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Comment on Are there any video games that are/were popular in your country, that the rest of the world hardly knows about? in ~games
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Comment on Are there any video games that are/were popular in your country, that the rest of the world hardly knows about? in ~games
Macha Link ParentThey were also in the first two humble bundles which is where I learned about them.They were also in the first two humble bundles which is where I learned about them.
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Comment on What do you think the top three most used apps on your phone for the past week are? in ~tech
Macha LinkFirefox, Fastmail, Discord. I mostly don’t install native apps on my phone as so many offer little over web apps and use that extra access to spam me with notifications or track me for ads. Add...Firefox, Fastmail, Discord.
I mostly don’t install native apps on my phone as so many offer little over web apps and use that extra access to spam me with notifications or track me for ads. Add YouTube Music, antennapod and WhatsApp and you’ve got the full list.
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Comment on Caught the cycling bug. Anyone else? in ~hobbies
Macha LinkI got really into cycling around 2021 - it started as trying to be a bit more fit, especially as the city I was then living in had got a bunch more bike lanes and also the reduced traffic made...I got really into cycling around 2021 - it started as trying to be a bit more fit, especially as the city I was then living in had got a bunch more bike lanes and also the reduced traffic made things less intimidating.
I started with the city's bike share bikes for about 6 months, then got my own Giant Escape 0 bike which I'm using still. I've moved more rural since and it's pretty much perfect for getting across the smaller town I live in now, and I've taken it a bit more down country lanes and similar too.
I'm actually considering getting a second gravel bike now. One part is to see what all the clipless pedals and drop handlebar fuss is about, one part is my current bike is pretty configured for town use (racks, panniers, etc) and it would be nice to not have to reconfigure it back and forth when I want something a bit lighter.
The options in local bike shops are (depending on the shop) some selection of Giant, Trek, Cube and the bike shaped objects, so I'm leaning between either a Giant Revolt or Defy for the new bike. I'm probably more leaning towards the Revolt for the less aggressive position and wider tyre support, but I already basically entirely use gears 6-12 on my escape so that has me wondering about a faster bike. Also even the tyre on my Escape is a physically strenuous activity to get on/off so I'm a little worried that even wider tyres might be worse there.
The outside option is to get a folding e-bike because the full size bike spaces on the train to the city get booked out quick these days, but given how rarely I go to the city it feels like I may as well just grab a city bike while I'm there when I can't get my own there.
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Comment on Arch User Repository compromised, 1500+ packages affected in ~tech
Macha Link ParentAlso AUR helpers are not in the arch package managers specifically for this reason - if you want to get one you'll have to at least manage to do the process manually once.Also AUR helpers are not in the arch package managers specifically for this reason - if you want to get one you'll have to at least manage to do the process manually once.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk
Macha LinkSo for the football manager fan: any reason for 2008 in particular? I played 2007 until I upgraded to 2011, don’t remember it being that memorableSo for the football manager fan: any reason for 2008 in particular? I played 2007 until I upgraded to 2011, don’t remember it being that memorable
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Comment on Any fellow software engineers using paid GitHub copilot? in ~comp
Macha Link ParentSo in 2021-2023 I was kind of drifting into being a manager and I want enjoying it, so I did a purposeful reset back to a more hands on role…. Just in time for that role to turn into basically the...So in 2021-2023 I was kind of drifting into being a manager and I want enjoying it, so I did a purposeful reset back to a more hands on role…. Just in time for that role to turn into basically the same focus just directed at AI but without the personal connections or advancement opportunities…
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Comment on Bungie announces final update for Destiny 2 in ~games
Macha Link ParentThey probably won't delete any more content now, but with no dev team to port the deleted content (especially pre-BL content) I wouldn't count on it coming back. Theoretically BL-TFS seasons...They probably won't delete any more content now, but with no dev team to port the deleted content (especially pre-BL content) I wouldn't count on it coming back. Theoretically BL-TFS seasons should be compatible but if they're even shutting down the rotation of seasonal events, I can't see them bringing seasonal stories back
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Comment on Bungie announces final update for Destiny 2 in ~games
Macha Link ParentI don't even think they've put their eggs in marathon. Sony are just cutting their losses at this point: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mmfkf3v63c2tI don't even think they've put their eggs in marathon.
Sony are just cutting their losses at this point: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mmfkf3v63c2t
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Bungie announces final update for Destiny 2
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Comment on Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’ in ~tech
Macha LinkOh, not the estonian/european taxi/micromobility app Bolt.Oh, not the estonian/european taxi/micromobility app Bolt.
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Comment on Lifetime Plex Pass will cost $750 USD after July 1st in ~tv
Macha Link ParentJellyfin has had hardware transcoding since the beginning, it was part of the initial feature set it inherited from EmbyJellyfin has had hardware transcoding since the beginning, it was part of the initial feature set it inherited from Emby
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Comment on What stock do you put in gut feelings? in ~talk
Macha Link ParentI think it's easy to remember the times avoiding your gut feeling lost a positive outcome, but equally it can go wrong the other way too. Like I sold all my Nvidia stock a few years ago, figuring...I think it's easy to remember the times avoiding your gut feeling lost a positive outcome, but equally it can go wrong the other way too.
Like I sold all my Nvidia stock a few years ago, figuring the crypto craze was somewhat of a local maximum for some time, especially with AMD looking like they were clawing their way back into the GPU game.
Needless to say, in reality nvidia's trajectory was somewhat different.
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Comment on Linux privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431) in ~comp
Macha Link ParentThe fix was quietly merged in at the start of the month so rolling release distros and those which frequently update their kernel have been patched. The distros doing "stable"/"LTS" branches on...The fix was quietly merged in at the start of the month so rolling release distros and those which frequently update their kernel have been patched. The distros doing "stable"/"LTS" branches on the other hand are generally not patched and are working out how to backport it to their older kernel versions.
Arch has had the fix for a while since they keep their kernel up to date.
NixOS has had patched kernels available if you used linux-latest, linux-6_18 or linux-6_19 which admittedly is not the default but is pretty common.
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Comment on IETF has published an IPv8 draft in ~comp
Macha (edited )Link ParentSimply stating something is backwards compatible does not make it so. You have a host address 205.76.34.212.98.132.0.123 - it wants to communicate with the server at 76.234.201.54.78.143.156.4 The...Simply stating something is backwards compatible does not make it so.
You have a host address 205.76.34.212.98.132.0.123 - it wants to communicate with the server at 76.234.201.54.78.143.156.4
The specification claims that the networks do not need modification. So this communication and routing needs to happen over the IPv4 address. What do you put in the source and destination field of the IPv4 packets? How does an intervening network get the packet to the right place?
The draft’s actual proposal is that network operators deploy a whole bunch of middleware and new protocols that will enable IPv8->IPv4 connectivity but that is only one sided (at least one end needs to be reachable over IPv4), doesn’t meet its own criteria of not modifying the networks, and all of this exists for IPv6 already and has not solved the chicken and egg problem of “why would you deploy an IPvX only service when N% of your clients can’t reach it” and “why would an ISP deploy IPvX infrastructure when no IPvX-only services exist?”
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Comment on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price drops to $22.99 USD/month in ~games
Macha Link ParentI wonder is there is more stickiness/activation energy/gravity with consumer subscriptions. Like if their raise last year was from $20 to $23, I probably wouldn’t have cancelled (probably, there...I wonder is there is more stickiness/activation energy/gravity with consumer subscriptions. Like if their raise last year was from $20 to $23, I probably wouldn’t have cancelled (probably, there was a little bit of “so soon” especially as all the streaming services were hiking prices around the same time). But conversely, now I have cancelled, dropping it back to $23 or even all the way back to $20 aren’t appealing enough to resub.
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Comment on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price drops to $22.99 USD/month in ~games
Macha LinkIt launched at $15/mo in 2019, raised to $20/mo in 2024, then tried to go all the way to $30/mo in 2025, which caused many people (including me) to decide it was a bridge too far. I guess this is...It launched at $15/mo in 2019, raised to $20/mo in 2024, then tried to go all the way to $30/mo in 2025, which caused many people (including me) to decide it was a bridge too far. I guess this is an attempt to regain customers they lost with the 2025 price hike.
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Comment on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungary election in ~society
Macha LinkI can't be the only one who's reaction was "Wait, he actually conceded?", was expecting at the very least yelling and claiming fraud.I can't be the only one who's reaction was "Wait, he actually conceded?", was expecting at the very least yelling and claiming fraud.
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Comment on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungary election in ~society
Macha Link ParentMy impression is Magyar is somewhat more democratic, more pro-European, but still fairly right wing by European standards. He was a former member of Orban's party when it was clear what it was,...My impression is Magyar is somewhat more democratic, more pro-European, but still fairly right wing by European standards. He was a former member of Orban's party when it was clear what it was, which does leave me with some reservations beyond just disagreeing with him politically, but it's at least directionally correct compared to more Orban.
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Comment on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home targeted with molotov cocktail in ~tech
Macha Link ParentSadly what's actual happening is people are instead convincing people that it's the immigrants, wind turbines, trans kids playing sports, bike lanes etc... causing their problems and not the...Sadly what's actual happening is people are instead convincing people that it's the immigrants, wind turbines, trans kids playing sports, bike lanes etc... causing their problems and not the unchecked neoliberalism, then using that to push for even more unregulated capitalism.
From Ireland here. I think what we got was always a subset of the US/UK market so the only game I think of as specifically Irish was Gaelic Games Football for the PS2. In retrospect people had mixed views of its quality as a game, but it was at almost as widespread as FIFA that year here and sports game fans liked it for trying to make a GAA game at least.