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People who pirated in the late 90s and early 00s what is the most dramatic change from then till now? And if you had the power what would you bring back? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

The reason of pirating things because you would be offline has mostly disappeared. Partially because mobile data has become more affordable but also because more subscription based apps give you some way to consume content offline.

Where I see this the most is with music. Outside of those who want FLAC quality I don't know of a lot of people who pirate music anymore.

People who pirated in the late 90s and early 00s what is the most dramatic change from then till now? And if you had the power what would you bring back? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Piracy used to be about providing the best possible quality. With popularity the quality got watered down.

Do you think that has to do with popularity though or a shifting attitude towards piracy?

I feel like there's a lot of people who treat it like they would with streaming. Downloading the newest episode or season of a show and deleting it almost immediately. They don't feel the need to store it for later.

People do keep stuff might be limited by their storage. A 1TB portable HDD can be great but if you are downloading entire shows it can devour it pretty quickly.

Either way I feel like a lot of people aren't concerned about quality. They care about having immediate access to it.

What things from the 2020s do you think will age horribly? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I feel like there's been a trend of people switching from alcohol to cannabis as its become more widely accepted but I know a lot of people who have ended up taking it to excess as well. The idea of being addicted to it still really doesn't come up often and looking back that might be viewed as problematic.

I'm not against people using it or anything but I do feel bad for the people who have gotten to the point where they need to smoke to feel like themselves.

What is your favourite open source software that you discovered in the past year, that you can no longer live without? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Probably Playnite as someone who games a lot. I like to mod my games and get them from different sources so being able to launch Northstar (a launcher for Titanfall 2) or FROST (a total conversion mod for Fallout 4) from one place is nice really nice. You can do a lot of this from within Steam but I find it works a lot smoother in Playnite. You can easily scrape box/cover art for unofficial games, have HowLongToBeat data readily available, have links to the Wikipedia and Nexus Mods pages, and edit the description below the game to say stuff like "Press T to open up trainer menu".

Unfortunately it's not available (natively) on Linux. I've used Lutris but I don't believe it has the same customization options. I don't think there is much in the way of themes besides dark mode and light mode or plugin support. That said I haven't tried to customize it in several years. I've gotten complacent in that aspect and have just been adding them to Steam. I have heard GameHub is another option I have heard about recently but I thought it was mostly the same as Lutris. It turns out it does have some features I was looking for such as popularity scores, game description, and genre tags but I am not sure how the support is for themes and plugins. You can read a decent It'sFOSS article about it here.

What movie do you most regret watching with your parents? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I feel like that's a lot like the observer effect in physics where as soon as someone walks in you watching anime all the weird stuff happens. Like when a friend I was hanging out with decided to watch A Sister's All You Need and we had to sit through the first scene of the first episode together.

I can't imagine watching an anime movie with my parents.

Which movie/tv streaming site in the megathread is your favorite? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

The obscure content thing is an issue I've run into especially looking for ~70s era sci-fi or horror movies that are regarded as cult classics or underrated online.

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Which movie/tv streaming site in the megathread is your favorite? (leminal.space)
 

I have spent some time recently browsing through the various streaming options listed in the piracy and FMHY megathreads and I am curious which one people prefer.

movie-web for example works great but when you click on a title it goes right to playing where as Braflix pulls up a summary, trailer, and list of actors. Braflix also categories based on the streaming service like Apple+ and Amazon which can be good for content discovery.

Unfortunately you can't click on the streaming service categories to view more and it doesn't list a lot of other somewhat popular streaming services like Shudder. Braflix also doesn't say what whether or not something is a cam rip unlike some sites like himovies.

Some websites also handle sorting better than others or have server problems.

I don't know if people really care or if they just click on the first link they see/use what they've already been using for years.

Content discovery for me is probably the most important factor. I like being able to sort by the IMDb rating and having a section that says "If you like X you might like Y" is also nice.

What movie do you most regret watching with your parents? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Huh that's actually one of my favorite movies to watch with my grandparents. It's probably the hardest I've seen my grandpa laugh

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What movie do you most regret watching with your parents? (www.imdb.com)
 

I watched The Lighthouse with my dad a few years ago and I think that was the most awkward movie watching situation I've been in. We decided to watch it because it had Willem Dafoe on it, a positive rating, and it was on a streaming service he had. It's not really a spoiler but the movie has multiple scenes with a focus on masturbation. Neither of us turned it off because we kept assuming that was the last of it and we would have had to get up for the remote.

Do you use a case with your handheld emulators or do you raw dog them? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice! Wasn't sure if you would need something similar to the low-profile 3D printed sticks people were making for the RG350 to prevent it from catching on little lips of pockets.

2013 Throwback - Game Pudding SP in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Is it a famiclone?

Best handheld to play Minecraft? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is worth noting though the Switch version has troubles playing multiplayer with non-Switch consoles and the Vita and 3DS versions aren't up to date and I don't think they have infinite worlds.

Best handheld to play Minecraft? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Definitely one of the newer Retroid devices. I have been playing on my RG405M but unfortunately the screen ratio and size makes it a bit of a challenge with some of the UI overlapping itself.

A Bluetooth controller or one of those telescoping ones though would probably be even better than that especially if you have a decent phone. I don't really use this method because the Bluetooth method feels a bit awkward and the telescoping controller involves removing my case which is annoying and it prevents me from using my phone while I play.

What ~$600 ThinkPad would make a decent upgrade from a T440P? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I took another look at it and it is a good suggestion I just feel like I would end up buying components that rival my desktop rather than something more mid-tier.

I also don't think it supports 2.5 inch drives and with the limitations and costs of NVMe drives that is still relatively important to me.

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Do you use a case with your handheld emulators or do you raw dog them? (leminal.space)
 

For devices with joysticks I typically use a case because I feel like they are going to get snagged or damaged but I've stopped using them for devices like the GXD Pixel and the RG35XXSP and I find I'm using them more often and getting my moneys worth of out of these devices.

I've also never been a big fan of those belt clips or holsters.

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What ~$600 ThinkPad would make a decent upgrade from a T440P? (leminal.space)
 

I was thinking about something like the P73.

My use case is a stationary and docked laptop connected to an external monitor. I would mostly be using it conjunction with my desktop PC for torrents, watching 1080p videos, and browsing the web.

Being able to have large amounts of storage is nice. The T440P with the disc drive to SSD upgrade was nice for dual SSDs.

I don't think I really need to upgrade that much but it would be nice to be able to do some light (2010 era) gaming when I travel or have less lag when I fire up GIMP.

Easy reparability, eGPU support, USB C ports, and upgradeability/modability are things that I would consider bonuses but might not be needed depending on the system.

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What are your thoughts on Warframe? (leminal.space)
 

I found out about Warframe after playing DarkSector and hearing that the two were related. The reviews seem generally positive with the exception of one massive negative spike.

Is there much in the way of grinding and micro transactions?

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Would you think less of a potential partner if they didn't know first aid? (leminal.space)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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It seems more like a job requirement but I feel like it's quite important to me that whoever I date knows first aid.

I imagine someone who hasn't taken a first aid course is still aware of things frequently depicted in movies and TV like how to assist a choking adult or CPR but I feel like it still leaves out a lot.

I can't really recall a lot of media depicting how to treat burns or how to perform first aid on children, cats, and dogs for example so I'm not sure if that would be absorbed to the same degree by cultural osmosis.

Edit: What I meant by my question was if you found out someone you were interested in didn't know first aid and didn't express an interest in it if you'd view it as a negative.

It doesn't necessarily mean you won't date them.

I'm more curious about how important of a factor it would be to people.

I'm not sure why this is being down voted. Do people not care for these kind of questions and want me to delete it?

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What are some good flight simulator games? (leminal.space)
 

I like flying around in Grand Theft Auto V in a jet and in first person blowing stuff up and touring armouring around a rainy city in Aircar.

I'm wondering what else is out there. I was thinking about picking up Ace Combat 7. Would this be a good choice?

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Fallout: London – v2.31 Revision 2 + Recommended Mods & Tools [FitGirl Repacks] (leminal.space)
 

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[Solved!] EndeavourOS freezing during boot process. Any idea on how to proceed? (leminal.space)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have EndeavourOS installed on my X200S. When I power it on it gets past "Welcome to EndeavourOS" but gets stuck around

Starting Bluetooth service...

Or

Starting Network Manager...

I believe it got stuck on a few other spots previously but I can't recall where. The "Drive in use" indicator light stops flashing at this point. At that point the only option as far as I can tell is to press the power button.

I can boot from a USB drive without any issues.

I had updated my computer but I believe I was believe I did a successful reboot after that.

Any suggestions? I can't seem to find a solution online. A lot of the support pages end with them giving up and reinstalling EndeavourOS.

Solution:

My X200S runs Libreboot and apparently that has issues with the current Linux kernel. I created a bootable EndeavourOS USB unlocked the LUKS drive with sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda1/unlockedFolder. Mounted it with sudo mount /dev/mapper/unlockedFolder /mnt. Ran arch-chroot /mnt so I could gain access to the OS. Switched to the LTS kernel using sudo pacman -S linux-lts and edited the grub files to add the -lts.

I originally tried just downgrading the kernel but it caused my WiFi not to work.

The whole issue was quite strange because it would freeze at random parts and even successfully boot at times.

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The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins (jordaneldredge.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Here's a preview from the introduction of the article:

This ended up leading me down a series of wild rabbit holes where I found:

  • Encrypted files which I was able to crack to discover their secrets
  • A gift a dad in Thailand had made for his two and a half year old son, but didn’t want published online
  • Somebody’s email password
  • A secret biography of Chet Baker
  • A file called worm.exe which held quite the surprise
  • A host of extremely random images and files
  • 56 previously unknown Winamp skins hidden inside other Winamp skins!
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Airports would be a great place for advertisements trying to raise awareness of anti-homeless architecture (leminal.space)
 

I feel like airports might not like it considering it would be the one of the first things tourists see but I feel like it be effective against snowbird boomers with extended layovers who are upset the airport lounge chairs aren't positioned next to electrical outlets.

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Prey 2006 or Prey or Prey 2017; which do you prefer? (leminal.space)
 

Wikipedia pages for each:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_(2017_video_game)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_(2006_video_game)

It's a bit of an apples and oranges situation but considering the history I'm curious which one people prefer in a situation where you could only have one. I believe 2006 is still considered abandonware with it previously being listed on Steam but being removed when they ran out of keys.

I liked 2017's gameplay but I felt like 2006 was more memorable and unique so I think I'd choose it.

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