It’s insane to me that this is a hill Sony is willing to die on. So much goodwill to throw away just to collect a bit more data on users.
Just remember, if they’re willing to enforce this nonsense, you can be sure that there will be more nonsense to come. “Sorry everyone, Sony decided we need lootboxes! But our team is on the side of the players!”
I hate modern AAA games, I’m gonna go try out that new Stardew Valley update.
To play devil’s advocate, it’s not the slightest bit hard to see why. I’d almost be curious to see it happen.
The concerns of data collection and privacy are 110% valid, but it’s not like domestic cars are any better. It’s a Facebook/TikTok situation, do you want American companies doing super shady shit with your data, or do you want Chinese companies doing super shady shit with your data?
Do you want GM doing shady shit with your data or do you want BYD doing shady shit with your data? Either way, one data leak is all it takes for everyone to have access to your data.
The difference between the two scenarios is that you don’t need to use social media. Many Americans need a car due to our garbage public transport and non-walkable cities.
If actual competition is what it takes to make the American auto industry give a shit, then fuck it, let’s see what happens. If they can’t compete on price, then compete on privacy. Sell a dumb EV with physical dials and switches. I’d buy the more expensive car that doesn’t track everything I do.
Is this an irresponsible take that ignores long term consequences? Probably, but that’s the strategy for most companies nowadays and we need more EVs on the road ASAP (among a million other things to slow climate change).
The last device I own that doesn’t run an open source operating system is an iPad. I basically use it as a laptop most of the time with a keyboard case, but I do like being able to take just the screen to use as a drawing/note-taking tablet. I treat it more like a “convertible” device rather than a tablet alone....
Logitech hardware used to be good, but even that’s gone to shit. Got tired of their awful mechanical mice switches failing and switched to a Razer mouse with optical switches, no regrets.
Fallout New Vegas is one of those games that I wish I liked but just don’t. It’s hard to get invested in the story or world with weapons and movement that lifeless (maybe the wrong word, can’t think of a better description. Robotic? Stiff? Like you and your guns are made out of cardboard? You get the idea).
Are there any must-have mods that improve the gameplay that I’m just totally out of the loop on?
Hey, here are a couple Steam keys leftover from the latest Humble Bundle. I’m not sure if bot scraping is a problem here like it was on Reddit, so they’re base64 encoded....
I just realised that I have never seen or used it, neither crude oil of course, but there are more variants of it than this natural mineral that powers a lot of the world....
When I was a kid, for some reason I really wanted coal for Christmas and I was diappointed that only the bad kids got it. My parents decided to mess with me one year by hiding all my actual presents and only putting a piece of coal in my stocking. I was thrilled and thought it was so cool. I have no idea why I thought it was cool, I was a weird kid. My parents gave up on the joke before I even realized that none of the presents under the tree had my name on them. I was entirely happy with the piece of coal.
Ironically, it’s become one of my favorite Christmas memories and it’s one of few presents I still have as an adult.
[Humble Bundle] Metroidvania Mania Game Bundle (T1 $6; T2 $14) (www.humblebundle.com)
Tier 1 - $6...
Sony removed Helldivers 2 from sale in countries where PSN is not available. For example whole CIS region. (programming.dev)
Here are a few discord comments about the situation from the Helldivers 2 discord:...
Clenching fists (files.catbox.moe)
May you find peace for real (lemmy.world)
Americans Are Open To Cheap Chinese Cars. That’s 'Scary' For The Rest Of The Auto Industry (insideevs.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15089465...
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)
BOOTY (mander.xyz)
Best "convertible" or 2-in-1 device to run Linux on?
The last device I own that doesn’t run an open source operating system is an iPad. I basically use it as a laptop most of the time with a keyboard case, but I do like being able to take just the screen to use as a drawing/note-taking tablet. I treat it more like a “convertible” device rather than a tablet alone....
When I die, turn me into soup (lemmy.world)
Steam Refund Policy Update (Playtime acquired during the Advanced Access period will now count towards the Steam refund period.) (steamcommunity.com)
Fedora Linux 40 Officially Released with Kernel 6.8, Gnome 46 & KDE 6 (9to5linux.com)
Sadly, DNF5 and the new Anaconda installer didn’t make it to the party, in case you were wondering.
Bro visited his friend (lemmy.world)
degoogled my Pixel recently :3 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software (sh.itjust.works)
Logitech being Logitech (sh.itjust.works)
Bad Omens x Health x Swarm - The Drain [Electro-Industrial / Metalcore] (www.youtube.com)
I cannot get enough of Health, everything they’ve worked on since Death Magic has been so damn good.
fnv rule (lemmy.world)
A couple extra Humble Bundle keys (WRC9 + 10, MudRunner, Inertial Drift)
Hey, here are a couple Steam keys leftover from the latest Humble Bundle. I’m not sure if bot scraping is a problem here like it was on Reddit, so they’re base64 encoded....
Me in the pic (lemmy.sdf.org)
Sorcerer's titty kitty (i.redd.it)
The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games (www.youtube.com)
Help! Random 1-2 second freezes
EDIT: The solution was that it was freesync. Turned it off on my monitor, and that fixed it....
Have you ever seen coal in real life?
I just realised that I have never seen or used it, neither crude oil of course, but there are more variants of it than this natural mineral that powers a lot of the world....