Geth

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I feel like romanians are casually all of the negative things you mentioned but at the same time they are very inclussive when someone tries their best to integrate. Also Romanians are mean to Romanians most of the time, but also would probably be super friendly to an American.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ok, what's crazy about it and how do you CYA?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

To this day, the only instance I have in my blocked list.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (22 children)

I think it's because businesses tend to focus on super easy access, user interface and user engagement first, while open source projects tend to focus on tech and often forget about the end user experience.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This strategy has been working pretty great for oil companies. They've managed to extend their existence for decades.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Coax used to get faster than 100mbps. We are in an age where 1Gbps is standard in many parts of the world thanks to fiber. Again, starlink is cool but not a direct competitor to cabled internet today.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't have complaints, it's just not a comparable technology. It has much lower bandwidth and way higher latency for a higher price. It's good for its purpose which is to give access to people that could not get it otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Do I have to say it? Starlink is much worse in every metric compared to fiber. It's a decent option for people that don't have access to fiber or need internet in remote places.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

The thing just launched. There will be stock of it if only people waited a bit. The fact that people need it this second is what makes the scalping business so successful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've heard someone describe it a long time ago as "high tech, low life", where technology has permeated society to the point where even poor people have access to it, but at the same time most people do not live a good life and the tech is not helping. I haven't been able to think of something that fits that description and doesn't feel cyberpunk to me.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Absolutely loved the casting in this. The movie feels so deliberate and there are so many great moments in it, but that final scene with Lucifer is just perfect.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

In the end it doesn't really matter. What matters is that what I get as a result is relevant. No ads, no 3rd party interests, easy filters, customizable and useful output.

 

Like for many other people, Valve single player experiences were one of my favorite of all time growing up. I considered both Half-Life and Portal to be masterpieces. It's true they've always been distracted with multiplayer games as well, things like Counter-Strike or Team Fortress and I did play them for sure, because I was a kid and I had all the time in the world.

These days I'm not a kid anymore and so when I game I tend to look more for memorable experiences instead of mindless grinding. Obviously I remember Valve as the experts in creating memorable experiences and I would like them to keep fully exploring those talents. They don't have that many employees, but they do have all the money in the world, no external pressure, no publisher to shit on them, it's just their developers and artists and a vision. But then they use all that and create this. An Overwatch looking moba shooter, really? I'm sure people will like and play it, but is this the results of the vision and ambition of a company like Valve?

It doesn't have to be Half-Life. I remember them saying that they dont want to do another one in the series because they are looking to innovate and make something truly original. My body is ready, give me anything. I can't imagine a moba shooter really fits with this description. I'm wondering how such a low hanging concept even becomes a real product at a company as ambitious as Valve.

I hear people are having fun with the new game and I'm happy for them. I am no longer the target audience and I wish them good luck with it. In the mean time let me hear your thoughts on it. Would you like to see another single player experience from Valve?

 

No worry about quality when you only get one topic to enjoy for the day.

 

I've been using sync for a while and occasionally I go looking in the settings for the feature to hide read posts automatically, instead of having to do it manually. Other Lemmy clients have this so I was convinced sync should probably have it as well, I just can't find it. Does this exist? If not, is it something that could be added? Thanks!

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