IMO all software would be better if FOSS, regardless of the virtues of the developers. That's why I would love if the games that I love to play were to be FOSS as that would make them even better in my eyes.
Nice! I always found it sad how the entirety of hexbear and blahaj were separated just because of one community.
He could also consider giving NoScript a try (taking into account that many websites will completely break without temporarily being set to trusted).
Como correu?
Fiber has the opposite effect to that
I'm confused. I heard fiber is what you need if your stools are too hard?
The Last Unicorn is a movie that has been embedded in my brain from childhood. I definitely want to re-watch it, but I still haven't found a version dubbed in the language that I watched it in as a child (I want to replicate the full experience).
Apparently control flow is not intuitive to non programmers at all lol
If it is the control flow that is not intuitive, what about functional programming languages? Code written in those languages, generally has a more declarative style to it. What do beginners think of those languages? What sets APL apart from functional programming languages? Is it the fact, that beyond not relying heavily on control flow, that it also doesn't stray away too far from math into "computer-specific concepts territory"?
(this genuinely just me not being able to envision life being lived in a different way than i am living, sorry for the unintended tone of the message)
How do you go through life without a bank account today? Do you have to meet people physically to exchange currency or do you send it through mail? What about all the other financial transactions, such as the payment of bills?
Is this a new lemmy feature? (the embedding of the news article)
Last I checked I could only share specific windows, not the whole screen. Later there was also an update with a window or screen selection dialogue that didn't work at all, I think. After that I stopped using it on wayland.
I've seen sweety (as in someone who is loved) so many times mispelled as sweaty (as in someone covered in sweat). At this point I'm wondering if it's a very common spelling mistake or if it is intentional and something I'm missing.
It was actually a turing award for the proof that BPP = P (and probably other stuff around the question of randomness).
Didn't Microsoft just recently get a law suit for such practices or am I mixing it up with Google (who now can't pay Mozilla anymore to ship their browser with google as the default search engine)?
I've never played Factorio and had fun playing the game. I think there is supposed to be a tutorial when you first start the game? And I think the tech tree is a good guide for what to do next.
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/03/31/popular-video-game-banned-federal-prisons/
From my prison cell in Colorado, I conquered sites on alien planets, used conveyor belts to supply my factories, and organized weapons to defend against enemy attacks. I was playing Mindustry, a world-building game that relies heavily on logistics and strategy.
For less than $2, I could lose myself in my Android tablet at night — then, when I slept, my dreams about the game replaced my usual nightmares. And I wasn’t alone: Inmates talked about the game over meals and at work.
Then came an announcement from officials last July. Mindustry would no longer be on our prison-issued tablets.
“I knew a lot of people would be upset when I read they were taking it away,” one inmate from Nebraska said. “I could walk around the chow hall, my work assignment and other areas — everyone was talking about it.”
According to a statement from a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson, Mindustry was removed because it was “found to jeopardize the safety, security, and orderly operation” of federal prisons.
When Prison Journalism Project asked for specifics on how the game jeopardized safety, security and orderly operation, the spokesperson said the Federal Bureau of Prisons does not discuss specific security practices or internal procedures for security reasons.
The game’s fans here in Federal Correctional Institution at Englewood, a federal prison in Colorado, included a retired colonel for the U.S. Army.
“All they’ve left us with are stripped-down children’s games,” he said.
Another player had one of the most elaborate mining and distribution centers I’ve ever seen, the fruit of many hours of thought — which, of course, is one key to fighting recidivism.
“Whenever I’m feeling upset, I can pick up my tablet,” the player told me. “It calms me down and changes my whole mindset.”
Users have come up with their own explanations for Mindustry’s fate. One theory goes that players had used the game’s drawing pad to sketch dirty pictures or leave secret messages.
Whatever happened, people are disappointed.
“I wanted to buy a tablet,” one person said, “but now that they’ve taken Mindustry I don’t want one.”
Sentiments like that are understandable. We are still without many of the tablet features we were told to expect, including free e-books through Project Gutenberg, video messaging, and a life skills program through Khan Academy.
In a statement, the prison bureau said that games are controlled by a vendor, and that the bureau has “the right to remove any game that it deems inappropriate.”
I miss the game. When I played it, I could stop dwelling on my past or my unknown future. And it encouraged me to be more social with others, especially when we would discuss strategy. My tablet now lies neglected in my locker.
The player who put together the elaborate mining center isn’t shocked that Mindustry is gone.
“It’s not uncommon for the BOP to take away something we like,” he said.
This sucks. :(
There are two of them (the other). The one posted by a lemmygrad user has less librained comments (probably because the lib instances blocked lemmygrad a long time ago).
I think they are talking about dogs that will be stationed and sniffing in the places where mail has to pass through to be sent to the correct destination.
Judging by the broken appearance of the display around where the lock connects, maybe the paranoia wasn't unjustified.
I fail to see what makes games any different from other software. The piece of software can be easily studied and tinkered with, users have the power to control what exactly runs on their machine, and the software can organically be improved by people making their changes in their own derivations of that software that they make available for the whole world to use, study, reproduce, and modify.
Furthermore, if the developer dies, the game being FOSS will guarantee that it will live on and continue to benefit future generations.