Talaraine

Case closed.

They are asserting dominance. When in doubt, it’s always that.

I had to really work with it to find a handful that actually showed video. Even then, they’re hit and miss, sometimes requiring pings to remind them that I exist.

Then you get to the throttling…

Totally agree. Sitting there watching in the theatre was the best unexpected cinematic pleasure ever. Just sheer jaw dropping wide eyed fascination.

LOL I feel called out and seen at the same time. One of us!

There’s a few of them that seem to work fairly reliably, but the rest just don’t play or have error messages on load. Take a bit of time to keep hitting the ping instances button and add the ones that seem to respond well to your list.

With the way youtube throttles these connections, it’s not going to be the same experience, but I’m stubborn like that.

I just love that we can sit here in the fediverse and talk about it without one or the other getting banned. I guess I’m old school first amendment.

I applaud you, I really do. You’ve shown an awareness of the world as it is that many young people don’t seem to have; even as they’ve been inundated with information that might inform them that THIS IS A TRAP!

I don’t fault them, though, because much of that inundation also tells them that if they just ‘apply here for $$’ they’ll be fine and as a kid I know which truth I’d like to believe. My own husband, who is frighteningly bright at all matters other than finance, fell for those same lies.

The truth is that a parent needs to help their kids navigate the “D&D full of monsters dungeon” to take advantage of the build that makes one successful… and while it can be done it’s just ‘nightmare difficulty’. If you can play through this, the rest of life gets a hell of a lot easier.

If you can’t, you’re gonna have to rely on politicians to ‘make things right’. What’s the likelihood of that in this day and age?

@Gingeybook I’d like to posit that you could profit from educating others. Just throwing that out there.

I just figured they put it there for some modder to let people build their own bases.

I gotta say though, in my journey to find other ways to access information rather than using the big names, I often find delays and small frustrations to get where I need to go.

Every time I ask myself if it’s worth it to not give data or money to these sites; whether it’s more important to make sure I’m directing my attention and financial support to other people and other companies? And I take a breath and endure b/c it’s the only power I have in all this.

Is 5 seconds worth it? For me it is.

Now we get the one drive bullshit that means your desktop can be in multiple locations

Yeah sign is clear as mud.

“Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer” Javik (Mass Effect)

Hit this 2 weeks ago at my job and it cheesed me off. Also at the same time? Microsoft began requiring you to label your teams comment with a Subject Line. Like… what?

Microsoft, do you even understand what chat is for?? It’s supposed to be quick and informal!

Yeah I had a catastrophic lighting strike and ended up having to buy a nice gaming pc during the pandemic. I love everything I’ve heard about steam deck but will be pc bound until I get my money’s worth xD

Agreed. I’ve been lazy because I’m a gamer, but at this point it’s time. I hope the other game companies can figure out something like Proton to play on Mint.

There’s posts from mods who… don’t have to mod. A special group of people migrated here, that know what they want and are building it with their actions. Just keep being you. Post good content, thoughtful comments. Build it and they will come. Literally haven’t logged back onto Reddit since Blackout and have just stopped thinking about them.

The Grim Reaper. I’m hoping the Grim Reaper wins.

I dare to say any speculation about new Reddit stock will be to short the shit out of it.