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  • As someone who's not used these things, what's wrong with a basic handshake to establish the comms channel?

    "Hey, are you listening?"

    "Yes, go ahead."

    ...

    Isn't that all this really is?

    Seems a weird thing for people to be uptight about.

  • Ex-bank CEO gets 24 years after falling for crypto scam, causing bank collapse
  • The signing ensures the integrity of the data, whether using a public block chain or not.

    The signed document can be distributed as widely as you'd like - it doesn't need to be attached to a block chain to do this.

  • EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them
  • Sure, there's always going to be outliers. Most people live and work in the same metropolitan area though - they're not driving 50,000km+ a year. Besides, having a vehicle with 5 times the effective lifetime is going to be a big win regardless of how much you drive it.

  • Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem
  • Thanks!

    I missed the site wide rules.

    Yeah, that sort of rule requires a lot of faith in the moderators. Seems like they're probably violating it themselves with their moderation.

  • Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem
  • Perhaps I don't really understand - looking at the world news community on lemmy.ml rule 1 seems to be about only posting links to news articles. None of the things on the mod log screenshot look like news articles. Isn't this the mods doing their jobs correctly?

    The OP's situation seems completely different to this and it's definitely a problem - what am I missing about the rule 1 stuff though?

  • Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam
  • Yes, just wanted to contrast the reception they got. Bethesda games don't generally attract as much ire for the bugs. People expect them and tolerate them (to an extent). Cyberpunk 2077 was a totally broken mess according to the internet, while the Elder Scrolls are the greatest thing ever.

    I had crashes to the desktop about every 4th area transition in Oblivion and it still didn't bother me too much, since it had just saved and took less than a minute to get back into the game.

    Some bugs - even total crashes - can still be put up with just fine.

  • Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam
  • In my experience it was much less buggy at launch than for example Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. I didn't experience any game-breaking bugs, just ones that harmed immersion. There was a bit of T-posing, the occasional floating prop/animation bug, and once I got launched into the desert when climbing through a window. No crashes to desktop, no broken progression. It probably helped that I was happy with the game they delivered rather than getting hung up on what may have been promised.

  • Why Would He Help Putin?
  • You guys should really think about changing your voting system.

    Our voting uses something called a Single Transferable Vote. You can rank candidates in order of preference - last place gets eliminated and any votes they got are instead transferred to each voters' next preference. Repeat until there's only one left.

    It cuts out most of the stupid games and you get to see people's positions more honestly.

    In this case it'd let people vote for an anti genocide candidate and still indicate that they'd prefer Biden over Trump.

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    The Perception Paradox: Men Who Hate Feminists Think Feminists Hate Men
  • We all live in our own little bubbles; they may not be true feminists to you, but they sound quite consistent with the people around me who describe themselves as feminists. A significant portion of feminist activists in my online bubble also seem to subscribe to the same ideas.

  • Do you usually purchase digital or physical books? Why?
  • Almost entirely digital now. As for why:

    • backlight
    • font size adjustment
    • built in dictionary
    • local library closed for a few years
    • lighter/better form factor than most books I read

    I find I buy far more books now that I have an e-ink reader.

  • How do you navigate loneliness when striving to break free from societal norms?
  • Have you considered moving somewhere that's better aligned with your values? It's not something to undertake lightly, but I know that moving helped me a lot. Totally different situation for me though.

    For me it was basically just moving somewhere bigger, even if I didn't get much better at making connections just knowing it was possible made a difference.

    Good luck to you.

  • Sweet Baby Inc. Doesn’t Do What Some Gamers Think It Does
  • Me observing that it's cold out and offering to sell you some gear so you can avoid frostbite isn't extortion.

    Me threatening to break your legs if you don't buy something is.

    Hope that helps.

  • Sweet Baby Inc. Doesn’t Do What Some Gamers Think It Does
  • Sometimes taking what seems like the right stand on an issue can deepen the harm - be careful about getting too extreme.

    For example when the whole "gamergate" thing was going on and people were like "Why can't I just enjoy Tomb Raider?" - one side was standing up for diversity and inclusion by denouncing them as basement-dwelling incels who should self-terminate. So that naturally drove some to those right-wing assholes.

    Sometimes it takes a bit of work to change someone's context so they can get closer to your perspective.

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