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- Comment on Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content 2 hours ago:
Stripe can also go fuck itself and die, thanks
- Comment on Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content 2 hours ago:
Unfortunately they are indeed big players, Stripe where people use credit cards and PayPal everywhere else. Both horrible companies that we’d be a lot better off if replaced with privacy-respecting alternatives.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Yes that is absolutely the norm in such communities. It was the same for subreddits that went default.
Obviously you can’t trace every single up-/downvote and comment to a certain gender, but it’s very apparent from the content of comments and the general tone. That’s the whole issue.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
I entirely agree. Power dynamics and questions of projected vs chosen identities add whole new dimensions to the matter. I restricted myself to this limited analogy to avoid losing those who aren’t ready for that conversation and insist on focusing on individualist perspectives.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
We’re all human but that doesn’t erase systemic issues. And not being effectively brigaded is all they ask for.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Imagine every public linux forum overrun by 90% Windows user,s and you might just begin to understand.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
On Lemmy?? lmao
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
“male scum” oof. Cool it with the self-victimization mate.
If you genuinely don’t understand why it’s helpful to have both kinds of spaces and not something to get mad about, I’m happy to explain. But some good-faith effort on your part is required.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Consider what the word “majority” means and how that impacts the balance of such discussions. Especially on a platform where people vote on each other’s comments.
In the Linux forum example, the occasional “as a Windows user…” comment isn’t a problem, but it does become one when it makes up 80-90% of comments / visitors. Try to understand how this shapes a community when the fewer directly affected people are annoyed by this and stop contributing.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
It’s not ironic at all. I’m guessing you have never been in a setting that would have benefitted from such a policy.
I don’t find it too difficult to comprehend why it’s useful to have spaces where minority-focused topics are discussed by everyone, alongside other spaces where the same topics are discussed primarily by the minority in question. Not if you understand what the words “minority” and “majority” mean anyway.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 3 weeks ago:
Steam itself shows the rankings, I believe.
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 3 weeks ago:
Yep, it loops between exploration and basebuilding / crafting.
The exploration part is what usually gets people hooked because the alien underwater setting is amazing. The other stuff is more to give you a reason to stick around for longer, and pace your exploration since need to unlock things at certain points.
- Comment on I can fix her 3 weeks ago:
Now I’m imagining being conceived between two psych ward patients and I’m like… really trying not to sound judgemental, but that’s not great odds for the baby both in terms of a stable and nurturing environment growing up, and a genetic predisposition towards mental instability later in life.
- Comment on Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement 3 weeks ago:
Poopysoft
- Comment on I wish I didn't have to toss and turn so much. I want to cuddle to. :-( 4 weeks ago:
No it’s completely normal while sleeping.
This meme makes it sound like OP can’t enjoy (awake) cuddles without changing position all the time.
- Comment on Anon turns on raytracing 5 weeks ago:
It’s mostly developers that benefit from RT long-term. Not now while it’s optional, but once it becomes a requirement, they can cut a couple of time-intensive steps from the development pipeline.
- Comment on One gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Cons 5 weeks ago:
No. But public expectations are flying high with some people after the Deck’s and Controller’s respective receptions.
- Comment on One gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Cons 5 weeks ago:
Fair enough. I much prefer replacing them every few hours rather than using a wire, and I haven’t had those identification problems you describe. Lately comes down to setup and usage profile it seems.
- Comment on One gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Cons 5 weeks ago:
You can get them secondhand, that’s not the issue. What would be the point of making a Steam controller from Steam controller parts? We already have that.
- Comment on One gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Cons 5 weeks ago:
You know you can just chuck rechargeable 2.4V AA batteries in there and it works perfectly, right?
- Comment on One gamer got so tired of waiting for Valve, he made his own 'Steam Controller 2' out of Steam Deck parts, and it even splits in half like Switch Joy-Cons 5 weeks ago:
For Valve to release a controller to the level of Steam Deck engineering.
- Comment on Protection 1 month ago:
Newer standards are substantially shorter at 5GHz and 6GHz, though it comes at the cost of significantly worse signal penetration through walls.
- Comment on Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em 1 month ago:
Al-Um
- Comment on Had a take about Supergiant Games that recieved a lot of pushback fromy teo longest eunning best friends. 1 month ago:
Because it sounds like they’re taking a dump on Hades.
- Comment on So close! 1 month ago:
Also needs vegetables and salt.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 dev calls Randy Pitchford's $80 Borderlands 4 comments "gross" because it implies the FPS is more important than "making it day to day" 2 months ago:
They’re really just milking what nostalgia still remains for a franchise that people have largely moved on from.
They could instead try to boldly reinvent it to grab new customers, but I’m not seeing it.
- Comment on Official poster for "Zootopia 2" 2 months ago:
We have seen her mum. Case closed.
- Comment on A weight to bear 2 months ago:
I’ve found that while shorter people often wish to be taller, tall women actually hate being made aware of their height. Even if it’s framed very positively.
I think they’re aware that some people (idiots) think it makes you less feminine. Usually due to their own insecurities.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 2 months ago:
The average user doesn’t give a fuck about security. They use whatever manufacturers put in front of them because the alternatives are not known or reasonably available to them.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 2 months ago:
My dad bought a new tablet. I spent over an hour debloating it with ADB just to get it to a usable state.
I really don’t know why people love their products. Even the performance out of the box is utter shit until you disable the virtual RAM.