Victor

Ooh, that’s a good position to be in from the users’ perspective. 👌 Thanks!

Right, but I only have my PC.

Yeah? I’ve heard about that since I was young, and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to enshittify for some reason. But I thought it was made by a company. Oh well, might give it a go. Thank you.

Any reason why anything not self hosted won’t be subject to enshittification down the line? 🥲

As long as the voice is solid, I’m good with that.

I used Mumble before Discord was a thing, but the self-hosting a server thing got a bit old, and required me to keep my PC on at all times in case my buddies wanted to play games and chat when I wasn’t available.

Anybody here who have a good recommendation for something as simple as Discord with audio lobbies? I see all these recommendations for alternative platforms and software which mostly focus on the community/forum aspect of Discord, and not the things Discord was meant to be used for: talking with your buddies while gaming.

I can’t lie if I didn’t say I’m also drawn to software written in Rust, as it automatically has an aura of being fast and “memory safe”. But of course, Rust software is not immune to bugs. 😅

I don’t think it’s ever been so seemingly important to name-drop what language a piece of software is written in than as in the post-Rust era.

It’s like “Rust” is some kind of stamp of approval. It’s certainly not a bad thing/sign, but it’s just a pattern I’ve noticed. Everything written in Rust is advertised as such, as opposed to other software where it doesn’t seem as prevalently prominent.

Just an observation.

No less than three Friday the thirteenth this year… 🫣

just because it was shown at the last in the show…

Later people played it and it wasn’t that good either

That sounds a bit conflicting… People remember their first impressions. Probably even apply for refunds and don’t intend to try again. The rest of us weren’t really interested to begin with, I guess.

Yeah, exactly. It’s very predatory.

I don’t think I’m their intended customer demographic. 😅 I use it to keep a tight check on all my purchases. Recently started doing the monthly invoice thing as well, so neat and tidy. One payment every month, then rearrange money in our bank accounts as needed based on shared economy with the wife. Bish bash bosh.

😄 No worries mate

And where is that? 🤔

Where I live there’s a bit of interest when you postpone your payments further than 30 days. Other than that, no interest. Just like a regular credit card.

Yikes, alright, good luck

Good question.

It’s because I wanted full control over my purchases, how much money went to what things. Partly because I need to be aware of how much money I should take from our shared budget account, and also to keep a close eye on the actual budget to see if the monthly budget needs adjusting.

My regular bank debit card didn’t have this functionality at the time (not sure if it does now, but probably 🤷‍♂️).

So it’s pretty much strictly a control thing.

I don’t think I’m really Klarna’s target audience. They want customers who have poor money management. 😅

😂

I use Klarna for all my purchases but not rent and parking garage ffs. Danger zone.

And isn’t there interest when doing this as well?

I’m personally of the opinion that we should always upgrade if the improvement is significant and the improvement actually gains us something beneficial.

Sometimes even a significant improvement doesn’t necessarily net you a real tangible gain. But often it does!