PieMePlenty

@PieMePlenty@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NO BITCHES?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Look at it from the other side: it worked for people who wanted the kind of relationship where women aren’t the ones being chased and set a more even ground.
  The problem is that it is a for profit business and the proportion of such relationship seekers is small. More women just like being chased… Bumbe is still around, they didn’t fail, but they had to let this model go, because they wanted more profit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutch gamers file €220 million claim against Valve, operator of game platform Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t want to be a steam shill, but does the prevention of selling games cheaper (if this is true or effectively enforced) even do any good? I have over a thousand games on Steam, but I doubt I bout 10% of the games from them. Heck, the latest game I remember buying at release was Oblivion Remaster, and I got it from GMG because it was 17% cheaper on release day then on steam. This happens constantly.
  If we are to objectively look at the problem, why would lifting this rule automatically mean games would be cheaper elsewhere? One of the biggest slogans in favor of Brexit was something along the lines: “of EU membership costing 350m pounds per week, lets spend it on the NHS instead”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happened to us Pirates? We used to sail the web and never even thought about reprecussions just sharing. Now it seems like it costs to be a pirate like a VPN and such. WTH happened?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The dream is still alive in small countries the corporations don’t care about! I sail in vast oceans without VPN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Title⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gold for me. Its worth a bit more and will probably increase in value over time. Money will lose value over time.
  Since I don’t plan on spending it all at once, right this moment, it works better in my favor if it appreciates in value. I’m too much of a pussy to invest, so I’d probably let the bills rot too.
  I’d sell the gold bit by bit, underground if need be, to avoid taxes.
  I’d pick money only if I actually needed 50 million in cast right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While taking photos for later. What a joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any open source ATM machine ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on which part?
  The user facing software can do everything including control all the exotic hardware components like the dispenser module and knows how to talk to the atm or bank network to do transactions. That thing is closed.
  The operating system can vary from linux based to windows based. I’ve seen machines which boot into the desktop and just start the app. If you had a keyboard, you could alt tab back to the desktop lol.
  The drivers and control software for the mechanical components (dispenser, card reader…) are also proprietary. There’s a specification for how communication between software and these devices is done, called WS/XFS. Not open source, but you can get it and read it to understand better how the software communicates with the hardware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Ides of Pride⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All you need:
  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays World of Warcraft⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow was fantastic when it came out. I never had the money to pay for a subscription so I played on pirate servers. I never got the endless grind stages, but I adored exploring the early zones with all the original classes. The world looked great, the magic felt real and the fantasy was engrossing. I don’t think I ever made it passed lvl 35 on any characters, but thoroughly enjoyed getting there, sometimes with friends and sometimes alone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Matrix⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Neo was powerful. I wonder if he could have gained the same abilities, without the help of Morpheus, throughout his time in the matrix. Were he able to do so, he could have lived a nice life inside. I guess Neo felt a higher calling to free mankind or something, so he left… or maybe Morpheus just didn’t tell him the whole picture before offering the pill. Morpheus probably needed a powerful warrior and just rolled the dice on Neo.
  Anyway… had I known the whole picture, I’d have stayed inside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd like to change my last name and want suggestions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rigby

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This kinda kills the value proposition of a deck. Its a good machine, but struggles with high end titles. Were the performance or battery life better, I’d have overlooked the price but its still the same machine. A more powerful successor would fit this price point, not the original machine.

  As long as alternatives or similar products exist at current prices, the deck will be a hard sell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lol⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So true
  lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mint⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Its not a weed if its useful. It may just be a little “unwanted at the moment”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. You may have seen it in movies like Forrest Gump.
  Trump decided to paint it blue like a swimming pool and the job looks to be going bad.
  Trump personally chose the color, contractors without asking anyone really or going through the proper channels like getting approval from congress and input from the public.
  In the years to come, the blue pool will mark the time during which Trump was the president of the USA. Its visitors will look down upon their reflection and see blue, as another reminder they were the ones who elected him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if programmers rewrote the English language?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why say lot word when few word do trick?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨chad⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Living his best life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Annie okay?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Struck by*

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Controller: Reservations open May 8th - Steam News⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird they didn’t do this from the start.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imperial system slander⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe the imperialists were on to something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Playnix: Boutique Linux PC released with better gaming performance than Valve Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Better than a machine which we don’t know the performance or price of? WOW!
  But seriously, yeah you’re probably gonna be able to match steam machine performance with your own build, maybe under price or over depending on your region. You will not be able to put it in a sub 4L case. That’s the real trick valve is pulling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games: EU Parliament Hearing on the ‘Stop Destroying Videogames’ ECI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘Killing’ is the movement, ‘destroying’ is the EU initiative. There is no rename, they both exist. Why different? They take you more seriously in law making settings of you don’t use euphemisms and are coincise with your wording.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's already running⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Afaik, Microsoft made it a core principle to not break backward compatibility. Something that mattered to a lot of enterprise users. Applications made in Windows XP era, still work today on Win 11.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Personalized Political Spectrum⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A one dimensional political spectrum! Proper shit post, sir!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨School of hard knocks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can generally use CS as a springboard into most tech related fields. Where its most helpful is probably research and academia.
  If programming is even remotely interesting for you, getting a low paying junior dev job will probably teach you more and you can use that as a springboard into more software dev, data, AI, cybersecurity, networking. As long as you are willing to learn on the job and push yourself forward.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lady Parts is Bugs.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In search of the g spot?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy to help⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any idea how proton handles this for windows only games running on linux? Where is My Documents mapped to?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everyone else goes to hell⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta have cream with that pie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One new message!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you talk on them like Aaron, then yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Starlink even good for online gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely. I have coax cable, as do most people outside of cities and get 1000/50.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've been waiting for this for a long time.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The true cost of the game is much higher though.