demonsword

demonsword, 11 months ago

it’s worse when the solutions to your current problems taunts you in your dreams

demonsword, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

has been done before, you know

demonsword, 11 months ago

…that’s what she said

demonsword, 11 months ago

do a run like this in real time and I’d watch it gladly :)

demonsword, 11 months ago

India deals blow to online gaming gambling industry with 28% tax

demonsword, 11 months ago

you nailed the multiplayer thing, I remember being a kid and being in a room with five other brats playing this game all day :)

demonsword, 11 months ago

Microsoft has got me trapped with their games

check this out later, who knows, maybe you’re not as bound as you think you are to windows

demonsword, 11 months ago

FTA:

According to StatCounter, a web analytics company, by June 2023, Linux has reached a 3% market share in the desktop segment. This is a remarkable achievement considering its fierce competition from other operating systems.

link to said source, which was in the article too

demonsword, 11 months ago

communist Russia

Russia != USSR

demonsword, 11 months ago

some people are still used to reddit days, when there was someone from blizzard in the forums who could (theoretically) see the message and (theoretically) do something about it

demonsword, 11 months ago

I use a PS2 dualshock controller, bought a USB adaptor years ago. I’ve been gaming since the Atari times and in my opinion this was the best controller ever made.

demonsword, 11 months ago

and they won’t as long as lobbying is legal and legislators are all in the pockets of big companies

demonsword, 11 months ago

There’s likely a lot of “shovelware” in that figure

one man’s trash is another man’s treasure

demonsword, 11 months ago

One must be really far from linux to choose oracle linux among hundreds of available distros

Not really a choice when the products they sell (their database/cloud solutions) are tied to it or RHEL. But yeah, I doubt there’s many who’d call it their favorite distro

demonsword, 11 months ago

It just looks like GNOME2, lol.

that’s the whole idea – it is a GNOME2 fork

demonsword, 11 months ago

two downvotes man? not even lemmy is free of elon’s boolickers

demonsword, 11 months ago

Wanna feel even older? the N64 launch date is almost as close to the moon landing date as it is to today… less than a year in difference

demonsword, 11 months ago

even if the glorified rootkit denuvo puts out had 0% impact on game performance it still would be “evil” as it mere existence broadens surface area for potential attacks on your system

demonsword, 11 months ago

don’t know about you folks but this sounded so arrogant to me:

There was a time when users of Facebook and users of Google Talk were able to chat with each other and with people from self-hosted XMPP servers, before each platform was locked down into the silos we know today. What would stop that from repeating? Well, even if Threads abandoned ActivityPub down the line, where we would end up is exactly where we are now. XMPP did not exist on its own outside of nerd circles, while ActivityPub enjoys the support and brand recognition of Mastodon.

demonsword, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

I have a simple definition, hardware is retro if it’s no longer being produced, software is retro if it’s no longer beind sold

EDIT: posting this here because I can’t seem to respond to a kbin user below, the message never goes through:

A digital re-release is different from the original release, in my opinion. For example, Full Throttle is on steam but I had the original one, which came in a box. You can even download the CD-ROM ISO somewhere, but you can’t find that box with the CD-ROM anymore (unless you buy it secondhand from someone).

demonsword, 11 months ago

Digital releases muddies the water somewhat. But, as far as I know, Nintendo doesn’t issue the original NES cartridge anymore – so it’s still retro for me

demonsword, 11 months ago

Normal, apesar do layout ser parecido, o lemmy é bem diferente do reddit debaixo do capô. Sob o ponto de vista de um “usuário normal” isso aqui deve parecer bem incipiente e vazio de conteúdo. Ter que procurar as coisas em instâncias diferentes não deve ajudar muito. E, como não existe uma corporação com bolsos profundos por trás, os bugs e tempo de resposta deixam a desejar. Eu consigo relevar tudo isso e queimei todas as pontes com o reddit para não voltar mais, aqui agora é a minha casa, mas entendo plenamente que o que o lemmy oferece hoje não atende às expectativas de muita gente.

demonsword, 11 months ago

old but gold

demonsword, 11 months ago

There are legitimate reasons to scan/connect to ports at localhost, the article even lists some (e.g AVs)

demonsword, 11 months ago

I bet this will only apply to indie devs, big corps will get a free pass to plunder whatever they want with their AIs