[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

Usually you check this sort of thing before releasing it...

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago

We waste intelligent minds on this rubbish when we are facing an existential crisis in climate change.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I have 500Mbps in Spain. Is it that bad in the American cities or is it only like rural Montana that has these speeds?

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

They are on the side of the aliens.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I guess it will be great in the wealthier countries. Here in Spain the reason EV's are incredibly rare is simply the cost.

And rather than making them more affordable the Government just makes ICE vehicles more expensive to use, which is almost a regressive tax on those too poor to afford an EV. Especially given in many areas it's not really optional given public transport may be unreliable or non-existent.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

I find it slightly sad that when our leaders talk of Technology and Innovation - they often mean these 'tech' companies that essentially work out how to better sell advertising and occasionally provide a useful service alongside this.

Where is the Bell Labs? The Skunk Works?

We have incredible problems facing us such as Climate Change and decarbonisation seems like it will be a very difficult challenge. And yet we focus on banal "innovation" in frivolous things.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's revenue share based on how many streams you get. Big record labels can probably negotiate a better share, but if you sign to one there's no guarantee you will actually see that extra money.

Record labels ripping off music artists was incredibly common in the time before streaming, so I imagine it still is today.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's revenue share with the record labels. If those labels don't pay the artists well that's a different issue.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It's not like the artists got most of the revenue from CD sales either. Artists being scammed by record labels was so common it was almost a meme.

And yeah they agree to revenue-share because it's much better than the alternative of piracy and no money.

I think many of the people complaining don't remember what is used to be like when you would pay £10 per album.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

They haven't had anything interesting to watch since Squid Game. This Black Mirror season had like one good episode.

But sales are slumping
And no one will say why
Could it be they put out one too many lousy records?!?

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Nice try, FBI.

[-] FantasticFox@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

You can still buy the games outside of Game Pass.

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I'm currently reading the Wool omnibus by Hugh Howey. It's pretty decent I've been making very rapid progress as it's been too hot to sleep here recently now the summer has arrived.

I haven't seen the Apple show, but maybe I'll watch it in the future when I've finished all the books (I had Shift and Dust as well).

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Immersive games? (lemmy.world)

What are the most immersive games you have played?

I think mine are:

  • The Elder Scrolls
  • RDR2
  • Deus Ex (all of them)
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance
  • Fallout 3, New Vegas, 4
  • GTA V (to a certain extent)
  • The Witcher 3

What recommendations do you have?

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I'm currently reading The Case for Space by Robert Zubrin and it's really good. You can tell the guy dedicated his career and life to really thinking about how humans might live in Space, whether that be on the Moon, Mars or in the Asteroid Belt.

I recently read Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoğlu and that was also very good, it explained the shortcomings of other theories such as the geographic determinism espoused by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs and Steel although I think Why Nations Fail was a bit repetitive at times.

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I posted this on Reddit a while ago and it sparked some really good discussion and recommendations.

I really like The Expanse - as it doesn't just discuss the attempted terraforming of Mars and the colonisation of the Main Asteroid Belt but also

spoilerthe way that these communities decline when abundant habitable planets are discovered, where life is much easier.

So yeah, what are your best examples?

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Is it possible to block entire instances? I see I can block by user or community, but not by instance.

This would be useful as there are some instances based around politics etc. that I don't care about.

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