Skip Navigation
Just a reminder
  • Every time you smear anyone who is completely opposed to an ethnostate committing genocide as antisemitic you are equating being Jewish to supporting the actions of the state of the Israel which is both antisemitic in itself and actively harmful to Jewish people globally.

  • Charli XCX - Sympathy is a knife
    0
    new test post
  • test

  • Trying Linux after using Windows for decades
  • Im on AMD so can't help with that

  • Trying Linux after using Windows for decades
  • Just made the switch to Nobara Linux on my desktop and ill probably go with Mint on my ancient laptop tomorrow. My only hang up was games but it seems like compatibility is a lot better nowadays so hopefully I can fully switch over. Same for windows only programs and Wine.

  • Jeroba 0.0.67 on Android 12...Vote Counts not appearing?
  • Another workaround is hiding the voting arrows in settings

  • Trans man wins $4.7 million from school district that didn't let him use the restroom
  • Yeah, I mostly used that example since it was a school district so it would be feasible to enact actual policy change that would punish violations internally. I agree that for private corporations this does not work but for public institutions it's also not as effective of a deterrent as it could be due to lack of direct financial accountability.

  • Trans man wins $4.7 million from school district that didn't let him use the restroom
  • I've always found it absurd how you can get compensated with amounts of money you would not see in a lifetime of work if you win the right type of legal case in the US so much so that purposely getting hurt to sue has become a running joke. Nothing against this particular case or individual but it always seemed like a perverse form of justice instead of, for example, making the party in the wrong change their policy to avoid similar incidents happening in the future while also covering legal fees.

  • Google AI making up recalls that didn’t happen
  • I believe it's US-only for now

  • What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters
  • So both of those words are spelled sabaya when anglicized and while I will admit I was not familiar with the soft s variant because it's antiquated (and still not necessarily sexual in meaning even if that one is debatable), it doesn't sound like the man in the video who is supposed to have said that even said either of those words to me. I genuinely can't even make out what the word he said is.

    Why is this the subject of debate nearly 8 months after the fact?

  • What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters
  • Pretty much yes. (Ma)demoiselle vs madame are also used due to french influence over the region for singular use but sabaya is what you would use for a group of younger women with neswein being the alternative for older/married women.

  • What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters
  • This is just straight up racist propaganda. No other way to describe it

    sabaya is straightforwardly associated with what we moderns call rape

    Absolutely factually incorrect. Sabaya is the plural of sabiye which means young woman/girl. The masculine form is sabi which means boy or shab for young man (not exactly symmetric like use of guy vs girl in english). Zero sexual connotation and used in everyday language in levantine arabic.

  • Damn
  • Best options for entry level 3D printing available these days?
  • Depends, some people see it as what is the most accessible (eg. Prusa) while others want affordability (eg. Ender 3 and clones) and most want a mix of both.

  • US plans for Gaza aid pier branded ‘smokescreen’ to allow Israeli invasion of Rafah
  • Yes the US establishment is mostly in favor of Israel's actions. That is the problem. If you think the US can actually "lose" Israel then I don't know what to tell you. They have very, very few allies without US backing.

  • US plans for Gaza aid pier branded ‘smokescreen’ to allow Israeli invasion of Rafah
  • The same roads they can use to let in aid trucks without any of these theatrics. Should the UN officials also "approach their news diet more rationally"? Please realize that outside of your western bubble you are completely isolated in your viewpoints on the ongoing ethnic cleansing.

  • US plans for Gaza aid pier branded ‘smokescreen’ to allow Israeli invasion of Rafah
  • Sorry, but you've fallen for the propaganda if you actually think Israel has to allow the United States to do anything given the power dynamics. The reason this is performative is that everyone acknowledges (including ex Israeli high ranking military leadership) that this war cannot be fought without explicit US support at all times. If not for the offensive weapon supplies then for the defensive iron dome re-supply. They have held and continue to hold complete leverage over Israel and can end this tomorrow if the US administration so chose. You don't have to have to the same viewpoint as I do but at the very least you have to acknowledge the power dynamics at play.

  • US plans for Gaza aid pier branded ‘smokescreen’ to allow Israeli invasion of Rafah
  • A crucial part of warfighting? They are building a port purportedly to feed the people that their closest ally is deliberately starving by denying aid that Israelis have engineered to be necessary for their subsistence.

    Do you think the ships will not be docking in Israel and that nothing will be transported by land through crossings? The same crossing that Israel uses to move their armed forces, weaponry and supplies through on a daily basis. Somehow those crossings will be completely off limits for the same US military that helps Israel coordinate a lot of their military operations and logistics.

    I don't understand how you can fail to see the absurdity of this situation. It's been 7 weeks since they announced their plans and so far no construction has begun and a ship has had to return to the US due to a fire. Even if they do get something built, there will still be the need to operate and deliver the aid from the pier to the interior of the enclave with.... trucks.

  • US plans for Gaza aid pier branded ‘smokescreen’ to allow Israeli invasion of Rafah
  • I'm talking about the logistics of physically bringing in the building materials

  • US plans for Gaza aid pier branded ‘smokescreen’ to allow Israeli invasion of Rafah
  • How do you get the materials in to build a pier? That should answer your questions if they are in good faith.

  • Boomer Shooter Humble Bundle
    www.humblebundle.com Back with a Vengeance: The Best of Boomer Shooters

    Game like it’s 1997 with this bundle of boomer shooters! Get modern masterworks like Ultrakill, Forgive Me Father 2 & Turbo Overkill! Your purchase helps charity.

    Back with a Vengeance: The Best of Boomer Shooters

    Ultrakill, Turbo Overkill, Forgive Me Father 2, Deadlink, Quake 2, Postal: Brain Damaged

    Great value if you're interested in at least 2 of these

    0
    HADES II Development Update
    www.supergiantgames.com HADES II Development Update | Supergiant Games

    Supergiant Games is a small independent game development studio in San Francisco, known for its award-winning titles Hades, Pyre, Transistor, and Bastion.

    We now can confirm we're planning for Hades II to launch in Early Access in Q2 2024 on Steam and the Epic Games Store. We'll have more details on the exact date, pricing, and system requirements closer to that time.

    0
    Borderlands 3 will release October 6 on Switch with Ultimate Edition
    gamerkick.com Borderlands 3 will release October 6 on Switch with Ultimate Edition

    After many rumors and leaks, today it has finally been announced that Borderlands 3 will be coming to Switch this year. The official Twitter account of the

    Borderlands 3 will release October 6 on Switch with Ultimate Edition

    cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/gaming/t/424756

    > After many rumors and leaks , today it has finally been announced that Borderlands 3 will be coming to Switch this year. The official account of the game on

    3
    How to fast travel to Crawmerax, Armory and Ajax in Borderlands 1 on PC

    NOTE: Please backup your saves before attempting any of this as it involves modding your game files and that always poses a risk of data loss if things go wrong. Also, there may be some differences between original and remaster that I'll mention.

    So the Knoxx DLC is notorious for being a driving simulator and BL1 DLC not having any fast travel stations except for the starting areas makes farming very tedious. Fortunately, there are ways around that on PC:

    The "simple" way for Crawmerax and the Crimson Lance Armory

    • Download the Essentials Mod by LegX

    Remaster/Enhanced version: https://www.nexusmods.com/borderlandsgotyenhanced/mods/7

    Original version: https://www.nexusmods.com/borderlands/mods/34

    • Extract the WillowGame folder into your installation directory with the same existing folder: eg. a default Steam install should be in \Steam\steamapps\common\BorderlandsGOTYEnhanced\WillowGame\

    • Go to save data location eg. \Documents\My games\Borderlands Game of the Year\WillowGame\Config

    • Open WillowEngine.ini. Search for DefaultGlobalsDefinitionName=gd_globals.General.Globals

    • Replace it with DefaultGlobalsDefinitionName=gd_globals_custom.General.Globals

    • Launch game

    • Open Pause menu -> Options -> Mouse and Keyboard -> Keybindings -> Bind Fast travel to Craw/Knoxx Armory to whatever button

    !

    Notes: If you travel with the bind and are done with the area make sure you save quit instead of just traveling to it again as that will not save your current progress\

    Also binding Fast Travel UI lets you fast travel from anywhere which is a big QoL improvement.

    The manual way for Ajax (and Craw/Knoxx if needed)

    • Go to \BorderlandsGOTYEnhanced\WillowGame\CookedPC\DLC3\Maps

    • Copy dlc3_gondola_p.umap

    • Go to \BorderlandsGOTYEnhanced\WillowGame\CookedPC\Maps\Arid

    • Paste dlc3_gondola_p.umap

    • Rename Arid_SkagGully_P.umap to something like Backup_Arid_SkagGully_P.umap for safekeeping

    • Rename dlc3_gondola_p.umap to Arid_SkagGully_P.umap

    • Launch game

    • Fast travel to Skag Gully

    • You should spawn within 1 minute of Ajax as shown here

    !

    • For Lance Armory and Crawmerax Repeat with dlc3_uberboss_p.umap for Crawmerax and dlc3_lancedepot_p.umap for Armory which can also in found in \BorderlandsGOTYEnhanced\WillowGame\CookedPC\DLC3\Maps

    Another map you can replace is 'Arid_Cave_P.umap' which corresponds to The Lost Cave. You can use any map as a replacement but those are just the ones I've used before.

    Note: the gondola file for Ajax may only work for the remaster or there may be a better one to use for the original if you search the large .umap files for yourself and try each one you might be able to find one that spawns you right in front of his area in the original version of BL1

    0
    [Meta] "Value" midrange GPU options

    I've been looking at the current state of the GPU market since my RX 580 4GB is gonna be faced with 1440p soon and, while prices are still pretty bad, there's a few value options.

    This was to suit my own preference but I thought it might be useful for others with similar needs. No preference towards Nvidia and I only care about rasterization so not looking at extra functionality/features making the shortlist basically just the AMD 6000 series midrange.

    !

    The standouts being the RX 6650 being the best overall value at ~$290 if you're fine with 8GB of VRAM and 6750 XT (or 6700 XT) for 12GB at ~$420 (these needing a good sale to reach that price).

    The relative performance is from benchmarks at 1440p Ultra settings where 4090 performance is the baseline of 100% which should be representative of the average usecase for these (1440p and mostly not CPU bound).

    There's nothing that offers 12GB under $380 (3060 12GB sacrifices some performance for 2GB of VRAM over the RX 6700) which is a shame in my opinion as 8GB is slowly becoming obsolete and has a good chance of shortening an otherwise serviceable card's lifespan.

    I included the RX 7700 on there because there have been leaks about it and while they say it will be above 500USD, there's always the chance that AMD stops giving up free market share and puts it out at a reasonable price instead of slashing its price significantly 2 weeks after launch like it did with the higher end model recently. It makes sense for it to release around the release of Starfield (which they're giving away with their current GPUs) so might be worth holding out for that if nothing else comes up.

    Otherwise, a sale on the 6750 XT seems like the best choice if you're willing to spend $420+tax on a GPU in terms of longevity and performance at 1440p.

    2
    Max Heat in Hades has officially been beaten - Haelian

    A short while after his last video on why its basically impossible, he's been proven "wrong".

    2
    Canvas is live (Lemmy's r/Place)

    https://canvas.toast.ooo

    The Canvas event has started. You can go there with the above link and sign in by entering your instance name (lemmy.zip if you're a user on this instance) and your username (no password entry is required).

    After that you will receive a DM on Lemmy with a code that you can enter on the canvas site to confirm your identity. You might need to press 'Sign Up' afterwards on the main Canvas and it should show your username meaning you're good to go.

    Quick rundown of the rules:

    1 pixel per minute. Up to six stacked pixels. Notification and timer for upcoming pixels. No hateful/illegal/NSFL content is permitted.

    Event runtime:

    This event will last 72 hours, starting August 4th, 12:00AM EST (4:00AM UTC) and ending on August 6th, 11:59PM EST (3:59AM UTC)

    0
    Feels good to max everything out after beating Fallout 2

    Even if there isn't much of a post-game, just running through Navarro one-shotting everyone is cathartic.

    0
    RPGs Were Never About Roleplaying [26:30] - Adam Millard

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/928696

    > A video essay about what defines an RPG

    0
    Canvas event happening this weekend (Lemmy's /r/place)

    Hey everybody,

    If you're interested in a Fediverse equivalent of a collaborative online canvas where each user gets to place 1 pixel every minute @grant@toast.ooo is running an event this coming weekend using Pxls.

    This event will last 72 hours, starting August 4th, 12:00AM EST (4:00AM UTC) and ending on August 6th, 11:59PM EST (3:59AM UTC)

    Here are the instances that are joining:

    • toast.ooo
    • lemmy.zip
    • lemmy.ca

    Join the Lemmy Community !canvas@toast.ooo

    Join the Matrix Space #lemmy-canvas:matrix.org

    Link to original post: https://lemmy.zip/post/888011

    More info will follow before the start of the event!

    0
    Sami Sami @lemmy.zip

    Lemmy.zip instance admin

    Posts 71
    Comments 178
    Moderates