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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023
  • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?
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    1 year ago

    It’s missing some of the gesture customization others have. I particularly like the left AND right swipe gestures in Thunder. Plus, there are more actions you can assign to them.

    Thunder also has more visual adjustments. Things like edge to edge images and post action customizations.

    Also, the reply window makes formatting and quoting easier.

    The feature different isn’t big though, and most of them aren’t a big deal.

    I’m not sure why you think Thunder is ugly though. The way I have them setup, they look almost exactly the same, except I have nested comments in factors more visible on Thunder, which makes it a bit easier to track the conversation.

  • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.worldtoNintendo@lemmy.world•What are you playing this weekend? 2023-08-12English
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    1 year ago

    BG3 is great. So far I’m thinking it’s the best CRPG of all time. I’d recommend it over DoS 1&2, which is saying a LOT because DoS2 is amazing.

    Thronefall is a great, cozy game that still scratches my RTS itch.

    I think New Star is probably only going to work for specific people. It has the look of Virtua Racer, with old school arcadey car feel, in Formula One style races with a career mode based on managing your sponsorships, pit crew, and engineers, while upgrading your car. It’s absolutely nothing like NFS.

    I’d recommend it if you liked games like Rush and Cruis’n USA, and Formula One.

    If you’re looking for something like NFS, NFS Heat was pretty solid. Forza Horizon 5 would be another game you might enjoy. Project Cars 3 is another solid Arcadey racer. I mostly play Sim and Simcade racers, so I don’t have a lot of recommendations for arcadey racers.

  • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.worldtoNintendo@lemmy.world•What are you playing this weekend? 2023-08-12English
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    1 year ago

    This will be my first clear weekend for a while.

    I’ve been playing a BG3 campaign with my buddy when I got a few spare hours, so we’ll probably play that some this weekend.

    I’ve also been playing Thronefall. Great, simple tower defense RTS kinda game.

    Also been playing New Star GP. A retro style, arcadey Formula One game in a retro style similar to Virtua Racer from the devs that made Retro Bowl. It’s got a fun little career mode.

  • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.worldtoApple@lemmy.world•GM confirms $130,000 Cadillac Escalade IQ won’t have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto
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    1 year ago

    Look, I’m not the target market for this anyway, and I know that. But I won’t ever buy another car that doesn’t have both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Especially now that head units aren’t so simple to replace.

    Like, no matter how good your software is when you release it, you’re not going to have the same level of support, frequency of updates, timelines of new feature releases, and actual hardware upgrades (via my phone) I’d get from you having AA or CarPlay.

    Both AA and CarPlay have gotten pretty damn good in the last few years too.

    I drive a 2008 Mustang and I finally replaced my head unit a couple years ago with the Sony XAV-AX5000 and it was the best upgrade I could’ve possibly made to my car. I was really feeling like getting something new because I wanted modern convenience and this $350 upgrade gave me the luxury of perpetually being up to date. The only downside is that it doesn’t have wireless AA, but hardly anything does.

    And no, I’m not good with having just one. My last several phones have been Pixels, but my GF and my Best Friend have iPhones. I need to be able to do both seamlessly. Plus, I don’t want my car locking me in to a phone OS. If apple releases an iPhone with USB-C, AoD, side loading (all of which should be in the next phone), add better UI scaling options, and they fix the back gesture, I’ll want to switch and I don’t want my car to keep me from doing that.