KoboldCoterie

KoboldCoterie , 1 day ago to 196 in Face ruleveal

Silly bunnies are preferable to humans in almost all cases!

KoboldCoterie , 4 days ago to Technology in Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups

They claimed that the FTC never alerted them to any wrongdoing before filing the lawsuit, so how could they have known they were violating the law?

"The police never informed me I was doing anything illegal before arresting me, so how could I possibly have known?"

Ignorance of the law isn't a defense against breaking it in any other sector...

KoboldCoterie , 5 days ago to Technology in Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good

Assuming you're making the change in your browser's default search settings, and not editing the URL every time you do a search, it takes a minute or two once, and it's done forever. No harder than adding an adblock rule and it also removes a lot of other bullshit, too (since it's just defaulting you to a 'web only' search).

KoboldCoterie , 9 days ago to Interesting Global News in Are Gaza Protests Happening Mostly at Elite Colleges? | Washington Monthly

Seriously... I bet we'd see a lot more protests about this and other topics if anyone could join a protest for a lengthy period of time without having to worry about financial ruin as a consequence.

KoboldCoterie , 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to 196 in Windows Rulecall

I've been trying to make the switch for years and just recently decided to bite the bullet when I replaced some hardware, going linux-only. There's surprisingly few games that don't work in Linux, even if they require a bit of tinkering to get there. Especially if you play mostly indie games (since DRM and anti-cheat seem to be a big reason for many of the ones that don't work in Linux). My feeling is that there's enough games out there (and unplayed ones in my library, even) that if I can't play a few AAA titles on Linux, I can just use that as a reason to skip them entirely.

Edit: If you're playing Steam games, you need to check "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" in Settings -> Compatibility. This makes it try to use Proton to play things that it hasn't verified will work, which works for most things.

For non-Steam games, if you use Lutris, it can largely handle installation including compatibility layers via WINE or whatever else for you. Makes the process very painless.

One of those two use cases apply to about 95% of games I've tried, including stuff like old games from GoG (even DOS games that use GoG-supplied compatibility tools run fine, surprisingly).

KoboldCoterie , 21 days ago to Memes in Is he though

This is just asking for a new law declaring dying in prison punishable by life in prison.

KoboldCoterie , 21 days ago to 196 in lemmy stop silencing SA survivors rule

Can you maybe provide some links to examples? I haven't seen any of this.

KoboldCoterie , 21 days ago to Memes in Self-Made

You can hear it directly from Arnold Schwarzenegger.

KoboldCoterie , 22 days ago to 196 in rule

Any time I see something like this, I can only assume that the only thing the author knows about liberal ideology is gender politics, and that they think that that's the entire portfolio, and yet somehow feels strongly enough about gender-related issues that they still spend their time being vocally opposed to it. It's really kind of baffling.

KoboldCoterie , 22 days ago to Interesting Global News in Joost Klein: Dutch contestant disqualified from Eurovision Song Contest

It has no bearing that the contestant personally didn’t do anything. They banned Russia from participating for the actions of a state.

Sure, and drawing comparisons between those two events is completely fair, but I don't really see where the parallels lie between that event and what is happening to Klein.

KoboldCoterie , 22 days ago to Interesting Global News in Joost Klein: Dutch contestant disqualified from Eurovision Song Contest

Unless I missed something major here, I don't think the Israeli contestant was personally involved in genocide, and certainly as not involved in genocide on the set of the show, whereas the Dutch contestant was allegedly involved in backstage on-set misconduct, so that seems completely reasonable?

KoboldCoterie , 22 days ago to 196 in CUTE shredder rule

I'd like to submit a recommendation for making your own, instead!

https://pawb.social/pictrs/image/42ea51ec-90c1-4af8-bc45-75f22f5dca95.png

KoboldCoterie , 23 days ago to Interesting Global News in Two Just Stop Oil protesters attack Magna Carta’s glass case

Probably unpopular opinion, but I think these types of protests are actually pretty effective. They make news headlines every time, and people talk about them, and they aren't hurting anyone... I just feel like they could be more efficient at delivering their message. It seems like "They're trying to destroy things!" shocks people more than "We're destroying the entire world while we ignore climate change!", and drawing attention to that, and how none of these works of art or historical relics really matter in the face of what's coming if we don't change course, would draw a more apt parallel between what they're doing and the message they're trying to convey.

KoboldCoterie , 30 days ago to 196 in half of this sublemmy rule

The percentage of furries that are queer is definitely higher than the total population average; I wonder if the percentage of queer folk who are furries is also similarly higher.

KoboldCoterie , 30 days ago to 196 in half of this sublemmy rule

I don't know exactly when 196 became an unofficial furry hotspot, but I'm here for it.