[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

A true grammar Nazi would obviously know that it is a proper contraction. No true Scotsman and all that ;P

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

EU is slightly over 448 million people vs 332 million in the USA.
4.233 million km² in EU vs 9.833 million km^2^ in the USA.
91 billion USD equivalent support from EU (including the EU organization and EU members) versus 75 billion USD from the USA.

91/75 = 1.213...
448/332 = 1.349
If you want per capita you get 0.203 (unit not given, they are the same for each comparison) per capita from EU, versus 0.225 per capita from the USA. The numbers based on area will be a lot worse for the USA.
To be clear; yes, the USA has contributed a little more per capita, but less in absolute terms. There's a maximum of 35% difference in the populations between the EU and the USA. That's "very comparable" when it comes to such large populations.

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

You don't even need the external tool, you can use the Steam terminal itself to download the depots, which I personally find more palatable than having another application that is getting access to my username and password (it needs those to get the access from Steam). Even though I don't think that tool is malicious I would still prefer to not have to rely on it.

  • Go to SteamDB, and search up your game.
  • Click on the app ID of the game you're looking for to go to its details page.
  • Take a look at the depots, and click on the depot ID of the one that looks like the one you want to download.
  • Click on the Manifests tab. Look at the list and find the version that you want to download. Record its manifest ID.
  • Open the Steam console. You can do this by opening a command window "Run" by pressing «Win + R» and then enter the command: steam://open/console, and then press Enter, or by opening any browser and enter the URL-address field write the same command: steam://open/console. You can even have it always available when you start Steam by appending -console to the launch options of the shortcut to the Steam exe.
  • The syntax to the "download_depot" command is as follows:
    download_depot [] [] [] : download a single depot
    You only need to worry about the first three arguments to it. Type the command, then the app ID, depot ID, and the manifest ID of the depot version you want.
  • Wait for Steam to download the depot. You won't see any indication of progress, but you can tell it's downloading by looking at the network usage on your downloads page. The download can pause/resume if your connection goes out, but won't if you restart the client.
  • After the download is done, Steam will show you where the files were downloaded to.
  • Go to the game's installation directory, and move the files somewhere else. Then go to where the depot files were downloaded to, and move everything over to the game folder.
  • You may have to rename the game's EXE file if the dev changed the launch options recently. You can find the current EXE name by going to the game's SteamDB page and clicking on the Configuration tab. 11. You should now be able to launch the old version through Steam.

Personally I found that you can just start the game from the download location and it will still have the Steam overlay if the game basically uses Steam as DRM.

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

I care, but mostly because it's fun. Just like apparently there's no such thing as a fish, and that fruits are vegetables...

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

The Dune trilogy when I was in something like 6th or 7th degree. It was just such a great piece of fiction to introduce quite a few philosophical thoughts at the time. I still enjoy the books. (and the old film with Sting in it)

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

"Okay, you spend 5 minutes picking the lock, you hear a click. When you try to open the door it seems locked..."

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

for the tech illiterate (me)?

;P

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

It's basically the "code" (markup, really) for showing the word "password" on a web page.

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

I think you may have meant teetotaller

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Why not on the 24th?

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

My books aren't digital at all. How can they have DRM?

[-] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I'm sure we can make you a 3D version of yourself soon enough

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