javiwhite

@javiwhite@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Graveyard Keeper is available for free on Steam right now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone with over 200 hours in graveyard keeper, I have a tip for new players.

  Make sure you buy the blue and white stone from the innkeeper, it’s a rechargeable teleport item that allows you to instantly navigate most of the map every 30 seconds or so; the game will never tell you this, and i only bothered to get it long after it would have been of any use before I realised what it was. Hope this helps someone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨you ot' a bloody loisense for that bottle o watta innit?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As per my original comment, Every accusation is a confession; therefore Americans can only do Boston and Texan accents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨you ot' a bloody loisense for that bottle o watta innit?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a suspicion that Americans are actually pronouncing bottle of water this way, because with the yanks every accusation is a confession.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy to help⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  @PieMePlenty@lemmy.world I should clarify that was me pulling the path from memory. So might not be 100% accurate but it explains how the path works with proton/wine when using steam.

  Essentially WINE creates a windows styled directory, with all the core folders, and then the emulator uses this as it’s root directory.

  Documents is a great example. On Linux the document path is

  /home/<USER>/Documents.

  On windows it’s

  C:\users\<USER>\documents

  If we use the default wine settings, the path for the wine documents folder on Linux is

  /home/<USER>/.wine/drive_c/users/<USER>/documents

  Any program running in wine will only see the files from drive_c and down, emulating how a windows environment would work.

  Happy to answer any questions if that isn’t clear. Feel free to DM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy to help⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s really cool, and great to see. Thanks for sharing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy to help⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh definitely; and I don’t think there is a great deal of users that would argue for the use of snap over flatpak either, so flatpak would be an ideal unified compatibility solution.

  Not sure if I’ve seen a commercial game with a flatpak release; and given the open nature of flatpak, a company (ie: steam) could theoretically implement their own gatekept repository to manage purchases etc…

  The main hurdle with adoption is native compatibility with steam; if they started hosting and supporting flatpak installs, the concept would likely stand a better chance. I suppose you could run the whole application sandboxed, which would theoretically sandbox every game installed; but canonical try that, and well… If you search snap steam, you’ll see the issues that brings about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy to help⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Tbf the reality for 90% of people gaming on Linux the path is something like

  ~/home/.steam/steamapps/compatdata/{game_id}/c/users/steam user/appdata

  etc… as most will be leveraging proton via steam. And I reckon the other 10% are making use of proton via lutris or heroic… Or if they’re feeling particularly oldschool, just a wine installation.

  IMO it doesn’t make sense for Devs to build games directly for Linux, as the long term compatibility is better via proton than it seems to be for native Linux releases. I have a catalogue of games that offer both installers, and I’d say around half of the Linux versions are fucked. (Tesla Vs Lovecraft is a prime example for me, as it even borked my soundcard for a while when it crashed, which was a real pain to sort, but the windows emulated version doesn’t have this issue.)

  And I say this as a Linux enthusiast/Microsoft doomsayer. Using a compatibility layer unifies the way distros interact with games… It enables the wide diversity in Linux without sacrificing compatibility when choosing a distro.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Phone do you guys use?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Graphene os on a pixel 6 for work nr and banking apps

  Ubuntu touch on a volla Quintus for personal nr and self-flagellation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda has no plans to slow down on paid mods, Todd Howard says he wants to get Creations 'in front of more people'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that would kill a huge portion of Bethesda’s continuous player base, but equally it’s the type of truly awful decision that companies owned by Microsoft are liable to making, so youre probably spot on with this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Call me Barbie the way I lust after Ken Thompson.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Strange Times⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if this is behind the inspiration for monster hunters murder pickle, aka Deviljho.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ESL homework⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea has been used online as a synonym for yeah for going on 2 decades at this point. 

  Appreciate they’re both spelt the same, but context clues should help you differentiate. For example, this is a comment on a social media platform, not a spokesperson in a decision making chamber, such as a house of representatives or boardroom; therefore we can safely assume it’s a person agreeing with a statement and not someone calling for a vote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New life⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ImageNice try, potato man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨rules of the pirate code⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Spotify migration to self hosting:
  1 - download spotdl, to download your Spotify songs.
  2 - setup a navidrome docker container to host them on your own server.
  3 - download ultrasonic on devices you want to stream from.

  Now you have a single place you need to upload your new music, and all devices will sync. Ultrasonic has local caching too, so no need for a constant connection. Enjoy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The 2025 Steam Awards Winners⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unplayable? I bought the game at launch and it played absolutely fine.

  Was it a barren wasteland with fuck all to do? Sure, but it worked perfectly fine, the last decade has seen HG turn NMS into one of if not the most comprehensive space adventure game.

  Since 2016 they have added various additional stuff like VR support, alongside gameplay enhancements (IE: content like building your own fleet, bases, settlements, expeditions, animal taming etc). All for free.

  Conversely, larian has repeatedly stated that they do not want to do additional content for BG3; with every patch release it’s “this is it, we’re done with this now”, and whenever quizzed on additional content, such as dlc, The studio claims the Devs were elated to cancel BG3 dlc in favour of making a different game entirely.

  Personally, I don’t consider the latter to be an indication of a labour of love, but rather an obligation to their fans (because larian are a very good studio, who care for their fans).

  I love both games, but BG3 absolutely did not deserve the labour of love category imo, there are simply far more obvious alternatives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chaotic Evil⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  • HDMI isn’t labeled.
  • The third usb port is flipped
  • HDMI port isn’t parallel with other ports.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fallout: London modders still have no plans to port it to next-gen Fallout 4, unless a console version becomes possible⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Friendly reminder that gog ship the suitable version of fallout 4 goty, as well as the folon mod. No need to run any downgraders or manually pull files from steam repos; just download the base game, then the folon mod; run it, and you’re good to go.

  The fact that you’ll own the content rather than a license for it is a nice bonus too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon makes games⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t surprise me that it’s a rehashed comic book idea. It has all the markings of one. I found this which was apparently published in a playboy magazine of all places, not sure if it’s a retelling of the comic book or another rehash of the same idea, but it definitely seems like something that inspired the film.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon makes games⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Whilst an average film overall, the movie ‘In Time’ has an interesting concept for currency set in a near future sci fi dystopia.

  Humanity has cured aging, and everyone stops aging at 25. Then their clock starts; indicated by a tattoo like digital clock on their forearm. Everything is paid for with time taken off their clock, once it reaches 0, they immediately die. Jobs pay employees a time salary etc, and the rich horde and manipulate the time markets to concentrate their wealth, and keep the poor from achieving the immortality they horde.

  I enjoyed it, and I’m sure plenty others did, but there’s no denying that a rather large suspension of belief is required.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hyperbaric oxygen chamber⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You think oxygen is your ally, but you merely adopted the oxygen. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see carbon dioxide until I was already a man!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many hands long do they get?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad to hear we’re not the only country with an imperial hangover! Our experience is pretty much the same. Bathroom scales, gym weights etc all have both kg and lb on them. Over time society here does seem to be shifting more toward metric; most people tend to know their height in both these days, whereas 20 years ago it would have been predominantly ft rather than cm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many hands long do they get?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you think lbs change depending on what we’re measuring? A lb is a lb here too…

  I’d argue a comprehension of both metric and imperial is superior, as well as provides insight into which the inferior measurement is, but you do you mate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many hands long do they get?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually we use both. For example, body weight is (traditionally) stone and lbs, but parcel weight is usually kg.

  The same is true for length; height in feet, but stuff like room measurements in cm.

  I think the only area where we’re actually consistent is traveling distance? All signs and gauges are in Mph rather than Km/h. In fact the only time I can think of someone talking about distance in kilometres, is to do with sports (IE a 5k/10k running event).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many hands long do they get?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Soccer was only ever a nickname tbf, It stood for a(socc)iation football.

  I guess an equivalent would be like calling your police the bobby force.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Point taken⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Old people burning,

  old people burning,

  put your hands up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The duality of man⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When is it ever about anything else?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No brainer⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Getting your tackle out; a war tradition almost as old as bonking someone on the head with a metal object.

  Less practiced by armed militias and moreso ‘crackhead locals’ these days; it remains an incredibly effective tactic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store, starting September 2026⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  UT stands for Ubuntu touch ;) I’m already on a Linux phone. I’m talking about app development.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google plans to begin verifying the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store, starting September 2026⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True. Being mindful of which brand you buy is becoming ever more important for those of us who are privacy focused.

  Volla, Jolla, fairphone, pinephone etc… are good examples of companies that ship phones with native Linux support. You can buy them preloaded, I haven’t heard any ruminations of these bootloaders being locked away, but admittedly don’t know their stances on the subject. Locking down the bootloader to the point where it doesn’t seem worth it seems to be more of a mainstream approach though for sure. (I still remember trying to get lineageOS on my Motorola… Just, wow).