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  • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•Being Forced to Say Goodbye
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    1 day ago

    Edit: oops. This is old. Hope you’re OK and things improved.

    You’re grieving for what you built. It’s good to take pride and push for better. However, you don’t own it. They pay for your time and your expertise. Love your skills and the learning. If the environment stops being right for you, plot your escape at a time that suits. Companies make shit decisions, they have and always will. They sometimes lead you to believe you have influence while it benefits then with your commitment/engagement. When that no longer suits, its the end.

    What you feel is valid, it’s good you have standards and care. It’s now time to understand work is generally an exploitative relationship. Protect yourself and understand you’re being used. Find a situation where being used feels good for now and good for your bank balance.

  • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.mlMtoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•Your Linux PC is NOT private out of the box
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    1 day ago

    I got reports on this. I’m personally not of a mind to remove it, but it does feel irrelevant to open source. It’s more a Linux sysadmin type thing.

    I will say, cut down the spam. Any repeated similar musings within a week would be low value and I’d probably remove.

    I personally don’t agree with your points and this wouldn’t be relevant to most peoples risk profile.

    Worth reflecting on what others have said here. I think you’re worrying too much about something that will never be expolitable in standard usage and this is from someone who worries a lot about privacy.

    Maybe if this is really important to you check out Tails OS which as far as I’m aware focusses on running in RAM and leaving minimal persistent state.

  • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.mltoGaming@beehaw.org•DarkPattern.games » Healthy Gaming « Avoid Addictive Dark Patterns
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    3 months ago

    So he’s capable enough to add new islands and content, but not change a trigger on how to save. One button. Same logic…

    A buggy mod by someone who didn’t write it doesn’t mean it’s not possible. Many mods are of poor standard and don’t have access to the same code or the facilitate a way to change something, so they often have to work around whatever APIs are exposed.

    It is a dark pattern. You can like a game and someone and still be able to be critical of a game design decision they make. Not everyone is good or bad. A hero or villain. No one is perfect.

  • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.mltoGaming@beehaw.org•DarkPattern.games » Healthy Gaming « Avoid Addictive Dark Patterns
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    3 months ago

    This one is a fair point.

    Some games do create a need to depend on some. For example, in Old School Runescape, you make a decision in a quest and rely on someone who made a different decision. You cannot change it and you do depend on them. So they may feel obliged to reciprocate. The obligation is created due to a game design decision rather than because of an intrinsic decision of players.

    Some games are set in such a way where you cannot of progress without assistance. New players can get locked out of progression. Maybe this could be relevent in those cases.

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