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Sources: Nintendo targets 2024 with next-gen console | VGC in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I'd like there to be an OLED option for people who use handheld mode heavily and want to pay more for a better display. But for the base model, it makes total sense for it to be an LCD display. That's just prudent, as the average player probably doesn't care and wants to pay less. Especially parents buying this at Christmas.

$360B on nuclear subs, locking into US military strategy, opening up our country to US troops and military hardware, we ask them to free an Australian citizen and the US says piss off! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah and characterizing the US response as "piss off" is melodramatic at best

Which Dragon Age games are worth playing? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Awesome information, thank you so much!

Which Dragon Age games are worth playing? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, I didn't realize there was an expansion. I'm not sure if GamePass includes it so I'll look into it.

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Which Dragon Age games are worth playing? (lemmy.ml)
 

I have never played any of the Dragon Age games, but I just gained access to the GamePass tier that has EA games, so I can play any of them.

I absolutely love all of Bioware's "classic" works (KOTOR, Mass Effect) where conversation choices affect the plot of the game. Would you guys recommend just playing the Dragon Age games in order of release, or what is the general consensus?

President who threatened to eat his opponent to attend upcoming Russia-Africa summit, while most invited leaders decline in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

IMO it's very condescending that there is a Russia-Africa summit where all the leaders of Africa are summoned to St Petersburg (and the US does the exact same thing with the US-Africa summit). As if they need to come and pay tribute.

South Korea has given up on talking to the North in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe "The US and its allies"?

I mean Japan is typically included as part of The West, and it is to the east of China. Cuba is in the western hemisphere, but it is Marxist-Leninist. I don't think directional terms of the globe make as much sense in the 21st century as they did in the premodern world.

South Korea has given up on talking to the North in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You're right, sorry about that! It does! I removed my comment.

South Korea has given up on talking to the North in c/[email protected]
South Korea has given up on talking to the North in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Well yes, you are definitely exaggerating if you are suggesting that half the planet is a 'death cult'. Maybe if you want to say that the foreign policy establishment in certain countries is, then it would be a more reasonable statement.

I don't think that "the West" is even a useful term.

Elon Musk says Twitter logo to change, birds to be gradually abandoned in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It must be incredibly frustrating to be the new CEO that he just appointed, only to have him continuing to run his mouth and make ruinous decisions that tie your hands.

Can spez really be that stupid? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 142 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's really apparent that Spez and the rest of the admin team don't actually use Reddit on a day to day basis. Their decisions are like some consultant coming in and recommending ideas.

What is your opinion of online moderators? Do you think of them as an ally or an adversary? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely. I feel this way about referees/umpires in sports too. The best ones aren't flashy but just enforce the rules.

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Update from thread this morning: I bought a PS3 on Facebook marketplace. This is the amount of dust. O_O (lemmy.ml)
 

Somebody mentioned de-lidding the CPU. I am hoping to get away with not doing that, but we'll see how it runs.

I got it for $40, so I can't complain. The disc drive works fine, it outputs 1080p, the controller input works fine. It just needs to be cleaned like all hell.

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Is buying a PS3 worth it in 2023? (lemmy.ml)
 

I never had a PS3 back in the day. I have a PS5 now, and when I was looking at the PS+ packages, I was fascinated by the fact that all the PS3 games have to be streamed. And what's more, relatively few PS3 games are even on the service. I didn't realize that the PS3 was such a unique/powerful console, that it still apparently can't be properly emulated even on a PS5.

I am interested in playing Final Fantasy 13, the Killzone series, Resistance Fall of Man, among others. Looks like a PS3 can be had for about $120 at my local game store.

Do others still have and use their PS3? Does it still connect/interface to Sony's online service? Like can I still get trophies that connect with my PS account, buy DLC, etc? Or is all that shut down?

I do have an Xbox Series X, so I could play FF13 on there, but none of the other games.

(Hopefully this kind of post is ok here, I know it's not gaming news, but just trying to not sit and lurk, but actually create discussion)

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Doomed Titanic sub CEO tried to sell cut-price tickets, saying it was ‘safer than crossing the street’ (nypost.com)
 

The NY Post got their hands on some pretty damning text messages where this CEO was irresponsibly downplaying the risks and cutting the ticket price for a potential prospect. I know he's dead now, but I hope some sort of regulations come out of this.

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How does the concept of legal liability (for firms) work within Marxism? (lemmy.ml)
 

Hi everyone, although I am not personally socialist, I come in peace with a question that I am seeking to learn.

Within capitalism, the concept of "limited liability" is common. Essentially, the owners of a firm cannot be held personally liable for the wrongs of the firm. If Toyota makes dangerous airbags, the personal home of the executives cannot be seized to pay victims. Only company assets can be liquidated.

How does this work within a Marxist framework where the workers are the owners of the "firms" (or of the manufacturing plant). For example, imagine that a worker-owned plant makes faulty airbags through negligence. Would the workers be personally liable? Or would the concept of limited liability remain, and the worst that could happen would be the liquidation of the plant to repay victims' families?

Thank you for hearing my question!

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