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Comment on Due process and the Abrego Garcia case in ~society
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Due process and the Abrego Garcia case
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Comment on US citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol for ten days in ~society
Carrow Link ParentWithout due process, you don't get a chance to prove you're a citizen. Part of why we guarantee it for persons, as written in the 5th amendment."they aren't sending you anywhere, you're a citizen" I, being notably white, told him he didn't know that.
Without due process, you don't get a chance to prove you're a citizen. Part of why we guarantee it for persons, as written in the 5th amendment.
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Comment on Piracy advert PSA meta in ~design
Carrow Link ParentIt's a bit of a misunderstanding. https://torrentfreak.com/sorry-the-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-ad-wasnt-pirated-170625/It's a bit of a misunderstanding.
https://torrentfreak.com/sorry-the-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-ad-wasnt-pirated-170625/
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Comment on Roku says its ads aren’t meant to be ‘interruptive’ after controversial test in ~tech
Carrow Link ParentFolks mentioned this ONN box for $20 when Chromecast was being shutndown. No support for Dolby Vision or Atmos, that's in the $50 box, but otherwise this one seems like a fine box....Folks mentioned this ONN box for $20 when Chromecast was being shutndown. No support for Dolby Vision or Atmos, that's in the $50 box, but otherwise this one seems like a fine box.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/onn-Google-TV-4K-Streaming-Box-New-2023-4K-UHD-Resolution/2835618394
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Comment on Need suggestions for soundproofing my place in ~life.home_improvement
Carrow LinkI know this doesn't help to solve your problem, but I've lived in a lot of different apartments and even accidentally triggered my own noise complaints that I fixed. But this stuck out to me: Your...I know this doesn't help to solve your problem, but I've lived in a lot of different apartments and even accidentally triggered my own noise complaints that I fixed. But this stuck out to me:
(like me walking around in my own place which actually lead my property manager to push back on my behalf and tell them that's not a legit complaint they can have and makes no sense given I don't live above them)
Your neighbor has an unreasonable expectation of silence in an apartment if you walking in an adjacent unit is too loud. Props to the property manager acknowledging that's too much. You've been taking reasonable steps as a considerate neighbor.
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Comment on Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith to have a limited theatrical re-release beginning April 25th in ~movies
Carrow LinkMy brother just turned like 21 last October. He was big into Star Wars as a kid, but of course he was too young to be a fan while Revenge of the Sith was in theaters. He loved that movie though,...My brother just turned like 21 last October. He was big into Star Wars as a kid, but of course he was too young to be a fan while Revenge of the Sith was in theaters. He loved that movie though, he played that DVD till it died (don't worry we got him another). He recently tried to get his partner to watch it with him, but she fell asleep!
I live over 2,000 miles away now, but I happen to be flying back for the first time in a while tomorrow. We're making plans to catch this together. What a nice surprise.
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Comment on Valve announces accessibility tags for Steam in ~games
Carrow Link ParentThis is a great move and long overdue, don't get me wrong, but I gotta say, seriously, no flashing lights or light sensitivity warning or notice of a toggle? Come on it's 2025 this is ridiculous.This is a great move and long overdue, don't get me wrong, but I gotta say, seriously, no flashing lights or light sensitivity warning or notice of a toggle? Come on it's 2025 this is ridiculous.
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Comment on Valve announces accessibility tags for Steam in ~games
Carrow LinkList of tags is here Gameplay: Adjustable Difficulty: Players can adjust gameplay difficulty. Save Anytime: Players can save gameplay using both automatic and manual saves. Saving can be performed...List of tags is here
Gameplay:
Adjustable Difficulty: Players can adjust gameplay difficulty.
Save Anytime: Players can save gameplay using both automatic and manual saves. Saving can be performed at any point in the game.
Audio:
Custom Volume Controls: Players can adjust the volume of the audio. Different types of audio can be muted independently from each other.
Narrated Game Menus: Players can listen to game menus with narrated audio.
Stereo Sound: Players can identify how far to the left or right sounds are coming from.
Surround Sound: Players can identify how far in any direction sounds are coming from.
Visual:
Adjustable Text Size: Players can adjust text size. (In-game text, menu text, character dialog text, subtitle text)
Subtitle Options: Players have options to customize the display of subtitles for all spoken content and essential audio information.
Color Alternatives: Gameplay doesn't rely on colors to communicate important information, or players have an option to adjust colors used for distinguishing information.
Camera Comfort: Players have an option to adjust or disable uncomfortable camera movement such as screen shaking, camera bob, or motion blur, or the game doesn't feature these effects.
Input:
Keyboard Only Option: Players can play the game with just a keyboard and no other additional input mechanisms such as a mouse or controller.
Mouse Only Option: Players can play the game with just a mouse and no other additional input mechanisms such as a keyboard or controller.
Touch Only Option: Players can play the game with just touch controls and no other additional input mechanisms such as a mouse, keyboard or controller.
Playable without Timed Input: Players have an option to adjust gameplay to not require precisely timed button presses ("quick time events") or gameplay does not require such button presses.
Text-to-speech: Text chat can be narrated out loud in real time.
Speech-to-text communications: Voice chat can be read as a text transcript in real time.
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Comment on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to launch disease registry tracking autistic people by collecting US private medical records in ~society
Carrow Link ParentThank you, it was good advice. I'm sorry you've got associated trauma, I understand this may not feel like an appropriate platform to share.Thank you, it was good advice. I'm sorry you've got associated trauma, I understand this may not feel like an appropriate platform to share.
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Comment on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to launch disease registry tracking autistic people by collecting US private medical records in ~society
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Comment on Oblivion Remastered releases today in ~games
Carrow Link ParentOh yeah I don't consider reshaders proper mods or indicative of a games modability at all, just commenting on what was in the link. When they said no mod support and UE5, I thought you wouldn't be...Oh yeah I don't consider reshaders proper mods or indicative of a games modability at all, just commenting on what was in the link. When they said no mod support and UE5, I thought you wouldn't be able to get the game to even read esp/esm files, that's huge compared to what I expected at all. I expect modders will quickly find what freedoms and limitations they've got, but yeah certainly not in the first 12hrs.
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Comment on Oblivion Remastered releases today in ~games
Carrow Link ParentCurrently it is mostly a flood of reshaders, but there are some actual esp files folks are getting to load. A rather large conversation randomizer mod has already been ported over. Mod support may...Currently it is mostly a flood of reshaders, but there are some actual esp files folks are getting to load. A rather large conversation randomizer mod has already been ported over. Mod support may be more widespread than I thought.
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Comment on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to launch disease registry tracking autistic people by collecting US private medical records in ~society
Carrow Link@chocobean shared some advice and encouragement with me about seeking a consultation with an immigration lawyer, I'd encourage y'all to consider it too. an encouragement for everyone to look into...@chocobean shared some advice and encouragement with me about seeking a consultation with an immigration lawyer, I'd encourage y'all to consider it too.
A very complicated situation indeed. I updated my original comment to include
an encouragement for everyone to look into it anyway:
I would encourage everyone who has access to free immigration lawyer advice, maybe via work, to just have a chat about options and routes. Or call a few places and ask if they have free 45min consultations. Even if you don't need to use that information, you might be able to offer it to others who want/need to know. There might also be free workshops and seminars etc hosted by immigration counseling firms.Because immigration is so complicated, there are entire industries that discuss options, help you pick a country, and then streamline the whole dang process. Usually they'll host free information sessions; go.Just thought I'd say this because Americans have always been comfortable and never thought about leaving, but in the rest of the world these are standard industries, and "what do you want to be when you grow up --> where do you want to study / immigrate to" are standard questions. It's entirely normal to just look into it or even apply, and then go on with your life as normal, without actually packing bags or making concrete plans to move at all. Think of it as having a very complicated LinkedIn account.
These things take literally years, and at best it'll all blow over and go back to normal and you've just spend a bit of money getting knowledge about an aspect of life that was previously opaque to you. Simple things like "what documents proof my existence and education and work experience that I can take with me when I need to", are applicable for natural disasters too. Maybe next time you need a new job, that remote position opened to X nationals become an option. Added bonus: It might give folks a bit more appreciation for how much immigrants had to go through to arrive at your community.
And in the worst case, you'd be years ahead of a huge rush of applicants.
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Comment on Larry David: My dinner with Adolf Hitler (gifted link) in ~society
Carrow Link ParentThanks for the context! I'm surprised the article describes him as liberal (even by Forbes standards), do other folks think Maher is liberal? I watched one of his newer shows when they started...Thanks for the context!
I'm surprised the article describes him as liberal (even by Forbes standards), do other folks think Maher is liberal? I watched one of his newer shows when they started back up and yeah he had Trump criticism but the rest sounded like a conservative's playbook with railing on the dang kids ruining the golden age of America. Even a couple of the points he says he agrees with Trump on quoted in the article are not moderate stances by any means.
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Comment on I think I don’t like Pokémon anymore in ~games
Carrow LinkI absolutely agree about Pokemon being about the adventure and exploration. On top of everything else different with PL:A, that was what engaged me. In comparison, the new one looks like a snooze...I absolutely agree about Pokemon being about the adventure and exploration. On top of everything else different with PL:A, that was what engaged me. In comparison, the new one looks like a snooze fest even with new combat. I couldn't care less about exploring a pokemon city-scape as the entire setting. Otherwise, for me, the gameplay is deep enough for a phone game but that's it. I didn't find I needed to grind in any of the Pokemon games though, building a good team and trainer battles between gyms was enough. Newer iterations have a generous XP share system too.
I have found recently that I do quite enjoy a good creature collector (that's a Steam tag you can search by btw) rather than Pokemon specifically. I quite enjoyed Coromon, it felt like a proper Pokemon sequel and went more where I wanted the franchise to go after gen 3 over whatever they did for gen 4. Moonstone Island was a neat merge of Pokemon, Slay the Spire, and Stardew Valley. I've been pretty into Digimon lately too, Digimon World 1 is awesome.
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Comment on Oblivion Remastered releases today in ~games
Carrow (edited )Link ParentI think Skyblivion still has a leg up on being moddable. This remaster is some amalgamation of UE5 and Creation/Gamebryo and does not have official mod support (so presumably no creation kit...I think Skyblivion still has a leg up on being moddable. This remaster is some amalgamation of UE5 and Creation/Gamebryo and does not have official mod support (so presumably no creation kit coming either). I'd be surprised if no mods made it through, but I also wouldn't expect the same breadth of mods for this remaster.
Edit: Nexus currently has flood of reshader "mods", but there are some actual esp files folks are getting to load. A rather large conversation randomizer mod has already been ported over. Mod support may be more widespread than I thought.
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Comment on [RESOLVED] Tech support request: my game stream is lagging every five minutes in ~tech
Carrow Link ParentYeah depending on what you use it for, may be easier to replace the OS than fix it, doubly so if you prefer MX. I should've noted a live USB won't be as performant, but yeah, seems you figured out...Yeah depending on what you use it for, may be easier to replace the OS than fix it, doubly so if you prefer MX. I should've noted a live USB won't be as performant, but yeah, seems you figured out it was mainly a test for that 5min.
Cinnamon, being a GNOME derivative, may be doing something different with your desktop environment that's causing the affliction. I recommend trying out game scope, the compositor Valve built for the Deck.
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Comment on [RESOLVED] Tech support request: my game stream is lagging every five minutes in ~tech
Carrow LinkA relatively quick way to check if it is OS versus hardware would be to boot up a live USB and see if the issue persists. Based purely on my gut, I'm suspicious of the two GPUs and Cinnamon. Wish...A relatively quick way to check if it is OS versus hardware would be to boot up a live USB and see if the issue persists. Based purely on my gut, I'm suspicious of the two GPUs and Cinnamon. Wish I had more specific advice!
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Comment on Trying to fully ditch Windows for streaming. So close, but this audio issue is breaking me. in ~tech
Carrow Link ParentHave you checked the gain in the OS settings too? Ubuntu's default at max volume destroys my mic quality in the same way and makes it incredibly loud, setting it to like 40% in system settings...Have you checked the gain in the OS settings too? Ubuntu's default at max volume destroys my mic quality in the same way and makes it incredibly loud, setting it to like 40% in system settings makes it sound like it did on Windows with gain maxed out.
This is the most comprehensive write-up I've seen of the Abrego Garcia case. It clears up misinformation spread by public officials and repeated on Tildes.