Robert7301201

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (13 children)

The software to run a server for a game is different from the client software. I have to buy Minecraft to be able to download and use the client, but the server is freely available for anyone to host their own server.

Developers almost always release their server software for free if they offer it. The user is providing a service to the developer by offering another server for the community to use without the developer having to pay for it. There's no reason to charge for it.

You can even password protect your server and put it behind a patreon or other exclusive membership, but it's hard to compete with free servers. You have to offer some kind of special experience.

Everything you're complaining about has been common practice in the PC space for decades.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

NixOS gang, you here?

No? Guess I'm here alone. Meme checks out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Red sea urchin. Long life and limb regeneration.

I don't want to turn back into a baby like those who chose the immortal jellyfish.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

NodeCore is another great Minetest game. I haven't been able to find a game that matches the feeling of discovery it provides as you learn about the rules of the world.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This isn't really a Windows vs Linux issue as far as I'm aware. It was a bad driver update made by a third party. I don't see why Linux couldn't suffer from the same kind of issue.

We should dunk on Windows for Windows specific flaws. Like how Windows won't let me reinstall a corrupted Windows Store library file because admins can't be trusted to manage Microsoft components on their own machine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All EVs come with Level 1 chargers that plug in to your standard house outlet, NEMA 5-15R. If there's an outlet nearby you can charge your car.

That can still be difficult for apartment renters, but there's no need to modify your house.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

It's the wind turbines knocking the water out of the sky!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I'll give you a hint: Arr!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you use the Infinitime firmware? I remember weather display being fairly limited back when I tried.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (11 children)

I see a big problem with the opt-out being abusive parents could pocket the money without feeding the child.

Money isn't the only barrier to food security.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

https://lemmy.world/comment/8535938

They just said that to "drive engagement".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Amtrak is a federally chartered corporation, operated and managed as a for-profit company, but with the U.S. government as its controlling shareholder. The Amtrak Board of Directors are appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. https://www.amtrak.com/stakeholder-faqs

I'd consider it state capitalism. A private for-profit company owns the means of production/capital but that company is government owned.

That being said though, I don't think its fair to blame Amtrak being a private company as the reason Amtrak has high prices. Amtrak is at the mercy of freight rail as Amtrak only owns 3% of the rails they operate on. They pretty much have to pay whatever the freight companies say and freight is given preference over passenger trains. Amtrak has never made a profit since its creation.

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