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Thalestr

@ Thalestr @beehaw.org

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  • What weather app are you using? [iOS]

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  • Same here.

  • Bethesda responding to negative Starfield reviews on Steam

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  • The title made me think they were responding to users that needed customer support, but no. This:

    Meanwhile, when another user lamented the amount of loading screens, the support team replied imploring the reviewer to "consider the amount of data for the expansive gameplay that is procedurally generated to load flawlessly in under three seconds".

    is just pathetic. This is nothing more than low-effort damage control. Which, funnily enough, is rather fitting for Starfield in general. It's not a terrible game but it absolutely fell flat on its face on its biggest selling points. Procedural exploration will always have drawbacks but No Man's Sky absolutely smashes Starfield in this department and it came out nearly 8 years ago and made by a team a fraction of the size. And I don't expect Bethesda to put in the same effort as Hello did and make Starfield live up to its promises

  • Tumblr sheds Post Plus subscriptions as the platform downsizes

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  • This gets asked every time Tumblr is mentioned online. It's still around and has a large, thriving userbase. It's one of the last slices of old-school internet that exists today and, because of that, is very resistant to modern monetisation tactics and enshittification which makes shareholders cry in their sleep.

  • Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV

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  • They’re cheap. That’s as far as some people think about it.

  • A new approach to create fast-charging lithium-ion batteries with a graphite-based anode

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  • I feel like

  • Are there too many video game remakes and remasters?

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  • Yes. Especially when it’s only like 2 or 3 years after first release. It’s just double dipping at that point.

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  • Negative emotions are very easy to exploit, unfortunately, and the companies behind these platforms have figured that out. It's why things like rage-baiting and hate-clicking are things. It gets even worse when you add in things like global user scores that basically pit your users against each other and encourage users to say things they normally wouldn't just to get upvotes.

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  • Reddit is a very hostile and selfish place where people only ever care about themselves and how they can one-up other people. There is no sense of cohesive community there and even people sharing the same subreddits as you will treat you like trash.

    I deleted all my content and then my account as well back during the big migration and I haven't looked back either. It is an awful site and does nothing but promote toxicity.

  • Twitter Is Throttling Patreon Links, Creators Say It Undermines Their Livelihood

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  • I feel for those who have had Twitter be such a part of their income but the writing is on the wall for the platform and it's time to start looking for alternatives. Xitter is going to be circling the drain soon if it isn't already and there is nothing Muskrat will do to correct that.

  • how's your week going, Beehaw

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  • Tried to go for a nice relaxing bike ride today but got jumped by someone's off-leash dog. No injury but came very close to being thrown off the bike. The owner blamed me for not getting off my bike to walk it calmly around his dog even though it was a bike-friendly pathway and was marked as such.

    Here's hoping the rest of the week goes a bit smoother.

  • The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster Announced, Has a Brand New Survival Mode, $10 Upgrade Path

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  • Gotta double-dip for more profit.

  • What is the most exotic meat you've eaten? How was your experience?

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  • Bison steak. I’m not a steak person so it was likely wasted on me.

  • No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon

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  • This is a taste of what you can achieve when regulatory bodies actually have the guts to stand up to megacorps.

  • Steam Deck Owners: What’s been your favorite game that you first discovered on Steam Deck and now you can’t seem to put down?

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  • I... can't remember! It was a while ago and I've since cleared them off my Deck D:

  • Steam Deck Owners: What’s been your favorite game that you first discovered on Steam Deck and now you can’t seem to put down?

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  • Had a good playthrough of Dishonoured 2 and Death of the Outsider on my Deck. They run extremely well on the Steam Deck and I found a control layout that I liked.

  • Nothing Announces "iMessage on Android"

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  • I have absolutely zero confidence that removed will allow this to exist once they get enough wind of it.

  • Elon Musk railed against shadow bans—now he’s using them on his critics

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  • This. Twitter is now under ownership and control of a spoiled fascist richboy and this is absolutely 100% transparently clear. This is how the platform is now and it is not going to change. Twitter as we knew it is gone. It's dead and not coming back. Move the hell on, people, please. Stop supporting this absolutely wretched waste of oxygen.

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    Is there any perceivable visible benefit to being private?

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  • You can search my full legal (dead)name online and find absolutely nothing. Not a single picture, mention, or anything even remotely close or even in the same vicinity as me.

    Obviously that's not a benefit to everyone but it is to me and has been achieved by maintaining some level of scrutiny over the information I make available.

  • What is something (feature, modes, settings...) you would like to see become a standard in video games?

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    • The option to skip puzzles and not get punished for it.
    • Independent difficulty options for things like exploration, combat, crafting, etc. Whatever the game has.