Trump

If you ever needed further proof that crypto is a grift…

I hope it crashes straight to zero, along with every other crypto currency, NFT, chia, and whatever other “idle your car engine to solve sudoku puzzles you can trade for drugs” bollocks is floating around.

Between this and AI we’re wasting so, so many resources and killing the planet for nothing.

I love that you’re saying monopolies are terrible, while crowing about how successful Epic is and how they licence their game engine to half the industry (presumably making them the largest share, given the remaining 50% is shared among every other alternative).

Seems like this Steam monopoly isn’t having the negative affect you’re suggesting.

I’m agnostic to all storefronts and platforms, I just hate exclusivity contracts.

I bought this game in July 2023 for some reason, and have 60ish hours in it.

I randomly fire it up every so often because it’s quick to load, quick to get in to action and actually playing, and most importantly it’s fun - you know, what games are meant to be!

Vampire Survivors is the other time sink in this genre. Unfortunately I have that on PC and mobile. That’s bad for productivity.

I’m actually surprised the robot mowers dont just bump off them to be honest, my Husqvarna 450X is barely an inch off the ground and just bumps in to anything higher than that then spins around and goes in another direction

It’s a black rectangle!

*gasps of admiration*

“A voice note is just like talking on the phone but better,” says Susie Jones, a 19-year-old student. “You get the benefits of hearing your friend’s voice but comes with no pressures so it’s a more polite way of communicating”.

Gross, voice notes are the worst of both worlds.

Text for things that are information critical, phone calls for things that are time critical.

Email for business (and keep the original chain going instead of starting a new one every time you think of something else to add!), text messages for associates, chat apps for friends and family.

Anyone who disagrees is wrong.

Stardew Valley, Minecraft

I have a library with hundreds of games I don’t play anymore. If Stream closed I’d just have hundreds plus a rounding area I can’t play anymore.

I will have already got my enjoyment from the games but the time Steam ever closes down.

Anyone who is old enough to remember trying to buy digital copies of games pre-Steam knows how much value Stream brings to the table.

If it’s not on Steam, I don’t even consider it.

Solitaire, straight out of classic Windows (pre-advertising death throes):

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.potatojam.classic.solitaire.klondike

Hoplite, classic turn based dungeon/puzzle:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magmafortress.hoplite

A cargo ship is probably more energy efficient than an American pickup lol

Sucked in, frankly.

Signed, somewhere in the high 600s.

I’m sure like most petitions it will achieve fuck all, but I’ll play my part in the pantomime!

I love TF2.

No updates, bots everywhere, but still so much fun to pootis and trollgineer and M1 pyro for hours on the.

Ubisoft

Not a bad way to generate some publicity…

The discount on the subscription seems super fitting… now with less integrity!

I used to love Quake II, I’m definitely installing since I own it on Steam.

Lost count of the amount of time I spent playing Q3 Arena though… Damn that was sweet.

I’m using FX. It’s been around since forever, still gets updates, and just works flawlessly.

Never found something I wanted to do in a file manager that it couldn’t, so never really had to try anything else.

Desktop = Thunderbird

Android= AquaMail

I quite enjoy Hoplite.