Dark_Arc

Dark_Arc, 9 days ago

Other than that god awful old-school Valve UI used for most of the menus/things.

Dark_Arc, 3 days ago

No idea what that means, but I do know the devs of this game also made War for The Overworld and they did a fantastic job of making and maintaining it.

I’d highly recommend their studio… and if this is the type of game you’re interested in, you should definitely check it out!

Dark_Arc, 9 days ago

I wouldn’t … mostly because it discourages you from remembering/memorizing your password, and that’s not something you want to do.

FWIW: I think the local password manager only folks are a bit overly paranoid (and most folks I’ve met of the mindset end up using syncthing or something like that anyways which is basically just Proton Pass with extra steps … so I wouldn’t worry much about that side of it).

Dark_Arc, 10 days ago

Here’s the problem, people don’t vote down ticket, and they only vote every 4 years instead of every 2 years.

The president is more of a cheerleader than a person of substantial power. That’s not to say the office of the president isn’t individually powerful, but you need strong margins in the house and the senate to actually get stuff done.

We kind of had that for 2 years when Obama and we got the affordable care act… Even then the margins weren’t that great; I don’t think Obama was the problem so much as they couldn’t find the support to do something bigger in Congress.

Even with those thin margins Democrats come across the aisle regularly to actually get governance done (e.g. fund fixing infrastructure). They’re not even close, we’ve got one party that actually governs, and another that prints money for the rich, attacks people based on their bedroom preferences, and doesn’t give a shit about the environment.

Dark_Arc, 10 days ago

I think it’s interesting folks take this as talking about Biden.

Biden has a platform, Biden and the Democrats have accomplishments … what does Trump and the last decade of Republican congressional dominance have?

“DEMOCRATS ARE DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY!!” “HEALTHCARE IS A MESS!! I’VE GOT A BRILLIANT PLAN I DIDN’T PASS OR EVEN PROPOSE IN CONGRESS LAST TIME. WE’RE GOING TO GET IT DONE THIS TIME. IT WILL BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT THE DEMOCRATS CAME UP WITH. NO I’M NOT SHARING IT NOW, YOU MUST BE SURPRISED.” “I MADE MY RICH FRIENDS MONEY!!”

Dark_Arc, 10 days ago (edited 9 days ago)

You’re literally using tactics developed by fascists in your argument here.

[citation needed]

Somehow, the president is little more than a “powerless cheerleader” if we’re talking about Dems but “the end of democracy” if talking about Trump/Republicans. Both can’t be true.

They’re over simplifying the problem. Trump is a cheerleader for fascism inside of the United States, a vote for Trump is a vote for every Republican in congress to be emboldened to do Trump like things (and even if they don’t agree with them, fear their own removal).

There’s certainly a different aspect for international issues and relations as well. However, ultimately, congress has all the power in this country. If Democrats had solid super majorities in the house and senate, or there was a super majority that was willing to side with Democrats to protect from Trump, there would be very little reason to worry.

In fact, we wouldn’t even be having this discussion because congress would have held Trump accountable and convicted him during the impeachment hearings preventing him from holding office.

Obama and the Dems chose this over any sane single-payer option to allegedly “appease Republicans”

[Citation needed] see the majorities at the time, they could not get single payer past the majority of the Democrats in congress let alone Republicans. There was not a sufficiently progressive majority.

In another attempt to appease Republicans, they allowed them to steal Obamas SCOTUS appointment while also allowing Trump to steal what should have been Biden’s SCOTUS appointment

They “allowed” that to happen? What could they have done?

They didn’t have control of congress.

I’d go on but I don’t have time to say “they didn’t have control of congress” all day. If you want something done in this country, you need congress (either via super majority) or via a slim majority and an aligned president (and even then in the latter case, results may very due to personal votes/perspectives of representatives).

Dark_Arc, 9 days ago

Presumably they can overwrite the file (and the file is synced to their hard drive via one of the clients, Proton will back-sync the edits made on their computer to your drive).

Dark_Arc, 8 days ago

I don’t particularly care…

It sucks for people that live in countries that Sony doesn’t sell to … but also Sony just doesn’t sell to those countries.

Ultimately they made people use an account, something that’s long been extremely standard behavior.

I think people are overreacting, particularly those that are in a situation where it’s just “create a free account with your throw away email address.”

Dark_Arc, 8 days ago

I think we’re probably a lot further than that.

Dark_Arc, 11 days ago

Cool! It Takes Two is a great game; hopefully this lets more people enjoy it!

Dark_Arc, 4 days ago (edited 7 hours ago)

My hot take: hostile reads are in pore taste. It’s unique to the internet, and we need less of that.

Dark_Arc, 13 days ago (edited 10 days ago)

Yes, though it’s increasingly rare because most game developers would rather just integrate with Steam than setup their own account and payment systems … and I can hardly blame them.

A prime example is Andrew Gower’s new game. The dude started Jagex and RuneScape he surely could make a new account system, billing system, etc for Brighter Shores … he has all the experience necessary at a scale few developers have the experience with. He’s just opting not to and it’s surely because Steam’s offering in terms of game promotion and ease of access is unparalleled.

Dark_Arc, 11 days ago (edited 10 days ago)

Man, have you ever tried bowling or god forbid golf, movies, or guns?

I’ve got games where I’ve paid the equivalent of less than a dollar per hour of entertainment and that’s after optional micro-transactions.

Dark_Arc, 9 days ago

He can ask congress to add another judge, but congress has to actually approve the appointments.

Dark_Arc, 9 days ago

I think it also depends on what communities you interact with.

I got fed up with it in the Lemmy.world news community and unsubscribed. I’ve been much happier following that change.

There are still some leftist and both sides hot takes I run into … but it’s a much more acceptable pacing now.

Dark_Arc, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago)

I think Eminem has always put down those vibes … that’s not particularly new.

There’s a different “tone” to the music in general, it’s a bit more “playful” and a bit less “fuckkkk, you” (Yah Yah, Survival) and/or “sad” (Mockingbird).

It’s different but it’s kinda fun.

Dark_Arc, 9 days ago

I think I’ve seen that in the past (a long time ago) with some realtek setting where it plays your mic back to you (and since it’s part of the sound card settings it happens everywhere regardless of what you have open).

I’d play around with in the realtek control panel.

Dark_Arc, 12 days ago

One possible answer is to allow anyone to see votes categorized by instance, so you know where they’re originating from.

Small/single user instances could be aggregated together/anonymized or maybe that’s just the price you pay for having a single user instance.

Dark_Arc, 16 days ago

I was on a hiking trail … I could see at least 50 meters/yards back.

I stopped and took a couple pictures of some deer super close to the trail. Looked back, then kept walking… Nobody there.

A matter of moments later, I hear footsteps behind me. I had headphones on but I wasn’t playing my music very loud. I take a quick glance back, the guy is wearing a grey T-shirt, a blue ball cap, blue jeans, and white sneakers. Literally the most generic outfit you can possibly have and he’s looking at the ground so I can’t see his face.

I decided to call my friend who’s always home on my phone. He picks up and I just start some BS conversation. Probably 15 seconds later, the dude vanished just as quickly as he’d come.

I don’t know if he was just a really fast walker and my situational awareness was way off that day, but it did freak me out.

Dark_Arc, 13 days ago

Something with 1-click installs like TrueNAS can help quite a bit. It’s still something that requires active involvement from the operator to do well though. If you’re self hosting, it’s like DIY construction, if something falls down … you can’t sue your contractor/nobody’s going to make you whole again except yourself.

There’s also the networking side of things. I just wrote up some thoughts on that as well… alexandrite.app/social.packetloss.gg/…/1821545

Things like ZeroTier/TailScale/Nebula can make this monumentally more approachable and safer. It’s still far from for everyone though.

Dark_Arc, 13 days ago

Ugh… It’s wayyyy at the bottom of the list for me (behind a dozen or so folders that I do use, but use far less regularly).

Dark_Arc, 12 days ago

I hope so

Dark_Arc, 13 days ago

It seems nice … but where did the archive message button go?

Dark_Arc, 13 days ago

Kagi Summary:

Open source software alternatives like GIMP, Kaden Live, and Inkscape often fall short compared to their closed-source counterparts like Photoshop and Premiere. This is because open source projects tend to lack dedicated designers, quality assurance teams, and overall management, resulting in subpar user interfaces and missing key features. However, there are successful examples of open source software like Blender and Thunderbird that have overcome these challenges by building dedicated teams, standardizing their designs, and engaging with users. The open source community faces difficulties in competing with the ease of monetizing software today, as independent developers are more likely to create their own closed-source apps rather than contribute to open source projects long-term. While open source has produced many great tools, improving the user experience and management of larger open source projects could help them better rival their commercial competitors.

As for “why the downvote” … this is a click bait title with a “tell me something I don’t know” levels of content. The #1 problem facing all OSS is a lack of volunteers. It’s rare that a project owner is actively malicious towards their user base or doesn’t understand that things like UI/UX and QA could be better.

This has similar energy to a Twitter argument I had with Liam from GamingOnLinux that made me lose all respect for him. OSS authors are not indebted to their users. If you want OSS to be better … go spend some time making it better or donate money to the authors of the software to allow them to spend more time on it.

Dark_Arc, 13 days ago

I’ll +1 the Fedora KDE for desktop usage and Debian for server usage … this combo is where I’ve landed after over a decade in the Linux space mixed with personal and professional usage.