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Katana314 ,

Apple Watch’s calculator app has a convenient tip calculator on it-

Oh. Oh, it’s a joke about not wanting to pay large tips. Hah.

Katana314 ,

There’s a very common pattern of “I’m going to focus more on my own life” you get from creators as they realize this.

The financial equation of having talent and using it for free stuff for people on the internet is not a stable one. Even when you decide your reward is attention, the mental toll ends up outweighing that meager reward.

Katana314 ,

If you want to support that, a good first step would be to improve TFM, because much of it is far too dense to actually read. Technical writing, knowing how to summarize things through human knowledge,, is a critical skill for tech businesses, and most open-source programmers lack it.

Katana314 ,

The kicker is, for years and years down the line, all of your tech questions will be written to Google as "How do I xxxx in <obscure distro name here>".

Many, but not all, of those problems are resolved by searching "in Linux", but others you'd have to search for "in <similar distro>". Windows is just Windows.

Katana314 ,

I guess a better metric might be the Steam Hardware Survey?

Katana314 ,

By this measure, justice was impossible to achieve before the invention of the cell phone video camera.

Katana314 ,

You’ve just invented the market for a combo gaming-handheld/electric heating blanket.

Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)

Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....

Katana314 ,

Downloads on my Surface for the sake of my vacation were the reason I resubscribed. Seems fitting it should be the reason I unsubscribe. I only worry about finding a good point of communication to let them know about this reason.

Katana314 ,

So which would you consider crazier: The random Helldiver streamer, or:

I WANT TO LICK THE OCEAN

Katana314 ,

I get the impression "opening a file" is treated as a different action in Linux from "executing a file". They don't want the user request of "Oh, I guess I'll look at this image" to accidentally result in a system takeover - so any "run this file" actions are more manual.

‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)

*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...

Katana314 ,

Most people would be fine with this in the case of a home user duplicating one or two copies for his kids to watch and as backups. But we have seen whenever a rule permits something, someone will work out the MAXIMUM way in which they can abuse it for profit. Give them an inch, and they take a mile.

Ideally, we could have laws that are really finely built to be specific to that first scenario. But I honestly don't know how you write those.

Katana314 ,

The postal service has recently been a victim of a lot of theft targeting checks. People are willing to rob postal workers at gunpoint for their box key. Then, thieves sift through all the letters for a chance of finding a check.

Worse, they have ways of “washing” the check to turn it into a blank check, and reuse it with a new amount and recipient.

Katana314 ,

The other point to make here is, obviously you look at this highway trip and say “Well I am obviously not walking or biking it.” But, the expansive gaps between home and destination are often caused by many many roads and parking lots like this one. We have dedicated gigantic land masses specifically to cars, and it actually lengthens travel time to our destinations.

I have been to countries where, even if thin highways exist, they’re not the rule and it’s easy for other modes to get under or around them; and their roads don’t dominate the urban areas. There, the answer is simple: Just walk, you don’t even need a bike.

Katana314 ,

Newer gasoline/petrol cars are also data collection machines. False dichotomy there.

Even if the electricity comes from fossil fuels, the efficiency of large plants is far better than that of individual combustion engines; and it provides better opportunity to replace the source with something renewable or at least safer, like solar, wind, or nuclear.

Katana314 ,

Okay…so everything you’re talking about is irrelevant to the conversation?

I grant that anyone continuing to use their old car is doing the best thing for the planet. This article discussion is around production of new cars, and which ones people buy.

Katana314 ,

So basically, one side is a hive mind that's required to always do what its most powerful members want, and the other has free thinkers that sometimes disagree, and you're saying that the latter is weak, pointless, and should never exist.

Buddy, this is a terrible definition of "weak". What you're describing is a goddamn borg cube.

Katana314 ,

I've still not really seen issues in just including options for total overthrowing of difficulty. I've enjoyed some hard games that have prompted frustration from some Dark Souls players; eg, Furi, Tunic, . The options menu include capabilities for infinite stamina and invincibility, and I just ignored them.

Even though I can beat those games without those options, I consider them better for having them because each player plays differently. It is not a tremendous ask for the developer to decide on the best way to address playability concerns, even if they go for something extremely simple that removes challenge and lets them explore the world.

On topic: A new Spongebob-Souls game is out called "Another Crab's Treasure". It has positive reviews, and its own implementation of this (aside from being generally a bit easier) seems to be an options menu box which gives your crab a gun.

Katana314 ,

I would argue there are facets to many people's life that they leave "at default" because they "don't care enough to fix it how they want".

Take random Linux User XYZ; They still have to nudge their front door to get it open after unlocking, because they're not a home improvement afficionado that wants to look up door repair videos on YouTube and attempt to put a stabilizer of some kind on the hinge. Or, they might accept the terrible interface in their car because they don't know of easy ways to get it replaced with something simpler. Or, they don't have their money invested anywhere because they don't like/trust researching investment tips.

For us, it's just that computers are something we'll always tune to our preference. For others, it's other things.

Katana314 ,

Relevant music video:

https://youtu.be/GyV_UG60dD4?si=6h2PkAu7hCJPaCz0

Katana314 ,

I may yet try it in the next few years. I think one large frustration I anticipate (among others) is keyboard shortcuts. I've become very experienced with those on Windows, and my brief efforts at Linux (eg, on my Steam Deck's monitor hookup) have not come across enough matches for them.

I can absolutely see value in enduring the pain of a large switch though.

Katana314 ,

Is that how it’s told now?
Is it all so old?
Is it made of lemon juice?
doorknob ankle cold

Katana314 ,

Columbo, however, had just one more thing to ask before arresting a murderer.

Katana314 ,

Then you find all the large bottles of water have “fruit flavoring”, and it turns out that’s enough sugar to cause weight gain.

Katana314 ,

Finds the nearest drain
“Hello, Georgie! Do you want your boat back?”

Katana314 ,

So fucked up that the town wouldn’t pay for a human position and instead has a PlayStation 4 handing out the meter fines.

Katana314 ,

Man, I shouldn’t have even fixed my doorbell cam when it broke. It sounds like it’s basically a deterrent.

Katana314 ,

If lung cancer had sentience and self control, I’d be all for hunting it down, arresting it and publically shaming it before blaming smokers, but AI-driven smoke particles are still a few years out.

Katana314 ,

I’m trying to think of a popular media allegory for the fourth panel. Like when the main characters are ROYALLY screwed, but they need more seasons; so even though the writers haven’t thought of a way out, they get deus ex machina’d in their figurative fifth panel.

Katana314 ,

Hey, go pet an alligator.

Studies show most alligators have no carnivorous intentions towards humans, and usually just want to get away. So probably most of the time they’ll just run off at worst. Maybe once in a while they might try biting back to remove a limb, but surely that won’t happen every single time.

Katana314 ,

I’m an advocate for better forms of transit around cities, using trains/buses rather than an SUV for everyone. But, I’m also aware that fears such as this are what drive the purchases of those iron tanks to help you get from point A to point B without incident.

Katana314 ,

It comes from inference and remembered statistics, but: While critics of SUVs often expect they’re mostly purchased by fragile men looking to overcompensate, I’ve heard it said that a BIG demographic for their sales is to women - possibly more than men.

When they can convincingly make sales that occupants of their cars are safer, it kind of makes sense as a purchase, both for women themselves (looking not to get assaulted at random in their way to work, get crushed in a car accident by men with road rage) as well as mothers with children and a protective instinct.

It’s perhaps a more psychological expectation, but I can imagine that constant media that makes the world seem unsafe, and many SUV ads with women drivers add a lot to it. After many occasions of feeling exposed, they want some part of their life where they feel powerful, protected, and in control; something they don’t get from taking buses or trains, nor from smaller cars.

Katana314 ,

This meme template normally has the second person say something in reply that upsets the first, but leaves them speechless - so they just lower their eyebrows in frustration.

With no eyebrows, the fourth panel looks the same.

Katana314 ,

I get annoyed when every RPG picks fire as the weakness for everything.

Most things generally dislike being set on fire. It’s much harder to think of a strong mythical creature that fears getting cold or wet.

Katana314 ,

Most people have at least one other app that most people don't use, that they use religiously, and has little UI foibles they don't want to change. For some, it's a native-app E-mail client they're familiar with where they have 20-year-old messages backed up. For others, it's a photo management app.

It often doesn't matter if AltWinMintbuntuXYZ has those capabilities. If it doesn't handle them in the exact same way, it's an anxiety-producing shift.

Katana314 ,

While that has been a nice feature on mine, I've definitely been more frustrated with the KDE interface than I am when using my Windows desktop - even when my Deck is hooked up to monitors. Much of that could be familiarity, but familiarity is a very real, very important thing.

Katana314 ,

It wasn’t so much a “wait” as that the reliability of emulation has now caught up with products they’re currently selling. But now I’m curious if this ever happened with the GBA or other handheld consoles that were a bit easier to emulate.

Katana314 ,

I mean, I guess it can happen through private web communities of course. It would just enter the region of game cracks.

Also marginally possible someone reverse engineers, and puts up something unrecognizable compared to the original.

Katana314 ,

The Onion is a parody of normal newspapers; since normal newspaper political comics follow satire, The Onion goes double up to satirize their satire.

Katana314 ,

There’s a bunch of videos on YouTube now separately comparing Batman Arkham Knight to Gotham Knights/Suicide Squad, and AC4: Black Flag to Skull and Bones.

There is absolutely a trend of brain drain in game development that no amount of contractors can fill now.

Katana314 ,

This - I hate when gamers have too much attention on which games are bad, and none on the good games.

I have a page of Steam reviews where I give a thumbs up to a bunch of indie darlings, then a negative review to a live service game, and only the negative review has votes on it.

Katana314 ,

The minimum wage really only applies to the lowest-requirement, manual-labor jobs. Ideally, the baseline he's suggesting would adjust for certain expertise fields, perhaps just around the subject of when they can request immigration visas or outsourcing assistance.

So for instance you need a software engineer, you shouldn't be able to offer a 70k salary, get no one (because software engineers value their time), and then claim there are no software engineers - you would have to be offering 110k+ before any assistance.

Katana314 ,

If I'm understanding right, I believe Xbox Cloud Gaming and Geforce Now have used this. They get access to better video APIs by running as a home screen webapp, and aren't at risk of popping the address bar from touch confusion.

Voyager, a client for Lemmy, also installs as a webapp. Similarly, it doesn't show the address bar when you scroll up and down.

Katana314 ,

Funny enough I forgot that I dropped Hollow Knight at the final boss. A second stage that drops a whole new set of double damage attacks to learn to avoid was too much for me.

Katana314 ,

Yeah? I even go grocery shopping with mine.

I’m yet to own my first car, but I certainly appreciate when people getting one go for EV over ICE.

Katana314 ,

It's deemed "acceptable"? A sociopath scamming an old lady's pension is basically the "John Wick's dog" moment that leads to the insane death-filled warpath in recent movie The Beekeeper.

This is the kind of edgelord take that routinely expects worse than the worst of society with no proof to their claims.

Katana314 ,

Unfortunately, any save prompt using it often defaults to iCloud shit.

Katana314 ,

The issue is biggest for web browsers, but I also feel like I see that issue for a whole lot of web industries. Journalism, for instance. Everyone wants everything for free, and so the "articles" you see are garbage half churned out from algorithms to optimize click rate, and blanketed with dozens of ads. To take another example, games, we have a market saturated with freemium games that encourage people to spend nothing (and then hundreds). Pirates would now claim it's a moral responsibility to pirate, but if we end up in that world, only a slim minority of people would ever make a living out of it.

The general unwillingness/inability for consumers to pay for digital content definitely causes a lot of problems now. I personally attribute it to a generally low minimum wage, but it could be an issue going beyond that.

Katana314 ,

Whoops. There's a problem with the title. I fixed it.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8977232d-3657-4dbe-b9fb-0f4af49f43cd.png

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