Canconda
@Canconda@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Valve has raised Steam Deck prices in the US 3 days ago:
Because producing chips requires a complicated supply chain.
- Taiwan. China wants to own it for the same reason they can’t just bomb it to smithereens. Producing chips requires human hardware engineers, possibly thousands depending on the complexity. Each engineer specializes in specific tasks and processes.
The human talent element is the most fragile and least replicable piece of the supply chain.
- Taiwan is close enough to China to take advantage of cheap factory labour for anything that doesn’t require engineering skills.
The geography of Taiwan & China is the backbone of the supply chain.
- Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems. ASML from the Netherlands owns the proprietary design for the massive and complex machines that print microchip transistors onto silicon. US/Netherlands have restricted the sale of the most advanced systems to China.
The machines that allow for microchip production are all owned by one company
- In retaliation to the above China has restricted Rare Earth Metal exports to western manufacturers.
** Video Game components are now military assets**
- Comment on i'm fucking devastated but there are no exception 3 days ago:
Scott Stapp the vocalist and lyricist is a Christian and his solo albums are outrightly spiritual in theme.
Something you would have to grow up in the church to understand is how controversial a lot of “Christian bands” actually were in Christian circles. Like the pushback against music with scream vocals was real.
It was a genuine wedge issue because churches used professional audio/lights to attract members with polished modern rock worship music. Music became so intertwined that it led to all non christian music being labeled “secular”.
Bands like Creed didn’t fit either label but generally was considered acceptable listening material in the church circles I grew up in. Most objections to it genre based.
- Comment on Self sacrifice is honorable 4 days ago:
The other is indeed.com
- Comment on The rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easily 6 days ago:
IMO just stop letting them borrow against the unrealized values. You can borrow against what you’ve paid taxes on.
- Comment on Destiny 2 is dead: "active development" ends next month after one final update, but Bungie says the MMO will still be "playable" 1 week ago:
Not exactly. Did you play the first seasons? Basically every dlc there were items you’d farm to buy gear (or something it’s been a decade now) that became completely obsolete when the next dlc came out.
Most rpgs you can sell those items. But in Destiny you had to delete them.
- Comment on Destiny 2 is dead: "active development" ends next month after one final update, but Bungie says the MMO will still be "playable" 1 week ago:
I bought the Destiny PS4 when the game launched. I knew I was basically signing up for World of Halocraft.
But what did surprise me was how poor the execution was. Every single DLC made all the previous gear/items COMPLETELY USELESS.
- Comment on Community cafe demands apology from Farage for ‘intimidating’ uninvited visit 1 week ago:
lol
- Comment on Community cafe demands apology from Farage for ‘intimidating’ uninvited visit 1 week ago:
Is he like lactose intolerant?
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 week ago:
I love old RPGs but they’re too grindy for me now or something.
Like I bought the Final Fantasy Tactics remake. Original is easily my favorite game of all time. And a HUGE Quality of Life improvement the remake added was the ability to fast forward the gameplay and the cutscenes (IYKYK).
Every time I try to pick up my 2nd all time favorite FF6(Snes) I find myself losing interest after my 10th random encounter. I like the story, the characters, the music(!), the puzzles/exploration.
But the gameplay itself, sadly, just doesn’t do it for me anymore. Like I burned many hours on my gameboy colour playing Dragon Warrior. So it’s not like I never liked the genre.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 week ago:
the one you just lost.
- Comment on Is there an "Avoid Amazon" community for people who want to support smaller online retailers? 1 week ago:
everybody had an opinion on how I was doing it wrong and I just didn’t have enough emotional bandwidth to deal with it
Straight up why larger communities often have mods with terrible personalities. They’re the only ones who dgaf enough.
- Comment on PS5 console sales drop 30% in April after price increase, while Switch 2 dominates 1 week ago:
Some of us have lives beyond work and gaming that requires our time and money.
- Comment on PS5 console sales drop 30% in April after price increase, while Switch 2 dominates 1 week ago:
I’m gonna turn my ps4 into an emulator and probably turn the ps5 into a linux gaming pc.
- Comment on An 82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars 1 week ago:
Easy to say doesn’t change the fact that it’s true.
- Comment on An 82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars 1 week ago:
K but there has to be some happy medium between 20 swat cars and showing up 2 hours after the pizza driver.
- Comment on Lord Lucifer, hear my prayers 2 weeks ago:
Back in the 90s there was a scourge of ponzi schemes and investment scams etc going through churches. Honestly we probably wouldn’t even have the acronym MLM if it wasn’t for churches.
- Comment on Lord Lucifer, hear my prayers 2 weeks ago:
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join church and fake disability for 6 months.
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Get healed
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???
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Now you lead a cult
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- Comment on Modern lies 3 weeks ago:
I did with long hair. It does keep the grease down but you don’t get that shampoo commercial flow. But you do get compliments from ppl in hair styling for having healthy hair.
- Comment on Wonder why? 5 weeks ago:
Canada is hiring American doctors left right and center.
- Comment on Why is society at large okay with euthanasia for pets but not for humans? 5 weeks ago:
it’s not something that you can just walk into an office and a doctor will just shoot you up.
TBF the uproar is from people who also believe children are getting sex changes at elementary school.
- Comment on Why is society at large okay with euthanasia for pets but not for humans? 5 weeks ago:
it’s not something that you can just walk into an office and a doctor will just shoot you up.
TBF the uproar is from people who also believe children are getting sex changes at elementary school.
- Comment on Driving game poll 5 weeks ago:
Yea? I’m not on PC and apparently the console version isn’t the same.
- Comment on Driving game poll 5 weeks ago:
Yea the car aspect exists in gaming. Like how old is Midnight Club now?
What we need is Microsoft Flight simulator levels of real world immersion. Need to capture the feeling of a “road trip” or “Sunday cruise”.
- Comment on Driving game poll 5 weeks ago:
The appeal is the cars. Like this kind of game is more for train simulator people than GTA types.
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Buying new car costs insurance which is determined by length of gameplay without accidents.
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In depth paint / decal system
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In depth engine / body mod system
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Replica open world with real life landmarks and achievments for visiting them all
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In game events like group cruises, car shows, drag racing etc
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- Comment on Driving game poll 5 weeks ago:
I feel like someone will make this within the next 10-20 years. Especially as combustion engine or even default manually controlled cars get phased out.
- Comment on Personalized Political Spectrum 1 month ago:
Yup. Anyone writing off the majority of their fellow working class is just playing into hands of fascists.
- Comment on Is there a platform like github that isn't for code? 1 month ago:
Google sheets or Microsoft office. I don’t know if a dedicated platform exists but I would not expect a large demand given the alternatives.
- Comment on Yeeeesh, tough choice. 1 month ago:
Obviously they’re not going to protect the people we replace them with. That’s up to us!
- Comment on Yeeeesh, tough choice. 1 month ago:
GOP & DNC are the sword $ shield of the wealthy elites respectively.
But still GOP incumbents have always been more likely to face a funded primary opponent. Meanwhile DNC protects them from challengers.