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  • Would you rather: insecure SMS in an open-source app, or RCS in Google Messages? (contact won't use Signal)

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  • Personally, mostly concerned about surveillance capitalism and mass surveillance. But I pose this more as a hypothetical for what "you" (the average lemmy user) would think is the lesser of two evils

  • RIP Android Users

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  • Blade Runner 2049

  • Kopi luwak — One of the world's most expensive coffee, made from civets’ feces

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  • There's an informative James Hoffman video about this.

    Fraud is briefly discussed in the wikipedia page, but from the video, he's able to estimate that 75%+ of the coffee sold as kopi luwak isn't kopi luwak at all, it's just normal, cheaper coffee marked up a ton.

    And of course, the remaining <25% that is real kopi luwak is ripe with civet abuse.

    So please don't drink this coffee. If you're that interested in gut-processed coffee, do it yourself like that guy in Portland (but I still wouldn't recommend it).

  • 5.0.0 Patch Notes

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  • It's not just for SSD users, it's for everyone:

    Our testing shows that for the small percentage of players still using mechanical hard disk drives, mission loading times have only increased by a few seconds in the worst cases.

    Only a few seconds difference?

    Further good news: the change in the file size will result in minimal changes to load times - seconds at most. “Wait a minute,” I hear you ask - “didn’t you just tell us all that you duplicate data because the loading times on HDDs could be 10 times worse?”. I am pleased to say that our worst case projections did not come to pass. These loading time projections were based on industry data - comparing the loading times between SSD and HDD users where data duplication was and was not used. In the worst cases, a 5x difference was reported between instances that used duplication and those that did not. We were being very conservative and doubled that projection again to account for unknown unknowns.

    Now things are different. We have real measurements specific to our game instead of industry data. We now know that the true number of players actively playing HD2 on a mechanical HDD was around 11% during the last week (seems our estimates were not so bad after all). We now know that, contrary to most games, the majority of the loading time in HELLDIVERS 2 is due to level-generation rather than asset loading. This level generation happens in parallel with loading assets from the disk and so is the main determining factor of the loading time. We now know that this is true even for users with mechanical HDDs.

  • Team Fortress 2 @lemmy.world
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    Mastercomfig 9.100.0

    github.com /mastercomfig/mastercomfig/releases/tag/9.100.0
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Outlast Trials developer confirms their Easy Anti-Cheat integration releasing tomorrow has been tested on Steam Deck and is working through Proton

  • [USA] Which "send money to friends" service is the least bad, privacy-wise?

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  • Doesn't bank account information have to be exchanged for an ACH transfer? Seems good between people you really trust (although definitely less convenient), but I'm not sure I'd be comfortable exchanging bank info with an acquaintance.

  • [USA] Which "send money to friends" service is the least bad, privacy-wise?

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  • Thanks for the suggestion. At first glance it does seem "less bad" than most of the other options, assuming it works on custom ROMs. I think the problem will be finding others that also use it, since it doesn't seem as popular as the other options.

  • [USA] Which "send money to friends" service is the least bad, privacy-wise?

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  • I think you missed the part of my post where I said "it isn't always a reasonable option to use cash or mail a check."

  • Privacy @lemmy.world
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    USA

    Which "send money to friends" service is the least bad, privacy-wise?

  • Helldivers 2 - Dust Devils Warbond Trailer

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  • The "Totally Not Dune" warbond

  • Do you know of a dating app which caters primarily to heterosexuals, respects your privacy, doesn't use analytics and doesn't require G00g13 services to function properly?

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  • Mozilla reviewed the privacy of a lot of dating apps. It isn't very pretty, but there are some that are less bad than others. Article also gives some tips on how to improve your privacy while using them.

    Privacy Guides also has a "Reducing the Risks while using dating apps" section in one of their articles.

    Side note: I don't think the commenters who are saying "go outside" have really dated in years. Like it or not, it's by far the dominant way couples are meeting now, and unfortunately it's becoming more and more of a requirement in the modern dating scene:

  • PSA: if you're a D10 player who drops the difficulty to D6 just for the Major Order, you're net negative on medals after 4 operations

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  • Sure, but it's also about fun. I don't think I'm alone in feeling like D6 is much less fun than D10

  • PSA: if you're a D10 player who drops the difficulty to D6 just for the Major Order, you're net negative on medals after 4 operations

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  • I've been playing mostly D10s for a long time and still only have ~half the warbonds completed

  • Helldivers 2 @lemmy.ca
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    PSA: if you're a D10 player who drops the difficulty to D6 just for the Major Order, you're net negative on medals after 4 operations

  • I've been developing my indie horror game Abaddon for the past 3 years now, and it's finally coming to Steam!

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  • Android @lemmy.world
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    It appears Google has stopped publishing device-specific source code for Pixel phones

  • Team Fortress 2 @lemmy.world
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    Less than 1yr after being "Overwhelmingly Negative", TF2's recent steam reviews have now reached "Overwhelmingly Positive"

  • Killing Floor 3 Launches In July After Getting Delayed Earlier This Year - Originally, the co-op FPS was set to release in March.

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  • I also miss the gritty, dark, isolated atmosphere that KF1 had. I still had my fun with KF2, but when they introduced robot enemies, sci-fi weapons, and generally goofier cosmetics, it killed some of what made the games feel special

  • Is it worth the trouble with an Nvidia card?

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  • Is that true? It looks like at least some people have gotten AMD GPU passthrough to work unless I am misunderstanding.

    Also, as an FYI most VR games worked well for me on baremetal linux through proton. Half Life Alyx, Beat Saber, The Lab, COMPOUND, Walkabout Minigolf, and 2-3 more indie titles all worked. Although I guess you need to have the right headset - I think only the Valve Index and a few HTC headsets work with minimal effort on linux, others might work with a lot of tinkering.

  • Is it worth the trouble with an Nvidia card?

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  • AMD is ideal but Nvidia is fine. Basically any game that would work on AMD will work on Nvidia (only exception I know of is the VR mode of Phasmophobia edit: apparently this was fixed ~1yr ago). Gamepass still won't work though - blame Microsoft for that one.

    That said, Nvidia has more of a performance hit when switching. Ancient Gameplays recently did a video comparing Nobara vs Windows 11, with both the RX 7900XTX and the RTX 4080 Super. These were his average results across 20 games:

    RX 7900XTX: 1080p +2%, 1440p +0%, 4k -2.2%

    RTX 4080S: 1080p -13.8%, 1440p -13%, 4k -10.2%

    So your games will work. They just might run 10%-15% slower until you can snag an AMD card. If you're interested in fully committing, looks like most used 3080s are going for ~$500 on ebay, so you could probably get an AMD card and get most of your money back.

  • New to Pop! OS - trouble adding Steam library and audio issues in Helldivers 2.

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  • I had the same audio crackling issues in Helldivers on Pop!_OS too. What fixed it for me was following mmstick's (Pop!_OS dev) instructions from his reddit post about audio crackling, particularly the headroom advice (I think somewhere between 256-512 worked for me):

    If you experience audio crackling, try changing the ALSA properties in /usr/share/wireplumber/main.lua.d/50-alsa-config.lua. Particularly the period-size and headroom. Remove the leading -- from properties you are modifying. Log out and log back in after making changes. Note that any changes to this file will be overwritten on the next wireplumber update.

    First start with changing the headroom to 1024, then 2048. Then try adjusting the period-size. Higher values increase latency and may reduce crackling. A lower period size decreases latency but requires more CPU.

    Edit: also Pop!_OS uses pipewire by default for a few years now, not pulse audio

  • I got the money saved in my mansions safe.

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  • I know this is just a meme, but I think it's an important clarification: The rule of thumb is ~6 months' worth of expenses, not salary. It really is important to hold you over in case of sudden job loss, since it takes most people 3-6 months to find a new job (but it doubles as a fund for genuine emergencies too, which can save your ass for stuff like unexpected medical or vet bills).

    But unfortunately, lots of people live paycheck to paycheck, so for them, a month's worth of expenses is the same thing as a month's salary...

  • How To Adjust Your Mirrors to Avoid Blind Spots

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  • When adjusted the way the article has stated, moving your head slightly to see the lines is trivial.

    Plus, being parked slightly off-center or dinging a car in a parking lot is nowhere near as bad as causing a potentially deadly crash by merging into another car at high-speed.

  • Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet

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  • interestingasfuck @lemmy.world
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    Western Altadena, California yesterday morning

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    What day is today?

  • Team Fortress 2 @lemmy.world
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    TF2 2024 Summer Update patch notes

    www.teamfortress.com /post.php
  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca
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    FOSS emulator shadPS4 can now get to Bloodborne's character creation screen (WIP)

    shadps4.net /index.php/2024/07/05/blooborne/
  • Team Fortress 2 @lemmy.world
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    TF2 cheat developers have received this message from Steam Support

    pbs.twimg.com /media/GRGtJdCW8AEYOPR
  • Team Fortress 2 @lemmy.world
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    Shounic video

    All the Bots Got Banned

  • Team Fortress 2 @lemmy.world
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    TF2 Bot Counter

    fixtf2.tf
  • Team Fortress 2 @lemmy.world
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    mastercomfig 9.10.3 Released

    github.com /mastercomfig/mastercomfig/releases/tag/9.10.3
  • Deep Rock Galactic @lemmy.world
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    Q&A on reactivating seasons in Deep Rock Galactic

    store.steampowered.com /news/app/548430/view/4195740093438639600
  • PC Master Race @lemmy.world
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    Helldivers 2 will use a rootkit anti-cheat, nProtect GameGuard

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Helldivers 2 will use a rootkit anti-cheat, nProtect GameGuard

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Looks like Valve is working on a 64bit and Vulkan upgrade to TF2's linux client