It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?
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    2d ago 0%

    It's funny how Dutch doesn't shy away from loaning French words, despite the difference. Examples are chauffeur, etalage, cadeau, auto and medaille.

    I don't agree that aardappel is hard to pronounce in general if you're an English speaker though. Check it out: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/aardappel

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  • Best mobile games with 0 microtransactions?
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    Donut
    2d ago 100%

    I'm enjoying NecroMerger. It has optional ads (no forced short ads either) and the micro transactions are either some general buffs, ad-free version or gems. The gems are dished out royally imo, where I've purchased most of the premium currency content by just playing.

    Something you can't play right now but can sign up to play for later: WalkScape. It's an RPG game in a similar style to RuneScape, but you actually have to walk to craft, skill and walk around the map.

    The team has often said that they are against microtransactions and other monetization schemes that currently plague the industry, so they have plans to release a freemium version and a paid version.

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  • PS5 Pro's PSSR upscaler tested against FSR 3.1 and Nvidia DLSS 3.7 in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
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    Donut
    2d ago 100%

    You got a top of the line machine coming out and it still uses dynamic resolution for a 2021 game? How much of a scam is this device, lol.

    I ain't shitting on PSSR though, I think that's neat.

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  • It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?
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    Donut
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    Yup, pommes de terre. In Dutch is "aardappel", which is more literally earthapple. But I will add, the apple part isn't referring to the fruit, but means more like "a spherical object".

    Also the French used aardappel to create the word pomme de terre for it in 1716, as they couldn't pronounce the Dutch word.

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    I'm pretty sure the poors deserve their fate, sweaty
    Experiencing weird rubberbanding and disconnects on lan connection. [Satisfactory]
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    Donut
    4d ago 100%

    Now this is the niche content that makes Lemmy great. I've never really dabbled in multiplayer a lot as even though I have hundreds of hours, I never actually finished the whole thing, opting to start over every time I picked it back up.

    Just wanted to thank you for your post, it was fun to read

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  • JD Vance falsely claims Donald Trump didn’t lose 2020 election
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    Donut
    4d ago 88%

    They have to use this language to stay out of legal trouble. Saying things you know aren't true is indeed lying, but you have to prove that they know it's a lie.

    Intention to deceive is the key part, and hard to prove. So journalists play it on the safe side and just keep to the facts: they repeated false claims / statements.

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  • The developer of Rogue Legacy has officially released its source code 'in the pursuit of sharing knowledge'
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    4d ago 100%

    The second game is the ultimate version that Rogue Legacy 1 should have been, and I say this with a lot of love and hours into the first game. It takes everything from 1 and turns it up the maximum and then some.

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  • It's a Good Time To Be an Indie Game Fan
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    6d ago 100%

    I'd say this is mostly due to budget constraints. Voice acting, music scores, high fidelity art, models, animations etc cost a ton of money. Making random generated boards / levels / dungeons with simple art and scalable gameplay is simply just more feasible.

    Another aspect is the popularity of the game. We've seen a lot of saturation in genres over the years. A the peak of PUBG and Fortnite popularity, there were so many battle royale games coming out. Then we got extraction shooters, and so on.

    Personally, I love roguelikes and how we got to the point of mixing it with other genres (Balatro, Dungeon Clawler), but I can see your point. I feel the same about 2D (pixel art) platformers: I feel like I've seen it all already and nothing can excite me anymore.

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  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwog_oQQCGc

    Description: "This quick tutorial will show how to recover your Microsoft Windows workstation or server from the BSOD issues ( blue screen of death ) caused by the Crowdstrike update that led to the largest IT outage in history." Featuring a parody version of The Killers - Somebody Told Me Alternative piped link: https://piped.video/watch?v=Iwog_oQQCGc

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    I started a free trial and cancelled it immediately to have no ads while on holiday. Didn't realize they are offering some illusion of achievements as a "reward" for your attention, doubling as a FOMO weapon for when you want to quit.

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    science_memes@mander.xyz Edit: tried to crosspost on Eternity. I don't think it worked. Added in image and link to post https://mander.xyz/post/12455259

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    We all know bears don't know how to play chess. This is proof!

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