dustyData

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[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I will repeat, and I can't stress enough with this reiteration, fuck Ubisoft.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world -5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

It's already being called the lowest price in a decade. Technically true, but honestly disingenuous since the massive price bump to over €100 was an anomaly caused by the pandemic that swept the entire industry, not just this one publisher. Also drivel to generate engagement. Just like this post, here we are discussing it, despite the fact that it is misleading and poor characterization of the entire picture.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We stopped developing quality self-hosted forums and somehow now everyone is all over live chats. Chat is the worse form of communication to create permanent records of support issues. It's the flipside of Wiki's problems. They use hidden wikis to host discussion of wikipedia articles, moderation and other topics and the thing is a nightmare because it is not suited for conversation. FOSS development needs something that can do both. Live group chat for general discussion, with a static discussion forum for single issues, and a wiki where it can all be archived as structured articles. There's currently nothing popular that fills the bill.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

They all fall for turning KPIs into goals. When KPI become targets, they stop being KPIs. They often forget that KPIs are supposed to be used for informing the evaluation of desired outcomes, they aren't outcomes on themselves. At most they could be activitie's outputs. There are also many more stats and information that can feed the evaluation of outcomes that aren't KPIs, and qualitative evaluations are most definitely a must.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

This graphic doesn't answer OP's question at all. Madrid and Barcelona are two radically different cities just like New York and Los Angeles are two radically different experiences. And it has nothing to do with how big a country is.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Light rail and buses? Even the most remote rural towns in Japan have small shuttle buses that serve even the sparsest areas. The great thing about public transit is that it is actually scalable if there's political will to make it happen. A shuttle bus can connect a rural neighborhood to a big train station within 60 minutes. The cool factor of transit is mix and matching several types of transport to cover the most area with the highest mobility for the widest array of people.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Recently I had to replace my mouse, bought a G502. The mouse itself is a solid quality mouse. But then, three months in, the USB cord split the covering plastic and exposed the wires, right at the connector. I chose it wired specifically to use with a desktop computer that doesn't move anywhere. It was meant to be a stationary mouse, I plugged it once, then never unplugged it again. Then one day while dusting the case I noticed the damage. Nobody touches this computer but me. The only explanation is that it came faulty from the factory and just a little heat from the case made the plastic open. I honestly didn't want to bother with having it replaced, just sealed it with shrink wrap and moved on. But I won't ever be buying another Logitech product.

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The games industry sucks (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dustyData@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
 

Same title as the video. Game dev writer Alanah Pierce offers her POV on the recent layoffs from Epic Games.

This is one of the few industries that consistently and continuously posts record profits while also firing everyone who put in the work to make the success possible.

 

I don't mean system files, but your personal and work files. I have been using Mint for a few years, I use Timeshift for system backups, but archived my personal files by hand. This got me curious to see what other people use. When you daily drive Linux what are your preferred tools to keep backups? I have thousands of pictures, family movies, documents, personal PDFs, etc. that I don't want to lose. Some are cloud backed but rather haphazardly. I would like to use a more systematic approach and use a tool that is user friendly and easy to setup and program.

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