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  • No but content owners could directly DMCA stuff that's hosted on usenet, they just don't.

    They absolutely do, which is why the vast, vast majority of content is obfuscated, necessitating the use of indexers.

  • Walmart to shutter Toronto tech office as part of corporate job cuts and shift away from remote work
  • Bought a car seat for my toddler. Opened it, manufactured date was 4 years ago! That is, it would EXPIRE in 4mo.

    So, I go to return it, and the returns counter guy said they don't take care seat returns and that it's not defective! Got absolutely nowhere with him, ended up having to go to a different location and the person there had kids and understood the issue. Ugh.

  • What's your favourite era for video games?
  • Early-mid 90s.

    The latter years of the NES, the entirety of the 16-bit console era (SNES/Megadrive ["Genesis"]), the golden age of PC adventure games & the dawn of multimedia (CD-ROM based games & talkies).

    Just before the release of Doom, where FPS took over; and the PSX/N64, where (bad) 3D was teh hotness; is where it's at for me – likely why I love my MiSTer FPGA so much.

  • Amazon Prime's NHL deal breaches cable TV's last line of defence: live sports
  • You assume, incorrectly, that people will always care about said professional teams/sports.

    A lot of the "care" is in the communal activity of watching a game together with one's mates. Take the convenience of that away, and people will find something else to do.

  • Hades II gets Steam Deck Verified and a surprise Early Access release
  • It's excellent. There's missing art assets (placeholder graphics, especially noticeable with the keepsakes - they're all just gold rings with a single letter pricetag rn), but the gameplay loop is great, the mechanics all appear to be in place and the audio is incredible (just wait until the zone 2 boss fight).

    It absolutely feels like a worthy successor to the original. Mel plays very differently than Zag, but the controls are no less tight. God Mode returns if you dislike "git gud".

    Playing it on my Steamdeck, and thoroughly enjoying it.

  • Amazon Prime's NHL deal breaches cable TV's last line of defence: live sports
  • The leagues won't survive if paywalls go up. Watching your team "for free" via OTA broadcast TV is how they got so big in the first place. CBC's HNIC was huge. More and more, if there are barriers to watching something, many people prior just won't bother.

  • Balatro - 1.0.1f - Patch notes
  • Focus on the jokers, NOT the hands. You can easily win the first few stakes with a high card build.

    Also remember that cards are scored left-to-right, so chip jokers on the left, mult jokers on the right.

    Card Sharp is a very powerful early joker, imo.

  • Microsoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10
  • Highly highly recommend Nobara over Mint if you're primarily going to be gaming. It's a fork of Fedora by Glorious Eggshell Eggroll (the guy behind Proton-GE), who himself works for Redhat.

    It. just. works.

    v40 should be out within a week or two of Fedora 40 dropping on the 23rd.

    Edit: Wrong Egg-thing

  • "Simple Questions" Thread

    I suggest that this community should consider bringing in the "Daily Simple Questions" threads. They were fun to participate and build community. Perhaps make the threads weekly, instead of daily as the community continues to grow with Redfugees.

    Don't worry about the reputation / !check system, though. Upvotes for good advice is sufficient, IMO.

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