princessnorah

@princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Election recap⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, I grew up in Ballarat and went to Uni in Bendigo, and I think the latter definitely skews further right. Ballarat is the home of Australian democracy, and folks are really proud of that fact. It’s always refreshing going home because people fly the Eureka flag without being racist cunts.

  Catherine King is also just very popular locally. She makes sure to be quite responsive through her electoral office.

  Anyway, all this is to say that if the Nationals tried a similar run on Ballarat they would have failed spectacularly. There was a 2.5% swing to Paula Doran (Lib) in Ballarat, but King held it still with a 10.5% margin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You know what, that’s actually a really interesting perspective, thank you. I agree with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that any one voter can still have voted “wrong” in terms of their own beliefs and desires though?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From 4chan to the White House: James Ball explains how failing to take games seriously has fed the populist right⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My immediate thought of leftist/progressive gaming influencers was F1nn5ter. I’m not really into that circle of content creation though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨8BitDo Ultimate 2 is getting full Steam Input support for more buttons⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I end up programming them with the Ultimate Software, usually to the stick buttons, but it would be nice to set them to stuff like bringing up the Steam Keyboard. There’s already a switch on the back of those so you could have a Steam Input mode and a Ultimate Software mode easily.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve’s Proton, the reason most Steam Deck games work, has a version 10.0 beta to try⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Valve also contribute heavily upstream into the Wine project, but there are some fixes which “couldn’t” be upstreamed until v10. As well, the most recent Linux kernel has added some changes which specifically help with Wine and gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord CEO steps down, replaced with former Activision Blizzard CSO as they work towards being a public company⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Microsoft own Discord?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to Country booed by neo-Nazis at Melbourne Dawn Service⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Clive Palmer’s stupid campaign ad that mentions “not needing to be welcomed to our own country” probably contributed to this. Especially because the guy is 26 and those are constantly rolling on youtube.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky rolls out blue check verifications⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not that I disagree with the spirit of what you’re saying, but bluesky is not even close to a “massive” corporation. According to this they have a net worth of $7.23m, going as low as $600k in October last year. I know of plenty of local restaurants and other small businesses with a higher net worth than that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Satire] “A Minority Government Will Be A Disaster” Says Coalition Of Four Parties That Hate Each Other | Betoota Advocate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Liberal party has only held a majority in their own right once in their 80 year history, the 1996 election of John Howard.

  But, as was already pointed out, this is satirical. However I feel like it’s gearing up for the Coalition’s response if Labor ends up forming government with the Greens, which I feel like is more than just an outside chance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is always risky in older humans as well. My grandfather broke his wrist ~10 years ago from a fall. He was doing fine, they kept him for observation because he also hit his head, and he needed surgery to set his wrist. They put him under general anaesthetic, he vomited, aspirated and they broke 5 ribs reviving him. He was in ICU for a week. Still alive today though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, same lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neverway is a horror RPG Stardew Valley from one of the artists behind Celeste⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you never recommended a game to someone by referencing a game they know that it’s similar too?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'A lifetime of disasters': Young protester interrupts PM's major announcement⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Albo, in a minority government with the Greens. As an excellent video I watched recently pointed out, The Coalition has always been minority governments too, Labor & the Greens just need to point that out this time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Insurrection act — April 20th. Pls read!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But you don’t understand! Kamala supported a genocide in Gaza! We had to show her our disapproval by supporting the election of a man who not only wants Gaza wiped off the map, but also wants to commit domestic genocide against immigrants, PoC, trans people, political opponents. That wants to destroy the very rule of law itself. That’ll show the Democrats!

  I hope the /s is heavily fluffing implied! Sitting here in Australia, it has been surreal watching this all play out. I’m terrified for my friends and family in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Balatro yet again subject to mods’ poor understanding of “gambling”⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  YouTube no longer allows any reference to gambling sites or applications “not certified by Google.”

  It’s literally on the Play Store, rated at M.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking with the US will be painful for Australia in many ways – but it’s inevitable | John Quiggin⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now there’s anger and depression as the tariffs sink in.

  I hope we don’t end up putting retaliatory tariffs on goods sold by American companies that are actually made in China. iPhones and Pixels are the one that comes to mind first. All that would do is harm Australian consumers and cause the cost of living to increase, because I don’t think people will turn around and buy a Samsung instead. Well, maybe people looking to buy a Pixel but not an iPhone. I’m pretty sure Apple pays most of their corporate taxes in Ireland anyway.

  As well, tariffs on American pharmaceuticals would be pretty silly, because it’s the government that’s going to foot the bill, when they’re the ones collecting the tariff anyway, so it’d just be a ridiculous cyclical situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vibe Coded AI App Generates Recipes for Cyanide Ice Cream and C*m Soup⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Except running a train is a real job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🔮 Friday 4 April 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s all trial and error really. Do you have an empty garden bed you could test things on? There are pretty simple ways to do this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨peak fitness⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kind of? It’s referencing a well known set of mass extinctions that are talked about together, the ‘Big Five’, but it also is worded poorly. Instead something like “Sharks have survived the most recent four of the ‘Big Five’ mass extinction events.” might be better?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Corporate management is now too lazy to even physically go to locations now.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It also used to be faster, as most people used self-checkouts as an analog for express lanes. But now with folks with full trolleys using it, the lack if specialisation and theft prevention systems constantly breaking requiring the one or two employees to fix, it’s now significantly longer than a regular checkout in most cases.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutton flip-flops on proposals for three separate referendums if Coalition wins election⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be happy with four and eight year terms. Personally, I think the UK has shown why five years is pushing too far the other direction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutton flip-flops on proposals for three separate referendums if Coalition wins election⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Indigenous recognition is an interesting one. The LNP undermined the ALPs referendum on recognition. If the LNP floated their own then ALP would be under a lot of pressure to support it, but of course the LNPs “recognition” would be tepid and I’m almost certain would limit equality in the future rather than promote it.

  I genuinely think the proposal, to recognise indigenous history in the constitution’s preamble, is that lukewarm that ALP could easily not support it. The vast majority of indigenous rights groups aren’t going to consider it good enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ONE OF US⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not at all what happened with the Demon Core. On its own, you could not do anything to it that would make it reach supercriticality. The experiments that were conducted on it involved neutron reflective materials. With the addition of neutrons back into the core, that pushed it closer and closer to criticality. Both incidents occurred when too much reflective material was added around the core and it reached supercriticality, a sustained chain reaction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NotTheChaser: Greens senator brings a whole salmon into the Senate chamber⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whut?

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  skill issue ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It does for me, but I have auditory processing issues so your mileage may vary. Discord also just has a lot of issues, like audio sources messing up, or calls cutting completely for up to ten seconds for no discernible reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But even a standard voice server is better quality than a phone.

  It really isn’t in my experiences, but maybe it’s different in Australia? As well, other services like Telegram or Signal have way better quality too. Discord just kinda sucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean yea, absolutely, but HD Voice can do 128kbps and comparatively that’s better than Discord. The other person’s comment seemed a bit snarky so I wanted to refute their assertion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe if you pay for Nitro. Without it, the standard call quality is only 96kbps. Meanwhile VoLTE/VoNR and HD Voice have made mobile phone calls typically equal or higher quality. If you only ever call corporate/business/government services, those are typically still narrowband though, so you’re not going to notice.