Pictured: An endangered Gary in his natural habitat.
Pictured: An endangered Gary in his natural habitat.
Do you have a good “getting started” resource for self-hosting that you would point people to?
Well… That’s like alot of steps, lol. In UX design, we would call that a violation of the Three Click rule, and obfuscating the expression of user intent.
Like… Do you gain anything from these launchers? I guess Frosty you opt into because you use it to manage your mods. Maybe launching through that is how your mods get bootstrapped. Kay cool.
Epic games, you definitely need and want to use for other reasons-- Shopping for games and managing your library-- but is it really benefitting you to open that app so that you can open the app you actually want to use? Maybe you have a reason that you actually like that better, idk, but I’d rather just open the app that I want.
And then the EA app… What does it offer that makes it worth putting another step between you and your game? Login to the EA account you don’t need? DRM? Ads for other games? The premise of most launchers is that the company has some goals that you don’t share, and they’re willing to add friction to your experience to achieve those.
Some launchers aren’t so bad. I dunno what EA’s deal is. Speaking of Ubisoft Connect specifically:
Those things aren’t necessarily all bad per se, and you’d certainly tolerate them for some apps… But it’s a big imposition for the company to insist on, IMO, and part of the reason for the launcher hate.
I didn’t downvote btw, I think you’re entitled to your opinion and maybe you’re fine with the launchers you use… But personally, I just choose not to play Ubisoft games for that reason, even though there are games that I would like to have played.
Ubisoft Connect, no thanks.
3.5 is still reasonably useful for the same reasons you described, imo… Just less so.
Non-paywall version: https://archive.ph/bsSon
That second one is the real killer.
Well defined and constrained responsibility: No problem.
Open-ended obligation to people you don’t know: Bottomless pit of potential despair.
Lol I actually kind of like having a lawn to mow, but yeah it sucks to have to.
I’M LATE FOR… (checks itinerary) WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT
Is it in your lease that you need to mow the lawn? Here, it’s the landlord’s responsibility unless you specifically agree to it.
Umm no cause skate shoes are lava-proof for 1 second at a time???
But I thought you needed to reach your friend?
Nice. Imagine the lady in the post’s face when she learns that “oom badness” is how they decide which child to sacrifice.
What’s that from?
Idk, if you don’t get too flummoxed by “stranded preposition” and “relative locus,” the rest is pretty plain IMO.
Kernel Panic at the /dev/disk/0
Yeah lol I’m familiar with “kill child” in a process management context, but I’ve never seen the word “sacrifice” come up. Is that a thing?
unexpectedinterrobang
Lol you just saw “stranded preposition” and bailed, hey?
Hack with benefits!
They should make the versions UUIDs instead of integers so that we don’t make assumptions about their ordinal relationships.