frazw

@frazw@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a fan of GabeN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand now. You are using the general definition of support so we are taking about different things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a fan of GabeN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes Discover is part of the Linux distro, not the valve added value. It is by virtue of their choice to base on an established Linux rather than anything. Again lutris and heroic both support steam deck not the other way around.

  But none of this changes my original point. Valve wasn’t you to use the steam store. The stream deck is a tool to get you to do that. You are free to bypass because they don’t stop you, but they are willing to take a loss on hardware because they know it means more sales on the steam store. Or they wouldn’t be here much longer.

  You seem to think if I were to write an app for Windows and release it tomorrow that it means Microsoft support my app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a fan of GabeN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Never said it was locked. But being locked or unlocked doesn’t change the motivation and is irrelevant to my point. The more people on the steam ecosystem, the better for them. It is far easier to use steam on the steam deck than any of the options you put forward. Even so, not preventing their use means people are more likely to buy the steam deck, which in turn means they are more likely to use steam as their primary store.

  Epic, etc are not a default and at the beginning were not easy to get working.

  Oh and you got it the wrong. Those things support the steam deck (usually via third party hacks), the steam deck doesn’t support them, it you would be able to install them from the steam store with tight integration into the library by default. It just doesn’t prevent them. That is a BIG difference. But yes, doing similar things on other hardware might not be possible or at least as easy. I’m grateful their are so many enthusiasts out there making such things possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a fan of GabeN⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Sells hardware at a loss to hook you into the steam ecosystem and make more money by selling you software” FTFY

  Don’t get me wrong, as companies go I like valve, but to say they aren’t making decisions based on making more money and just out of altruistic motives is madness. Businesses that aren’t healthy and competitive die, even if they have rabid fans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I approve⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I would say "more like was wolf " Makes the same point without explaining even if it sounds a little clunky.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Confirmed: Starmer knew about Mandelson's 'Yum Yum' Epstein messages when he defended him at PMQs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I expect he thought it was showing strength to support one’s colleagues.

  Instead he showed weakness. Strength would be to act first and expel him before the story broke. Of course innocent until proven guilty should stand, but there would be nothing wrong with saying something like “I’ve known him for a long time and always found him to be a trustworthy individual and am not personally aware of any wrongdoing. However, such allegations must be taken seriously and fully investigated. If it turns out that the right honourable gentleman has been involved in anything untoward, the British government will remove him from his post and I personally will be very disappointed and surprised but the integrity of the government and it’s officials is of the utmost importance.”

  …but only if he didn’t already have the answers.

  Why can politicians not just operate in good faith and for the best interests of the electorate. It seems we never get politicians who truly care about making life better for the average person and act according to their conscience. We only get politicians who play games and cover for each other while enriching themselves by pandering to business and the rich, as they engage in fraud and crimes that the rest of us would serve time for but they get a slap on the wrist simply because just by being a politician, they earn the trust of the establishment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Klarna CEO says AI helped company shrink workforce by 40%⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It may have helped them shrink the workforce by convincing them to do it, but that does not also mean that it was a positive and permanent action.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American Truck Simulator is adding a road trip mode where you drive different vehicles, 'say, a powerful pickup or even a sports car'⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Will it stimulate the downturn in shipping demand by making it harder to get work as the USA pushes itself and the rest of the world into recession.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You know I can’t help but think of the movie trope where someone walks into a room holding a grenade threatening to kill everyone including themselves just to get what they want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  According to a post I found on that shitty alien site, An AAA game has to sell 10 million copies to break even around 6 months ago. That means at $70 dollars each. They can cost $700 million to make, market and distribute. The money has to typically be recouped within a certain time frame to keep the lights on and invest in the next 700 mil project. The successful games also have to carry the weight of the failures too, so you probably aren’t getting that bad a deal.

  I’m not saying the price isn’t inflated, just that it can cost a lot more than you might think to make this stuff, and it’s all on a gamble that it will sell.

  I remember buying mortal kombat ii on the megadrive/genesis with saved up pocket money for £45 ($58). That was in 1994, I think I maxed out at about 10 games. I’m seeing assassins creed shadows on the xbox at £56.99 ($74) today (ignoring online digital shops because they didn’t exist in 1994.) So in 31 years inflation on the price of a premium video game has been 0.75% annually vs 2.5% for all goods and that has resulted in a small 20% increase in the price over 30 years.

  Closest link I could find to back up the inflation rate. If games increased in price Inline with inflation, they’d cost about £96 ($123) today.

  Games have always been expensive, but less so now than 30 years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks continues to be terrible⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m never said he should. I’m saying I understand why he did. I would not do the same thing in his position.

  Remember most CEO’s are psychopaths so they are not very concerned with the impact on the people they fire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks continues to be terrible⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Since I’m sitting negative I should clarify that I do not think the actions are moral. Only that he is incentivized to do things like this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I the only one?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope that should have said “…so far”. Did he survive 101 days?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks continues to be terrible⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean he has been rewarded for making the line go up. Part of making the line go up is reducing overheads. So he is being directly rewarded for actions like firing 1000+ employees. So is it a surprise?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨low iq in love with high iq person, is that bad??⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just be yourself and let him decide if he loves you. Don’t decide for him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you can smell something, part of it is airborne. Pretty sure I know what peanuts smell like.

  I’ve been on a lot of flights and never been served peanuts since the 90s. I was under the impression they did not serve peanuts on flights any more but those stories you linked say otherwise, but of course you can’t stop people bringing their own.

  I think you have to speak to a doctor and maybe see what the options are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We've increased our subscription from $9.99 to $29.99 a month⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You might be thinking of upload? Digital afterlife where premium users get to experience everything normally and when you run out of money your bandwidth is limited.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you getting read for Valentine's Day?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or is he just casting a wide net…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This will be unpopular but I have found Marijuana users to be extremely biased against any negatives raised about the drug and conversely very biased towards accepting anything positive. Because of this and the fact that psychosis is rare, i.e. not the typical experience, the answer you are mostly likely to get here is that Marijuana doesn’t cause it. You can only trust their personal “had it or didn’t have it” but not what they say about never seeing it in others.

  Imagine that it causes psychosis in 1 in 1000 users (I don’t know the real ratio this is just for example). That would mean, based on personal experience alone, you would get 999 answers saying it’s totally fine, and 1 saying it causes psychosis. You walk away thinking it’s safe when maybe for you, it’s not. Even if it was 1 in 10 you’d probably still think the consensus is that it’s safe the 1 saying its not is going against the consensus so must have an agenda. Not what if the rate in the general population is 1 in 1,000,000 but the rate for people with a family history of mental illness is 1 in 3? Both can be true but which is the one that matters to you? Here you’d only be finding the 1 in a million number when you really want to know the one in 3 number.

  Things like this are not about opinions they are about statistics. As someone else said, don’t ask social media for medical matters, science is not about consensus it’s about evidence. The laws of physics don’t change based on how many people believe something.

  Many comments here are the equivalent of saying “I’ve never seen a car crash so they must be made up, it’s just fear mongering by the auto industry to put useless air bags and seat belts in the car to charge you more”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"The American experiment endures," Biden said. "We're going to be OK."⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do people insist on saying “The American experiment”??

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New RoboCop TV series has James Wan as executive producer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d buy that for a dollar

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon needs viewers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Better hope you don’t have a small dick, or you’ll tick all the terrorist profile markers and be in jail before you know it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon falls in love⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah didn’t realise you deleted it. It was in my inbox in sync and I replied directly there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon falls in love⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Reading lips is a visual representation of a sound. A teacher teaching you to read lips is only the relationship between two visual representations. Written word and moving lips. I think my point stands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon falls in love⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  How could you possibly know what a visual representation of a sound sounds like if you’ve never had the relationship between the two pointed out to you??

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a good samaritan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “I SAVED YOUR LIFE !”

  “You ruined my death”

  Incredible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wise words⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Just because you don’t like her music doesn’t mean it’s mediocre or that you are somehow more evolved. When it comes to personal taste, how do you decide who’s opinion is the right one - like you have taken it upon yourself to do and gate keep ‘good’ music. Her music is undeniably popular and all of those people who like it would disagree with you about it being mediocre. So what makes you right and them wrong? There is no objectivity when it comes to things like music, only subjectivity.

  Before you jump on me and label be a Taylor Swift fan, the big reveal is, I’m not. I have no problem with you saying “I think her music is mediocre” but that is different to saying " her music is mediocre" the former is an opinion, the latter is trying to paint an opinion as a fact.

  This comment will probably not be received well simply because so many people seem to dislike Taylor Swift on here and will miss my point. Take swift is irrelevant to my point, sub in any band or artist if you need to understand that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An informative martial arts infographic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  He did a follow up study in 1998 co-authored by some people he met at a bus stop which confirmed these results. hoo cha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon watches LOTR⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  To me, modern says more about the techniques and methods used. In that respect, not much has changed even though 25 years has passed. Even stylistically it is more similar to a current film than one filmed 25 years before its release, i.e. mid 1970s. As someone else said, contemporary is a better word for describing its age than modern.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon watches LOTR⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They need to shoulder bump too, otherwise they could just be former colleagues or perhaps two men who met for the first time yesterday.