Domiku

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago

I teach high school, and it’s so hard to get students to pay attention, even with fun engaging projects. The reality is that these social apps are designed to be addictive, and it’s not a fair contest.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ideally, we want a society in which real estate doesn’t need to be a store of wealth because we have strong social safety systems. I don’t blame an individual with difficult circumstances for playing the game to take care of their family (to an extent).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No but when I tried to change Mastodon servers, I was frustrated to learn that I could carry over my followers but nothing else. The platform highlighted "easy mobility," but I found that to be misleading.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I think the biggest problem that Mastodon et. al need to solve is changing servers/accounts. There needs to be an easy way to move servers while retaining past posts, etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Oh this is absolute bullshit

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

I think that it’s actually a good thing. If a criminal record disqualified you, it could be easy to cook up bogus charges against a political opponent just to kick them off the ballot. We also have along history in the USA of black folks getting charged with crimes at a disproportionately high rate.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

One of my students has been begging me to buy Ultrakill since last year, and I keep saying no just to spite him. Maybe I'll finally give it a try!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I’ve been excited for this game since the original trailer (I think it was a Nintendo direct). I have a few games to finish first, then I’ll get this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Don’t forget to turn on captions when you watch! He adds lots of supplemental information.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

OK - I thought this was the case, but wasn’t sure. At any rate, a microSD card is a good purchase (but that’s true for all of these handhelds).

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (13 children)

It’s definitely not as comfortable as something like the Steam Deck, but I played so much Switch while commuting on the train since it came out. It’s been a real joy to have. It’s also WAY smaller than any of the current-gen handhelds.

What do you mean by “cart games being downloaded in full to the system?”

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I might be in the minority, but I generally prefer to wait and avoid early access, beta, etc. Whenever I participate, I get burned out before the final game releases, so I don’t get to enjoy the complete artistic vision.

 

My friend and I were discussing this over the weekend. Games are inherently different than movies, books, and music. They’re tied to specific hardware and operating systems that may not be available anymore.

I argue that if a game is no longer legally purchasable from the publishers or developer, it should be legally permitted to pirate it. Even EA agrees! They do not pursue copyright claims against LOTR games, as they lost the publishing license from New Line Cinemas years ago.

 

I just wanted to share this since it can sometimes be hard to find communities on other servers. It’s still picking up steam (ha ha), but growing!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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