SparroHawc

@SparroHawc@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally, I wouldn’t include Proton in the costs of the Steam Machine. The Deck already is benefiting from it immensely, and I would consider it to be a cost of expanding into Linux gaming in general - especially with the Lenovo handheld and other devices starting to jump on the bandwagon as Microsoft continues to take repeated dumps on their userbase. Its R&D costs are being won back by the market % Steam takes on any games bought and played in Linux, which means that it can benefit from that continued revenue stream rather than the one-off hardware sale.

  The hardware has to break even. The software already has.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget aggressive rent-seeking behavior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re buying the parts directly from the manufacturers though, so cutting out the retailer middle-man could offset the R&D costs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have one at home⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have that and an ‘OnLive founding member’ T-shirt that I wear to tech events. Especially when I suspect there’s going to be something tone-deaf getting launched.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your standards are weird. Several of these games are considered the current pinnacle of their genres.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Annoying dark pattern where no means maybe later⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just Microsoft any more though. Practically any time you have a prompt for something in software/web pages that benefits the company, the only options are ‘yes’ and ‘maybe later’. It’s become so ubiquitous that I’m genuinely surprised when a prompt like that actually has a ‘no’ option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your entire family being made to suffer. If you care about your family, at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Symphony was incredible for the time, but its difficulty was all over the place and pretty much becomes zero in late-game. Many, many Metroidvanias by indie developers have far surpassed SotN in quality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also going to result in the destruction of the Xbox brand though. Whatever they release, no one’s going to buy it. Anyone who’s smart already releases on multiple platforms if they release for Xbox, and this will only exacerbate the issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, good on you! How long ago did you buy the place?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now good luck finding a home for only $240K in an area that actually has decent-paying jobs…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The housing market is in a bubble right now. Buying a house and gaining equity is no guarantee of retirement money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Soooooo they’ve crippled their game making divisions with layoffs that obliterated employee morale so that they had more money to throw at AI, and now they’re demanding that this same section of the company offset even more of their AI costs because it’s one of the few parts of the company that actually makes money?

  Reminds me of how Hasbro is milking WotC for all they’re worth while destroying faith in the brand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses the internet like a normie⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As does Newpipe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Landlords are parasites⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Car rentals aren’t as much of an issue, because of how much less expensive it is to own a second-hand car. If you’re homeless and you need access to a car, you don’t go to a rental place, you get a beater from Craigslist for about the same price it would cost to rent a car for a month (if not less).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a big fan of the R-Type series, and R-Type Final plays very well on the Deck.

  Also: Katamari Damacy - Really weird concept for a surprisingly fun game. Roll up the world! Devil May Cry - The high-speed brawler that launched a genre. Tales of the Abyss - A good RPG with likeable characters and some great twists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung brings ads to US fridges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My in-laws have had an utterly terrible experience with Samsung kitchen appliances.

  Not because of tech, mind you, but because they’re shitty and break down. Don’t buy Samsung.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think he'll respond?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just here to roast OP for their incredible job at censoring names.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2hot2handle⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, actually. The autoignition point is the temperature at which a given material will spontaneously (as in, without a spark or the like) catch fire, given a source of oxygen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The recent Steam censorship debacle actually sort of opened me up to adult games.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of the actual answer to that question is that, while violence is often loud and public (and sometimes government sanctioned on massive scales), sex is something that is usually done in private, intimate settings without observers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries to meet girls at college⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  www.tumblr.com/virtualcremefem

  Literally tags posts with “Proud misandrist”.

  I found a couple others before this one, but they were almost entirely just reblogs of TERF shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries to meet girls at college⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, I’m sure if I looked hard enough I could find a woman’s blog proudly declaring that she’s a misandrist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries to meet girls at college⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure before the term ‘misandry’ was coined, it was just called ‘man-hating’. The concept has been around for a while.

  As a counterpoint to misogyny? Sure, it’s utter BS, but that doesn’t mean you should paint everyone using the term with the same brush.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries to meet girls at college⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What? How could they be the same? They’re different things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries to meet girls at college⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So is ‘misanthropy’ also not a real concept, since anyone who is a misanthropist is by definition not hating on an oppressed minority?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Except Frenchmen and Africans also fought and died for this country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everything is a problem⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s because the TVs are subsidized by selling your stolen info.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  EA and Ubisoft are really duking it out for the first prize in the worst game company competition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's camera shy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …Italians?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon isn't a Microsoft fan⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I even tried to migrate mine, and it failed. After deleting my Mojang account.

  Tech support made a token attempt to help me and then gave up.