So, the electronic parts appear to be 100% non-user-repairable. I’m sure Apple’s main motivation was to reduce the size and weight, but this is still a $3500 disposable item. Has anyone identified the “killer app” yet?
Around 2000 or so, I used to work in tech support for a software company who had like 5000 Windows-based customers and 5 running Solaris. My boss chose me to learn Solaris when the previous “expert” left. I bought this book and started hacking. Good times!
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KDE’s megarelease is now just one month away. At the end of February 2024 KDE will publish Plasma 6, Frameworks 6, and a whole new set of applications in a special edition of KDE Gear all in one go.
Noob question here: when KDE 6 is released, when would I then see it as available in my Ubuntu 22 / 23 app store for download? Right away or years later?
So, that was a passive tech, keeping you in a place, and this actively works to steer you to where you need to be. This seems better in the long run for that purpose even though it’s much more complicated.
Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset – which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” – that begins shipping to the public (in the United States)....
Uhh, unless you work for Apple, on this product’s team, you’re no more informed about what it is really doing than we are. Imo, people should be concerned about this kind of technology.
I got the urge to play the witness for the 3rd (or maybe even 4th) time again after being slightly disappointed by the Talos Principle 2, and man I cannot express enough how much I enjoy this game. It just satisfies something deep inside me every time I play it. And I know a LOT of people (probably some here) strongly dislike...
EDITED: I should play The Witness again. I’ve played it once, mostly completed and loved it. I’m in the middle of the Talos Principle 2 now and want to finish it first. Come to my community and talk about what you didn’t like, OP.
Huh, OK. That never crossed my mind while playing TTP / TTP2 but I can see how that would be distracting from the puzzle solving.
Funny thing is, after I finished Witness, I went back to play Braid, the earlier game by the same creator and its look & feel just never worked for me at all. So yeah
I’m jonesing for these tower defense games. The first edition was released by Robot Entertainment in 2011, Orcs Must Die 2 came out in 2012, OMD Unchained (online multi-player) was from 2014 and OMD 3 was from 2020/2021. They’re all great fun and I am sad that we may never get an OMD 4. Game 1 was single-player, 2 and 3 had...
I think I’ve played OMD3 the most now and right, that’s largely because of the new options, traps and weapons. Robot did a great job moving the series foreword without removing any of the fun. And the DLC just extended that a lot more.
Billy Mitchell didn’t win his defamation lawsuit against Twin Galaxies. Not only was Billy not in a position to get a financial settlement, Billy’s cheated Donkey Kong scores were not reinstated(as he’s claiming), and his claimed Pac-Man score from 1999 is also not on the main scoreboards. What had happened is that the...
I love skate 3 and have been super excited since they announced the game was in development. I even played the alpha on PC but it was fairly sparse so there wasn’t much to do. I’ve heard the beta tests now are more filled in but I have yet to get invited to those ones....
🤓 The Talos Principle 2 is taking up my tiny slices of gaming time. Tons of puzzles to solve, a really engaging story to unfold and the music is just beautiful. If you played the first edition (from 2009) it’s totally like that and more. I’m, only halg-way through it but yeah, it’s great and I can’t wait to see what comes next.
my gmail account is full, most of the space is emails. I tried to download them through “takeout” and it has an option that says hey let’s split this up into 2GB chunks. And you select that and it sends you one 12GB .mbox file regardless. The 12GB download keeps failing and now it says you’ve already downloaded these...
While many great puzzle games have a fixed number of levels, I’d like to find more with procedurally-generated levels to maximize replay value. Aside from Minesweeper games, so far I’ve found the following ones:...
This was something I started wondering about when I was reading a thread about Star Citizen, and about how space combat flight games were much less-common than they had been at one point, how fans of the genre were hungry for new entrants....
USican here. Everything. Our entire financial life is recorded in these reports, so we need to know what they say. There are three major companies who each track us in their own report. The government says they have to provide us with a free copy once per year. So, of course, there are scammers who bid for that search term, get people to click and then find a way to get paid for providing the report which is supposed to be free.
Squadron 42 is the single player campaign of Star Citizen, that is supposed to launch as a separate game. It's basically a small portion of Star Citizen, but with a story and ending. I'm still not confident; waited too long for that.
Vision Pro Teardown—Why Those Fake Eyes Look So Weird (www.ifixit.com)
Found this ancient tome recently... (i.imgflip.com)
Around 2000 or so, I used to work in tech support for a software company who had like 5000 Windows-based customers and 5 running Solaris. My boss chose me to learn Solaris when the previous “expert” left. I bought this book and started hacking. Good times!
I created an app where you can share your thoughts fully anonymously and vote for the weekly "Thought of Humanity" (www.toh-social.app)
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Any takers? (lemmy.world)
KDE's Megarelease 6 - Release Candidate 2 (kde.org)
KDE’s megarelease is now just one month away. At the end of February 2024 KDE will publish Plasma 6, Frameworks 6, and a whole new set of applications in a special edition of KDE Gear all in one go.
Disney Unveils the Holotile Floor Inching Us Closer to a Real Life Holodeck (www.ign.com)
This technology looks legitimately impressive....
Is Linux pretty much unusable with an Nvidia GPU?
I’ve been trying Linux Mint on my old dell laptop with an nvidia GPU and it’s been just one impossible issue after the other....
Editing memories, spying on our bodies, normalising weird goggles: Apple’s new Vision Pro has big ambitions (theconversation.com)
Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset – which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” – that begins shipping to the public (in the United States)....
The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams (waxy.org)
The Witness Appreciation Post
I got the urge to play the witness for the 3rd (or maybe even 4th) time again after being slightly disappointed by the Talos Principle 2, and man I cannot express enough how much I enjoy this game. It just satisfies something deep inside me every time I play it. And I know a LOT of people (probably some here) strongly dislike...
Get in the zone! (lemmy.world)
Double Barrel (slrpnk.net)
How Croissants are made (slrpnk.net)
Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX (www.spacebar.news)
Dragons Dogma 1 and 2 (kbin.social)
Anyone else excited about Dragons Dogma and the upcoming Dragons Dogma 2 game?...
proofrule (ani.social)
I always let at least 1 other person proofread my text messages to any kind of professional contact
Nifty terminal command: xdg-open
Just sharing something neat I learned today about Linux…...
Any Orcs Must Die fans around here? (i.imgflip.com)
I’m jonesing for these tower defense games. The first edition was released by Robot Entertainment in 2011, Orcs Must Die 2 came out in 2012, OMD Unchained (online multi-player) was from 2014 and OMD 3 was from 2020/2021. They’re all great fun and I am sad that we may never get an OMD 4. Game 1 was single-player, 2 and 3 had...
Billy Mitchell has surrendered (perfectpacman.com)
Billy Mitchell didn’t win his defamation lawsuit against Twin Galaxies. Not only was Billy not in a position to get a financial settlement, Billy’s cheated Donkey Kong scores were not reinstated(as he’s claiming), and his claimed Pac-Man score from 1999 is also not on the main scoreboards. What had happened is that the...
Where have all the websites gone? (www.fromjason.xyz)
VW vehicles to converse with drivers via ChatGPT by mid-year (www.volkswagen-newsroom.com)
I guess our car is not our private space anymore, and we are not given a choice when buying a car from Volkswagen.
thoughts on the new skate game?
I love skate 3 and have been super excited since they announced the game was in development. I even played the alpha on PC but it was fairly sparse so there wasn’t much to do. I’ve heard the beta tests now are more filled in but I have yet to get invited to those ones....
it's the steam winter sales, what game did you enjoy playing and want to share?
The Steam winter sales are here, up to the 4rth of January....
downloading gmails
my gmail account is full, most of the space is emails. I tried to download them through “takeout” and it has an option that says hey let’s split this up into 2GB chunks. And you select that and it sends you one 12GB .mbox file regardless. The 12GB download keeps failing and now it says you’ve already downloaded these...
Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 (www.youtube.com)
What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness?
I was thinking about how I remember Maxis fondly, and I got to wondering what other people’s experiences were like!...
What are the major components of any Linux distribution?
Hi all - I am learning about Linux and want to see if my understanding is correct on this - the list of major parts of any distro:...
Puzzle games with procedurally-generated levels?
While many great puzzle games have a fixed number of levels, I’d like to find more with procedurally-generated levels to maximize replay value. Aside from Minesweeper games, so far I’ve found the following ones:...
What game genre would you like to see more entrants in?
This was something I started wondering about when I was reading a thread about Star Citizen, and about how space combat flight games were much less-common than they had been at one point, how fans of the genre were hungry for new entrants....
The world’s fastest temporary internet service gets turned on in Denver for one week only - The Colorado Sun (coloradosun.com)
Fascinating what we can do when there’s lots of money available and a lot of bright, motivated people. This is my home state so, heck yeah!
YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2883134 (!android)
Scarlett Johansson hits AI app with legal action for cloning her voice in an ad (www.theverge.com)
Here’s a rare look at Google’s most lucrative search queries (www.theverge.com)
Android adware apps on Google Play amass two million installs (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Space sim Squadron 42 is "feature-complete" and gunning for Starfield's lunch with massive new video (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Squadron 42 is the single player campaign of Star Citizen, that is supposed to launch as a separate game. It's basically a small portion of Star Citizen, but with a story and ending. I'm still not confident; waited too long for that.