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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's decision to axe Windows 10 is driving Apple PC sales growth — users buy Macs instead of AI PCs despite Microsoft’s push for Copilot+ PCs⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  You can use Linux-like text navigation on macOS: ctrl-a goes to the start of the line, ctrl-e to the end, ctrl-f forward, etc.

  I mostly use Windows, macOS second, with some Linux in distant third. Yet those Unix-style bindings are what I miss most in Windows applications that don’t support remapping.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't fix the problem just change the parameters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  About thirty years ago I was a teen. I remember talking with a girl only a few years younger than me, and being astounded that she didn’t know how to read an analogue clock.

  Exactly as you indicated, this is nothing new.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨#environmentalist⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The only thing that comes with a straw in the restaurants I visit, is cocktails.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Internet's Biggest Annoyance:Why Cookie Laws Should Target Browsers, Not Websites⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  IANAL

  Two things: “reject all” should be as easy as “accept all”. GDPR seems pretty clear about that, to me at least. Almost all (if not simply all) 3rd party implementations get this wrong. I can only assume they’ve never been challenged on this, or found a loophole. “Native” European sites (governments, official bodies, TV stations, …. ) are the only ones I’ve seen do this correctly.

  If your cookies don’t have any tracking you don’t need to ask consent. You don’t need a pop-up. You don’t need any user interaction. All you need is a notification somewhere on the page.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨similar to the word of mouth post, what game did you not expect much from but loved it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thomas Was Alone.

  I stuck at platformers, and don’t like playing them. But this game, and most especially its narration, made me fall in love with quadrilaterals.

  I won’t say more, but if you haven’t tried it please give it a chance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New trailer for Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown has a rather bald Borg crew member⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  what did they do to Seven of Nine?! Why do they have no hair?

  When she first came aboard she didn’t have any hair either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The highlighted division and factions of Lemmy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To me as a European, posts and comments about US politics can be very confusing. There’s the different interpretation on the word liberal you mentioned. There’s also the fact that the colours are reversed: here red is for the left - socialists and communists - while blue is the liberal right (not so much conservative right, though there are conservative subgroups of the “blues”). And there’s the fact that they often assume familiarity with political events and people unknown to me.

  Somewhat related: posts and comments from the far and extreme left are often even more incomprehensible. They seem to have their own language entirely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great games you would recommend from before 1990?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The gold box RPG series: Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Secret of the Silver Blades, and Pools of Darkness.

  These are set in the Forgotten Realms, and using the old AD&D ruleset.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Using “streaming” instead of “broadcasting” struck me as an odd choice for someone old enough to remember it.

  It’s fine of course, it just stood out to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3151: Window Screen⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait wait wait, if a GenX or Boomer used 3D software to make Toy Story, who made that software?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I blame the shoes for looking so throw-up-on-able.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'The Thing: The Game: The Remaster' - Civvie11⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Thing: The Game: The Remaster: The Video

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Obsidian Temporarily Removes Games From Sale Due to Unity Exploit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I heard, they delisted only the premium editions of Avowed because some part of those use Unity. It looks like the same is true for the other games. Even for Pillars they only delisted the definitive edition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The companion system is definitely a weak point. The companions themselves are fine, but you can’t refuse any and have very limited choice in party composition.

  You can disagree with them at some points, and you can influence their story, but the gameplay impact is pretty much nothing.

  The impact your choices can have on the world are definitely bigger - and visible in the game itself. I won’t spoil it, but there’s a pretty huge consequence not long after meeting Giatta.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t decided on a final party yet. In BG1 at one point I noticed I had an all female party, except for one guy - so I gave that guy a certain belt…. I was hoping to get an all female party going again, but I don’t know if it’ll be feasible.

  Right now I have my sorcerer, Minsc, Aerie, Jaheira, Nalia, and I just replaced Valygar by Mazzy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve finished Avowed, and am going back to Baldur’s Gate 2, which I had put aside for it.

  I liked Avowed well enough, though it is far from perfect. I would have preferred a classic CRPG like its predecessors, but it was fun to see the Living Lands in 3D - and the graphics really shine at night. It is absolutely gorgeous after sunset. And I loved the ending, although it seemed a bit too positive.

  In BG2 I’m only in chapter 2. I just found Mazzy and am continuing to explore the dungeon she’s in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lies, all lies⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Throat singing is cool. Try blasting en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_noise instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Poland will shoot down objects in clear-cut airspace violations, prime minister says⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually yes, I do cross platform development on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Mac is by far the most work and breaks constantly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Primordia, a sometimes difficult Point & Click Adventure game with a great story⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like P&C games, but I wish more of them would adopt a serious tone. It feels like the large majority is comedic. I’ll have to check out Primordia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t Microsoft do this a decade or two ago already? Or was that just exploring the idea?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Screaming into the void is fun until the void screams back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? Then why is Apple so popular among a subset of developers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Randy Pitchford Snaps Back at Borderlands 4 Criticism: 'Code Your Own Engine'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Shade aside, I do think more developers should make their own engine. Yes it takes time and resources, but those are spent on exactly what you need instead of on getting what you want out of an engine that was made to do everything but focused on nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The risk for both general and corporate business users far outweighs any minor inconveniences of moving to a new OS version.

  Minor inconveniences like HAVING TO BUY A WHOLE NEW FUCKING COMPUTER.

  These people live in a fantasy world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sextortion with a twist: Spyware takes webcam pics of users watching porn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They did the same to me. I think they’ve got cameras set up all through my house. So I started walking around naked so they’ll have something nice to look at. I haven’t gotten a thank you yet though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t accept verifiable sources. A hundred peer reviewed papers don’t weigh up against a single dissenting voice if that one voice agrees with their views.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Belgium to recognise Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The recognition depends on conditions that won’t be met, so it is dead on arrival. Israel’s response is predictable: in public they’ll condemn Belgium and say it supports terrorism. In private they’ll laugh about getting away with it again, and continue murdering people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Witches made of sand! They cause sandstorms, extremely dangerous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨80s Nostalgia AI Slop Is Boomerfying the Masses for a Past That Never Existed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know. I also remember spending summer nights talking under street lanterns, riding my bike around the block, and playing the Snoopy tennis game & watch. But the video I saw did not feel nostalgic. It felt like a TV ad that I didn’t believe even back then. Or worse, it felt like a cult, which was terrifying.