not on sale though… I get it but… It’s so expensive…
- Comment on Yes, this is what people did back then 1 week ago:
Go to all the live gigs, then invest. Probably steal PayPal.
- Comment on Oh to go back... 1 week ago:
HACK THE PLANET!
- Comment on Nier creator Yoko Taro reveals the sad reality of modern AAA game development, “there’s less weird people making games” 1 week ago:
That’s why you need public funding to support and nourish the industry. We’ve got that in our state where we can get grants to start up studios. This allowed for studios such as Massive Monster to be created.
VC funding isn’t great because they can pull out if the project or investment doesn’t suit them. See League of Geeks.
- Comment on The end of Windows 10 is approaching, so it's time to consider Linux and LibreOffice 1 week ago:
Yeah but my W10 shoved a giant full screen ad telling me to get rid of my PC and get a new one with W11 twice. Support might be ending but if it constantly nags you to upgrade, that’s just BS.
- Comment on How often do you take him for a walk? 2 weeks ago:
My guess is that the American working system has drained so much from their working population that leashes are required because they have no energy left to pay full attention to their children.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 2 weeks ago:
Australia banned hentai
Did we? My scientific search the other night proves that false, and I’m not on VPN.
- Comment on The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation. 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think that’s what they meant. Ok -> acknowledgement that it’s shit that the journalist also got shot.
- Comment on Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soon 3 weeks ago:
Because of the desire for infinite growth. The line must go up 💹
- Comment on Who did this 😂😂😂 3 weeks ago:
My very first full time job had an ‘internet computer’!
- Comment on Former Meta exec says asking for artist permission will kill AI industry 4 weeks ago:
Can’t they just write an ‘AI’ to ask an artist for permission then? I’ll bet they can. It’s just that most artists will say no unless they get paid. So, their business model, based on theft, is not sustainable. Got it.
- Comment on Clair Obscur's Composer Talks Going From Unknown To Scoring 2025's Most Celebrated RPG 5 weeks ago:
Humble beginnings! I hope he continues to make many more soundtracks. I loved all the music in the game. It felt so right.
- Comment on I'd choose 4 tbh 5 weeks ago:
Hey now… I’d totally take the extra 5cm. Maybe 15cm.
- Comment on Comfy cozy 5 weeks ago:
Um… I’m Australian and we just kicked out all the pro-Trump candidates. We also get to pick from a really long list of parties and even get to pick exactly who in the party we want. Voting is compulsory and because of that, voting has to be made accessible: it’s on a Saturday, you can vote early and polling stations are set up literally everywhere, even in the most remote locations.
America has more agency than a dictatorship. That’s a very low bar.
- Comment on Speak American 5 weeks ago:
Yep, I’m not doubting that.
I have to say, though, my most favourite American accent is the Minnesota one. Fargo helped make it all sound very endearing. Unsure how they pronounce mirror. Perhaps it’s ‘meer’.
- Comment on Speak American 5 weeks ago:
Ok, ok I may have a solution that will make everyone happy: let’s all speak Esperanto! One flag for all!
- Comment on Speak American 5 weeks ago:
Hmmmm yes but the average American reads at a grade 6 level, so I daresay UK beats USA there.
- Comment on Speak American 5 weeks ago:
The way ‘herbs’ or ‘erbs’ (as some pronounce it) drives me absolutely nuts.
Also, ‘mirror’ where it sounds like ‘meer’ drives me nuts.
I definitely prefer British English. Love reading the old Agatha Christie books. E.g. “My word!” The colonel ejaculated, “I do believe that she’s dead!”
- Comment on Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way? 1 month ago:
Still chaotic neutral, IMO
- Comment on Voters, ‘left media’ to blame for Coalition wipeout: Rinehart 1 month ago:
Yes Gina. Go further into the weeds. Atta girl.
- Comment on What is your favorite indie game? 1 month ago:
Balatro. It’s a great Maths game.
- Comment on Even PewDiePie thinks you should install Linux on your computer after saying he was "tortured by Windows" 1 month ago:
My windows partition forced me to do an update which has now broken the start menu and right clicking on pinned icons. Thanks Microsoft. Great job.
I really can’t wait to be rid of it completely but unfortunately the building and construction industry is addicted to torture and refuses to move on from Autodesk.
- Comment on Although i love it 2 months ago:
No way. Fry it, mash it, stick it in a stew, I say!
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 2 months ago:
Thanks. I think they do ok in New Zealand though with the Maori.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 2 months ago:
Well, I’m in Australia so I would try and communicate with the indigenous population and teach them how to defend themselves against the upcoming colonist invasion and take advantage of what they have to offer, starting with forcing a signed treaty.
- Comment on Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it 2 months ago:
On a separate note, I just installed a Linux partition on my laptop to dual boot since I still need windows for AGI32 and Autodesk. Next weekend, I’ll be shrinking my windows partition, move my files to a new partition and mount it in Linux so I can access files both ways.
Feels so good to have absolute control of my computer again.
I’m glad I got out when I could because Recall is such a dodgy ‘feature’.
- Comment on Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years 2 months ago:
Jokes on them! I got rid of windows last week and now have Linux Mint on my PC! It’s great! All my games run and I’ve set up my own screenshot shortcut in a way that I want. Installing software through terminal commands is also a lot of fun.
- Comment on This is real 2 months ago:
I’m gobsmacked.
- Comment on Commerce Secretary Lutnick says tariff exemptions for electronics are only temporary: Lutnick said "semiconductor tariffs" will likely come in "a month or two.". 2 months ago:
It doesn’t matter. The choice was the status quo or something worse for everyone on earth, economically.
Everyone in the world knows the US election system is crap and has been getting more crap for decades. The world isn’t angry at you specifically. The world is angry at the apathy of the general American public and the sheer amount of influence America has over the global economy since WW2.
There were protests for George Floyd. There was the MeToo movement.
But when it comes to a convicted felon and known criminal taking the top seat? Crickets. Anything that isn’t US centric, such as the global economy, doesn’t seem to rustle any of your jimmies. Hence, we’re pissed because your apathy has brought in economic instability on all of us when it could have all been easily prevented.
Something as small as ‘not having the right candidate’ or even ‘sticking it to the libs’ means nothing to the rest of the world when what we have now it’s the alternative.
For a country with so much global power, the populace is so, so, so small minded.
- Comment on Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky 2 months ago:
Time to test out Armor Paint this weekend then.