Hawk
@Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Ailanthus 33 minutes ago:
We have a saying here that applies to Japanese Knotweed: if you can’t beat it, eat it.
The young plants have a rhubarb like taste, we made cake with it once.
- Comment on #StopKillingGames Update: Netherlands passes threshold 3 weeks ago:
Multiple ways.
Companies can completely erase the idea of ownership. If everything is subscription-based, they can simply stop the subscription and have no further obligations.
Or Europe just gets completely locked out of functionality, as already happens in some European countries.
Of course good things can come from this, but I’ve read here several times that this just isn’t a good proposition and might just lead to the anti-consumer practices disappearing in a negative way too.
- Comment on #StopKillingGames Update: Netherlands passes threshold 3 weeks ago:
Or kill it completely. The only reason I’ve held off signing this is that the wording is so vague that it could work in favor of gaming companies. I’d rather not see that.
- Comment on Anon wants to go to Nuuk 3 weeks ago:
Greenland is not a country though, it’s part of Denmark, although it has autonomy
- Comment on It genuinely upsets me that Valve spent their time and resources on another Dota variation 5 weeks ago:
I mean, stuff has leaked about a possible new Half Life game, I guess we’ll see soon™
- Comment on Deadlock (Valve's Unannounced Title) Passes 12k Peak Players in Closed Alpha 1 month ago:
Thanks! Will definitely pass it on!
- Comment on Deadlock (Valve's Unannounced Title) Passes 12k Peak Players in Closed Alpha 1 month ago:
Happy to keep it going toohttps://steamcommunity.com/id/Hawked/
- Comment on Technically Correct 1 month ago:
You forgot the most important part:
The final decision rests with the TSA officer on whether an item is allowed through the checkpoint.
- Comment on If 1 million people sign a petition, a ban on rendering multiplayer games unplayable has a chance to become law in Europe 1 month ago:
While this would be great for those “online needed to play” games, wouldn’t this also lead to companies preferring subscription models?
I’d assume it’s easier to not include multiplayer in the “base” game and just charge a monthly subscription for the online part. Now the proposed law wouldn’t apply, since the customer only paid for the base game.
It’s pretty obvious what the intention of the writers of the proposal is, but I feel like it could have an opposite effect and push even more to the “games as a service” model those greedy publishers so desperately want.
- Comment on Anon orders pizza 1 month ago:
Nobody is forcing these people to take on the challenges. And clearly they enjoyed them enough to personally write a get well card.
Guess having fun isn’t allowed anymore ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on Quite a poor performance imo, lower than expected 1 month ago:
The target must’ve been white.
- Comment on Hide your couch! 1 month ago:
I dunno, he’s not denying it!
- Comment on Pi Day 2 months ago:
22/07 is already known as “Pi Approximation Day”
- Comment on Artificial price increase so that you can post “discounts” on Prime Day 2 months ago:
I think this applies to the EU too.
- Comment on Gladiator II - Official Trailer 2 months ago:
Why do trailers nowadays always start with the useless TRAILER STARTS NOW preview. I’m watching the damn trailer, no need to announce it.
- Comment on Tethered Bottle Caps 2 months ago:
Yeah, only some bottles do that
- Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07. 2 months ago:
I pay my delivery drivers exactly 0 tips. They’re paid a living wage, no tips needed.
- Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07. 2 months ago:
It’s an insanely high tip
- Comment on How do you get people to wash their vegetables when you're at their house and you don't wanna seem rude? 3 months ago:
It’s not about the absorption. They get soggy/slimy if you don’t immediately cook them
- Comment on Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon? 3 months ago:
I just don’t get how someone convicted for ELECTION FRAUD can still be a presidential candidate
- Comment on Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand 4 months ago:
Old railway lines in Europe often aren’t complete anymore and only cover relatively small distances.
There simply isn’t enough infrastructure to handle a full train network and fixing them up would probably require existing infrastructure and buildings to be disowned and destroyed.
- Comment on Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand 4 months ago:
The wheel is just there during the testing phase as a backup, seems the final pods don’t have it, as it would make the idea useless.
- Comment on This used book that I bought for 12£ on the internet was apparently previously bought from Oxfam for 1.99£ 4 months ago:
Well, not according to these organisations, like Oxfam here who boast about the ecological and social aspect of second hand products.
Clearly you have no idea what these organisations do or stand for?
- Comment on This used book that I bought for 12£ on the internet was apparently previously bought from Oxfam for 1.99£ 4 months ago:
I don’t think about the price, It’s about reselling something you got at a charity.
Plenty of stores sell cheap, used stuff that everyone can fit in their budgets. More and more of these resellers are picking the stores clean, leaving a lot less available for those who “need” it.
- Comment on This used book that I bought for 12£ on the internet was apparently previously bought from Oxfam for 1.99£ 4 months ago:
Ah yes, libraries. Those mega buildings with every book on Earth inside…
- Comment on Cruciferae 4 months ago:
Lol I would if you could still find them
- Comment on Cruciferae 4 months ago:
Man no, they lost what makes them so good. Fuck corporations making everything bland.
- Comment on Euro bottles are so much better now 4 months ago:
They didn’t even change the moulds. The caps are exactly the same in many cases, except they’re not cut the entire way around.
Seems a few bottles have better design, but I have not seen those myself.
- Comment on Euro bottles are so much better now 4 months ago:
Mmh seems like a different type. They always get in the way for me and don’t lock into place. Haven’t encountered those types yet
- Comment on This Doctor Won’t Take Health Insurance - and Charges Just $35 a Visit | AJ+ (5:46) 4 months ago:
“Just” $35.
What a hilarious statement, I think I pay around €2 for a doctor’s visit.