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What universally beloved videogame you just can't enjoy? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

Dead by Daylight and that genre in general.

"Let's all play a horror game where someone running is like a person casually browsing the mall."

Rust has a HUGE supply chain security problem | Sylvain Kerkour | July 2, 2024 in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Java and Python projects can be based almost entirely on the standard library because there's so much in there (or packages with minimal/no third party dependencies).

C++ it's not uncommon for the entire code base or the majority of the code base to be internal (and maybe make use of the standard library or a library under the boost umbrella).

The "every language" is largely a "languages that became popular in the NodeJS era" issue.

Introducing Docs in Proton Drive: end-to-end encrypted collaborative document editing, that puts your privacy first in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

They acquired standard notes... There will probably be notes through that at some point through proton accounts (similar to how it works with simple login).

Maybe they'd go as far as to make standard notes just be proton notes and rebuild the UI to match Proton's look and feel but I kinda doubt that.

On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

If you want more than two options vote for Democrats in primaries that support ranked choice voting initiatives. As it stands, you realistically have a binary choice and until you have ranked choice voting that will continue to be true.

On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Because if enough people do that, it actually can result in that state not "doing what it always does."

Assuming voting for X is going to result in Y getting elected over Z "anyways" is not a good strategy for getting what you want.

Is there a chat/dating app that isn't complete shit and pay wall restricted? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 23 points 5 days ago

The fediverse as designed is actually pretty inefficient. If it ever were to go to Reddit scale it would melt down.

That's because there's effectively no batching for federation currently ... every single vote from an instance is forwarded back to the instance hosting the community and must be processed individually. So if you get 500k votes on something even if it's from 200 servers, the servers hosting the community have to be able to withstand the flood of votes and store the associated data... And that's just votes.

Worse yet, those votes then get replayed to every single one of those 200 servers one by one. So every server needs 500k vote entries and all the associated traffic ... even if half of the servers are just 1 guy looking at cat videos once a month.

Federating actually is way more expensive than just adding another user as designed.

Bleeding subscribers, cable companies force their way into streaming | Companies like Comcast and Charter brought about the streaming industry they now want to join in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I'm really glad AT&T and Verizon decided to step in and start competing. At least in my area it's changed everything, Spectrum (formerly the only cable provider) is now offering much more competitive pricing and better service (though AT&T has earned some loyalty because the fiber and symmetric speeds have been really great.

Following the Biden admin pricing transparency regulations I was able to get a better price as well.

What happens if Biden dies before the next inauguration (see inside)? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Gotta say, Americans do seem significantly dumber than the average world citizen.

Presumably what an American once said about Germans. It can happen anywhere with the right stream of propaganda.

In the US, did Amazon kill the mall, is everyone too broke, or a combination of other factors? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

That's really interesting! I'd heard the white flight explanation for downtowns falling apart, but this adds a new layer to it

Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Old School RuneScape potentially fits this description

If Batman was real today, he'd go after the CEOs of companies, not gangsters. in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Depends on the particular telling I think. DC has IIRC gone both ways with that.

Slide in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

They always are ... they're a scam and should be illegal IMO

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TikTok’s Pro-China Tilt (www.nytimes.com)

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The times dives into an intelligence report on how TikTok's political algorithm anomalies align with the CCP's Geostrategic Objectives https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/A-Tik-Tok-ing-Timebomb_12.21.23.pdf

This report highlights major differences in the prevalence of hashtags related to subjects like Hong Kong Protests, Tainanmen Square, Tibet, the South China Sea, Taiwan, Uyghurs, Pro-Ukraine, and Pro-Isreal when compared to other major social media platforms.

Additionally the times cited a Wall Street Journal analysis (https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-israel-gaza-hamas-war-a5dfa0ee) which "found evidence that TikTok was promoting extreme content, especially against Israel. (China has generally sided with Hamas.)"

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TikTok’s Pro-China Tilt (www.nytimes.com)

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The times dives into an intelligence report on how TikTok's political algorithm anomalies align with the CCP's Geostrategic Objectives https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/A-Tik-Tok-ing-Timebomb_12.21.23.pdf

This report highlights major differences in the prevalence of hashtags related to subjects like Hong Kong Protests, Tainanmen Square, Tibet, the South China Sea, Taiwan, Uyghurs, Pro-Ukraine, and Pro-Isreal when compared to other major social media platforms.

Additionally the times cited a Wall Street Journal analysis (https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-israel-gaza-hamas-war-a5dfa0ee) which "found evidence that TikTok was promoting extreme content, especially against Israel. (China has generally sided with Hamas.)"

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Linux Laptop WiFi Access Point Selection (social.packetloss.gg)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all,

I'm visiting a relative that has a Google WiFi system with multiple access points. There's an access point literally right next to me that I can see in the KDE BSSID list with 100% connection strength.

For some reason, it's instead picking a BSSID with only 60% strength. Does anyone have any thoughts on why it's choosing this access point instead of one of the others? Is this something the Google WiFi controls/suggests to the laptop, is something bugged, or is there a good reason Linux might be choosing this particular access point?

EDIT: It turns out the access point placement was actually just really bad, and the access point in question was not even making it to the rest of the LAN... The speed difference between my phone and laptop seems to be just that, something to do with a difference between the framework and the Pixel's wireless cards (or drivers). Even with everything corrected, the Pixel is significantly out performing the framework.

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Teaser for upcoming event "Sealed Caches" (youtube.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apologies for the recent Spam (social.packetloss.gg)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The recent spam was a result of me hooking up (my) auto post bot to the Zed community without taking enough precautions.

This is a bot I wrote to take care of posting community news automatically... It's been doing very well for various other Lemmy communities.

Alas... Most RSS feeds are designed to only have a few recent posts. I was expecting it to post maybe 10 things... Instead the RSS feed was complete (i.e., included ALL Zed Industries posts). The bot thus preceded to posted everything Zed Industries has ever posted.

I've removed all the duplicate posts and left the new ones up... Sorry if you were impacted in the ~15 minutes or so it took me to get the situation sorted.

I'll be making some changes to how the bot handles newly added feeds to make sure something like this doesn't happen again.

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Regarding Recent Varlamore Leaks (secure.runescape.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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(A catch up post ... the bot was broken by my instance upgrading to Lemmy 1.19, fixed now!)

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Bots, Bans and Appeals: An Update (secure.runescape.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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(A catch up post ... the bot was broken by my instance upgrading to Lemmy 1.19, fixed now!)

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Defender of Varrock (secure.runescape.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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(A catch up post ... the bot was broken by my instance upgrading to Lemmy 1.19, fixed now!)

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Hunt: Showdown - 6th Anniversary Twitch Drops Gameplay Stream - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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(A catch up post ... the bot was broken by my instance upgrading to Lemmy 1.19, fixed now!)

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Desolation's Wake Teaser | Hunt: Showdown (youtu.be)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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New teaser video released ... I really hope we're getting a moving train on the new map (or perhaps one of the existing maps?)!

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Soul Survivor Thoughts & Experiences? (social.packetloss.gg)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I mostly play the traditional bounty hunt mode. I enjoy it quite a bit, I have over 700 hours in the game, I tend to play in 3-4 star lobbies with friends, and have a ~1.3 KDR.

Soul Survivor on the other hand I've always struggled with. I tend to either get the wellspring and die before the timer runs out or get into a shootout that I just don't have what I need to win before that happens. I've yet to actually win a single game of soul survivor in probably a couple dozen tries.

My Soul Survivor KDR is like ... 0.4. I'm wondering if that's mostly down to the lack of match making? Or just, IDK, does anyone have any advice or experience they want to share about Soul Survivor?

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User themes now in Preview - Zed Blog (zed.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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