AudaciousArmadillo

@AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"We have to have free human expression in some capacity": Patreon CEO shares frustrations about getting adult content past payment processors⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, not really. Technologies cannot fix sociatal problems. Either you have no possibility of regulations/controls on payments, then people will buy CSAM with it. Or you have some form of control and who ever is in power can try shit like this 🤷

  True democratic control might be best, but even then a majority could still oppose niche stuff for silly reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨While refrigerators and air conditioners still rely on gases that can leak, a Cambridge startup raises $10 million to create refrigeration with plastic crystals that cool when squeezed.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume this will work just like any heat pump/fridge. Best case the crystals form a suspension in a liquid like water. Than you just pressurize the water on the hot part and release it in the cold part of the system.

  In the end its more about lifetime and costs than anything else. Not sure if anything can beat gasses in that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How One Line Of TF2 Code Ruined This Simple Feature⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A cool recent blog post about not using epsilons in floating point math https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/its-ok-to-compare-floating-points-for-equality.html

  Guess this bug kind of proves the point

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transport Tycoon Deluxe returns from Atari - now a requirement for OpenTTD via Steam and GOG⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no reason to pirate TTD at all:

  However, it does not affect getting OpenTTD directly - only the GOG and Steam pages are being changed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dark Messiah Of Might And Magic is getting a Community Edition with Source upgrades and Ubisoft's blessing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh that’s great! Really a unique game with fun, if goofy combat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Industry murmurs suggest Sony will no longer release PS5 exclusives on PC — New leadership might be willing to forgo PC revenue to fortify console platform⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure. But I don’t see any other company that could even have an interest in the console market.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Industry murmurs suggest Sony will no longer release PS5 exclusives on PC — New leadership might be willing to forgo PC revenue to fortify console platform⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean with MSFT abandoning Xbox as a hardware platform why wouldn’t they? Especially if Valve becomes their main competition in the future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Massive Rainbow Six Siege breach gives players billions of credits⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This was due to a MongoDB vulnerability. https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115798008605323628