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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG formally announce their GOG Patrons subscription donation system⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. Besides other things like non-old games on “old games” website as you say, they were also caught not enforcing DRM, even though their biggest selling point is DRM-free games. Nevertheless, with some exceptions, you generally get good stuff, and it’s a good and reputable store overall.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG formally announce their GOG Patrons subscription donation system⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty biased and low-quality article TBH.

  1. They’re talking about this news from GOG, yet they don’t even link the official news article. Only their own old news. Meh.

  2. What GOG really introduced is a way to financially support GOG, for various small perks. Yet the article somehow infers that GOG is doing bad financially, without providing any links to that conclusion.

  3. The view is quite capitalistic to be honest. Everything is looked at from the prism of money. Money this, money that. “Epic Games … burn money … decline … purchases …” (Yes, the news is for GOG but they’re discussion Epic Games.)

  Anyway, GOG remains not an ideal place for purchasing games, but by far the best for-profit game distribution company I think. I have 10-20 games from that store, and I’m quite happy that my games are from there and not other platforms. All DRM-free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Grok this grok that…
  I’m sorry, but ***k grok. Stop posting about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommended email providers?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  disroot is quite decent. I like their (privacy) vibe and the set of semi-independent services they provide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Password managers...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that’s a great idea! I use that too. An encrypted USB drive makes sure you can trust the data not leaking, and spaced repetition can (should) be practiced to memoize the password. Then you’re good I’d say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would i abbandon KeepassDX?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically KeePass can “merge” and has some sort of conflict resolution, but you’re right that forgotten and unaddressed conflicts can lay around for unlimited time without you noticing. It’s the main problem with keepass + syncthing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Password managers...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a bit sad that you’re downvoted so hard. You obviously have good intentions, just not having a good grasp yet if I may be frank. The solutions in this post are what you should follow IMO. In short, USB thumb/hdd drives with your important data. Encrypt the whole USB if your devices are under Linux if you wish. Use a proper password manager like KeePass to have a concept (and implied protections) of a password manager.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MegaThread: Under 16 lockout/verification/ID required⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have never had a TikTok account. Occasionally people send links, and those work just fine in the web browser

  FYI, they work even better with yt-dlp ‘YOUR_URL’
  It’s not a silver bullet as yt-dlp also relies on people’s hard work, so generally I’m absolutely not on the platform either. Downloading from TikTok only happens once in half a year maybe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sooo... This is happening on Imgur⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wrong question. It doesn’t matter who was “first”.

  If the first group stops, the problem is gone.
  If the second group stops, the problem is not gone but likely growing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: Don't use nextcloud's auto upload on the android app as a backup⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s bizarre. Did you try clearing up the hidden folders .stfolder and .stversions and starting from scratch? I’m not doubting that you experience what you experience, I just never had it and I’m curious how you can even get to such a state. Using “syncthing fork” from F-Droid and Syncthing-v2.0.12 on desktop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A comprehensive absolut beginner's guide⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, welcome to the concept of self-hosting! This is where I was 15+ years ago.

  Realistically, I’d just recommend installing something and trying it out. You’ll iterate great many time before you’ll slowly start to align somewhere I suspect, in terms of software/approaches etc.

  If you want the very first steps, then why not simply connect your old PC to a monitor and install a Desktop version of Mint? It’s super-“wrong”, but it’ll get you started. Once you reach a stage of not wanting to waste memory/CPU on a graphical system, you’ll be able to do something like systemct disable lightdm.service and voila, graphics don’t load on start anymore. Once you get even more confident, apt remove gdm3 xfce4 xfdesktop (I’m dropping DE names that I approximately remember off the top of my head).

  Overall it’s a nice path to walk, or at least it was fun and somewhat educative and very frustrating and giving a sense of control for me personally. Do you have any specific questions?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨E-bike rules in Australia will soon change with possible ban on sale of bikes faster than 25km/h⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a person who lives in the Netherlands where hills are not a problem and heat is not a problem, it’s hard for me to understand the need for more than ~250W. I mean, I use all 600W when I want to get somewhere super-fast or after a traffic light, but it’s a luxury and I’d survive just fine with 250W.

  That being said, when it’s hot and/or there are hills… I think I understand you. I’d definitely prefer to see a person on a 500W bike than a person on a got-knows-how-much-W car. I wouldn’t consider you a risk even if you occupy the bike lane, if your support is capped to 25km/h.

  And from a third perspective, I do see the temptation to limit wattage to avoid the problem of “fat bikes” (as is observed in the last years in the Netherlands), but not really sure it’s that relevant to AU at the moment. I think I’d support a higher Wattage cap overall, up to 500W and 200%-300% support all seem fine to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump administration orders US embassy to collect data on migrant crime in Australia⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mr. Trump voiced his opinion… We know what to do right? (The opposite.)

  Actually the above is just my joking-not-so-joking feedback. What’s your take on that, Aussies? (I’m a European ATM.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s Grok Goes Haywire, Boasts About Billionaire’s Pee-Drinking Skills and ‘Blowjob Prowess’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why should we care about an AI tailored to that one person whom many consider a fascist?

  Negative publicity is also publicity. Please let’s rather ignore this stupidity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Red Alert 2 in web browser⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s also OpenRA Romanov’s Vengeance, for people looking for this type of stuff. A WIP though, same as this project I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A native of the Netherlands questions whether she will ever ride a bike again after getting hit by drivers twice since moving to Australia five years ago.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I this she’s arguind for road awareness. She says:

  • the road was not lit (happens in NL too by the way)
  • the other cyclist was on the wrong side of the road
  • the other cyclist had lights off (!)

  Back home, my family never owned a car, so for the first 23 years of my life, the bike was everything: school, groceries, even carrying passengers or furniture. Children in the Netherlands must pass a cycling traffic exam at school

  TL&DR; it’s not a car blame post. It’s a road awareness one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What you need to know about why house prices aren't coming down⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it important for you that people who currently invest die, or that the seizing of properties doesn’t work anymore?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The year of the bailout: Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter next in line for taxpayers’ cash⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s very odd… What percentage of the company now belongs to Australia?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Nothing' done to address gaps created by teen social media ban, says children's commissioner⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think both 0 screen time and infinite screen time are bad extremes for kids. Infinite probably doesn’t need explaining, zero is also not very effective because you’re likely gonna alienate the kid and they’ll be playing at friend’s houses anyway.

  Personally I think the best approach is to try be a guide for your kid, not a policement. Soon enough they’ll be on their own anyway, and the reasons will stick better than the rules.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Nothing' done to address gaps created by teen social media ban, says children's commissioner⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I didn’t think about it, but your comment makes sense to me. I don’t know what’s best really.

  Like in a discussion here on Lemmy that was just a little while ago, I think phone usage during school hours would be a far healthier and effective alternative. I’ve seen how it works in practice in 2 different countries, one with mobile phones allowed and one disallowed. And the complete ban on phone usage during school hours really goes easy and works well (as I see implemented in Dutch schools at least - you just hand over your device in the morning until end of school).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Nothing' done to address gaps created by teen social media ban, says children's commissioner⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t currently live in Australia so I may be ill informed, but the arguments sound made-up to me.

  Hollonds said she’s worried the ban will adversely affect children who already struggle to find connection and belonging at school, citing LGBTQIA+ children, those with mental health problems, neurodiverse children, children with disabilities and complex needs, and children who live in regional and rural areas.

  Doesn’t that sound exactly like the “can somebody please think about the children” argument? I mean, how will social media help those with mental health problems? There’s a ton of studies that social media only makes it worse, and by far.

  Or in other words, don’t have hopes that some magical “social media” is gonna help the children. Do it, yourself. Support minorities around you. Be more welcoming of other genders/preferences. Talk to other people. That kind of stuff…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greens and Australian Christian Lobby form ‘unholy alliance’ to shut down late-night pokies in NSW⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess that’s a good first step… towards making gambling undesired and unapproachable pverall, as much as possible.

  (I’m assuming here that “simply” making it illegal overnight might not work and may only make it more attractive to some people. So the correct approach is to really make it less attractive.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Governments keep making our housing crisis worse – and they’ve just done it again⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What could also help I think, is to have a high tax for property that is not rented out. (Where nobody is registered.) If, as a landloard, you know you’d have to pay 5% of the total house cost every year you don’t have a tenant, you would be strongly incentivized to rent out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Betrayed the trust of Australians’: ANZ bank pays record $240m fine for widespread misconduct⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well the share price could’ve risen due to expectations of a worse judgement. The analysis has to be a dofferent one. Just profit/loss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recently got approved for the block with this view.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Success with tge house!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New NAPLAN results demand better deal for public schools⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I understood, the data comes from here: www.nap.edu.au/naplan/results-and-reports And specifically the national data here: www.acara.edu.au/…/naplan-national-results

  (The article didn’t reference its sources I think? My comment is to complement.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘A fundamental part of growing up’: Why Aussie kids can’t swim any more⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I’ve misunderstood you at first, sorry. 🙈 I think I understand what you meant now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘A fundamental part of growing up’: Why Aussie kids can’t swim any more⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  @Zagorath, I don’t fully understand this, could you explain? If you think that the article has a poor base, why are you posting the article to Australia@aussie.zone?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One third of Queensland public servants have witnessed corruption and over half didn’t report it, watchdog finds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the response!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One third of Queensland public servants have witnessed corruption and over half didn’t report it, watchdog finds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the response!