derin

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[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 12 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not harping on OP. If they thought it was worth sharing, great.

The people whom I take umbrage with are those who make a blog post that is reporting on a public announcement (E.g. Signal's news post on their website) without linking to said announcement.

You're not talking about world events with your reporter on the scene - your entire post is literally "someone else posted something to the internet!"; linking to it is the bare minimum required, if you ask me.

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Blogs like these drive me fucking crazy: there's a primary source out there, why not just link to that at the end of your (evidently pointless) opinion piece?

It's almost like they know their commentary isn't adding anything and they're worried we'll click away immediately.

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (18 children)

I'm up voting you simply because I think it's brave to say that on Lemmy 😅

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 11 points 1 month ago

I can't believe I bought a windows license in July, back when I built my new PC - was planning to use Windows for games exclusively and Linux for everything else.

Haven't booted into Windows since at least November, it's a great feeling. Every game I play (including new releases) runs fine on Linux.

What a time to be alive!

(note: the only game I can't play is Valorant, but that's the same on Windows, too, as it requires secure boot)

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 14 points 1 month ago

You don't have to be "pretty sure", you can just read their law enforcement policies here.

They're not, nor have they ever been, a group of folk trying to hide from governments/LE: they're a legal company headquartered in the UK, and are bound by its laws.

Having said that, they're also historically against the UK Government's attempts at instilling things like encryption backdoors.

If you're still paranoid, host your own server; you can still use Element (the client hosted at Element.io) to access it.

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I highly recommend trying to get the good/true ending: bring each boss to the point of being able to kill them, then spare them until their health regenerates (don't use the finisher), then fight them again until they're in the same position - the second time around you'll get an additional button prompt, beyond just "finish them", to "spare them".

Do it for each boss and you'll unlock the true ending. Probably one of the best moments I've ever had in a video game.

If you've finished the game with age 20 it shouldn't be much harder!

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 2 points 1 month ago

Sifu is Absolver if all the disparate combat trees and styles were boiled down into one.

It's a simplification and optimization of Absolver's formula, and (in my opinion) it's perfect.

Where Absolver was too open and didn't have a direction for most players, Sifu does.

Where Absolver required you to grind for hours to unlock new abilities, Sifu grants them from a tree using points gained from playing the game (no need to block specific abilities, which prevents the fake fights with you just blocking and dodging, hoping to gain the right type of xp from the right mob spawn).

Absolver also has a great story (even though its telling is very subtle), and reaching that final hidden ending feels incredible.

Absolver walked so Sifu can run, and it's so wonderful to see the fruits of Sloclap refining their already amazing formula.

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Probably one of the best games I've ever played, absolutely worth $0.

Basically the only title I've replayed over and over again to get the special "good" ending.

A good bonus is that if you play, and get good at, this game - you can then move on to other, parry-based titles (like Sekiro) and they'll feel like a walk in the park.

The game is easy to start, but besting it at all will require you to replay some levels.

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your client might be showing you the thumbnail; the image's resolution is fine, here.

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 2 points 1 month ago

I live in New York, so that's probably why. Shame :( enjoy the covid protection!

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What?! I went to CVS for my flu shot and had to pay $70 - the Covid booster was $120 or something like that so I ended up skipping it (I'm also uninsured).

Did I just get unlucky?

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As a person who was all in on the AppImage distribution system (vs Flatpaks), I'm both sad and excited to see how well Flatpaks seem to be working out.

I guess they won that little competition in the end - which seems good, as there's now a healthy standard we can focus on.

It's genuinely great to now have widely accepted distribution independent packaging standards.

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[I Made] Some Pizza (lemmy.beru.co)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by derin@lemmy.beru.co to c/foodporn@lemmy.world
 

This was my first attempt at oven pizza in an outdoor oven:

Here was the second:

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Cast Iron Pan Pizza (lemmy.beru.co)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by derin@lemmy.beru.co to c/castiron@lemmy.world
 

Made some pan pizza, the other day. Followed this recipe, with some added Napoli Salame on top.

Note: The white sauce is some home made ranch dressing. As the crust is covered in caramelized cheese/frico, I enjoy dipping it into a special sauce.

Edit: Used the leftover tomato juice for a bloody mary, which is in the glass next to the pizza.

Here are some more photos:

 

This is an opinion piece by the democratically elected president of Niger.

 

(Dunno if the mods were planning on making episode discussion posts themselves, or if we're free to make these sorts of posts - let me know if you want me to take it down!)

spoilerBut, yeah - what a great episode! Laszlo reprising his role as someone helping another member of the gang, Guillermo slowly realizing how much Nandor cares, the ramifications of Guillermo's sweat being - ostensibly - Vampire sunscreen...

Not to mention everything about Colin's antics - including the mid-credits scene.

...probably my favorite episode of the season, so far!

So good.

Thoughts?

 

Cat approved.

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