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What's your take on biometric security? in c/android@lemmy.world

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 34 minutes ago

They also specifically used the example of guns and torture.

Buyer Beware: Steam Deck dead after 16 months, Valve says to kick rocks in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 19 points 7 hours ago

Deck is just 4 months out of warranty and suddenly dies. Of course you'd be raging wouldn't you?

I mean I'd be disappointed, but not with Valve. Shit happens. If it was a known issue that impacted lots of people, yes. Anything outside the warranty period is just good will if they cover it.

Fortunately Valve made them super repairable.

It only took 3 hours for someone to upload the first Oblivion Remastered gooner mod in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

"gooner"?

What's your take on biometric security? in c/android@lemmy.world

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Passwords are impervious to guns and torture?

The Big Bang Theory is getting a new spin-off, and its title reveals the main character’s identity in c/Television@lemm.ee

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

and unique take on geek culture

Unique = ignorant, stereotypical and lame?

What's your take on biometric security? in c/android@lemmy.world

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

As opposed to what? What will you use that's impervious to those things?

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered on Steam in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago

But classic cars are finite. This is infinite.

Ah yes, Because That Is What Makes a Good Logo in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago

...huh?

The US government is coming for Google and Meta – but what will happen next? in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 16 hours ago

Don't tease me.

Never ever ever EVER trust AI. in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 15 points 16 hours ago

I was just watching a YT video and they were using screen caps of Google AI search results to explain something and I just immediately closed it. Fucking morons.

Ah yes, Because That Is What Makes a Good Logo in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Because if you printed it the size of the Apple logo you'd need a microscope to make out anything on it.

Gmail rolling out 'Manage subscriptions' page with one-click unsubscribe on Android in c/android@lemmy.world

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 17 hours ago

Wonderful. Maybe they can fix the search function one day.

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Is there a federated Strava alternative? (feddit.org)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Strava is an absolute nightmare to use. My feed is absolutely chock full of ads and dog-walkers. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy they're taking a 0.2 mile walk around their block and logging their progress, but I don't need to see it. Nike, TrainerRoad, Zwift, Peloton all have giant ads every time their users upload an activity. And I don't understand it because it's not an ad-supported network. Like I would happily pay to have all this shit hidden. It would be extremely simple for Strava to fix this, which would just be to provide me with a simple filter for what type of activities I'd like to see. The fact that they haven't done so, a long time ago, leads me to believe that they simply don't want to, for whatever reason. Plus they've already begun to enshittify by breaking integrations with third parties.

Are there any good options for this?

E: to be clear, I'm asking about the social aspect of Strava.

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Why doesn't Steam support Android? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Steam revenue estimated 2024: $10.8B

Google Play Store gaming revenue 2024: ~$31B

Why doesn't Valve want a part of that? I mean they already have an Android app. Several, actually. I realize there's some amount of investment but surely the payoff is worth it, and they have the necessary funds and skills? I mean if F-Droid can do it with nothing but volunteers and grants...?

Certainly plenty of games won't lend themselves well to the mobile experience but also plenty of them do.

From a personal perspective: I don't really care a whole lot for mobile games but I do like Balatro and want to play it on my phone, but if I want to do that I have to buy another license, which I can't even do because I don't run Google Play Services.

Epic got in on this already. Where's Valve?

Edit: my reflections on this conversation:

Valve could distribute their own app like Epic but they'd also probably have to remove it from the Play Store because now a cross-platform game would give them an Android version, thus breaking Google's ToS. So would doing such a thing outweigh lost sales from the Google version, and would it impact customer satisfaction? I wonder how many people are actually purchasing PC games in the Steam Android app...?

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Testing video embeds via PeerTube (neat.tube)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/Test

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Testing video embeds via catbox.moe (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/Test

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Icewhale (Zimaboard, CasaOS, etc) selling or leaking user data (feddit.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Ulrich@feddit.org to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

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A few days ago I noticed a marketing email sent to my Zima alias. Apparently lots of other people also noticed this and were not happy. Attached is the IceWhale response.