BananaTrifleViolin

@BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Native English, very basic German from school.

  I want to learn another language but can’t decide which.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Tech seems to often seems to follow the Pareto Principal of 80:20 split; where one company dominates and gets at least 80% of the market share. In tech its often more extreme and 90% domination often occurs, and is even expected by investors.

  It’s debatable where this is cause or effect - e.g. whether tech would naturally move to such dominant splits or whether this is actually the effects of bad regulation allowing monopolies to form. I personally favour the latter but thats irrelevant.

  So in the space of “forums” Reddit has taken a dominant position. In some ways it gets away with this because it’s regarded as “social media” and as such is no where near dominant, with Meta dominant (Facebook, Instagram) and big players like TikTok etc. But in terms of the forum style discussion platform it really is dominant. It’s so dominant that people who host communities on there seem to unquestioningly believe Reddit when it says it owns them and all it’s content.

  Lemmy, MBin, and PieFed show that actually anyone can host their own instances of Reddit like forums, but Reddit does still dominate as a single location hosting and controlling lots of other peoples content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve says 5,863 titles earned over $100,000 on Steam in 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So 113k released between 2016 and 2025 is about 12600 a year. We have only been told that 5863 games made more than 100k last year, not what their total lifetime revenues are. Bearing in mind games generally make the most money in the first year of release (of course there there is big variation and there is a tail but mostly), then very crudely as much as 46% of new games could be making at least 100K in the first year. That’s an overestimate for many reasons but 5% is also a huge underestimate as the figure is using at all games released across 9 years and diluting the the 1 year figure we have. Also we need to bare in mind how much of the Steam library is slop and not an actual fully formed game, or is place holder entries for things like demos and even DLC.

  The real figure will sit between those two extreme limits, it’s not going to be as low as 5% but also not as high as 46%.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the USA attacking Iran?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So this is one where actually it really makes no sense for the US to attack Iran - this comes down to a bad president making impulsive decisions. It certainly benefits Israel. Trump seems to think he is untouchable after attacking Iran last year and kidnapping Venezuela’s president. This war seems to be him shooting from the hip and not being restrained by those around him from making very bad decisions.

  From a US strategic point of view, it can’t achieve regime change in Iran by bombing the country (it’d need troops on the ground) and it has low supplies of air defence munitions thanks to selling stocks to Ukraine and also using up some supplies in it’s 2 day war against Iran in 2025. Going to war now is foolhardy - Iran just needs to prolong this war beyond a few weeks and the US will be in trouble. It will need to pivot to a defensive posture to protect its allies in the region as defenses run out, which will be tough and cost US servicemen and women’s lives. It will also cost a fortune to prosecute this war without any real benefit.

  US allies in the middle east have been drawn into a conflict they certainly didn’t want, global trade will be disrupted by closing the Strait of Hormuz (a very major shipping route), oil prices will spike and could stay high if oil infrastructure is damaged in the war, air traffic will remain disrupted and the gulf states economic hub plans (building up Dubai as an Economic centre etc) will be damaged. It’s possible this could even tilt the global economy to recession, or even precipitate an earlier end to the AI stock-market bubble.

  This war is looking like a major strategic blunder by the US; more stupid than the Vietnam war (which was at least thought-out by strategists). Its likely the Pentagon was against this war, but sadly Trump and his clown-car cabinet are pulling the shots. It’s a war that’s goals cannot be achieved, yet will costly the longer it runs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is 2003, I am playing a new expansion for Diablo 2 as the US starts a war in the Middle East. It is 2026, I am playing a new expansion for Diablo 2 (!) as the US starts a war in the Middle East.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah! So it’s your fault! Get him!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tune a fish⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  tuna steak is fish, so why isn’t it tuna fish steak?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tune a fish⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Americans do love redundancies. e.g Just barely, only just, just a bit, true facts, free gift, end result, advance warning etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im curious what they will come up with⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I seem to be the only one confused by this - what leak? Is it just a typo?

  A leak is when something is released without authorisation? So far the only information is authorised releases of the files with lots of stuff redacted, and allegations there is more being held back. Has there been a leak too?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He must be a great guy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Only the healthiest of relationships use whatsapp to accuse your partner of theft

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never understood why they were always pink⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently cost - made from recycled paper which looked grey as poor quality, so they added a little red dye to make it look better. Then it became a standard, partially as it easily stood out from white and yellow paper in offices. TMYK

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities: Skylines upheaval: Developer and publisher announce “mutual” breakup⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved CS1 and have had CS2 since launch. I just can't get into CS2 - it's just not fun.

  A large part of that is Paradox Mods in CS2. When CS1 launched from day one you could go onto the steam workshop and download player made models - houses, offices, train stations, roads etc. It grew rapidly and continuously, and it meant every city you made you could customise and change. The game was constantly refreshing and fun, and you could make whatever you wanted.

  For CS2, 2 years on and you still can't add custom assets to the game. Paradox/CO have released themed region based asset packs that they have made and the mods are there, but the player made assets remain largely missing. And I suspect the reason is Paradox Mods and the upcoming console version - the PC version seems to have been held back from being good so Paradox can get it's console launch. There seems to be a fundamental lack of understanding that the player made content was what made CS1 so great. I suspect CO get that, while Paradox only cares about DLC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities: Skylines upheaval: Developer and publisher announce “mutual” breakup⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow this is terrible news. Basically Paradox owns the IP to Cities Skylines and Colossal Order seemingly want out.

  I'd say a large reason CS2 has been such a mess is because it was rushed out, the paradox mod system is just not fit for purpose and there remains a ridiculous focus on getting the console version released + move on to DLCs rather than fixing the main game. I'd put most of the blame on Paradox's shoulders to be honest.

  It'll be interesting to see what CO does next. CS1 was a great game, CS2 could have been a great game. Will they do another city sim or more onto something else? Seems a shame if they move on as they have grown so much expertise in the genre. I'm hoping they're cutting free to do a game with their own vision, which was how CS1 came to be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Does Hitler have a right to privacy?" and other big questions in research ethics.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It's historically interesting to maybe understand who he was as a human being. He's often painted as a monster but he was a human, and is a warning to all of us what evil human's can achieve.

  For example, they're revealed he had Kallmann Syndrome (which can cause a micropenis and undescended testes) - he may have essentially been essentially asexual which may explain some of his life choices and why he was so dedicated to politics and gaining power. They've also shown he had high genetic risks for psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, as well as ADHD, autism.

  Sensationalist reporting aside, these findings do add something to our understanding of a historical figure who had massive influence on human history.