MagnificentSteiner
@MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip
- Comment on [deleted] 12 hours ago:
That’s complete nonsense. I have only accessed it via a VPN for the last 2 years.
- Comment on Ubisoft implementing cost-reduction restructuring, cancelling various games and closing studios 3 days ago:
They say this new model for how Ubisoft works will be centred on “Open World Adventures and GaaS-native experiences, supported by targeted investments, deeper specialization, and cutting-edge technology” and of course “accelerated investments behind player-facing Generative AI”.
TLDR further enshittification.
- Comment on Rockstar North offices taped off by fire service, reportedly following boiler room explosion 1 week ago:
Maybe the maintenance staff were trying to unionise?
- Comment on Here is how many Copilots Microsoft actually has 1 week ago:
Coming soon… Microslop Flight Simulator Copilot!
- Comment on A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet 1 week ago:
Speaking of enshittification… why just post a youtube video with zero explanation of the content?
- Comment on Ubisoft close the studio behind Assassin's Creed Rebellion days after the developers vote to unionise 2 weeks ago:
He is worth a billion dollars because they don’t pay them fairly. You can’t make a billion, you can only take a billion.
- Comment on 007 First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed 2 weeks ago:
So, requirements for 1080p/60 FPS are…
i5 13500 / Ryzen 5 7600
Nvidia 3060TI / AMD 6700XT
12GB VRAM
32GB RAM
These people are delusional.
- Comment on 'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular 2 weeks ago:
Sounds like it comes with a free trial of Norton.
- Comment on The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network 3 weeks ago:
I’m on desktop using Firefox. I tried both the article URL and the top level domain and it wouldn’t take either. Could have just been a temporary issue I guess.
- Comment on The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network 3 weeks ago:
Interesting. I tried to post this same article last night and I kept getting “invalid URL”. Is there a trick to posting @BrikoX@lemmy.zip?
- Comment on How AI broke the smart home in 2025 4 weeks ago:
Yep, “AI” is a very fancy database query masquerading as science fiction.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, it’s a fantastic game. I think i’m probably at about 700 hours :D
The expansion is called Fangs of Asterkarn and is gonna have a bunch of cool stuff! I think they said it’ll be out Q1 or early Q2 next year.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
I had planned to play the Metro series but instead I’m playing Grim Dawn which works out fine with the new expansion coming soon.
- Comment on Where do British Christmas traditions really come from? 4 weeks ago:
Thats what I said. I said it is either a Christian or Consumerist occasion.
- Comment on Where do British Christmas traditions really come from? 5 weeks ago:
What an awfully written and excessively reductionist article.
Arguing against Christmas as a Christian or Consumerist occasion would have been a better use of their time.
- Comment on Visa says AI will start shopping and paying for you in 2026 5 weeks ago:
Lmao, no it won’t.
- Comment on Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux 5 weeks ago:
Waterfox. As I understand it, Librewolf goes to extremes for privacy to the point where it may impact your browsing experience. Waterfox cares about privacy too but not to the same extreme.
- Comment on RAM and SSD prices are still climbing—here’s our best advice for PC builders 5 weeks ago:
Instructions unclear. Purchased a 5090, 9800X3D and 64gb DDR5 RAM for playing Terraria. Also, it has shiny lights.
- Comment on Trouble with images not displaying 5 weeks ago:
That worked perfectly, have had no issues today at all.
Thank you very much!
- Comment on Trouble with images not displaying 5 weeks ago:
Fantastic, thanks!
I’ll be sure to reply here in a few days to let you know either way.
- Comment on Trouble with images not displaying 5 weeks ago:
I’m in the UK so I can’t access the site without a VPN at all.
I figured it was worth posting because I don’t have to constantly pass a cloudflare challenge to access lemmy.zip or stay logged in (i’ve been logged in without interruption for weeks). It’s only images.lemmy.zip that I have this issue with so it seemed to me that was not in keeping with other parts of the site.
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to home@lemmy.zip | 6 comments
- Comment on UK Lawmakers Propose Mandatory On-Device Surveillance and VPN Age Verification 5 weeks ago:
How fucking stupid are these chucklefucks?
Yes
- Comment on It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser" 5 weeks ago:
Time to move to librewolf I guess.
- Comment on The Necessity of Supernodes 1 month ago:
I found under ‘Projects’ on the website it’s from March 2005 which makes sense given the mention of Kazaa in the introduction.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 month ago:
I’m back to Terraria for the umpteenth time. This time a thrower class with the Thorium mod. Currently building an Alpine resort with a ski jump as my base before entering hardmode. Next up is starting the Metro FPS series.
- Comment on McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash 1 month ago:
That’s hilarious lmao.
- Comment on Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure 1 month ago:
They still exist because Google isn’t really a technology company anymore. It’s an advertising company masquerading as a technology company. Their success depends on selling more ads which is why all the failed projects don’t seem to make a difference.
- Comment on If you are embarrassed just make it sound classy 1 month ago:
- Comment on steam vs gog, which game store to buy from? 1 month ago:
Buying a game on Steam gets you the same perpetual license for your copy of the game as it does on GoG (the same as any software). The difference is Steam’s DRM (requiring the Steam Client to run the game). AFAIK Steam have said in the past that they have a plan to remove it if Steam shuts down.
Here’s a video that lays it out in detail as to what game ownership means amongst other things www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw.
The big question about all this stuff is how far companies (both game and non-game software) can push their “you don’t own your software” agenda before facing a significant legal challenge and what the outcome of that legal challenge will be.
