[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

Well, I'm currently writing a service and frontend, both in C# (Blazor for the UI), and using docker-compose to build and deploy them to a Raspberry Pi running Linux. So not only cross-platform, but cross-architecture as well.

This is not a new thing either. Since .NET Core was released almost 10 years ago, it has supported cross platform development.

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

Right now none of the native clients support SSO. It is a frequently requested feature but, unfortunately, it doesn't look like it will be implemented any time soon. As with many OSS projects it is probably a case of "you want it, you build it" - but nobody has actually stepped up.

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago

Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid.

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah I can imagine it taking time getting used to as a new player. I played the original as a kid on DOS so the UI is deeply ingrained lol.

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 4 points 6 months ago

Baldur's Gate 3 (~600 hours), BeamNG.drive (~550), Cities Skylines (~300), Space Engineers (~300), 7 Days to Die (~250) and Satisfactory (~230).

These are all stats from Steam and probably not fully representative. Satisfactory for example I used to play on Epic when I got it as a free game over there, probably logged at least another 500 hours or so on that platform.

My most played game of all time is most likely TES: Oblivion, which I started playing at release back when I was a teenager and had almost infinite free time. I'm not sure if I still have my oldest save to confirm, but I suspect it would be at least 1,500 hours, probably more across several characters.

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago
[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That also means we can still use the expansion cards for the Framework in any other device that also has a USB-C port. Need an SD card reader or a 2.5Gb LAN adapter? Not a problem, I'll just grab one from my laptop.

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There was an entire TNG episode (Season 6, Episode 12) whose plot centered around this:

spoilerMoriarty was reactivated by mistake, and took the ship hostage, demanding to be able to leave the holodeck.

Geordi and Data spent half the episode experimenting with beaming (inanimate) holographic objects off the holodeck, to no avail. With that said:

spoilerTheir transporter turned out to be a holographic fake (and so was Geordi), so who knows if the results were valid.

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

For digital copies, they could bury this into the EULA and make it a requirement that you agree to it before you make your purchase (IIRC some storefronts do this already).

However for physical copies I suppose there could be a case made if the duration of support was not disclosed at the time of purchase (or it was not printed somewhere on the outside of the packaging).

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

I went from a manual to an EV. For an everyday use point of view there is just no comparison. Acceleration is effortless, start/stop traffic is no longer a nightmare, it's quiet and refined. It is the ideal daily driver. Even on longer trips I no longer feel fatigued after driving for 4-5 hours (the enforced charging stop helps with that).

I personally would not go back to an ICE car in general, manual or not, for everyday use.

From an enthusiasts perspective, however, this is a different question. I wouldn't rule out getting an ICE manual for fun/weekend use in the future - the kind of driving where you can actually enjoy the level of fine control and feedback that a manual gives you, rather than just wasting it in traffic. But it would have to be something pretty special.

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Unlike oil, rare earth minerals can be recycled to a degree. What is today your car battery may end up in 10+ years as someone's house battery, or a power bank or other low-load energy store. The raw materials can eventually be recovered to an extent as well.

A resource disaster is inevitable either way as nobody wants to give up the convenience that we have become accustomed to. Encouraging affluent economies to adopt EVs is pure damage limitation at this point, our biosphere is already fucked from over a century of waste emissions, the least we can do is try and find solutions that don't involve burning fossilized plant matter for every car journey.

[-] Rookeh@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

Sony-Ericsson W350i. Had it for about a year before I got my first Android device, an HTC Hero.

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