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  1. Comment on Generals.io: a simple yet very cool online real time strategy game in ~games

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    I see. Honestly, I don't think the game is really playable on mobile anyway. The best is to play almost exclusively with the keyboard, in my opinion.

    I see. Honestly, I don't think the game is really playable on mobile anyway. The best is to play almost exclusively with the keyboard, in my opinion.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Generals.io: a simple yet very cool online real time strategy game in ~games

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    You need to actually move armies for your moves to count. Did you make sure your moves were working? I've had this problem when playing in the "big team" setting. Sometimes one of your teammates...

    You need to actually move armies for your moves to count. Did you make sure your moves were working? I've had this problem when playing in the "big team" setting. Sometimes one of your teammates steals your armies and then you're not moving anything anymore.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Generals.io: a simple yet very cool online real time strategy game in ~games

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    The best explanation I can think of is that it is a real-time version of Risk. You start with some armies in your capital ("general"). You can invade territories and cities, which give you...

    The best explanation I can think of is that it is a real-time version of Risk. You start with some armies in your capital ("general"). You can invade territories and cities, which give you additional armies regularly. With these, you can attack other countries. If you take someone's general, you instantly take over their entire country and armies.

    It's super easy to pick up, but the best strategies aren't obvious at all. And playing well isn't easy.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Generals.io: a simple yet very cool online real time strategy game in ~games

  5. Comment on Generals.io: a simple yet very cool online real time strategy game in ~games

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    This was already posted 8 (!) years ago, but I'm posting it again because I find it amazing that the game is still around after all these years, and it's still as cool as it was back then....

    This was already posted 8 (!) years ago, but I'm posting it again because I find it amazing that the game is still around after all these years, and it's still as cool as it was back then.

    Original post: https://tildes.net/~games/8gs/generals_io_a_cool_little_online_real_time_strategy_game

    4 votes

  7. Comment on We're so back in ~tildes

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    I was wondering during the outage, is there a secondary discussion channel where one can get updates in such cases?

    I was wondering during the outage, is there a secondary discussion channel where one can get updates in such cases?

    11 votes

  8. Comment on Google Chrome to fully remove legacy support for manifest v2 in ~tech

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    A good time to switch to firefox or other browsers who respect their users, if you haven't done so already.

    A good time to switch to firefox or other browsers who respect their users, if you haven't done so already.

    44 votes

  9. Comment on Who’s buying SpaceX and Anthropic? in ~finance

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    That wouldn't necessarily work. Even if AI succeeds in automating a lot of jobs, OpenAI and Anthropic have a lot of competition. Models could become commoditized, and the money would go to the...

    Although, a shower thought I had is that if you work in a white collar job, you should buy in Anthropic and OpenAI as a hedge.

    That wouldn't necessarily work. Even if AI succeeds in automating a lot of jobs, OpenAI and Anthropic have a lot of competition. Models could become commoditized, and the money would go to the regular companies who successfully automated their own business.

    7 votes

  10. Comment on China calls for ‘concerted’ efforts to tackle excess solar production in ~enviro

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    How is that crazy? Remember that most of the production is exported. From the CCP's perspective, price collusion means more money gets in for the country.

    It sounds like Chinese governance is calling for collusion to artificially inflate solar panel prices, which sounds crazy to me.

    How is that crazy? Remember that most of the production is exported. From the CCP's perspective, price collusion means more money gets in for the country.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Reddit will implement human verification to tag and combat bots in ~tech

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    Isn't device attestation a proof that your device hasn't been tampered with (aka rooted)? That's yet another thing.

    Isn't device attestation a proof that your device hasn't been tampered with (aka rooted)? That's yet another thing.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Reddit will implement human verification to tag and combat bots in ~tech

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    I'm not an expert but I think they mean "passkeys signed by one of the lead providers". Essentially they're delegating human verification to Google, Microsoft, and the like.

    I'm not an expert but I think they mean "passkeys signed by one of the lead providers". Essentially they're delegating human verification to Google, Microsoft, and the like.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on Possible first European rocket launch to reach orbit taking place in ~20minutes, livesteam here! in ~space

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    Thanks for the explanation! Doesn't make Ariane less European though.

    Thanks for the explanation! Doesn't make Ariane less European though.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Possible first European rocket launch to reach orbit taking place in ~20minutes, livesteam here! in ~space

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    First European rocket to reach orbit? Ariane anyone?

    First European rocket to reach orbit? Ariane anyone?

    3 votes

  15. Comment on American grocery stores are a bewildering sea of overly processed food. Here’s why and what to do. in ~health

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    One thing that's missing from restaurants is a way to know how healthy the food you're getting is. Some sort of regulated label would be very helpful, and would improve food quality overall. Right...

    One thing that's missing from restaurants is a way to know how healthy the food you're getting is. Some sort of regulated label would be very helpful, and would improve food quality overall.

    Right now, restaurant food, especially for cheap ones, is probably very unhealthy.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on American grocery stores are a bewildering sea of overly processed food. Here’s why and what to do. in ~health

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    In an ideal world, it should be possible to by ready to eat healthy foods for when you don't have the time or the energy to cook. I don't think there's anything fundamentally impossible about that.

    In an ideal world, it should be possible to by ready to eat healthy foods for when you don't have the time or the energy to cook. I don't think there's anything fundamentally impossible about that.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    I don't like windows 11, but does the video have any evidence that regular people are indeed rejecting it? I haven't heard a lot of noise around me.

    I don't like windows 11, but does the video have any evidence that regular people are indeed rejecting it? I haven't heard a lot of noise around me.

    7 votes

  19. Comment on Google must double AI serving capacity every six months to meet demand in ~tech

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    This is one of the things that would likely sort itself out if the environmental impact was priced in. LLMs are useful, for sure, but I think people would be more mindful of their use if they paid...

    This is one of the things that would likely sort itself out if the environmental impact was priced in. LLMs are useful, for sure, but I think people would be more mindful of their use if they paid even a little for it.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Christian missionaries are using secret audio devices to evangelise Brazil’s isolated peoples in ~humanities

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    To be clear, I completely agree with that. I just think that we shouldn't stop there. Just because the dangerous ideology that you're spreading happens to be a religion shouldn't make you immune...

    To be clear, I completely agree with that.

    I just think that we shouldn't stop there. Just because the dangerous ideology that you're spreading happens to be a religion shouldn't make you immune to serious scrutiny.

    2 votes