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Mindustry: an extremely high quality (and difficulty) FOSS tower defense game in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

I highly recommend this game! I played through it with a friend and really enjoyed it. I think I recommend it with more than one player

What's some good news from election night in the US? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

Colorado enshrined the right to abortion and removed anti-gay marriage language from their constitution.

What are some excellent YouTube channels you recommend? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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

Hello fellow Stumpt fan! Huge plus one to Stumpt

Man Wearing ‘I Vorted’ Sticker Beginning To Worry That Wasn’t Legitimate Polling Place in c/theonion@midwest.social

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I legit thought that after dropping off my ballot yesterday. I checked online in the evening to see if they showed my ballot as received but it didn't show it yet. Thankfully I did get an update a few hours ago that they did receive it

What's something unique that you carry on you every day? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Probably not super unique but a glass breaker/seatbelt cutter. If I'm in an accident or I come upon one, I want that ability with me.

Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages in c/gaming@lemmy.zip

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You can already do this. If you click on the publisher or developer there is an ignore option

Does limiting things you actually enjoy help? in c/adhd@lemmy.world

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

For things like playing video games, I don't. I'm okay with switching between games several times in an evening. However, when I'm looking at something to buy I try to recognize when I'm hyper focusing on the thing vs having a long term need/desire for. On those things I try to delay purchasing for a while to let the hyper focusing subside.

So for me it's not really a case of limiting or restricting, but just delaying. I did this recently with a tool for my workshop. I waited long enough to let the hyper focusing subside but also long enough to stumble on an amazing deal on a really nice version.

Black Ops 6 hides better audio behind an additional purchase for some reason in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

PSA: you can also block publishers (and I presume developers too)

How do our brains process reality? I heard our eyes were just low-res cameras and our brains were doing all the heavy lifting in 'rendering' reality. in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yea, what about your liver? Have you asked how it feels today?

What's the funniest weird thing your cat does? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

When my cat is hungry and I'm at my computer, she will put her front paws up on my chair and then gently tap my leg to ask "food plz". She increases in frequency over time.

[Serious] What should every young person do? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Save money into a retirement fund. Be consistent about contributing to it. Compound interest is very much your friend at this age

Mercator v Reality in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Obligatory XKCD: https://m.xkcd.com/977/

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Error when loading Ubuntu live USB (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by halloween_spookster@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been trying to boot a Ubuntu 24.04 USB (please no discussion of distro choice) but I keep getting a very unhelpful error during the initial startup. I've tried using a different USB drive, a different USB port, booting from UEFI. The only thing that has made a change was booting into safe graphics mode. It got to the install wizard but when I got to the end of the wizard it gave me other seemingly useless error messages.

I'm concerned there's an issue with my motherboard but I don't have strong evidence to support this idea. I recently took a trip where the computer was fine before I left. I turned it off while I was away and when I came back my main drive no longer worked. I couldn't boot from it or even see the drive in gparted. I've replaced the drive without issue though. If my motherboard is somehow going bad, it's being very subtle about it. I was ready to blame Nvidia but when I got it into safe graphics mode, it didn't get to the point of having Nvidia drivers.

Does anyone have any idea what might be going on or any way I can get additional information about the errors I'm getting? The lack of information is really frustrating.