I will do that. Thank you. :)

That I have no problem with. You had to do that in the classic Doom too. After all, certain weapons worked better with certain enemies.

Thanks! I’ll buy it and try it out!

Oh cool.

Yeah, in Eternal, it seemed that once I got past the first few areas, if I didn’t do glory kills, I’d be, within seconds, nearly dead and almost completely out of ammo (if not out of ammo).

You’re saying Doom 2016 isn’t like that.

Like, don’t get me wrong, glory kills are awesome, but I feel they should be optional flairs to spice up gameplay, not a required function just to progress. That’s what bothered me. It effectively locked out of the game (a Doom game no less) anyone who didn’t like the glory kill mechanic. Personally, as a long-time fan of the franchise, that felt kinda cheap.

So, that’s cool. In any case, yeah, I was just going by what it said on the page. I don’t own the game, so I couldn’t check.

How much harder?

I just don’t like the anxiety that comes with constantly being low health and low ammo that happened the last time I tried Doom Eternal. (Admittedly, I’ve never played Doom 2016.)

I can?

Just be aware people that–and this should surprise no one as these features are largely online nowadays (sadly no LAN here :C )—but...

That being said, I personally won’t be buying this. Not because the game is poorly made or anything (it’s Doom–'nuff said); I’m just not really into the whole glory kill thing. Don’t like it.

No shade to anyone who does; that’s just my opinion.

Oh shit.

Well that clears things up. Thanks for the explanation. thumbs-up

Oof, yeah I forgot about the metadata… What you say is certainly true and is worrisome.

Plus, most people who use email don’t use encrypted email so even if they can’t get a transcript of a conversation from my account, they can certainly get everything from the other account if they also scrape that platform.

No worries. Like I said, I recognize it’s a nitpick so not a huge deal. I just thought I’d mention it. It doesn’t invalidate your original comment or anything. :)

Lol yeah I heard about that. Apparently they also preemptively made post-quantum encryption illegal? Yeah, I don’t like the US, but I’m not sure I’d wanna live in Sweden, that’s for sure.

.............If that is the case, I...am concerned. o_o

Okay. I don’t understand your point. It may be broken. It may even suck ass. But it’s certainly not a scam.

Proton

Signal

What are they gonna do? Download gibberish?! Lol, it’s all end-to-end encrypted with the decryption keys stored locally.

Edit: See below comment by @drascus@sh.itjust.works. Shit’s still concerning.

Aww man seriously DuckDuckGo is on the list? Ugh… Welp, does anyone know of any good alternatives? (I hear Ecosia’s not half-bad…)

Not sure about the Mail app, but the Calendar app was definitely slow, though I believe that’s because it didn’t have offline caching and just fetched from the site every time you opened it up. Terrible, lazy design IMO.

It’s not a scam. It worked perfectly first try for me back when I tried it out like a year ago.

Especially skip the ProtonVPN app if you’re on Linux.

To steal a line from LGR’s video on Redguard, it’s just so B A L L S.

If you can only get Service B by paying for Service A, then Service B isn’t really free; it’s just added value.

A nitpick, yes, but I feel it’s an important one.

Thanks. :)

Is this the GitHub repo for it?

Yeah I don’t personally like how unlike LibreWolf it doesn’t use ResistFingerprinting.

Not OP, but I’ve never heard of IronFox. Is it a comparable replacement for Mull? Gods I’m still a bit salty over how sudden that was…

LibreWolf is what I use, but I heard Zen Browser is another fork that’s been getting some traction. I don’t use it though, but I’ve heard from someone who does that it works for them. thumbs-up

As someone who’s both poly and trans.....................fuck.

That stuff becomes a moot point once you have a decently working bureaucratic system (if and when). If you can ask for a digital certificate online, and get it in your email three days later, you’re not too worried about losing a copy.

Yeaaaaah, I see where you’re coming from, but no, I’m just gonna stick with a paper copy that I know is reliable instead of a theoretical bureaucratic system that could possibly be reliable if it were to exist but in no way does exist (at least in the US).

This is the government after all. I’d like to have a paper copy in case they fuck something up during a system update and “can’t find me in the system”. (This is not very likely, I admit, but I wouldn’t put it past them some days…)

Edit: Also, what if I don’t have three days and I need said document(s) as soon as possible? That’s where a hard copy comes in.

Sorry, my bad. I meant more stuff like the birth certificate and other vital documents. I really should’ve specified.

(I swear I’m not a dumbass sometimes.)

Meanwhile, there’s me who just likes paper versions of this stuff because I like to be able to order a backup hard copy just in case something happens to the first one.

Edit: I’m a fucking dumbass. I was 100% aware they were talking about driver’s licenses, yet I was only referring to other vital documents like one’s birth certificate, and yet I didn’t make the connection in my brain. Apologies. :/

What’s obvious to you may not be obvious to other people?

Likewise, what’s obvious to you at one moment may not be obvious to you at another, simply because you’re thinking about the situation from a different angle.

It would only harm google

Good.

and deter competition

Perhaps not. They’ve “deterred” competition for years. Maybe with them being pushed back a little it’d give some room for other companies to breath for once.

Most people, however, are not that careful about partitioning their accounts (myself included, frankly).

Lol.

• ProtonVPN – VPN
• LibreWolf – Browser
  • uBlock Origin
  • Skip Redirect
  • NoScript
  • Decentraleyes
  • CookieAutoDelete
  • DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials (tbh I’m not sure if this isn’t redundant frankly what with the others I have installed; might get rid of it…)
• KeePassXC – Passwords
• FreeTube – YouTube

I’m the same here as I too use the Fediverse and LibreWolf, but we shouldn’t kid ourselves about the former: by the very nature of how the Fediverse works, it is honestly pretty damn terrible for the purposes of privacy. Unless I’m missing something, which mind you is certainly a possibility.

I feel like that’s kind of a case of circular reasoning though: we move away from it because it’s legacy, and it’s legacy because we’re moving away from it… Mind you, I’m no expert on VPNs; this is just something I thought I’d bring to attention here.

I’m not your bro, guy!

You are not my pal, friend!

Yeah, I imagine the USPS would would have some concerns about transporting biological samples across international borders. Lol.

Same. I’d love to know any privacy-respecting companies…that is, if they even exist.

And, as advised, watch for unusual activity (but forever, not just a few months, that’s just a false sense of security).

Alternatively, pay a service (one that’s actually reputable!!!*) to watch your shit for you. (Still keep an eye out, of course, but this at least takes a LOT of the load off.)

For example, I pay a 12.95 USD a month for a service provided by my credit union (way better than a bank) and I can input whatever information I want monitored. They do that and let me know as well if they detect any shit going down. They also give me an update email every month letting me know that something has changed (or, likewise, if nothing hasn’t changed :) ).

I started doing this way back in 2018 when my wallet (containing my ID, debit card, social security card, everything) was stolen. (Gods, that was a fucking nightmare.)  

*None of that LifeLock bullshit. AFAIK that’s just marketing fluff mainly. (Somebody correct me if I’m wrong on that.) In any case, I don’t trust any service that is provided by the same fucking company that owns Norton. shudder****