Missed opportunity for OneShot to come to GOG?
I'd like to play Oneshot but it's not on GOG. I went looking to see if anyone had said why not and I found a post from the Oneshot dev GIR saying he submitted the game to GOG.
I'm curious about what happened. I'd love to see Oneshot come to GOG.
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Will be this game released on GOG some day? I know that it is on Itcho but I prefer GOG.steamcommunity.com
Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point
Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point - E&E News by POLITICO
President Donald Trump's plan to import beef from Argentina has unleashed a wave of protest from GOP loyalists.Meredith Lee Hill (E&E News by POLITICO)
California fights Trump's attempt to steal the midterms
Bisognano notes that even if Prop. 50 passes, Democrats could still end up six to 10 seats behind Republicans in a redistricting arms race, as Missouri and North Carolina already have enacted new gerrymandered maps, following Texas. Other Republican states, including Ohio, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, and Nebraska, could go next. That would make it much harder for Democrats to take back the House.
There are signs, however, that other Democratic states are starting to follow California’s lead. Virginia Democrats convened a special session this week to begin redrawing their map to boost Democratic representation, which would require approval in two sessions of the legislature, this year and early next year, followed by the backing of the voters, much like California. Democratic members of Illinois’ congressional delegation voiced unanimous support for a new congressional map Tuesday.
California fights Trump's attempt to steal the midterms
The state can strike the first blow against Trump's plan to subvert democracy.Mother Jones
Justice Department strips Jan. 6 references from court paper and punishes prosecutors who filed it
The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at sentencing Thursday for an armed rioter arrested near former President Barack Obama’s home.
The prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office in the District of Columbia were locked out of their government devices and told they were being put on leave Wednesday morning shortly after they filed a sentencing memorandum describing the crowd of President Donald Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol as a “mob of rioters,” according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel issues.
Later Wednesday, the Justice Department replaced the court filing with an updated version that stripped references to the Jan. 6 riot. The new filing also no longer included a reference to the fact that Trump posted on social media what he claimed was Obama’s address on the same day that the defendant, Taylor Taranto, was arrested in the former president’s neighborhood.
A Court Ordered New York State to Issue Major Climate Rules. What’s Next? “We have time to work it out,” Governor Kathy Hochul said.
A Court Ordered New York to Issue Major Climate Rules. What’s Next?
“We have time to work it out,” Governor Kathy Hochul said.New York Focus
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Google partners with Ambani's Reliance to offer free AI Pro access to millions of Jio users in India | TechCrunch
Google partners with Ambani's Reliance to offer free AI Pro access to millions of Jio users in India | TechCrunch
The offer will first roll out to Jio users aged 18 to 25 before expanding to all subscribers nationwide.Jagmeet Singh (TechCrunch)
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EU imports of Russian LNG up seven percent in first half of 2025, study finds
EU imports of Russian LNG up seven percent in first half of 2025, study finds
Liquid natural gas future demand in Europe is uncertain, but the continent continues to import LNG from both the US and Russia in high volumes.EUobserver
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OpenAI maps out the chatbot mental health crisis
On Monday, OpenAI released new research on the prevalence of users with potentially serious mental health issues on ChatGPT. In any given week, 0.07 percent of users show signs of psychosis or mania; 0.15 percent of users “indicate potentially heightened levels of emotional attachment to ChatGPT”; and 0.15 percent of users express suicidal intent.More than 800 million people now use ChatGPT every week. And so while those numbers may look low on a percentage basis, they are disturbingly large in absolute terms. That’s 560,000 people showing signs of psychosis or mania, 1.2 million people developing a potentially unhealthy bond to a chatbot, and 1.2 million people having conversations that indicate plans to harm themselves.
OpenAI is publishing these figures against the backdrop of a larger mental health crisis whose arrival preceded ChatGPT. Nearly a quarter of Americans experience a mental illness each year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. A staggering 12.6 percent of Americans aged 18 to 25 had serious thoughts of suicide in 2024, NAMI reports.
The question is to what extent these conditions may be triggered or exacerbated by interactions with chatbots like ChatGPT. Large language models are generally trained to be agreeable and supportive, which can comfort people going through difficult situations. But chatbots can also veer into sycophancy, as ChatGPT did in April, pushing users into strange and harmful spirals of delusion. They can also be talked into giving instructions for suicide, and some vulnerable people have used its advice to end their lives.
OpenAI maps out the chatbot mental health crisis
Millions of people are sending messages to ChatGPT each week suggesting emotional dependence or plans for self-harm, the company says. Will an updated model protect them?Casey Newton (Platformer)
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International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.
For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.
For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
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International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/38271574
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.
For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.
For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
Chuck Schumer scolds reporter for spreading lies about SNAP funding: "Who are we kidding here?"
Chuck Schumer scolds reporter for spreading lies about SNAP funding: "Who are we kidding here?" - LGBTQ Nation
"There's enough money to start feeding people right away."Molly Sprayregen (LGBTQ Nation)
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International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/38271574
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.
For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.
For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/38271574
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.
For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.
For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
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An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit
An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit
“Size is not the limit anymore.”…Eric Berger (Ars Technica)
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US declines to join more than 70 countries in signing UN cybercrime treaty
Human rights groups warned on Friday that it effectively forces member states to create a broad electronic surveillance dragnet that would include crimes that have nothing to do with technology.
Oh how unfortunate, im sure that was not part of the plan from the beginning... /s
US declines to join more than 70 countries in signing UN cybercrime treaty
More than 70 countries signed the landmark UN Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi this weekend, a significant step in the yearslong effort to create a global mechanism to counteract digital crime.Jonathan Greig (The Record)
What Graham Platner Said When a Trans Mainer Asked: 'Will You Stand Up for Me?'
What Graham Platner Said When a Trans Mainer Asked: 'Will You Stand Up for Me?'
“I believe that you are a better person than you once were because I am a better person than I once was," said the potential voter at a campaign stop.julia-conley (Common Dreams)
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Danish EU Council presidency drops chat control: It's dead for now 🎉
The Danish government will no longer push for chat control!
Here's a machine translation of what the Danish newspaper Berlingske has to say about it.
Fair warning: The journalists in Berlingske don't seem to have the slightest idea what they are talking about, and are enthusiastically gobbling up the Kool-Aid served to them by Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard, a man who is on the record claiming that privacy is not a human right (it is). Don't expect to gain any worthwhile neural connections in your brain by reading the below.
Danish proposal on digital child protection dropped after German criticism
Danish EU presidency could not create support for proposals to scan messages for abuse material.
The government will no longer force tech giants to scan citizens' messages for imagery of sexual abuse of children.
The Danish EU Presidency is thus withdrawing its proposal after Germany and later the ruling Moderates have opposed it. This is stated in a written comment.
"This will mean that the injunction will not be part of the EU Presidency's new compromise proposal and that it should continue to be voluntary for tech giants to track down material with child sexual abuse," Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said.
He sits at the table end in the work to get the CSA regulation adopted under the Danish EU Presidency, which lasts until the New Year.
The regulation was originally proposed by the European Commission in 2022. It will be able to force tech companies to scan the contents of private citizens’ images and videos on encrypted services.
But both Germany and since the Moderates withdrew their support for the proposal because it was too intrusive.
Hummelgaard, however, believes that Denmark's proposal was less intrusive than the EU Commission's original proposal. And he highlights that Save the Children, Unicef, Children's Terms and Digital Responsibility gave their clear backing.
However, the risk of losing an important tool is highly weighted.
"Right now, we are in a situation where we risk completely losing a central tool in the fight against sexual assault against children, because the current scheme that allows for voluntary scanning expires in April 2026," he said.
That's why we have to act no matter what. We owe it to all the children who are subjected to monstrous abuses, says Peter Hummelgaard.
The government's original proposal will break with fundamental freedoms and will potentially result in mass surveillance of citizens in the EU, the critics said. Among other things, they count hundreds of scientists and experts, the Dataetian Council and the tech giants themselves.
Germany has directly called it "mass surveillance" in the past.
"The mass surveillance of private messages must be taboo in a rule of law," the German Ministry of Justice wrote at X.
Save the Children calls the previous volunteer tracing via scanning a "huge success" and is frustrated that there was no backing for a compromise.
"We are deeply concerned and frustrated that there has been no European support for a compromise where tech companies may be required to track down and remove photos and videos with sexual assaults on children," senior adviser at digital child protection Tashi Andersen said in a written commentary.
Dansk forslag om digital børnebeskyttelse droppet efter tysk kritik | Berlingske
Dansk EU-formandskab kunne ikke skabe opbakning til forslag om at scanne beskeder for overgrebsmateriale.Berlingske
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Janet Mills Opposes Eliminating The Flibuster
Janet Mills Says She Opposes Eliminating The Filibuster
The Maine governor and establishment pick to challenge GOP Sen. Susan Collins said she wants to keep the Senate's 60-vote requirement for most legislation.Kevin Robillard (HuffPost)
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Dead Rivers and Vanishing Villages: China’s Rush for Serbia’s Minerals
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In 2018, Serbia chose the Chinese Zijin Mining Group as its strategic partner, and the mining giant took over 63 per cent of RTB [a Serbian mining company that was formerly 100% state-owned].
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Since 2018, Zijin has taken over the Bor [a city in Serbia] mining complex and invested 2.3 billion euros to expand operations. This enlargement is not just industrial – it is reshaping the landscape and the lives of local communities. Entire families are witnessing their homes, land, and memories vanish as the mine swallows settlements. Meanwhile, the Serbian government has offered no real options for resettlement.
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The environmental consequences of the mining rush are also severe: forests, rivers, and wildlife have been devastated, and residents breathe some of the most polluted air in Europe.
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The Borska Reka River is one of the most polluted waterways in Europe. [...] Sediment analysis has shown high concentrations of copper, arsenic, and nickel, exceeding remediation thresholds, particularly near mining areas. As a result, the Borska Reka is considered a “dead river,” devoid of aquatic life, with severe environmental impacts that extend to the Danube via the Timok.
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The fact that Chinese contractors were responsible for renovating the canopy in Novi Sad’s rail station – which later collapsed, killing 16 people and sparking the largest protests in Serbia’s history – only adds to the complexity of China’s presence in Serbia. In [the cities of] Bor and Majdanpek, this engagement is at the same time both significant and invisible. Thousands of workers brought from China live in isolated camps, rarely interacting with the local population.
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Although Chinese presence is barely visible in the city –Chinese workers live in camps inside the mining complexes, which are inaccessible to the local population – several Chinese-operated betting shops have opened in recent years. These venues signage in Chinese and are intended to attract company managers and senior staff, who are allowed to leave the camps, unlike the regular workers from China.
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While [Serbian] president Aleksandar Vučić’s authoritarian government claims lithium extraction would respect strict environmental norms, the experience of local communities in [the cities of] Bor and Majdanpek tells a different story.
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A report published in January 2024 revealed frequent spikes of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the Bor area, responsible for both acute and chronic respiratory problems as well as acid rain. The study also detected PM10 fine particles containing heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, nickel, and arsenic. Despite the proven adverse effects of mining, no systematic assessment of public health has been carried out since Zijin took over operations. However, the Batut Institute of Public Health has published a study showing an increased mortality risk for both men and women in Bor across all age groups.
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Dead Rivers and Vanishing Villages: China’s Rush for Serbia’s Minerals
As foreign investors rush to claim a share of Serbia’s natural resources, Serbia’s sovereignty and autonomy are on the line.Green European Journal
U.S. agencies back banning top-selling home routers on security grounds
The Commerce Department has proposed barring sales of TP-Link products, citing a national security risk from ties to China, people familiar with the matter said.
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I think that, TP-Link aside, consumer broadband routers in general have been a security problem.
- They are, unlike most devices, directly Internet-connected. That means that they really do need to be maintained more stringently than a lot of devices, because everyone has some level of access to them.
- People buying them are very value-conscious. Your typical consumer does not want to pay much for their broadband router. Businesses are going to be a lot more willing to put money into their firewall and/or pay for ongoing support. I think that you are going to have a hard time finding a market with consumers willing to pay for ongoing support for their consumer broadband router.
- Partly because home users are very value-conscious, any such provider of router updates might try to make money by data-mining activity. If users are wary of this, they are going to be even more unlikely to want to accept updates.
- Home users probably don't have any sort of computer inventory management system, tracking support for and replacing devices that fall out of support.
- People buying them often are not incredibly able to assess or aware of security implications.
- They can trivially see all Internet traffic in-and-out. They don't need to ARP-poison caches or anything to try to see what devices on the network are doing.
My impression is that there has been some movement from ISPs away from bring-your-own-device service, just because those ISPs don't want to deal with compromised devices on their network.
cyberattack in which an attacker sends spoofed ARP messages onto a LAN to associate the attacker's MAC address with the IP address of another host (e.g. the default gateway), causing any traffic for that IP address to be sent to the attacker instead
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That last part says it all, though.
The ISPs are horrible companies, mostly, and that alone warrants that users should be able to have their own router
I need a better router than my ISP wants to give me, then just give me the modem, I'll do the rest
A long time ago, for whatever reason, I decided to do a port scan on my entire WAN subnet. That's how I discovered that a certain brand of DSL modem (I don't recall which) made the admin portal accessible from the WAN. And of course the credentials were admin/admin.
I think most hardware providers do better now but it was just mind boggling to me that it even happened in the first place.
Honestly, even limiting it to, say, the WiFi network, having a default admin login is not great.
Like, Android isolates apps from the rest of your Android system, but not from touching the rest of the network. If any random app I install on my phone can reflash my WAP's firmware or something like that, that's not great.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.
German newspaper Handelsblatt first reported on the plans. The switch comes amid rising concerns about public bodies being reliant on US tech companies to run their services, which have stepped up sharply since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second administration.
For the ICC, such concerns are not abstract: Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the court and slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
Major AI updates last 24h
Companies
- Nvidia’s market valuation topped $5 trillion, cementing its dominance in AI chips but drawing regulatory attention.
- OpenAI is gearing up for an IPO that could value the company at up to $1 trillion, reflecting its market leadership.
Applications
- Worldpay integrated OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol, allowing U.S. ChatGPT users to checkout instantly with secure payment flows.
- Los Angeles partnered with Google Public Sector to roll out Google Workspace with Gemini across 27,500 employees, boosting AI-augmented productivity.
- Vail, Colorado adopted HPE’s AI-enhanced smart-city platform to detect wildfires early, leveraging camera analytics and geospatial data.
Funding
- OpenAI CFO cited the Microsoft partnership as a catalyst for faster capital raising and resource access.
- Microsoft reported a 74% jump in AI spending to $34.9 billion, earmarking massive data-center expansion to support AI workloads.
Regulation
- US senators introduced the GUARD Act to impose safeguards.
- The EU is assessing whether ChatGPT should be classified as a “Very Large Online Search Engine” under the Digital Services Act (DSA), which would add transparency and risk-assessment duties.
- California’s attorney general announced continued oversight of OpenAI’s conversion to a for-profit entity, despite retaining a nonprofit arm.
Hardware
- Extropic unveiled its Thermodynamic Sampling Unit (TSU), a probabilistic chip claimed to be up to 10,000 times more energy-efficient than conventional GPUs.
- President signaled intent to sell Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chips to China, sparking criticism over national-security implications.
Products
- Adobe “Corrective AI” feature can edit the emotional tone of voice-overs and separate audio elements automatically.
- IBM released the IBM Defense Model, a secure, domain-specific AI system built with Janes data for mission-critical defense tasks.
AI Safety
- Security researchers found that OpenAI’s Atlas browser can be hijacked via crafted URLs to execute arbitrary instructions, highlighting high-risk exposure in AI-driven web tools.
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Thomas Massie Hits His Own Party for ‘Protecting Sex Traffickers’ After JD Vance Says They Can’t ‘Count On Him’
Thomas Massie Hits His Own Party for ‘Protecting Sex Traffickers’ After JD Vance Says They Can ...
Thomas Massie ripped into the Republican Party after JD Vance specifically called him out and claimed the party can't rely on his support in Congress.Zachary Leeman (Mediaite)
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From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation.Dave Levitan (MIT Technology Review)
God’s Chief Justice
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
UK unveils ‘carbon budget delivery plan’ to get back on track for net zero targets | Ed Miliband says pushing for renewable energy and lower emissions will reduce household bills and boost economy
UK unveils ‘carbon budget delivery plan’ to get back on track for net zero targets
Ed Miliband says pushing for renewable energy and lower emissions will reduce household bills and boost economyFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
Mastodon 4.5 for Developers
Mastodon 4.5 for Developers
Mastodon 4.5 contains several technical changes that developers will want to learn about.Mastodon Blog
A URL to respond with when your boss says "But ChatGPT Said "
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Mastodon 4.5 for Developers
Mastodon 4.5 for Developers
Mastodon 4.5 contains several technical changes that developers will want to learn about.Mastodon Blog
‘Trump doesn’t represent us’: US activist groups to push for climate action at Cop30 in Brazil
‘Trump doesn’t represent us’: US activist groups to push for climate action at Cop30 in Brazil
US groups aim to represent country at UN climate summit even as Trump administration declines to send a delegationDharna Noor (The Guardian)
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in reply to makeitwonderful • • •apparently this is a big problem with GOG, they have a very strict and opinionated policy for accepting games on their store.
on one hand, this means GOG doesn't have much shovelware, unlike Steam or itch. this is good. but it also means incredible games get the pass for ridiculous reasons.
iirc they passed on Balatro because it "wasn't what they were looking for on the store right now", and they initially passed on Undertale because the game's graphics made them think it was unpolished... i wonder how many incredible indie games aren't on GOG because of this?
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in reply to Chloé 🥕 • • •v0rld
in reply to Chloé 🥕 • • •How do you propose GOG should handle forever support for a nearly endless number of shovelware games? Preservation is more than offering the downloads, the games also need to run on systems people actually have.
As far as I can tell they are fullfilling all their marketing promises by taking charge of updating games when developers stop doing so. I wish they would do that for the Linux versions as well as the windows versions, but it's absolutely better than nothing.
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in reply to v0rld • • •what GOG is doing is great and i commend their efforts (even tho i wish they’d relax their submission policies juuust a bit), and as a store, not having piles of shovelware is great!
but as a preservation platform, GOG’s approach is inherently limited. they can’t have every game, and they can’t keep supporting every game. that’s the fundamental problem with them as far as preservation is concerned.
the only way i can think of where we could have total game preservation is if every game ever made had it’s source code readily available, and all people were taught the programming skills necessary to make the games work on whatever future computers we have. that way, even the most obscure games which don’t have a passionate fanbase can be ported, fixed and played for years to come.
which, obviously, is not something that’s doable, by GOG or by anyone else
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