[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 2 points 4 hours ago

Huge update, with a lot of changes, and workshop support. Valve does it again. Quality update for a very "old" title.

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 8 points 4 hours ago

Half-Life 2 is currently free on Steam

From now through the weekend (until November 18th at 10am Pacific) Half-Life 2 is free to own , so if you've never played before, grab it now and keep it forever.

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 4 points 4 hours ago

Haha, go to the bottom an grab the gravity gun - really cool gimmick

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 4 points 5 hours ago

IsThereAnyDeal link - if you want to check prices or against your owned, wishlisted or ignored games

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago

oh my god (stuntrally screenshot)

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've always used aimp2, but my library broke file path metadata and the fixup tool fails to relocate them. I've looked at FOSS and free alternatives, and am not really, fully satisfied with any of them.

IIRC, I found none of them sufficient. Strawberry, Clementine, Audacious, MusicBee; all have dissatisfactory UI / UI structure for me. Foobar is way too minimal. From my exploration, MusicBee was the most reasonable, acceptable for me. The customizable tab setup is a confusing mess too, but otherwise… I've been using that for a while.

At some point I started implementing my own music player, making use of the BASS library like aimp2 does. But not much has come of that [yet?].

Maybe I can recover my aimp2 metadata, and will switch back to that.

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

I forgot there was a sequel. At least I think I've seen it before.

Grow Up is currently 75% off on Steam. Very positive ratings, and watching this ign review, seems like a decent iteration with enough fresh content. I think I will buy it 🤔 and go climbing again :D

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago

They've already been doing that, right? I assume this is marketing more than new or a change?

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Does it still require SMS verification? Or was that lifted? That's where I stopped my out-of-interest signup last time.

/edit: It does not anymore. But my handle is taken now. :(

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 11 points 2 days ago

Bluesky Social is a public benefit corporation.

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago

Bluesky Social is a public benefit corporation.

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 7 points 4 days ago

I'm playing the free hexceed, which - I have to assume - has an automated translation to German.

The exit button is labeled "Ausfahrt". Which means road exit, not program exit. German has different words for them.

I found it very funny. Seeing the program leave as a road exit. But as a translation it's bad of course.

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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Steam store pages received a new Anti-cheat field. Disclosure is mandatory for kernel-level anti-cheat solutions. And recommended for other anti-cheat solutions (like server-side or non-kernel-level client-side).

The field discloses the anti-cheat product, whether it is a kernel-level installation, and whether it uninstalls with the product or requires manual removal to remove.

Screenshot of anti-cheat indications

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submitted 5 days ago by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

This game is so pointless and forgettable that I can't even be bothered to write a description. It sucks, don't play it. Watch my video instead!

#ubisoft #nft #garbage

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

This GitHub repository has the technical details.

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submitted 1 month ago by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/science@beehaw.org

Abstract (added emphasis and paragraphing):

Anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions increases from the period 1850–1900 until 2019 are responsible for around 65% as much warming as carbon dioxide (CO2) has caused to date, and large reductions in methane emissions are required to limit global warming to 1.5°C or 2°C.

However, methane emissions have been increasing rapidly since ~2006. This study shows that emissions are expected to continue to increase over the remainder of the 2020s if no greater action is taken and that increases in atmospheric methane are thus far outpacing projected growth rates.

This increase has important implications for reaching net zero CO2 targets: every 50 Mt CH4 of the sustained large cuts envisioned under low-warming scenarios that are not realized would eliminate about 150 Gt of the remaining CO2 budget. Targeted methane reductions are therefore a critical component alongside decarbonization to minimize global warming.

We describe additional linkages between methane mitigation options and CO2, especially via land use, as well as their respective climate impacts and associated metrics. We explain why a net zero target specifically for methane is neither necessary nor plausible. Analyses show where reductions are most feasible at the national and sectoral levels given limited resources, for example, to meet the Global Methane Pledge target, but they also reveal large uncertainties.

Despite these uncertainties, many mitigation costs are clearly low relative to real-world financial instruments and very low compared with methane damage estimates, but legally binding regulations and methane pricing are needed to meet climate goals.

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Steam Families is here - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Up to 6, sharing your shareable games library

Adult and child accounts, limit child accounts, approve and pay for child buy requests,

Intended for close household family; can't join a different one until one year after joining

If a family member gets banned for cheating while playing your copy of a game, you (the game owner) will also be banned in that game. Other family members are not impacted.

haha

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submitted 3 months ago by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

researchers conducted experimental surveys with more than 1,000 adults in the U.S. to evaluate the relationship between AI disclosure and consumer behavior

The findings consistently showed products described as using artificial intelligence were less popular

“When AI is mentioned, it tends to lower emotional trust, which in turn decreases purchase intentions,”

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

Reading the post and comments on Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI made me think it could be an interesting topic to chat about.

I think the best support I received was in the chat application and service Slack. A competent, friendly human responds. I had two or three support inquiries with them.

The last issue I had in Slack was when I opened via try icon click my clipboard content was being pasted. I was surprised they were able to identify the issue which was due to a third-party application that had only just released with the issue a day earlier. Slack support was responsive with a first message before the solution, and fast to respond with the second message with the identified cause.

I'm not sure any stand out as particularly awful for me. [Kinda] Bad seems to be the norm. Sometimes bots sit in front of being able to write a message (my bank, I have to write the same inquiry a second time), sometimes the first response is automated or templated, sometimes the first response is automated and immediately but a human will follow up, sometimes you call and can hardly understand them because of accent or even awful intonation. Often you receive incompetent answers that don't respond to your message or issue. Sometimes they're unwilling or incapable of resolution or agreeable conclusions.

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submitted 5 months ago by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/humor@beehaw.org
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submitted 5 months ago by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

I stumbled upon their videos and watched three. It's absurd and often hilarious how bad most of the games are.

Jauwn shows us through the games and their gameplay, but also checks further into the mechanisms trying to bait people and the publishers and developers at times linking them to previous scams.

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submitted 5 months ago by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

Today, we had European elections in Germany.

We have the Wahl-O-Mat, a state-funded service, where you can answer 38 questions, and then match your positions against a selection of or all political parties that could be elected. It then shows you how much overlap (a percentage) you have with the various parties and their answers to those questions.

I find this to be a very important and useful tool for citizen information.
Campaign adverts are shallow and colorful PR. Broad slogans.
Individuals are not necessarily what the broader party policies are and how they vote. Personal sympathy can even be misleading in that a sympathetic person may not hold the values and positions you do.
Voting for a party, I think their program and stances should be the primary decision factor. (Alongside assessment of whether you can trust them of course.)
It obviously and drastically shows you misconceptions about parties and your alignment, and shows you parties relevant to you that you may not have known about before.

Do other countries have something/things like that too? A tool to match personal stance against political parties' stances? [In a concrete and up-to-date way.]

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Flexible Display (www.youtube.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Kissaki@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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