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I have exactly one question which I’ve never found the right venue to ask, and because it’s about the internal experience, I would need to ask several trans people to get a picture:

When you meet someone who has your deadname, do you experience an initial reaction like you would meeting someone who has your ex’s name?

Kimchi

Pound for pound, cats are way more dangerous in a fight than dogs. It’s just that cats are usually ~1/3 the weight of the dog that also lives in the house.

After rubbing one out and then making a sandwich, you just spend the rest of the day swapping between the remaining 2 until you finally fall asleep.

That rules

I was full on ugly crying at the end of To The Moon.

“There are some people who are participating in this trend … and haven’t read One Piece from the start,” he said.

Wow, anime fans really haven’t changed in the last 40 years, huh

If you have ice cream, I will give it to you.

If you have no ice cream, I will take it away from you.

This is an Ice Cream Koan.

This is Dunning Kruger in effect. You actually know way more than you think because you’re more aware of what you don’t know than a total beginner.

Also, as far as wanting to switch back goes, That’s a path of least resistance. For a multitude of reasons, stock Windows is simply easier to use than Linux for most people. Especially if you’re already used to Windows’ workflows and its particular quirks. And somewhat ironically, Linux is harder to adapt to if you’re a power user. Power users tend to use their PC for more things than a basic user does, and therefore need to configure more things to work properly.

By the way, I’m not throwing shade towards Canada specifically.

Please throw shade towards us. Our lack of action here was largely because we wanted to stay on good terms with the US, who made their position abundantly clear.

Our government calculated that there would be harm done to our country if the US decided to twist some economic screws. But then Trump was elected and it happened anyway and we look like patsies.

This asshole has learned to claw at my back through the chair when he wants attention and it startles me every time.

Gendered bathrooms have always been stupid. Everybody poops, everybody pees, it’s good enough to just have a room where everyone can do that.

It is a little weird that D&D is synonymous with tabletop RPGs, considering how many other great games are out there; especially these days. But D&D is by no means a bad game and people should still play it.

Almost certainly no. This is the gateway for “the algorithm” to start recommending pop science and science communicators, and from there, a seed will sprout for people to get interested in “real science”

Me too, although I also switched instances from lemm.ee to lemmy.ca when they shut down

You’re not wrong. I love onions, but I will freely admit that they are a powerful flavor and they are basically in everything.

I will note that if you’re in this camp, that if you soak your onions in water for a couple minutes after slicing they are significantly less pungent, and will allow you to taste the other stuff better without sacrificing the texture they add

It is very reasonable. No one forced Valve to build their business model this way, and they are one of the most profitable companies per employee, ever.

Literally every software company built their business model this way. Go open a support case with any software vendor complaining that their product won’t run on Windows 98 and see how many help you out beyond “Buy a computer from this millennium”

It would not be onerous for them to continue supporting a couple of old versions of Windows, they would just have to hire a few more people to do it.

You are failing to understand just how much has changed since Windows 98. It’s a completely different environment that requires specialized knowledge to develop for. They can’t just dust off some old source code and re-release the client. The entire back-end has changed. It would be a massive undertaking that would appease about 12 people total.

Gabe would still be a billionaire.

Sure, but I would argue that there are a lot of better things that Valve could be doing with those resources than supporting Windows 98

This issue has multiple facets and the answer changes depending on the end result you want.

The author of the article sees the problem as “Old games you bought on steam are unplayable on modern hardware”. Kaldaien sees the problem as “Steam cannot run on older hardware anymore, even if the games I bought still work there”. Both people want the same thing (To be able to play the games they bought) but are looking at it from different angles.

Ultimately, Steam is a DRM tool that has a very good storefront attached to it. If you want true ownership of the software, buy the game in a way that will let you run the software by itself. Valve expects that the overwhelming majority of its users will keep up with semi-modern hardware (In this case, a machine capable of running windows 10/SteamOS) which I don’t feel is is an unreasonable ask. However, expecting Valve to retain support for an OS that hit end of life 20 years ago is unreasonable.

I agree with the opinions of the article’s author. It would be far better to ensure that support for the old titles you bought are available on modern hardware rather than making sure Steam is still accessible on a PC running windows 98. This is one of those corner-cases where piracy is acceptable. You already paid for the game, you just need to jump through some hoops to play it on your 30 year old PC.

Basically any sitcom made for TV and not a streaming service.