Truscape
@Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on spending 4 days ago:
From a databroker (legitimate or not) statistically, your entire identity goes for less than 5 bucks in a bundle.
- Comment on New protogen art 4 days ago:
Can you give a display headpats? Or does that just leave smudges all over the screen?
- Comment on Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment" 5 days ago:
Actually it’s not because there are third party clients available that you can use without any interactions with google services. I’m using Clerotri on GrapheneOS right now.
- Comment on Welp straight to the bin 6 days ago:
I wonder if that’s because of the microplastic contamination more than the actual salt lol
- Comment on Yeah 1 week ago:
“I’m cringe, and that’s based
I’ll never be based and that’s not cringe
There’s no one I’d rather be
than me.”
- Comment on Two women, in their own driveway, had assault rifles pointed at them. ICE agents broke their car window with a rifle stock and dragged them out. 1 week ago:
Some muzzle devices are explicitly designed to shatter glass alongside normal function - although they’re commonly found on breaching shotguns.
- Comment on Downvote this post 1 week ago:
Better than I can draw, this shit rocks
- Comment on Hrmmm 1 week ago:
For consumer bluetooth earbuds with a high level of latency (think what you’d use on your phone), certainly - which is why you should never try to use everyday use headphones as genuine hearing protection for things such as industrial environments or gunshots.
Dedicated hearing protection devices perform all their audio functions locally with almost no latency at all (unless you count using an aux jack in conjunction for something like two-way radios, which don’t interfere with the noise cancelling).
TL;DR - yes for devices not designed to protect your ears, no for devices designed as hearing protection (because of their specific design and operation).
- Comment on Hrmmm 1 week ago:
Huh, TIL. I do have a pair of purely passive muffs (from my father, presumably acquired in the 90s/00s) that I could use if need be. I got the Razor slims a bit back because of a clearance discount at a sporting good store, glad to hear there are other options in their price range though.
- Comment on Hrmmm 1 week ago:
Don’t ear protection like the Razor Slims function both with active noise cancelling and without electricity? Active noise cancelling is useful for hearing the range instructor, but I’d imagine the seal and cushioning would also provide adequate hearing protection.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
IIRC he just washed his hands and moved on from it, which probably was the right call given the Acti-Blizz merger and Microsoft buyout.
- Comment on Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are) 2 weeks ago:
- Retro games can totally on the market for completely unreasonable prices, look at any of the NDS pokemon games for a quick point of reference - especially insulting compared to the ease of using a flashcart.
- Damn, you’re one of those hardcore collectors. I’m just the kind of person that bought a 3ds for the unique hardware layout and emulate the rest of Nintendo’s handhelds on my Steam Deck, but different strokes I guess.
- The 3DS carts I believe are the most prone to failure - most of what I read comes from the Animal Crossing and Pokemon communities (probably due to their dedicated fanbases), so that’d be the primary concern. Considering you can regularly rip your carts using a modded 3DS, staying ahead of it would probably be wise (I’m not hatin’ on the collection, but even diehard physical media collectors should rip their copies for safety).
- Comment on Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are) 2 weeks ago:
3ds and DS cartridges both have a limited lifespan and are likely to experience save failure as the years pile on - have you considered hacking your 3ds and getting a flashcart for DS games?
(You also won’t be giving money to scalpers on ebay)
- Comment on Legal action over 'unfair' Steam game store prices given go ahead 2 weeks ago:
Steam is a distribution platform, with DRM provided as an optional feature for the developer. If I wanted to play Deltarune without using the steam launcher, I can go to the downloaded directory and simply launch the executable. For convenience’s sake, most users will use the steam client to launch their games, and some games force you to due to developer choice. In order to play the game I wanted to play though (Deltarune), steam only served as a storefront and a download repository.
- Comment on Legal action over 'unfair' Steam game store prices given go ahead 3 weeks ago:
There are games on Steam that don’t have DRM (since it’s not a requirement from Valve). The most prominent examples I can think of are games from Toby Fox and Klei Entertainment.
- Comment on Stardew Valley Creator Shuts Down Rumors Haunted Chocolatier 'Will Be Abandoned,' Insisting: 'It Will Come Out When It’s Ready' - IGN 3 weeks ago:
As they say: “Let him cook.”
- Comment on smh 3 weeks ago:
I don’t believe there are any (unless you count length and mass measurements for physical component layouts). Perhaps it’s a byproduct of the field having international standardization for units from the outset.
- Comment on smh 3 weeks ago:
Huh? In my electical engineering studies almost everything is in metric. Are you thinking of certain holdover generations?
- Comment on thank you fb 3 weeks ago:
If we’re going off battlefield rules, it could be fun to shoot at.
- Comment on Had to happen sometime 4 weeks ago:
The hacker known as “4chan”
- Comment on Took you a while... 5 weeks ago:
You probably don’t need to do that. There’s lists for DRM free games on steam out there (Toby Fox games are good examples)
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 5 weeks ago:
Yes, it is incredibly easy using the module in EmuDeck, and the framerate is very solid (and can be modded and enhanced with things such as internal resolution upscaling)
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 5 weeks ago:
This is nintendo we are talking about here, they have enough enemies that most of their consoles get blown open within the first year.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 5 weeks ago:
Tbh a self hosted git or gitlab vs github only really matters for takedowns lol. I wonder how far we could go if the scene just paid a random dude in China or Brazil to just run repositories for warez and reverse engineering efforts that are untouchable by the ninjas.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 5 weeks ago:
Yeah the steam deck might be a bridge too far, but I’m sure any modest gaming PC could handle a S2 workload quite easily. If I remembered correctly the deck is CPU bottlenecked for S1 emulation, and that probably will be more pronounced for S2.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 5 weeks ago:
Truly, the PS5 of the new generation.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 5 weeks ago:
They’re already on some of the basic components - but no retail games are playable yet. Fortunately the architectures between the S1 and S2 are quite similar :)
- Comment on Anon tries to save the internet in 2026 5 weeks ago:
You need to enable the setting in sources for the bypass. Youtube started putting in soft bans for VPN IPs and age restricted videos by forcing users to sign in (even in a web browser). Grayjay does have a bypass, which sometimes can counter the issue (you also can disable the login fallback so you don’t get asked to sign in anymore).
- Comment on Anon tries to save the internet in 2026 5 weeks ago:
The most powerful statement I ever heard was from when I asked my uncle why he doesn’t take as many physical security measures for his home, despite his educational background (electrical engineer) and knowledge of vulnerabilities.
His reply was simple:
“I trust my neighbors, I trust my neighborhood. If something happens to my family, I can ask around. If my neighbors need my skills or assistance, they can ask me whenever I’m home.”
I hope FOSS communities can reach that level in the common user sphere.
- Comment on Anon tries to save the internet in 2026 5 weeks ago:
Is there some sort of FOSS UX club we can establish? Maybe partner with some artists?