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  • DHS Says Filming, Posting Videos of ICE Agents Is “Doxxing,” Vows Prosecutions

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  • I’ve been wondering if this is already happening.

    If, in the US, a bunch of masked guys not wearing any identifying badge or uniforms jump out of an unmarked van to abduct people, those guys are going to get shot at some point.

  • best comment under a video about the new iphone 17

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  • Still on my standard issue 11. Few scuffs and scratches on the edges but otherwise still working great.

    Totally with you, we run them into the ground before replacing.

  • f-droid certificate seems expired

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  • I’d wager the root CA certificates on the device are expired since it hasn’t been updated in ages. So it can’t trust certs signed with the new root CAs.

  • Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 31st

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  • Persona 5 still, if you can believe it. It appears to be a very long game I’m noticing 100 hours in, but I’m still enjoying it and invested in the plot.

  • Sony is reportedly planning a Nintendo Switch-style PlayStation 6 portable | VGC

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  • Is this gonna be another huge handheld?

  • What the fuck is happening at Reddit?

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  • Haha, it’s all I do. Anything I spend time or money on takes away from something else, be it sleep, chores, or enriching hobbies.

  • What the fuck is happening at Reddit?

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  • I’m no better as I’m using iCloud mail included in my Apple subscription. But I have my own domain there so I can move to another provider such as Soverin (had my eye on this one for a while) or something.

    I can’t be bothered self-hosting email servers and having delivery issues etc. because it’s not a major provider. There are other tech projects I’d rather spend my free time on.

    Vendor lock-in with email is thankfully minimal when using your own domain. All domain-related configuration is outside the email provider’s control so as long as you back up your important emails they have no leverage over you.

  • What the fuck is happening at Reddit?

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  • Another sign to get your own domain for important email adresses (not to make the assumption that you know how or can afford it). If my email provider blocks me I will just take my domain and find a different one.

    Been seeing so many creators getting locked out of their gmails because of YouTube suspensions etc. Feels too precarious to leave it all in one company’s hands when all your important logins and contacts are tied to it.

  • Democrats will pay for ignoring base’s qualms about Gaza

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  • Difference is you could vote in the democrats and protest the genocide on the streets every single night without being disappeared into a concentration camp.

    I agree on your other point though. Seems all our options for voting are capitalism and capitalism turbo. I’m European but we also have non-optional capitalism where every election cycle we get to choose whether to keep on as usual or to privatize half of our remaining public services and get the same choice next time.

  • Who plays Animal Crossings New Horizons?

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  • Yeah, it’s generally up to the publishers if they want to use DRM on Steam or not.

    Still GOG lets you download offline installers. Then you can archive them however you please. It’s probably worth something for someone not keen on borrowing digital licenses. Only real thing you’re giving up is Steam achievements.

    My experience with it on Switch is great. Couldn’t tell it apart from PC honestly and it is well suited for handheld play. Guess it all comes down to availability of cartridges. One thing with the cartridge though is that when Nintendo kills off the patch servers and you decide to play again, it will most likely be whatever version is on the cartridge (still better than no game!). Normally this doesn’t bother me one bit, but this game has gotten a lot of updates adding a significant amount of content. An archived installer from a version you actually played will probably feel more worthwhile to revisit in 15 years or whatever.

  • Who plays Animal Crossings New Horizons?

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  • No idea how available they are but I know they exist. I also know many releases on Switch were made in limited numbers and thus are really expensive on the secondhand market.

    GOG also has it DRM-free if you decide to go the PC route.

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  • This really sounds like it’s by design. The American prison system is designed to keep people in.

    Perhaps there is some tech using flash storage that can be read/written by a floppy drive, but I doubt the prison would let it in if it looked odd.

  • What game(s) could you not get into but with a handheld device you started to like the game(s)

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  • Fun thread! Handhelds are great, wish they still made them in smaller form-factors though. They are getting chonky!

    Something about being able to pause/suspend anytime and resume without the whole dance of booting console, then game, then load game etc. just for a bite-sized gaming session. Handhelds also has fewer distractions.

    Dusting off my Switch to play games like Persona 5 Royal on it has rekindled my love for good games and made me more averse to live service games. For the longest time I have felt like playing without some externally visible progression (rank, achievements, cosmetics etc.) was "pointless". The longer I stay away from those kinds of games the more I am enjoying excellent narrative experiences in real games again rather than running around with checklists or playing virtual slot machines.

    Stardew Valley I love on PC, but I have without a doubt racked up most of my hours in it on Switch.

    Last few playthroughs of Dark Souls 1 was great on Switch too despite lower framerate and less responsive controls.

    When it comes to Persona 5, I adored it on PS4 but I didn't get that far before I got pulled away into other things. Now I'm almost 80 hours deep on Switch and loving it. Makes me want to play the new Persona 3 and 4 remakes but I'm holding off on getting a Switch 2 and I'm not getting anywhere close to those game key cards.

  • What game(s) could you not get into but with a handheld device you started to like the game(s)

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  • Also excellent on mobile, one of extremely few games permitted to live on my phone.

  • Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told

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  • Don't VPN services usually require you to pay through means only available to adults? Isn't that age verification enough?

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  • Ah but nobody ever writes 50GB of data continuously. /s

  • Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 10th

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  • Playing Persona 5 Royal on the switch every time I have 15 mins or more to spare. It’s almost replaced doom-scrolling entirely for me. Excellent game I failed to get into years ago but this time I think I started while I was in the right headspace.

    If you are considering this game and are at all busy, get it on Switch if you can. You frequently go through 40-60 mins of scripted events/dialogue without a chance to save, so the ability to suspend and pick up where you left it is a life-saver. It also prevents me from getting distracted by other games whenever I open Steam. Maybe I’ll finish it this time.

  • Nintendo survey seeks feedback on controversial game-key cards, physical and digital purchases | VGC

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  • That sounds plausible. I guess we’ll see if real physical games start popping up soon.

  • The PS4 version of Genshin Impact is being delisted and shut down | VGC

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  • I was probably just unlucky with it. Had a drifting controller replaced also within my short time with it.

    Yeah PC is much better, we bought this for Demon’s Souls and the other exclusives we figured would release. Just became my partner’s go-to Genshin machine until it started making blinking rainbow artifacts very much justifying the epilepsy warning.

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