egrets
@egrets@lemmy.world
- Comment on As one does 1 week ago:
Oh, I was kidding just to sound like I had an explanation and then throw the orange in as an afterthought. It does look like a reference, though.
- Comment on As one does 1 week ago:
It’s a visual reference to Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, with the addition of an orange.
- Comment on 'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN 2 weeks ago:
I can’t think of a single company worse at naming products and services than Microsoft. They have an abysmal track record. Some examples off the top of my head, all of which make web searches near-impossible:
- They renamed Office 365 to just “365” (and then “365 Copilot”). The mind boggles.
- They named their light extensible code editor “Visual Studio Code”, despite the fact that they had a long-established IDE (for code) called “Visual Studio”.
- They called their application framework “the .NET framework”.
- They called the replacement framework “.NET Core”, and after a few major versions, changed to calling it “.NET”, but it’s totally distinct from the .NET framework.
- They called their ninth major desktop operating system “Windows 7”, then followed up with “Windows 8” and… “Windows 10”.
- Their web-powered replacement for Outlook is called “New Outlook”.
- They recently renamed their Remote Desktop app “Windows App”. I have no words.
- Comment on How do you think early humans survived without water bottles? Did they just live next to water sources all the time? 3 weeks ago:
And skins, tanned, stitched, and treated with resin. Pottery is also an ancient skill.
- Comment on my phone turning my headphone volume one notch from silent halfway through a song then telling me off for turning it back up 1 month ago:
Tell the iPhone that the output isn’t headphones and it’ll stop warning you. Plug it in, then head to Settings -> Sound and Haptics -> Headphone Safety -> USB Audio Accessories.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
they want the ability it provides to die.
Terminal Server licensing will be bringing them in a tidy amount of money from on-prem enterprises, but it’s true that Windows App has a heavy focus on Azure and will definitely be aiming to push people in that direction - it can’t even connect to remote Windows PCs.
- Comment on Hopping out of the shower, realizing I forgot to bring a towel 2 months ago:
!showerthoughts@lemmy.world would also be appropriate, though the mods might disagree.
- Comment on I am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people? 2 months ago:
Atlanta, Black Mirror, Severance, Silo, The Terror: Infamy, Slow Horses, The Bear, Black Bird. Most of what I’ve seen recently has been primarily about people who are not wealthy or privileged.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #11 2 months ago:
Sad for sure, but the person running the AMA is comically tone-deaf and unprepared.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #11 2 months ago:
Great post.
Here’s the Dreadmoor AMA on r/pcgaming on Reddit. It’s a disaster.
- Comment on Love Death + Robots | Volume 4 | Teaser | Netflix 2 months ago:
Glad it wasn’t just me. The animation and art style was phenomenal, but the stories and characters were severely lackluster for me. Even the Outer Worlds episode fell flat; it had a ton of potential and I really wanted to like it.
- Comment on carlos for scale 3 months ago:
This is Stupendemys geographicus from Urumaco, Venezuela, and Rodolfo Sánchez from Coro, Venezuela.
- Comment on Why Chrome only? 3 months ago:
I’ve not used LibreWolf, but assuming that Firefox addons are generally compatible, it might be worth trying Chrome Mask.
- Comment on Say my name 3 months ago:
What did it say before someone copied “later” and “was” from the bottom line to the middle line?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
I’d suggest that language fluency and cultural awareness are probably important for your son to be able to settle in and socialize. Cities in Europe (especially Northern Europe) are likely to be best if he speaks English but no other European language?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Tarhiel?
- Comment on The landlord special 4 months ago:
…and not cutting in corners!
- Comment on Untraceable airplanes 4 months ago:
Already covered in the OP!
they don’t show up on flight radar or adsbexchane even with government filters turned on
- Comment on “Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft 4 months ago:
The ripoff artist made $42,0000.00
Not quite that much ;)
- Comment on Government announces plan to open up Land Registry 4 months ago:
owner:wikidata=*does exist, though I don’t think anyone tends to map land ownership other than occasional estates. - Comment on Who are these 3 other guys in the car with Coolio in the "Fantastic Voyage" music video? 4 months ago:
B-Real pops up at around 3:30 in the video, he’s not in the car.
- Comment on We're remaking Morrowind as a Skyrim mod. Here's a charity livestream we held on the weekend. 4 months ago:
Indeed, over two years on both Lemmy and Mastodon! The reach isn’t as impactful as bigger platforms, but we vibe with the philosophy of the platforms.
- Comment on We're remaking Morrowind as a Skyrim mod. Here's a charity livestream we held on the weekend. 4 months ago:
BGs have shown us nothing but good will, we’re following their guidelines strictly on assets - i.e. nothing ported, everything remade from scratch - and we’re requiring both Morrowind and Skywind to be installed… but there’s no guarantee. We’re not stressed about it.
- We're remaking Morrowind as a Skyrim mod. Here's a charity livestream we held on the weekend.youtu.be ↗Submitted 4 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 12 comments
- Comment on POV: Bro asks you on game 5 months ago:
I had same the problem - it took took me three attempts to tries reverse determine of the and then.
- Comment on "It seems likely Elon Musk has lost over half of the UK twitter daily audience by now" 6 months ago:
Pub buildings built on the cheap or converted (i.e. single storey, flat roof) are almost always a reliable predictor for terrible beer, aggressive clientele, and a regular light dusting of snow on the bathroom sinks.
- Comment on James Bond films stall after Barbara Broccoli clashes with Amazon Studios, report claims 6 months ago:
the sort of person who watched [James Bond] was old, weird, had a hat, smelled, and were Belgian. But nowadays we’re about appealing to a different kind of audience…
- Comment on The latest box set of the Breaking Bad series doesn't have closed captioning. 6 months ago:
“It’s night time, Brad”
- Comment on 10 Most Disappointing Games of 2024, Ranked 7 months ago:
[Funko Fusion] game feels like an off-brand LEGO game in all the worst ways
I have a significant (possibly controversial) bias here because I’ve never understood the appeal of model collecting in general, and of dead-eyed, amorphous Funko Pops in particular, but I am shocked that a cash-grab on the back of emotionless, artistically-bereft figurines wasn’t a smash hit.
Well, not that shocked.
- Comment on if you workout and run, would you recommend a merino wool base or mid layer for autumn/winter? or am I going to break it? 8 months ago:
be bold, start cold
…and if you’re able, warm up before you step outside. Jog on the spot, do some stretches or light bodyweight exercise, bring your extremity temperature up a bit.