Elting

Fantastic content, as usual.

If people refuse to pay the prices and use their products then eventually they will run out of money and credit to do so.

Offline mode works on prior authentification. If you know of a way to access your steam games (even if you have them downloaded) on a new OS without using the steam client, I would be delighted to hear about it.

One drive DRM isnt their fault but steam itself is DRM for any of the games you bought there. You cannot access your steam games without your log in and that is DRM. On the spectrum between spotify and bandcamp, steam is much closer to spotify in terms of your ownership of the media you payed for.

Edit: if you’re confused about conversational tangents then I cant’t explain that to you

I’ve been a loyal customer on steam for 16 years and have over 400 games on there. Valve has never abused their power and I trust them for the time being. However none of that changes the fact that I don’t really own any of the games I bought through them because I have to log into steam to access them. And that kinda sucks and criticism of that is valid.

The original comment is also describing DRM. Look I know and understand that steam works great and is easier than piracy but that doesn’t mean it isnt DRM.

Its relevant because it describes a company that uses DRM for you to access your stuff which is exactly what the post is of.

Saying bad things about valve/steam will get you hate on here. Its not fair but because of what they’ve done for linux recently people on this website don’t appreciate valid criticism thrown in their direction.

The europeans are bewildered by the American sport of small talk. They would be so out of their depth just walking down the street when people start smiling and waving at them.

I’m usually inclined to believe that shipping like this is just modern readers misinterpreting the flowery language and open emotion men used to write to each other with. But after having read Dracula I can be pretty confident that Bram Stoker was a Man Stroker.

They will rope off a section of beach when one of these guys nests on it.

I thought beavers were native to North America. Were there really European beavers?

Too much growth will kill the vibe in this place.

Unless you have been a stoner for a long time in which case 50% of the weed making it into a bowl is good enough. Shit literally grows on trees after all.

So in order to get decent medical advice from an LLM you just need to be a doctor and tell it whats wrong with you.

NPR member stations can vary pretty significantly on programming depending on your locality. One of the few things they have to have are the top of the hour six minute news segments.

Oh man this is a really good photo, really shows off those fractals.

Also because its become exceedingly clear the guy was a bumbling dumbass who made it by luck and cruelty. Some people out there would really like you to believe we live in a meritocracy.

Despite having to be a sociopath to hoard that much money, even here on the fediverse people will still defend some billionaires because a few of their aims happen to align.

Yeah that’s why I use mine. I get to sleep faster with it. But if someone has access to a silent place to sleep then I think they would be better off without one. You sleep better when you can hear but I think that’s just because your brain knows nobody is sneaking on you.