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ZeroHora , to linux_gaming in Gaming on Linux is great!
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I’m starting a full playthrough of Dragon Age.

If you gonna play the 3 games I can give some advice and some sadnews.

DAO is the oldest but works quite well on Linux, not a single problem.

DA2 need the fucking EA App crap bullshit to run, even on steam. Because of that crap I had a lot of problems with alt + tab, crashings, resolutions bug. To fix it I need to enable virtual desktop in the wineprefix with my monitor resolution, after that everything went smooth.

DAI again the stupid fuck EA App. If you are in the same situation than me: bought the game on Origin, not on steam, I have some bad news about mods. FrostyMods just doesn’t work and is the EA bullshit problem. With the steam version someone made a patch for linux and looks like it works.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted , (edited )
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DA2 need the fucking EA App crap bullshit to run

Yo ho.*

^*^^At^ ^least^ ^on^ ^Windows.^ ^Not^ ^sure^ ^about^ ^Linux.^

ZeroHora ,
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Extremely annoying have to pirate a bought game because the pirate version works better.

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ,
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RIGHT??

I hate it too!

InternetUser2012 ,

I haven’t played that game, but I have some EA games that work great on Lutris. Have you tried that?

ZeroHora ,
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I tried Lutris, Steam and Bottles, the bug with mods on DAI for what I understand is because the EA crap App doesn’t recognize launch options like Steam does so anything that depends on it doesn’t work, I don’t know why but with the Steam version you can pass I think was GAME_DATA_DIR option and Steam launches the game with the mods.

The bug on DA2 is probably EA not giving a shit with older games, the DAI, ME Andromeda and ME Legendary Edition doesn’t have it.

xmunk , to asklemmy in How do you feel you've aged?

Honestly, I’m now excellent at what I do and have confidence in that but, as I wander through my upper thirties, I’m not really feeling much different than my mid twenties.

cashmaggot OP ,

I heard someone say thirties are the new twenties. I don't know if they're saying that because life expectancy went up (I think it came back down since then?) or because they were being catchy like a Cosmo article. But I am super glad your hard work paid off, because nothing is lovelier than mastery =)!

will_a113 ,

I think they say this because they’re in their 30s now and would prefer to still be in their 20s (saying that as a 40 is the new 30 guy)

cashmaggot OP ,

Hahaha, you're funny! Hahaha! Aww man, hahaha! You know, a friend and I had a laugh the other day because we've got another friend who we both love to death but will be "21" forever. Hahahaha!

tamal3 , (edited )

I’m living that way bc the economy was so bad in my 20s, and I feel like I’ve missed out. Couldn’t afford a house, or kids, or travel. I’m doing a little better now but a decade passed without me having many options.

cashmaggot OP ,

I think about this sometimes. In a way it's a super antiquated idealism. And while you might be missing out in some aspects, you might actually have a more varied series of experiences because you're not tied down to any one particular spot. I mean you're paying someone else's mortgage (plus some change), but I figured I would point out the kinda muddy bright side? Eh.

I don't know your life or your living situation but if you have some change daycations are always fun. Bring a buddy, do simple shit, go as far out as you can take in a car (and still drive back). It costs way less than you think, and you get to do some stupid shit and it's a really good time for some off-the wall talks. So actually, bring someone you like talking to. If you aren't about that life, I used to grab the cheapest bus tickets I could find (I'm mostly talking Megabus which is only in certain locations...) pack a backpack chill at hostels and eat trashy to save money. So like, takeout rice - gobs of it. A loaf of bread and a chunk of cheese - sammich! That kinda crap. But you can get around and do fun stuff even if you're broke as a joke as long as you, you know - don't have things dependant on you. So it's kinda like...all up to what you've got going on. But daycations are choice, and I really hope you give a go if you have the time and a (little bit) of money. Pack food (or snacks if you're gunna grab food) because you will get hungry. Pack water. Please for the love of god pack water!

okrakai , to linux in So I installed Arch Linux... Is this it?

😂

sylver_dragon , to asklemmy in Have you noticed an increase in political fighting?

It’s important to get offline and go touch grass from time to time. If you are getting your view of the world through FaceBook or Twitter, you’re getting a very warped view of the world. People are pretty horrible online. This was well recognized 20 years ago:
https://assets.penny-arcade.com/comics/20040319-umO0zG4o.jpg

DasFaultier , to linux in Is there a program that I can run on my laptop to tell me what Linux distro supports the hardware out of the box? Also whether the hardware is supported at all?

Yes, such a program is called an installer. /s

Sorry, I don’t have an answer for you that’s more helpful than the rest of the comments here, they all did well. I second booting a live system.

schnurrito , to technology in Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)

It was a mistake that the Unicode people started to add emoji of their own at all ever in the first place.

My understanding is that emoji were originally added because they existed in other preexisting standards. They should have kept it at that. Now we get public discussions what concepts are important enough to “deserve” emoji, which is a stupid, pointless discussion that could have been avoided if they had not started doing that. We were able to communicate just fine before emoji were a thing.

P4ulin_Kbana ,

I disagree with your opinion.

KoboldCoterie , to asklemmy in Be honest: have you ever lost your temper with a customer service rep? And did it ever help?
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I’ve definitely gotten angry about a situation while on the phone with a customer service rep, but not with the rep themself. I make it a point any time I’m audibly angry when on the phone to state that I’m angry at the company, not at the person I’m speaking with, and that I understand that it’s not their fault. It seems to help a lot; I used to work in customer service and I sure appreciated it when people made that distinction to me. It’s okay to be upset, just don’t take it out on a CSR.

1stTime4MeInMCU ,

Honestly this is pretty much it. Sometimes you have to be pretty aggressive to get companies to do the thing you need; they will take advantage of the social friction required to keep you in predatory arrangements. They literally design it to be frustrating so you’ll give up. Like you, I try to make it clear to the person I’m speaking with I have no problem with them just the business. But if the corporations require me to get mad to do the right thing I will get mad.

corsicanguppy ,

I have a friend whose family immigrated to Fiji from India before coming here. He’s bi-cultural, and his super-power comes from his heritage.

Also, he will wait on the phone and talk to as many reps as required in order to get a discount. In CANADA, his full-up TV package - sports, streaming, movies, 1gbps internet, etc - is $1 for the next 2 years. Then he’ll call again and bring up the days where things didn’t work, mention how this is a consistent pattern they promised to eliminate, and launder all that into another 2 years just so they can be rid of him. He outlasts them.

hellfire103 , to mildlyinfuriating in Google and Big tech are unbelievably vicious!

I haven’t touched my YouTube channel in over a year now, but at this rate I’m thinking of deleting it altogether. There doesn’t seem to be a PeerTube instance willing to host all of my content (it’s essentially an archive for old PSAs, with occasional top 10s), so I reckon I’ll download the entire channel with JDownloader and then wait until I can host an instance of PeerTube or MediaGoblin.

neidu2 , to asklemmy in Be honest: have you ever lost your temper with a customer service rep? And did it ever help?

Not that I can recall, but I was close pretty recently. There was a minor snafu about a hotel booking I made recently, one that in theory should be a pretty simple fix.

I contacted the chains booking department which usually handles those things, and after serving BS excuses they turned out to be utterly useless. I instead called the front desk of the specific hotel and there too I got an excuse that I at least consider valid: “Yes, it should be possible to fix this, but that’s probably something I should talk about with the manager, as I’m pretty new here”. She then proceeded to tell me the name of the manager, and the time when she would be available.

I called the front desk later as instructed, and talked with the manager. She said that normally booking handles these things. After politely airing my frustration with booking, she had it fixed within five minutes while I was on the call. I thanked her, and asked her to also thank the new hire who did what she could earlier.

tetrachromacy , to asklemmy in [Serious] Best Pee Strat

The importance of coffee in this equation cannot be overstated. If you’re worried, try having a 12oz coffee plus lots of water an hour or two before your appointment. Don’t hold it in all day before the appt, you might hurt yourself. Just goose your waterworks with coffee and stay well hydrated before going in and you should be fine.

Also, doctors know about bashful bladders so just let them know you might be a minute. You may also be able to collect a sample at home if you discuss it with them first(don’t roll up to your doctor today with a cup of unasked-for pee). You’ve got options. Just when you’re in the moment, relax and let the coffee do the work.

dharmacurious ,

I disagree re the unasked for pee. I personally believe you should always keep a Gatorade bottle of urine on hands at all times, just in case.

philo , (edited ) to asklemmy in Be honest: have you ever lost your temper with a customer service rep? And did it ever help?
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Yes and yes. It just depends on when and how it’s done. It worked wonders with my medical insurance. My Doctors weren’t too happy yet my health improved.

xmunk , to asklemmy in Be honest: have you ever lost your temper with a customer service rep? And did it ever help?

Assuming we’re excluding the sales side of things (telemarketers and other unsolicited communications) no I have not.

My roommate used to adore Dell though because “if you’re willing to be an asshole and not hang up you can get anything for free”. I understand that squeaky wheeling is effective but I just find it such an utter waste of time to both parties.

POTOOOOOOOO , to asklemmy in [Serious] Best Pee Strat

I’ve never had someone watch me pee at a doctor’s office for a drug test. They put you in a bathroom with some special chemical dye in the water and tell you that you cannot flush or it voids the test. They also provide water. If you are concerned, I would drink 45 minutes and 30 minutes ahead about 2 cups of water each time. Then when you get there you should be fine.

Vanth , to asklemmy in Be honest: have you ever lost your temper with a customer service rep? And did it ever help?
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I just ask for the next tier of support.

Lots of tier 1 support aren’t even armed to do much troubleshooting. They are there to enter tickets and to advise the cookie cutter “have you tried turning it off and on again” type answers and to give scripted explanations of known outages or bugs. More advanced troubleshooting gets done by higher tiers.

In your case, I would ask for a rep to be assigned your case number and get their phone number so you have one point of contact. Whether they actually do that for you is another matter, some companies put very little emphasis on customer service and support once you’re already a paid customer.

_pete_ OP ,

This had already gone past the first level “customer service” level to the 2nd level “technical support” team who sat on it for a couple of weeks, they’ve apparently now escalated it again and they’re waiting for their “network team” to take a look at it.

I’ve basically lost all hope with them at this point.

BombOmOm ,
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It might be worth switching providers. Starlink and 4G ISPs (TMobile, Verison) are surprisingly good.

memfree ,
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If you are willing to switch, tell your current carrier and sometimes that will light a fire under them to actually address the Support call. We had that happen recently. Internet went out. The issue was outside our house with the provider’s line. They said they’d send someone a week later, so we pointed out it would be faster for us to switch providers, to which they replied, “We can’t get there tomorrow but how about the next day?” We accepted and they actually did fix it in two days instead of seven.

_pete_ OP ,

I’m in the UK, we have a system for switching ISPs that is apparently relatively painless so I’ve started that process but it’s apparently going to be another 2 weeks before the switch can happen :(

phdepressed , to asklemmy in Books - Do you prefer Paperback or Hardcover?

Paperback. I’ve sometimes waited for paperback versions of books after their initial hardcover release. Cheaper, lighter, same reading, I used to be less patient so would suck it up and get the hardcover, nowadays I don’t read as much so waiting is easier. I read a lot when traveling and hardcovers are just such a pain. The only “nice” collection I have is LOTR+hobbit.

I’m trying out an eReader soon but I’m not sure I’ll be able to get away from the desire of physically turning pages.

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