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- Comment on PNG is back! 5 days ago:
Wasn’t JPEG XL sabotaged by patents or something?
- Comment on Reminder that you do not own digital games 1 week ago:
You own your individual copy of the game software, end of. It doesn’t fucking matter if it’s on a disc or a digital download.
- Comment on Reminder that you do not own digital games 1 week ago:
It’s not ever true. It is always a lie pushed by copyright-maximalist shysters who hope the public is too cowed to call them on their bullshit.
- Comment on Reminder that you do not own digital games 1 week ago:
Every place that actually gives a shit about property rights.
- Comment on Humble Bundle have launched their 2025 Pride Month games bundle 4 weeks ago:
I remember when the minimum tip to Bundle was $0. I remember because I used to set it to something like:
- $1/game going to developer for games that had native Linux versions
- $1/game going to charity for games that didn’t (+more to meet any minimums to get the whole bundle)
- $0 tip
And I often picked a different charity than the default.
- Comment on Humble Bundle have launched their 2025 Pride Month games bundle 4 weeks ago:
Even Humble Bundle itself is pretty enshittified compared to how it used to be. They used to give you a lot more control over which charities you supported etc.
- Comment on Showing your ID to get online might become a reality 1 month ago:
The problem with the cookie law wasn’t the concept of it, it was the EU’s failure to crack down on malicious compliance.
They should’ve revised the law to make it opt-out by default.
- Comment on Trump's New Streaming Service Truth+ Is a Conspiracy Theorist's Dream Come True 1 month ago:
Emoluments Clause, anyone?
- Comment on Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again 1 month ago:
- Comment on Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials 1 month ago:
From the article, direct links to the code:
- Comment on Feds Threaten Wikipedia After Right-Wing Media Uproar 1 month ago:
Wikipedia, archive.org, and any similar essential services ought to be migrating their hosting and organizational headquarters to outside the US ASAP.
- Comment on Ubisoft argues players don't own their games in wake of The Crew lawsuit 2 months ago:
Thanks for the correction.
- Comment on Ubisoft argues players don't own their games in wake of The Crew lawsuit 2 months ago:
If buying isn’t owning, pirating is stealing.
- Comment on Why I recommend against Brave. 3 months ago:
I mean, he created JavaScript. It’s hardly a surprise that he’s a piece of shit.
- Comment on Reddit could soon punish users for upvoting violent content. 3 months ago:
“Violent” needs scare quotes, because it’s obviously subjective and ripe for abuse.
- Comment on Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought. 5 months ago:
IMO the only strategy with even a small chance of success would be direct action (e.g. organizing a mob to invade stores, rip the digital price tags of the shelves, and destroy them), but of course that would have incredibly high attrition so I doubt enough people would be willing to do it.
- Comment on A 3D printed keyboard case for Steam Deck 6 months ago:
That’s just a laptop with extra steps.
- Comment on Cybertruck's Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent of All 2024 Vehicles 7 months ago:
Frankly, the cybertruck rust is 100% inexcusable. Elon Musk is absolutely incompetent compared to John Delorean, who managed to pick the right stainless steel alloy even while being distracted by both the Troubles and cocaine smuggling.
- Comment on New rules bring PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay under federal oversight 7 months ago:
About fucking time. It’ll be nice for the two months it lasts…
- Comment on Trump’s FCC chair is Brendan Carr, who wants to regulate everyone except ISPs 7 months ago:
They’ll pick a special occasion for it (e.g. an Enabling Act), but they’re gonna do it.
- Comment on Trump’s FCC chair is Brendan Carr, who wants to regulate everyone except ISPs 7 months ago:
can’t do shit right now with a 3-2 democrat majority, at least.
You say that as if the Republicans won’t gleefully jettison the filibuster on day 1.
- Comment on Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client — users told to ‘update to a more recent version of Windows’ to continue gaming 7 months ago:
Yes, we’re talking about Valve, which has a vested interest in pushing gamers towards Linux in order to protect itself from anti-competitive behavior by Microsoft.
- Comment on Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client — users told to ‘update to a more recent version of Windows’ to continue gaming 7 months ago:
It ought to tell them to upgrade to a more recent OS instead of being Windows-centric.
- Comment on D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models 7 months ago:
Go read what he actually wrote, not what the character assassins pretended he meant.
- Comment on 'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment' 8 months ago:
Glad to be of service!
- Comment on 'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment' 8 months ago:
Denuvo-
protectedinfestedFTFY.
- Comment on 'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment' 8 months ago:
Better yet, have they tried not fucking with gamers’ property rights by shutting down their criminal company?
- Comment on MIT develops recyclable 3D-printed glass blocks for construction 9 months ago:
Because shoving the words “3D printing” into your proposal is how you get the grant money.
Also, actually doing the work to confirm that the common-sense intuition (that 3D printing glass blocks is kinda dumb) is correct is legitimate science.
- Comment on The Plucky Squire recently came out, and used the Steam Deck to represent PC 9 months ago:
Look, if they’re gonna use a device running Linux instead of Windows to represent “PC,” I sure as Hell ain’t gonna complain about it even if it is a handheld!
- Comment on Battlefield 1 will have EA's kernel level anti cheat and game will no more be playable on Linux 10 months ago:
That’s exactly why consoles are exploitative anti-consumer trash that ought to be cracked down on by the FTC, though.
