2023 Reddit Refugee
On Decentralization:
“We no longer have choice. We no longer have voice. And what is left when you have no choice and no voice? Exit.” - Andreas Antonopoulos
Currently playing Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition. Had a slow start but finally picked up and became more interesting with the morally gray characters. Interested to see how this game will rank among other Tales of games I played and loved.
I can hear this GIF. Seared into my brain from when I was a teen.
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I had the same problem too. Many years ago in December the final weeks when businesses are slow, I painstakingly went through and edited every single one of my accounts one at a time and changed emails. If there was a legacy thing I couldn’t access or a system that wouldn’t let you change your email, then I discarded it. How do you eat a dinosaur? One bite at a time.
Through my investment in time, all my accounts are managed via the method I commented above. I own my email, and I control how I get contacted.
I’ve been off Gmail for years and deleted all my Google accounts. Here’s how you can do it, too.
Step 1: Export your emails from Gmail into an EML file.
Step 2: Sign up for a new paid email provider: Tuta, Mailbox.org, Proton to name a few.
Step 3: Import your emails.
Done.
Optional Steps (that I recommend):
With this, you now have a unique email address for every single service, and all those alias email addresses forward your email to your actual email address. The benefit is that no one knows your real email address except you. Bye bye SPAM. When an alias email gets leaked or sold, you’ll know which company failed you. Simply swap to a different alias email, and disable the compromised alias - all SPAM stops.
Man I would’ve been pissed if I saw this, and hadn’t finished Hades. What a spoiler!
Working through some more Pokémon Legends Z-A, with a sprinkling of Cyberpunk 2077 here and there.
Installing spyware and wire taps in my home was never appealing to me.
I’m playing Cyberpunk now for the first time but knew who the voice actress was for female V - Cherami Leigh. She always does a wonderful job and can communicate emotion eloquently in her work. Instantly picked her for my first playthrough.
Here’s her characters in some of my favorite media:
Control is a very fun game, and Jesse was an intriguing character with an unusual backstory. Enjoyed my time with it. I’m optimistic for Control 2 and hope we’ll get more lore! And of course, something that hits as hard as the Ash tray maze!
Commenting to say I feel this also. Underrated cult classic game. Jade is one of my all time favorites, and Beyond Good & Evil is a unique game made by Ubisoft back when they took risks, innovated, and created wonderful games.
Zero interest in the sequel if it ever does release. Ubisoft is a shadow of what they once were, ever since their gradual downfall arguably starting around ~2013. Every few years though, I come back to this game and replay it. It left a profound impact on me and probably a million other gamers that played it.
She’s an absolute badass. I cheered her on, suffered with her, and cried when I finished the game. I felt every emotion she had during the game, because I felt like I was on the journey with her by her side while she faced her trials. Beautiful and unforgettable experience.
Some of my favorites have already been mentioned.
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice by Ninja Theory
This lady is a standout from recent games I played in the past several years. Senua is an incredible character, complex, driven, and felt very human. I and probably a million other gamers connected with her deeply. Won’t say any more to avoid spoilers, but she was in one of the greatest games I ever played. Her actress, Melina Juergens, was perfect for the role in many ways (which I won’t say why here to avoid spoilers for those who haven’t played this game). Haven’t played the sequel yet, but I remember Melina won an award at the recent Game Awards for her performance in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.
Remake Intergrade - part 1 of 3
Rebirth - part 2 of 3
TBD - part 3 of 3
Edit: Haven’t played any of them, so my guess is that part 1 covers your time in Midgard. Part 2 probably starts with you leaving Midgard. I’m waiting until all three are out, on PC, and in one sale bundle I can pick up for a reasonable price. Meanwhile, I’m playing the original FF VII while I wait.
I wouldn’t see any problems there. My server I’m currently building is running Linux Mint. I tossed in my RTX 3080 and it works flawlessly. No headache, no problems trying to configure it. Just booted it, LM detected it, and I clicked update and bam it works great. That card was originally in my Windows PC before I switched to LM and swapped the card for an AMD RX 7900 XTX.
What is up, me nerd? Did you see the ludicrous 1440p display last night? What were they thinking turning on ray tracing that early?
When I click that button, that purple monkey swings into my view on a vine and says hi. He then asks me for my credit card, so I put in my info to get the Linux license. Then nothing happens. I click it again, and he asks once more for card, and then nothing happens. So far I’ve filled out the form about five times, so whatever issues may be happening, I hope they can fix it so I can get my PC activated. I’ve dropped about $500 so far so hopefully I’ll get my Linux activated.
Correct, you got it. I hid some particular identifiers that could pinpoint me, such as weather. The rest of the stuff exposed in the screenshot is not enough to triangulate enough information about me.
Oh yeah, now that rings a bell! If I remember correctly, it was built by Linus Torvaltine.
Me, a software engineer working for a major cSaaS provider that partners with other companies that specialise in Mobile Real User Monitoring, Open Telemetry, Bluetooth beacons, etc.: “Eh, no idea what they do with that info. Now let me just ignore all these non-anonymized analytics, spans, traces, and metrics that these companies capture about your devices and the health of their applications and infrastructure.”
I stopped bringing these things up years ago. Can’t explain this to persons who don’t care or are not remotely close to being tech savvy. Let them be content and enjoy the things they enjoy.