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paulthenerd

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The name is Paul, I live in #NorthernIreland with my partner and our cute British shorthair #Cat Truffles and ragdoll cat Gizmo. I like #Music, #Books, #VideoGames, #Food, #Tea and #Rum. These things will be the subject I toot most about.

Going to try and keep it positive and fairly wholesome.

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paulthenerd, to random
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The Shadowy Conglomerate Behind

https://bylinetimes.com/2024/05/14/the-shadowy-conglomerate-behind-lbc/

paulthenerd, to Eurovision
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So the Netherlands entry has been disqualified for threatening a crew member?

Guy sounds like a right Jeremy Clarkson type

paulthenerd, to Steamdeck
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If this works on I'll get it there. The lack of marketing is frustrating though which only feeds into my concern that Ninja Theory are in line to be shut down no matter what happens with the game

is only two weeks away, and fans feel Xbox should be making more noise

https://www.eurogamer.net/hellblade-2-is-only-two-weeks-away-and-fans-feel-xbox-should-be-making-more-noise

paulthenerd, to Spotify
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I honestly think has missed the boat on this one. Those who care about will already be on or ; and those who don't care won't pay the extra to get it. The fact the aforementioned three services all include lossless in their base subscriptions while it will be an extra tier on Spotify won't help matters.

If they'd gone lossless a year ago it might have mattered. Now, not so much

Spotify lossless audio said to be close to launch, with third branding

https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/03/spotify-lossless-audio/

paulthenerd, to Jokes
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What do you call an apology written in dots and dashes?

Remorse code

paulthenerd, to books
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Are you like me and hate the idea to stopping a session in the middle of a chapter to the point you will make yourself late for things to finish it?

Or are you a monster who thinks nothing of finishing up in the middle of a page?

paulthenerd, to random
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God I need

paulthenerd, to WFH
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Think a new is needed. My current one feels like it will collapse under my fat arse at any moment.

Recommendations on a fat arse compatible chair available in the UK/Ireland are welcome (no more than £400)

paulthenerd, to VideoGames
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Last year, FF XVI was a flop (according to "industry analysts"), now is "under performing" when compared with a game that released in the middle of a lockdown and before a cost of living crisis. Then there is the fact Remake released at the end of the PS4 lifecycle when the install base was at its peak, where Rebirth released in 2024 on PS5 only when the install base still hasn't caught up with the previous generation.

Let's be honest, there are indie companies who would jump at the chance to make Rebirth numbers. Yeah these "industry analysts" can suck the big one.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is "underperforming", says industry analyst

https://www.eurogamer.net/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-is-underperforming-says-industry-analyst

paulthenerd, to internet
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I think should die and should come back

paulthenerd, to eink
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I absolutely love that is coming to market with colour before .

Kobo announces its first color e-readers

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24124411/kobo-libra-colour-clara-colour-e-reader-kindle-e-ink

paulthenerd, to VideoGames
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Nope. Unless #AAA #VideoGames budgets come down $70 prices are here to stay

$70 Games Are Just a Phase, Believes Saber Interactive CEO

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/04/usd70-games-are-just-a-phase-believes-saber-interactive-ceo

paulthenerd, to foss
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game got an update. I had fun the time I played it with friends

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/free-and-open-source-action-adventure-rpg-veloren-update-016-out-now/

paulthenerd, to telegram
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Yeah, business practices are getting dodgy as hell. I'm glad now that I deleted my account a while back. They want to use your phone as a relay to send 2FA codes via SMS which isn't good no matter which side you're on

You may be offered a free premium Telegram subscription – but please don’t accept

https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/26/free-premium-telegram-subscription/

paulthenerd, to chrome
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I think it’s a bit weird to be drawing comparisons between and . Safari doesn’t and likely will never have the web browser market share and thus complete dominance that IE had. Its market share is tiny in comparison. A better comparison would be the browser and the engine itself built on (yes it’s important to include the engine too) and you’ll see that Google’s dominance is more far reaching than Safari on iOS and is probably on the same level as IE back in the day at this point.

The “browser choice” warriors love to focus on iOS and ignore the bigger issue of the dominance of the engine in the wider web browser market. All it’s doing is handing the keys of the web over to Google.

Use Safari or .

paulthenerd, to AppleWatch
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I think of my as an iPhone accessory. Just like how my Apple Pencil is an ipad accessory. Just like how my PS Portal is a PS5 accessory. Just like how the Steam Dock is a Steam Deck accessory. I don't see anything monopolistic in that. None of those accessories really pretend to or are built to be anything else.

paulthenerd, to threads
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Are we really going to do the whole discourse again? For gods sake respect the decision of your admin, they are smart enough to do right by their users by acting in keeping with the values the seek to foster for the community.

paulthenerd, to Twitch
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One thing I do miss from deleting my account is the section. There are some really talented people there streaming music. Are there any people out there streaming music via ?

paulthenerd, to TikTok
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Hypocrisy, thy name is America.

As The US Freaks Out About TikTok, It’s Revealed That The CIA Was Using Chinese Social Media To Try To Undermine The Gov’t There

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/18/as-the-us-freaks-out-about-tiktok-its-revealed-that-the-cia-was-using-chinese-social-media-to-try-to-undermine-the-govt-there/

paulthenerd, to sciencefiction
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More for fans

https://storybundle.com/worldsf

paulthenerd, to music
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Went to redownload some from my library that I had previously paid for only to find that the music is nowhere to be found.

Apparently Bandcamp deletes purchased music from libraries when artists/labels pull it from the store. That's less than ideal. Might have to reevaluate my opinion that Bandcamp is a better deal for musicians AND fans.

paulthenerd, to science
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We get so much talk of “video game preservation”, this is far more important. We could one day lose vital scientific research. Losing video games would be a bit sad but we’d survive, losing scientific research would be devastating and it would take decades to recover, if we ever do. #Science #Publishing #Preservation

Study finds that we could lose science if publishers go bankrupt

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/study-finds-that-we-could-lose-science-if-publishers-go-bankrupt/

paulthenerd, to VideoGames
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Lots of talk about the "pandemic boom" but not one mention of rising interest rates which I'd wager is a bigger part of the equation seeing as how are affecting more than just the and industries. When you live through the better part of 15 years with near 0 interest rates, borrowing so cheaply, then rising again is inevitably going to have an effect. It is very likely that these companies over leveraged themselves on cheap credit and are now feeling the pinch.

What is going on with layoffs in the video games industry?

https://www.eurogamer.net/what-is-going-on-with-the-video-games-industry

paulthenerd, to WFH
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Daily reminder that is about commercial real estate and pointless managers justifying their jobs, it is not about productivity or efficiency

paulthenerd, to linux
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As much as has improved over the years, native Linux gaming really hasn’t improved a whole lot. I still find myself having to force a native game to use quite frequently when I play on

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