Ushmel

@Ushmel@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PAPERS, PLEASE - The Short Film⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Putin is in power specifically because they settled their differences and Yeltsin was such a drunk idiot that it pushed people to vote for someone who promised stability and prosperity. Putin wasn’t very anti-West until the 2010s. I’m old enough to remember when there was mild talk about Russia joining NATO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PAPERS, PLEASE - The Short Film⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  See also: sportswashing in the middle east autocracies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK’s Major Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks From Next Month; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks by July 25.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s about making LGBTQ content “adult only” and using this same mechanism to enforce ID law on that content. They’ve been doing it in some USA states for a few years now. No one wants to be the Porn Politician that votes against it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK’s Major Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks From Next Month; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks by July 25.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They did this in Florida. They want you to submit a picture of yourself and your photo ID to a porn website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Palm Pre is my Roman Empire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex now will SELL your personal data⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll switch to jellyfin like a normal adult who actually reads the updates and not a reactionary who just reads thread titles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex now will SELL your personal data⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  "Updated “Who does Plex share or sell Personal Data with?” to include the Plex activity that you share based on your account visibility and activity settings as well as sharing/sale of certain Personal Data to third parties.

  Nothing changes for Plex Accounts created before March 20, 2025 unless you change your preferences here.
  If you are a new user and created an account after March 20, 2025, you can update your preferences here.
  The types of data that we may share has not changed
  We do not and will not collect information about content or titles in your personal media library or what you’ve played.
  Personal media users: we do NOT, and will not, share or sell any information about the content and titles on or your use of a personal media server.
  Consent is required by all Plex Accounts created before March 20, 2025 for the sale of their data."
  

  Seems like it’s just for their other services, which I already assumed they were tracking and selling view counts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d settle for AI clipping out everyone’s redundant signatures, .gif logos, comic sans bible quotes, and everything else packed into email that people use as direct messaging. Or my coworkers could just use WebEx for chats instead of emails.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  braindances being shoehorned into a weird detective bit was a big one. they were supposed to be their own things

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  i was a day 0 PC owners and it was 100% normal launch day fuckery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  99% of people won’t care besides passive complaining at the water cooler, unfortunately

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 5 years in, PS5 sales remain neck-and-neck with PS4 | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Does playstation still dominate international sales? I remember that being a thing for previous generations

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nintendo sucks and deserves it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had a second wind of pokemon since pogo came out, but they killed it with the sale to the Saudis. I’m not supporting Saudi blood ventures

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Nemesis system, which we just sit on and don’t do anything with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Regulation of predatory practice. Taxation on the games to pay for rehab and support services for people that experience negative effects from it. It’s really easy to do, but every single gambling operation gets the big bucks from the heavily addicted. The whales are the entire business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The widespread deregulation of gambling in the US is heading that way too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toilet seat detects atrial fibrillation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird. I only seem to get AFib when I eat Chipotle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is obviously where this is going and it’s a big part why they’re obsessed with labeling people “groomers.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s weird. Russians and Americans aren’t sanctioned from working on projects together. The sanctions are mostly targeted towards industry and defense. Tucker Carlson works for Russian media and freely travels between the two countries. There has to be something more to this, like the IP came from a known state actor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Firefox is ublock works too. I’ve never seen a reddit ad in my life, even on mobile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk 'Pressured' Reddit CEO to Silence DOGE Critics, Leaving Moderators Outraged: Report.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I could deal with the aesthetics if they kept the core function of old.reddit. But they didn’t. I see “trending” posts more than I see posts from subs I have joined and that’s what eventually has driven me from the site. Every time I log in, it’s whack a mole with random bot repost subs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone help me understand the sonarr to jellyfin workflow⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  me too. one problem though. next time it break i cant remember how to fix it again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Civilization 7 Outlines Crucial 1.1.1 Update as It Struggles to Compete on Steam Against Civ 6 and Even the 15-Year-Old Civ 5⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The part that turned me off is it is a complete rip off of Humankind, which was okay but got stale for me pretty quick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨calibre 8.0⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a very simple UI but it works great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It has to do with the app used. I think it will work with web player and maybe the windows app, but it won’t work on Android/iOS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been waiting for this moment for like 8+ years though. I’ll just switch when it becomes more obvious.