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Comment on Have my ear for a day in ~music
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Comment on TV shows or movies like 1883 or The Last of Us? in ~tv
shu (edited )LinkI recently saw a western called Hostiles that remembered me of 1883. It's a harsh story, and it definitely fits the theme of "persevering in hostile territory, surrounded by suffering and...I recently saw a western called Hostiles that remembered me of 1883. It's a harsh story, and it definitely fits the theme of "persevering in hostile territory, surrounded by suffering and hardship" that you're looking for.
And another one I only remember vaguely, if I remember correctly with similar themes: The Way Back.
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Comment on Steam Spring Sale suggestions in ~games
shu LinkI haven't bought it yet, but Death's Door is on sale for 5 bucks. It's a well-reviewed indie from 2021, looks interesting.I haven't bought it yet, but Death's Door is on sale for 5 bucks. It's a well-reviewed indie from 2021, looks interesting.
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Comment on Game recommendations, specifically (round 2) in ~games
shu Link ParentMaybe obvious, maybe not: the Hexcells games and Tametsi.Maybe obvious, maybe not: the Hexcells games and Tametsi.
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Comment on Game recommendations, specifically (round 2) in ~games
shu Link ParentDriving & Horror/Mystery reminded me of the recently released Pacific Drive. Might be worth a look?Driving & Horror/Mystery reminded me of the recently released Pacific Drive. Might be worth a look?
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Comment on Does anyone else have posting anxiety? in ~tech
shu LinkYes, I do. I don't want to share too much about personal details, so most stuff from my private life is a no-go. Secondly I think that most discussions on the internet just come to nothing. Social...Yes, I do.
I don't want to share too much about personal details, so most stuff from my private life is a no-go.
Secondly I think that most discussions on the internet just come to nothing. Social media isn't made for nuance and consideration. I mostly just see shouting matches, and I find it exhausting to enter those types of 'discussions'. (That's definitely different on Tildes though, but it's rare to find a place like this.)
Thirdly I'm also someone who typically writes a long post, edits it for two hours (especially in english as second language)... and then deletes it, because... who needs to hear this?
All that just makes it incredibly exhausting to even start to write a post, unless it's something where I have a bit of information that's trivial to share. A link to a resource, a recommendation of some kind, an answer to a tech question, that's fine.
Otherwise silence is golden, but that's ok. I've made my peace with it.
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Comment on Frustrations with Cities Skylines 2 are starting to boil over among city builder fans and content creators alike in ~games
shu LinkWhile this sucks for the fans I hope that these CS2 problems could open the way for other developers to try and compete in this type of citysim again. I just wish we had a complex Simcity-like...While this sucks for the fans I hope that these CS2 problems could open the way for other developers to try and compete in this type of citysim again.
I just wish we had a complex Simcity-like city builder with somewhat realistic, interesting, deep simulated systems. Since Maxis were EA'd out of existence, there has been no other city sim of that type (and SimCity ended up pretty broken, too); only Cities Skylines 1, but that always had a very shallow simulation.
Hopefully other devs consider the genre again.
(Workers and Resources looks great but I'm not a fan of the setting, and it's not really the type of citysim I'd like to see).
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Comment on Looking for a top down tactical wargame in ~games
shu (edited )LinkI don't really play RTSs, so I can't really recommend this one, but your pictures reminded me of something I read about and I think it was this: Ultimate General: Gettysburg It's a rather small...I don't really play RTSs, so I can't really recommend this one, but your pictures reminded me of something I read about and I think it was this: Ultimate General: Gettysburg
It's a rather small indie title and it's kinda 3D-ish, but maybe it's worth a look?
e: just saw in the reviews that the devs apparently also released another game for the whole civil war
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Comment on 73% of the top 1000 games on Steam run on the Steam Deck in ~games
shu Link ParentThere's also this resource for anticheat support in multiplayer games with Wine/Proton (also relevant for the Steamdeck): https://areweanticheatyet.comThere's also this resource for anticheat support in multiplayer games with Wine/Proton (also relevant for the Steamdeck): https://areweanticheatyet.com
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
shu (edited )LinkI played Talos Principle 2 and I really liked it. The gameplay consists of solving 3D-puzzles (similar-but-different to the Portal series) set in beautiful landscapes scattered with huge brutalist...I played Talos Principle 2 and I really liked it.
The gameplay consists of solving 3D-puzzles (similar-but-different to the Portal series) set in beautiful landscapes scattered with huge brutalist monuments and towers, while the story evolves around philosophical questions regarding the motivations of humanity, growth vs stagnation, religious beliefs and myths, and what makes us human.
I thought the puzzles were not very hard, but enjoyable. It took me about 40 hours to solve and collect everything.
Minor nitpicks would be a few situations, where I wished that the devs enabled me to traverse the levels faster (the running speed is fast already, but the levels are pretty vast), and I thought some of the activities to get collectibles ('stars') were a bit uninspired.
But I loved the game as a whole, just a good time in beautiful scenery. I hope they release a DLC like they did for the first game.
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Comment on There has never been a better time to game on Linux in ~games
shu Link ParentI'm not the person you asked, but I had success modding Fallout 4 with steamtinkerlaunch (STL). It has a lot of options, but I used it to install the Vortex Mod Manager, and then use Vortex to...I'm not the person you asked, but I had success modding Fallout 4 with steamtinkerlaunch (STL). It has a lot of options, but I used it to install the Vortex Mod Manager, and then use Vortex to install Nexus mods.
If I remember correctly Vortex listed all supported games on my local Steam install (so, not only Fallout 4, but also Skyrim, Witcher 3, Cyberpunk, etc.), so I guess other games should work this way, too.
This way modding was very simple and I installed dozens of mods without problems. Only thing that didn't work at the time was the automatic download from Nexus in Vortex, so I had to download the mods via browser, and then simply drag/drop them on the Vortex window. Also, when I used it a few years ago there was some minor tinkering and reading involved to get STL running in the first place. Other than that it worked fine for me.
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Comment on There has never been a better time to game on Linux in ~games
shu (edited )LinkIf someone wants to check if their favourite multiplayer game is working on Linux (which is sometimes a problem since some anti-cheat methods don't support Proton) there's this resource:...If someone wants to check if their favourite multiplayer game is working on Linux (which is sometimes a problem since some anti-cheat methods don't support Proton) there's this resource: https://areweanticheatyet.com
(I only play singleplayer games and basically everything works for me on Linux in recent years.)
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Comment on How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT. in ~tech
shu Link ParentI get this result, too, when searching via duckduckgos "!g" bang, in a browser with cleared cookies, not logged in. Same on bing, which I never use. I'd guess way more people search for the...If I search "Ruby", the first result I get is the homepage for the Ruby programming language
I get this result, too, when searching via duckduckgos "!g" bang, in a browser with cleared cookies, not logged in. Same on bing, which I never use. I'd guess way more people search for the programming language than for the mineral. That's just the standard answer, I think.
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Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2023: Hidden gems in ~games
shu Link ParentCheck out Steam DB, it has more sorting options.I can't sort by discount percentage, and the discount percentage is hidden in most of the games.
Check out Steam DB, it has more sorting options.
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Comment on US stores increasingly reverse course on self checkout in ~tech
shu Link ParentThis kind of thinking is completely alien to me. I'm used to cashiers sitting down all my life here (they can stand if they want to), and they are definitely not relaxing, they are simply doing...So in that case, they're not doing a job, they're relaxing when sitting down.
This kind of thinking is completely alien to me. I'm used to cashiers sitting down all my life here (they can stand if they want to), and they are definitely not relaxing, they are simply doing their job while sitting down. And depending on where I'm shopping, they're extremely fast while doing it.
Nothing is relaxing about that. Cashiers just have an easier time when they can sit, and obviously less pain. To me it's just cruel to demand that they have to stand.
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Comment on Shane MacGowan obituary - lead singer and masterful songwriter for the Pogues who brought punk style and attitude to Irish folk music in ~music
shu LinkIn case there are german and french speaking people here, there's a movie with and about Shane McGowan on ARTE called 'A Crock of Gold'. As far as I know it's only available there with german and...In case there are german and french speaking people here, there's a movie with and about Shane McGowan on ARTE called 'A Crock of Gold'. As far as I know it's only available there with german and french voiceover though. There's an english trailer on YT.
It's a journey through his life, starting as an irish boy on a farm and a teen punk in London, his time with the Pogues, to just recent days (I think he was 61 when the movie was made). I liked it a lot.
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Comment on The Open Hand Foundation, founded in part by Jirard Khalil (The Completionist) has been keeping and storing donations for ten years in ~games
shu LinkToday Karl Jobst released a new video, in which he apparently uncovered more questionable activities around the Open Hand foundation. In the last decade the Khalils have organised yearly sponsored...Today Karl Jobst released a new video, in which he apparently uncovered more questionable activities around the Open Hand foundation.
In the last decade the Khalils have organised yearly sponsored charity golf tournaments which should have added significant amounts of money to the foundation, but the tax filings don't show that the money was ever received. It looks as if tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars never reached the foundation.
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Comment on For those with IBS, what changes did you make to improve your quality of life? in ~health
shu LinkI was diagnosed with Crohns disease, but it's been in remission for years now (replaced by rheumatoid arthritis 🙄). Related to that I had IBS problems and my doc told me to test out different...I was diagnosed with Crohns disease, but it's been in remission for years now (replaced by rheumatoid arthritis 🙄). Related to that I had IBS problems and my doc told me to test out different diets.
So, I experimented two years with food (basically trying to eliminate all possible triggers). At some point I landed on a pretty restrictive (mostly FODMAP) diet where I only ate a few different vegetables (plus chicken) that I felt were ok for my digestion. I did that for a few months, and that really helped longterm, so that I could slowly add more and more different foods again.
I still have/had to avoid some types of groceries (e.g. beans/cabbage, sugar/sweets, fatty/oily stuff), but I have diverse enough choices and can eat quite varied again.
Recently I have discovered psyllium husk (two teaspoons, one in the morning, one in the evening, with lots of water) and that's really great for my digestion. I'm now slowly testing more and more 'problematic' food again, and so far it works out great. IBS is mostly gone these days, I just have to be a bit careful.
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Comment on How to find new music in ~music
shu (edited )LinkI often find new music via byte.fm, an ad-free german music radio that's created by musicians and journalists. Their program consists of a lot of shows dedicated to specific moods/genres/concepts,...I often find new music via byte.fm, an ad-free german music radio that's created by musicians and journalists.
Their program consists of a lot of shows dedicated to specific moods/genres/concepts, and each is archived with a playlist, which makes it easy to look up individual tracks later. Pretty great!
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
shu Link ParentI see. In german animals usually aren't called things. So "Is it a thing?" is a typical question to differentiate between [animals/humans/specific persons] and objects. I should probably ask "Is...I see. In german animals usually aren't called things. So "Is it a thing?" is a typical question to differentiate between [animals/humans/specific persons] and objects.
I should probably ask "Is it alive?" instead.
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