[-] nix@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The Transit app, used for bus/train route info and buying tickets. I imagine the ticket buying part would be difficult to OS, but I just want the live transit routing info. A few apps exist for other cities, but not mine. Worst part is Transit relies on Google Maps.

[-] nix@midwest.social 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

One thing I've tried to take to heart on lemmy: On reddit I nearly never posted articles. But here, I try to post any article I find interesting. I think with such a small space we've gotta be the change we see. Every time you read something worthwhile, try to remember to find somewhere to post it here.

[-] nix@midwest.social 7 points 7 months ago

This is a good thought. FOSS has been historically not very good at utilizing the time and skills of potential non-coder volunteers, but community management is a great place for that.

[-] nix@midwest.social 5 points 7 months ago

All of those things can be produced without capitalism. Demand doesn't explain why this mode of production is used over another.

[-] nix@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yea, I think there's some truth in that argument when it comes to temperature - I know I can adjust to pretty hot or cold weather after a while. But yea, no matter how much I love biking I am less likely to do it in the rain or snow, where it's not only more uncomfortable but also more dangerous.

[-] nix@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago

I dig this one, it's pretty cool.

[-] nix@midwest.social 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

But that's exactly the problem. If the company is kind about it, or forced to play nice by effective regulation, there's no issue. But if there's no regulation and the company wants to, it tends towards monopolistic tendencies. And there's nothing that incentivizes a company to play nice forever, in fact they're incentivized to maximize profit. So Vertical Integration is bad without being checked.

[-] nix@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

I always enjoyed these tiktoks, staged or not. But man this is a shitty attitude. Imagine taking it as an insult if someone identified you from your best known (and quite good) work.

[-] nix@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

Colossal Order is the dev, Paradox is just the publisher. Paradox deserves crap for their many mistakes, but this one isn't theirs.

[-] nix@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For CK and Vic they changed their design philosophy to be more "sandbox with realistic parameters" vs older games' "sandbox with prescripted events" to make historical events happen. It's an ambitious idea but so far the results have been pretty mixed. I'm hopefully they get it right eventually. Stellaris has really only gotten to be as polished as it very recently.

[-] nix@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

Paradox is just the publisher on this one, Colossal Order is the dev.

[-] nix@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

I have the same issue with light, had prescription glasses and prescription sunglasses, and had to switch between the two frequently. Finally got prescription transitions and they're incredible, I no longer have to think about my glasses at all. Just put them on and go.

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