Endymion_Mallorn
@Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
Just a nerd who migrated from kbin(dot)social.
- Comment on Got a new game last night 1 day ago:
Well, I assume you played the first game.
So, good luck, Hacker. You'll need it.
- Comment on Form over function 1 day ago:
No, paint 'em blue, they'll be luckier.
- Comment on The Linux kernel is just a program 1 day ago:
That's in the desktop environment.
- Comment on Got a new game last night 1 day ago:
Does the early reveal hit as hard as it did the first time?
- Comment on The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game. 1 day ago:
How about a different pattern;
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Figure out what your breakeven is - in other words, how much money you need to make to recoup salaries, licenses, and generally keep the lights on.
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Put out a free demo (and I mean free - no DRM either). See how many people download it within a month or so.
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Project the production budget for the next game.
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Price based on a 2% retention rate of the demo downloads to accommodate breakeven + next game + 5% profit for op-cap.
Rinse and repeat as necessary.
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- Comment on The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game. 1 day ago:
Mine is more:
$0.00: Is it FOSS, or is it on GOG? Is it DRM-free? Cool. (see: Luanti/MineTest, OpenTTD, Battle for Wesnoth, Beyond All Reason, FreeCiv, FreeOrion, Remnants of the Precursors, Endless Sky, The Ur-Quan Masters, Mindustry, Jill of the Jungle Trilogy, etc)
$0.01+ - $4.99: Is it in eXo? I'll get it that way.
$5+: I can't imagine buying it if there's anything either in the FOSS category or in eXo that does the same thing.
And 99% of the time, if there isn't, straight to torrents.
- Comment on I am looking for a Linux OS 2 days ago:
I would say SteamOS if you can run it. Otherwise, CachyOS.
- Comment on This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts 2 days ago:
Not Punxsatawney Phil! Aside from his short rivalry with Murray over the starring role in Groundhog Day, he's a good guy!
- Comment on US | Trump Says He’ll Only Accept 2026 Midterms If He Deems Them “Honest” 2 days ago:
Good. Then we'll see who's actually in charge around here - him, or us.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
On Windows, yes. PKWare is for DOS.
- Comment on AI controls is coming to Firefox 4 days ago:
The fact that it's part of the browser at all is a problem. It shouldn't ever be in a browser. All it should be is a tool to strictly download and render W3C compliant text and images. Everything else should be a unique program - and no, Electron is not "unique" - it's just another copy of an awful browser.
- Comment on AI controls is coming to Firefox 5 days ago:
When Chrome came out, a lot of us knew that letting DoubleClick have any control over access to the Internet was a bad idea. This is another part of that.
- Comment on AI controls is coming to Firefox 5 days ago:
How about they just... not include the LLM bullshit in the first place? Just make a browser that strictly renders text and images according to W3C standards?
- Comment on They'll tell you 1 week ago:
Never tell a cop anything that your lawyer doesn't tell you to say.
- Comment on No low ballers, I know what I have 1 week ago:
Do you like... penicillin on your pizza?
salutes, begins humming Taps
- Comment on AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast 1 week ago:
RELEASE
THE
DRONES
- Comment on AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast 1 week ago:
Ah, someone else has played Singularity, I see. That was a really fun game.
- Comment on Is there any Fediverse project aimed at creating a safe space for kids to interact within? 1 week ago:
Absolutely not. Kids should be kept away from social media as it exists now. Frankly, kids need to be supervised on the Internet as a whole, because there's so much dangerous shit out there to hurt them.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
That's the secondary goal. I feel like there's enough 3rd party tools to fix that, that I want the repairs done in the backend and trust power users and user-devs to handle the UX.
- Comment on What is the optimal handle to chain length for a flail? 1 week ago:
Flails are weapons for demonstration, not real fighting. Use a mace or poleaxe instead.
- Comment on Know when to stop 1 week ago:
That one and the Clamavi de Profundis version are both great. I also like To Erebor by Wind Rose.
- Comment on Know when to stop 1 week ago:
Maybe the purpose is the effort of digging, rather than what's underground.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
98SE would mostly work.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Wait, you didn't just use PKWare zip & unzip? Or WinRAR?
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Okay, that's easy: remove all the LLM slop. That'll start fixing it. Then get the ads out of the UI. Get rid of the MS account requirement, and make all updates optional. For a stretch goal, go back to making an OS that only does what the user tells it to, and doesn't have any function to phone home without direct user input.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Or a distro using Wayland for higher end PCs.
- Comment on DuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AI 1 week ago:
I don't have a problem with them selling ads. I have a problem with the insidious tracking that has become a part of those ads. Mojeek sells ads but doesn't track you everywhere. Also, there's SearX instances, which typically don't sell ads or data.
They also don't use LLMs. If you think Kagi isn't giving away or selling your data, think again, because the LLM is doing it as a core function.
- Comment on DuckDuckGo poll says 90% responders don't want AI 1 week ago:
I'm not a fan of Kagi's approach to anything, frankly. The fact that they're charging money for a search engine, and using an LLM? Hard pass.
- Comment on Finally, the FPS I keep asking for: Deep combat, classic modes, and an honest-to-god server browser 1 week ago:
Sadly I'm in US East, I don't remember the name of our server.
- Comment on Finally, the FPS I keep asking for: Deep combat, classic modes, and an honest-to-god server browser 1 week ago:
I miss The Specialists.