Truscape
@Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop? 2 days ago:
Notice how the the NSO platform is not available on the PC platform? No sale.
- Comment on its not an addiction I can stop whenever I want I just don't want to 4 days ago:
1,400 comments for myself now lol, nothing wrong with some shitposting and funny comments :)
- Comment on What is this colour? 1 week ago:
FDE? Maybe Coyote Brown depending on saturation/contrast?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
That was the case with The Finals (Embark’s previous game) according to testimony by the team, and they are using the same development practices here.
- Comment on elixir of a god 1 week ago:
Heretics.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 1 week ago:
I do use noai ddg, but I never tried the images function. Guess it’s worth a shot.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 1 week ago:
Ah, I degoogled my life, so I use Wikipedia instead. Although considering that google images may be flooded with AI slop now that strategy might not work for much longer. Creative tho!
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 1 week ago:
It’s because of the US patent and trademark office. Not many people are competing with those who slam their heads on the keyboard for their brand names.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 1 week ago:
Honestly, my strategy for buying goods online is to look up the relevant wikipedia article, read the list of manufacturers, look at their own wikipedia pages or read customer reviews, then finally go directly to the company site and ordering directly.
For used items or niche items not widely produced, ebay or craigslist.
Amazon always had funky shit with how they recommended things - now people just know how to game it more, so winning move is not to play there.
- Comment on It's everywhere 1 week ago:
UTY MENTIONED
- Comment on Why you think the net was born? 1 week ago:
“A VPN is for corn!”
“Why you think proxies were born?”
“Corn, corn, corn!”
- Comment on Amazon develops methods for inserting ads onto any flat surface in an existing video 2 weeks ago:
You don’t fill it, that is the answer. Although I suspect that a foss or community scanning tool could also be created with that same advertising databank to try and redraw that portion of scene without the embedded ad (although that likely would have to be a generated guess).
It is not perfect. That is for sure, but why throw in the towel? If anything, start ripping now and prepare for the future.
- Comment on Amazon develops methods for inserting ads onto any flat surface in an existing video 2 weeks ago:
Regarding the short form content, that is a valid concern, but I would argue that’s more of an issue with the medium rather than with the tools available. However, regarding the embedded advertising, yt-dlp already has sponsorblock trimming integrated into the program (you can set a flag to remove detected segments from the finished video file), and extending this to encompass a databank of known circulating advertisements could go a long way.
Also, curated lists for certain categories could be maintained by groups. Hardware tutorials, for instance, rarely need constant updates and therefore a known good library could be downloaded once and circulated.
- Comment on Amazon develops methods for inserting ads onto any flat surface in an existing video 2 weeks ago:
You do have plenty of options for downloading youtube videos directly without viewing them using tools like yt-dlp either in terminal or using one of its many GUI front ends. Apps like GrayJay and YT Revanced also have downloading youtube videos integrated, so no setup needed.
- Comment on Amazon develops methods for inserting ads onto any flat surface in an existing video 2 weeks ago:
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me! (Has been for years now)
- Comment on Ammu-Nation (San Andreas) ? 2 weeks ago:
Depends on what state you’re in, but yeah. Sometimes stuff like GTA might as well be a documentary for how people react here XD
- Comment on Day 503 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 2 weeks ago:
You can using the steam beta builds feature. I believe it’s the earliest one.
- Comment on Day 503 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
That’s a self-inflicted wound brother. It’s like playing a leaked copy of a game before release.
- Comment on Day 503 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
Tbf the only broken multiplayer is on the opt in unstable branch. It’s not like b41 mp vanished.
- Comment on Day 503 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
…and multiplayer, overhauled animations, 3d models, new textures, and mods galore :)
- Comment on Chasing the Elephant 3 weeks ago:
In that case, I guess that potential vector is moot. Although it could be that data wasn’t available until recent training of the weights.
- Comment on Chasing the Elephant 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Chasing the Elephant 3 weeks ago:
Not necessarily color theory, but archived comics from the 1970s and prior tend to be yellowed due to time in their original prints (which were then scanned). It could also be the colors available to print artists at the time which were more muted compared to today.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Ah in terms of the Steam inventory API, it’s completely unregulated. All purchases are steam platform only, but trades between players are unmonitored (with the exception of requiring both sides to authenticate the trade).
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Unlikely? There are 3rd party websites that allow liquidation, but that’s all outside of Valve’s sites. The closest you can get to liquidation officially is buying Valve hardware like a Steam Deck with your store credit, but they don’t ship steam hardware to russia.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Californian here, same with the states unfortunately…
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
They started their business in there a while ago (I believe they were the first online distributor who managed to succeed in the Russian market, despite media fears of mass piracy), and I would imagine that revoking all of the users’ Steam Libraries wouldn’t be a popular move, or terminating all their accounts.
I’m not sure why they continued purchases after 2022 though. Maybe their Eastern Europe payment processor doesn’t ask too many questions?
- Comment on I dunno 3 weeks ago:
When I made my example, I used an algebraic expression, but yeah, the original question was arithmetic, sorry. Not very good at explaining things XD
- Comment on I dunno 3 weeks ago:
Fair enough, I’ve heard “math problem” and “math equation” used interchangeably.
Also you would be surprised how many people do not know basic algebra, at least in the US rofl
- Comment on I dunno 3 weeks ago:
Technically roots are a form of exponent, just fractional (square root is power of 1/2, for instance). I can see how it could be easier to conceptualize when you break it down like that though. Neat to see the differences compared to the US breakdown :)
