Quoting: tarmo888It's amusing that all the blockchain/NFT haters are already yelling "scam", but they aren't even accepting payments yet. Who exactly is getting scammed?

Investors.

As for "NFT haters", I think you mean "normal people". Nothing wrong with blockchain per se, but it's most commonly associated with burning the planet via proof of work, and it'll take a long time to shift perception on that.

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Quoting: SpurlosI wonder if every bit will fail in the right place for the OS like Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to get it working, or people who are stuck with LTS releases would have to wait for another two years to get everything in the main repos?

I'm afraid this is too late for 24.04 - maybe for 24.10?

It'll probably make 24.10, but the damage will be done in terms of LTS support. That's the biggest drawback of the LTS approach, although I was a big advocate until a couple of years ago. The stability was epic, and you still got decent updates through PPA updates. But not all the shiny updates, sadly. Maybe they'll backport, but it's more likely to go on hold, at least until they do that HWE update thing they pitch every year or so.

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One of the last games I ever bought for my Spectrum was called Fat Worm Blows a Sparky. Nope, nothing to do with the article, or Linux. Just putting it out there.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyWell, I wishlisted it, and downloaded the demo, and went to play it, and it said I should use a controller. I don't have one so I guess I'm not going to get the game when it comes out.

Yeah, it's literally just movement. Arrow keys would work. I did use my Dualsense personally though - I don't remember the game telling me to use a controller, but Steam itself did (you can disable that prompt if you want).

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Quoting: simonschreibtThe good thing abount my game: It's short! So it will be easy to finish in 2-4h (including all achievements) and feel the satisfaction of getting something off the pile of shame. :)

I noticed the run ending after 10 minutes and I was like "nooooo! I'm so adorably powerful now!!!!", but in hindsight, the shorter run is great for pick-up-and-play moments. Very satisfying to play, especially those final two minutes when the big enemies starting literally pouring towards you. Really enjoyed this.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyWow, that's just adorably violent.

Big Brotato-vibes. Space-tato! I'll be picking this up when it's out. Looks awesome. Just hope I remember... I'll wishlist it, but my wishlist is, well, goddam, it's big.

[Edit - played the demo today and yep, this is awesome. Not only do the movement and shooting feel great, and the upgrades familiar and fun, but the whole theme is just immensely wholesome. Definite insta-buy on release]

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Quoting: benstor214*The necessity to make subtitles hardcoded in YT shorts is a direct consequence of the enshittification[1] of YT... but that is another story.

Not really a YT thing - you can blame Tiktok and Insta for that style of caption. YT's captions solve this issue, although not sure if there is caption support in YT-Shorts.

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Quoting: Kirbyi'm going to stop playing games at this point, i refuse to be a microsoft laboratory rat just to play battlefield

You should definitely stop playing EA's games. Plenty of excellent alternatives still out there.

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Quoting: Genesis198Yeah it's this exact type of bs that made me sell my steam deck and get an ally and never look back,

This sounds angry, but perhaps at the wrong people. You're right, it is bs, but I prefer to tell EA to ram their bs, than be angry at Linux for being different from MS and not having the same anti-cheat options. EA made an explicit choice here, to exclude Linux/SteamDeck customers, even existing customers. It isn't the first time EA have flicked a finger at Valve - it's only recently that they caved on their origin-only stance and came crawling back to steam, so it's probably no surprise to see scummy moves like this from them.

I guess I can take the high road because I recognised EA for the dross it is back in the early 2010's and barely bought anything they touched for over a decade. Titanfall 2 is the primary exception. That was released in 2016, so it's real mystery why we don't have Titanfall 10 by now. I also picked up Mass Effect, mainly for sentimental reasons. Anything else I own has been through Humble Choice, so hey ho. Nothing lost there.

Fam this move is not about linux. It's just about EA implementing anticheat solutions they deem as "better" and "their own" into their games. I'm pretty sure Linux isn't even a consideration for them.

Their motivation might not be particularly driven by Linux, but this is very much about Linux, clearly. Valve sell a Linux-based console, and EA have just cut those consoles off from their games.

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Quoting: Genesis198Yeah it's this exact type of bs that made me sell my steam deck and get an ally and never look back,

This sounds angry, but perhaps at the wrong people. You're right, it is bs, but I prefer to tell EA to ram their bs, than be angry at Linux for being different from MS and not having the same anti-cheat options. EA made an explicit choice here, to exclude Linux/SteamDeck customers, even existing customers. It isn't the first time EA have flicked a finger at Valve - it's only recently that they caved on their origin-only stance and came crawling back to steam, so it's probably no surprise to see scummy moves like this from them.

I guess I can take the high road because I recognised EA for the dross it is back in the early 2010's and barely bought anything they touched for over a decade. Titanfall 2 is the primary exception. That was released in 2016, so it's real mystery why we don't have Titanfall 10 by now. I also picked up Mass Effect, mainly for sentimental reasons. Anything else I own has been through Humble Choice, so hey ho. Nothing lost there.

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