BlueSky is decentralized. It is more decentralized than this platform.

Could you please elaborate on this, or point me to where I could read up more on this? It’s the first time I’ve seen this claim and would like to know more.

You should definitely check out the original Monkey Island games when you have a chance! 1 and 2 got well done remasters, and 3 onward don’t really need any remastering.

Yep, and in the statement they’re referring to, it explicitly suggests that their users should set up PGP.

Some additional context:

It was made by 4chan users over a decade ago, when that sort of thing was accepted there as “edgy humor”. Make of it what you will. I think there’s been some growing up, since they don’t offer/support those domains now.

Context is important.

It was made by 4chan users over a decade ago, when that sort of thing was accepted there as “edgy humor”. Clearly there’s been some growing up, since they don’t offer/support those domains now.

The only reason that’s any different than any other time Microsoft has released a new OS is that more people own computers now than ever before, improvements in hardware power have slowed significantly, and people are more outspoken online now.

It’s still not reasonable to expect them to support all hardware forever on an aging codebase.

I understand the frustration, but this isn’t some new thing for this new OS in particular.

So… wobbledogs’s breeding system 20 years early.

Don’t you know that it’s entirely unreasonable to expect your users to have hardware that’s a standard feature on any machine made in the last ten years, that can be added to existing systems for around $30 and a free card slot? /s

I don’t think I’ll ever understand the insistence that a TPM module is a bridge too far.

I mean, it definitely is, but it also has been since Episode 2 came out.

Assuming SMAPI (the modloader) has updated for 1.6.9, this page is a pretty comprhensive list of mod compatibility with the latest SMAPI and Stardew updates.

It’ll take a few seconds to load.

I also find that it can be helpful to check community news posts for the most popular mod packs (usually on their discord), as they do a pretty good job of announcing whether the mods they shove together work yet or not.

All that said, 1.6.x type updates, where they aren’t incrementing the first or second number, usually don’t break as many things. Personally, I’d just make a backup of your entire Stardew folder before you install the 1.6.9 update (and the latest SMAPI update, and any updates for your mods) and see how it goes. SMAPI will usually warn you in the console window at startup if it sees any mods it knows have broken. If shit’s fucked, just restore your backup copy and try again in two weeks.

“The people see that things are broken and want change. So what are we going to bring them? More of the same! Wait, why’d we lose?”

It’s so fucking frustrating that the DNC keeps fucking doing this.

Usually it’s not random, it’s meant to help convey speech cadence or how certain words in a spoken sentence might be stressed more.

Like how farm is larger because that word would be stressed more in that spoken sentence.

Probably because of the ad corp they bought

You care so little that you made a meme about it, and have now reposted a slightly edited version of it roughly a day later.

You can re-enable microsoft store etc with a single line of powershell if you really need.

Common Redist is used for “commonly redistributed” installers of other software the game relies on.

Like how sometimes when you install a game through steam and it also installs a Microsoft .net framework (because it needs that installed to run). In that case you’d the .net installer in the common redist folder. In this case, all those VCredist files.

OALinst is just an installer for OpenAL, a piece of audio processing software. A lot of games use it for handling positional audio, like something exploding to your left and behind you actually sounding like it exploded behind and to the left. Some games will also use it for more complicated audio things, like actually simulating sound echoes against the walls of a room and their material.

Estimates from earlier this year are that they spend $2.35 for every $1 they make.

Sorry to break it to you, but this has been the state of games purchasing/preservation since at least the 90s. Check instruction manuals for old cartridge games, most have disclaimers in the back that you only purchased a license.

The bright side is that despite all of that, games preservation is still going quite strong. Just through piracy and not entirely legal means. This really doesn’t change anything, except online only games won’t be as easy to preserve as people had hoped. This isn’t a step back in any way. It’s just a confirmation that things are still what they have been for decades.

If you like hacknet, you should give Uplink a try sometime. It’s the inspiration for the series, and a wonderfully immersive hacking game.

There’s also a modern UI mod for it.

They’re just calling this new thing BMI2 as shorthand