[-] kadup@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

strong DRM stance

They have allowed content protected by DRM into their store four times already, which is not surprising, given GOG is owned by CD Projekt Red who included DRM into their own DLC for Cyberpunk, including on GOG. That's not "strong" in any sense of the word.

So in other words, they sell you the "feel good" anti-DRM narrative but quickly look the other way when it's good for business. At that point, might as well purchase on Steam, where DRM is common but optional and Valve actually cares about making the games platform-agnostic, easy to backup, easy to share, etc.

EDIT: cool downvotes, doesn't change the fact that GOG provides software protected by DRM on their "strongly anti-DRM platform". There is no amount of downvotes in this world that can change this reality.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

The N64 is got objectively better graphics - being able to do perspective correction, having actual awareness of the fact that 3D objects have depth (z-buffer) and floating point precision. It's just extremely harmed by the low storage of the cartridges.

The PS1 can barely do 3D, being forced to calculate polygons but having no idea what to do with them, with warping geometry and textures deeply distorted.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Even though the myth is quite prevalent, the red and white color scheme for Santa is not related to Coca-Cola.

A massive amount of this world's plastic waste is related to Coca-Cola, though.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

I use it as a "laptop" a lot, using a case with a stand and Logitech's mini Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I like it.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I don't disagree, but it's pretty weird that Americans always try shifting the blame or motivation around rather than admitting their own questionable behavior.

US being authoritarian? "Must be related to them Russians!"

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Cats and kidney disease is a combination that unfortunately is way too common. I'm happy to hear he had a loving caring owner and lived many years, sorry to hear about his passing but I'm sure he had a great life.

I like sharing this little nugget recipe around just because it's very cheap, and healthy for children, pets and to be fair us adults too, I like nuggets haha.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

I don't think the US threatening to take over other countries is somehow related to Russian imperialism.

It's quite literally the same old US imperialism that has always existed, only less sugar coated.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Cooked chicken breasts with a little bit of egg whites on a food processor or blender (use water if needed) will result in a paste that can be nugget-shaped and cooked.

Muuuuuch healthier for your cats, and for you too. For the cat, include some source of fat to make it more appealing.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 205 points 14 hours ago

There's a difference between tech geeks and tech bros.

The tech bro is selling you NFT web 3.0 AR experiences, the tech geek might be learning Docker to self host a Lemmy instance, not because he needs to, but because it's fun.

Both have always existed: one was selling you some horrendous domain during the .com bubble, a plot of land on Second Life or even a perfect marriage based on a secret algorithm running on his Commodore 64, the other was busy playing muds and learning how to make free calls by ringing weird tones into a public telephone.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago

You're very optimist if you expect ketchup to have any hint of tomatoes if regulations didn't exist.

It would be tap water, sugar and red food colouring.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago

We know they do, actually.

All US companies provide the NSA with backdoors. All modern AMD and Intel CPUs have the ability to run remote code signed by their manufacturer and snoop into memory.

Put the two things together and now you know.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Bluetooth headphones work well with the Steam Deck, I specially like how you can pair your phone to the Deck and it will mix the phone's audio with the game audio (so you can have music or a podcast playing, for instance)

For those asking how to do it, simply enable Bluetooth on the phone and then go to the Steam Deck's Bluetooth page, find the phone and pair it from there.

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