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alphabethunter

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  • "People want MMOs, and the sales of New World proved it" – Cryptic Studios head Jack Emmert on why MMOs are ripe for reinvention

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  • I mean, New World was fairly good, but calling it peak when it was cancelled just smells of copium.

    New World had two problems:

    1. It took too long to farm all the way to end game content and take part in the social mechanics that the game had been created for (open world war was super fun, and being part of one of the three factions was super cool as well, we had real rivalries on my server)

    2. They had no real understanding of how to actually monetize their game. It was originally supposed to be a one time purchase with cosmetics, but the cosmetics on the store all looked awful, and they completely ignored that a major part of MMOs is farming to look cool. The game basically died after they released a paid DLC (that cost more than the base game when it was released) that not only gated new content, but also removed content from the base game and made it dlc exclusive. First Light and Cutlass Keys were removed as areas from the base game, including an end game dungeon, and then made dlc exclusive. They also made the asinine decision of making mounts into dlc exclusive mechanic. This completely fractured the playerbase in two types of people: the ones who saw the writing on the wall, and the idiots who paid for the dlc.

    Edit: formatting

  • Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going live on Twitch in new streaming series 'Talk with the People'

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  • The problem of fighting for democracy using social media, is that the ones controlling the algorithm are precisely the ones that don't want the "left" to succeed. It is essentially fighting a battle in the enemy's field, where they control the land itself. At small scales, it might work. But it will never work when it comes to true important positions. I'd go as far as to say that the mirage that it works in cases like Mandani is part of their plan, to keep the left locked in their platforms "because that's what works". Here in my country, Brazil, I could clearly see the impacts of the algorithm changes they put in place after 2011, after the pro-democracy movements that started on Facebook. Their networks started to curb engagement from the left, and massively boost fake news, right-wing content, ultra nationalism, and such. It's naive to think that social media can be used to win the populace back to the left. They'll never let it happen.

  • Mint

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  • Only in cold/temperate climates, try planting mint in a tropical climate and the thing will just die for whatever reason. I used to have a planter with it, then I moved it a bit, to a spot where there was less shade, and the thing died in days.

  • Is it ethical to buy Subnautica 2, now that it is released in early access?

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  • I shall sail the high seas then

  • Brazil’s Senate blocks Lula’s Supreme Court nominee, first rejection in 132 years

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  • My Brazillian brother, look at the numbers of Lula's governments, both 2003, 2007, and now in 2022. Look at GDP (pib), inflation, purchasing power, real growth of the economy, inequality numbers, price of the dollar, all of that. And you'll have your answer if Lula is only a little better.

  • Moving to Linux, need help about homelab distro

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  • Yes, I'm building one with old components that I have been buying and saving up for the last three years. I got a good deal on an Arc A310 and that's the newest thing in that setup, the other stuff is all 8+ years old.

  • Moving to Linux, need help about homelab distro

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  • Thanks! I'll chech these out. I'm planning to start moving things over this weekend, so I'll take the couple of days till then to learn as much as possible.

  • Moving to Linux, need help about homelab distro

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  • What are the downsides of not using proxmox right now? Most people on this thread are recommending it, so even if it's a little difficult now, but more capable in the long run, I'm up for the challenge.

  • Moving to Linux, need help about homelab distro

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  • Yeah, there's no way I can build another machine in this economy haha Especially because I'm in SA, and here hardware costs 2x-4x

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    alphabethunter @lemmy.world

    Moving to Linux, need help about homelab distro

  • The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't

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  • Those are insane prices. I live in Brazil and I have gigabit internet for 32-ish dollars.

  • 4-Day Free Steam Giveaway Generated $250,000 in Revenue for Indie Game "Graveyard Keeper" -[rush of new fans of the game buying into the game's DLC library]

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  • It's fairly good, the story is somewhat edgy, but gameplay is solid, albeit VERY slow.

  • U.S. has violated ceasefire agreement, Iran parliamentary speaker says

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  • The USA has always been THE bad guy, it just used to have better marketing and propaganda.

  • The sequel to Garry's Mod releases this month, and Valve will let you publish your creations as standalone Steam games, like dafty Finn sim My Summer Cottage

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  • My Summer Cottage is the name of the game, which I imagine is some kind of Finnish Life Sim?

  • House Flipper is free on Steam

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  • Watching the trailer caused me deep psychological pain, but it's a very impressive game if all the systems showcase are true.

  • Killing the intellectual future of Iran. Science has no borders.

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  • And thus, debate is dead, and your cozy bubble is formed. I get banning troll users, but banning a whole instance is a step towards killing what the federation is supposed to stand for.

  • Jensen Huang: Nvidia “100% in Israel” despite war

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  • Isn't this dead? I remember some news about it from last year that this was being sponsored by AMD and then they backtracked from it, so the main dev also dropped it.

  • Windows 11's free video editor Clipchamp now requires OneDrive

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  • Is it still Enshitification if it was shitty from the start?

  • Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

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  • Lookup where the expression Carbon Footprint came from, what ad campaign birthed the term and what were the motivations of the companies involved in doing so. It's not a matter of "and", it's a matter of propaganda or actual reality.

  • Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’?

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  • There was actually a case in Brazil recently where a girl left her male friend alone during a hike, and the guy got lost and stayed 5 days surviving alone in the jungle near the mountain until he was eventually found alive. Almost no news outlet mentions that he was abandoned, but there is a video from the girl who was supposed to be with him saying that she left him behind and out of her sight. No news outlet blamed the woman like they would if the gender roles had been reversed.