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Quazatron

@ Quazatron @lemmy.world

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A peace loving silly coffee-fueled humanoid carbon-based lifeform that likes #cinema #photography #linux #zxspectrum #retrogaming

  • Is the dead internet already a reality?

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  • I grew up with the knowledge that "Internet routes around damage". In those days that referred to censorship and walled gardens.

    I'm not sure if and how it would work with disinformation and AI slop as the damage to route around of.

    I'm cautious but hopeful.

  • Size Comparison - Science Fiction Spaceships

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  • Ok, now to find Moya and the Lexx.

  • Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"

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  • Yep, time to wipe my Epic account.

  • Removed

    Legal action over 'unfair' Steam game store prices given go ahead

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  • When you can't compete, sue.

  • To you, what makes a movie a GREAT movie?

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  • Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

  • What is immersion to you?

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  • I can get immersed in incredibly simple games, like Baba Is You. I have simple rules to follow and a world that conforms to those rules. I can tune out reality and immerse fully in the game.

    The main thing is that I don't need hi-res realistic 120 fps graphics for this to work, I don't know if this is because the way my brain is wired or because I was raised in the 8 bit era and imagination was a significant part of that immersion.

  • Cloudflare shows a massive drop in http traffic

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  • Well, good luck with that. :-)

  • Cloudflare shows a massive drop in http traffic

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  • Whatever it was, it was temporary. Sorry to have wasted your time.

  • Day 553 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

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  • I bought the collection a few years ago and played nearly all the titles.

    There's something about these games that makes them feel "off" for me and I can't quite put my finger on it.

    I mean, there's guns and aliens to shoot, huge buildings and large terrains to cross with cool vehicles. Yet, it never clicked with me. It feels like the games have no soul.

    It's a weird feeling that I could never explain properly.

  • AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns

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  • Take all those billions and go unfuck Teams. Thank you.

    -- millions of office workers

  • Steam games with linux runtimes don't work (Mint)

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  • Currently I prefer Windows versions of games. I understand the people who much rather have a native port, but I've come to view Windows (Wine, Proton) as the Linux Gaming API Layer. When you think of it like that, it doesn't really matter if the game has a native port or not.

    Last week I installed a game on Steam (can't remember the title, sorry) that had a Feral native port. It complained about my card not being supported and crashed. I then installed the Proton version and it simply worked.

    Even if there is a native port, it probably takes work to keep up with Linux rapidly evolving features than to keep it running on Windows relatively static APIs.

    So I thank Microsoft for the Linux Gaming API (and the intrepid Wine devs), I'm sure they didn't intend it to be this way but here we are.

  • Suggestions for Linux PDF Editor and E-sign

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  • Libre Office does PDF signatures.

    I heard Chrome also has some PDF skills.

  • So, why should GNOME support server side decorations?

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  • I wouldn't say unusable, it's tolerable. But it does get in your face in a very opinionated way, that gets old fast.

  • SOMA, off the backlog after nine years

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  • Yes, everything you like about the original is there. The storytelling, the philosophical undertones, the brain wracking puzzles. Except that everything is way larger, with much to explore, new gadgets to master and characters to interact. They dropped some of the stuff that annoyed me in the original, like the machine guns and mines.

    The puzzle difficulty is spot on, so if you played the through the original you'll find the first puzzles easy but then they ramp up.

    I've finished the main story and now I'm going back to get the 100% stars, as one does. I'm sure I'll buy the DLC for this one as well, as I did for the original. Its is that good.

  • SOMA, off the backlog after nine years

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  • Soma may be my favorite Frictional game, even though I played nearly all the Amnesia series.

    I think I'll install it again after I'm done with Talos Principle II.

  • So, why should GNOME support server side decorations?

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  • I've avoided Gnome since the shift to GTK 3, when it became apparent that the devs were hiding functionality in the name of some greater vision that was never explained to lesser mortals.

    You don't get to treat me as a moron, only my wife can do that.

    XFCE and KDE have served me well, at least they don't hide settings and functionality from me.

  • What should we be doing, individually, to increase Lemmy's userbase?

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  • Ads and idiots.

    I think we have a good idiot ratio right now, let's not increase it.

  • What should we be doing, individually, to increase Lemmy's userbase?

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  • Absolutely nothing.

  • Should I switch to Qobuz or Tidal for music streaming?

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  • One more vote for Tidal. High quality and large catalog, I've been using it for years.