lyralycan

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[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I agree - some games are alluring for their unique style, some for recognisability and comfort. Plus, normally I don't like too much of a departure from realistic physics in favour of fun factor, like being a damage sponge or tilting and boosting a horse in a different direction, but as a whole this definitely looks great to play. Even has breakable structures that crush enemies, it reminds me of 'Pursuit Breakers' in Need for Speed Most Wanted

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Black Knight? Great film

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Same problem but when I migrated from Black Ops 1 to Modern Warfare 2 or something similar - couldn't name my class containing assault rifles "assault"

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (7 children)

And transphobic episodes of Family Guy and NCIS where Glenn's 'dad' is a woman and Tony finds out on a date that she's 'a man' and is speechless, disgusted and coworkers jibe him for it

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This happens every now and then, new or old data, several accounts, sometimes billions. Far too frequently.

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Do you prefer XMPP or Matrix

Yes* - I haven't used Discord in a long time as its bloat simply doesn't interest me, but for communicating with folk:

Matrix, at least for me, is great, but the most capable mobile client Element has many broken or missing features.
Classic, but not X, has:

  • working calls via STUN/TURN,
  • an emoji menu,
  • correctly showing chat profile images (X duplicates the most recent one for all chats),
  • and the ability to create unencrypted group chats (purely for public memes).

X, but not Classic, has:

  • attachment captions,
  • HD images,
  • markdown support,
  • a more modern UI,
  • and (when it works) fully encrypted 1-1 and conference calls via Matrix Livekit.

I currently dual-wield the two because neither is enough yet, and most other clients lack call functionality entirely.

XMPP, at least for me, is nearly perfect. It just works and I find the fact that desktop clients still look like AOL Messenger quite charming. However it has:

  • very manual encryption key management, meaning even I find trusting a new device daunting let alone any adopters,
  • no backward decryption, meaning message history needs to be exported and transferred to a new device,
  • plaintext serverside storage for several pieces of data. It's my server so ownership isn't a worry, but it's a massive security risk in the albeit unlikely event of a hack or hijack.

I chose higher encryption and easier adoption between Matrix and XMPP but wish there was a more fulfilling option.

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

This is huge! I just recently found a Vulkan mod but many other mods can't run with it. At this point I never expected Mojang to make such a great step towards performance improvements.

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I agree. Last I checked you can actually get a copy of Enterprise LTSC for free (I think it involved pulling from M$ archives, maybe archive.org), and it comes with M$ Office for Business, aka individual apps, pre 365 trash. You won't get the latest malware or OTA bug pushes, or even the latest in forced advertising widgets or AI creativity replacements. Wouldn't hurt to put it through Win11Debloat and O&OShutUp10