Kraiden

A fun anecdotal story is my partner knew someone who worked at a prison in Ireland. Apparently someone was visiting, and saw a pigeon with a little package of coke attached the the leg. They pointed it out to the guard who responded “not worth the paperwork” 😆

Around Wellington CBD. It’s not just her, it’s a thing people do

https://youtube.com/shorts/9w1l9q9qXMw

Also wouldn’t that mean that pigeons wouldn’t be trainable with treats?

I have a friend who trains WILD pigeons with food, so… doubt

Shareholder profits largely. Won’t someone think of the shareholders!?

While it is theoretically true that you can turn one distro into another, in practice it’s not worth it. It’s the same thing as trying to sell someone on “you never need to reboot to apply updates or fix things.” Ye, technically true, but unless you’re maintaining huge corporate servers where downtime is measured in dollars, 9 times out of 10, it’s just easier to reboot and see if it fixes the issue. And yes, it will often still fix the issue.

The reason for distro hopping etc is because picking a distro is essentially choosing your defaults/ideology/character alignment. There are no wrong answers. Just go with what feels right. Newbies should distro hop to see how they align, experienced users should do it for fun and to see if a different way suits them better.

We should be herding beginners towards beginner friendly distros so they don’t run into a cliff of a learning curve, but which specific one is basically arbitrary.

As for your other examples: Don’t let your dreams be dreams. You can 100% use batocera as server if you like, it’s entirely possible. You’re just going to have to dedicate a shitload of time coercing into a server shape… but nothing’s stopping you

It’s not going to result in lower prices for consumers. It’s going to result in higher prices on Steam.

It’s also going to fragment the game market on PC. That may or may not be a good thing depending on who you ask, but personally, I like not having to hunt around for the best store to purchase my game in. I go to Steam and I know I’m not getting completely shafted. This is essentially going to allow scummy corps like Ubisoft and EA to implement a “Steam tax” because I don’t want to use their shitty, bloated, spyware riddled miserable excuse for a storefront.

I hate how close that guess is 🫠

Dark Souls/Souls likes in generals. If I want to bang my head against the same problem endlessly and get hopelessly frustrated, I’d just do my day job

They’ve just released a new game Kiln

It’s pretty fun! Also their last game didn’t get the attention it deserved imho. Keeper

A month!? I know it’s regional but that’s low for a monthly deposit for a contractor!

That’s sick! I’d love to see the final product once it’s ready if you feel like posting!

oh god, ye that’s the shitty mobile game. Very unlikely this is what they meant. Tiberian Dawn, Tiberian Sun, Tiberian Twilight are the games you’re looking for probably. More likely the first 2 than Twilight. it wasn’t as well received

ETA: Shit and Tiberian Wars! Always forget that one! Don’t take my nerd card!

Oh right! Ok, the comment makes more sense now. Thanks

REAL-IDs

Are Native American IDs not real?

ETA: Reading this back, it looks really pas-ag. Not American, the question is sincere. I’ve never heard of Native American IDs

No but seriously! Why do they have to be horizontal! What’s wrong with vertical! Vertical would be so much better for everyone involved!!

jfc! Missed that nugget! I guess you don’t end up covered in fur, fucking a dead deer if your life is going well though

there’s something clever in there, I can feel it… something something the difference between a nonce and a prince is PR… i…

needs work