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Quicky

@ Quicky @piefed.social

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  • Washing machine drums make really good fire pits

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  • Yes they do

  • Maybe walking ain't that bad

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  • How the grass at my house is currently looking

  • "My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs

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  • I mean, I literally said it was Bungie making terrible management decisions.

    But there’s no way Halo would have had the same impact on Mac as it did on Xbox. The Microsoft purchase was win-win. Leaving Microsoft let them pursue other IP and give greater creative control, but they also never reached those heights they did under Microsoft either before or after their stewardship.

    Edit: don’t get me wrong, clearly recent Microsoft game studio acquisitions have been a bad thing for the industry, but I just don’t think the Bungie example is a good one. I think it’s rewriting history a bit to say that Bungie may have suffered under Microsoft.

    This is a company that became industry rockstars with an incredibly successful franchise and were given an inordinate amount of money and support at the time. Them believing they’d be better off on their own was partly a fallacy, and only really resulted in going full circle and letting Sony purchase them.

  • "My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs

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  • They became wildly successful under Microsoft. As far as I remember, it was Bungie who were the driver behind leaving Microsoft because they wanted to move on to other IP, as opposed to being “The Halo company”.

    I can’t blame them for that, but it’s not Microsoft’s fault that what they did afterwards was a shadow of their former glory.

  • "My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out after devastating Xbox layoffs

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  • I reckon that’s less about Microsoft and more about Bungie though. Bungie are primarily responsible for their own downfall with some terrible management decisions.

    Microsoft were very good to Bungie from the beginning in terms of finance and support, and Halo on Mac would never have had the same impact as Halo on Xbox.

    It’s been nearly 20 years since Bungie left Microsoft. In this case, I think it’s unfair to blame Microsoft for what they’ve since become.

  • World Cop [Safely Endangered]

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  • This is Portugal’s year (the fix has been in for a long time)

    Is it now.

  • The Riddick Trilogy

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  • Escape from Butcher Bay was an absolutely superb game. On the OG Xbox, it was astounding how good it looked.

    I remember it being, at the time at least, a great example of a video game that’s better than the film(s) from the same universe.

    And to be fair, I loved Pitch Black when I saw it in the cinema. Chronicles was a let down for me. The “universe” didn’t need to be expanded in the way that it did, as I thought the character works much better in a compact, tight, structured environment. Something which I guess they realised for Riddick, where they went back to his roots with what I thought was another great film.

  • How has Apple tricked so many people into believing that they "just need to get another Apple product"?

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  • It would probably be easier to answer the intent behind the question, if the question itself wasn’t embellished with wild exaggeration.

  • pics @lemmy.world
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    Two buildings in Birmingham

  • GTA 6 pre-order date and cover art revealed by Rockstar

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  • I’ve played every mainline GTA game since the first one came out in 97 when I was at university.

    I was just looking at the release schedule of the mainline games, and the 3D entries roughly doubled their development time over the years (nearly tripled with the gap between V and VI).

    If that trend continues, there’s a good chance that VI could be the last GTA game I get to play before I die of old age.

  • Shitty Food Porn @lemmy.ca
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    Literally shitty food

  • Matter matters

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  • What do you mean?

  • spreadsheets

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  • Perfect accompaniment the workplace chat up line:

    “If you like my spreadsheets you should see my bedsheets”

  • Ferrari unveils first fully electric car

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  • This looks almost exactly like an Alfa Romeo SZ

  • Pixelfed and NeoDB

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  • Currently I’d recommend Vernissage over Pixelfed. The former is actively developed while the latter is stagnant.

    I’ve been a Pixelfed user for a few years, but I’m in the process of migrating to Vernissage after seeing how responsive and attractive it is as a platform.

  • Champions League final will not be free to watch in UK for first time in modern era

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  • Oh yes it will 🏴‍☠️

  • Pixelfed vs Vernissage

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  • You can export all your data including photos you post, but not sure about individually.

  • Pixelfed vs Vernissage

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  • Yeah, don't get me started on that. The developer of Pixelfed is extremely easily distracted. Every time a promise is made to focus on the Pixelfed improvements or bug fixes, the following day he's working on something else. I feel guilty for complaining, because it's free and he's essentially a solo dev, but when users are being told one thing and they see something else, you tend to lose confidence. He's done amazing work, but there's a lot to iron out that hasn't seemed like a priority for a long time.

  • Pixelfed vs Vernissage

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  • Yeah, I had the same experience, then saw more and more photos on my feed coming from vernissage.photos and had another look. Yeah the HDR feature and EXIF info is great.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Pixelfed vs Vernissage

  • Physicists Simulated a Quantum Process That Could End The Universe

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  • I like this answer, and I’ll be using it for a variety of things in the future.

  • Physicists Simulated a Quantum Process That Could End The Universe

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  • But what’s the point?

  • Gardening @lemmy.world
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    Anyone know if this apple tree can be saved?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Why is Windows still bloated

  • techsupport @lemmy.world
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    Bluetooth keyboard switching delay on Mac

  • TIFU @lemmy.world
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    TIFU by taking the dog out for a walk on a retracting lead.

  • Dull Men's Club @lemmy.world
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    Cup holders in a 2014 VW Touran

  • PieFed help @piefed.social
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    Posts missing from profile page when using Piefed account on Voyager and Interstellar

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Quentin Tarantino probably got into movie making after misunderstanding what "film footage" meant.

  • Apple @lemmy.world
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    WhatsApp now available on Apple Watch

    www.macrumors.com /2025/11/04/whatsapp-now-available-on-apple-watch/
  • Gaming @lemmy.world
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    They literally don't know they were born

  • pics @lemmy.world
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    Perfectly placed rainbow

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    A Broadway drag remake of Sophie's Choice called Jimmy Choo's

  • Apple @lemmy.world
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    Any 13 Pro owners planning to upgrade after yesterday's event?

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world
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    Hairy dirt ring

  • Games @lemmy.world
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    Robocop: Rouge City

  • Voyager @lemmy.world
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    Voyager showing -1 downvotes from Piefed account