JustEnoughDucks
@JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
- Comment on Privacy: Breached 5 days ago:
Spotify has partnered with a company essentially trying to do this exact thing apparently
- Comment on Imperialism, authoritarianism and oppression is bad all around m'kay 1 week ago:
And ceos are somehow significantly worse and consistently and in many industries, almost exclusively make decisions directly opposing the common good. I guess we just have to let AI do it.
- Comment on Good ear protection for concerts. 1 week ago:
If you are in the EU,
These things are pretty awesome. They have the switch which allows you to change the DB drop depending on what you are using them for (or how loud the specifically concert is)
- Comment on Creep. Smdh 2 weeks ago:
There were many bad translations, and many purposefully bad ones.
Is it easier to exert control over a population with eternal damnation or proportional punishment?
- Comment on Uno what really happened 2 weeks ago:
Oh no! I really hope this doesn’t start happening to all of the CEOs and board members that make a profit off of legally killing people…
- Comment on Riot Games is cracking down on players’ off-platform conduct 3 weeks ago:
Lol league was extremely toxic in 2010 when streaming wasn’t a thing. I got sucked in and became toxic in 2011-2012 before I quit altogether. Best decision I ever made regarding video games.
It is the player base, not the streamers, that ruin the game.
But maybe this will help a little bit.
- Comment on Anon is a nostalgic gamer 3 weeks ago:
I am a bit younger so chicken & waffels and a few other CS:S servers were that for me. Also Day of Defeat Source was underrated.
Also, the minigame servers… The mini games people came up with!
1 person shooting cubes at platforms whole others had to stay up, The prison, Piratewars, Multigames (the original fall guys), Prop wars, The one where there were like different power ups behind walls and then have different abilities.
But also battlefront 2 was like that for me. SMD clan with its almost mythical figurehead. Glitching servers, shooting the shit with other people trying to find new glitches. Those were the days.
While matchmaking is good for some games like Rocket League, it has really broken a ton of communities. I think that’s why there aren’t really "clans’ anymore, because people aren’t together enough to organize.
- Comment on If Open Source is so great... 4 weeks ago:
And then you have Blender, Krita, OBS, VLC, bitwarden & Let’s Encrypt.
But tons of corporate contribution to big open source projects so it is sometimes grey.
- Comment on Git good, son 5 weeks ago:
The problem is that the exceptions can actually be dangerous
- Comment on What type of game do you want to see? 1 month ago:
I want a new, modern Battle for Middle Earth 2 with better balance, modern graphics, and maybe different modes like quick vs longer form games. Definitely some reform like making it more difficult to build walls, but the walls stand up better to infantry and you really need siege engines.
The game was not balanced competitively (men so OP) but holy damn the battles felt epic and building your own forts and castles to defend was amazing.
- Comment on PC Gamer: The top 100 PC games 2 months ago:
Their entire list is odd choices except for the top 10 (even persona 5 is iffy as top 10 of all time)
They favor shooters and then place a game that had lost most of its audience in under a year as the best shooter other than doom 1 of all time.
I love helldivers, but it is a very niche game in comparison to so many others, even those on the list.
Not to mention KOTOR and DA:O as 94 and 95. Also prey is an extremely weird choice…
- Comment on Is martial arts really that useful? 2 months ago:
I just had a big fall on my electric bike this spring.
There was a brick sticking out of the brick bike path and I flipped over the handlebars into the street. It was the one day I forgot to grab my helmet leaving for work.
My hands got a bit cut up and my shoulder was slightly bruised, but I was completely fine! I only got a yellow belt in judo years ago so falling and basic things are all I learned, but that probably saved my ass from getting a hurt elbow, wrist, or hitting my head.
- Comment on What interesting things can I do with my home WiFi network? 2 months ago:
Orange pi zero 3, 1.5GB. plenty for pihole and 30€ instead of 100€ or whatever bullshit RPI is charging these days.
- Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist 3 months ago:
Trump actual has raped multiple children and has been indicted for forcing 12 and 14 year old human trafficked sex slave children to molest each other while he watched before molesting them also.
Case 5:16-cv-00797-DMG-KS
Thrown out because it didn’t state a civil rights claim because it was a civil case since the statue of limitation for criminal charges was passed, if memory serves
- Comment on Anon misses something 3 months ago:
To be fair, it could have just as easily been:
“You know, my shift is almost over (so I really want to pack my shit and get out of here)” to which anon had a good response.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 3 months ago:
hexbear.net/comment/5253718 top comment, massively upvoted
hexbear.net/post/3232536 - more “all Ukrainians are Nazi rhetoric”
hexbear.net/comment/4594619 - more “the war is just a local conflict with everyone on Russia’s side” propaganda that is heavily upvoted. Objectively false. There is way way more nuance than that.
hexbear.net/post/3394475 - Russia never does anything wrong. It is just Americans who of course blame it on Russia
hexbear.net/comment/5113469 - Russia never does anything wrong. It is actually a conspiracy that Americans did it
hexbear.net/comment/5084604 - Russia can do no wrong. Russia is destined to win and take the lands they want to annex
hexbear.net/comment/5084494 - yet more Ukraine genocide rhetoric, straight from Russian propaganda
lemmygrad.ml/post/4112194 - literally regurgitating unsubstantiated Russian propaganda. Literally one person saying “if you just blindly believed Russian propaganda 100% of the time, you would be right 70% of the time”
hexbear.net/post/2763869 - “Russia is extremely generous with these terms”, they only have to give up their land to glorious leader of Russia
imperialism /ĭm-pîr′ē-ə-lĭz″əm/ noun
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The extension of a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.
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A political doctrine or system promoting such extension of authority.
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The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.
Literally exactly the definition of Putin’s post-socialism authoritarian Russia…
Like “the enemy of my enemy” can only take you so far. Like when Putin blatantly poisoned a political opponent and everyone on hexbear was cheering them and saying “I’m surprised it took them this long”… Supporting a murderous regime because they happen to be against an exploitative corrupt regime doesn’t even seem like a valid solution to me.
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- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 3 months ago:
Then what about when they constantly refer to the rhetoric as “truth” how Ukraine was full of Nazis that were genociding the Russian minority and how Russia invaded to save them and has committed exactly 0 war crimes?
I completely get that the US is not a good guy, most of western civilization was built on exploitation, imperialism, and subjugation of people. I even understand the great things China has done as far as huge quality of life upgrades for their people.
But Russia is only similar to china in that they propagate huge anti-US propaganda and technically support each other as an anti-US coalition.
Russia is also extremely imperialist, always has been, and literally has annexed (or tried to) multiple nations in the past decades, and is currently trying to do the same. Russia is everything that hexbear stands against, yet they unequivocally support them without any doubt.
Go say literally any critical things of Russia in hexbear. You will 100% be down voted to oblivion, if not banned. If you say anything against Putin being the greatest leader in recent history, you will be down voted to hell if not banned. I have yet to see any critical speech of Russia on hexbear that didn’t get removed or down voted so hard that the comment will never see the light of day.
I understand being Anti-US, but if Russia was in the US’s position, they would be just as bad if not worse for the treatment of people and propagating imperialism.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 3 months ago:
Maybe you can clear this up then:
Why does everyone there unequivocally, wholeheartedly, unquestionably support Russia?
Russia has barely a trace of communism anymore and it is hard right oligarchy that fits almost every definition of fascism.
Yet the “antifa” hexbear will literally down vote you to hell and ban you if you say anything even slightly bad about Russia.
Also news@hexbear is 80% articles about the war with everyone citing Russian propaganda as absolute truth and every western media, every human rights group, etc… is completely lying about the war.
An interesting juxtaposition as they are in the same way pro Palestine and cite those human rights groups as telling the absolute truth in that case
- Comment on What's your favorite controller? 3 months ago:
The steam controller is absolutely my favorite shape and feel for the controller.
The one big flaw is the plastic bumper mechanism that has broken on 3 of my units, 1 I was able to send back, 1 replaced with PETG 3D printed part which is less clicky, but more durable, and 1 still intact.
Still, I have exclusively used those for years when not playing on Switch
- Comment on ‘Who dreams this crap up?’: Kevin O'Leary slams new rule that allows employees to ignore their bosses after hours 3 months ago:
It started in the 1980s with massive deregulation. I wonder who might have done that 🧐
- Comment on Borderlands is no longer the biggest box office flop of the year 3 months ago:
Ooooh Eric from The Regulation Podcast will be feeling this. He spent double the points on The Crow that Andrew spent on Twisters 😂
- Comment on Recommendation engine: Downvote any game you've heard of before 3 months ago:
Megabyte Punch is a side scrolling fighting game where you build your robot with different parts salvaged from fought robots that give you different abilities and powerups.
It is a super fast, casual game that you can bang out in a few nights. It has a pretty good electronic soundtrack, boss fights feel weighty even if they are relatively simple.
One of my favorite games as far as just fun and de-stressing!
- Comment on Mafia: The Old Country will offer voice acting in Sicilian 3 months ago:
Wait wait wait, can you give an example? I have to see this 😅
- Comment on The Steam Summer Sale is live now! 5 months ago:
Baldur’s gate is 20% off. Definitely definitely worth the price
- Comment on Riven (2024) Review Thread 5 months ago:
I love the absurdity of game reviewers 😂
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“This game is the pinnicle of its genre”
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“This is the 1 game I would bring to a desert island”
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“one of the most captivating puzzle games ever”
85%, 88%, 70%, a C to a B. That is just above average.
Meanwhile you get an absolute broken AAA piece of crap that barely functions, incoherant story, generic and boring and those same reviewers say “70-80%”. So there is a <10% difference between absolutely mastering a genre and releasing straight garbage?
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- Comment on $843 million lawsuit against Valve already has its own website: "The Steam Claim" accuses the biggest store in PC gaming of "overcharging" players 6 months ago:
This lawsuit being funded by a Epic Games shell company would not be surprising in the least. They have done so much and stooped so low to try to not have to actually do work and create a good platform.
- Comment on Nature Valley: 10 bars in 5 packs 7 months ago:
Lol this was one of the earlier nature valley bar, before their single packed one. They were around 15 years ago at least. Always been packed per 2 with the hope that you will just eat 2 at a time
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
As someone who doesn’t live in the US:
The data from google and facebook is hoarded by a foreign nation (the US is basically a quasi-democratic plutocracy which also has extremely extensive surveillance both legally and agencies caught working in grey areas) to boost surveillance and that is pretty blatant about their espionage and political propaganda. We get US political right wing propaganda on these platforms all over the rest of the world.
There is a difference of course, but the gap is closing significantly every few years.
- Comment on Is there a more politically and ideologically diverse alternative for Lemmy? 8 months ago:
I think OP would be good to watch the first season of the Good Place. There is a character on there that is obsessed with making the correct decision and argues so much with himself and others over every tiny nuance that could shift the balance that he never acts on anything at all unless forced.
As you said, fence sitting is in an of itself an action, almost always to the detriment of the topic at hand.
- Comment on Got a Switch today, need some recommendations. 8 months ago:
No company at all is completely clean outside of some non profits and even then, most of them aren’t.
There is an orders of magnitude difference in anti-consumerism and bad practices between Nintendo, Activision, and EA vs Valve.