IronKrill
@IronKrill@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X 6 days ago:
I forget the exact reasons but I believe it was due to a perceived bias. I don’t read BBC so can’t comment but they described it similarly to how a liberal would describe Fox News.
- Comment on Apple Explains Why 256GB Storage Is Better 6 days ago:
Did they really put the power button on the bottom? Lmao that’s up there with the magic mouse charging port.
- Comment on Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X 1 week ago:
And then they, too, can be defederated by salty Mastodon admins. At least I saw a lot of instances talk of defederating BBC when I still was trying to enjoy Mastodon.
- Comment on are winter leggings worth buying? 1 week ago:
If you’re not getting cold, then no. If yiu lived in a colder climate or had worse heat generation then yes.
- Comment on Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving X for Bluesky After Trump’s Election 1 week ago:
Email does not have issues finding emails. For a much better post than I can write, read TheChargedCreeper’s comment above about the on-boarding experience they (and I) experienced.
- Comment on Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving X for Bluesky After Trump’s Election 1 week ago:
Well said. This almost perfectly describes my experience with Mastodon as well. I ended up joining a Firefish instance later which was better, but no amount of “antennas” or topic follows helps when your instance has 20 users and it can’t find anything.
I’d imagine a platform supposedly started by the people who founded Twitter, built from what supposedly was once an internal test of modifications to Twitter, to have an easier onboarding experience than whatever Mastodon did back when I tried it.
Bluesky works almost exactly like Twitter right now. It makes a vague mention of federation on signup but it’s basically irrelevant and everything right now still goes through their central server, so there is no issue finding content or users.
- Comment on "The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK." 1 week ago:
I remember everyone saying the exact same in 2016. “Maybe Dems will reflect.” Other than putting up a white man for 2020, I can’t see a single difference in their approach ever since.
- Comment on is it possible to download Tiktok videos on mobile? 2 weeks ago:
Bless you for not making people use Tik Tok.
- Comment on Steam Game Recording is now out of beta 2 weeks ago:
I’ll have to give it another go! I was absolutely loving the feature in beta, however the experience was dampened by intermittent game crashes that stopped the moment I disabled this feature. Classic AMD driver issue, most likely.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I didn’t know we were in c/news! Oh wait, we aren’t. :D
- Comment on Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' 5 weeks ago:
Are you being purposefully obtuse? Proton is based on Wine yes, but it is it’s own distinct entity.
- Comment on Cybertruck? More Like Cyber-Sucks! – SOME MORE NEWS 1 month ago:
That title is terrible.
- Comment on Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete 1 month ago:
Glad that he eventually got it fixed.
Fortunately, Lifeward eventually capitulated and Straight was able to get his exoskeleton repaired — but that was only after an intense campaign
Still, these are the issues that make me question why anyone is excited for products like brain implants. The longer we can go without commercialised body modifications, the better.
- Comment on Ubisoft Says That XDefiant Has Fallen Behind Expectations 1 month ago:
I played this when it came out because some people were hyping it up. It’s solid and a fun game, but I didn’t feel it brought anything whatsoever to the table that other shooters hadn’t brought 15 years ago. It isn’t even the first free game to provide a similar experience. Not surprised it isn’t holding players.
- Comment on Steven Spielberg is ‘a big PC Gamer’ — loves shooters, and insists on keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
I’m not sure I agree with “tolerating” keyboard. I quite like it over a joystick! The benefit in complex games (like RTS, as you mention) is obvious, but even in most 3D games I prefer the instant reaction and definite axis of WASD over the fine-tunable precision of a joystick. There are not many times I would rather move at 2° forwards-right at a ramping 95% speed instead of simply moving forwards at 100% instantly. As for racing or other games that require precise analog inputs, I would generally prefer something that is bigger than my thumb i.e a racing wheel.
That isn’t to say I completely disagree, though! The ergonomics are a clear disadvantage. Most keyboards are not ergonomic for typing, let alone gaming. It would be fantastic to see more gaming-specialised keypad devices other than that one Razor one and whatever Chinese Amazon specials are kicking around. But the keypad format is not something I would want to forego as any FPS I play for more than 20 hours I usually have the entire left half of the keyboard bound to something for quick access.
I upvoted you because this is a great discussion point. :)
- Comment on Steven Spielberg is ‘a big PC Gamer’ — loves shooters, and insists on keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
Can you not? I’ve played various third person combat games (are they all part of “hack n slash”?) with a mouse just fine. I do prefer controller, but there’s nothing wrong with using a kb/mouse in most of those games. Is Dark Souls control scheme really that bad?
- Comment on Steven Spielberg is ‘a big PC Gamer’ — loves shooters, and insists on keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
Per their original comment, they aren’t saying mouse is bad. Their problem is with the keyboard.
… we merely tolerate keyboard as a gaming input device because of the precision that mouse provides
Why are you bringing up the mouse again?
- Comment on Important information 1 month ago:
This is what half of Tik-Tok feels like.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Unfortunately there are very few open review projects and none that people have tried to actually integrate into one of the OSM apps. It makes me rather disappointed as finding businesses and checking reviews is one of the most common uses I have for Google Maps and yet OSM cannot replace it.
- Comment on Sony. What are you even doing right now? PS5 Pro Announcement 2 months ago:
That’s not a bad build, really. Although I can’t imagine the air cooler will be necessary for a 4500, much rather use the stock and upgrade to 32gb RAM. My stock 2000 series Wraith cooler has done me well in 40c summers.
- Comment on Why Do People Still Play Destiny 2? 2 months ago:
Generally shorthand for animation, sound, and somewhat game balance. As for what’s good about it I couldn’t tell you because I came into the game jaded. IMO the visual design is nothing standout and the aim assist on mouse aim makes the entire experience sleep inducing.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Whatever you do, don’t use Steam reviews/scores on adult games to make your decision. I mean, if it’s Mixed then it’s probably bad, but there is an immense amount of 97% Positive games that are low effort tile puzzle asset flips/copy-paste jobs.
- Comment on stop 2 months ago:
Honestly a large amount of people would take a vegan option if it tasted the same, had the same texture, was as cheap or cheaper than meat, was as accessible, and didn’t require learning a new skill set.
And businesses would stop burning fossil fuels if renewables had the same portability, same output, were cheaper, available everywhere, and didn’t require learning a new skill set. They can still be criticised for doing so, I’m not sure what your point here is?
- Comment on Youtube deletes and strikes Linus Tech Tips video for teaching people how to live without Google. Ft. Louis Rossman 2 months ago:
Wouldn’t he have got citizenship ages ago? I thought he transitioned to a sponsor-focused role. I know he was in sponsor spots for a while but I block those so don’t know if he still is, but his Twiiter bio lists him as still being LTT sponsor creative lead.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I actually think the poor branding is part of why Mastodon is hard to spread. Can you picture anyone seriously saying they “tooted” something? Because I can’t.
- Comment on Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says his hopes on Epic Store were 'overly optimistic or misplaced' 2 months ago:
They do often have better sales, but you have to launch the store to know and personally I woukd rather pay the extra $1 to buy on Steam…
- Comment on Can you trust Valve? Honest criticism of Steam. 2 months ago:
Better alternatives? That is highly subjective. Itch’s store-front experience sucks balls and they lack 98% of the features Steam has. I appreciate their existence and have bought games from them, but language like that will only serve to alienate people that know how much Itch lacks in features compared to Steam.
- Comment on Where should I upload short videos to post them to Lemmy? 3 months ago:
Reddit video links do not open up a raw video file but instead a web page that loads the video/audio file in chunks. If you want a regular video file you have to download it with yt-dlp or similar. I wouldn’t be surprised if some apps include an embed solution, but most Lemmy websites and apps do not include embedding and simply link directly to the external page.
- Comment on Where should I upload short videos to post them to Lemmy? 3 months ago:
Reddit video player is terrible though and linking to it requires you to load their bloated New Reddit web pages. Most of us came here to get away from Reddit.
- Comment on Is this normal for girls or just a extreme edge case? (Serious question) 3 months ago:
Nah, you haven’t lived until you’ve experienced the girth and texture of a garden cucumber.
