TheOctonaut

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

But... 'the enemy' is already in power? And has been as ineffectual as usual?

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  1. What, lol. China doesn't kidnap foreign businessmen.
  2. "Their" equipment was 51% (at least) owned by a Chinese company. Of course they can't literally steal it.
  3. "They considered crime"
  4. They were going to buy the equipment again... from China anyway? lol

Tell your boss get off the Trump juice.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

It is usually also followed by "but I can download my installers and then I can have them whenever I like" as if it's a sane idea to store terabytes of offline installers for the day that GOG goes out of business.

I mean, I also have terabytes of offline installers for the day that Steam or GOG go down. On other people's computers. In a, uh, distributed distribution system.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The claim that this is a pro-Palestinian thing is coming from Radware.

Guess who their CEO is.

Guess where their headquarters are.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

GOG themselves literally said that you do not, even very recently. You own a license like every other customer, and it can be revoked at their discretion.

GOG choose to exclusively sell games for which they can sell DRM-free versions, which is a great option for consumers. It is not a straightforward decision however as this is, whether it is a priority or not, a tradeoff for the things that Steam integration provides - cloud backup, mod workshops, multiplayer functionality etc.

Steam also sells plenty of DRM-free games, and offer customers the informed choice when selling Steam DRM and Third-Party DRM controlled game licenses.

This is not an argument that Steam or GOG are objectively better. But it is a straightforward lie to state that the license you buy from GOG is legally different from the one you buy from Steam. What is different is the possibility or otherwise of DRM software being used to control your adherence to the license.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The idea is to change your passwords on other sites if they shared the same password (which is why you shouldn't do this).

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

Get the android app "Unified Remote". Works perfectly, and you'll have several options, from cursor control to buttons programmed with hotkeys.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

The Irish government officially cuts diplomatic ties with Israel and petitions the EU for some form of official mediation. As a neutral, peace-loving nation we implore the nations of the world to force both sides to peace.

Unrelated, sales of balaclavas and digital watches skyrocket in specific areas of Ireland, and lots of lads holidays in Turkey and Cyprus get booked out.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

He's thinking of penguins

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As an Irish person it kind of serves them right? Halloween is supposed to be this special, singular, liminal night when the barriers between the mundane and the supernatural are weakest, when dinner is laid out for the spirits of those that died as if you can speak to them there and then. Then the next day it's gone, and new year starts, cold and bleak at first then warming in temperature and tones.

Turning it into a month+ of commercialised spooky/sexy stuff just makes it less unique, less Halloween in every way.

I propose that a new costume night be created, in summer so people can actually wear them, and return Halloween to the darkness it belongs to.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The problem is that you don't know what a pronoun is. You should try writing a sentence with common pronouns first and see if your sentence makes any grammatical sense. For instance "is to understand that..." doesn't work, because "is me/I to understand" doesn't work. You would instead say "Am drag to understand", which while sounding a bit odd is at least actually writing in English.

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