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Comment on Heroic Games Launcher: an open source, cross-platform launcher for GOG and Epic Games Store in ~games
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Comment on Heroic Games Launcher: an open source, cross-platform launcher for GOG and Epic Games Store in ~games
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentThis, more than anything, has deflated my gaming habit since switching to Linux. It is absolutely amazing how many "Windows" games run seamlessly on Linux these days ... until you start talking...This, more than anything, has deflated my gaming habit since switching to Linux. It is absolutely amazing how many "Windows" games run seamlessly on Linux these days ... until you start talking about modding, and I love(d) modding my games, but I don't love spending more time figuring out how to make the game work, than actually playing the game (... yeah, I know, how'd I ever get into modding in the first place?).
I'll take a look, thanx.
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Comment on Heroic Games Launcher: an open source, cross-platform launcher for GOG and Epic Games Store in ~games
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentCrap. Now you've got me thinking. Anyone know what is the current state of trying to run wildly übermodded versions of Skyrim on a capable Linux system these days? Ideally, the Wildlander curated...Crap. Now you've got me thinking.
Anyone know what is the current state of trying to run wildly übermodded versions of Skyrim on a capable Linux system these days? Ideally, the Wildlander curated mod collection, built on top of the epic Requiem mod?
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Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in in ~tech
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentThe 21st Century version of "staples in the middle of the centerfold".It's also not optimised for the folding display, but I can deal with this.
The 21st Century version of "staples in the middle of the centerfold".
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Comment on Tildes exclusive: the Ethoscore Project in ~creative
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentWhat comment? ( ;-P )What comment? ( ;-P )
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Comment on White House directly intervened to shut down Jeffrey Epstein files probe in ~society
Eric_the_Cerise LinkSuch inconvenient timing, what with the Midterms and all. I sure hope this doesn't hurt them too much in the elections. /sSuch inconvenient timing, what with the Midterms and all. I sure hope this doesn't hurt them too much in the elections. /s
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Comment on Tildes exclusive: the Ethoscore Project in ~creative
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentJust added this to my "to watch" short list, based entirely on this description. Thanx.Just added this to my "to watch" short list, based entirely on this description. Thanx.
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Comment on #YesAllMen #NotAllMen #MaybeSomeMen How to be better? in ~life.men
Eric_the_Cerise (edited )LinkSo, here is my carefully considered hot take. People claiming the #YesAllMen hashtag is ragebait/clickbait, y'all need to step back and look at the broader context. It is really just a rhetorical...So, here is my carefully considered hot take.
People claiming the #YesAllMen hashtag is ragebait/clickbait, y'all need to step back and look at the broader context. It is really just a rhetorical counter to the actual ragebait hashtag, #NotAllMen.
Relatedly, the #NotAllMen hashtag is not useless ... it is quite effectively doing exactly what it is intended to do, which is to undermine women's perspectives and somehow push the burden of proof back on them.
Here is my rhetorical counter ... #NotAllPeopleArePedophiles ... but you can't tell your child to "just avoid the pedophiles; everyone else is fine".
And yes, there absolutely is an unavoidable "guilt-by-association" thing going on here. That's not women's fault, either. The more we don't like being lumped in with the "bad" men, the more we need to think about how we can help to destroy the culture they (we?) thrive in.
Oh ... addendum: I watched the video. If you haven't, it's good; worth 30 minutes of your life.
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Comment on #YesAllMen #NotAllMen #MaybeSomeMen How to be better? in ~life.men
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentJust a quick "drive-by" comment ... but I am convinced that everything everyone posts online, on any subject anywhere, is always performative. It is flatly unavoidable, because everyone knows,...Just a quick "drive-by" comment ... but I am convinced that everything everyone posts online, on any subject anywhere, is always performative. It is flatly unavoidable, because everyone knows, deep down, that they are not just posting to their intended audience, but also to the grand global group of onlookers, and we all--perhaps even unconsciously--are constantly spinning what we say online and how we say it ... to look "better" to the general audience.
Just my dos centavos.
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Comment on If duckweed doubles every day, why don't we eat it? in ~science
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentJust at a glance, I saw the same critique for duckweed -- whatever's in the water, ends up in your food, and generally more concentrated. Aquaponics actually has a 3-stage process, where there is...Just at a glance, I saw the same critique for duckweed -- whatever's in the water, ends up in your food, and generally more concentrated.
Aquaponics actually has a 3-stage process, where there is a microscopic bacterial filtration/conversion process going on, converting "raw" fish waste into food for the plants.
I've done a few small "proof of concept" aquaponics set-ups, but never anything like a full-scale production system. My guess is that, you want to avoid getting the water on the plants, keeping it available only to the root system -- plus common-sense "wash your food" advice ... but beyond that, it isn't like the plants' roots will suck fish-poop-poison into your tomatoes.
That is, apart from the same concern about wolffia and duckweed sucking up poisons and pollutants out of the water they grow in ... then you feed that to your fish, etc ... you want to maintain unpolluted stocks at every stage. But I don't believe the fish poop itself introduces added risk (...?).
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Comment on If duckweed doubles every day, why don't we eat it? in ~science
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentDid you ever look into aquaponics? Duckweed, potentially, can figure prominently into that cycle, while providing you much nicer variety of fish, fruits and veggies to eat. More work, too, of...Did you ever look into aquaponics? Duckweed, potentially, can figure prominently into that cycle, while providing you much nicer variety of fish, fruits and veggies to eat. More work, too, of course, but still a fascinating process.
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Comment on 1 in 8 Billion - Browser game, free, life sim with real statistics from 172 countries in ~games
Eric_the_Cerise LinkI played Ángel Ramírez, a guy born in Cuba in 1950 (I thought, "live thru the Cuban Revolution, the Cuban Missile Crisis, etc"). Only child of a single mom from a (relatively) wealthy family ......I played Ángel Ramírez, a guy born in Cuba in 1950 (I thought, "live thru the Cuban Revolution, the Cuban Missile Crisis, etc").
Only child of a single mom from a (relatively) wealthy family ... had enough money to start, mom had a maid, etc.
He had dyslexia, and no one yet had a word for this; he just kept doing badly in school, no matter how hard he tried. As he grew, his "Knowledge" gradually declined until it just sat at 1-3 his entire adult life.
Plus, his mom moved to Chicago after the Revolution, so I didn't even get to see that.
He wasn't dumb. He ended up a master electrician (despite a short stint in prison for a poorly considered plan to "make some quick money").
He cheated on his wife for a couple of years, "got away with it" ... until his wife found out a decade later when he was in prison and she was stuck keeping the family above water ... but they reconciled, she forgave him, and he turned his life around.
Ultimately died at 74 with 2 sons, 3 granddaughters, finally all debts paid off and a little nest egg for his wife and children.
Not the life I wanted. Still fascinating.
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Comment on Ukraine takes out six Russian Su-34M bombers with a single airbase strike, navy says in ~society
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentThis is the exact type of info I wish was presented in the news. Every time I see a report like "Ukraine just destroyed another S400 launcher" my immediate reaction is, "okay, how many are left?"...This is the exact type of info I wish was presented in the news. Every time I see a report like "Ukraine just destroyed another S400 launcher" my immediate reaction is, "okay, how many are left?" If Russia only has 8 more, then that's awesome; if they've still got 800 more, then not so much...
In fact, that was my immediate reaction when the first Yandex center got hit ... "Out of how many? 50?" Only after I learned that they only had 5 such centers in total, did this suddenly feel significant.
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Comment on 1 in 8 Billion - Browser game, free, life sim with real statistics from 172 countries in ~games
Eric_the_Cerise LinkThis is old, but I've always loved this blog post. Very happy it is still online. I haven't tried this new gamulation thing yet, but it sure sounds like these go together hand-in-glove. Life is a...This is old, but I've always loved this blog post. Very happy it is still online. I haven't tried this new gamulation thing yet, but it sure sounds like these go together hand-in-glove.
Life is a game. This is your strategy guide
The first 15 years or so of life are just tutorial missions, which suck. There’s no way to skip these.
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Comment on Ukraine struck Yandex data centers, Russian bots went silent—now questions are mounting in ~society
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentFWIW, I'm in favor of Ukraine taking out all the remaining Yandex data centers, you know, just to help test the theory....FWIW, I'm in favor of Ukraine taking out all the remaining Yandex data centers, you know, just to help test the theory....
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Comment on How Ukraine uses precision drone strikes to hobble Russian oil refineries in ~society
Eric_the_Cerise Link ParentUnfortunately, the US has many, many additional levels of "leverage" at their disposal ... block Ukraine access to Starlink, cut Ukraine off from US military sat intelligence ... then come the...Untethering Ukraine from US aid means the US has no leverage.
Unfortunately, the US has many, many additional levels of "leverage" at their disposal ... block Ukraine access to Starlink, cut Ukraine off from US military sat intelligence ... then come the uglier options ... grant Russia access to Starlink, grant Russia access to US military sat intelligence, violate the sanctions and start (either openly or surreptitiously) supplying Russia with critical components to rebuild refineries and other infrastructure, supplying Russia with ballistic missile components, supplying Russia with weapons, pressuring/sanctioning EU countries for continuing to support Ukraine ... And on and on, all the way up to, potentially, launching US strikes on Ukraine right alongside Russian attacks.
If you think "cutting off PURL" is the worst Trump can do...
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Comment on New EU-created Search Index in ~tech
Eric_the_Cerise LinkI just saw the news that Ecosia has (bizarrely) decided to drop its French AI partner, Mistral, in favor of a Chinese model with questionable morals. Reminded me that, two years ago, Ecosia and...I just saw the news that Ecosia has (bizarrely) decided to drop its French AI partner, Mistral, in favor of a Chinese model with questionable morals.
Reminded me that, two years ago, Ecosia and Qwant made a big announcement that they were starting a joint venture together, to build a fully in-house, EU-based search index to challenge the Google/Bing duopoly.
... and then I never heard anything more about it.
Turns out, I missed not one, but two big follow-ups, and I figured if I missed them, maybe you did, too.
Last year, the new search index went live in France, and just a couple of months ago, it went live in Germany, too.
I'm still figuring out what this means ... there's no new dedicated front-end search service connected to it (yet?), and even the algorithm/engine that uses the index is still being developed. Both Qwant and Ecosia search engines are (apparently) in the on-going process, behind the scenes, of gradually shifting their search results to come less and less from Google, and more and more from their homegrown index.
But, anyway, there it is, an Index of one's own for the Internet.
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New EU-created Search Index
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Blue-collar effective altruism
I started out this morning, asking my chosen LLM, well ... this: The philosophy and subject of "effective altruism" has become some kind of controversial subject, relating to billionaires...
I started out this morning, asking my chosen LLM, well ... this:
The philosophy and subject of "effective altruism" has become some kind of controversial subject, relating to billionaires justifying cut-throat approaches to earning more billions that they can then donate to the "right" causes after they get tired of their corporate overlordship. Hmm ... that was more rant-y than I intended. My point and my question is just, what are quick and easy, reliable, effective ways of figuring out which causes, organizations, open-source projects, non-profits, NGOs, etc, are A) most deserving, and B) most in need. Eg, I have $5/month to donate to a cause ... how do I quickly determine whether that money should go to Wikipedia, Tor, or F-Droid ... or some other org that I've completely overlooked?
My LLM, like most of them, loves the sound of its own voice, so I'll spare you the full response. It did give me some good meta-charity links to explore--
But then it spent much of the rest of its answer subtly shaming me away from OpenSource projects and towards charities directly focused on helping people in need. I haven't yet decided how I feel about that.
But regardless, I wanted to also ask real live human beings about this.
Note that I do not want a debate about just how bad is "effective altruism" as understood by the billionaire class, and/or the progressive Left. I am not (yet) willing to relinquish that term to the Bill Gates of the world.
What I do want to talk about, is what that term really should mean (according to me); how do I best decide who to donate money to?
I'm prepared to set up an extra $20/month or $50/month, or some other small chunk of spare change, to support causes I believe in ... but I want to figure out, objectively, which of those causes actually need the money the most, and/or which of those causes are going to put my money to the best use -- as I define it (which is, obviously, a subjective metric ... but still, the metric I care about).
As a brief follow-up on my hypothetical to the LLM ... as much as I use it, I am always immediately inclined to want to donate to Wikipedia, but a bit of digging quickly shows that they're basically doing fine ... meanwhile, if that's the kind of thing you want to donate money to, the Internet Archive is waaay more desperately in need of an extra $5/month from people like me. So I'm looking for ways of finding, you know that guy.
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Comment on Blocking of unverified apps on Android starts in Brazil and other three countries in ~tech
Eric_the_Cerise (edited )Link Parent... just as Ford famously forced all automakers to install seatbelts. Hey, apologies, that was snarky. A proper response is to point out that an advertising company further locking down its "open"...... just as Ford famously forced all automakers to install seatbelts.
Hey, apologies, that was snarky.
A proper response is to point out that an advertising company further locking down its "open" product (after I bought it, but let's not even open that can of worms) to further consolidate its stealth monopoly is the polar opposite of "regulation". Given the motivation, I believe I could make a strong argument that this is actually "late-stage Libertarianism".
Governments regulate products for consumer protection. Ad companies do not.
I, too, just installed this on Linux (LMDE7) after reading this post. You should get a commission, except it's free.
Just a quick test-run, but I went ahead and tried running the Stardew Valley Windows version on my Linux box thru the Proton/Wine set-up ... minor graphical "hiccup" every 5-10 seconds (probably fixable with tweaking some config setting(s) somewhere), but basically, all good ... next, to see if I can drop in a couple of SV mods in the "Windows" folder.