EU citizen. Interests: RPGs, board games, litrpg, alternative rock/metal, cycling, quality memes
Its like every week a new episode of black mirror script is coming to life.
I know games as propaganda exist in some shape and form already, but imagine what could a selfish man-child with all the money in the world do to the game industry to bring his "vision" to life.
Out of touch, money-focused execs ruin everything. Especially when you have to keep the investors and shareholders happy.
Creating a game studio, because you are a huge corporation with unlimited money doesn't guarantee success. Just look at Amazon game studios for example.
I'M GONNA PUT MY PAIN INTO YOUR SOUL! (Krieg, BL 2)
I know it sound crazy, but maybe some days use the time you spend on traveling to and from the fast food place and cook home instead multiple portions of food you enjoy for a fraction of cost.
Inagine planning a BBQ and it starts raining for a million years. Smh
People at work wants me to do something and using phrasing, like "can we check this?" , "we must do xy quickly". What do you mean WE? If you want me to do something personally just fucking say it MF! It makes my blood boil.
Same. Since the Win 11 update on my work laptop I got so fed up with the OS, that I installed Linux on both of my desktop PC and my wifes laptop. Zero regrets, no more MS bullshit on my personal stuff.
I know it will fail but I really hope it will fail big time to accelerate the dowfall of this soulless corporate piece of shit company.
But can I take my Steam Deck with me?
It wasn't just the alien, it was the setup of the scene and the reaction of Joaquins character. Brilliant moment in a silly movie.
I love the sentiment and would love to see this working, but lets be realistic, It never will how things are now. Just a few things that comes to mind:
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Companies and public services use social media sites for customer service.
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Social media corporations are almost never held responsible for propaganda and any of the sick stuff they serve up on silver platter. Putting up an age warning Y/N window does nothing. They will still target 15 years or younger audiences.
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People profit off other peoples data and corpos will fight hard not to loose a huge chunk of this money machine.
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Social media sites only goal is to show you content and make you go through as many ads as possible. They will definetly not consider people under 15 and change their algorithms to make their product less appealing.
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Parents are also addicted to social media, like what are the chances a kid of two chain smokers will also try cigarettes?
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Probably a million other reasons...
I worked in a coffeee shop a long time ago and we had a new girl, who just started. Its the end of the shift and we told her to put on rubber gloves, we will show her how to clean the coffee machine.
She went to the store room and after 10 minutes she returned with only one glove on, holding the 100 pack box of disposable gloves and with visible confusion as she explained that we run out of right hand gloves as she could only find these marked with "L"
I did it finally, deleted win10 and installed Linux Mint
This is just to share my experience with everyone, especially the people still undecided.
I was planning the switch for months, and finally had a couple hours undisturbed from the wife and the kids :)
It was a slightly rocky start, as my USB wifi receiver did not have native drivers, but with wired internet and the official Mint tutorial the rest of the transition was super smooth.
The OS install went flawlessly and within an hour I had all the basic programs, browser and utilities up and running. I love that I just download the app from the dedicated place, no pointless web surfing for the latest versions.
I backed up my steam folder (with the rest of my files of course), so after installing the steam client and some quick synchronization I had my installed games library back in minutes. I did some testing and everything works great. As I own a steam deck I already had some experience with games not running natively on Linux, but a saw many great tutorials for beginners. I cant wait to test out some more games!
Edit: thank you for all the positivity and great feedback! I know Lemmy users love Linux and I have to admit I feel a little bit more included :D
Who knows, maybe I will start warching Star Trek next...
About to buy my first road bike, need some advice
Hi all, I hope my post doesn't violate any rules, because of the links, if yes, please let me know.
I am a beginner with road bikes, I was always a MTB person, but I decided to get a road bike for my cardio exercise as I turned 40 and I have less option in my area for MTB rides.
Since Im a beginner with road bikes I would need some advice to not mess up my purchase. Of course I done some research as well, but never know what I missed.
Im in the EU and my budget is 700-750 EUR, so yes, it will be a budget bike. I will ride 3-4 times a week for 50-70 km distances. Some hills, but nothing serious.
I found two possible candidates:
Triban RC500 The obvious choice, many reviews calling it the best budget bike under 1000 EUR, some compromises, but I think it would be perfect for me. Price: 750 EUR where I live.
Sava Vegur 1.2 A bit of a wild card, its currently on half off sale with a reputable online retailer for 680 EUR, but cant decide if its the deal of the year or I should be cautious. I know, I dont need a carbon bike for my needs, but still, Im curious if anyone ever had experience with the brand? I found reviews, opinions, etc but nothing which would tell me to buy or not buy it specifically. Its a Chinese brand, but thats about it from what I can see.
Thanks for the time and I would prefer constructive feedback if possible :)
This always makes me laugh
Most likely a repost of a repost from 5 orher platforms but I love how quickly Lemmy become my favourite place and would like to contribute!
Question: Should I raise a warranty claim or upgrade?
Hi Lemmings!
I have my Deck since March 2022. I was one of the fortunate ones to receive it quite soon.
Lately I noticed two things: The right joysticks movement is not as smooth as it was before and sometimes it makes a creaking noise.
The "A" button lost some of its resistance and become super sensitive in some games registering twice per button push. For example in a text heavy game I often skip dialogues because of this.
The device is in a perfect working order, no abuse, no damage, screen protector since day 1, protective skin applied, etc.
My question: Should I contact Valve and ask for a repair..
...or maybe try to get some nice replacement parts and upgrade the buttons and joysticks?
How does the available replacements compare to original parts? Are they an improvement? Or should I go the safe route and let Valve repair it for me?
: Ability to favourite communities so they will always appear on top of the subscribed list
First of all love the app, its my daily driver now for Lemmy!
I was wondering if you could favourite or "star" communities in the list so they would always show on top of the list? I love to check my feed but also I like to daily browse specific communities. It would help a lot, especially with my growing number of communities subbed.
Many thanks and keep up the great work!