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  1. Comment on Donald Trump says Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to US-sponsored Gaza peace proposal in ~society

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    Yeah it's essentially a complete surrender.

    Yeah it's essentially a complete surrender.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Economic nihilism, online communities, and gamer culture with Brandon "Atrioc" Ewing in ~life.men

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    Why would you invite someone on your show to reach a younger audience and not trust the individual to appeal to said audience. Big A was right to push the convo in a more productive direction lol

    I think it's really funny that Gavin kept trying to steer the convo back to reaching the kids

    Why would you invite someone on your show to reach a younger audience and not trust the individual to appeal to said audience. Big A was right to push the convo in a more productive direction lol

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time in ~health

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    I'm surprised the effects lasted as long as they did. I don't know much about gene therapy, but longevity is not something I usually see associated with it. Edit: they mention because it's brain...

    I'm surprised the effects lasted as long as they did. I don't know much about gene therapy, but longevity is not something I usually see associated with it.

    Edit: they mention because it's brain cells, which last much longer, that it'll 'last for life', very cool.

    12 votes

  4. Comment on Tesla influencers tried Elon Musk’s coast-to-coast self-driving, crashed before sixty miles in ~transport

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    I really like their approach, I think pushing optical to the limits is super interesting because of how cheap it is.

    I really like their approach, I think pushing optical to the limits is super interesting because of how cheap it is.

  5. Comment on Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think. in ~games

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    Everytime I think about this question I seem to forget what my preference is. But I never ever think about this whilst playing a game. But if given the option, it really takes me a while to...

    Everytime I think about this question I seem to forget what my preference is. But I never ever think about this whilst playing a game. But if given the option, it really takes me a while to realize what's off if I pick the wrong one.

    The conclusion of the article isn't too far off of how I approach the question to begin with. If the 3rd person camera is thought of as pivoting around the subject, moving the joystick downwards, causing the character to look up, makes total sense. However, if thought of as controlling the characters head, the opposite makes just as much sense.

    7 votes

  6. Comment on Is Tildes protected from malicious actors, aka paid trolls, aka bots? in ~tildes

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    I've not seen a single comment that felt like bot behaviour to be honest. So I'm curious what you saw. Your description doesn't really fit anything I've read.

    I’ve been noticing some comments lately that feel a lot like bot behavior.

    I've not seen a single comment that felt like bot behaviour to be honest. So I'm curious what you saw. Your description doesn't really fit anything I've read.

    76 votes

  7. Comment on Charlie Kirk shooting: US President Donald Trump says suspect in custody in ~society

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    There was a press conference and they've now formally announced this as well, including the rumors about engravings on bullet casings.

    There was a press conference and they've now formally announced this as well, including the rumors about engravings on bullet casings.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human, according to research co-led by Newcastle University in ~health.mental

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    People might want that, but I doubt that's what they need.

    People might want that, but I doubt that's what they need.

    15 votes

  9. Comment on Signal introduces secure cloud backups in ~tech

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    Well it could be "store now, decrypt later". Also, aren't there laws which require you to store payment information for some amount of time in certain nations? However they may have made sure very...

    Well it could be "store now, decrypt later".

    Also, aren't there laws which require you to store payment information for some amount of time in certain nations?

    However they may have made sure very difficult to correlate a device with some backup.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on What's an RPG? (video game) in ~games

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    RPGs are Role Playing Games. It's a somewhat loosely defined genre of games where you as the player are given a role in a story to play out. I'd say RPGs usually have strong coupling between story...

    RPGs are Role Playing Games. It's a somewhat loosely defined genre of games where you as the player are given a role in a story to play out.

    I'd say RPGs usually have strong coupling between story and gameplay. You might be able to make choices, or influence the world around you and it'll react accordingly.

    There's also usually gameplay elements associated with D&D, like skills or other progression systems. Things that further define the character you play. A game like Skyrim let's you lean into various different archetypes; like a thief, warrior, mage or anything in between.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on European Commission internally recommends Signal with disappearing messages in ~tech

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    It's very hypocritical, this communication is their job and they are public servants. Yet not even the institutions they work in can keep a record.

    It's very hypocritical, this communication is their job and they are public servants. Yet not even the institutions they work in can keep a record.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Perplexity’s Comet browser invites in ~tech

  13. Comment on Eclipsium | Release date reveal – 19th September 2025 in ~games

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    I've grown quite fond of Critical Reflex as a publisher since Buckshot Roulette.

    I've grown quite fond of Critical Reflex as a publisher since Buckshot Roulette.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Presenting... PrizeForge: a novel crowdfunding model for sustainable open-source and fighting enshittification in ~tech

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    I hope you don't have to look back on this paragraph with regret..

    None of my family understands it either. It may just be too complicated for most people to get right away, and the complete lack of credibility makes people tune it out.

    I hope you don't have to look back on this paragraph with regret..

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Presenting... PrizeForge: a novel crowdfunding model for sustainable open-source and fighting enshittification in ~tech

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    Good products cannot be profitable?

    Being simultaneously anti-enshittification and for-profit is just hypocrisy

    Good products cannot be profitable?

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Presenting... PrizeForge: a novel crowdfunding model for sustainable open-source and fighting enshittification in ~tech

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    Yeah, Pen, Paper and putting a lot of trust in an Emacs enthusiast. "and for that reason, I'm out"

    What's really crazy is that this is not a crypto or blockchain project. You can do a simplified version of the elastic fund matching with just money, pen & paper.

    Yeah, Pen, Paper and putting a lot of trust in an Emacs enthusiast. "and for that reason, I'm out"

    6 votes

  17. Comment on Should C be mandatory learning for career developers? in ~comp

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    I think it's good to think in programs in the way the computer actually executes them. So designing and solving a somewhat complex problem in C; even if somewhat tedious, is worth it.

    I think it's good to think in programs in the way the computer actually executes them. So designing and solving a somewhat complex problem in C; even if somewhat tedious, is worth it.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on How do you manage separate development environments on your computer? in ~tech

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    I don't know if it really is what you're looking for per se. Nix isn't isolated in same sense as docker. But it's definitely perfect for setting up development environments, especially with...

    I'm not a huge fan of letting tools like this have full access to my system and files.

    I don't know if it really is what you're looking for per se. Nix isn't isolated in same sense as docker.

    But it's definitely perfect for setting up development environments, especially with flakes. Which you can use with just the nix tool. Beware though, as mentioned earlier, Nix's learning curve is kinda brutal.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Tilde is kill? in ~tildes

  20. Comment on Sheogorath - Zoom (2018) in ~music