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Schal330

@ Schal330 @lemmy.world

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  • Valve first came up with the Steam Hardware Survey more than 20 years ago because it wanted to know what specs it should target for Half-Life 2

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  • I remember installing CounterStrike before Steam, and then an update forcing Steam install, it was around the years Warcraft 3 came out. I'm sure it was a thing before HL2

  • If elon musk (or any far-right billionaire) bought Reddit, do you think there will be a mass exodus to alternatives like Lemmy, similar to the twitter exodus to Bluesky?

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  • When the API changes came in on Reddit it appeared to cause quite a few people to shift to Lemmy, but not that many. I've said this before in other posts but the onboarding experience for Lemmy is awful for your average joe. From what I've read it was the same situation for Mastodon and that is why Bluesky took off instead.

    There needs to be a clear concise point of entry for new users to the Fediverse that empowers users to quickly customise what they want to see. Most people don't care about how the Fediverse works and its benefits, they just want to consume content.

    If I were technically capable and had the drive to do so I'd create a single onboarding site that would ask the user a few preference defining questions, chuck them on an instance that is relevant and apply some filters so they don't get spammed with anime posts if that isn't their thing. Oh and maybe show a couple of mobile apps.

  • The last thing I ever want to do is 'Learn more' or have you 'Remind Me Later': Microsoft is pushing fullscreen ads for Windows 11 laptops to people still using Windows 10

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  • Long Term Service Channel. It's a branch that is used by devices that may not be recommended to be on the latest version of Windows, for example ATMs. When the device needs to essentially be consistently reliable and not received feature updates that could potentially break it.

  • How to avoid having cat hair all over my house and clothes every 2 days?

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  • I too can vouch for one of these. Great for removing a lot of fur. Anything left over I have to use a lint roller.

  • ‘Gladiator 2’ Reviews Are In, And Better Than ‘Gladiator’

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  • I suspected it would drop after I posted this. The trailer didn't entice me and felt off with its music choice

  • What are you going to be better at by the end of the year?

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  • Safety razor is the way to go! Take it slow and let the weight of the safety razor do the work. It's so much cheaper than the multi blade razors too!

  • What are you going to be better at by the end of the year?

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  • Software development. I'm still not very good, but I'm better than I was at the start of the year.

  • What song did you love until you found out what it was about?

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  • What song did you love until you found out what it was about?

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  • Mr Brightside by the Killers. The tune was good and felt energetic when it came about, but it's about a guy being cheated on. Having had someone cheat on me around the time it came out it hit really close to home and I just don't enjoy listening to the song.

    The problem with being in the UK is that it's so overplayed and I just have to tune it out.

  • Programmers of Lemmy, what are your interviewing horror stories?

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  • Got a couple.

    The first bad interview I turned up and had to wait for the owner who rocked up 15 minutes late. We had a discussion and he was happy with my IT skills, we then got into a discussion of how to run the business.

    He asked me what would I do if a salesman kept selling Linux support to businesses but the company had no one that had experience of it, I said it didn't feel morally right to sell something that you can't actually fulfill currently, put a cork in the salesman regarding Linux support, train/hire staff and when ready then continue to offer it. He said that's not how his business works and to drive the business the salesman was doing the right thing.

    During that interview I saw someone walk into the office that I had worked with in the past, they were incredibly unreliable, bad at the job and were fired, this one guy appearing gave me the final sign this was not the workplace for me. After the interview they gave me an offer that I declined.

    The second interview probably a out 2 months later I turned up to was a small company of maybe 3 people. I turned up and it was a shared office space they used, he walked up to the receptionist and asked if there was a meeting room available, she said no. So he led me to the kitchenette area where he offered for me to sit on a sofa not to dissimilar to this...

    Having the hum of a vending machine in the background added to the ambience. We got to chatting and it sounded like the guy didn't really know what he wanted to do with the business or how to run it, generally seemed disorganised.

    Towards the end of the interview wouldn't you know it, the same guy I used to work with walked into the kitchenette wearing the t-shirt of a company in the building, gave me "the nod" and proceeded to use the vending machine, which failed to dispense his choice and he stood there shaking the machine.

    This guy must have been some kind of angel in place to stop me from taking bad jobs. I declined the offer they gave me. A year or so later I was telling a friend about this and we checked on the company, it went out of business.

    They were bad interviews, but I still got something out of them.

  • What's something you've improved at recently?

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  • You probably already have one, but if you don't; get an electric toothbrush.

    Also get a water flosser for when you CBA to manually floss! Imo something is better than nothing.

  • So now I have to PAY you to NOT store files on my device that I don't want?

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  • This is a US website no?

  • What's your pet peeve when it comes to tropes? What bothers you when you see it in a show or a movie?

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  • Hate to be that guy, but the federation exists in a post-money society. No one gets paid, they do what they do for prestige, pride, adventure, and the good of humanity. Maybe the management believe they can inspire their minions to do better, or maybe the SME's are so used to that shit that they under promise and over deliver.

    SME: "oh no, our defences are down" Captain: "How long do you need to fix them?" SME: (hmm, captain will cut the time in half, it takes about 15 minutes...fuck it...) "Two hours" Captain: "You have one" SME: (Like candy from a baby)

  • Sometimes, it's backwards

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  • Spinoff Dead Boy Detectives Cancelled

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  • Spinoff Dead Boy Detectives Cancelled

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  • I thought the first season was alright, had some good moments and an interesting premise. I'm not surprised it was cancelled however.

  • Ubisoft Gives Annoyed Star Wars Outlaws PS5 Players Who Paid to Play Early but Lost All Progress a Trinket and Some Loyalty Points No-One Wants - IGN

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  • It's also the switch from : to - that gets me

  • Nine Inch Nails to Score Upcoming ‘Tron: Ares’ Film

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  • Trent and Atticus Ross have been doing lots of great soundtracks for shows and movies. I feel they are just using the NIN name for impact, but ultimately it'll still be those two doing the soundtrack.

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  • The first season was so so good. I can understand people being eager to see the continuation, but not to see it in its complete state sounds like a downside to me. I feel like it would be like watching a Cam footage of a movie, just doesn't feel right.