ExFed

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[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, I'm a bit skeptical of StopKillingGames. It feels like a good thing, but it also comes off as naive. Like the whole "just distribute the server" requirement is impossible with the way modern games are developed, and may be cost-prohibitive to implement for most developers well into the future. Besides, some games really are less like a painting and more like a musical; performance art necessarily has to end at some point, so it's all about the experience and the memories. Nobody complains when the actors take a bow, because that's the expectation.

Louis Rossman sometimes rubs me the wrong way, but he usually makes really good, nuanced points: https://youtu.be/TF4zH8bJDI8?si=m4QGHfHY1fOtITpw

Keep the debate alive, because we all love playing games.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

The challenge is that requires creativity. Creativity isn't a stable investment.

Viva La indie game studio!

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 27 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Didn't they give out refunds? That seems like the right thing to do when a massively multiplayer game is dead on arrival.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, absolutely. My point is that some regulations are counterproductive, or just plain wrong... like redlining.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Always works out real well for the owners while everyone else pays the bill.

Ironically, there's a whole movement that directly fights that sentiment by deregulating the supply of housing. It's called YIMBY. When housing is a rarity, it's more expensive, so why not make more housing?

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I upvoted... Where's my Nobel?

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

It probably boils down to the definition of "user" vs. owner/admin/host ... But I wouldn't be surprised if those definitions were unclear or missing entirely.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine the stuff they wanted to keep secret???

Here's a taste: https://climate-reporting.org/undercover-in-project-2025/

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We are!

Organisers of the Army of Drones campaign say they have built or purchased an extra 3,300 drones. Some 400 people have even sent their own hobby drones in the mail.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65389215

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Well said. We're on the same page, and I totally agree.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Although I absolutely think we've gone overboard on tipping, I genuinely think tipping shouldn't be completely banned. Rather, ban expected tipping.

For instance, last time my wife and I were in London, we, as a clueless American couple, visited a tavern during their busiest period after work. We left a few pounds above and beyond the bill because it was clear they went above and beyond to serve us promptly and excellently despite the fact that they were literally overflowing with patrons. That's how tipping should work.

[–] ExFed@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes, the reporting is incredibly lazy. Such is The Guardian's standards.

Drax is the largest power station in the UK. Assuming the figures in Wikipedia are in the same ballpark as the nameless report that The Guardian is referencing without citation, Drax has a capacity of 3.9 GW. Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is capable of producing about 2 GW of net electricity. It's doubtful they're actually running either to capacity, but we can estimate that Drax produces roughly double the power as Ratcliffe-on-Soar. That means Drax is still roughly emitting double the carbon per watt.

It would be nice to know whether that figure includes biomass transport across the Atlantic...

edit: typo

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