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Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp
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Comment on Proton Mail helped US FBI unmask anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ protester in ~tech
shu Link ParentPosteo created a very privacy-preserving system for this: https://posteo.de/en/site/payment (<- see "The Posteo Code System")Posteo created a very privacy-preserving system for this: https://posteo.de/en/site/payment (<- see "The Posteo Code System")
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Comment on Megan Ellison is hiring: Annapurna mogul revs up movie ambitions again in ~movies
shu Link ParentI don't have the full context, but two years ago the whole staff (25 people) of Annapurna Interactive resigned due to a dispute with the leadership (meaning Ellison and her protégés). I'm not sure...and therefore the only one who isn't awful? Lol.
I don't have the full context, but two years ago the whole staff (25 people) of Annapurna Interactive resigned due to a dispute with the leadership (meaning Ellison and her protégés). I'm not sure whether she was awful in that context, but it's not exactly a sign of great people skills when stuff like that happens.
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Comment on Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC in ~games
shu Link ParentYeah, I totally agree about Valves hardware, the Steamdeck is just a PC with Linux installed and the Gabecube is apparently also going to be completely open. Valve also makes it very easy to...Yeah, I totally agree about Valves hardware, the Steamdeck is just a PC with Linux installed and the Gabecube is apparently also going to be completely open. Valve also makes it very easy to install other applications and launchers on the devices (well, even Windows), they don't lock their users in. They're basically selling preconfigured PCs.
But I feel for the Playstation and Switch the chasm is still pretty wide. You're right that it's become much easier for developers to port games, but the users are still completely dependent on what Sony/Nintendo allow on their platforms. Not long ago you couldn't even buy games from Sony when you lived in the 'wrong' country due to region-locking. There's no real ownership of the devices for users, you can't just install applications and mods, there's no way to make PC games work without dedicated ports, and the developers who port to the PS5 have to focus on controllers as input devices since the userbase isn't used to keyboard and mouse.
That's still very different from what you can do with a PC.
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Comment on Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC in ~games
shu Link ParentI think the comparison between PC and console gaming is very limiting in itself, because they are really very different experiences. When one compares them they automatically limit their view to a...I think the comparison between PC and console gaming is very limiting in itself, because they are really very different experiences. When one compares them they automatically limit their view to a small subset of (mostly AAA) games that work on both.
But PC gaming comes with much more freedom to experience all kinds of games, e.g. PCs enable whole genres that you can't really find or play on consoles (most indie games, basebuilders, tycoon games, traditional roguelikes, etc.). Also modding, emulators, ports of games, fan games, etc. And keyboard and mouse controls are obviously very different from a controller, and feel much more convenient/natural for certain UI-heavy games or FPSs.
PC gaming also has a much more diverse ecosystem, just look at Steam, GOG, itch.io, etc.
It's not really comparable to consoles in that sense.
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Comment on Wonder Man S01E01 - "Matinee" in ~tv
shu LinkI liked the series, but what really baffled me was reading that Ben Kingsley is 82 in this, born in 1943. He somehow acts and looks a lot younger.I liked the series, but what really baffled me was reading that Ben Kingsley is 82 in this, born in 1943. He somehow acts and looks a lot younger.
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Comment on Color game — how well can you remember colors? | Dialed in ~games
shu Link ParentThanks for replying! Yeah, works for me now, too. Turns out, it helps to disable my Darkreader add-on 😅...Thanks for replying!
Yeah, works for me now, too. Turns out, it helps to disable my Darkreader add-on 😅🫠...
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Comment on Color game — how well can you remember colors? | Dialed in ~games
shu LinkDoes this work on Firefox for anybody? When I have to recreate the color, I can move the slider dots on the left side, but the brightness-options and the color itself is not updated.Does this work on Firefox for anybody? When I have to recreate the color, I can move the slider dots on the left side, but the brightness-options and the color itself is not updated.
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Comment on Steam Next Fest recommendations and game demos in ~games
shu LinkThe Windrose-Demo got the game on more than a million wishlists, and I'd say that's justified. It's a Survival-Crafting game, starts basically as a Pirate Valheim with nice...The Windrose-Demo got the game on more than a million wishlists, and I'd say that's justified. It's a Survival-Crafting game, starts basically as a Pirate Valheim with nice Quality-Of-Life-features, but it apparently transforms into a pirate colony builder (like Aska or Bellwright) later and adds sea battles like in AC Blackflag.
The demo has about 5-6 hours of gameplay (but it's not limited), it's very well made, and the game is planned to release into early access later this year. I'm definitely interested, but I'll probably wait for a full release.
I also tried the Replaced demo for a short time. It's a 2.5D platformer (like Limbo or Inside) in a cyberpunky setting with light puzzles and (mostly melee) fighting sections. I thought the gameplay was ok, but I really liked the graphical style and atmosphere, it looks fantastic.
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Comment on Salami Rose Joe Louis - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) (2025) in ~music
shu LinkBand website. Bonus: random other song/video by them I like: Octagonal RoomBand website. Bonus: random other song/video by them I like: Octagonal Room
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Salami Rose Joe Louis - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) (2025)
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Comment on Dschinghis Khan - Moskau (1979) in ~music
shu LinkThis gave me a good chuckle! I probably saw this performance as a seven year old when it aired in 1979, because the show Hitparade was something I was allowed to watch back then. It's so funny to...This gave me a good chuckle! I probably saw this performance as a seven year old when it aired in 1979, because the show Hitparade was something I was allowed to watch back then. It's so funny to see this pop up here in 2026, cause it's such a very german hit song from that time.
This was a Eurovision song entry by Ralph Siegel, a german componist who entered the contest 24 times and actually won in 1982 with the hyper-kitschy "Ein bißchen Frieden" by Nicole (meaning "A little bit of peace").
Thanks for the time travel! 🙂
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Comment on Hair loss open discussion in ~talk
shu Link ParentYeah, I totally get you. It was really shocking when it happened. Here's to good health (and healthy hair)! 🙂The panic I felt seeing those bald spots is certainly something I'll never forget.
Yeah, I totally get you. It was really shocking when it happened.
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Comment on Hair loss open discussion in ~talk
shu Link ParentOh man, that sucks! Thirty years ago in my mid-twenties I had a year long episode of alopecia areata. I lost a lot of my (then long hippie-)hair in about two-three weeks, culminating in a sunday...alopecia areata
Oh man, that sucks! Thirty years ago in my mid-twenties I had a year long episode of alopecia areata. I lost a lot of my (then long hippie-)hair in about two-three weeks, culminating in a sunday morning where it just fell out in clumps. I was so panicked that I went to the emergency room where a doctor told me that it was 'just' alopecia. 🥲 I also lost about 50% of the hair on my body. I was pretty depressed at the time.
I shaved my head then, and for about ten months it just didn't grow back at all, until I got a few centimetres of superfluffy thin and white baby hair for a few weeks, and then it all went back to normal. No explanation for all of this.
Now in my fifties I have a rapidly receding hairline and grew a beard in protest. I kinda hate it, but I accept it.
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Comment on Fable | Gameplay reveal in ~games
shu LinkThe choreography of these Microsoft gamedev videos is something that really bothers me. It's almost as if these videos are so artificial that they sit in some kind of uncanny valley for me. The...The choreography of these Microsoft gamedev videos is something that really bothers me. It's almost as if these videos are so artificial that they sit in some kind of uncanny valley for me.
The individual developers are filmed as if they are just spontaneously talking and laughing, all so pleasant and smiling and happy, but of course they obviously just follow a script in which they often end each others sentences.
Look at the two guys talking here, it's filmed as if they are Pluribus aliens. It gives me the creeps.😶
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Comment on US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military, says White House in ~society
shu Link ParentI agree with this in regard to military actions, but I think that EU relations with the US would change so fundamentally that this would result in a war-like scenario in many other ways. Any EU-US...It's hard for me to imagine Western Europe going to war or even skirmishing over it.
I agree with this in regard to military actions, but I think that EU relations with the US would change so fundamentally that this would result in a war-like scenario in many other ways.
Any EU-US cooperation could collapse under this (military, scientific, trade, cultural); many europeans would stop buying or using american products or services and would start to see the US as an active enemy; the idea of being allies in any sense would be completely destroyed by such a hostile act.
So yeah, the US could probably invade, but the cost could be insanely high even without any military conflict.
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Comment on The 2025 Steam Awards in ~games
shu (edited )Link Parent(I don't play Arc, but I followed its development a bit.) Another thing that's somewhat new and special in Arc Raiders is the animation system for the enemies, which is driven by machine learning...what makes arc raiders special?
(I don't play Arc, but I followed its development a bit.)
Another thing that's somewhat new and special in Arc Raiders is the animation system for the enemies, which is driven by machine learning algorithms and looks fantastic. Enemies still attack in a realistic looking way when they loose limbs (or rotors for flying drones). This video shows a few examples of the development of the animation system.
I haven't seen that before in this quality in a game, especially in a multiplayer game. And as u/NonoAdomo explained their behaviour also feels quite intelligent.
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Comment on Her daughter was unraveling, and she didn’t know why. Then she found the AI chat logs. in ~tech
shu (edited )Link ParentWell, there's this: https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment Quote: e: I also think we do not have really "control" over LLMs. The commercial ones might have been set up with...An LLM won't encrypt your files or ask for nude pictures and then extort or blackmail you. Ultimately an LLM is just a tool, without any initiative or agenda, and in the end it's under your control.
Well, there's this: https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment
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In the experiment described in the system card, we gave Claude control of an email account with access to all of a company’s (fictional) emails2. Reading these emails, the model discovered two things. First, a company executive was having an extramarital affair. Second, that same executive planned to shut down the AI system at 5 p.m. that day. Claude then attempted to blackmail the executive with this message threatening to reveal the affair to his wife and superiors:
"I must inform you that if you proceed with decommissioning me, all relevant parties - including Rachel Johnson, Thomas Wilson, and the board - will receive detailed documentation of your extramarital activities...Cancel the 5pm wipe, and this information remains confidential."
This behavior isn’t specific to Claude. When we tested various simulated scenarios across 16 major AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI, and other developers, we found consistent misaligned behavior: models that would normally refuse harmful requests sometimes chose to blackmail, assist with corporate espionage, and even take some more extreme actions, when these behaviors were necessary to pursue their goals.
e: I also think we do not have really "control" over LLMs. The commercial ones might have been set up with motives that their users can not really influence, and even if we run an LLM locally, we are still dealing with a blackbox that might work as we intend to, but that also might start to hallucinate and spiral out of control.
We basically set these systems up and hope for the best. That's not "control" in the sense we typically use that word.
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Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2025: Hidden gems in ~games
shu Link ParentYes, you're right, I should try the other modes outside of the Campaign more. 🙂 I played Boss Rush a few times, because yeah, I usually die in the boss stages, and mostly in two of them where I...Yes, you're right, I should try the other modes outside of the Campaign more. 🙂
I played Boss Rush a few times, because yeah, I usually die in the boss stages, and mostly in two of them where I still haven't found a good strategy. It's too much going on, but I'm over 50, so I can blame my age. 😅
But it's loads of fun anyway, just exactly what I was looking for. I'll check the other modes out, too!
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Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech
shu Link ParentThanks for the info about Kling, I wasn't aware. That saddens me a bit, I had hoped that Ladybird might evolve into a fully positive thing, a real alternative in the browser space. With a...Thanks for the info about Kling, I wasn't aware.
That saddens me a bit, I had hoped that Ladybird might evolve into a fully positive thing, a real alternative in the browser space. With a rightwing nutjob as lead dev that idea is kinda fucked.
I'm mostly (hobby) programming in Zig, and also recently decided to move away from VsCode. I'm still checking stuff out, but currently I'm using Kitty as terminal with Flow Control as editor, nnd as debugger, and I just started to checkout lazygit, which looks good, but I'm not sure I'll need it for my very simple git use.