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while I do not know anything about torrenting. “mullvad” is a highly recommended vpn providers with a strong emphasis on privacy.


This 100℅ I even bought a ps4 to play it. It was a really dull game and the character movement felt clunky. I finished it too, but I do not care to play it again.

Ff8 was dope though.


I played it at launch and don’t think in had a single crash. Possibly 1, but I can’t remember.

I had at most 2 bugs where I needed to restart the game.

I’m sure things have only gotten better.


People have been telling you to game on PC for a while now.

Its pretty much plug and play these days.




So you like $200-150 for a working system. Then the steam deck is like hey im $400 and way more capable.



Nevermind, I see that there is an s10e. I’ll compare those two phones to see if the 10e is worth the extra $20.


Thanks for the recommendation. I guess I do not mind running stock Android, but I would prefer something less bloated. It looks like the s9 is about $70 here, but the s10 is $150-200. Why would that one be so much more expensive?


I’m really just looking to spend around $100 on an android.

Where I live the 4a is like $140 used.

I was hoping that GrapheneOS would have longer security updates for the phones.

Maybe you would not know, but do you have any android models you would recommend? I’ll mostly just use it for streaming and a few apps that are not in the US App Store.


So, I’ve been using an Oppo f7 as I live between two counties and need apps that are exclusive to one country or another.

It’s dumb, but that’s how it is.

Anyway, the oppo f7 is kind of dated and the touch screen is hyper sensitive. I’m only really watching Disney plus on it or occasionally using it for Lemmy or mastodon.

I was thinking about getting a google pixel used for this purpose and putting GrapheneOS on there. I don’t want to spend a lot though. So, how far back would you go? Is a 4a going to be too old and run down?


Well, I have an old Oppo f7 that I’ve been using as a secondary phone. But my main phone is an iPhone.

Sadly there are not alternative operating systems for either phone.


Thanks for the heads up🙏🙏

I’m really interested in android, but all the google services are kind of a turn off. I only really use YouTube, but not even the official way.


Thanks for this link. All my US banks are on there. Although it’s not really a bank, but PayPal is not listed. Does anyone have experience with this or with banks in the Philippines?


There are a surprising amount of pc games on switch. I’m not sure if all these titles have denuvo on PC but as an example.

Dragon Quest 11 Doom Eternal Divinity original sin 2 Disco Elysium Most resident Evil games There are a lot of other games that have a switch port, but I’m too tired to think about it further.


That would be pretty tricky since he is an ex-president. But could the government really risk letting an ex-president and their information fall into another countries hands?

I would be a pretty tough incident to handle.



I’m sorry, I’m also not getting this. My understanding is that they cannot block the sites. But it looks like are doing it. I find it a little confusing.


I agree that game sizes are pretty ridiculous these days. This and Baldurs Gate 3 will take up the entirety of my only space ssd. Sadly prices where I live are still decently high.

I’m sure things could be done to optimize the size. With the BTRFS filesystem, you can have things autocompress in a transparent way. So, I installed like 600gb of games, but it only took up 450gb of space because of filesystem compression. Additionally, files load like they are just a normal file.

I wonder how much space would be saved by installing this game to that filesystem.


Thanks. I will take a look at it 🙏


I’ve only encountered problems with Peacock, but it’s not officially offered where I live, so I have been OK with Netflix and Disney Plus.

I have never tried VR. I have issues with balance as it is and I am pretty sure VR would trigger balance problems, but thanks for pointing it out. For those who are interested.


That’s a great point. I wonder if people would buy it and use it without really noticing or if they would be upset because it’s not windows or whatever.


Windows has been a pretty garbage os for years. Linux is so much better in many ways. The only thing windows has is a few applications that have yet to release a Linux version.

If we could get office, Adobe, and autocad on Linux, we could see droves of people switch.

Gaming is basically all set on Linux at this point. Just a few games that have not setup to work due to anti-cheat, but screw it. I don’t need them.


I’m all for letting servers choose what they want to ban and allow. Its easy enough to just create a new account on a different server if you do not agree with the server admins decisions.

That’s the beauty of federation. The user can also setup his own instance to access the content if he wishes. He might have to learn how to do it, but its totally doable.



Going based off minimum wage of the country I’m in compared to the us minimum wage of $7.25, it’s like charging $60 for the game.

These numbers are estimates, but it kinda shares an idea of pricing. I’m not sure if the us is still 7.25 though.




Well, I used to work in banking and was studying international business in grad school around the time I was there. So I think it’s just the kind of stuff I was exposed to.


College roommates we’re from there I went with them and stayed with their family.


1 dollar is about 98 rubles at the moment.

When I visited Russia like 15 years ago, it was 1 dollar to 33 rubles. Although shortly after I visited it went to 66 rubles.

That’s a pretty significant drop in value.


I’m a long time pc gamer and linux gamer. I do not care to play games unless it is in a handheld mode. I have been playing my switch a lot more recently, but am really looking forward to the steamdeck.


I guess what I’m really wondering is, is this game unoptimzed causing it to need higher specs?


I guess I’m having trouble wrapping my head around why this game needs such high specs.


I’ve played this game a bit and I really don’t understand why it can’t be scaled down visually to work. It’s not some game that needs to target high fps or something.


Good point! I’d be to scared to buy one as it might be an undercover op 😂😂

Plus it’s too easy to get online for free anyway.



In the last 10 years, I stopped in this gas station off a busy road in my home town. They have bootleg dvds just on the counter.

I can’t believe that place didn’t get shutdown. There is a police station just a few blocks away.



I’m having a hard time finding even a place to buy some text book in my country.
I teach English and I need the Reach Higher G4A level and higher. There used to be a store online, but they were banned. I guess they didn’t sell a legit copy of the book. Can anyone recommend some places where I can search for them or even buy them? I’m not in the US.
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What is a good 2 player Tetris these days?
My wife just got into Tetris and wants to play together. I have been bragging to her about how good I am at Tetris and now she wants to play together We would like to play side by side on the TV, but we do not want any of that stuff where if person A does well, then person B gets random blocks. Does something like this exist? We could play on PC or on Switch.
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Modern Pokemon games hold your hand too much.
I am playing Pokemon Violet at the moment and it is a total bore. I have played the game so many times and I just want to run around catch Pokemon and battle. I do not need another tutorial about what a Pokemon center is. Or a tutorial to tell me that I need to use a Pokeball to catch a Pokemon. Can we get a "I've played this game 100 times" mode where it just saves the tutorials and lets us play the game?
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