Appoxo
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Usually a lurker. If you want to talk to me you can usually find me of Discord.
- Comment on For security reasons 5 days ago:
Can be automated. Creating a new e-mail account is more annoying.
- Comment on This shit makes me want to murder, some times 2 weeks ago:
When I shop stuff on yahoo.jp I get blocked by Google due to the VPN I utilize to connect to Japan.
At least Google allowed me to still access it.
But I use a free VPN so whatever. - Comment on Nintendo DMCAs Yuzu forks on GitHub 2 weeks ago:
Should I be the one mentioning that Steam integrated friend codes?
ImageAnd it’s not an old feature…
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
You just called a woman
Gender doesnt matter right now. You could be an alien for what I care.
with a master’s degree in a STEM field, dumb.
In that case you are a professional educated type of dumb ;)
In Germany we have the saying “Fachidiot”. Doesnt really apply here but the term is funny. - Comment on What happens when every time your browser sends data to a tracker it makes a beep sound? 3 weeks ago:
8? My subsciption tab is about 2h open and collected 619 blocks. Ridiculous.
- Comment on What happens when every time your browser sends data to a tracker it makes a beep sound? 3 weeks ago:
Probably majority piracy sites because considering my habits I hit a combined count of a 1 year old desktop browser + 1½ year old mobile browser 993k in total. And I am online for an unhealthy amount already.
- Comment on What happens when every time your browser sends data to a tracker it makes a beep sound? 3 weeks ago:
Where are you all browsing? My PC is about 1 year old and in all it’s lifetimeshas seen 700k blocks.
Now mind you I am browsing a fair bit mobile and watch YT on my TV but even with mobile firefox + ublock combined it’s 993k in total. - Comment on What happens when every time your browser sends data to a tracker it makes a beep sound? 3 weeks ago:
Iwould love a comparison to the old web and with an ad blocker.
- Comment on LittleBigPlanet 3 Servers Are Officially Shut Down Indefinitely, Sony Confirms 3 weeks ago:
But it does for proprietary code.
- Comment on Thanks AT&T! 4 weeks ago:
Depending on the calculation the phone + plan can be cheaper than just the phone and just the plan
- Comment on Thanks AT&T! 4 weeks ago:
Then why do our ISPs in Germany at best just need our contract confirmation and maybe a SEPA entry?
Even my bank I opened an account with just wanted to get my tax-id and my ID-number (wich changes with every re-issue).
- Comment on Am I the only one who's "shorts" feed is all basically softcore porn? 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, I have seen some channels reuploading a shorter version of their videos as teasers or a vertical version.
Those absolutely can be skipped without missing anything. - Comment on Am I the only one who's "shorts" feed is all basically softcore porn? 5 weeks ago:
Dunno what you are subbing to or your interests but mine are almost always sciency (chemistry/physics), engineering, tech, gaming, IT or comedy related.
- Comment on Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100 5 weeks ago:
And Hitman
- Comment on Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100 5 weeks ago:
Wheres 69 then?
- Comment on Steam is a ticking time bomb 5 weeks ago:
Agreed.
Them withholding a game makes me not consider them in the future. I’d rather pirate it if they were to keep withholding it.But I “allowing” them to withhold 1st party games (or studios they aquire like Psyonix) from 3rd party stores. Same goes for Valve, EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard and Microsoft.
They did the work and sure are entitled to keep it. It may not be in the interested of the consumer to have the need to install yet another launcher but it’s fine.
Them buying up 3rd party releases are what I have issues with - Comment on Steam is a ticking time bomb 5 weeks ago:
Epic could compete. But I believe they did their approach too forcefully.
I personally refuse to use EGS because I don’t like how they approached the market by starting this exclusive war on PC. I wished they kept that to consoles only. If they did a co-release on both Steam and EGS but offer a consistent 10€ discount compared to Steam I’d be more open to it instead.
This in addition to Tencent (and by that extent the chinese gov) have a ~40% of shares of the company. That’s a considerable amount of foothold. And I vote with my wallet by not giving them more of my data.
I have to mention though, that I have an EpicGames account and have played Fortnight as well as use and play UE-games and tried out the UE-engine. But I have the option in life to not give them more. - Comment on Steam is a ticking time bomb 5 weeks ago:
If you market your game better it can “survive” outside of steam as well. I didn’t hear about Ready or Not having funding issues. They didn’t even announce a Steam release when they started their funding campaign.
It may result in less sales because users have to download and update the game manually. Can’t deny that assumption but it’s not a mandatory thing to publish on steam… - Comment on Steam is a ticking time bomb 5 weeks ago:
Not like any other app store does take 30% except for some high volume games/publishers.
Apple does the same. Hell they seem to have custom rules for each of the app devs (according to Linus and Luke from LTT: I believe this clip contains most of it.
They recently talked about it again. Essentially they developed the app payment like Netflix. Apple said “No, that’s against our rules” and refused the submission of the update. Meanwhile Netflix supposedly still had the same communication for a long time.)Same goes with Google and probably a number of other external stores.
Amazon seems to take up to 20% depending on the item (Source: sell.amazon.com/pricing.At least Steam does provide a forum, community features and the update framework and infrastructure.
Personally I would be happy to take the offering over maybe needing to host and maintain the tech stack myself. Now mind you, maybe some other dev would rather do it themself and maybe wish to opt-out of the ecosystem. That is totally valid.(Warning/Disclaimer: I only heard about that. I do not have first hand experience!) Apple for example takes a percentage for processing a payment and offers an invoicing system. Some may like that. Others could maybe negotiate a better deal with another provider and maybe even offer tools that integrate better with their existing accounting and ERP software.
- Comment on I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot. 1 month ago:
Probably local/system services on the app when the SIM is activated (like it’s with sim locked phones)
- Comment on Lemmy's Image Problem 1 month ago:
We saw what happend with that when imgur and a gif hoster (forgot the name) decided that the free loaders are occupying too much space.
Suddenly the archival troops backed several TBs from imgur.
- Comment on Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down 2 months ago:
Maybe in NL.
On my bike commute (about 4km one-way) lightly down hill I can easily reach 30km/h.
Uphill the same route (depending on how fit I am) I can more or less pull 25km/h through.Though I am not in a busy city. I would probably get killed with the way I am driving where I live.
- Comment on Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down 2 months ago:
I can easily ride my bike at 25-30km/h on flat even surface.
Light hills are more difficult on the long run but I can probably manage 20km/h. - Comment on Plastic tea bags 2 months ago:
Buy loose tea and tea bags.
Test tea bags by burning them. No residue? They should be free of plastics. - Comment on What games do you recommend to play with a girlfriend 2 months ago:
Civ6?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Anecdote from a relative of mine after changing from their previous unit to another after some incidents of bullying from their superior:
The relative was a well known person and often tells of situation when doctors and senior doctors with degrees came to my relative (a regular but experienced nurse) for advice.
As the relative was well known and also had a reputation it was probably less hard to build more connections (which are king).This obviously heavily depends on the work place and co-workers. If your place is more hostile even a good competent reputation wont help you.
- Comment on What I'm paying to find out I don't have breast cancer. I have insurance. (Ultrasound and mammogram in the USA) 3 months ago:
*Best for them :p
- Comment on Cities: Skylines 2 developers have noticed 'a growing tendency of toxicity in our community' 3 months ago:
Regarding specs:
Even youtube creators supposedly had trouble (at times) running it at a consistent framerate.Not that I had it when I bought it…It ran fine at 1440p ultra wide and (afaik) medium/high settings.
- Comment on My country/city has a new COVID wave. I got infected for the third time. 3 months ago:
Not once here (officially)
- Comment on Weather has stopped making sense. 3 months ago:
Same here.