[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 4 points 5 hours ago

The inability to resize the Undertale window without using a third-party program like Sizer continues to be INFURIATING to me.

Undertale is a good game, but it just makes me so goddamn angry every time I open it to not have control over the sizing on my own goddamn monitor that I haven't been able to finish it.

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago

Who cares? The Blizzard that anyone actually had any positive opinions on died years ago. All that's left now is a zombie corpse animated by the worst of capitalism.

Fuck Blizzard, let them die

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 192 points 3 weeks ago

Hot take, but with so many actual sexual assailants and literal pedophiles in the world, I will just never be able to give two shits about what Leo does or does not do with other legal consenting adults, sorry.

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I thought it was sick as hell, definitely a huge upgrade from the previous season (which wasn't on my radar originally; I watched it after season 2). Genuinely one of the best things I've watched on youtube in a while.

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(If this question is inappropriate or better suited elsewhere, please let me know, and I can remove it.)

I have a mostly personally digitized media library on external USB storage that I am looking for a convenient and effective way to watch in 4K on my home non-smart television. I'm not interested in solutions for accessing streaming pirated content, unlocking subscription-based services, or anything of that nature; I'm just looking for a way to connect a USB-C external drive with loose media content (largely H.265-based 4K video and FLAC audio files) at the best quality on my home television.

I understand that Android TV boxes are available cheaply on Amazon and might be a viable solution, but this video from Linus suggests these can be malware nightmares, so I'm wary of trying any of those. Linus went on to make a follow-up video, but either his suggestions for my use cases were unclear, or I am not savvy enough to have understood them. For example, he mentions in the follow-up video that the Google Chromecast might be specifically bad for this due to the bottlenecking of the USB 2.0-based transfer speed, but I don't think he ever brings up the topic directly again or suggests which of the other options presented is particularly good for external storage media file playback.

If this option can also replace my current Amazon Fire Stick as my go-to media center option with access to the typical streamers (YouTube, Netflix, Crunchyroll, etc.), that would be especially incredible.

If this option comes with some kind of software/media library solution that would allow me to track watched progress in my personal media library in a way similar to how streaming services do, that would be double especially incredible.

And hey, if there's some way I could connect a controller to play some retro emulated games on it too, that would be amazing, but that's absolutely not a necessary component.

I don't have a high budget, so ideally, I'd like to keep costs in or around $50 if possible, but if that's unrealistic, I'd appreciate being told so I can adjust my expectations.

I'd say I'm a "high-level ignorant" or "low-level savvy" consumer; I feel like I'm not technologically illiterate but definitely would not call myself truly savvy or skilled. I've put PCs together from purchased components but would have no idea how to build or repair an individual component itself. I'm up for learning if the task is approachable, so if the best solution is something like a custom-built Raspberry Pi, I'm not opposed to the idea, but I have no real knowledge going into this and am more interested in a solution to the problem at hand than the edification that might come with such a project. So basically, if we're talking about a simple "build a media center in a box" sort of Pi kit, I might be able to manage, but if we're talking about a months-long project of tinkering and trials, then that's probably not the solution I'm looking for.

Anyway, I appreciate in advance any insights or feedback anyone is able to offer.

edit: @Hendrik correctly pointed out a discrepancy in my post regarding lack of "dumb" 4k TVs. I was trying to simplify things, but in reality my situation is one 1080p “dumb” TV and one modern 4k which I think is a Vizio brand smart TV. I am looking for a solution I’ll be able to move between both.

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Denuvo = 🤮

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 171 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Forced Arbitration should absolutely be illegal. Here's an article on the topic if you've never thought about it before:

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3986551-the-time-to-ban-forced-arbitration-is-now/

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 119 points 7 months ago

Human breast milk is the only naturally occurring food specifically designed for human consumption.

I'm waiting for somebody brave enough to promote the all-breast milk diet.

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[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 311 points 10 months ago

Fucking bonkers. Between this an McD's changing their ToS to say using their app waives any right to non-arbitration dispute, something needs to be done about companies trying to effectively write new laws into their ToS. This shit is beyond egregious

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Not trying to start anything, and if this is the wrong place to post about it I apologize, I'm not sure where else to broach the topic, but as a user I've noticed an enormous increase is moderator action today and I'm curious if there was some catalyst that the userbase should be aware of. Prior to today, the modlog shows only a few mod actions most days, and previous entire months can fit within one screenview. Furthermore, most of those actions were locking posts or removing and reprimanding specific offending comments. Yet today there is an entire wave of moderator actions, including such vague notes as "Troll Post" on meme posts with significant engagement.

I promise I'm not trying to start drama, I am just concerned as I love Lemmy and want to see it and the community thrive, and I am concerned about the same issues that plague Reddit could potentially find their way here.

That said, I also understand this isn't a democracy, so if the reply is simply "that's how it is," I guess I'm going to just shrug and accept it.

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 144 points 11 months ago

So what I'm reading is a truck driver can invite as many guests as they want to shower with them there, so long as none of those guests are also truck drivers.

Weird rules for the orgy shower, but who am I to judge?

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A special dedication

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And coincidentally, my favorite band as a teenager.

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[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 138 points 1 year ago

This is just a quiet part out loud thing again. Remember, to most American evangelicals, anything less than a devotion to evangelical Christianity is satanism. It's a binary thing to them, so whether you're actually Jewish, or Hindu, or atheist, or whatever, it doesn't matter; if you aren't American evangelical Christian, then you are Satanist. I'm not being hyperbolic, this is a core tenet of American evangelical Christianity.

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 161 points 1 year ago

The sad thing is what they really miss is reasonable restrictions on industry and capitalism, a viable chance to support a family on a single full-time salary, and upward mobility, but rather than getting mad at the greedy capitalist assholes that have stolen these things from them, instead they let these exact same greedy assholes trick them into thinking that minorities and disempowered peoples are somehow the ones stifling progress.

The yearning for better days isn't inherently wrong, it's the conclusions they draw where they go astray.

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[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 119 points 1 year ago

Snapping half the life forms also snaps half of the world's gut bacteria. If we removed half of the gut bacteria from those who weren't snapped, that would be removing 75% of the universe's gut bacteria, not 50%.

[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 109 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why are we infantilizing adults? Interpersonal relationships are complex and nuanced; we can acknowledge and even warn against the potential dangers of severe age-gap relationships without insulting the autonomy and choices of those involved. These neo-puritanical bullshit tendencies creeping in on the left needs to stop; it's a trojan horse for the next generation of conservatives. Reject non-nuanced conservative-bate thinking.

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