Scarecrow59

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Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus (2021) | Hacker News

I registered as an adult on an online service by using the photo mode in a video game, to take a picture of a character, then used that picture on the webcam to say I'm over 18 ✅
Playtron's GameOS, based on Linux and making use of Proton, has reached 1.0: https://www.playtron.one/release-note/gameos-1-0
#linux #linuxgaming #update #release #foss #gaming #proton #playtron #gameos
Playtron

This is part of David Suzuki’s remarks about his recent interviews where he said “It’s too late,” which aligns with what Hagens & Farley were discussing.
Suicide by apathy (credit Jim Wright)
#Environment #Economics #Politics

https://community.davidsuzuki.org/index.php/email/emailWebview

Hang on to your hat. Hang onto your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.

-EB White

(h/t John Hodgman)
https://hodgman.substack.com/p/mean-low-water

(cc @molly0xfff)

Hotfix 20250330 is out!

Smarter Harvesters, Bug Fixes, and Smoother Battles. Check out the full news post at https://www.openra.net and be sure to grab the version update. Good luck on the battlefield, Commanders!

#OpenSource #OpenRA #Gaming #Linux #MacOS #Windows

OpenRA

Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era

@pluralistic There’s a good example of enshittification happening now with chess.com and their recent acquisition Chessable. Chessable changed its terms of conditions to put free courses behind a paywall. Much discussion on the chess Reddit with examples from the history of chess.com enshittification, e.g. acquiring competitors, making them shitty, then killing them. Just passing this on in case it’s relevant to your interests.
Google threatened with break-up by US

The US Government considers whether Google should spin off the Android operating system and Chrome browser.

After 7 years in development, City Game Studio is out, a #Linux native game, developed with @godotengine @krita @Blender @inkscape and a lot of talent and effort. In CGS we're responsible to grow an indie videogames studio, Game Dev Tycoon style.

If you're interested, you can find it on:
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/726
GOG: gog.com/game/city_game_studio_
Itch: binogure.itch.io/city-game-stu

youtube.com/watch?v=45Jkyo__4P

#linuxgaming #steam #gog #itch #steamdeck @jugandoenlinux

She snacc

#rats