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lobut ,

I hate the Steam Deck! /s

I mean, I’m half joking but I used to sleep in bed and now I waste like 2-3 hours on Balatro instead of falling asleep at an appropriate hour.

lobut ,

It’s okay, it’s hydro powered.

lobut ,

I think a lot of these “cab companies” use the tips to pay the drivers now and take more for themselves.

lobut ,

I love the 24 hour clock and living in London, UK I used it all the time. However, I remember one time I bought movie tickets at lunch for 17:30 and my brain thought it was for 7:30pm and I called my friend at the last moment saying: “you have to leave work early if we’re gonna make it!”

lobut ,

I just bought it based on this alone. Early-access and FPS games aren’t typically my thing, but I like the cut of this person’s jib.

lobut ,

I wonder how his listeners can keep hearing this same message for years?

lobut ,

I feel like an idiot. I read “bear” and tilted my phone and squinted and all that. Time to go sleep.

lobut ,

Carbonara

lobut ,

Crash Course too!

www.youtube.com/

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9 - Crash Course World History was one of my favourites.

lobut ,

Yup. I’ve just been purchasing games without the Verified tag now because I’ll just be like: “yeah that seems like it’d work and it typically does”.

I made the mistake of installing Stardew Valley on it for 1.6. Oof, I’m playing it everywhere. Very bad when you can’t handle your addictions well.

lobut ,

Yup, I didn’t buy the Steam Deck to do 4K ray tracing at 120FPS. I bought it so I can pick up any Steam Deck Verified game and play it without relative issue. Being able to suspend immediately and just knowing things work beats fiddling with Windows on a handheld.

lobut ,

My geophysicist friend laughed at me for a little long when I said “I’m a computer scientist”.

I never took that degree/job position or whatever seriously anyway. I’ve always giggled at software engineering too. I just call myself a programmer.

lobut ,

lol, okay that made me chuckle … I liked that.

Although, we both eventually got into the jobs for what we studied for. We’ve made that jokes both in university and when we got into respective fields.

New “Recall” feature in Windows 11 is a privacy nightmare (www.theverge.com)

The new “Recall” feature really does look good on paper, but the taking in mind that it catalogues almost everything you do on your computer, it could turn out to be a privacy nightmare. “logging things you do in apps, tracking communications in live meetings, remembering all websites you’ve visited for research, and...

lobut , (edited )

I mean … I saw that for some reason when I logged into Windows 11 yesterday it had the NBA score in the bottom left. Who the hell asked if I wanted that?

Went back to my Linux/Mint box as I rarely use my windows one but that pissed me right off.

lobut ,

How much of that is the NHS getting now? /s

lobut ,

“some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses”

lobut ,

I thought I was gonna start some shit by saying it’s more like being a vegan at a restaurant, but I see everyone’s already fighting.

lobut ,

Not really new but probably not that popular for everyone. It seems it was coined in 2010: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern. In the web dev space I was using it like 8-9 years ago, more or less.

lobut ,

What is it about all these rich people that need to do this type of stuff? Consensual stuff too boring for these guys now?

lobut ,

Definitely struck a chord with him 👀

lobut ,

I’ve had to remove a lot of recommendations. Man, PragerU, Crowder, Shapiro and Joe Rogan were in my feeds. Jeez.

lobut ,

I think making the rich mingle with the normal people more would be beneficial. It’s harder to dehumanize the poor when you’ve met them. Can’t call them lazy or stupid and just not “wanting” it enough when you see them work as hard as you and not getting as far.

Although, I think the way things are it’ll never happen though. Nepo babies would dodge everything even if something like this were to occur.

lobut ,

You’re absolutely right. I was trying to get what I hoped was the salient point out of the person’s post.

I knew a few guys in Europe I think maybe Austrian or something where they came from lots of money but went to school with “others” and they seemed pretty well-adjusted. Although, they have a lot of the other advantages that you’ve listed as well.

lobut ,

I’m too tired to look it up, but I remember someone saying that resilience or grit was one of the best indicators of success. Someone replied that actually the best indicator of success is if you came from wealth.

lobut ,

Bullshit. I’ve seen Pulp Fiction and I’ve never noticed that.

lobut ,

I have a reminder to cancel Amazon Prime in a month. I never really used the TV portion until a few months ago and was like, fine … the selection sucks but it’s alright. After they introduced the ads now, it’s unusable to me. I’m getting rid of it entirely and not rewarding this type of behaviour.

Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking, and color-coding of employees (arstechnica.com)

After reversing its position on remote work, Dell is reportedly implementing new tracking techniques on May 13 to ensure its workers are following the company’s return-to-office (RTO) policy, The Register reported today, citing anonymous sources....

lobut ,

A few months ago my director started discussions on return to office mandates. No one else really paid any attention.

I went in today and nobody is here, including my director. I don’t think anyone thinks the commute is worth the value they’re pitching.

I should have slept in an extra two hours.

lobut ,

These are the same people that abuse tax loopholes and lobby and shit. I don’t pirate but I don’t give two shit’s on their holier than thou tone.

lobut ,

I think it’s 'cause we know more about him. I think if we knew he was a whimsical dude and legitimately trying to help people instead of enriching himself, we’d see these pics and give him a bit more of a pass.

lobut ,

I’d be riding an ebike right now, if I knew how I could park it safely :/ do you typically bring it with you?

lobut ,

The accounts are so important that you’re willing to lose sales in that many countries?!

lobut ,

First time watching Lemmino and I’m an instant subscriber now, it was a great video. Not gonna lie the bait at the end was really enticing and I hope that this does get solved soon!

lobut ,

Off to get Acaster’s next partner.

lobut ,

Mr Shapiro, who is Jewish and styles himself as a champion of free speech

Right. Now, I know in the proper context, free speech is that the government can’t punish you and that this is a direct contradiction of that. However the way Shapiro et al Musk believes is that anyone should say anything. Although, olde Benny Shaps claimed anyone can say anything but they’re not entitled to work anywhere when he fired Candace. He’s such a weasel and all the clowns at the Daily Wire.

lobut ,

I was upset because I bought my Oculus headset before Facebook acquired it and then forced me to have a log in of theirs.

I decided not to have a Facebook account for a reason. Mainly because I don’t trust the company with my data. As enticing it is to have a VR headset and I would love to for their price … … I just don’t want to give Meta any more of my cash.

What’s happening in VR now is that Meta is licensing their Horizon OS so maybe other manufacturers can make their own headsets with Meta’s OS on top. That introduces another problem because I don’t trust that their OS isn’t spying on me either …

lobut ,

I grew a beard after I got food poisoning and the flu back-to-back. I couldn’t be arsed to shave.

I did try shaving years later but I hated nicking my chin with a razor and doing it every day was a pain.

lobut , (edited )

I think it helps not just in sales but also in terms of player count. I think just having it swarmed with the number of HellDivers makes it more alive too and gets other people more into it.

I’ve also purchased this game like three times. I bought it on PS5 so I could give it to my brother to play. Bought it for myself and for a friend of mine.

Rabbit R1 is Just an Android App (lemmy.world)

See, it turns out that the Rabbit R1 seems to run Android under the hood and the entire interface users interact with is powered by a single Android app. A tipster shared the Rabbit R1’s launcher APK with us, and with a bit of tinkering, we managed to install it on an Android phone, specifically a Pixel 6a....

lobut ,

R1s statement in response from the article:

“rabbit r1 is not an Android app. We are aware there are some unofficial rabbit OS app/website emulators out there. We understand the passion that people have to get a taste of our AI and LAM instead of waiting for their r1 to arrive. That being said, to clear any misunderstanding and set the record straight, rabbit OS and LAM run on the cloud with very bespoke AOSP and lower level firmware modifications, therefore a local bootleg APK without the proper OS and Cloud endpoints won’t be able to access our service. rabbit OS is customized for r1 and we do not support third-party clients. Using a bootlegged APK or webclient carries significant risks; malicious actors are known to publish bootlegged apps that steal your data. For this reason, we recommend that users avoid these bootlegged rabbit OS apps.”

So there’s literally no reason for this to have been a device at all.

lobut ,

They’re possibly complimentary but not mutually exclusive. I think if they sold the form factor of the device over the phone that that would have been more honest marketing.

lobut ,

Remember that Barr would vote for him again as well.

lobut ,

I thought I remember them selling off big properties a few years ago and wanting to go crazy with NFTs. Selling off Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and stuff.

You can tell with those decisions it’s really about management. There was also all sorts of drama with FF15 behind the scenes.

lobut , (edited )

I really didn’t like FF7 Remake and I really wanted to like it. I’m a fan of the original and I liked the FF15 game despite it feeling a bit rushed and unfinished at the end and even with the battle system.

I think you do have a point about the action battle system. There’s something about it that just feels imprecise and unsatisfying compared to games in the new category it’s in (although I enjoyed FF15, so you can’t trust me)

What really bugged me is the cinematics/voice acting and story. I just finished GoW4 and Ragnarok back-to-back. I’m not expecting every game to be like GoW, but the cutscenes and stuff in FF felt so corny and cheesy after playing a game like GoW.

Also, they seem to milk Sephiroth to death. If this was a three part series, I didn’t expect to battle him once in the first game and let alone see him as much as I did (I thought the mystery of Sephiroth would have been a teaser for later games). Also, no idea what’s going on with the death clouds.

The game itself looks gorgeous though. I felt if I sent screenshots of the this game to myself as a kid, I’d have my mind blown.

lobut ,

It probably sounds silly but I quite enjoy not memorizing different names for days of the weeks and months like when I was learning french … Lundi, Mardi …

Nice to be like 星期一，星期二，星期三 … for week days and 一月，二月，三月… for months.

lobut ,

I remember listening to an NPR podcast and it was talking about wasting money in science. There was that “shrimp fight club” and millions being spent on it. Turns out the money was for a science lab and for students wages and just a bit of money went on the shrimp experiment. Didn’t stop the headlines though. When the scientist went to explain the point to the politicians. They said that the shrimp shells were so resilient and lightweight and studying it could yield military benefits. The politician said that they would only care about that specific use case. The scientist had to explain you don’t get one without the other.

lobut ,

Reginald D Hunter had a similar take: youtu.be/8l1PMVvfjDM?si=_d41X4hwUlunvVVG

lobut ,

Still high relative to the average but nowhere near their American counterparts.

lobut ,

sounds like a passing grade to me /s

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