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Grimpen

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  • Lemmy.ca & piefed.ca now behind anubis

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  • Wait, Thunderbird queue with Activity Pub or Lemmy?

  • What Exactly is the Russian Theory of Victory At This Point?

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  • And it's not like Putin is going to the front, or will be impoverished.

  • What Exactly is the Russian Theory of Victory At This Point?

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  • Putin still has minions in the EU post-Orban, but no doubt the Russian position keeps getting worse and worse.

    The US no longer sends any aid to Ukraine I understand, they simply are delivering equipment that EU countries have bought on behalf of Ukraine. This was a big win for Putin, but nowhere big enough. Add in EU shell manufacturing capacity growing so fast, along with just the general revitalization of EU arms manufacturing, I think the US' support is becoming less and less critical. Given the broad support Ukraine enjoys in the US, I would expect this to reverse in a few years, so there is another clock ticking for Russia.

    Honestly, putting myself in Putin's shoes, it's one of two things. First, he has so successfully insulated himself, he has no idea how things are going. Second, he's just continuing to attack because to stop would mean his ouster and likely execution.

    So long as Russia continues the war, Putin has an easier time of fending off potential internal enemies. Thousands of ordinary Russians will suffer and many die, but that's a sacrifice he's willing to make to keep holding on to power.

    The longer he can hold on, the more chances subverting can change for him.

  • On the netrules

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  • Did you play 1st edition, circa 1989? The original decking rules are pretty well represented in the recent Sega Shadowrun game from 1994, just a few years ago.

    It's an entire solo dungeon sort of experience, while the rest of the group watches the decker and GM play a one on one game.

    It was radically streamlined for 2nd edition on, but it took me a while to notice, since Deckers were always NPCs and decking was just exposition for years.

    Forgive the formatting, I'm feeling fragile, probably from my advanced age.

  • On the netrules

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  • I've got lots of time, I'm only… oh sh1t.

  • No Man's Sky @lemmy.world
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    AITAH For Not "Spoiling" The Core Jump Repair Bill?

  • NMS added pokemon and it's pretty fun!

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  • Ha! I agree, the extra level of extraction helps. I don't know why, it feels bad to be mean to animals and NPCs in a game, but it's okay if it's a game within that game? Feelings aren't rational I guess.

    Besides the only animal companions I have are my treasured walking towers/bastions!

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • Steam, GoG, Humble Bundle, and Itch are the platforms I regularly buy PC games on. By far and away, Steam is #1. It's got the games, it's well integrated into everything, easy to use (especially on Linux). GoG is good, although I set up Heroic to use with GoG. It's close, but not as many games that I want, and Heroic+GoG is a little less polished than Steam. Humble Bundle and Itch are generally too niche, although so much of my Steam library has come from Humble.

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • GoG was my second digital store, I resisted Steam for so long, but over the years, Steam has become my #1 source for games. It's just so easy, plus they are relatively consumer friendly. With the revamp of Steam Families, it's just so so much easier to have everyone playing on Steam. Plus I have a Steam Deck.

    I try and buy games on GoG, set them up with Heroic, and it works great, better than EA, Epic and other storefronts, but just not quite as slick as Steam.

    One day St. Gabe will be martyred, and Steam will undergo the unavoidable descent into enshittification, as to will GoG. I do not pledge undying loyalty to any platform, but Steam and GoG have been awesome for so long.

    Besides, other than Itch and Humble Bundle, who even comes close in being good to use?

  • Impossible Mission III for the C64 releasing on May 18th, ROM download will also be available

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  • Cribbing has a less negative connotation than that definition implies. Back in grade school in the eighties, you would crib your friends notes from a class you missed or something. Closer to sharing information. I guess you could crib from a friend for an essay, but the implication would be that although your essay might share the same information, you would not literally copy theirs word for word, that would be plagiarism and risk getting your friend in trouble.

    In this context. I would read it as taking inspiration from, or in the style of. It's not like you are trying to cheat Psygnosis out of sales by selling knock-off games. Rather you are creating a retro style logo in the style of a much beloved eighties icon.

  • Pet Peeve with digital RPG purchases

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  • I have lots of shelf space, but it's full. Plus shipping is painful, so similar boat.

    The filenames aren't too big a deal, since I use directories, sub-directories, and sub-sub-directories. Still, meaningful filenames aways help.

  • Holding up the line

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  • Hilarious! Appropriating this for redistribution!

  • Meta cuts over 1000 jobs in Reality Labs as focus shifts from VR to AI

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  • The real NFTs were the AI models we saw in VR along the way.

  • Meta cuts over 1000 jobs in Reality Labs as focus shifts from VR to AI

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  • Ironically Meta's Llama model that ran well self-hosted. I'm sure Meta will get around to enshittifying it eventually.

  • annas-archive.org is down

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  • New favourite website!

  • I was recently gifted a Steam Deck for Christmas! If you only had a budget of, let's say 50 bucks, what would you get?

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  • Second installing Heroic or Junk Store. Get those Epic freebies, but games in GoG sales as well.

    As you are new with the Deck though, using Heroic does involve using desktop mode. If you have Minecraft, you can set up Prism Launcher as well. There's also EmuDeck for emulating older systems.

    This is a bit more involved than just buying Deck verified games on the Steam store though. Get comfortable with it first. Watch some YouTube tutorials.

  • i cant wait to get a steam frame

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  • Those PlayStation supercomputers were wild. I don't think it's analogous to the various bits of Steam hardware coming out though, since Valve sells directly through Steam. You can't order anything by the pallet.

    The other thing to consider is that the PS3 was used for clustered computing primarily because of the Cell processor. I have no recollection of why the cell processor performed better on certain types of problems. PS3 wasn't being used for Excel spreadsheets, it was used for niche academic use and that one Air Force supercomputer. The Steam hardware though uses pretty standard hardware, AMD processor and Radeon graphics card.

    Considering the added friction of buying through Steam, i doubt it will have same draw.

  • RIP Minecraft, I'll miss you

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  • Microsoft has been placing Bedrock before Java ever since they named it Java Edition, but Java has survived. I'm sure Bedrock is much more popular now, but I would be worried about Microsoft enshittifying Java further to push players to Bedrock, and any new microtransactions they figure out.

  • American Whiskey Production Has Plummeted to a New Low

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  • Steam Deck LCD 256GB model on sale until December 1st!

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  • My Steam Deck is a second wave pre-order 256GB modern, and that is exactly my feeling. Between the internal 256GB and the excellent Steam Deck micro SD utilization, it was good enough that I never opened it up just to change the SSD. When I started to get some stick drift, I finally upgraded the SSD at the same time.

    The 256GB is "good enough", but 512GB is "enough" and 64GB is tight.

  • No Man's Sky @lemmy.world
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    Expedition 20: Breach, Tips?

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Dear Canada, a sappy YouTube video for Canadians

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    Cursed Expedition Redux- How's It Going?

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    Weird One- Portal "Resistant" System Odyavanta

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    Is there a way to figure out where I got this companion?

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    Which Of You Degenerates Was Flying This Freighter?

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    Cursed Expedition 16 - Crashed S Class Exotic Ship

  • 3DSPiracy @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    My Son is Enjoying His New (to Him) 3DS

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    Planet/Euclid: Looks Like A Junimo Hut (SDV)

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    Voyagers, How's it Going?

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    Cartographers, How's It Going?

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    Loosing Standing, Are My Starter Freighter Crew Pirates At Heart?