“As the weather worsened, I caught a glimpse of the rusted shells of previous lives that had been lived out here in this swampy shit hole, and I wondered if I would end up the same way, or what would happen to the girl I was supposed to protect.”
Yeah, I think people who say that don’t realize a few key things.
First, they don’t understand the ‘poverty tax’ - how not having money for things like a security deposit, reliable transportation, or bulk buying actually costs you more in the long run.
And second, they don’t see how thin the margin for error is for most middle-class families. One medical bill or job loss is all it takes to fall behind.
Awesome! Okay, I’m buying this now 😁
I was thinking of a waterbear lol (Tardigrade)
That’s so true about the video player and upload limits, it’s no doubt a huge plus for creators like you? And I totally get what you mean about the more welcoming vibe here; it’s one of the best things about this space.
Just a friendly heads-up as you’re getting settled: while it’s generally much kinder, Lemmy has its share of ‘interesting’ characters here too (a wonderful mix of great people and a few bad apples). But the ability to curate your own experience is much stronger here!
Glad you’re enjoying your time so far!
I’m already having a good experience with Lemmy. A couple of features that would make it perfect for me are better discovery tools for communities and the ability to merge feeds from similar ones.
And I have to say, searching for anything (whether here or on Reddit) always feels like a bit of a challenge. A more robust search feature would be amazing! But overall, I’m really enjoying the vibe here.
I always turn mine off, the Deck has terrible battery life in sleep mode. My partner usually keeps theirs in sleep-mode and they often need to charge their Deck when turning it back on.
This is how it usually goes for me.
I’m right there with you. To be honest, I’m still figuring out Lemmy myself; like how it’s different from Mastodon and why content sometimes crosses over. It seems straightforward to a lot of people, but it’s a learning curve for me lol.
Caves of Qud, specifically:
of Chrome, and How (Sultan’s Song)
Substrate
Clam Dimension
Just needs some brown noise, bliss!
Can I ask the community if they’re having the same issues as I with the background recording? It’s been busted for me for months (and others) but others seem unaffected. It’s driving me insane trying to work around it.
Actually, it’s a terrible indicator, because it’s completely disconnected from the service you’re evaluating. Your anger is about wealth inequality and the ethics of extreme capitalism, which is a totally valid topic. But you’re using that anger to answer a different question: ‘What is a fair price for this service?’
But you are insisting on using that separate topic as the only metric for this one. Since we’re fundamentally talking about two different issues and you’re refusing to engage with the point about service value, I don’t see this conversation being productive any longer.
You’re putting words in my mouth. I never called the 30% “fair.” I’ve been trying to steer the conversation toward what a discussion about its fairness should actually be based on: the value of the services Steam provides.
You are fixated on Gabe Newell’s personal wealth as the sole proof that the cut is unjust. That’s an emotional argument about wealth disparity, not a logical analysis of the platform’s costs and value.
Let me be clear: whether a CEO’s personal spending is excessive is a separate moral and political debate. It doesn’t, on its own, determine if the price of a service is justified. The cost of servers, development, support, and the global infrastructure Steam maintains is what’s relevant here.
If you want to argue that the platform itself isn’t worth the cut, make that case. But simply pointing to a yacht and saying “see, it’s unfair” is a non-sequitur. It’s a distraction from the actual economic discussion.
That’s a very specific and bold claim about Valve’s internal finances. Do you have access to their private balance sheets and investment budgets? Unless you do, we’re both just speculating.
Factually speaking: Valve provides a massive, global storefront, handles all payment fraud and chargebacks, provides cloud storage for games, and maintains the entire friend/community network. The 30% is the price for that bundle of services.
Whether that’s a fair price is debatable, but the personal wealth of the CEO is a distraction from that debate.
That’s a pretty significant pivot from the discussion about Steam’s operating costs and revenue share.
The original point was about whether Valve’s 30% cut is justified for the services and ecosystem they provide; things like the storefront, servers, payment processing, anti-cheat, and continued development of new features for both players and developers.
Bringing up a private individual’s personal expenditure doesn’t really engage with that topic. It’s an attempt to shift the focus from a business discussion to a personal one, which is a completely different (albeit valid?) argument.
Works fine for mac and cheese (I made it last week)
Little Miss Sunshine is such a wonderful film.
Another hot take from Bullshit Barbie.
I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing!