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  • I just made my first purchases from GOG a few weeks ago, and did it from a Linux machine. I believe it auto-detected I’m on Linux and said “Hey, this game does not natively support Linux” right at the top of the game’s page, and even said “Hey, X games in your library dont natively support Linux” when I was at the checkout. As for the ones that did, it changed to saying “This game does support Linux” on the game’s store page.

    Honestly, feels good to see this sorta stuff, but this is just each game on an individual basis, independent of GOG’s launcher.

    Edit: Thankfully, throw in a smidgen of wine or proton, and it’s likely all the incompatibilities are compatible.


  • Recently, I’ve really taken a liking to Chicken and Gnocchi soup, I go heavy on everything but broth. It’s rather cheap, and while I’m not strapped for cash, just thinking “This meal only cost 75¢” is a wild thought when I see a Chipotle burrito going for $16.75. Biggest thing is that it’s rather easy to make, and it could be fast, but I tend to take an hour per batch, and do so in bulk. I do have photos of the soup, but my lighting ain’t quite the best, so I don’t quite feel it’s up to standards visually of a community like this.

    So far my approach is:

    • one really big pot
    • One small bag of large shredded carrots
    • Half white onion
    • Simmer in 2tb oil until it starts softening.
    • Season: Black pepper, 3 cloves garlic, paprika, mustard powder, dash of allspice, and optionally cayanne.
    • Add 4 cups chicken broth
    • Add three chicks breasts, simmer until 165°F
    • remove, shred, and reinsert chicken
    • Add 1.5 cups heavy cream
    • Add 1-2tb corn starch
    • A whole ass carton of spinach.
    • Parmesan and season to taste.

    Having this with some breadsticks or chunks torn off a loaf is optimal, but only if torn off like a caveman.




  • Bit of a nuanced take, a trimmed down copy-paste from another comment of mine prior. Tl;Dr: he’s a product of the system that left the system.

    Snowden was an individual that worked in the intelligence community in the mid-2000s. In this era, the American populace was so afraid of terrorism they signed away freedoms for national security. In this post 9/11 world, patriotism was a given, almost nationalistically, if you were American. It’s fair to say that a highly nationalistic media and culture can influence the individual to embrace those mentalities more… even if it perverts your true best interest. Snowden likely viewed service to the NSA as patriotic, and in support of his fellow Americans. While he started off supporting it, he soon saw immorality, and decided to resist against them with what I see as an effective measure. I feel that for most whistleblowers, this logic applies. I wanna say “Good job, but still shame on you for taking the job to begin with,” yet this system we’re in can cause us to support things we otherwise wouldn’t like.

    Looking to modern issues: The manipulation of individuals, mass surveillance, leveraging of government by powerful. Critisizim of these was always there, but where it was pointed at and pursued sure felt a lot different after Snowden.


  • Honestly I’d say the ones who ruined it were the cryptobros who only care about seeing number go up. Gave a bad rep to crypto right outta the gate, especially with causing the (first) GPU shortage. Now if you mention crypto to anyone, even with a legitimate interest, they instantly get a bad taste in their mouth.

    It is always nice when some service allows payment in Monero though. The default of bitcoin is still prominent, but thankfully most people are realizing it ain’t private at all.



  • We do have some similar things, like Meshtastic for messages, but that’s just texting via radio. As far as calls go, it’s mostly also just radio for now.

    Session tried to get a call and text system setup whereby anyone can host a node, similar to a TOR node, but their foundation didn’t reach the funding total. The work is done, but some services are gonna be scaled back a bit. There is definitely a considerable push for systems like that, but they’ll take a bit of time for implementation as it’d otherwise just be another company owned service that’s outside our control.





  • There is some validity to this in debates, but when things start getting bad, the lefties all do seem to work together on what steps are taken. That does give me some level of optimism for change in the now, even if the future will have a divide again, I think many of us can agree that the future left-to-left divide is better than the current divide. For smaller examples, anarchists and Marxist-leninists would both be against rising fascism, and often attend similar protests. For larger examples, the anarchist and communist factions of Spain during the 1930s bonded together to fight Franco’s nationalist faction. Now in all fairness, eventually the ML faction usurped the anarchists, but I’m not even gonna pretend to be smart enough to know if that’s just the Soviet’s influence, or communist governments in general.








  • Windows is active spyware, it’s well documented that services like their Telemetry function as active keyloggers. The main difference is that the vulnerabilities are likely only problematic if someone is actively looking for you.

    As for Linux, it has many different types of OS called Distributions/Distros. You’d likely want to start off on a distro that’s beginner friendly, like PopOS. Others work too, this is just my personal preferred flavor of ‘just works’ distribution. A lot of people will overcomplicate the process of selecting what type of Linux-based OS to choose with loads of technical terms, but you dont need most of that if that’s not what you seek to make of it.

    My serious answer for running games, as much as I’d like to answer it here, it would likely need a fair sized explanation if you’re completely unfamiliar with Linux, just so you can know what to expect. It’s more than I feel I can reasonably explain, so I’ll recommend you lookup YouTube videos of how to run specific game emulators on Linux, since the video format will likely help a lot.