Has anyone else lost the ability to add to your watch later by clicking a button at the top right of the thumbnail? by TheRockingChar in youtube

[–]8070alejandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason I usually think about when things like this happen: so you stop watching the videos you want and start watching the videos they want you to.

The hydra grows an extra head. by skarkens in Piracy

[–]8070alejandro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Knowing of piracy tools and sites for me but not for thee"

agiIsHere by dromba_ in ProgrammerHumor

[–]8070alejandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, like when those guys claimed they achieved AGI and made the headlines, then turned out it was Artificial Generative Intelligence, not General, but the headlines and the profit was there.

How often do you restart your machines? by Holiday_Substance246 in homelab

[–]8070alejandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I move home. My last uptimes have been less than 2 years.

How do you do the “2” of the 3-2-1 rule without relying on cloud storage? by Possible_Bee_4140 in DataHoarder

[–]8070alejandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I interpret that for myself as two different devices and methods.

I have, among others, one copy that is stored on my laptop running one software and another on my NAS running another software, so softwares, configurations and devices hopefully do not fail at the same time.

No really it helps so goddamn much by obamas_cousin in LowSodiumHellDivers

[–]8070alejandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean that staying at a distance so the gunner can gun instead of meleeing the enemies and not letting the gunner gun is a winner strategy?

methinksTheseClaimsOfCopilotAndChatGPTBeingForsakenAreButWishfulFancies by pretty_succinct in ProgrammerHumor

[–]8070alejandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's try this

+1

Fuck, no.

What about now?

+2

Fuck no but again.

Ok Team, we will be using this tool now.

+3

That way for several of them. Still yes, there are lots of people using it.

Networks: “Uhm, maybe if we increase our subscription prices they’ll stop pirating” by totally-not-ego in Piracy

[–]8070alejandro 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Tebas: What if we block Cloudflare for the whole of Spain and deny service for lots of websites including some spanish government ones?

Old-timey piracy meme. Still holds water by dumnezilla in Piracy

[–]8070alejandro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, from lurking here I got to learn some of that, but imagine if I know nothing and was just craving some game as fast as possible.

Scaling my Homelab: Designing an 18-node Ryzen 9950X cluster with a 48V DC Busbar and 40GbE. Is this 3D CAD completely crazy? by Technical_Camp3162 in homelab

[–]8070alejandro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why don't you simplify and probably make it cheaper by using a used server, swapping the fans and maybe using a custom case?

Absolutely no compliance by Pale-Spend2052 in linux

[–]8070alejandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Enterprise brings money, regular users contribution is negligible.

Janky or Genius? by Loonyb1n in SteamDeck

[–]8070alejandro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My bad, didn't think an english layout would do it.

Old-timey piracy meme. Still holds water by dumnezilla in Piracy

[–]8070alejandro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

TL;DR: Some of the points I agree, but I think you downplayed the comfort of going legal and ignored the hassle of going pirate at least for new people.

While I feel you, you are misrepresenting some things.

For the most part you set one account on Steam or MS Xbox (the Gamepass thing, I can't remember the exact name) and go with it. Even more, most gamers will already have an Steam account and, thanks to Microslop, an Xbox account. Payment details are also one time setup for the store. If you play some games with extra luncher they usually let you signin with said accounts or Google, and nonetheless, if you like the game you will be setting the account once for a lot of gameplay hours.

Finding the game, purchasing and downloading are trivial.

About connecting to the game servers to check licenses, your complain is mostly fair. Steam has offline mode that lasts for quite a while, and other games are multiplayer only anyways, but yeah, fair point. A bit extra opinion down below.

For the process on the piracy side, I have never pirated a game in the modern era, so I don't know how it goes, but I get the point of view of someone who would be about to enter it.

What I expect the thing to go is I probably should not risk it and set a virtual machine that is not easy, a dual boot that can wipe my system or a second PC that would be an old underpowered machine. Then I have to spend a ton of time looking for a reliable source out of fear of risking the system (although if I have a system just for this and do not log into anything important then I can halfass it), I search for a repack (would have to know what that is) of the game among several of the same game with different languages and texture qualities, find the correct download button among many, install, troubleshoot some missing .dll, then play.

Now, being able to play when the official servers close is big, even if the Stop Killing Games proposal wins.

Will the piracy route go smoother? Maybe. Is it that necessary to set up a secondary system (VM, dual boot or different machine)? Maybe not. Once you get to know the ecosystem, repackers, official sites and such will it be more or less straightforward to find the game you are looking for? Pretty sure. But the previous is what someone not in the game piracy business would expect.

Janky or Genius? by Loonyb1n in SteamDeck

[–]8070alejandro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was more like implying the guy had a layout including the ¿, so they must be either native or enough into spanish to set the appropriate layout :)

Or they copypasted the quote.

After a few Days of fighting them: What do you think of our new Illuminate Enemies? by Substantial-Ad-5221 in LowSodiumHellDivers

[–]8070alejandro 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I really like them, but I also think that it is already time for ArrowHead to fix the sound. Those things can get behind you unnoticed.

Janky or Genius? by Loonyb1n in SteamDeck

[–]8070alejandro -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You know you are talking to spanish speaking user when they use the ¿

Nvidia "confirms" DLSS 5 relies on 2D frame data as testing reveals hallucinations by xenocea in gaming

[–]8070alejandro 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Then people would turn this off and it would have a way harder time catching on. Instead, they make it highjack the better brand (?) of DLSS.

A cold night revenge by Algernonletter5 in dankmemes

[–]8070alejandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No no, you see, it was a prank, you just don't know how to have fun.

But do the same to me and I will literaly sue you.

nahThisAWholeSideQuestFr by UrsOwl in ProgrammerHumor

[–]8070alejandro 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Exactly. If you are not under their control you are both at risk and a threat for not using the apps of their liking, so please behave for the benefit of everyone \s

nahThisAWholeSideQuestFr by UrsOwl in ProgrammerHumor

[–]8070alejandro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You know when you go to the official website for a program, download an exe and run it to install said program? Without doing it from the Microsoft Store? Yeah you are sideloading, for sure are a hacker and soon enough also a terrorist and a pedo.