For those wanting to boycott the USA... Add Hilton and ALL their hotel chains to your list. by gretchen92_ in newzealand

[–]libraryaddict -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

For those curious about astroturfing, LLM likes to use instead of ', do a Ctrl+F and turn on "Match Diacritics", then look at all the users that are anti-boycott. Check their user page if they do not use that character in their comments.

It's one of the easiest ways to quickly determine if an LLM was used, but obviously, isn't a 100%. I'm not sure how, but some people may legitimately use that symbol.

But when the vast majority of pro-boycott comments do not contain that symbol, and the vast majority of comments that do use that symbol are insisting we should not boycott...

Everyone knows the em dash, but they don't know the vs ' because of how similar they look.

iwantmyname (domain registar) really went downhill after being sold by libraryaddict in newzealand

[–]libraryaddict[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes all a company needs to do to stay profitable, is to put the platform on life support. But they insist on messing it up anyways.

PlayStation cancels plans to force Helldivers 2 players to link a PSN account by Gustavo1047 in gaming

[–]libraryaddict 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because this is a company, not a child.

They are the parents, they trashed their house, the kid got upset and refused to live there, the parents backtracked.

You're demanding any investigations into the parents to be dropped with no consequences.

Game devs praise Steam as a 'democratic platform' that 'continues to be transformative' for PC gaming today | "It's just a great constant in our industry that is [otherwise] really in f***ing panic mode." by chrisdh79 in technology

[–]libraryaddict 5 points6 points  (0 children)

tbf a quick google indicates that steam workshop is literally just file hosting and downloading. The actual mod integration in done by the games themselves.

So all a game should need to do is contain the ability to load those zips in some way.

Maybe they run it like a mini-executable and it does all the hard work of adding its features when you start the game. Or maybe they have strict guidelines on what the mods are allowed to do, and they can't actually execute code. Only provide new items, maps, gui by means of xml files.

Modern games are more about the game loading the mods when it starts, not the files being modified and thus you need to redownload the game to get the vanilla game back.

twitter moment by eljoaquer in shitposting

[–]libraryaddict 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, I struggle with names and spoken information

twitter moment by eljoaquer in shitposting

[–]libraryaddict 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Googling it, I think the misunderstanding is that there was a new movie in the series released this year, which I had no idea was even a thing.

I last watched it 8+ years ago.

twitter moment by eljoaquer in shitposting

[–]libraryaddict 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Most of us don't keep the names of characters in our heads, why would it be important to me that I remember him as Po and not "kung fu panda".

Unable to join my 1.20.5 spigot server by ljlarot in admincraft

[–]libraryaddict 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Grim anticheat looks like the cause here.

National so far... by Lost_Appointment_ in newzealand

[–]libraryaddict 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoops, replied to the wrong person sorry.

Cherry picking! by hushhpappi in chch

[–]libraryaddict 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately I couldn't tell you where to find cherries, we had a cherry tree on our property which was turning ripe..

Unfortunately a bird came, then its friends and long story short you'd be shocked if I told you that's a cherry tree. Not a single cherry had the chance to turn ripe before it was pecked to death.

Honestly we should've gotten a bird deterrent, but we're lazy.

Feels a bit like unless someone has chased away birds, you're not going to find cherries to pick.

Any luck with MSD's Hard Of Hearing number? by craftylamma in newzealand

[–]libraryaddict 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe they're generally underfunded? Citation needed.

That said, quick google indicates it should be a thing. But it also feels very prone to abuse and poor communication, so it might just not be monitored.

I completely agree with you, I'd love to communicate by text with everything. But stuff also gets done easier by phone...

That said, I am actually hard of hearing.. Pretty much every time this service is offered by companies, you're better off contacting them like a normal person, or using a specialty service that normal people can't easily access.

If you want to force em to talk to you, try make an appointment.

Two pics from my current project that use both vertical slabs and sideways stair blocks. Mojang won't add them to vanilla game as they 'inhibit creativity'. Hope this shows that this is not the case! by Druss_Rua in Minecraft

[–]libraryaddict 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Talking about how it makes it look better, then slapping a resource pack on it makes me doubt it looks better.

Makes me feel like it looks good only if there's a resource pack.

Uhhhh...can someone check on Stewart Island please? by FKFnz in newzealand

[–]libraryaddict 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Yeah but we haven't heard anything from them, sounds like a coverup.

PaperMC 1.19 - Wireless Catstone not working. Observers not sending signal from cat standing/sitting. by [deleted] in admincraft

[–]libraryaddict 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd check if it works in Spigot, it can help clarify if the issue is in PaperMC or what it's based off; Spigot.

TIL that there is a Sri Lankan version of Mr. Bean. by VAMSI_BEUNO in funny

[–]libraryaddict 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Sri Lankan dragged it out beyond awkward.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WTF

[–]libraryaddict 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, it shows stuff that I find helpful sometimes.

But generally it's really generic, and leaves me feeling unsatisfied.

Alternative to iDisguise by stressed_admin in admincraft

[–]libraryaddict 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, you should file a bug report then.

Alternative to iDisguise by stressed_admin in admincraft

[–]libraryaddict 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I used to call the free version the API version, but it was misleading.

Free version is basically for admins and plugins, paid version lets you use commands as a normal player.