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Gacha games are out of control. Gambling shouldn't be so widespread
As someone who grew up playing games like World of Warcraft and other AAA titles, I’ve seen how the gaming industry has evolved over the years—and not always for the better. One of the most disturbing trends is the rise of gacha games, which are, at their core, thinly veiled gambling systems targeting younger players. And I...
YouTube on TVs is cramming ads down your throat even when pausing videos (www.androidauthority.com)
Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option (www.abc.net.au)
In short:...
There is no history on the History channel. There's nothing true on TruTV. There's no music on music television. There's no science on the science channel.
People of lemmy, what was your “oh crap” moment?
Please just provide a short, medium or long story
Gen 1 Pokémon Fans Are In Awe As Cubone’s Face Is Discovered In Old 90s Picture Book | Retro Dodo (retrododo.com)
Gen 1 fans of Pokémon, especially those who played Red and Blue versions, can now find a bit more peace regarding the sorrowful character of Cubone. For years, it was known that Cubone never removes its skull helmet due to which nobody has ever seen its real face. However, recent discoveries have proven this notion wrong....
The most recognizable leaf silhouette is the marijuana leaf.
what should we call cake day?
the term “cake day” just makes me think of r*ddit. I’ve seen Lemon Day going around, but we probably want to avoid affiliation with lemon party....
Apple is still standing in the way of Epic’s app store (www.theverge.com)
U.K. might follow Europe in fining employers who message staff after-hours (fortune.com)
The U.K. is considering joining a host of other European countries in making it more costly for restless employers to contact their employees after the working day ends....
What's the oldest thing in your downloads directory and how old is it?
Pizza (lemmy.today)
How do you deal with depression about climate change?
I started getting sad about climate change two years ago after seeing Planet Earth and many documentaries. I completely changed my lifestyle to reduce my part and put significant effort into it....
You Should Own Your Games (medium.com)
What stupidly easy tech solution do people gloss over all of the time? (kbin.melroy.org)
For me it's the paranoia surrounding webcams. People outright refuse to own one and I understand, until they go on and on about how they're being spied. Here's the secret - unplug the damn thing when you think you won't use it or haven't used it in a while....
So what did it take for you to go to Linux? (kbin.melroy.org)
I'm asking what big motivational factors contributed to you into going Linux full-time. I don't count minor inconveniences like 'oh, stutter lag in a game on windows' because that really could be anything in any system. I'm talking, something Windows or Microsoft has done that was so big, that made you go "fuck this, I will go...
Google is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search results (pivot-to-ai.com)
cross-posted from: awful.systems/post/2178630
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I love piracy and seeders
A niche band from Asia I loved as a teenager disbanded in the early 2000s. Due to legal reasons their work is in forever limbo, no Spotify, official YouTube etc. Best you can get is 2nd hand CDs on online marketplaces for a premium....
Is 4gb vram enough to run read dead redemtion 2?
I’m planning to buy pc with rx 470 4gb and i5 3470, will I be able to rdr2 at least at low settings in 1080p 30 fps?
Zen Z (lemmy.world)
What factors do you think contributed to the "Reddit Hivemind"? How do you believe it can be avoided?
I’ve been seeing more often (and others have posted the same) that some of the elements of “Reddit etiquette” seem to be taking over here. Luckily I can still find discussion comments but it seems the jokes and general “downvote because I disagree” are slowly taking over....
Chat is this real
Valve attempts to deal with jokes, memes and ASCII art reviews on Steam (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads (www.windowscentral.com)