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  1. Comment on Nova Launcher discontinued in ~tech

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    The main alternative reddit has settled on is Octopi Launcher which I've been using on/off for the better part of a year now. Pros: Constantly in development Pretty customisable No ads or tracking...

    The main alternative reddit has settled on is Octopi Launcher which I've been using on/off for the better part of a year now.

    Pros:
    Constantly in development
    Pretty customisable
    No ads or tracking (or paid version)

    Cons:
    UX just feels off I don't know how to describe it but it feels still like a work in progress

    9 votes

  2. Comment on Valve's secretive 'Fremont' gaming device surfaces in benchmarks in ~games

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    This is reminding me of the steam machines line that flopped pretty hard. I thought at the time that Valve should have made one as the "standard" one to point people to. Hopefully this gets the...

    This is reminding me of the steam machines line that flopped pretty hard. I thought at the time that Valve should have made one as the "standard" one to point people to.

    Hopefully this gets the same love the steam deck gets, and it gets priced reasonably.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Gamescom 2025 megathread in ~games

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    It should always be noted that ZA/UM have next to none of the creative leads of Disco Elysium still at the studio, but I do hope that Zero Parades turns out good.

    It should always be noted that ZA/UM have next to none of the creative leads of Disco Elysium still at the studio, but I do hope that Zero Parades turns out good.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    Yeah I'm of a similar opinion. Lando, on his day, is still clear of Oscar in terms of speed, racecraft, and tyre management in my opinion. However, as the pressure builds for Lando to deliver I...

    Yeah I'm of a similar opinion. Lando, on his day, is still clear of Oscar in terms of speed, racecraft, and tyre management in my opinion. However, as the pressure builds for Lando to deliver I can't help but feel that those days are going to be fewer and further between as Oscar just keeps banging out solid races. However, if this race does go down to Abu Dhabi I'll be happy no matter who wins it (although I'd slightly prefer Lando over Oscar).

    I think there's a nonzero chance that Max (or even George) could end up stealing the championship if McLaren fall back a bit in pace and have some more collisions.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Explain Linux controversies to me in ~tech

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    I'll try to explain Arch Arch Linux as a distro which is very flexible and user customisable, with the distro not even having any window management/desktop environment preinstalled. This has made...

    I'll try to explain Arch

    Arch Linux as a distro which is very flexible and user customisable, with the distro not even having any window management/desktop environment preinstalled. This has made it a favourite among tinkerers and people who like to customise their experience heavily.

    The only way to install Arch (until relatively recently) was a fairly manual hands-on installation compared to your more "friendly" flavours like Ubuntu/Fedora/Mint. This ended up with Arch gaining a reputation of being one of the "hardcore" distros but it was more approachable than gentoo/linux from scratch so it got the large share of gatekeepy-elitists. "I use Arch btw" then cropped up as a meme making fun of these people.

    Nowadays, Arch is easier to install than ever with the archinstall scripts that come bundled in the installation image and the elitists either have matured out of it or are now even more of a minority.

    15 votes

  6. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    The Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky Trilogy For those not in the know, the Trails series is a very long running serialised JRPG franchise known for its worldbuilding and narrative. The series...

    The Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky Trilogy

    For those not in the know, the Trails series is a very long running serialised JRPG franchise known for its worldbuilding and narrative. The series is 13 games deep (with at least 3-4 more to go depending on who you ask) and pretty much every game in the series requires knowledge from every previous game. The series also has had a fairly troubled localisation effort which made getting into the series as an English player a bit difficult until a couple of years ago where finally every game had an official English localisation and it more or less got caught up to the Japanese releases.

    After watching most of a 4 and a half hour video on the first game, which I've owned for a while, I took the plunge into this beloved series. I ended up beating the first game in around 4 days, and immediately bought the second (while playing I had planned to pick up the second during the upcoming summer sale). The first 3 games in the series form the 'Liberl Arc' and focuses on events in the country of Liberl in the continent the games are set in.

    The World/Characters

    This is by far the most captivating part of the games for me. Estelle, the main character for the first two games, is a very strong character from minute 0 after she dropkicks an injured child for complaining too much. Joshua, the other lead character for the first two, is also a well done character and his situation in the second game kept me hooked throughout the whole playtime. I could gush about the characters in these games for probably longer than a post deserves, but I will say that Olivier is the GOAT and I will not hear otherwise.

    Your party throughout the games isn't a constant either, especially in the first game. Outside of the final dungeon, you can't select members for your party as the characters come and go depending on their personal situation. This goes away partially in the second game, and more or less fully in the 3rd. The games also do react to who's in your party and whether they'd actually say anything in situations.

    The world itself also feels very realised. A lot of the questions you'd ask about the world and how it functions the game either tells you or shows you. And the game does take its time setting up everything, but it pays off in the long run.

    The Combat

    So, I'm not the greatest fan of turn/menu based combat. It ends up being something I tolerate rather than something I enjoy about the games. I find that most times it slows the game down as it takes you out of the world to then fight.

    The combat in these games are based on an actual grid, with many moves pushing/pulling their targets around. The games also have a visible turn list, where the bigger the action a character takes, the longer until their next action. So, casting a big spell will take a long time to execute, and then take a while until their next action. The counterbalance is that the big spell might one shot the pack of enemies you're fighting. I do generally like the additions to this compared to something more standard (Atlus games are what I'm comparing them to in my mind), and it gives you more to plan/ strategise with.

    You progress your character in 2 main ways - Levels and Orbments. Orbments work kinda similar to Materia in FFVII where you slot Orbments into a grid and then the game uses some arcane calculations (that there is an in game wiki for) to figure out what spells (called arts) you get. Slot some big red Orbments, you get a lot of fire arts - simple as. Levels get you other abilities called Crafts. Crafts don't take any time to use, but will deal less damage compared to Arts. These have a nice trade off, but I did find the Orbment system hard to figure until about halfway through the 2nd game.

    The Other Bits

    These games initially came out in 2004-2007 using pretty old tech, so the graphics aren't the greatest compared to what they could be. However, they're serviceable enough and during some of the cutscenes I was genuinely hyped to see fancy PNGs doing anime battles.

    The games run fine (as expected), although I did have a weird issue with the 2nd and 3rd games crashing when my PC switched from light to dark mode in the evening.

    These games also have no voice acting, but there is a mod which imports the Japanese dub from the PSP/Vita versions of the games and I'd highly recommend that.

    I'd honestly recommend these to anyone with a passing interest in JRPGS, they are also pretty cheap too, you can get the whole trilogy on discount for around £50.

    If the graphics or gameplay do turn you off, they are remaking the first game in their current engine, with an English dub to boot. You might have to wait a while if you want to play the whole trilogy this way, and from my experience once you roll credits on the first you are going to instantly be purchasing and downloading the second.

  7. Comment on The 2025 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in ~sports.motorsports

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    Sadly, I'm busy for the first few hours of the race so any attempt from me this year is over before it could even start. One day... I also can't help but feel that the back to back to back...

    Sadly, I'm busy for the first few hours of the race so any attempt from me this year is over before it could even start. One day...

    I also can't help but feel that the back to back to back scheduling of the 24 hours events is going to be very gruelling for any of the teams that're competing in at least 2 of these. As a viewer though, I'm all for it. It makes June feel like a special month.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on The 2025 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in ~sports.motorsports

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    I originally sourced it from screenshots I took of the standings when hyperpole finished (and Wikipedia hadn't updated and news sites didn't have timings, just positions). I updated it with full...

    I originally sourced it from screenshots I took of the standings when hyperpole finished (and Wikipedia hadn't updated and news sites didn't have timings, just positions). I updated it with full results taken from Wikipedia just a couple minutes after you commented actually.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on The 2025 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in ~sports.motorsports

  10. Comment on The 2025 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in ~sports.motorsports

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    This year is shaping up to be a pretty good year for Le Mans, with 6 manufacturers having a good shot at winning in the hypercar class. Full Qualification results are now there.

    This year is shaping up to be a pretty good year for Le Mans, with 6 manufacturers having a good shot at winning in the hypercar class.

    Quali results only have the time from the highest session that car reached because I only have so much free time for entering all the times for 62 entries. Full Qualification results are now there.

    4 votes

  11. The 2025 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

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    Warning: this post may contain spoilers

    It's that time again for the greatest race of the year.

    Race Start:
    Saturday, 14 June 2025 - 16:00 CET (14:00 UTC)

    Qualification Results
    Position Class Number Driver Team Qualifying Hyperpole 1 Hyperpole 2
    1 Hypercar 12 Alex Lynn Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 03:22.8 03:23.6 03:23.2
    2 Hypercar 38 Earl Bamber Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 03:23.5 03:23.1 03:23.3
    3 Hypercar 5 Mathieu Jaminet Porsche Penske Motorsport 03:23.5 03:24.0 03:23.5
    4 Hypercar 15 Dries Vanthoor BMW M Team WRT 03:22.9 03:24.1 03:23.7
    5 Hypercar 4 Nick Tandy Porsche Penske Motorsport 03:24.6 03:23.5 03:24.0
    6 Hypercar 20 Sheldon van der Linde BMW M Team WRT 03:23.8 03:23.2 03:24.0
    7 Hypercar 30 Antonio Fuoco Ferrari AF Corse 03:23.5 03:23.3 03:24.2
    8 Hypercar 311 Felipe Drugovich Cadillac Whelen 03:23.9 03:22.7 03:24.4
    9 Hypercar 36 Frédéric Makowiecki Alpine Endurance Team 03:23.9 03:23.5 03:24.4
    10 Hypercar 8 Sébastien Buemi Toyota Gazoo Racing 03:24.0 03:23.5 No time
    11 Hypercar 51 Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari AF Corse 03:23.2 03:24.1
    12 Hypercar 35 Paul-Loup Chatin Alpine Endurance Team 03:24.7 03:24.2
    13 Hypercar 83 Yifei Ye AF Corse 03:24.0 03:24.3
    14 Hypercar 101 Ricky Taylor Cadillac WTR 03:24.0 03:24.8
    15 Hypercar 9 Marco Sørensen Aston Martin THOR Team 03:24.9 03:25.3
    16 Hypercar 7 Nyck de Vries Toyota Gazoo Racing 03:25.1
    17 Hypercar 94 Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot TotalEnergies 03:25.2
    18 Hypercar 93 Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot TotalEnergies 03:25.5
    19 Hypercar 99 Neel Jani Proton Competition 03:25.5
    20 Hypercar 7 Harry Tincknell Aston Martin THOR Team 03:26.3
    DSQ Hypercar 6 Kévin Estre Porsche Penske Motorsport 03:23.4
    22 LMP2 Pro-Am 29 Mathias Beche TDS Racing 03:36.2 03:35.9 03:35.1
    23 LMP2 43 Tom Dillmann Inter Europol Competition 03:37.0 03:34.7 03:35.3
    24 LMP2 Pro-Am 199 Louis Delétraz AO by TF 03:35.5 03:35.3 03:35.4
    25 LMP2 Pro-Am 23 Ben Hanley United Autosports 03:35.7 03:36.5 03:35.5
    26 LMP2 22 Pietro Fittipaldi United Autosports 03:36.5 03:35.5 03:35.6
    27 LMP2 37 Tom Blomqvist CLX – Pure Rxcing 03:37.7 03:36.4 03:36.2
    28 LMP2 Pro-Am 183 Matthieu Vaxivière AF Corse 03:37.4 03:36.3 03:37.0
    29 LMP2 Pro-Am 16 Ryan Cullen RLR MSport 03:37.1 03:36.5 03:38.9
    30 LMP2 28 Sebastián Álvarez IDEC Sport 03:37.0 03:36.7
    31 LMP2 Pro-Am 45 Nicky Catsburg Algarve Pro Racing 03:36.0 03:36.8
    32 LMP2 48 Franck Perera VDS Panis Racing 03:36.6 03:36.8
    33 LMP2 25 Lorenzo Fluxá Algarve Pro Racing 03:36.6 03:37.1
    34 LMP2 Pro-Am 11 Bent Viscaal Proton Competition 03:37.8
    35 LMP2 18 André Lotterer IDEC Sport 03:37.9
    36 LMP2 9 Reshad de Gerus Iron Lynx – Proton 03:38.5
    37 LMP2 Pro-Am 34 Luca Ghiotto Inter Europol Competition 03:39.3
    38 LMP2 Pro-Am 24 Colin Braun Nielsen Racing 03:40.3
    39 LMGT3 27 Mattia Drudi Heart of Racing Team 03:57.1 03:54.7 03:52.8
    40 LMGT3 21 Alessio Rovera Vista AF Corse 03:58.1 03:54.7 03:53.1
    41 LMGT3 46 Valentino Rossi Team WRT 03:56.9 03:54.3 03:55.0
    42 LMGT3 61 Maxime Martin Iron Lynx 03:58.7 03:54.7 03:55.0
    43 LMGT3 92 Richard Lietz Manthey 1st Phorm 03:57.3 03:54.7 03:55.1
    44 LMGT3 81 Rui Andrade TF Sport 03:57.7 03:54.6 03:55.7
    45 LMGT3 95 Marino Sato United Autosports 03:59.0 03:55.2 03:56.0
    46 LMGT3 78 Jack Hawksworth Akkodis ASP Team 03:57.3 03:54.9 04:03.7
    47 LMGT3 193 Chris Froggatt Ziggo Sport – Tempesta 03:58.0 03:55.9
    48 LMGT3 88 Giammarco Levorato Proton Competition 03:57.8 03:56.2
    49 LMGT3 59 Sébastien Baud United Autosports 03:58.1 03:56.2
    50 LMGT3 54 Francesco Castellacci Vista AF Corse 03:58.6
    51 LMGT3 77 Bernardo Sousa Proton Competition 03:59.0
    52 LMGT3 87 Răzvan Umbrărescu Akkodis ASP Team 03:59.0
    53 LMGT3 57 Takeshi Kimura Kessel Racing 03:59.1
    54 LMGT3 31 Yasser Shahin The Bend Team WRT 03:59.3
    55 LMGT3 10 Derek DeBoer Racing Spirit of Léman 03:59.5
    56 LMGT3 85 Célia Martin Iron Dames 04:00.0
    57 LMGT3 90 Andrew Gilbert Manthey 04:00.4
    58 LMGT3 13 Antares Au AWA Racing 04:01.1
    59 LMGT3 150 Custodio Toledo Richard Mille AF Corse No time
    60 LMGT3 33 Orey Fidani TF Sport No time
    61 LMGT3 60 Stephen Grove Iron Lynx No time
    62 LMGT3 63 Ben Keating Iron Lynx No time
    Finishing Results
    Finishing Positon Number Team Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Class STATUS LAPS Total Time Raced Gap To Previous Car
    1 83 AF Corse Robert KUBICA Yifei YE Philip HANSON HYPERCAR Classified 387 24:02:53.332
    2 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin ESTRE Laurens VANTHOOR Matt CAMPBELL HYPERCAR Classified 387 24:03:07.416 14.084
    3 51 Ferrari AF Corse Alessandro PIER GUIDI James CALADO Antonio GIOVINAZZI HYPERCAR Classified 387 24:03:21.819 14.403
    4 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio FUOCO Nicklas NIELSEN Miguel MOLINA HYPERCAR Classified 387 24:03:22.998 1.179
    5 12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA Will STEVENS Norman NATO Alex LYNN HYPERCAR Classified 387 24:05:11.971 1:48.973
    6 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike CONWAY Kamui KOBAYASHI Nyck DE VRIES HYPERCAR Classified 386 24:03:08.984 1 Laps
    7 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Julien ANDLAUER Michael CHRISTENSEN Mathieu JAMINET HYPERCAR Classified 386 24:03:45.861 36.877
    8 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA Earl BAMBER Sébastien BOURDAIS Jenson BUTTON HYPERCAR Classified 386 24:04:30.532 44.671
    9 4 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe NASR Nick TANDY Pascal WEHRLEIN HYPERCAR Classified 386 24:05:28.957 58.425
    10 35 Alpine Endurance Team Paul-Loup CHATIN Ferdinand HABSBURG Charles MILESI HYPERCAR Classified 385 24:06:16.781 1 Laps
    11 36 Alpine Endurance Team Mick SCHUMACHER Frédéric MAKOWIECKI Jules GOUNON HYPERCAR Classified 384 24:03:37.826 1 Laps
    12 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc DUVAL Malthe JAKOBSEN Stoffel VANDOORNE HYPERCAR Classified 384 24:04:18.871 41.045
    13 009 Aston Martin Thor Team Alex RIBERAS Marco SORENSEN Roman DE ANGELIS HYPERCAR Classified 383 24:03:51.079 1 Laps
    14 99 Proton Competition Neel JANI Nicolas PINO Nicolas VARRONE HYPERCAR Classified 383 24:05:04.367 1:13.288
    15 007 Aston Martin Thor Team Harry TINCKNELL Tom GAMBLE Ross GUNN HYPERCAR Classified 381 24:02:56.333 2 Laps
    16 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien BUEMI Brendon HARTLEY Ryo HIRAKAWA HYPERCAR Classified 380 24:05:28.156 1 Laps
    17 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Paul DI RESTA Mikkel JENSEN Jean-Eric VERGNE HYPERCAR Classified 379 24:03:16.528 1 Laps
    18 20 BMW M Team WRT René RAST Robin FRIJNS Sheldon VAN DER LINDE HYPERCAR Classified 375 24:02:56.020 4 Laps
    19 43 Inter Europol Competition Jakub SMIECHOWSKI Tom DILLMANN Nick YELLOLY LMP2 Classified 367 24:04:09.023 8 Laps
    20 48 VDS Panis Racing Oliver GRAY Esteban MASSON Franck PERERA LMP2 Classified 367 24:06:04.776 1:55.753
    21 199 AO by TF PJ HYETT Dane CAMERON Louis DELETRAZ LMP2 Classified 366 24:05:56.819 1 Laps
    22 9 Iron Lynx - Proton Jonas RIED Maceo CAPIETTO Reshad DE GÉRUS LMP2 Classified 365 24:03:03.559 1 Laps
    23 29 TDS Racing Rodrigo SALES Mathias BECHE Clément NOVALAK LMP2 Classified 365 24:05:44.469 2:40.910
    24 11 Proton Competition Giorgio RODA Rene BINDER Bent VISCAAL LMP2 Classified 365 24:06:09.797 25.328
    25 22 United Autosports Renger VAN DER ZANDE Pietro FITTIPALDI David HEINEMEIER HANSSON LMP2 Classified 364 24:03:43.736 1 Laps
    26 25 Algarve Pro Racing Matthias KAISER Lorenzo FLUXA Théo POURCHAIRE LMP2 Classified 364 24:04:06.445 22.709
    27 183 AF Corse François PERRODO Matthieu VAXIVIERE Antonio FELIX DA COSTA LMP2 Classified 364 24:04:41.940 35.495
    28 34 Inter Europol Competition Nicholas BOULLE Jean-Baptiste SIMMENAUER Luca GHIOTTO LMP2 Classified 363 24:03:03.480 1 Laps
    29 23 United Autosports Daniel SCHNEIDER Oliver JARVIS Benjamin HANLEY LMP2 Classified 363 24:06:04.223 3:00.743
    30 16 RLR M Sport Michael JENSEN Ryan CULLEN Patrick PILET LMP2 Classified 362 24:02:54.768 1 Laps
    31 45 Algarve Pro Racing George KURTZ Nicky CATSBURG Alexander QUINN LMP2 Classified 362 24:04:06.381 1:11.613
    32 15 BMW M Team WRT Dries VANTHOOR Raffaele MARCIELLO Kevin MAGNUSSEN HYPERCAR Classified 361 24:04:22.255 1 Laps
    33 37 CLX - Pure Rxcing Aliaksandr MALYKHIN Tom BLOMQVIST Tristan VAUTIER LMP2 Classified 358 24:06:11.786 3 Laps
    34 92 Manthey 1ST Phorm Ryan HARDWICK Riccardo PERA Richard LIETZ LMGT3 Classified 341 24:03:22.925 17 Laps
    35 21 Vista AF Corse François HERIAU Simon MANN Alessio ROVERA LMGT3 Classified 341 24:03:56.184 33.259
    36 81 TF Sport Tom VAN ROMPUY Rui ANDRADE Charlie EASTWOOD LMGT3 Classified 341 24:04:34.635 38.451
    37 27 Heart of Racing Team Ian JAMES Mattia DRUDI Zacharie ROBICHON LMGT3 Classified 341 24:05:38.047 1:03.412
    38 87 Akkodis ASP Team Petru UMBRARESCU Jose Maria LOPEZ Clemens SCHMID LMGT3 Classified 340 24:02:57.829 1 Laps
    39 90 Manthey Antares AU Loek HARTOG Klaus BACHLER LMGT3 Classified 340 24:05:17.091 2:19.262
    40 33 TF Sport Ben KEATING Jonny EDGAR Daniel JUNCADELLA LMGT3 Classified 339 24:04:43.509 1 Laps
    41 57 Kessel Racing Takeshi KIMURA Daniel SERRA Casper STEVENSON LMGT3 Classified 339 24:05:03.870 20.361
    42 77 Proton Competition Bernardo SOUSA Ben TUCK Benjamin BARKER LMGT3 Classified 338 24:03:30.810 1 Laps
    43 13 AWA Racing Orey FIDANI Lars KERN Matthew BELL LMGT3 Classified 338 24:03:33.531 2.721
    44 150 Richard Mille AF Corse Custodio TOLEDO Lilou WADOUX Riccardo AGOSTINI LMGT3 Classified 338 24:05:03.140 1:29.609
    45 61 Iron Lynx Martin BERRY Lin HODENIUS Maxime MARTIN LMGT3 Classified 337 24:06:46.484 1 Laps
    46 10 Racing Spirit of Leman Derek DEBOER Valentin HASSE CLOT Eduardo BARRICHELLO LMGT3 Classified 336 24:03:05.865 1 Laps
    47 193 Ziggo Sport Tempesta Jonathan HUI Christopher FROGGATT Edward CHEEVER LMGT3 Classified 335 24:04:20.784 1 Laps
    48 63 Iron Lynx Stephen GROVE Brenton GROVE Luca STOLZ LMGT3 Classified 334 24:03:12.269 1 Laps
    49 85 Iron Dames Celia MARTIN Rahel FREY Sarah BOVY LMGT3 Classified 334 24:03:57.025 44.756
    50 59 United Autosports James COTTINGHAM Grégoire SAUCY Sébastien BAUD LMGT3 Not classified 314 22:52:42.255 20 Laps
    51 28 IDEC Sport Paul LAFARGUE Job VAN UITERT Sebastian ALVAREZ LMP2 Retired 308 20:18:29.995 6 Laps
    52 78 Akkodis ASP Team Arnold ROBIN Jack HAWKSWORTH Finn GEHRSITZ LMGT3 Retired 268 19:02:41.151 40 Laps
    53 311 Cadillac Whelen Jack AITKEN Felipe DRUGOVICH Frederik VESTI HYPERCAR Retired 247 16:00:31.169 21 Laps
    54 18 IDEC Sport Jamie CHADWICK Mathys JAUBERT André LOTTERER LMP2 Retired 206 13:34:12.511 41 Laps
    55 54 Vista AF Corse Thomas FLOHR Francesco CASTELLACCI Davide RIGON LMGT3 Retired 192 14:04:56.647 14 Laps
    56 101 Cadillac WTR Ricky TAYLOR Jordan TAYLOR Filipe ALBUQUERQUE HYPERCAR Retired 189 11:55:38.240 3 Laps
    57 24 Nielsen Racing Naveen RAO Cem BÖLÜKBASI Colin BRAUN LMP2 Retired 170 11:10:29.565 19 Laps
    58 31 The Bend Team WRT Yasser SHAHIN Timur BOGUSLAVSKIY Augusto FARFUS LMGT3 Retired 168 13:17:27.884 2 Laps
    59 46 Team WRT Ahmad AL HARTHY Valentino ROSSI Kelvin VAN DER LINDE LMGT3 Retired 156 11:02:28.095 12 Laps
    60 95 United Autosports Darren LEUNG Sean GELAEL Marino SATO LMGT3 Retired 80 5:35:58.499 76 Laps
    61 60 Iron Lynx Andrew GILBERT Lorcan HANAFIN Fran RUEDA LMGT3 Retired 57 6:05:02.685 23 Laps
    62 88 Proton Competition Stefano GATTUSO Giammarco LEVORATO Dennis OLSEN LMGT3 Retired 46 3:11:36.304 11 Laps
    18 votes

  12. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    Been listening to the new Bon Iver album pretty solidly since release last week. It's good, I don't think Justin's missed at all with any Bon Iver album yet. It feels like a culmination of all the...

    Been listening to the new Bon Iver album pretty solidly since release last week.

    It's good, I don't think Justin's missed at all with any Bon Iver album yet. It feels like a culmination of all the sounds of the previous albums.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix 2024 - Results in ~sports.motorsports

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    As a McLaren fan, they definitely screwed themselves out of a 1-2 here by letting their drivers fight. If Lando/McLaren are serious about the WDC challenge, they need to be telling Oscar he can't...

    As a McLaren fan, they definitely screwed themselves out of a 1-2 here by letting their drivers fight. If Lando/McLaren are serious about the WDC challenge, they need to be telling Oscar he can't be doing that lap 1 (I don't think he did anything wrong if they were allowed to race/fight, Lando left the gap and Oscar went for it). Their car had the pace seeing them both just bang out fastest laps.

    As a Leclerc fan, what a race to win. The two most important ones for him and he smashes them both. Props to Carlos for seemingly saying the 1 stop could work, and for holding up both McLarens to the point they couldn't catch Charles.

    Red Bull seem to be in the doldrums for the moment. If you had told me at the start of the year max wouldn't win a race for now 6 races straight I would have not believed you at all. We might see a resurgence at Baku, but Singapore has never been strong for Max.

    For the WDC 62 points with 8 races and 3 sprints left seems like a task for Lando, but if Red Bull continue like this I think he'll clinch it. WCC seems like a lock for McLaren at this point, but Ferrari may even end up knocking Red Bull down to third by the end of the year.

    What a year it's been.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~society

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    The big parties heavily benefit from the current system, so they're likely to not want to change it, and the small parties who it might benefit aren't able to push it through. We did have a...

    The big parties heavily benefit from the current system, so they're likely to not want to change it, and the small parties who it might benefit aren't able to push it through. We did have a Referendum on an alternative vote back in 2011 pushed through by the Lib Dems who were in coalition with the Conservatives at the time. I was 11 years old at the time so I don't remember what the campaigns fully were like but the vote ended in a resounding "no" for changing the system.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on What slow-burn game is worth the time? in ~games

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    Final Fantasy XIV (Steam Link) is a definite slow burn for me, particularly the main story of the base game. It's very slow to start off with, with the main story really picking up around levels...

    Final Fantasy XIV (Steam Link) is a definite slow burn for me, particularly the main story of the base game. It's very slow to start off with, with the main story really picking up around levels 30-40. This does mean for the first perhaps 30 hours the story feels like it's spinning its wheels. However, I think pretty much everyone who didn't get filtered out by the base game then praises the story of the expansions for very good reason.

    8 votes

  16. Comment on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pitches mandatory national service at eighteen in ~society

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    I'm all for the vote at 16, but that might mainly be due to the Brexit vote occurring when I was 16 and feeling like I wasn't getting a say despite the fact I was going to on average spend more...

    I'm all for the vote at 16, but that might mainly be due to the Brexit vote occurring when I was 16 and feeling like I wasn't getting a say despite the fact I was going to on average spend more time in the post-Brexit UK than most of the people pushing and voting for it.

    I'm not sure the age the vote should be brought forward to but 16 is definitely where I'd start it out at.

    8 votes

  17. Comment on Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix 2024 - Results in ~sports.motorsports

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    Super happy for Norris, feels like this has been a long time coming, since at least 2021. I'm hoping the updates help McLaren fight for wins at more tracks (Another Norris win at Silverstone would...

    Super happy for Norris, feels like this has been a long time coming, since at least 2021. I'm hoping the updates help McLaren fight for wins at more tracks (Another Norris win at Silverstone would be cracking), We'll see at Imola and Monaco.

    It might turn out to be an interesting year after all if the Ferrari and McLaren updates prove fruitful.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    So, RE: characters showing up randomly in thunder junction From what I've read about this set there's two reasons why - First, is that one of the themes of the set is "villains" to match the...

    So, RE: characters showing up randomly in thunder junction

    From what I've read about this set there's two reasons why -

    First, is that one of the themes of the set is "villains" to match the cowboy/outlaw theme of the plane. They decided to make the plane empty pre-omenpaths to avoid any allegory to how the native americans were treated by colonisers, which has resulted in the set feeling a bit like "hey remember this minor bad guy from X set? They're here too now in a cowboy hat and wearing spurs!" to actually give the set enough cards.

    The Second is (which I read somewhere but can't find again) that they're going to be doing crossover sets between planes about once a year. And with their release schedule it's got to be in a standard legal set as the rest of the calendar is now being taken up with Universes Beyond or rereleases and they got rid of core sets because they weren't selling well enough I believe.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Your theme for 2024 in ~talk

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    I think I'm going to steal the year of "Focus" from you! I've been struggling with what I think is ADHD for the whole year, keeping myself on track and task for things has become rather...

    I think I'm going to steal the year of "Focus" from you!

    I've been struggling with what I think is ADHD for the whole year, keeping myself on track and task for things has become rather challenging (I'm procrastinating from many thing while I'm writing this) and the UK healthcare system for all its benefits has a several month waiting list for an ADHD diagnosis.

    I have so many things I want to do or try, but they're stuck in limbo until I decide that I'm going to hyperfocus on them for a week or two and then drop them until they strike my interest again.

    Going into 2024 I'm looking at (hopefully) a bit of a career change, and to get some long-term things rolling that I've been putting off for however long. Between the ADHD diagnosis, and getting myself to get these things started I hope that's going to fulfill what I've defined as the criteria in my head (but haven't written down). Also to catch up on my game backlog that's slowly getting longer and longer. That's a tertiary goal for the year though.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Tildes’ 2023 Backlog Burner: Final Discussion in ~games

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    Just be warned with Jedi Survivor that it's still rather poorly performing on most hardware even after the updates (at least as of update 7).

    Just be warned with Jedi Survivor that it's still rather poorly performing on most hardware even after the updates (at least as of update 7).

    3 votes