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Grimpen

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  • On the netrules

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  • Did you play 1st edition, circa 1989? The original decking rules are pretty well represented in the recent Sega Shadowrun game from 1994, just a few years ago.

    It's an entire solo dungeon sort of experience, while the rest of the group watches the decker and GM play a one on one game.

    It was radically streamlined for 2nd edition on, but it took me a while to notice, since Deckers were always NPCs and decking was just exposition for years.

    Forgive the formatting, I'm feeling fragile, probably from my advanced age.

  • On the netrules

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  • I've got lots of time, I'm only… oh sh1t.

  • [CLOSED] Lemmyvision 3: Nomination thread for Canada

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  • Okay, technically late, but I'm surprised no one nominated The Beaches - Last Girls At The Party (English). It's probably a little mainstream for Lemmy? Seems to be getting lots of radio play, and fairly popular (or at least Canadian popular).

    I'll nominate them, if an exception can be made, even though I already nominated a couple of other songs. Otherwise, add them to the playlist and jam out. The real prize is the music we listened to along the way.

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    AITAH For Not "Spoiling" The Core Jump Repair Bill?

  • What kind of tires are used in northern Ontario?

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  • The "3PMS" (3 Peak Mountain Snowflake) is a performance certification. The tire line will have been tested and passed a certification. It doesn't matter whether it's sold as a winter tire or all-weather, it's purely test based.

    Among tires with the 3PMS, they might exceed the test standard by various amounts, but that's going to need individual tire reviews and Consumer Reports or something. Any 3PMS endorsed tire should be good in poor winter conditions, but some will be better than others.

    As an aside, I usually just get All-Seasons M+S or whatever All Weather tires are on sale nowadays. My secret is I don't drive on the Malahat or the Coquihalla in winter conditions, and I'm not passing anyone in a snowstorm. Plus I don't live in northern BC or Alberta. I used to carry tire chains in case I got caught out by a sudden storm or freezing rain, but I haven't done that for a few years. I should get new chains. I will also say that when I was in northern BC, AWD or 4WD made a big difference, on top of tire selection. I don't have AWD or 4WD now, so I double drive more cautiously in winter.

    A final caution, even the best winter tire will perform worse than a bald tire in summer, and even 4WD is simply reducing the performance hit. My impression from seeing cars in the ditch up north is that there were just as many 4WD and AWD vehicles in the ditch. You can do 90 kph along a clear stretch but then hit a small snow drift on a corner or patch of ice. Just because people are passing you doesn't mean they are driving to the conditions.

  • NMS added pokemon and it's pretty fun!

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  • Ha! I agree, the extra level of extraction helps. I don't know why, it feels bad to be mean to animals and NPCs in a game, but it's okay if it's a game within that game? Feelings aren't rational I guess.

    Besides the only animal companions I have are my treasured walking towers/bastions!

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • Steam, GoG, Humble Bundle, and Itch are the platforms I regularly buy PC games on. By far and away, Steam is #1. It's got the games, it's well integrated into everything, easy to use (especially on Linux). GoG is good, although I set up Heroic to use with GoG. It's close, but not as many games that I want, and Heroic+GoG is a little less polished than Steam. Humble Bundle and Itch are generally too niche, although so much of my Steam library has come from Humble.

  • Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?

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  • GoG was my second digital store, I resisted Steam for so long, but over the years, Steam has become my #1 source for games. It's just so easy, plus they are relatively consumer friendly. With the revamp of Steam Families, it's just so so much easier to have everyone playing on Steam. Plus I have a Steam Deck.

    I try and buy games on GoG, set them up with Heroic, and it works great, better than EA, Epic and other storefronts, but just not quite as slick as Steam.

    One day St. Gabe will be martyred, and Steam will undergo the unavoidable descent into enshittification, as to will GoG. I do not pledge undying loyalty to any platform, but Steam and GoG have been awesome for so long.

    Besides, other than Itch and Humble Bundle, who even comes close in being good to use?

  • An oil and gas company just left behind an estimated $476M cleanup bill in Alberta

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  • Just so long as they aren't pre-paying with IOU's. There is lots of cases with pension funds having a bunch of company bonds or other debt instruments that become worthless when the company folds (Nortel comes to mind).

  • Impossible Mission III for the C64 releasing on May 18th, ROM download will also be available

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  • Cribbing has a less negative connotation than that definition implies. Back in grade school in the eighties, you would crib your friends notes from a class you missed or something. Closer to sharing information. I guess you could crib from a friend for an essay, but the implication would be that although your essay might share the same information, you would not literally copy theirs word for word, that would be plagiarism and risk getting your friend in trouble.

    In this context. I would read it as taking inspiration from, or in the style of. It's not like you are trying to cheat Psygnosis out of sales by selling knock-off games. Rather you are creating a retro style logo in the style of a much beloved eighties icon.

  • [CLOSED] Lemmyvision 3: Nomination thread for Canada

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  • I should've included Bandcamp links, it's a good way to support the artists. Thanks!

  • [CLOSED] Lemmyvision 3: Nomination thread for Canada

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  • Suffer - Boy Golden (English)

    Never heard of Boy Golden, and only heard this song on the radio while driving a month or so ago. Thank goodness for our modern high tech radios, I noted the song info, and it is now in my regular offline backup MP3 collection.

  • [CLOSED] Lemmyvision 3: Nomination thread for Canada

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  • DIminishing Returns - Dan Mangan (English)

    From Dan Mangan's Natural Light album, released in May 2025.

    Dan Mangan is a longstanding favourite of mine, and I believe I nominated Call Me Up High last Lemmyvision. As such, here's some bonus Dan Mangan tracks:

    Edit: extra plug, Dan Mangan will be doing some BC shows in September, maybe I'll see you there!

  • Pet Peeve with digital RPG purchases

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  • I have lots of shelf space, but it's full. Plus shipping is painful, so similar boat.

    The filenames aren't too big a deal, since I use directories, sub-directories, and sub-sub-directories. Still, meaningful filenames aways help.

  • Holding up the line

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  • Hilarious! Appropriating this for redistribution!

  • Meta cuts over 1000 jobs in Reality Labs as focus shifts from VR to AI

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  • The real NFTs were the AI models we saw in VR along the way.

  • Meta cuts over 1000 jobs in Reality Labs as focus shifts from VR to AI

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  • Ironically Meta's Llama model that ran well self-hosted. I'm sure Meta will get around to enshittifying it eventually.

  • annas-archive.org is down

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  • New favourite website!

  • Trump is laying the groundwork for a destructive relationship with Mexico and Canada in 2026: Mexico could be next, and "plenty (of drugs) come through Canada too."

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  • Problem is those same Americans are perfectly happy with deploying the National Guard to cities like Portland, DC, and Chicago.

  • Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case

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  • It is a joke, and it's funny because it holds a kernel of truth. "We laugh so we do not cry."

    No tears shed for Maduro, but it's pretty obvious that Trump doesn't know what he's doing and doesn't have a plan.

    Staging a secret service raid to kidnap Carney is pretty out there, but then El Presidente Trump just talked about "doing something about Mexico" from the Southern Presidential Palace.

    It's a joke, you should laugh, and you should also remember what the joke is referencing.

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    Expedition 20: Breach, Tips?

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    Dear Canada, a sappy YouTube video for Canadians

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    Danielle Smith Speaking at Prager U East Coast Gala 2025 With Ben Shapiro

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    Any Feedback on My Mastodon Focused Copypasta?

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    White House official pushes to axe Canada from Five Eyes intelligence group

    www.ft.com /content/2dfa3c11-64a7-49f6-83df-939b8d1cfb8e
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    Cursed Expedition Redux- How's It Going?

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    Weird One- Portal "Resistant" System Odyavanta

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    Is there a way to figure out where I got this companion?

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    Which Of You Degenerates Was Flying This Freighter?

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    Cursed Expedition 16 - Crashed S Class Exotic Ship

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    My Son is Enjoying His New (to Him) 3DS

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    Planet/Euclid: Looks Like A Junimo Hut (SDV)

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    Planet/Euclid: Looks Like A Junimo Hut (SDV)

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    Voyagers, How's it Going?

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    Cartographers, How's It Going?

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    Police investigating shots fired overnight at 2 Jewish schools in Montreal

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/montreal/jewish-schools-doors-shot-1.7023759
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    Loosing Standing, Are My Starter Freighter Crew Pirates At Heart?