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renard_roux , (edited )

If anyone else, like me, doesn’t know what a ‘live service game’ is, this is the definition from the article:

The survey defines live services as any regular update cadence planned for a game.

The report notes that traditional game development is two-three years long, while live production is more than five years.

If anyone has a simpler and more succinct definition, please do share ❤️

renard_roux ,

Perfect, thank you, that’s a lot easier to understand! ❤️

I personally don’t play any online and/or multiplayer games, so the term was new to me.

renard_roux ,

Also very succinct and to the point, thank you! 😊👌

renard_roux ,

Honestly haven’t heard of this happening in Europe before, but also haven’t done any research before now, and I don’t read a lot of news.

Seems it’s a surprisingly (for me, at least) big thing in the UK, but until recently was more associated with gang violence, with young men being the main victims, as opposed to the more classic “man has precious ‘honor’ and feelings hurt by woman, manly and honorable man scars woman for life so everyone can see how honorable he is”-scenario.

Worldwide, 80% of victims are still female.

It’s worth noting that, according to these statistics, the second and third European countries on the list, France and Italy, have a combined 14 attacks, which is less than the 20 in USA.

If only the economic rift between the indigent and the insanely wealthy Americans wasn’t so great, you’d all be able to afford guns, and not have to resort to these disgusting “European” tactics 😓

Maybe we should start a GoFundMe campaign? If it works for paying for healthcare, maybe it will work for getting everyone a gun?

renard_roux ,

Touché 👍

renard_roux , (edited )

I fail to see how this is news. A complete tragedy, and as others have mentioned, the mother will blame herself for the rest of her life. Move along.

On top of that — is this really the type of sources we should be posting from? The stories I managed to see on the front page, before the gagging became too much, seemed to be equal parts Megan & Harry, Trump, and Caitlyn Jenner. Pure tabloid trash. They don’t deserve the traffic.

For the first time in quite a while, I’m sorely missing the ability to downvote.

Edit: Ahhh, here we go 🙄

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I’m guessing we know where you work now, eh mate? Some lovely astroturfing 🤢👍

Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)

Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I don’t use Microsoft Edge regularly, and I have Google Chrome set as my default browser. Bleary-eyed at 9AM, it took me a moment to realize that Microsoft...

renard_roux ,

chuckles in Google

renard_roux ,

So glad we voted that one in! 😍 /S

renard_roux ,

Same, used Opera religiously back in the day, so much more functional than the rest. Switched to Chrome (yes yes, I know) when it started going downhill.

Chrome still doesn’t have the ability to set a shortcut for “switch to previous tab”, have to use a plugin for that 🙄

renard_roux ,

Don’t be evil.

renard_roux ,

And support Facebook while you’re at it! 😣

I know Apple isn’t much better, but Oculus selling out to Zuck instantly guaranteed I would never buy their products.

renard_roux ,

Very good take, thank you for the insight! You’re more than likely right; they need the money, and it was the best offer (if ill advised …). Industry got kick-started (pun intended), and there was much rejoicing.

renard_roux ,

I wasn’t being sarcastic, I was just trying to be funny with the Month Python reference at the end 😅

I think you’re completely right, and your take on it is a lot more nuanced than my low-effort ‘fuck Facebook’ comment 👌

renard_roux ,

Google EOL’d my beloved Asus C302 Chromebook, and now it runs Fedora with KDE. I’m super happy with it ❤️

Now tentatively working on turning my 2009 Mac Mini into a Fedora server/homelab.

So far it’s running Fedora desktop/KDE, and I’m slowly trying to figure out how to get Docker to work so I can run stuff like Audiobookshelf. If I manage to get it working, I’ll try going full Fedora Server instead of the desktop version.

renard_roux ,

There’s so much waste everywhere, let alone in tech. Being able to both “recycle” old hardware, and find legitimate use for it, should be celebrated.

Now if only I knew what to do about my old phones … I’m pretty good at making them last, so my older ones are very old, and I can’t think of anything useful for them to do that whatever phone I currently have doesn’t do much better 🤔

renard_roux ,

Side note - I really like how you crossed out your spelling error instead of just fixing it - I always proof-read my comments after I post them (because I always forget to do it), and this might actually, in s tiny way, be useful to someone who’s still learning the language, or just didn’t know a particular working is wrong. I’m going to try and start doing this as well, thanks 😊👍

renard_roux ,

Yikes! That paints a pretty scary picture 😬

renard_roux ,

Insert Bond Villain Plot™ where he’s secretly buying all the EMP-hardened server parks in the world, and it’s getting ready to orbital-nuke everything except Shitter servers back to the stone age.

And of course he will brick every phone and computer everywhere, so nobody will be able to use Shitter, but God damnit, it will be the only site left!

renard_roux ,

I just re-watched all the first 14 Bond movies, and there are apparently satellites that can track all the subs, so we’re good 😊👌 Also, you can just reprogram the missiles to blow up the other subs — just steal the launch codes, easy peasy 👍 Check mate, Kim! 💥🚀

Side note: many (or, indeed, most) of the films did not age well 😣 I’m not proud of how little of the misogyny, borderline rape-y, no-consent, belittling of women stuff I failed to notice as a kid (patents’ fault) and adolescent (my fault); it starts to get a bit better around the end of the Moore era, and I’m now getting ready for the Dalton era. It will be interesting to see the newer films with this fresh context of the old ones, and I’ve never seen the two newest ones, which I think were supposed to address all of these issues.

Secondary side note: so far, the best ones (IMHO, YMMV) have been For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View To A Kill.

renard_roux ,

Now now, let’s not bring appearance into this; I’m sure the genocidal maniac can’t be blamed for how he looks, and you might hurt his feelings.

renard_roux ,

I’m sure he just wanted to test all (all) the food first to make sure his population doesn’t get poisoned; very commendable, really. Not everyone is a villain, you know!

renard_roux ,

Googling this was 50/50 for me. It couldn’t possibly exist, but on the other hand, it’s just too perfectly insane. I was very surprised at the result.

renard_roux ,

After finishing The Last Of Us 2, I spent a lot of energy being sad about all the people in my life who don’t play games. They’ll never have that experience, and I found that somewhat upsetting. There’s no other way to live that story, and I wish l could give it to just everyone, and have them actually play and enjoy it.

renard_roux ,

I’m guessing they’re Obama.

renard_roux ,

Yes, but something something God blah blah 🙄

Are these Israeli-Americans, or evangelicals who love Israel because they want it to burn so they can have The Second Coming?

Sold to Salafism: The millions for which Golf-pro Jon Rahm sold himself to Saudi Arabia hide tortured citizens, executed minors, women sentenced to perpetual confinement, and enslaved foreign workers (english.elpais.com)

They will tell us that they are just athletes chasing or hitting balls, but by agreeing to do so in exchange for the huge amounts of money paid to them by Saudi Arabia, they are becoming political actors in a regime that spreads its anti-democratic values throughout the world....

renard_roux ,

Guess I’ll have to stop watching golf. Or at least not start.

I’m guessing it’s not easy to say no to those kinds of sums. I can’t imagine having to make that decision. Luckily, I’ll never have to 👌

renard_roux ,

…and there was much rejoicing ❤️

renard_roux ,

What’s so good about this particular acquisition failure is that Figma is actually a really good product, and Adobe would most certainly have fucked it up.

renard_roux ,

What’s Unicorn SmartNews? 😳

renard_roux ,

Isn’t this a misleading/clickbaity title? 🤔

The title of the article is “Twitch quickly reverses policy that “went too far” allowing nudity — Twitch confirmed its policy banning nudity was sexist.”

renard_roux ,

Maybe it should be a requirement to preserve original headlines at the bottom of the article if they change it.

OK, not requirement, who would ever enforce that, but it would be a nice trend, if nothing else.

renard_roux ,

Not that I care much about Mastodon either way, but you had me up to “Go back to Twitter” 😳

Nothing can be that bad, and even if it was, that doesn’t magically make Twitter any less of a teeming shithole, surely?! 🤯

renard_roux ,

Obsidian user with self-maintained vault sync across MacOS, Android and Linux, reporting for duty! 🙄

Gave up on Google Drive, MacOS and Android worked perfectly, Linux was a complete pain and never got it working properly. Screw you, Google, get your shit together and support Linux, already! 😡

renard_roux ,

Yeah, I’m on Fedora/KDE, maybe that’s the issue 🤔

Fun twist, the Linux laptop is actually a beloved Chromebook (the fantastic Asus C302) that Google EOL’d and that I then converted to Linux 😅

renard_roux , (edited )

Didn’t Reuters get bought by a Russian company?

Edit: I’m completely wrong, sorry for spreading dumb rumors.

renard_roux ,

I’m probably misremembering the thing about that Russian state news thing joining them, and they booted that one again this year. My bad.

realcaseyrollins , to technology

Meta didn’t say why, but the EU’s Digital Markets Act could be the culprit.

https://www.engadget.com/meta-is-disconnecting-messenger-and-instagram-chat-later-this-month-205956880.html

renard_roux ,

Weird, I didn’t even know they were connected 😳

Why does Gboard replace spaces with characters I add between words?

For example, if I type out a sentence and decide I want to add asterisks around a word for emphasis, why does Gboard replace the space between the previous word and the emphasized word instead of just adding the new character? Is this added functionality for something I just don’t understand?...

renard_roux ,

Swiping all the way to the bank. I cannot wrap my head around people who tap out each letter. It’s like people standing in line at the supermarket instead of using the scan-it-yourself-and-self-checkout app. Why???

renard_roux ,

Good point, although it doesn’t look like it’s working out perfectly for you 😅

dint tvat arent

renard_roux , (edited )

Dry The River (British, now disbanded)

Turboweekend (Danish, now disbanded)

Dizzy Mizz Lizzy (Danish, re-formed)

The Beths (New Zealand)

Bonus edit: Priestess (Canada, hiatus)

renard_roux ,

“… corrupt Mozilla Corp …”

Could you elaborate?

renard_roux ,

Reddit has high inertia 👍

renard_roux ,

Meta, for anyone trying to resist clicking: it’s a Top Gear clip featuring James May and Jeremy Clarkson, possibly the origin of “Oh no! Anyway…”

It’s quite good ❤️

renard_roux ,

Agree 👍

And some would say Elon succeeded with the cesspit.

renard_roux ,

From Wikipedia:

“Meta” had been registered as a trademark in the United States in 2018 (after an initial filing in 2015) for marketing, advertising, and computer services, by a Canadian company that provided big data analysis of scientific literature. This company was acquired in 2017 by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), a foundation established by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, and became one of their projects. Following the rebranding announcement, CZI announced that it had already decided to deprioritize the earlier Meta project, that it would be transferring its rights to the name to Meta Platforms, and that the project would end in 2022.

So, they bought it through their (non-profit?) foundation and killed it to harvest the name?

renard_roux ,

Which one is that?

renard_roux ,

My sync setup, working perfectly, and using Obsidian on all 3 devices almost daily. YMMV.

  • Desktop (Mac): Google Drive
  • Chromebook (installed as Linux app): Google Drive
  • Phone (Android): AutoSync for Google Drive. Bought paid version just to support them, don’t think it was necessary. $5, got to spend my Google Play Credit 😊👍
renard_roux , (edited )

Tell me about it! All this “Bluesky this!” And “Bluesky that!”, and I’m still just waiting to be allowed to see what it even looks like for myself 🙄

Pretty sure it’s also been a year at least on the wait-list for me. My guess is that the list isn’t even used, and nobody is getting in without an invite 😑

Update: I’ve now received an invite, thank you! 😊❤️

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