MurrayL
@MurrayL@lemmy.world
- Comment on When the AI bubble bursts.. 1 day ago:
If/when the bubble bursts we’ll have bigger problems than the price of RAM.
- Comment on Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles 3 days ago:
Don’t forget the other option that started appearing during COVID: having to send a message to your GP via their surgery’s website, which they won’t read properly.
- Comment on Controversial horror game Horses is the top-selling new game on GOG even as it gets kicked off the Humble Store one day after launch 3 days ago:
Are you seriously suggesting they deliberately got their game banned from Steam?
No developer is out there voluntarily withdrawing from the biggest games market just for the sake of ‘clout’.
- Comment on Is it normal to be really sentimental/upset over a bowl I accidentally smashed? I had it since I was 17 (am 30 now) and my boyfriend was alive back then too. 4 days ago:
You can buy a kit online and do it at home with a guide or video.
- Comment on Retro Gamer's Nick Thorpe Has Passed Away 4 days ago:
Too young. RG won’t be the same without him.
- Comment on Help me decide what I should name my game! Currently Country Architect, it turns out that "country" has a double meaning in English that I was not aware of 1 week ago:
Hope it works well - best of luck with the project!
- Comment on Help me decide what I should name my game! Currently Country Architect, it turns out that "country" has a double meaning in English that I was not aware of 1 week ago:
Infrastruction?
- Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser? 1 week ago:
Inbox zero just means handling your emails in such a way that you keep your inbox empty. Sounds like someone named a shitty SAAS product after the concept.
- Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser? 1 week ago:
The weirdest thing to me is how some people brag about how many tabs they have open as if it’s a competition. Like, it shouldn’t be a point of pride, it just shows you don’t know how to use bookmarks.
- Comment on Christina Chong Has a Wild Idea for a 'Doctor Who' and 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Crossover 1 week ago:
Well I don’t know about another musical episode, but the muppets are definitely coming in season 4 of SNW.
- Comment on "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated 3 weeks ago:
No need to speak for the USA, Rockstar North is British
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 3 weeks ago:
FYI you can just post the link without shilling for your preferred search engine
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 3 weeks ago:
People who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked.
Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc.
The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.
- Comment on Online Oxford English Dictionary puts definitions/meanings and usage behind paywall 3 weeks ago:
I feel like the people complaining here have no idea how much work is involved in compiling and maintaining the OED.
This is a full reference of the English language, not just a place to check spelling.
- Comment on Online Oxford English Dictionary puts definitions/meanings and usage behind paywall 3 weeks ago:
Yep, exactly this.
I use OED as my standard reference when writing - I can log in from anywhere with my library card number and get full access without paying a penny.
- Comment on what is the best fruit to leave in a fridge? 4 weeks ago:
Mandarins or clementines last for ages in the fridge, don’t bruise, and taste amazing when cold.
- Comment on LEGO Star Trek Enterprise REVIEW 4 weeks ago:
Bigger underwear, for a start
- Comment on GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union" 4 weeks ago:
If you mod it enough, sure. Out of the box it’s dismal.
- Comment on GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union" 4 weeks ago:
Official internal chat will be either Slack or MS Teams. Using any other app to discuss matters relating to the business would be a contract violation.
Realistically, game devs do this all the time in private chats with colleagues that happen outside work, both online and in person. But of course R* either never knows about those or chooses to overlook it.
In this case, I suspect the fact they were unionising was the reason they actually took action on it. It’s not about consistency, it’s about having an excuse to fire these people.
- Comment on GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union" 4 weeks ago:
In this scenario I’m assuming they were talking about project specifics, which would absolutely be covered.
I’m not sure about other industries, but NDAs and similar restrictive contract clauses in games are extremely strict and often quite broad.
- Comment on GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union" 4 weeks ago:
We already know the affected workers were using Discord to organise. My guess is they were discussing work issues there, and Rockstar jumped on that as an excuse to fire them (as it would constitute a breach of NDA).
- Comment on Why doesn't NASA have a go fund me page or kickstarter? Really don't know how they work but would donate. 380 million in the US if everyone gave a dollar would do good? 4 weeks ago:
For reference, the SLS reportedly costs $2 billion per launch.
- Comment on What's the name of the early-mid 2000's song that sounds like Beyonce, starts with a "dun...dun... dun DUN!" guitar part, and the singer makes this "dabudabudabu" sound? 5 weeks ago:
Amerie - 1 Thing
- Comment on We could have lived in a world where Hideo Kojima made a Matrix game, if only someone had told him he was offered to make one 5 weeks ago:
I’m sure his godawful, stilted, hackneyed dialogue would’ve fitted right in too
- Comment on What went wrong with Pizza Hut? 1 month ago:
This is a BBC article about Pizza Hut in the UK, posted on the unitedkingdom community.
- Comment on Is holly associated with Christmas because it's a holly-day? 1 month ago:
No, holiday is just a corruption of ‘holy day’.
- Comment on Mass layoffs in the gaming industry continue - estimated 11k layoffs in 2025 and total 46k in the last 3 years 1 month ago:
That post is 2 months old. There’s a more recent update and projection here.
- Comment on Does Coke Zero taste different in the UK vs. the USA? 1 month ago:
Interesting! And thanks for actually reading the question properly.
If that’s true it might suggest Coke Zero tastes the same worldwide? In which case I wonder which original Coca Cola it’s closest to?
- Comment on Does Coke Zero taste different in the UK vs. the USA? 1 month ago:
We love salt and vinegar in the UK. I think statistically it’s the second most popular flavour of crisps here, after cheese and onion.
Sorry to hear the US somehow ruined it, although I’ve had pickle flavour crisps from the USA and enjoyed them, so I think there is hope.
- Comment on Does Coke Zero taste different in the UK vs. the USA? 1 month ago:
This is interesting! But sadly does not answer my question.
