Geth

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[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 hours ago

Proton locks automatic email forwarding behind a subscription, so if you ever want to move away from them but not immediately lose any emails that go to that inbox, your only choice is to pay.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

It's making fun of Christianity. The fact you didn't get it doesn't make it not funny.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is basically my take on it. Windows has conditioned me to ignore any and all warnings. It would be super easy for me fall into a trap like that on Linux.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This is basically a hit piece that has been in many ways disproven. Linus and his team are a bunch of apes but that means they are mostly incompetent, not actually malicious.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It works on my Firefox mobile on Android.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What constitutes good? And what makes an iPad good? I had an iPad pro about 4 years ago and I hated it and its' idiotic appleisms. People were paroting that iPad is the way to go back then as well and I fell for it. I switched to a Samsung Tab S7+ and couldn't be happier. I still use it daily, it does everything I need it to do and it does it better than the iPad.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

My personal opinion is that better than this in a money driven capitalistic economy is not possible. The pressures to keep growing and to make more are too great and most companies will do anything to make line go up. Valve has been very steady and metered in their ways over the years compared to any other company I am aware of.

If we change the external pressures, as in change our entire economic model, then sure, better can be had, I assume for all companies everywhere not just valve.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Looking at how other tech areas have all consolidated into monopolies or oligopolies, valve is the best case scenario for PC gaming.

Imagine anyone else being in control. Activision? EA? Ubisoft? The gaming industry is not immune from disgusting money hungry corporations stepping on the users to squeeze out every little penny they can. Valve has never done this and has kept others in check for the longest time. The day we lose the current version of Valve will be disastrous for the industry, I'm pretty sure.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 weeks ago

It doesn't help that I don't particularly like most people I meet and living with or close to anyone other than my own family has been hell everywhere I went.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Its weird to me that Mould would be the one to have his name on it considering the wikipedia article itself says this effect has been known for a while now.

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago

Because it is. Downsizing doesn't work if your next downsize is living on the streets.

 

Like for many other people, Valve single player experiences were one of my favorite of all time growing up. I considered both Half-Life and Portal to be masterpieces. It's true they've always been distracted with multiplayer games as well, things like Counter-Strike or Team Fortress and I did play them for sure, because I was a kid and I had all the time in the world.

These days I'm not a kid anymore and so when I game I tend to look more for memorable experiences instead of mindless grinding. Obviously I remember Valve as the experts in creating memorable experiences and I would like them to keep fully exploring those talents. They don't have that many employees, but they do have all the money in the world, no external pressure, no publisher to shit on them, it's just their developers and artists and a vision. But then they use all that and create this. An Overwatch looking moba shooter, really? I'm sure people will like and play it, but is this the results of the vision and ambition of a company like Valve?

It doesn't have to be Half-Life. I remember them saying that they dont want to do another one in the series because they are looking to innovate and make something truly original. My body is ready, give me anything. I can't imagine a moba shooter really fits with this description. I'm wondering how such a low hanging concept even becomes a real product at a company as ambitious as Valve.

I hear people are having fun with the new game and I'm happy for them. I am no longer the target audience and I wish them good luck with it. In the mean time let me hear your thoughts on it. Would you like to see another single player experience from Valve?

 

I've been using sync for a while and occasionally I go looking in the settings for the feature to hide read posts automatically, instead of having to do it manually. Other Lemmy clients have this so I was convinced sync should probably have it as well, I just can't find it. Does this exist? If not, is it something that could be added? Thanks!

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