steeznson

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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

It sounded like OP wanted practical advice instead of sympathy. In practice you need to make your own luck by playing the hand you get dealt in life. There are many things you can't control and dwelling on them is almost never productive.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You need to have a moderately high income to move anywhere with a good safety net. Moving somewhere without a safety net does not sound like a good idea for someone with disabilities like OP.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I think their decision was influenced by the most recent budget. With business costs rising due to the national insurance increase, banks are anticipating that inflation will fall less quickly, as costs could be passed on to consumers. This is compounded by government spending increasing which also has the potential to have an inflationary effect.

Given this background it is not inconceivable that BoE might need to raise interest rates again and this means the banks need to keep their fixed rates high to cover the risk of people locking in rates that turn out to be too low.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Gameboy color dinosaur JRPG / metroidvania that seemingly no one else has ever played. Called Dinosaur'us. I had to google the name there and it turns out there is a wikipedia page so it's not totally obscure - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur%27us

I loved this game as a kid! There are surprisingly few good dinosaur games (although admittedly a lot of good dragon ones).

Edit: only ever released in the UK - that explains a lot of why it was so obscure. The ROM is on emulator sites though if you are curious.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I love Obsidian games but I hate how UE5 the trailers for this look. Just the assets they are using look very much like they've been bought from the store instead of handcrafted (I'm sure they were designed but this is a likely an art direction issue).

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You put more effort into this post than M$ did to their product

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They get all the patches and minor upgrades in a timely fashion, similar to other distros. The major version updates do not come as readily though.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Do Facebook have a streaming service now?

Nice write-up btw

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

PS3 is probably the last gen to support a lot of local coop games

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Have got Debian on an old thinkpad too because it is too under resourced to compile everything. I think Debian is amazing for a solid, reliable distro if you have weak hardware.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I use Gentoo and I love it. The installation process is a bit more complex than Arch but it doesn't have to be if you choose the precompiled kernel.

The package management is extremely flexible and the community are great. I have a morning routine where I log onto my gentoo desktop before work and update everything; would compare it to raking one of those miniature buddhist sand gardens. Very theraputic!

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah pretty much agree, would just say "drugs" as a catch-all here.

Had to scroll quite far down to find a non-wholesome answer! Everyone else is enjoying being a parent or whatever.

 

This is spectator so they are taking the most extreme right wing viewpoint on Labour's recent policies to improve the nation's health. I disagree with how they characterise it for the most part but they do seem to put their finger on the kind of authoritarian impulses inside the party. Definitely think the author misses the mark with their badly thought out/unsupported angle about it being patronising class politics.

I was too young to take in much when John Major was in power but remember New Labour with Blair/Brown very well. They were also keen to make similar kind of policies that were - for lack of a better phrase - nanny state-ish. I found it interesting thinking about that legacy.

Should also mention that both parties tend towards these types of policies. I suspect the civil service are keen on them and they test well in focus groups.

Article is paywalled so will post it in comments.

 

Let's hope for the return of the sausages

 

I find The National frequently embarassing as a Scottish person. Enjoying seeing them squirm here.

 

This is upsetting to see. I've got a friend with MS and I hope she is not prevented from claiming assistance if (or when) she needs it due to this case causing more stringent checks on claimants.

At least this lady got the jail.

 

I think Wes might be right here but this is going to cause consternation amongst groups who were hoping that Labour might take a more liberal approach to LGBT issues than the tories.

 

Heard the editor being interviewed on Radio4 Today Programme this morning. This 90s throwback is bizarre. Do people really think there will be demand from this after the initial novelty?

I read a couple articles this morning and the "journalism" reads like a Sunday Sport article.

Interesting thought experiment - since the magazine is online only - are the nonces going to have to print out the magazine now to leave it in shubbery for kids to find? Those reddit threads where every man over the age of 40 seems to have a story about finding porn mags in bushes always had a creepy undertone. I'm not sure that the 'porn fairy' commenters sometimes refer to was a very savoury character.

 

Playing Hellblade 2 at the moment myself. Personally I'm fortunate not to need any of the accessibility features but I found this review to be a fascinating read.

The reviewer also compares the accessibility options to some other recent AAA releases in this reddit comment.

In terms of my opinion of the game: I've only got the Series S version so it's not the full fat graphics but even then they are stunning. I think some of the negative reviews were from people wanting it to be a different type of game, however, if you are aware it is basically a walking simulator with Punchout combat every so often then the story and world takes centre stage. The world is similar to God of War (2018) but grittier and focusing on other aspects of Scandi mythology. I think I like this world more.

 

Careful with this one, it's an antique

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