Godort
@Godort@lemmy.ca
- Comment on YSK: listening to audiobooks and reading books both activate the same language related areas of the brain 4 days ago:
I really like audiobooks because it means that I can read while driving, or while doing dishes, or in the shower.
- Comment on GOG's new owner says Steam is winning due to ease of use, not quality, while criticizing the platform for releasing hundreds of games daily that are "not super high quality" 4 days ago:
That’s specifically what he’s aiming to do.
GOG has a new owner and CEO and he’s read the room in gaming journalism. He needs to make sure people understand that this isnt some Embracer Group buyout situation, and he’s doing that by specifically targeting Valve’s shortcomings:
- DRM and questions of ownership
- Contracts starting at 70/30 split
- Censorship of adult content
This is exactly what competing with Valve looks like. They just need to stick the landing.
- Comment on Zootopia 1 week ago:
If it does, you’ll be pleased(horrified?) to learn that there are over 39,000 posts tagged judy_hops on e621.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
“I am in favor of not letting congress know on the likely chance that they prevent us from doing a warcrime”
- Comment on How do you feel about the removal of tokens from arcades ? 2 weeks ago:
Sure, but you also aren’t paying super close attention to the DDR cab either if you’re in line. You’re looking at things around the arcade and maybe pacing around a bit so that you aren’t just hovering over the other people playing.
Not only that, but losing a toonie is absolutely not the same as losing $50 on a card.
Also, where were you that the machine took toonies? Every arcade I’ve been in was loonies until they switched to the cards.
- Comment on Ska ftw 2 weeks ago:
It’s not the best ska song by a country mile, but it’s definitely the most ska song. At least as far as third wave goes.
- Comment on I have an idea ☝️ 3 weeks ago:
Why not both? Just make them the same generation
- Comment on What're your strong opinions from an aged / dead fandom? 3 weeks ago:
Nah, I think Vriska/Tavros is a much better pair
- Comment on What's the SHORTEST anime episode of all time? 3 weeks ago:
Petting a dog is pretty short, but I don’t think it’s sub 20s
- Comment on A swing and a miss 3 weeks ago:
Reading comprehension test:
Why did the author compare cops and proud boys to Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana?
What conclusions can you draw about the author based on this comparison?
- Comment on WHO STOLE MY FUCKING BARS? 4 weeks ago:
I realize this is also unverifiable, but it’s just a return to non-existentence.
You already experienced that for most of human history, and then for a comparatively breif period, things were different, and then it’s back to non-existence.
- Comment on Thank Goodness You're Here - most absurd & hilarious game what did I just play? 4 weeks ago:
Peans. Not quite peas, not quite beans, but something special, in betweens
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
It’s gotta be one of the early ones, before they figured out how to balance things. Something like Avernum, Geneforge, Wizardry, or Wasteland
- Comment on It will be great, they said... 5 weeks ago:
How do you handle backups?
The other side of email is that it has become the default identity provider for the Internet. If that VM becomes unrecoverable somehow, how would you get access to your past emails?
- Comment on RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components 5 weeks ago:
It still is if you’re willing to jump through enough hoops
- Comment on Make me feel like a man 5 weeks ago:
A club with fans? Some kind of fan clu…ohhh
Hell yeah
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
This was a pretty good series on the subject. He goes into what “currency” is right at the beginning
- Comment on Of all the "Christmas Carol" movies this is the best version 1 month ago:
Respectfully, I disagree
- Comment on The Xbox 360 came out 20 years ago 1 month ago:
most of the games are available on pc with only a few exclusives
Let me play Lost Odyssey on PC you cowards
- Comment on What's the coolest organic compound, chat? 1 month ago:
Remember Benzene? It’s back!
- Comment on What are your favourite ps2 multiplayer games? 1 month ago:
Timesplitters 2 is a masterpiece
- Comment on Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing 1 month ago:
Generally, they know you’re using a VPN because of where your traffic is coming from.
They probably block Digital Ocean’s IP pool as a whole as it’s often a hub for cybercrime and it would only affect a fraction of users.
- Comment on I'm a Targeted Individual and the Hat Man knows my every move. 1 month ago:
- Comment on Windows 11 could actually become the same kind of mistake Sony made with the PS3 1 month ago:
What those EU governments are doing is out of interest for national security rather than hate for licensing. The US has changed drastically in the last decade and getting your sensitive data out of their infrastructure is a top priority.
The cost of change from Windows to Linux is pretty small for an individual. Most people have one or two machines and a handful of programs, none of which are critical to your continued existence.
In the corporate world, you need to be absolutely sure that everything will work flawlessly, which often means weeks or months of testing on top of all your regular IT duties, constant support tickets to obscure software vendors who may not have ever worked with Linux, and if some mission-critical piece of software breaks, then the company cannot operate until it is fixed…or you can continue to use Windows, even though it sucks more now.
I want Linux to have wider adoption in the desktop space, but it’s a catch 22. People aren’t going to move unless the software is guaranteed to work, and Linux-based software isn’t going to be made unless people are using it. This is why Proton was such a big deal. It offered a real option for gaming to move to the platform and now it’s viable and devs are starting to take linux into account.
- Comment on Windows 11 could actually become the same kind of mistake Sony made with the PS3 1 month ago:
Microsoft is bleeding power users and PC enthusiasts at an unprecedented rate. This is a great thing for Linux, but they are still absolutely locked into the corporate world and that’s where the money is.
The reality is that Microsoft solved management of corporate policy and identity like 25 years ago and nothing else has come close. It has its problems, but Active Directory is an incredible piece of software. The combination of LDAP, with obfuscation of Kerberos to the point where you don’t even need to know it exists, combined with policy deployment to endpoints is nothing short of a miracle.
Linux has tools for all those things, but none are easy to deploy or configure. If you have to manage thousands of desktops, Windows is still the clear choice
- Comment on How System76 & Red Hat Hope To Finally Improve The Linux Multi-GPU Experience 1 month ago:
This is cool, but I would much rather the opposite.
I want to have good GPU passthrough to VMs while still being able to use the GPU on the host system.
- Comment on You don't even need the other 4 points. You're fine. 2 months ago:
I mean, depending on the situation, and this is much harder for neurodivergents, that’s not the worst advice.
Chances are you’re making a much bigger deal about the situation than it realistically is. The consequences for failing to meet expectations are probably not as bad as you’re imagining. Taking a step back to look at the situation holistically can sometimes break you out of the spiral
- Comment on Refrigerator ads are finally here! 2 months ago:
Then the answer becomes to get those things without paying someone to show you ads.
When the illegal choice becomes the objective best experience, you’re just a savvy consumer.
- Comment on I didn't verify the headline. 2 months ago:
Establishing that good is ferrous or an electric field feels like it should be a heresy
- Comment on How do you beat post-work floppiness? 2 months ago:
This.
The first 10 minutes of any activity after work is by far the hardest, but once you clear that hurdle it’s easy to keep going
