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Quoting: LoudTechieYour boss can't fire you any moment he likes, yet you still fear his power.
The same is true for politicians.

Actually, here in Canada, your boss CAN fire you any moment he likes. I know as I used to be a business owner and employer. There is a whole list of government-proscribed reasons why you cannot be fired (race, gender, theft without proof, layoff if he rehires, etc.) but your boss can still fire you without providing any reason at all.

Where politicians are concerned, unless they commit a crime, they are safe until the next election which gives them a safety net that relies on the voter's notoriously short memory. The party system doesn't help, because voters sometimes overlook individual foibles in favor of their preferred political party. So politicians have a lot less to fear from their "employers" (the voters).

Myself, where politicians are concerned, I don't have a short memory.

Okay, my boss can't fire me any moment he likes and I still fear his power(since firing someone after their introduction period, without a government whitelisted reason and proof is illegal).
That's crazy.

I don't know where you live but in most places your boss CAN fire you anytime they please

I'm uncomfortable revealing on a public forum my exact nation, but I will point out that according to Article 30 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European union every worker has the right to protection against unjustified dismissal.
This is enforced through a mix of collective bargaining agreements, national law, local rules, subsidized rights groups and EU law.

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Quoting: tohurI don't know where you live but in most places your boss CAN fire you anytime they please

Germany here. We have a "Kündigungsschutzgesetz" (Dismissal Protection Act). You need to have actual objective reasons, and these are limited to reason in behaviour, reason in person and urgent reasons due to "urgent operational reasons" of the company. The employee can fight the dismissal in court. (My wild guess is that the usual result of a successful trial, at least in smaller companys, would be money, not continuing to work for someone who doesn't want you.)

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Quoting: LoudTechieYour boss can't fire you any moment he likes, yet you still fear his power.
The same is true for politicians.

Actually, here in Canada, your boss CAN fire you any moment he likes. I know as I used to be a business owner and employer. There is a whole list of government-proscribed reasons why you cannot be fired (race, gender, theft without proof, layoff if he rehires, etc.) but your boss can still fire you without providing any reason at all.

Where politicians are concerned, unless they commit a crime, they are safe until the next election which gives them a safety net that relies on the voter's notoriously short memory. The party system doesn't help, because voters sometimes overlook individual foibles in favor of their preferred political party. So politicians have a lot less to fear from their "employers" (the voters).

Myself, where politicians are concerned, I don't have a short memory.

Okay, my boss can't fire me any moment he likes and I still fear his power(since firing someone after their introduction period, without a government whitelisted reason and proof is illegal).
That's crazy.

I don't know where you live but in most places your boss CAN fire you anytime they please

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Quoting: scorp10n2000Meh... We NEED a singel player Alien action game!(and a good Alien movie) Not more pvp garbage!

This is PvE. It's a co-op game - you and your team vs the horde. I played quite a lot of the first game single-player. The bots were a bit meh, but it's still fun, and captures the alien-franchise atmosphere very well.

Also, there's a new Alien Isolation in the works, if you prefer a story-driven single-player experience.

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Quoting: LoudTechieYour boss can't fire you any moment he likes, yet you still fear his power.
The same is true for politicians.

Actually, here in Canada, your boss CAN fire you any moment he likes. I know as I used to be a business owner and employer. There is a whole list of government-proscribed reasons why you cannot be fired (race, gender, theft without proof, layoff if he rehires, etc.) but your boss can still fire you without providing any reason at all.

Where politicians are concerned, unless they commit a crime, they are safe until the next election which gives them a safety net that relies on the voter's notoriously short memory. The party system doesn't help, because voters sometimes overlook individual foibles in favor of their preferred political party. So politicians have a lot less to fear from their "employers" (the voters).

Myself, where politicians are concerned, I don't have a short memory.

Okay, my boss can't fire me any moment he likes and I still fear his power(since firing someone after their introduction period, without a government whitelisted reason and proof is illegal).
That's crazy.

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Quoting: LoudTechieTor-browser and if I remember correctly firefox have their own download folder sandboxing.

Regarding Firefox, not to my knowledge. On my systems, Firefox defaults to my Download folder. No sandboxing that I'm aware of -- unless this is a feature I have to enable.

Yeah it should default to your download folder, but can you look beyond it. Can you work in your document folder.
Tor-browser maintains its own seperate folder, but I thought firefox limited itself to only the download folder.
Based on what you said I would assume the answer is no, but I still wanted to clarify what I meant.

By default, Firefox automatically places all downloads in the Download folder but I can go into settings and choose a toggle that lets me choose whatever folder I want to download to, on the fly - Documents, Music, Videos, other drives or any combination of subfolder.

Now, on Android however, I am definitely sandboxed to the system's Download folder. It cannot even maintain a virtual Download folder on the SD card (unlike Vivaldi and Chrome).

thnx, than firefox isn't sandboxed on linux.

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I love these. They're working on Wii image compatibility, so I'll be able to use my own soon, hopefully.

I know "it's complicated", but it baffles me that there isn't a way for big business to have a small team doing just that with their own IP. If Nintendo released these, even if not as polished, but under some "ok, you get this" term (that I'm sure everyone will complain about), that'd be awesome.

Thankfully, people are doing it. And from what I've seen, there's a lot of care in this.

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I'm so happy about this, Twilight Princess is the zelda game from my childhood. Being able to play it natively on PC with QOL additions is great!

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Isn't 12 enough now?! At this point why not give us a launcher with all the games in one that work as free DLC for it if you own the pack it's from?!

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Meh... We NEED a singel player Alien action game!(and a good Alien movie) Not more pvp garbage!

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Quoting: mrdeathjrIn my case this d7vk still running

😀

Gotta ask. What game is it that you featured in your picture?

added to main post, game name is anno 1503

😀

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Quoting: JarmerI SOOOOO wish I didn't suck absolutely terribly at these style of games :( I was having a blast in CrossCode until the difficulty wall (and by that I mean I just am HORRIBLE at this style of combat) slammed me in the face at one of the bosses and I tried like 20 times and couldn't even make a dent and just gave up entirely. I think this dev is awesome though, and for fans I couldn't be more excited for them!

Crosscode had a good difficulty system that you could tinker with at any time. I used it on one of the bosses, and that made the whole experience a lot more fun.

Hopefully they expand on that concept here. I didn't really look in the demo if they did.

Yeah, CrossCode is an excellent example of how to do adjustable difficulty. It's not just a few preset levels, you can independently adjust several different values both for combat and puzzle-solving (like how fast things moved in puzzles, affecting how much time you had to pull off different moves). I was able to make to it through the entire game + A New Home DLC on the default difficulty, until I finally had to lower the combat difficulty for the final final boss battle. Hopefully Alabaster Dawn retains that system (I also haven't checked in the demo).

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Quoting: LoudTechieYour boss can't fire you any moment he likes, yet you still fear his power.
The same is true for politicians.

Actually, here in Canada, your boss CAN fire you any moment he likes. I know as I used to be a business owner and employer. There is a whole list of government-proscribed reasons why you cannot be fired (race, gender, theft without proof, layoff if he rehires, etc.) but your boss can still fire you without providing any reason at all.

Where politicians are concerned, unless they commit a crime, they are safe until the next election which gives them a safety net that relies on the voter's notoriously short memory. The party system doesn't help, because voters sometimes overlook individual foibles in favor of their preferred political party. So politicians have a lot less to fear from their "employers" (the voters).

Myself, where politicians are concerned, I don't have a short memory.

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Quoting: mrdeathjrIn my case this d7vk still running

😀

Gotta ask. What game is it that you featured in your picture?

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[Dragonkin: The Banished on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1863430/Dragonkin_The_Banished/)

A lot of reviewers compared it favorably to Grim Dawn and Titan Quest. High praise, indeed.

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Quoting: JarmerI SOOOOO wish I didn't suck absolutely terribly at these style of games :( I was having a blast in CrossCode until the difficulty wall (and by that I mean I just am HORRIBLE at this style of combat) slammed me in the face at one of the bosses and I tried like 20 times and couldn't even make a dent and just gave up entirely. I think this dev is awesome though, and for fans I couldn't be more excited for them!

I had that experience with Nox (by Westwood Studios). Same thing with Arco. I love the games, they're fun to play but the bosses are almost impossible to get past. Ruins the immersion for me.

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Quoting: LoudTechieTor-browser and if I remember correctly firefox have their own download folder sandboxing.

Regarding Firefox, not to my knowledge. On my systems, Firefox defaults to my Download folder. No sandboxing that I'm aware of -- unless this is a feature I have to enable.

Yeah it should default to your download folder, but can you look beyond it. Can you work in your document folder.
Tor-browser maintains its own seperate folder, but I thought firefox limited itself to only the download folder.
Based on what you said I would assume the answer is no, but I still wanted to clarify what I meant.

By default, Firefox automatically places all downloads in the Download folder but I can go into settings and choose a toggle that lets me choose whatever folder I want to download to, on the fly - Documents, Music, Videos, other drives or any combination of subfolder.

Now, on Android however, I am definitely sandboxed to the system's Download folder. It cannot even maintain a virtual Download folder on the SD card (unlike Vivaldi and Chrome).

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Quoting: JarmerI SOOOOO wish I didn't suck absolutely terribly at these style of games :( I was having a blast in CrossCode until the difficulty wall (and by that I mean I just am HORRIBLE at this style of combat) slammed me in the face at one of the bosses and I tried like 20 times and couldn't even make a dent and just gave up entirely. I think this dev is awesome though, and for fans I couldn't be more excited for them!

Crosscode had a good difficulty system that you could tinker with at any time. I used it on one of the bosses, and that made the whole experience a lot more fun.

Hopefully they expand on that concept here. I didn't really look in the demo if they did.

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Quoting: Jarmeryall checked out Dragonkin? ITS SO GOOD. Seriously, if you like argps, this is a hidden gem.

I like 3rd person ARPGs much more in general, but I really love hyper-complex skill systems I can tinker with. The main reason I play(ed) POE. How complex is Dragonkin skill system in comparison?

oh man. GIVE THIS A TRY. It's got a very unique skill system I've never seen in any other arpg ever. You use a hexagonal grid to place skill tokens, and some skills have modifiers, others don't. Sometimes you can get modifiers that are totally free. Then whatever it TOUCHING that active skill gets modified by it. Then add in that pet skills can be triggered by active or passive mods, AND by whatever is touching it. Then the skills and mods themselves can drop all over the world from mobs, OR you can craft / buy them in the town. It's also cool that you slowly build up your town and unlock more and more things in it.

I ALSO love that it was developed as a completely offline single player experience first, and then added in multiplayer later. So I play in a completely offline city / world all by myself and there's no online servers or anything. LOVE.

Here's an image of the skill system (ancestral grid) ...

https://p.kagi.com/proxy/dragonkin-the-banished-2.jpg?c=zvju-pRNZnmO3WzmYU_ek-h4f1c4q02Yrqx6EG69Ti3WRy5qdsNeVTPHDPWYxIvRyp_42yt4TuGj-ndbywarRaly30Jck80rIrpe-NorM22aQvWx6vwqSOMD05XuQy7L

This system can be a turn on / turn off depending on the type of player. For players who just want to click and unlock a skill like in Grim Dawn for instance, this system will be insanely frustrating because it is SO complex. For people like you and I, it's amazing and wonderful.

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider DX12 is now playable with this new version of VKD3D! (previously it was suffering from heavy rendering glitches)
+1 for Linux gaming!👍

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Played all day with the Steam Controller. I can say it's the best controller I've ever used.

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Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: Caldathras

Quoting: LoudTechieTor-browser and if I remember correctly firefox have their own download folder sandboxing.

Regarding Firefox, not to my knowledge. On my systems, Firefox defaults to my Download folder. No sandboxing that I'm aware of -- unless this is a feature I have to enable.

Yeah it should default to your download folder, but can you look beyond it. Can you work in your document folder.
Tor-browser maintains its own seperate folder, but I thought firefox limited itself to only the download folder.
Based on what you said I would assume the answer is no, but I still wanted to clarify what I meant.

Problem here though is that sandboxing will not protect against this. Sandboxing protects against malicious userspace or userspace code with open exploits in them IF and only IF there also are no privilege escalation vulnerability in the running kernel.

That's exactly my point.
The comment I reacted to questioned whether this exploit is even usefull for compromising consumer devices, because when you have user access, you have full access to all the data.
I showed these examples to show that even on consumer devices root is helpfull.

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I will easily sound unpopular, but I don’t think it is a good strategy. It doesn't matter if the “Protect the children” statement is genuine or pure gaslighting. What counts is that it is an easy win for politicians, and if SKG ties up against age verification laws, the risk is that it could lose support of those politicians who have expressed their interest in it.

Think about it: SKG could risk to be ruled out by those politicians who are endorsing the Online Safety initiatives. If these MEPs are put in the position to choose between “Protect the Games” or “Protect the Children”, there is no way they will choose the former, because the latter is an easier reputational win.

It’s a matter of strategy: you should take a little battle at time, because the moment you are clubbing battles together, you are just increasing the probability of losing all of them together.

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Gothic fixes, yay.

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Quoting: rustynail

Quoting: The_Real_BittermanThere are people not using the official flatpak? Geez ...

It's actually news to me, I think last time I checked it still wasn't official, and it had a bunch of issues like shipping an old version of discord for months because the current one used a version of electron that broke something. And of course they had to use some weird hack to make an old version work with current servers.

Then it wasn't the official flat, yes. But it is official since a long time now. I bet there was even an article her on GoL abut it.

Yep, here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/discord-for-linux-gets-flathub-verified/ 3 years ago

It's verified but it's not official. Here: https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.Discord/issues/343

Just because it's verified it doesn't mean that Discord is actually the ones developing/packaging it and, as a result, the flatpak has issues. There's a reason the flatpak isn't linked anywhere on the official discord website.

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Quoting: Jarmeryall checked out Dragonkin? ITS SO GOOD. Seriously, if you like argps, this is a hidden gem.

I like 3rd person ARPGs much more in general, but I really love hyper-complex skill systems I can tinker with. The main reason I play(ed) POE. How complex is Dragonkin skill system in comparison?

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I SOOOOO wish I didn't suck absolutely terribly at these style of games :( I was having a blast in CrossCode until the difficulty wall (and by that I mean I just am HORRIBLE at this style of combat) slammed me in the face at one of the bosses and I tried like 20 times and couldn't even make a dent and just gave up entirely. I think this dev is awesome though, and for fans I couldn't be more excited for them!

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yall checked out Dragonkin? ITS SO GOOD. Seriously, if you like argps, this is a hidden gem. I'm having a blast minigaming my little hexagons of active powers and trying to make my pet powers get stronger as I chain lightning everything in sight to death.

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Quoting: PhlebiacAlways amusing to see blood splatter animations when striking skeletons. Where does it come from, the sword? 🤣

They should be dust/grey color obviously. Not sure if the developer is doing it for lol's or just lazy. lol

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I absolutely LOVED the first game, and especially that it was geared around 3 players - I only have two regular online pals, so the 3P games are a treat (e.g. Space Marine 2). So, I'm a bit concerned they've upped it to four. That usually means it's scaled to 4P, and we'll play at a penalty, or they'll throw a near-useless bot into your team to pad it out.

It was a great reveal in the trailer though. Very nicely done!

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