artyom
@artyom@piefed.social
- Comment on Nudify Apps Widely Available in Apple and Google App Stores 3 days ago:
But Google and Apple are always reassuring us that sideloading can’t be allowed because they can’t protect us with their app stores!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Pardon my ignorance, what is this supposed to be a metaphor for, exactly?
- Comment on Spent more time looking for a game than actually playing one? Help me test Gamescovery, a recommendation engine built for your actual taste. 5 days ago:
authentication and validation system by myself.
Why is this necessary at all?
Your personal data, login, email, password, etc., are stored on the servers of the game store, so I don’t need to worry about securing this data and other legal stuff.
Most gamers already have an account in one or more popular game stores, so they don’t need to register one more.
You also don’t need to worry about this if there’s no account to speak of.
Connecting my account to your site gives you access to large amounts of personal information, even if you’re not using it. And I’m not okay with that.
- Comment on Spent more time looking for a game than actually playing one? Help me test Gamescovery, a recommendation engine built for your actual taste. 5 days ago:
Then I don’t understand why you need the account?
- Comment on Spent more time looking for a game than actually playing one? Help me test Gamescovery, a recommendation engine built for your actual taste. 5 days ago:
I just thought Discord is quite popular among gamers
It is, and like most things that are popular, it’s horrendous.
I need an account to be able to record what games you rated and what recommendations you currently have
You can allow for manual entry.
- Comment on Spent more time looking for a game than actually playing one? Help me test Gamescovery, a recommendation engine built for your actual taste. 5 days ago:
do you mean without itch.io account (Steam, Epic, GOG
Yes.
would you prefer to register a new account on the Gamescovery webpage that is specific to Gamescovery?
No I would prefer not to have an account at all.
what platform suits you best in your opinion?
Lemmy/PieFed/Threadiverse. Or really anything open source, not corporate controlled, and not full of ads.
- Comment on Spent more time looking for a game than actually playing one? Help me test Gamescovery, a recommendation engine built for your actual taste. 5 days ago:
Let me know when you figure out how to do this without an account and without Discord.
- Comment on Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and real-world performance can last for decades 6 days ago:
Solar panels don’t “die” at all, they just slowly lose production over time.
- Comment on Valve If You Are Listening Here Are More Accessories That Would Be Awesome!! 1 week ago:
Yes that was addressed in the comment you just replied to.
- Comment on Valve If You Are Listening Here Are More Accessories That Would Be Awesome!! 1 week ago:
The SteamDeck also has a touchscreen.
The Steam Deck has touchpads because many games are optimized for keyboard and mouse, not touchscreens. Phone games are not.
Not saying you’re wrong, just that there’s not a lot of value to be added there, in my opinion.
especially if you take streaming into account
I suppose that’s a fair point.
The other consideration is that if you need those things, you can just connect a Steam Controller, and get one of those cheap phone mounts to attach to it. No need for a new product.
- Comment on Valve If You Are Listening Here Are More Accessories That Would Be Awesome!! 1 week ago:
Because phones already have touchpads on the screen. And games you would play on a phone would be optimized accordingly.
I suppose it’s not impossible, I’m just not sure there is any useful innovation to be had in that area.
- Comment on Valve If You Are Listening Here Are More Accessories That Would Be Awesome!! 1 week ago:
The difference is each of those options from Valve offer things that traditional options do not. HDMI-CEC, trackpads, SteamOS, foveated streaming, etc.
- Comment on New Android malware uses AI to click on hidden browser ads 1 week ago:
Hmm. Imagine what it would do to the advertising industry if this was distributed maliciously…
- Comment on Netflix will add TikTok-style doomscrolling feed to keep users hooked longer 1 week ago:
Another example of ruining the platform for paying users in exchange for supporting advertisers.
- Comment on Elon Musk and Sam Altman clashed on X after Musk shared a post about a man who committed a murder-suicide following delusional conversations with ChatGPT 1 week ago:
Elon should try and fight him like he did Zuckerberg except don’t back out this time.
- Comment on Europe is preparing a master plan to shift from proprietary technologies to open source 2 weeks ago:
iMacs can’t run open source software?
- Comment on Europe is preparing a master plan to shift from proprietary technologies to open source 2 weeks ago:
FOSS just seems like such a fucking no-brainer for governments. Increase their own security, sovereignty, and affordability, while improving life and affordability for the general public, around the world even. It’s a damn shame they aren’t already heavily invested in it.
- Comment on Moxie Marlinspike has a privacy-conscious alternative to ChatGPT 2 weeks ago:
You mean the phone?
- Comment on Games For Everyone: Valve's Third Act 2 weeks ago:
Well. It looks like a podcast but they don’t actually call it a podcast anywhere.
- Comment on Games For Everyone: Valve's Third Act 2 weeks ago:
That’s a hell of a cast. Too bad it’s not available via RSS.
- Comment on Rumor turns true as Spotify hikes Premium subscription prices in the US, Estonia, and Latvia 2 weeks ago:
Educational stations don’t seem like a great place to find music.
- Comment on Rumor turns true as Spotify hikes Premium subscription prices in the US, Estonia, and Latvia 2 weeks ago:
Which frequencies don’t have advertising?
- Comment on Rumor turns true as Spotify hikes Premium subscription prices in the US, Estonia, and Latvia 2 weeks ago:
Uhhh well there are very large strings in the form of rampant advertising.
- Comment on Rumor turns true as Spotify hikes Premium subscription prices in the US, Estonia, and Latvia 2 weeks ago:
Internet radio is also free. I think too many people forget that one.
- Comment on Owners, not renters: Mozilla's open source AI strategy 2 weeks ago:
No it is not. The technology itself (generative AI) is exclusively harmful, and has no legitimate purpose.
- Comment on Owners, not renters: Mozilla's open source AI strategy 2 weeks ago:
What in the absolute fuck are you on about?
these tools are here to stay
I keep hearing this. What the fuck does that mean? They’re stupid and useless and harmful but they’re “here to stay” so…what, we should embrace them? Fuck no.
Boycotting AI is a really naive idea that’s just a way for people to signal group membership.
I am not “boycotting” AI anymore than I am boycotting raw sewage as nutrition.
Saying I hate AI and I’m not going to use it is really trending and makes people feel like they’re doing something meaningful, but it’s just another version of trying to vote the problem away. It doesn’t work.
It absolutely does. Ask Dell.
The real solution is to roll up the sleeves and built an a version of this technology that’s open, transparent, and community driven.
No, the solution is to educate the general populace about the extreme harms of AI on our economy and our environment and our sovereignty and our education and to show them that we’re getting absolutely nothing in exchange except for lining the pockets of CEOs.
- Comment on 'No one verified the evidence': Woman says AI-generated deepfake text sent her to jail 3 weeks ago:
I guess they were speaking in general. I retract my previous statement.
- Comment on I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great 3 weeks ago:
It sounds like you’re saying it’s more complicated.
- Comment on Musk says he’s going to open-source the new X algorithm next week 3 weeks ago:
2016
- Comment on I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great 3 weeks ago:
What, like it’s hard?
It’s significantly more complicated to use vs. Mac and Windows, absolutely, and if you say anything else, you’re just lying.