kfwyre's recent activity
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Comment on American Red Cross declares second-ever national blood supply crisis, urges immediate blood donations in ~health
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
kfwyre (edited )Link ParentI'm happy to report that it worked! The additional markdown characters increased my file size from 9.6 MB to 10.4 MB. :) Again, thank you so much. It feels SO good to have an archive of all the...I'm happy to report that it worked!
The additional markdown characters increased my file size from 9.6 MB to 10.4 MB. :)
Again, thank you so much. It feels SO good to have an archive of all the writing that I've done here.
EDIT: I took the comment column from LibreOffice Calc and posted it into Writer to do a word count. Writer froze for approximately 10 minutes before finally catching up.
The final count?
1.35 million words š±
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
kfwyre Link Parent1.0.7 worked on Firefox for me. OH MY GOSH I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM I HAVE WANTED A BACKUP OF MY COMMENTS HERE FOR YEARS NOW Thank you so, SO much. (Also, in case anyone was curious, my...1.0.7 worked on Firefox for me.
OH MY GOSH I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM I HAVE WANTED A BACKUP OF MY COMMENTS HERE FOR YEARS NOW
Thank you so, SO much.
(Also, in case anyone was curious, my .csv file is a whopping 9.6 megabytes!)
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
kfwyre (edited )Link ParentDidn't work for me in Firefox or Vivaldi either, though I'm not sure how to check error messages so I'm not sure if it's the same problem. Nevertheless, thanks for working on this kmcgurty1! I'm...Didn't work for me in Firefox or Vivaldi either, though I'm not sure how to check error messages so I'm not sure if it's the same problem.
Nevertheless, thanks for working on this kmcgurty1! I'm always amazed at the programming wizardry that people like you can do.
Also, if this does end up working, I highly recommend making a separate top-level topic about it. There are probably a lot of people on the site who would want backups of their comments but who might not see your post since it's deep in the comments of another topic.
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Comment on Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker in ~tech
kfwyre LinkFirefox for iOS includes an optional ad blocker that can help reduce unwanted advertising while you browse. It uses a filter list based on EasyList to block many ads before they load.
Ad blocking is turned off by default, so you can choose whether to enable it.
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Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
kfwyre Link ParentI would 100% appreciate something like this. Iād love to be able to archive all that Iāve written here.I would 100% appreciate something like this. Iād love to be able to archive all that Iāve written here.
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Comment on Epic Games Store will support Linux "soon" in ~games
kfwyre (edited )Link ParentCongrats on the switch! Iāve heard good things about CachyOS. And Plasma is indeed awesome. Honestly, I think Linux has SEVERAL banger DEs and thatās one of its very best features. Donāt like the...Congrats on the switch! Iāve heard good things about CachyOS.
And Plasma is indeed awesome. Honestly, I think Linux has SEVERAL banger DEs and thatās one of its very best features. Donāt like the look and feel of your computer? Get a completely different one!
Iām currently running COSMIC on my main computer, Cinnamon on my couch laptop, and Plasma on my Deck (I spend more time in my Deckās desktop mode than anyone probably should). I used to run GNOME and itās also awesome. Seriously, weāre spoiled for choice over here.
Meanwhile Windows 11 is only just now considering the idea that I might want to move my taskbar to the side of my screen instead of the bottom.
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Comment on Over 1000 games on GOG lack updates, languages, and additional content in ~games
kfwyre (edited )LinkBack in the mid-2010s I briefly switched to GOG as my main gaming platform, trying to move away from Steam. So, I got to experience this firsthand. The article mentions Nuclear Throne...Back in the mid-2010s I briefly switched to GOG as my main gaming platform, trying to move away from Steam. So, I got to experience this firsthand.
The article mentions Nuclear Throne specifically, which was one that I personally got bit by. I bought it when it released on GOG, and then it didnāt receive updates for literal years, putting it well behind the Steam version. It soured me on the game, the devs, and even GOG itself a little bit. I donāt really fault GOG for it, but it made me more gunshy in buying things from them. The same went for a lot of gamesā Linux builds on GOG, which were often non-functional or out of date.
That said, itās worth pointing out on balance that GOG has some better versions of games as well. For example, the recent Dino Crisis re-releases have DRM in the Steam versions but none in the ones on GOG.
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Comment on Over 1000 games on GOG lack updates, languages, and additional content in ~games
kfwyre LinkI wrote the title here myself instead of using the published one. If anyone feels it needs edits, let me know.I wrote the title here myself instead of using the published one. If anyone feels it needs edits, let me know.
The spreadsheet catalog contains a list of 1,140 games with at least one issue. There are 1,531 issues in total. Those numbers are not typos. Sure, some of the issues are less severe than others, but that doesn't mean GOG customers should receive an inferior product.
The catalog tracks the following issues:
- Missing updates (308 total issues)
- Missing languages (100 total issues)
- Missing free DLC (51 total issues)
- Missing paid DLC (200 total issues)
- Missing features (111 total issues)
- Missing soundtrack (439 total issues)
- Missing builds (278 total issues)
- Region locking (12 total issues)
Sources are provided for many of the games listed as having issues, and others are sourced directly from first-hand experiences.
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Over 1000 games on GOG lack updates, languages, and additional content
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Comment on Epic Games Store will support Linux "soon" in ~games
kfwyre LinkGenuine question: did Windows/Microsoft do something recently to spook companies into Linux support? Both GOG and Epic have announced that theyāre leaning that direction (though these could easily...Genuine question: did Windows/Microsoft do something recently to spook companies into Linux support?
Both GOG and Epic have announced that theyāre leaning that direction (though these could easily be empty words), and Iām reminded of when Valve first started putting real resources into Linux because the Windows Store was an existential threat to them.
Iām curious if these recent announcements are just coincidences, if theyāre a product of Linux actually gaining mindshare, or if theyāre a response to something Microsoft has done recently.
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Comment on Epic Games Store will support Linux "soon" in ~games
kfwyre Link ParentHeroic is indeed awesome. The only thing a native launcher would add for me would be playtime tracking and achievements. Neither are truly necessary for me, but theyāre nice to have.Heroic is indeed awesome.
The only thing a native launcher would add for me would be playtime tracking and achievements. Neither are truly necessary for me, but theyāre nice to have.
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Comment on What's happening in Kansas should alarm us all (gifted link) in ~lgbt
kfwyre LinkArchive link (because NYT has moved to requiring a login even for gifted links) I know that archive has its own problems, but I genuinely looked for an alternate mirror and couldnāt find anything....Archive link (because NYT has moved to requiring a login even for gifted links)
I know that archive has its own problems, but I genuinely looked for an alternate mirror and couldnāt find anything. Also I think this article is important enough that I want to remove as many barriers to reading it as possible.
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Comment on What lesser-known sci-fi reads do you recommend? in ~books
kfwyre Link ParentIām honestly asking because I think itās an interesting question, not because Iām looking for something specific to read. (Though I will invariably end up adding at least 10 or so books to my...Iām honestly asking because I think itās an interesting question, not because Iām looking for something specific to read.
(Though I will invariably end up adding at least 10 or so books to my reading list once this topic is over though.)
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
kfwyre Link ParentYou (and everyone) can Spartacus as much as you like! Nothing would make me happier than seeing Deimos get the appreciation he deserves for the near decade of time, effort, and wisdom heās put...You (and everyone) can Spartacus as much as you like!
Nothing would make me happier than seeing Deimos get the appreciation he deserves for the near decade of time, effort, and wisdom heās put into this place.
I think we all seriously underestimate how difficult it is to consistently make tough judgment calls on our worst moments as a community. That would be draining for any of us, and heās done it without complaint for years now.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
kfwyre Link ParentAmazingly well said (as usual for you, aphoenix!) To take your Point #2 further: So many people, when expressing a frustration or difficulty, will have someone point out a separate frustration or...Amazingly well said (as usual for you, aphoenix!)
To take your Point #2 further:
So many people, when expressing a frustration or difficulty, will have someone point out a separate frustration or difficulty as a way of minimizing the first one.
This, to me, is completely ironic, because that means those two people have just found common ground! If anything, they should understand each other better and be able to empathize with one another.
In the context of the topic: if being a tall man sucks in some ways (and as someone who just spent many consecutive hours in tiny cramped airplane seats, let me assure you that it does), that should help us better understand what women are saying when they're complaining about, say, opening jars. This feeling is awful for me; that feeling is awful for you; we now understand each other better because we both know how that awful feeling feels.
Where it goes wrong is that people go "your awful feeling doesn't matter because I also feel awful sometimes too." Instead of finding common ground, it becomes a line in the sand that gatekeeps problems and separates us from one another.
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Comment on Canadian wildfire that forced 20,000 to flee may signal ānew normalā in ~enviro
kfwyre LinkA wildfire that forced more than 20,000 people from their homes in western Canada moved so quickly that crews had to abandon firefighting to help residents escape, a pace British Columbiaās premier said Wednesday may represent a ānew normal.ā
The Bald Range wildfire erupted Friday near Summerland, a community of about 12,000 in British Columbiaās Okanagan region. By Wednesday, it had grown to about 184 square kilometers (71 square miles) after destroying homes and killing an 80-year-old woman.
āThereās an important set of lessons for us to take about how quickly this moved and that this may be our new normal for fire speed,ā Premier David Eby said. He said the blaze outpaced wildfire modeling and left some residents with little time to evacuate.
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Canadian wildfire that forced 20,000 to flee may signal ānew normalā
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What lesser-known sci-fi reads do you recommend?
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
We all know the big-name ones: Dune, 1984, The Martian Chronicles, etc.
What are some sci-fi books that you loved that you never hear about or that won't be making those top-of-all-time lists?
Why do they stand out to you?
What do they do well?
Why do you think they didn't get wider appreciation?43 votes
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