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This Dutch bike store uses a bike symbol and the Android share symbol to signify bikeshare bikes in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

I can see that. But that doesn't help identify sharing! Haha

This Dutch bike store uses a bike symbol and the Android share symbol to signify bikeshare bikes in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Huh. The Apple one is new to me. It looks like an "upload" icon, which I guess makes sense.

The Android one looks like something being spread/copied from one point to two other points. Which also makes sense.

GOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers. in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago

You're right! Some games on Steam are DRM-free.

All games on GOG are DRM-free as a rule.

Liberalism is a death cult in c/videos@lemmy.ml
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works -2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Interesting that there's "new information" after deep faking videos become increasingly easy...

Pixel 8 Says "Charging on hold" while not plugged in. in c/googlepixel@lemmy.world
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

I haven't heard of the phantom charging issue before, but the "only charging to 80%" could be because of adaptive charging settings

What letter has the best games? in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

I'm saying that a lot of people would consider it to start with "L". I think it's common to say "Legend of Zelda", and even LoZ to refer to the series.

Beyond enshittification, why does tech oftentimes suck? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

But in tech, there's often a lot of overlap in the high-end and crap...at least in terms of issues.

Expensive, high-end products can sometimes just be frustrating, or just lacking features that'd seem obvious.

What’s the craziest or most outrageous (maybe even NSFW) incident that led to someone being fired from your workplace? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

During a virtual meeting isn't an employee's free time...even if their mic is supposed to be off. Lol

GOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers. in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's just semantics.

When you buy a CD, you don't own the songs.

But you do have some item that belongs to you.

With Steam, you have a ticket that will let you into Steam to download the game for as long as your account is in good standing and as long as Steam exists.

With GOG, you have a file you can use to install the game on any machine INDEFINITELY. GOG can't revoke your access for any reason, and if GOG shuts down, you can still install the games.

GOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers. in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago (11 children)

With GOG, you can buy any game, and you'll have files to keep. Once you have the installer, you can keep that forever.

Even if your GOG account is hacked, banned, and GOG goes out of business, you can forever install your game onto any compatible machine, even offline, and play the game.

That's what GOG does differently.

It's like buying a physical game, except there's no disc. They can't revoke your access or deactivate your ability to play the game.

What letter has the best games? in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Those are often categorized as

Legend of Zelda, The

What letter has the best games? in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Star Control 2

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Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker bot? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by otp@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
390 comments fedilink
 

I know MediaBiasFactCheck is not a be-all-end-all to truth/bias in media, but I find it to be a useful resource.

It makes sense to downvote it in posts that have great discussion -- let the content rise up so people can have discussions with humans, sure.

But sometimes I see it getting downvoted when it's the only comment there. Which does nothing, unless a reader has rules that automatically hide downvoted comments (but a reader would be able to expand the comment anyways...so really no difference).

What's the point of downvoting? My only guess is that there's people who are salty about something it said about some source they like. Yet I don't see anyone providing an alternative to MediaBiasFactCheck...

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[bug] Webpage not available and back button doesn't function when trying to subscribe to a community after searching. (sh.itjust.works)
 

  1. Tap search button on the bottom.

  2. Search like normal for communities with the search term. Results returned like normal.

  3. Clicking the unfilled heart (to subscribe) results in the error presented in the attached screenshot.

  4. The back button (Android) doesn't work. App must be force-closed.

  5. The subscribing action was successful; discovered on reboot.

  6. Repeating the steps, but instead of the unfilled heart, clicking on the community successfully navigates to the community.

  7. This didn't happen before.

  8. I might be one update behind current as of Mar 18

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What are some food items that cost less than what they "should"? (sh.itjust.works)
 

Bananas are ridiculously cheap even up here in Canada, and they aren't grown anywhere near here. Yet a banana can grow, be harvested, be shipped, be stocked, and then be purchased by me for less than it'd cost to mail a letter across town. (Well, if I could buy a single banana maybe...or maybe that's not the best comparison, but I think you get my point)

Along the banana's journey, the farmer, the harvester, the shipper, the grocer, the clerk, and the cashier all (presumably) get paid. Yet a single banana is mere cents. If you didn't know any better, you might think a single banana should cost $10!

I'm presuming that this is because of some sort of exploitation somewhere down the line, or possibly loss-leading on the grocery store's side of things.

I'm wondering what other products like bananas are a lot cheaper than they "should" be (e.g., based on how far they have to travel, or how difficult they are to produce, or how much money we're saving "unethically").

I've heard that this applies to coffee and chocolate to varying extents, but I'm not certain.

Anyone know any others?

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Seagate Expansion external HDD power supply making a very faint alarm sound (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by otp@sh.itjust.works to c/datahoarder@lemmy.ml
18 comments fedilink
 

I've got a fairly new 14tb Seagate Expansion. It works fine, and I've been using it for a month and a bit.

I don't know how long it's been doing this, but the power supply is making a very faint alarm sound. The power supply is plugged into a Belkin surge protector powered on and with the "protected" status light lit, and it is plugged into an outlet. The HDD is currently not plugged in to a computer.

It's not a beep or electricity. It's a distinct weewooweewoo. I couldn't even determine the source until I pressed my ear against it.

Googling just points me towards typical "my HDD is making a sound, how long do I have until it dies", but nothing pointed me to the alarm sound from the power supply.

I'll check again if it makes the alarm in other conditions, but in the meanwhile, I was hoping someone here might know something.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: The sound only happens when...

  • Power adapter is plugged into the HDD, AND the outlet
  • HDD is NOT plugged into the computer.

Plugging it into the computer stops the noise from the power adapter.

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Conspiracy theory: Year in Review hides games not available for sale (sh.itjust.works)
 

Due to personal circumstances, I haven't had much time for gaming in the last year.

I did have a couple of months in the summer with some free evenings though, so I dumped a bunch of time into Pokemon Violet, and I also completed Super Mario Sunshine, spending several hours getting those last few shines and blue coins after leaving the game at ~85% completed back in 2022.

Other than those 2 games, I hadn't really played much of anything on the Switch.

My year in review said I put a ton of hours into Pokemon Violet, single-digit hours into F-Zero 99, and less than 1 hour into NES online.

No mention of Super Mario 3D All-Stars.

I was wondering why it didn't count. But then I realized that these year-in-review things are not a nice service or gift to subscribers... they're ADS that they intend people to share with their friends to get their friends to buy more games. (What's a better review than "Your best friend played this game for 200h last year"?)

Since SM3DAS isn't available in the shop, it'd be useless to advertise that game. So maybe Nintendo is excluding it from their calculations...

Can anyone else confirm or deny this? Did anyone have any delisted games make their year-in-review? Or am I just going to need to spend a ton of time 100%ing Super Mario Galaxy in 2024, and only play 2 other games on my Switch? Lmao

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What do ridiculously rich people (like Bill Gates etc.) ask for/get for Christmas/birthdays/etc.? (sh.itjust.works)
 

I know money can't buy happiness blahblahblah.

Do they do gift exchanges at all?

Do they ask for anything?

They have enough money that they could get anything made or done for them at a moment's notice. Like having ChatGPT, but for services. Ridiculous things we couldn't imagine.

Anyone have any insight into general trends along those lines?

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