Dremor

Dremor, 3 miesiące temu

My own experience with Asus warranty was of utter incompetence.

It was a long time ago, around 10 years or so, and I sent a newly acquired laptop for repairs because of constants BSOD. Waited a month before getting it back… Without sound. Turn out they forgot to reconnect the sound card. I sent it back for repair, waited another month (because even if they are at fault, they won’t even fast track that repair), only to get it back with a nonfunctional touchpad. I don’t use it, so I didn’t send it back a third time, because who know what would have come back damaged that time.

So their repair woes aren’t recent. When their stuff works, it works well, but pray that you won’t need to RMA it.

Dremor, 4 miesiące temu

That because the measurements used in web browser, “px”, doesn’t mean “screen pixels”.

According to the W3 website :

“The px unit is defined to be small but visible, and such that a horizontal 1px wide line can be displayed with sharp edges (no anti-aliasing). What is sharp, small and visible depends on the device and the way it is used: do you hold it close to your eyes, like a mobile phone, at arms length, like a computer monitor, or somewhere in between, like an e-book reader? The px is thus not defined as a constant length, but as something that depends on the type of device and its typical use.”

So a very high definition smartphone can be seen as being less than 800(px)x600(px), depending on its screen size and aspect ratio, while still being 4k or more.

Dremor, 4 miesiące temu

Because everyone (including most devs, myself included until some month ago) think that px = pixels, which is not.

When he says that the minimum is 800x600, it is most likely talking about px and not pixels.

Dremor, 4 miesiące temu

That’s indeed how I view this rule as a mod. Self promotion is ok, “excessive” self promotion isn’t. I’m aware it is a bit vague, maybe we should explain it better on the sidebar to avoid unnecessary conflict. I’ll bring it up on the moderation Discord.

But to make it clearer, my opinion on the matter is that excessive self-promotion amount to the following cases :

• Making multiple post about the same topic, multiples time is a shortish amount of time. Like posting once, then reposting the following day if your topic didn’t get as much traction as you’d have wished
• Promoting things for monetary gains (sponsored links, etc.) without first disclosing it. As an example, I removed a service offering a backgammon online platform, by removing their first topic in order to make sure it was legit, which it seems to have been, not a ads/virus ridden website, which it wasn’t, and not paid, which it didn’t seem to be. As they happened to have made a new post in the meantime, I did not restore the first one, but did not remove the second one.

Of course that’s my opinion of the rules, the other mods may have a different opinion on the matter. I try my best to find a balance in my decisions.

Dremor, 4 miesiące temu

I have to agree. The choice is terrible.

Dremor, 4 miesiące temu

I know “Top X Games” is a kind of article we grew to hate due to how they often are just ripoffs, straight copy-paste from the latest AAA release Steam pages or press releases (and thus falling under Rule 4, no low-effort posts), but this don’t seem to be the case here.
The games are mostly new indie games, except Sea of Thieves, and some of them looks quite interesting to me.

The post is allowed for the time being, while we discuss about its fate on the mods Discord.

Dremor, 5 miesięcy temu

You could try the Flatpak version. At least your OS will be clean, and the only 32-bits parts will be inside the flatpak runtimes.

Dremor, 5 miesięcy temu

After many years playing on the Flatpaked Steam, I’m yet to see any problem.

Dremor, 5 miesięcy temu

Maybe not. Like every new format, Flatpak probably had some rough edges at first, and a software as complex as Steam must have been a nightmare to convert. It was probably broken at first, but it was probably enough for some to consider it as unredeemable.

Dremor, 5 miesięcy temu

Please stay civil (rule 2).

If you come across such comment, please reply to them instead of OP, maybe you will start some interesting debate instead of just try to stir conflict in the community.

Dremor, 5 miesięcy temu

Please stay civil (rule 2)

Dremor, 5 miesięcy temu

Still out of context.

If this was a reply calling on someone baselessly criticizing the game, I’d allow it, but OP just posted an article that doesn’t even criticize the game.

Still, thank you for your edit.

Dremor, 5 miesięcy temu

If you find one that seen interesting to debate upon, reply to it.
For the other, don’t waste your time on them and just downvote.

The vote system was made for this reason.

Dremor, 5 miesięcy temu

I spent quite a lot of time on the Switch, just talking with random people and helping new players. It is a very special games. Found my first love in there too. 😇

Dremor, 5 miesięcy temu

Please stay civil, thank you.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

I often buy physical for games I know I’ll like, for the rest, mostly digital.

When I end up liking a specific digitally bought game a lot, I try to buy a physical copy as an “archive” copy, in the case the store shuts down. An example would be Hades, which I bought digital, and ended up buying a switch physical copy from Limited Run Games.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

Keep it civil, thank you.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

Keep it civil, thank you.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

In an ideal world, yes.
But unfortunately these days people prefer to follow blindly their bias and people validating said bias instead of investing the time required to investigate by their own mean, with least biased sources.
I’d blame social medias that make everything quasi instantaneous, but it is just a component of a whole, not the only cause.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

Then he deserves his downvotes, not your insults.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

The rules are the rules.
They were collectively written to keep conversation as non-toxic as possible. If you wish to change them, feel free to create a topic on the matter.
In the meantime, my work is to upheld them.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu (edited 6 miesięcy temu)

My recommendation would be RiME and Spiritfarer, both managed to make me cry.
Spiritfarer talk quite a bit about death, sometime through diseases (cancer, demencia, etc.), but in a different way than To The Moon, and you may find it ok.
RiME topic is a bit different, but cannot be spoiled unless you want to diminish the impact. In my case I went blind and damn it hit me like a truck 😅.
On the stellar OST side you could try Gris. Pretty emotional too, but in a way more abstract way than the first two.
On the topic of war and its horrors you got Torn Away, as well as This War Of Mine, both very emotional journey.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

I’ll also add Celeste to the list, amazing OST, lovable characters, but damn, it is hard ! But that’s because I play it at the default settings, you can change them all, even getting immortal if you just want to enjoy the story itself.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

Transistor too, from the same studio.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

Hi fellow Gamers Lemmings.

This thread was bought to our attention as possibly breaking rule 2 (No Bigotry/Harassement).

First, some context. The article comme from a right leaning website, with mixed factuality and medium credibility.
This means the content of this article shouldn’t be taken as is and should be complemented from other, more neutral/factual websites.

For now I didn’t find this story on any verifiable sources with such requirement.

On the other hand, the comments seem to be a lot more neutral than the OP link, and raise some interesting points. As such, I’ll keep this thread, but will keep it under close watch to keep the conversation civil.

Thank you for your understanding.

Dremor, c/games mod.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu (edited 6 miesięcy temu)

Please stay civil or I’ll have to remove your comment.

Edit : No change, comment removed.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

KotakuThe Washington Post

I won’t say that they are perfect, and are center-left leaning, but at least they enjoy a better credibility ratting than BiC.

I can’t say for Eurogamer, I have no data. Feel free to ask any reputable fact checking website for a check.

I’m only pointing that for potentials reader to know that the website isn’t known to be factual and do not have a very high credibility. I’d do the same for any left leaning website.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu (edited 6 miesięcy temu)

If MBFC would rate all right leaning media source as not factual/not trustworthy, yes, it would be a clear sign that it would be biased itself. But it doesn’t.

Example of right leaning media with good rating : mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-signal/
Example of left leaning media with bad rating : mediabiasfactcheck.com/change-org/

My work here as a moderator is to give context. I won’t ask of our reader to believe or not the article, just to take the time to do their own research in order to complement the article, which may intentionally not show the whole story.

Edit : link to the explanation of their methodology : mediabiasfactcheck.com/methodology/

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

That’s quite the old game to review. I remember playing to it even before Stellaris launch.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

Your internal NTP server may need an update. It is off by… Some time 😆

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

Can you link said thread ?

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

If Tencent sell its shares, it would make the share price plummet, which will make it harder for the studio to get money by selling new shares.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

You are half right, half wrong.

It is true that a non publicly traded firm won’t see an immediate effect if one of the shareholder leave the ship, but businesses work on trust. If Tencent sell its share, it is a sign that it doesn’t trust the studio anymore. Thus, potential private investors, like banks, will be more hesitant to work with them, and will ask for higher rates to compensate for that perceived lose of trust. Thus, hurting the Studio.

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

Please stay civil

Dremor, 6 miesięcy temu

Hi there.

You post was removed on the basis of rule 3 (no excessive self-promotion). Please participate to the community first before trying to promote your services.

Best regards,

The Moderation Team

Dremor, 7 miesięcy temu

Pokemon Yellow over here, with by brother getting Pokemon Red.

Dremor, 7 miesięcy temu

And for a change, they added the two little touchpads others scrapped. Nice 😃

Dremor, 7 miesięcy temu

Usually Sony allows its exclusive on PC after 2 years Horizon, etc.).

Dremor, 7 miesięcy temu

Cassette Beasts is such a good little gem. Concept, Art, everything is excellent, too bad it is so… small. Sure, it is priced accordingly, but I want more of it!

Dremor, 7 miesięcy temu

In another hand, now that Palworld is successful, they sit on quite a lot of cash. And success make some unscrupulous people quite envious, and prone to sue.

Dremor, 8 miesięcy temu

Is that a statement extracted from the article/video ?

Dremor, 11 miesięcy temu (edited 11 miesięcy temu)

Hi, c/games mod here.

I’m reopening this topic for the time being, after cleaning up de xenophobic/bigot comment. Please stay civil, remember to criticise ideas, and not people.

Community rules : see sidebar
Lemmy.World rules : lemmy.world/legal

Best regards

Dremor, 11 miesięcy temu

Hi,

Your comment wans removed for breaking Rule 2. Chinese social score may be a very discutable topic, it is no reason for insults.

Best regards,

Dremor, c/games mod

Dremor, 11 miesięcy temu

Hi,

Your comment was removed for breaking Rule 2. FICO score may be a very discutable topic, it is no reason for insults.

Best regards,

Dremor, c/games mod

Dremor, 11 miesięcy temu (edited 11 miesięcy temu)

As I said in your last post, excessive self-promotion is against the rules (rule 3). What made me remove it isn’t the content, but rather the lack of content. It was kinda just a link to your new community. 😅

For the this one you took the time and effort to make an elaborate post, opening it up to discussion. That’s better imo.

Some other mods may argue that the last paragraph asking to check your profile may be a self-promotion in disguise (so rule 3, again), so maybe remove that. Other than that it looks good to me.