https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/analyzing-kosas-constitutional-problems-depth

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Okay, what’s the biggest and most active gamer community on Matrix?

I don’t know, and don’t really care. I play games mostly with friends. Listening to a large chat room full of random people doesn’t appeal to me at all.

Regardless of social preferences, I think you’ll find that there is no Discord alternative with public chat rooms as big and active as Discord’s, nor will there be any time soon. The network effect is strong there.

Nevertheless, we can choose tools that serve us better, and invite others to join us when it’s practical. Ex-redditors have been doing this with Lemmy. Ex-Windows gamers have been doing this with Linux. Shifting away from an entrenched platform is usually slow and gradual, but not impossible.

I guess you haven’t checked recently, then. :)

https://element.io/blog/introducing-native-matrix-voip-with-element-call/

https://github.com/element-hq/element-call/blob/livekit/README.md

Mumble is great, but there are some things that people have come to expect from group chat services that it is not designed to do. For example, running in a web browser, persistent message history, and multi-device access to a single account. Adding such things would be no small amount of work, which is probably the main rason it hasn’t been done. (And, of course, the changes required would make the result incompatible with Mumble.)

Considering what exists today, I think Matrix has the best chance at becoming a Discord alternative. It already has a lot of the needed features. The new voice/video system (now in beta) looks very promising. And, of course, it also supports self-hosting and end-to-end encryption, both of which Discord lacks.

For those who find the invidious site nonfunctional, here’s a youtube link without age verification:

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/S7IEg0_qNXs

I use Debian.

On Linux, I find that games run great from a mechanical drive. Loading times are slower than with an SSD, of course, but not enough to bother me.

There are many more uses for all those cores than the two that you mentioned, and some of us do those things and play games.

• Mindustry (based on what I’ve read about it)
• Plants vs. Zombies
• RimWorld
• Shattered Pixel Dungeon
• Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, or Civilization V: Brave New World
• Sid Meier’s Pirates!
• Wildermyth

I’ve had good experiences with Brother laser printers. The price tag is higher than an inkjet printer’s, but the cost over time is far less, and they keep working.

(FWIW, mine have all been black & white. I can’t vouch for color laser printers.)

Ubuntu has lost the crown of cleanest and most usable with all the Snap BS.

For anyone else reading along, Fedora isn’t the only good alternative. There are also distros without the corporate ties that Fedora has. For example, Mint and Mint Debian Edition, both of which are will be more familiar if you’re coming from Ubuntu.

For the uninformed:

That was when Blitzchung, in his post-tournament win interview, uttered a brief sentence in support of Hong Kong (and implicitly in support of human rights). Blizzard responded by revoking his prize money, banning him from tournaments, and terminating the interviewers who happened to be on camera with him at the time.

This action took place late at night (well outside of US business hours) and was accompanied by a letter that some analysts pointed out had peculiar phrasing patterns that one might expect from native-Chinese speakers writing in English. The excuse given was a tournament rule prohibiting any act that “brings you into public disrepute, offends a portion or group of the public, or otherwise damages Blizzard image.”

To answer your question: No.

At the subsequent BlizzCon, Blizzard president Allen Brack gave a speech in which he “apologized” for the vague act of failing to live up to the high standards they set for themselves. He didn’t mention Blitzchung at all. This was a typical, predictable, corporate non-apology, allowing them to say “I’m sorry” for something other than the harm they inflicted or the position they took. Neither Brack nor Blizzard apologized for the actions taken against Blitzchung and the interview hosts. The punishments were not reversed. (I think Blizzard eventually responded to massive public pressure by somewhat reducing the duration of Blitzchung’s ban, but never lifted it entirely, awarded his prize money, or restored the interview hosts’ contracts.)

A few years later, Activision Blizzard was bought by Microsoft. Bobby Kotick, the CEO at the time of the Blitzchung decision, is no longer there. We don’t know who else participated, so we don’t know if they are are still making decisions at Blizzard.

Do you happen to know what part of Proton 10 is limiting you to 60 FPS? It might be configurable.

xyzzy ;)

Thank you for summarizing the key points.

Mumble for voice chat. (It already beats Discord in that department.) A server can be self-hosted, or rented for dirt cheap.

Matrix is getting better all the time, and although it won’t replace all of Discord’s features today, it is catching up. I already use it for text chat, and wouldn’t be surprised if it could take over for video, screen share, etc. in the next year or so.

Tip for people wanting to try Matrix now: Consider disabling encryption on your Discord replacement rooms until Matrix 2.0 is fully released, to avoid occasional frustrating glitches. That won’t be a loss coming from Discord, which doesn’t have end-to-end encryption anyway.

Looks similar to Firefox with Multi-Account Containers, but with a different browser engine (one that is not from Google). Maybe cool?

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Anyone know if the save game files are compatible with the original?