Cocodapuf @ Cocodapuf @lemmy.world

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This is... A whole lot of games.

I did love tunic, fantastic game, easily worth that price on its own.

I've never played cook serve delicious, but it's been on my radar. I'll have to give this a shot. Heh, there are some tabletop games and rulesets on this list, could be some hidden gems in there. Honestly, this is a big enough bundle to be worth just buying on principle, and sorting it out later. So what if I don't end up playing 400 of these titles, if I end up liking 10, that's a fabulous deal, and all for charity!

There's another union of states right here on our northern border...

It's there like an application form to fill out? Do I need to write it up in French as well?

But they are talking about the free world, the whole free world.

And just to be clear "free world" is not a synonym for the USA, it means democratic countries in general.

By saying "the free world needs a new leader", what they mean is, the US can't be in charge any more, because they aren't part of the free world right now. So that's the situation, they're going to have to step up and focus on more than just Europe.

Yeah, it makes me think of Blizzard, now Activision Blizzard.

For decades Blizzard was a shining star, it had literally never made a bad game. They famously released games "when they're done", rather than just in time for Christmas. As a result, they had a perfect, spotless record of releasing only top quality, genre defining games that players nearly universally loved. But that streak ended with Diablo 3 in 2012, it was their first major release since Blizzard was purchased by Activision in 2008. For the first time their release was controversial and the game just wasn't fun (in its current form).

I remember it actually made me very sad at the time, it felt like the end of an era. It also made me worry about the other PC gaming golden child, Valve.

Why do people keep trying to do this? The fact is, you can't beat good encryption and you can't beat the Internet.

As soon as a country outlaws an app like this, users will simply not be able to download it "officially". They'll have to set up an Internet proxy or vpn, and then download it... It may take an extra 10 minutes to install.

They can't block this... So why try?

Ok, should I know who framework is? I've been a PC gamer since forever and I've never heard of this company.

Thanks, I missed that

Unless you’re coding from scratch it’s hard to not do this with any modern framework.

I think that word modern is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

A lot of systems simply aren't modern. There's always that mentality of "well, it's been working for the last 12 years, let's not mess with it now", despite all the valid objections like "but it's running on Windows2000” or "it's a data breach waiting to happen"...

Hey, that's not a bad name...

Yeah, I expect all that money will be spent on damage control.

The brand seems to be "Tricklestar" (I have to admit I've never even heard of the brand, but it's been working for years now).

Ok, but none of that is what you said. So this is nonsense.

I don't deny the utility of a smartphone or PCs for that matter. My issue is with framing a techology device as a sort of metaphysical source of "liberty" and "empowerment". Any tool can be used for bad or for good, it's all up to us. There are pro/cons to digital hardware and services.

Hmm, that's kinda interesting. I mean, I wonder what your definition of personal empowerment is? Like, to me if a tool isn't the perfect example of empowerment, then I didn't know what is. Like, on a desert island, once you have a blade, you can start to build yourself a shelter, etc. The blade can certainly be used for ill pursuits, but isn't it still empowering? Hell, isn't giving you the option of using it for evil also empowering? (Albeit empowering you to commit evil)

But I do see what you mean, the smartphone is a double edged sword. It's easy to see all the ways that it did not change society for the better.

Also, I like your analogy to industrialization, spot on.

The love story in the movie "Her" is even more impressive. It's impressive because it's not even a robot, it's just an AI voice and yet the love story is still compelling. And it also asks bigger questions, sure there's the question of could a person fall in love with a machine, and is that ok? But it goes further to ask, if the machine is actually intelligent, what does the machine see in the humans? Do the machines actually still need the humans at all?

I think evolution would have led to a similar place without it.

I highly doubt it.

Nobody was taking that risk anymore. Every tech company that tried to reinvent the cell phone failed miserably, over and over and over. Every attempt was more pathetic and embarrassing than the last. Tablets were the same way, it became a running joke. Nobody wanted a newton, a Palm pilot, they were ridiculous.

Apple defined the form factor and the interface for the smartphone, and frankly, it was revolutionary, it was not a small jump.

I mean, a smartphone is a computer that people can afford and anyone can figure out how to use. Computers are definitely tools of empowerment and liberty. As a computer it's a general purpose information tool, you can do nearly anything with it. For instance, you could look up information, communicate with people, take a class, design a website, run a business, do your taxes, keep a journal, borrow books, apply for a job, play games, sign forms, watch movies, read the news, write a book, check the weather, and literally thousands of other things. You might even say, whatever you want to do, there's an app for that.

I don't think calling smartphones a tool for empowerment and liberty isn't really a stretch at all. Some people may not be old enough to remember when nobody had one, if that's the case, then trust me, it was a different society then.

What the fuck dude?

Someone made a joking comment and you just straight up insult them?

You don't have to be an asshole, you could have left out those first two sentences and made the exact same point.

Now that I've said that, watch carefully as I move on without making any disparaging comments about your intelligence, because I'm not going to just piss random people off for no reason...

While that sounds nice, that's not going to happen. It simply isn't in the budget. They might be able to get a 10-15% raise, or a one time bonus to make up for lost wages. But I wouldn't expect more than that.

Yeah, lithium ion batteries are a real danger.

People are saying yes, but that seems bonkers to me. I've done some extensive repairs for the last two cars I've owned (a Honda and a Toyota), as well as for my mom's Volvo, and I've certainly never encountered adhesives to attach any parts. In my experience it's always hex bolts or plastic clips. I'll admit I don't love those plastic clips, they probably break 1/4 of the time when you remove them, but they seem perfectly reliable when they're in.

But hey, like I said, I haven't been servicing any American cars, so who knows, maybe it's used all the time. Maybe yesterday's bad ideas are today's tried and true best practices.