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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales – Announcement trailer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Square: “Alright, we are developing a new game that looks pretty neat. Who is available to come up with the worst names possible for the title, characters, and locations?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best free mmorpgs for a beginner?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As far as dungeons in FF14, at this point, I believe that basically every dungeon can now be done “solo” (that is taking 3 other NPCs with you to complete the dungeon). And the trials, I believe, mostly have that as well, though I’m 100% positive on all of them.

  But the point is: as far as dungeons go a player can get through them by themselves now. In fact, I think much of the main storyline content is now solo-able.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I agree.

  Had this couple just not freaked out, it wouldn’t have gotten as much traction. Perhaps even the person who took the video and posted it may not have if it was just a “normal” reaction.

  I mean, the guy is a piece of shit. And she is too if she’s knowingly having a relationship with a married person, presumably without the consent of his wife who she probably knows.

  But this particular thing I don’t think is emblematic of anything other than the FO after the FA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Star Wars Outlaws flop - Guillemot blames waning interest in the franchise⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually really liked this game.

  This was another, though, that launched with a bunch of bugs on pc. And while I didn’t run into a ton on PS5, the game crashed for me here or there. And that sucks.

  But I played and beat this game. And I quite enjoyed it. But I wouldn’t say it’s a masterpiece or anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holy sh*t: Jack Dorsey just Announced Bitchat(A secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app for iOS and macOS that works over Bluetooth mesh networks) Licensed Under Public Domain.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Really not interested in anything the guy with the terrible facial hair wants to make.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox is cancelling Rare's 'Everwild' and ZeniMax's new MMORPG IP as part of broader cuts — with 'Perfect Dark' impacted as well⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At least they can use that money they saved for checks notes powering CoPilot no one is asking for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just feel bad for a lot of kids because maybe their phone or tablet has the game they want but often they are playing using just the touchscreen and that interface sucks.

  It just does.

  I get that kids get used to it, but it’s like getting used to being kicked in the nuts when you have the option of not being kicked in the nuts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Then quit your job and get one that doesn’t need to worry about stuff Microsoft doesn’t support anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  text-align: center

  or

  margin: auto

  or

  grid

  or

  flexbox

  It’s really not that hard now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  CSS is useful but also the devil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume they can already get your location from your phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI supremo Sam Altman says he 'doesn't know how' he would have taken care of his baby without the help of ChatGPT⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If street sweepers went away, people would notice within a week or two.

  If tech bros went away, we’d just enjoy not having tech bros.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A couple of Switch 2 owners are already reporting expanded back panels, Nintendo investigates possible causes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, the Steam Deck bros are really insufferable, aren’t they?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A couple of Switch 2 owners are already reporting expanded back panels, Nintendo investigates possible causes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda the best of both worlds if you have both games, really. MK8 had a ton of “traditional” tracks and MKW has a ton of new tracks.

  That’s a lotta tracks, baby!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What game has the best tutorial, in your opinion?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, this is still the GOAT 🐐.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really excited about this update. I use my iPad with continuity all the time (typing on it right now with it connected to my mac). I don’t even necessarily hate Stage Manager on iPad, but it never fully worked like they advertised because some apps just didn’t work well with it.

  So if this can hopefully iron some of that out and also give us better file management, then great!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wild the Switch 2 has nearly caught up to the Deck in less than a week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SILENT HILL f | Release Date Trailer (September 25)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  F in the chat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk and Zuck ‘Use Our Love for Each Other to Hold Us Hostage’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ditching FB was one of the easier things for me back when I did it right after the Cambridge Analytica thing.

  Still share photos with family, just do it directly now.

  I keep in touch with all my friends who are actually friends.

  EZPZ.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo CEO tries to walk back AI-first comments, fails⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting.

  I have switched to Mango Languages because my library gives free access to it. So I’ve been trying to share that information with people. Or, at least, check your local library to see if they offer something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have a library card, you might check with your library to see if they have free access to something like Mango Languages, as well.

  Mine does, so I can use that app for free. I’m probably going to switch to it as my main app soon because this guy is an asshole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m so close to letting my streak die because of this dude. Fuck him.

  My library (and check yours, too!) has free access to Mango Languages, and what I have tried there has been nice. But they don’t guilt trip you into doing lessons so you have to keep on top of it yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Square Enix considered ending Final Fantasy 11 in 2024, but player interest was high enough to keep it alive even after 20+ years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate that they didn’t kill the game. If people are still paying for it, and presumably making even a little profit, it’s probably not that hard to keep it running.

  Too, I don’t really know how I’ll feel if/when FFXIV ever shuts down. I have had a character now since 2.0, and I would be very sad to see them go. I imagine it’s the same for some folks who have been playing 11 for 20 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Square Enix considered ending Final Fantasy 11 in 2024, but player interest was high enough to keep it alive even after 20+ years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I played it for the first time in the last couple of years, too.

  And I enjoyed the game more than I expected to. It’s a lot slower, like you said, than FFXIV for example, but that’s OK.

  I agree that I’d love a bit of a remake that just made a few things more streamlined like linking up attacks with my trust party - which I found to be often nearly impossible to do, even with mods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Square Enix considered ending Final Fantasy 11 in 2024, but player interest was high enough to keep it alive even after 20+ years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So I was on a personal mission to beat every mainline FF game a couple years ago. For 14 I considered “beat” to mean be up to date with the story (which I was doing anyway), and for 11 I wanted to at least complete the story that the game shipped with simply because I didn’t want to sink TOO much time into it.

  Anyway, you are able to get from 1-50 and kill the Shadowlord on your own now. I can attest to that. And after doing that I have now successfully finished FF1-16!

  On my server there were still plenty of people. I don’t know how many are gold bot farmers. But there was still lots of characters running around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court ruling bars Apple from charging 27% commission on purchases outside the App Store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha, get fucked.

  • Sent from my iPhone
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk: your new Tesla will drive from the factory floor, to your house 'this year'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, Jan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which Browser Should I Use In 2025? - Hackaday⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve dumped FF for Zen and Waterfox.

  Zen’s only downside is that it can’t play some DRM media like some sports websites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which Browser Should I Use In 2025? - Hackaday⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if Waterfox allows this. It’s MOSTLY Firefox but without going down the AI trash route.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My Windows 10 PC’s only function at this point is to play FFXIV in my living room, so I’m not super worried about viruses or anything.

  But maybe eventually I’ll switch to Linux on that box and do that weird set-up to get FFXIV running there.