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understanding games is a form of systemic analysis (lemmy.ml)

many of the most interesting games started as free mods or student projects

Doing things in games because it simple felt good.

I’ve been thinking about the PS1 game ‘Driver’ a lot recently. It’s a game I spent a lot of time on during my youth, and whilst I’m sure it doesn’t hold up some 20 years later, it was still a highlight from my ‘gaming youth’....

One surviving Reddit app plans to charge based on how much you use it (www.theverge.com)

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public (abcnews.go.com)

A Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public, and that the only way to wear the hijab, or the Islamic headscarf, is if the face is hidden

Pet owners with talkative pets, what will they talk about?

Shots fired (infosec.pub)

Most bosses regret how they mandated workers return to the office. They blamed it on not having enough data (fortune.com)

Ukraine adds Bacardi to its list of international war sponsors (thehill.com)

Ukraine’s national anti-corruption agency added Bacardi Limited to its list of international war sponsors, citing the company’s continued business and tax payments in Russia.

in a general sense, how would you feel about people having their pet dog(s) in the workplace?

Would you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?

Any Books like The Martian by Andy Weir

I really enjoyed that book and the whole “alone in space” vibe it gives off. Are there any more like it?...

Treat yo self (lemmy.ml)

All 50 states with the same naming convention as West Virginia (lemmy.world)

Pic of a cat with Ukrainian soldier (media.kbin.social)

Best lightweight note-taking app?

Looking for an app for note-taking with the following features:...

Google's New Web Environment Integrity Proposal Dismissed by Brave, Mozilla, and Vivaldi (news.itsfoss.com)

For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic (www.wired.com)

Tesla was so swamped with complaints about driving ranges that it created a secret team to cancel owners' service appointments, source says (www.businessinsider.com)

Tesla was so swamped with complaints about driving ranges that it created a secret team to cancel owners’ service appointments, source says::To suppress the volume of complaints the automaker created a secret “Diversion Team” in Las Vegas to cancel appointments, Reuters reported.

There is no such thing as an effective "AI detector", nor will there ever be one.

I keep seeing posts about this kind of thing getting people’s hopes up, so let’s address this myth....

What's the proper way to get rid of books?

I mean it’s bad juju to throw books in the trash right? What’s the proper way to get rid of them? (with the least amount of effort)

Social differences even between coasts are massive

Buddy of mine and I were chatting on Discord and we ended up having a conversation about this topic....

Judge: West Virginia can't require incarcerated atheist to participate in religious programming (apnews.com)

A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that the state corrections agency can’t force an incarcerated atheist and secular humanist to participate in religiously-affiliated programming to be eligible for parole.

What are your favorite video games that force you to pull out the pen and paper?

Ever since the language puzzle in Tunic that got me to fill up 6 pocket sized pages of notes over multiple days while trying to puzzle it out as I tried to and, eventually, succeeded at translating the in-game “paper” manual, I’ve had a craving for games that force you to pull out a notebook and take notes/puzzle things...