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Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society
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Comment on Is there an alternative to Nexus Mods? in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentThis may have changed since I last tried it with a free account, hm.This may have changed since I last tried it with a free account, hm.
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Comment on Is there an alternative to Nexus Mods? in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentThis GreasyFork script seems to add an even simpler solution.This GreasyFork script seems to add an even simpler solution.
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Comment on Is there an alternative to Nexus Mods? in ~games
TheJorro (edited )LinkThe main competitor—and the original inspiration for NM's Collections which came years later—is Wabbajack, which I believe still supports automated downloads even on a free NM account. It will be...The main competitor—and the original inspiration for NM's Collections which came years later—is Wabbajack, which I believe still supports automated downloads even on a free NM account. It will be slower but it will be automated.
However Wabbajack has a much more limited library of collections than NexusMods (it was the opposite situation the last time I really looked into this, which was years ago it seems). Still, there are some famous collections that have no automated method at all. It once took me 10 days to install a much older version of this list.
These days, and with enough experience modding Skyrim (I have spent 10x as many hours modding than I have playing Skyrim), I will usually get a Wabbajack list or two and then smash them together with some TESEditing and patching because it still saves me dozens hours of downloading mods. And then I still usually add on more and more and more mods as I play.
I actually have a lifetime membership to NexusMods that I bought before they first raised their prices and I still never use Vortex or their Collections much. I'm years behind on both these things, they seem much more improved than I remember but it does suck that Vortex doesn't allow automated downloads on the free account tier.
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Comment on Sony closes Concord studio and permanently shuts down the game in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentHopefully the engineering team is retained because the performance they managed to eke out with the PC port is nothing short of a marvel. Sony could really make use of a high-quality PC port group...Hopefully the engineering team is retained because the performance they managed to eke out with the PC port is nothing short of a marvel. Sony could really make use of a high-quality PC port group within its ranks.
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Comment on Morrowind doesn't have any rivers in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentLike a snake sloughing off its skin. I'm just going off what I'm seeing on Mirriam-Webster, where the two words have different pronunciations in both US and UK.Like a snake sloughing off its skin.
I'm just going off what I'm seeing on Mirriam-Webster, where the two words have different pronunciations in both US and UK.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentMooncrash is very different but also unique and interesting. If anything, it's a precursor to Deathloop. It's basically a Prey roguelike where you have to perfect your run to accomplish it with...Mooncrash is very different but also unique and interesting. If anything, it's a precursor to Deathloop. It's basically a Prey roguelike where you have to perfect your run to accomplish it with multiple characters and get them all out.
It's very different than the base game but also a singular and unique game unto itself.
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Comment on Morrowind doesn't have any rivers in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentI've been pronouncing it like "cough" this entire time, because I didn't realize this was a different word than the other "slough", pronounced differently despite being spelled the same....I've been pronouncing it like "cough" this entire time, because I didn't realize this was a different word than the other "slough", pronounced differently despite being spelled the same.
Definitely an "awry" moment.
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Comment on Non-fiction books about mentally surviving a far right regime in ~books
TheJorro Link ParentMaus is legendarily one of the best graphic novels ever made. The quality is more than maintained throughout the rest. It really should be mandatory reading in school, I am very glad my high...Maus is legendarily one of the best graphic novels ever made. The quality is more than maintained throughout the rest. It really should be mandatory reading in school, I am very glad my high school library kept copies. That's where I first read it.
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Comment on Asmongold's Twitch channel temporarily banned following racist rant about Palestinians in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentIn terms of enforcement, I'd say Twitch is much more on the ball about handing out punishments. It's not unusual for Twitch to act on even their biggest streamers. Twitch also has a reputation for...In terms of enforcement, I'd say Twitch is much more on the ball about handing out punishments. It's not unusual for Twitch to act on even their biggest streamers. Twitch also has a reputation for being a bit heavy-handed with their punishments, including banning people for something accidentally shown on stream. They may be slow and inconsistent but they are at least active.
YouTube is like reddit, where they only move when something brings in a significant amount of negative press or legal issues. They also don't even do it properly most of the time, removing an account but leaving up all the re-uploaders and other offending material. Slow, sloppy, stupid.
The posterchild of dangerous is Kick, who actively encourage highly questionable behaviour. I believe there was a recent story where Drake, the famous rapper, was caught giving a lot of money and support to a Kick streamer whose whole thing was convincing underage people to strip on camera. It turns out he was (somewhat) contracted and instructed to do it by Kick themselves. Kick has a lot of known CSAM distributors and apologists among its ranks. Only the worst of the worst go over there. They've only banned people for doing extremely illegal things on camera.
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Comment on The Stallman report in ~tech
TheJorro Link ParentIt's not a matter of correctness, it's a matter of significance.It's not a matter of correctness, it's a matter of significance.
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Comment on The Stallman report in ~tech
TheJorro Link ParentThere's plenty of reasons all throughout the report that cite the ways in which Stallman's influence created issues around the FSF. There's also a list of organization and foundations who have cut...There's plenty of reasons all throughout the report that cite the ways in which Stallman's influence created issues around the FSF. There's also a list of organization and foundations who have cut ties with the FSF and GPL as a result.
If the goal of FSF and GPL is to ensure that only people that can overlook Stallman's bad influence and highly questionable morals will stick around, then I suppose his involvement is key. But if their goal is to spread GPL and FOSS out wide to more and more people, then there are quite a few reasons to question Stallman's involvement.
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Comment on The Stallman report in ~tech
TheJorro (edited )Link ParentOn top of this report not being about who is or is not qualified for a technical role (when it comes to licensing), this report isn't about the GPL at all. What this report does have are instances...On top of this report not being about who is or is not qualified for a technical role (when it comes to licensing), this report isn't about the GPL at all.
What this report does have are instances where Stallman misbehaved in technical and professional settings, from others that have had to work with and around him.
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Comment on Let Halo end in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentIf it helps, there are a lot of Halo conversion mods for various 4X and strategy games. There's one for Homeworld that came out in 2010.If it helps, there are a lot of Halo conversion mods for various 4X and strategy games. There's one for Homeworld that came out in 2010.
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Comment on Avatar: The Last Airbender is getting a AAA RPG with Saber Interactive and Paramount Game Studios in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentSaber Interactive is a very big developer with many different teams. They have a fairly decent AAA track record though—their latest AAA game is Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, which has been...Saber Interactive is a very big developer with many different teams. They have a fairly decent AAA track record though—their latest AAA game is Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, which has been well received.
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Comment on Reddit moderators will now have to submit a request to switch their subreddit from public to private in ~tech
TheJorro Link ParentUnfortunately, during those protests, there were a lot of reddit users who took this perspective. They felt harmed by the blackouts because they wanted content and did not care about the larger...Unfortunately, during those protests, there were a lot of reddit users who took this perspective. They felt harmed by the blackouts because they wanted content and did not care about the larger issue or goal. This is basically who Reddit Inc. is catering to. They don't want the principled, savvy redditors of 2012-2018, who were wary of being used and abused. They want the dopamine-seekers who just want to scroll and scroll and scroll.
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Comment on When the mismanagerial class destroys great companies in ~finance
TheJorro Link ParentI thought the thing with Kodak is that they didn't take advantage of their early work on digital photography and then got surpassed quickly when everyone else focused on it? Either way, the...I thought the thing with Kodak is that they didn't take advantage of their early work on digital photography and then got surpassed quickly when everyone else focused on it?
Either way, the article seems to be more in favour of a company dying a death by taking risks like that rather than persisting in a zombified status of recouping profit off of old work.
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Comment on When the mismanagerial class destroys great companies in ~finance
TheJorro Link ParentIt does not seem like this article uses that idea as a basis for the rest of it. It starts with that but as reporting of popular theory of what went wrong in those situations before it rebuts the...It does not seem like this article uses that idea as a basis for the rest of it. It starts with that but as reporting of popular theory of what went wrong in those situations before it rebuts the idea. The second part of the article immediately begins dismantling the idea.
Most of this article is about this actual thesis:
In simplified terms, we can think of companies as organized to create value and sustain themselves by capturing a portion of the created value as financial profit. When executives, board members, and major investors manage companies by and for the bottom line, they operate on a theory of the company as a vehicle solely for capturing profit.
To argue this thesis, the article refutes the idea that this happens because the CEO is an x by trade and not a y, and is pointing out that the way that the executive and managerial class in general are looking at companies are the core of the problem, and that it happens regardless of the CEO's educational background. There's even one example halfway through the article where it points out the CEO of RTX is neither an MBA type nor an engineer, but a lawyer.
As part of refuting the idea that the educational background of the CEO would have fixed matters, it specifically points out that engineers are not that different from a "finance type" when it comes to such large-scale business decisions specifically due to their educational focus later in the article:
Though MBAs, financiers, managers, or accountants are perhaps more inclined to view a company as a vehicle for capturing profits or intangibly contributing to society, there is nothing preventing trained engineers from inclining toward the same views as well. After all, engineers are formally trained in engineering, not in an alternative theory of business management.
The gist of what this article is arguing is that when these companies started, they were daring and innovating through their focus on engineering innovations. But as leadership changes hands, the focus on the companies change to maintaining the bottom line rather than surging forward the same way, causing a zombification of the company which then leads to these situations. It returns to what Intel's decision should have been later in the article but it's not framed as "What an engineering CEO would have chosen" but rather what the focus of the company should have been as an engineering company overall:
When Intel passed on the iPhone, it was forgoing an expensive and complicated project in many ways at odds with the technical attributes of Intel’s more arcane and power-hungry chips, which were more suited for desktop computers than phones. This saved Intel a lot of money in the short run. But in the long run, it amounted to giving up Intel’s leadership in a still rapidly-growing computing industry. Both value creation and profit capture would have likely been better served in the long run by taking the chance and using it as an opportunity to mobilize Intel’s engineers.
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Comment on Who sells the Darn Tough equivalent of underwear? in ~life.men
TheJorro LinkUnfortunately, like cologne, this really is highly dependent on the individual. Between physiology and activity, there's no one-brand-survives-all solution. For example, all my Darn Tough socks...Unfortunately, like cologne, this really is highly dependent on the individual. Between physiology and activity, there's no one-brand-survives-all solution. For example, all my Darn Tough socks died within a year. My Tommy Hilfiger ones from Costco survived for 4 years.
I think generally you want a denser fabric for durability. While still being breathable for comfort reasons, of course. I've found Uniqlo's regular cotton stuff to last surprisingly long where other brands would be fraying in the same amount of time and use. I've tried a lot of "activewear" ones, with the high-tech meshes and such, but once those start fraying they fall apart very quickly.
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Comment on Why I’ve tracked every single piece of clothing I’ve worn for three years in ~life.style
TheJorro Link ParentSimilar situation. This strikes me as more of a laundry issue than anything else. Unless I'm missed it, I didn't see how his "wash cycle" is defined. I think the article writer is blasting his...Similar situation. This strikes me as more of a laundry issue than anything else. Unless I'm missed it, I didn't see how his "wash cycle" is defined. I think the article writer is blasting his clothes with heat and a tougher wash cycle than necessary.
The best chance at preserving Palestine isn't good enough? What makes speedrunning the genocide of Palestine a more attractive offer to these "leftists"?
When the Palestinian state and people are gone, I will be blaming this type of "leftist" just as much as I will the far right types. This isn't leftism, this is accelerationism. At least the far right types had a variety of other reasons to ensure this result, these "leftists" specifically chose the full-on genocide option.