DrSteveBrule
@DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz
- Comment on Ads are coming to bit.ly links 5 days ago:
So I went to bitly’s website to see if I could find anymore info here. It looks like most of bitly’s paying customers are businesses that generate QR codes and links that can use custom domains. Since these businesses are already paying customers, anyone using those accounts shouldn’t see ads, but those businesses’ customers probably will! Maybe I’m missing something, but it seems like bitly will inject ads into their customers’ customers screens. If I was one of these business owners I would be pissed lol.
- Comment on Ads are coming to bit.ly links 5 days ago:
I’ve no doubt most if not all Lemmy users will never buy into a paid bitly subscription. But does anyone here at least know of someone who does, or has a similar subscription? Who would need that? Is bitly so essential to some people that they would pay for an ad free experience? I’m not programmer but I had an interest in it once. Building a URL shortener is one of the most basic programs beginners can get into. There must be hundreds of services for shortening URLs. I know that’s a lot of questions but I find this so intriguing.
- Comment on What would you consider the 3 greatest movies ever made? 6 days ago:
I don’t know why but it’s so funny to me seeing Mary Poppins next to those other two movies lol
- Comment on Yeah, let's stop with this "don't judge people for their poiltics" bullshit 1 week ago:
The last one of AOC looks like someone forgot to fully crop out the arm coming from out of frame. I bet she was going in for a hug.
- Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 hits 1m sales in just one day 2 weeks ago:
My roommate said that Dragon Age was going to be the most woke game and that he would never spend his money on a game published by EA. He bought it day 1 and beat it 3 times. He fucking loves that game.
- Comment on Reddit slop 2 weeks ago:
Almost as if OP is shitposting or something
- Comment on im soooo normal 2 weeks ago:
I recently started looking into more decentralized instant messengers after being on signal for a year or so. I’m happy with signal but just wanted to look into what else is out there. I really don’t get why XMPP gets left in the dust. I see so much praise for matrix, but every public group ive joined is full of spam bots and racists. Simplex is centralized. Even as far as the fediverse goes, I would’ve assumed everyone here would hype up XMPP since it works similarly with the username@instance.com convention.
- Comment on Massive dumps 3 weeks ago:
My understanding is the cup size is different because cold drinks typically have ice that gets added to the same amount of liquid.
- Comment on Yeah, but anything could be inside. Even $20! 4 weeks ago:
Recognizing when people need help and support doesn’t mean you are trying to justify illegal acts. No one said stealing is ok. Just because you understand the root of the problem doesn’t mean you are giving it a pass. This is why people with mental disorders still face consequences for their actions. However, if rehabilitation is something you value, then it is important to recognize that their needs may be different than other people’s for rehabilitation to be successful. Punishment with no attempt at helping a person overcome their afflictions is just a guarantee that they will act out again.
- Comment on GTA VI Might Inspire Other AAA Developers to Price Their Games at $100 4 weeks ago:
But are the devs going to take in the extra money or the ceo publishers?
- Comment on After the catastrophe of Concord Sony is reportedly cancelling other projects including a God of War live service game 4 weeks ago:
The worst thing about a live service game to me is that they only work when you can connect to the official servers. Many live service games have shut down and there is no offline mode to continue playing. Sometimes you still pay full price for these games. Sometimes games like The Crew, shut down after you spent money to play it and then The Crew 2 comes out so you pay full price for essentially the same game and the first one doesn’t work anymore.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Looks like Publix
- Comment on Same 5 weeks ago:
Once I “figured it out”, I realized I was beating the decks using flushes. So I decided trying different styles like building a deck for playing straights, full houses, two pairs. I found out you can play a full house flush. It isn’t on the list of poker hands so that was fun to stumble upon.
- Comment on Same 5 weeks ago:
I’ve been having a lot of fun with Vagante recently
- Comment on Any Roguelike/Roguelite suggestions? 5 weeks ago:
I don’t have a lot of experience with roguelike games. Before I even knew about the genre I played quite a bit of Spelunkey. As someone who loves Super Mario Bros I thought that game was great. I recently found Vagante and am having a lot of fun with it. It gives off Spelunkey vibes, but is more traditional fantasy.
- Comment on Do you want me to heat that up in the "Michael Wave"? 1 month ago:
Hitachi is another another. Hydraulic excavators, air conditioners, elevators, vibrators, and ultrasound machines (for when you trade the vibrator in for the real thing. Either way they have a product for you).
- Comment on the aliens monitoring our planet know that we are idiots 1 month ago:
I think the joke is that to the aliens, it is does not display a level of intelligence that comes anywhere close to theirselves.
- Comment on Feel the Joy 1 month ago:
It’s a parody account. Many of the people in their posts including the girl in this picture (Neveah) also have their own accounts and will interact with each other as well as their followers
- Comment on Elden Ring Nightreign - We Played It! - IGN 2 months ago:
I meant to say fallen order isn’t 1:1 my bad for the typo
- Comment on Elden Ring Nightreign - We Played It! - IGN 2 months ago:
I agree that the bonfire mechanics and level design resemble dark souls, but the mechanics are nothing like dark souls to me. I’ve played all the games as well. Fallen order is 1:1 with those games, but closer to them than dark souls. Combat is very forgiving and cinematic. It was made to look like darksouls, but the combat didn’t come close. Maybe kingdom hearts combat would be a better comparison. Still easy to get fucked up if you don’t know what your doing, but once you get the hang of it you can just mow down everyone no problem
- Comment on Elden Ring Nightreign - We Played It! - IGN 2 months ago:
That wasn’t my experience with fallen order at all lol. I could mostly rush into any group of enemies because enemy attacks were predictable and very easy to dodge. The iframes felt more like the combo beat em up games and enemies generally attacked in turns unless they were all shooting then all you had to do then was hold the block button. On second thought I’d say it was maybe closer to kingdomhearts combat
- Comment on Elden Ring Nightreign - We Played It! - IGN 2 months ago:
Jedi fallen order is not souls like at all. People saw the “bonfire/leveling system” and proclaimed it as being soulslike. The gameplay is more akin to the Spiderman or Arkham Knight games
- Comment on What game surprised you with their length? 2 months ago:
Surprised that it was so short?
- Comment on Discussion - what is the last movie you couldn't finish? 2 months ago:
I unfortunately watched the entire movie. I hadn’t heard of it before my girlfriend put it on for us. The entire time I thought it was a parody or a cheap marvel spinoff. When they butchered the famous uncle Ben line, I knew it had to be a joke. Even as a joke movie, the ending was abysmal. Then at the very end I found out it was actually a marvel movie lol
- Comment on Mithril is a helluva drug! 2 months ago:
It was a different age
2020
- Comment on Damn it YouTube! 2 months ago:
Were they testing those ads on users that paid for an ad free premium or were they testing on users that bought a lower tier?
- Comment on Day 130 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 2 months ago:
I loved this remake. I played the first one when I was about 12? Looking back that seems very young but it was one of the only games I completed at that age. I didn’t have internet in my room at the time so I printed the walk through from I think gamefaq lol. Had it holepunched and stored in a ring binder. Over 20 years later and it was really fun remembering events and areas in this remake even if they were slightly redesigned.
- Comment on Why do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ? 2 months ago:
France is bacon
- Comment on What are some video game quotes that is stuck in your head? 2 months ago:
“When a man with a sing-song voice tells me to fuck off, it always concerns me, boy-o”
- Comment on Tom Hardy's Splinter Cell Movie Is Officially Dead 2 months ago:
Lol the least splinter cell like level in the series(still a fun level)