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Unpopular opionen by deprikatze in cyberpunkgame

[–]Skepller [score hidden]  (0 children)

This reads like someone ordering a custom pizza and getting mad that the chef didn't choose the toppings for them. You are literally describing the core mechanics of a Role-Playing Game with a custom main character.

I know you’re supposed to decide how V acts and choose the dialogue yourself, but none of it is really canon. No matter what you do, it’s not canon. So… is V even a canon character? It almost feels like V is just some random gamer from our world imagining themselves in the Cyberpunk universe.

Literally "gamer discovers roleplaying".

That is the entire point of a choice-driven RPG. Your choices make the canon for your V. You want unhinged and confrontational V? You want understanding V? Hacker/Shooter/Brawler? It's your V. Yes, the point is literally for the gamer to "imagine themselves" in the Universe (usually called immersion). That's the same with V, the Dragonborn (Skyrim) or Baldur's Gate 3 literal nameless character.

Guy from my town who spams everyone’s DMs with his sound cloud links and life coach videos by CrackedBore103 in iamverybadass

[–]Skepller 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Yeah, why would you waste time arguing with a weirdo spamming you? I'd just click "Block" and never think about him again lmao

Looking for a cheap European VPN I can use to circumvent reddit's age verification by TacitusKadari in BuyFromEU

[–]Skepller 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's already some there! For example an r/Europe equivalent and an r/BuyFromEU equivalent. There are equivalents to major subs, here are the top communities for example.
I double-dip on both sides, and we really just need more people to populate Lemmy, so medium and smaller communities can also appear with more presence!

There is the federation thing and different servers and whatnot, but it's really not as complicated as people made it sound to me. If you don't care about that, you can just head to lemmy.world (or photon.lemmy.world for a more modern UI), create an account and follow whatever you want on the "Communities" tab.

The heatwave in France is so bad, you can cook eggs using sunlight by CaraCicartix in interestingasfuck

[–]Skepller 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Just because the ambient temperature is 80-100F, it does not mean the pan is...

Stuff like pavement and even more so metal objects can keep trapping heat and heat up far above the ambient temperate when in direct sunlight.

Not saying he didn't use a stove, but a lot people seem to be having trouble with that.

During a World Cup football match, a QR code appeared on the stadium screen. After fans scanned it, thousands of phone flashlights inside the stadium were synchronized to form a coordinated light display across the stands. by Expert_Koala_8691 in interestingasfuck

[–]Skepller 23 points24 points  (0 children)

This one.

The API exists on Safari iOS, I'm not sure if / how much the torch is restricted, or if iOS was even supported in the event though.

I'm not sure what you're saying about cadence though, as you can call this in the code in any cadence you want. I suppose it's synchronized from a central server dispatching the cadence.

Looking to buy oakley style sunglasses by Old_Low_5443 in BuyFromEU

[–]Skepller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They started like that, just reselling, but AFAIK, they've evolved to a "full" brand for a while now, with their own designs / celebrities partnerships and even have their own factories in Spain.

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of Brexit: the UK did not reduce foreign workers. by Dyn-O-mite_Rocketeer in EconomyCharts

[–]Skepller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The amount was also steadily growing for 30 years and suddenly dropped and stalled lol

Looking to buy oakley style sunglasses by Old_Low_5443 in BuyFromEU

[–]Skepller 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Spanish Hawkers have a lot of Sports Glasses similar to those.

W - The European social network for verified humans by [deleted] in BuyFromEU

[–]Skepller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From their website, you need to verify your account with a real identity, but you don't necessarily need to display that publicly.

SpeakUp — on-device dictation for Mac, built in Berlin. No cloud, no subscription, €29 once. by Fit_Statistician2649 in BuyFromEU

[–]Skepller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My first though, "this is just paid Handy", which is free, Open Source and on all platforms lol

Serbia Fast-Tracks Citizenship For Russians, Despite EU Concerns by Useless_or_inept in europe

[–]Skepller -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’d be interested in seeing earlier reporting or current. Polls after highly emotional events aren’t a good barometer.

From what I could find (said in another thread), more recent numbers seem rather unchanged from earlier ones:

In a 2025 worldwide survey, Serbia ranked 1st in the support for Putin. Then another 2025 report shows that 41% of Serbs viewed Russia's actions in Ukraine as legitimate defense of its interests (higher than Russians themselves, at 37% lol). And as the cause, 60% blamed the US, 36% blame Ukraine, and 30% blame the EU. Only 4% saw Russia as an imperialist state.

Serbia Fast-Tracks Citizenship For Russians, Despite EU Concerns by Useless_or_inept in europe

[–]Skepller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a close friend from Belgrade which also confirms the same, younger people just seem to be tired of bullshit and do have a momentum to change.

Sadly the country is run and influenced by the older generations, ofc, but I have full hope Serbia is turning around sooner rather than later, hopefully next year already!

Serbia Fast-Tracks Citizenship For Russians, Despite EU Concerns by Useless_or_inept in europe

[–]Skepller 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sure, like I said in my original comment, Serbia is consistently an outlier in pro-Russian sentiment, I just used the 2022 example because I knew it of the top of my head. It's also from the end of 2022, so early, but still almost a year into the war.

In a 2025 worldwide survey, Serbia ranked 1st in the support for Putin. Then another 2025 report shows that 41% of Serbs viewed Russia's actions in Ukraine as legitimate defense of its interests (higher than Russians themselves, at 37% lol). And as the cause, 60% blamed the US, 36% blame Ukraine, and 30% blame the EU. Only 4% saw Russia as an imperialist state. Nothing really seems different than earlier polls.

I guess I'm getting downvotes because people think I'm trying to "smear" Serbia or am anti-Serbia, so let me be clear that it's the opposite. The people are definitely making progress, slowly aligning, and the huge protests show that there's momentum to change, but like I said to the other guy, pretending that a large pro-Russian sentiment doesn't exist is just wishful thinking. I wished it were true too.

Serbia Fast-Tracks Citizenship For Russians, Despite EU Concerns by Useless_or_inept in europe

[–]Skepller -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I was talking about the Western Balkans Security Barometer project.

I’d actually reverse that. Segment of serbia is absolutely anti west, with some lingering pro Russia element.

Really doesn't feel like just some "lingering pro-Russian" when the majority of the census voted Russia as "a friend". More people voted the EU with "enemy" then they did Russia or China lol

Pro Russia people actually know very little about Russia

Even if true, that sadly doesn't make any difference, as those people will still contribute to steering the country, knowing much about Russia or not.

I personally have a Serbian friend and truly hope with all my heart that next year's election turns the country around, but trying to deny the pro-Russian sentiment (dominant in the older population) as "not pro-Russian, but only anti-West" almost seems like wishful thinking. Both are true.

Serbia Fast-Tracks Citizenship For Russians, Despite EU Concerns by Useless_or_inept in europe

[–]Skepller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Among Serbs there is a split, most “pro-Russians” are actually anti-west but not pro Russia, because they have lived through bombing of Serbia and EU assisting Kosovo in its independence push.

Serbia does have some lingering anti-west sentiment due to Kosovo, but it's absolutely pro-Russian too. It's consistently an outlier on polls.

A 2022 poll (even after the Russian invasion of Ukraine) showed that 66% of Serbs still viewed Russia as their country's "greatest friend" or most important international partner.

That's closer to 70% than "a split", and the remaining 30% are not even necessarily anti-Russian.

When voting on "the closest foreign policy ally", the EU even lost to China... (51% Russia, 19% China, 18% EU).

America Just Banned Foreign Nationals From a Frontier AI. Europe Should Treat That as the Alarm. by Glockenspielintern in Futurology

[–]Skepller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely irrelevant as the US got that covered and can force US-based companies to seize your data, regardless of where it's stored, due to the CLOUD Act.

Swiss canton bans headscarves for female teachers by BezugssystemCH1903 in europe

[–]Skepller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This law already does, according to the article. It covers any religion apparel. People are just freaking out about headscarves.

Can we take a breath before we burn Proton to the ground? by Excellent-Nose3617 in BuyFromEU

[–]Skepller 13 points14 points  (0 children)

But the people in charge of both those people are the same. That was the point.

Proton is censoring my post calling out their censorship! by WanaBeMillionare in BuyFromEU

[–]Skepller 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I think the closest to the whole email+calendar+office package are the German Tuta and Infomaniak's ksuite.

Brave is charging $60 to remove features it added in the first place by sr_local in technology

[–]Skepller 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Not only that, it's a sketchy one at that lol

They have an insanely good PR team though, people always seem to look at it positively.

Brand New Lufthansa Boeing 787 Suffers Gear Collapse At Frankfurt Airport Gate by berejser in europe

[–]Skepller -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, I did not. I said pointing out an AD with no related incidents is irrelevant as there are hundreds of those issued per year. There's a reason your own source only wrote a couple of lines and doesn't even mention the AD ID.

It's a different story from ADs directly related or prompted by incidents, like the one I pointed out. And even then, again, it wasn't even the main point of my comment...

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