What decisions for example?

Reading comments of people who (hyper-) organize their games as if it’s a project to get through and they have to work off. And I’m sitting here just playing whatever the fuck I’m in the mood in.

I suppose you’re referring to the article I’ve linked. As I see it: If an increasing amount of applications world are running with Python, then energy and time consumption are important aspects. Not only cost wise but especially since we’re grilling our planet. Therefore, comparing with more efficient languages is indeed meaningful.

Python sucks.

Not only is it extremely inefficient, it is also a pain in the ass to work with if you have to use APIs that heavily rely on dynamic type wrapping and don’t provide stubs. Static analysis via Pylance is not possible then and you’re basically poking around in the dark, increasing the difficulty enourmously to get to know such an API. Even worse if there isn’t even a halfway decent documentation.

dO yoU hAVe sOMeTHinG tO hIDe?

That’s why we need strong fucking privacy laws.

I’d advise to always look into the corresponding documentation before using something from any library.

*here again. Let’s see how long it takes them this time to remove it again.

I hope they feel welcomed here to stick around. I’ve quit Reddirt in 2023 during the API exodus, came to Lemmy and never looked back.

Nope. I’m gaming to have fun, not to work off some backlog. And if I buy a game, barely touch it and never play it again, that’s fine. Keep the fun in games and don’t treat it as an obligation.

So that Google is the default search engine in Firefox. … Which you can easily change.

Oh no… they’re such an evil big tech company!!1!! /s smh

No, they’re not.

Don’t equate those two tiny organisations to the ridiculously wealthy and powerful companies like Alphabet, Apple and so on.

Remember that time, when it was possible for about 6 years to hack into any Linux system (without drive encryption) which had GRUB by pressing backspace exactly 28 times? Yeah, good old times.

https://www.hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2015-8370-Grub2-authentication-bypass.html

Anything CUDA is first class on Linux with Windows as an afterthought

Not in my experience.

It’s really ironic and embarassing. The most valuable chip manufacturer in the world, thanks to advances in AI and AI research, which is usually done using Linux systems. And yet Nvidia still sucks hard when it comes to Linux support.

If the “win for everyone” includes shipping a game as microtransaction-based instead of ad-based, I doubt it’s really a win. Microtransactions usually come with dark patterns and rely on techniques from the gambling industry.

Some options you could consider include […] making your game free to play with optional upgrades sold via Microtransactions or Downloadable Content (DLC).

I am not sure this is better. I hate microtransactions usually more than ads.

Ads don’t cost you money, just time, and sometimes some screen space. They are annyoing and that sucks. But leveraging dark patterns as stuff like FOMO and other psychological tricks to nudge people towards microtransactions can cost you a lot. A business model, which relies on techniques from the gambling industry – also by catching some whales – is imo way worse than ads.
Such games aren’t made for all players, just for some who don’t have control over their expenses (or can really afford it).

I can live with DLCs as long as there aren’t so many that it becomes increasingly indistinguishable to microtransactions. But in the end I don’t want to buy a fucking lego set, where I have to constantly buy new stuff.

That’s why I prefer single purchase games. I am also ok with paying more for them if that means the devs get the proftis to keep the development of games I like going. Buy once – have it all. Keeping games at a comparably equal price over decades is imo not meaningful anyways due to factors like inflation. But the gaming community can be really unforgiving in this regard. That’s why ad-based or microtransaction-based games are taking off. A majority of gamers are uncritical enough that this works. And then they are surprised when it bites them in the ass…

Ah I see. This is getting ridiculous.

I wonder where you draw the line of when the use of resources for technology is okay and when it isn’t.

Did it make a mistake?

The reasons (summarized using Copilot):

• The platform no longer aligns with Debian’s values, social contract, code of conduct, and diversity statement.
• Concerns over X becoming a place where people they care about don’t feel safe.
• Abuse on the platform happening without consequences.
• Issues with misinformation and lack of moderation.