spizzat2

@spizzat2@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bro wake up as an april fools joke and chose violence⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, I haven’t taken an EE course in 2 decades, and this made me want to bust out the ol’ breadboard and fire up an oscilloscope.

  I miss having time to tinker…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #7⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, I’m loving the idea of making cases for my GoG backups. I didn’t see a reference to the community. Can you provide a link?

  Edit: I found this page, which has a dead link to the “up-to-date” list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ARK DLC Trailer Slammed For Being Made Entirely Through Gen AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gen AI sounds like what’s coming after Gen alpha.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump tariffs threaten the future of physical video games, analyst warns⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I realized a while ago that it’s not actually the physical media I care about. It’s the unfettered access. Physical media is just the easiest way to achieve that. I still buy from steam and pay for streaming, but I recognize that those could be taken away at any time. I want to feel like I actually own something. I buy digital music because I get a DRM-free file. I buy from GOG because I get an installer that I can store locally for as long as I want to.

  When it comes to movies? I have to buy the disc because (almost?) no one offers a DRM-free video file that I can store locally and play whenever or however I want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone else getting a bit of schadenfreude from the news each day?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand the appeal of this, but it’s definitely not healthy or helpful. I have to assume that most of these “swindled” people were low-information voters. Generally, people have more important things to do than keep track of what their representatives are doing. I assume they saw nothing more than, “democrats are in charge, and inflation is a huge issue.”, and conservative news was happy to play up that angle without discussing why inflation is a problem. The democrats’ message of “it’s not as bad as you think it is/look at how much we’ve accomplished/we’re still fixing it” wasn’t very cohesive and didn’t really resound with people, either.

  I don’t know what the appropriate response is. Empathy is hard. You don’t have to forgive them for electing a fascist, wanna-be dictator, but you do have to give them “an out”. No one likes to eat crow, so if they can’t find a way to save face, they’re just going to double down, no matter how much it hurts everyone. So far, “how was I supposed to know?” is the closest thing I’ve seen to a way to avoid embarrassment, so I think we’re going to have to let them have that one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Understand that this is not a rebuttal. You are using the paradox of intolerance to try to justify your position.

  Yes, as someone pointed out, the purity tests and echo chambers can be a problem, but when you’re up against a world-wide rise in fascism, saying “we absolutely must fix this problem first” is too close to saying “I’m ok with some fascism, as long as my feelings aren’t hurt.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨French video game developers stage first industry-wide strike⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok. I bought the bundle, but I haven’t heard of any of the games. Are there any that are a “must play”, or do I just add them to the backlog?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Building DIY Heaters for $7 to Keep Unhoused People Warm⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It might help if you explained why you think that is the preferred term. I’m admittedly ignorant on the subject, but I don’t see a problem with OP’s wording.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  but be against assisted suicide

  No free hand outs! You gotta work for your death!

  /s