Thanks for the suggestion! I’m not really familiar with using 3rd party plugins on Linux, so I can’t make any promises, but I’ll look into it! :)

Hehe, thanks for looking through the code, I hope it’s somewhat legible. That line is actually almost a year old now. There were two previous iterations of this project which never saw any release (and were mostly made because I wanted to improve my Rust skills). But that function has survived through all of them. I’ve actually recovered from my joylessness pretty quickly. But hugs are always welcome! :)

Your keybindings won’t get overwritten by the app, I’m only putting my bindings into GW2’s import path as an XML. So you can back your bindings up in game by exporting them, and then import mine. I think the actual keybindings are stored on GW2’s server side, so it’s not really possible for me to change them directly.

This is not the case with Steam’s controller layouts, though. There, I’m overwriting the current “autosave”, so if that isn’t backed up beforehand, it might get lost.

That’s not really the case, though. Blocking that pipe off doesn’t fix any bug, it’s just a design choice to tell inventive players that they must solve the puzzle before continuing. Removing that and allowing players to progress without having solved the puzzle in its intended way is just a different design choice. Both are equally valid, in my opinion.

There actually have been quite a lot of bugfixes in the 20th anniversary update, which have an impact on current speedrunning tactics, as can be seen here within the section 20th Anniversary update of Half-Life 2. In the end, it’s pretty meaningless anyway, as most speedrunning of Half-Life 2 is done with a pretty ancient version of the game.

Es geht doch in dem Artikel nur darum, möglichst sachlich darzulegen, wie der Plan für die gemeinsame Mediathek der ÖRs aussehen wird und was wann zu erwarten ist. Dass das der zuständige Mitarbeiter schreibt, der sich vermutlich einfach am besten auskennt, sehe ich da wirklich als unproblematisch. Zumal es ja auch in der Kategorie „in eigener Sache“ untergebracht ist.

Dass das ZDF seine Ideen intern für gut befindet, hat nichts mit der Objektivität von redaktionellem Inhalt zu tun, sondern liegt in der Natur der Sache.

Bewertungen solcher Projekte sollte man, glaube ich, einfach immer von unbeteiligten Quellen einholen. Also in diesem Fall weder von den öffentlich Rechtlichen, noch von Medienhäusern, die sich in einem Konkurrenzverhältnis zu diesen sehen.

Ich bin vielleicht über die Jahre sehr pessimistisch geworden, was die SPD angeht, aber ich bin mir sehr sicher, dass die bei dem Thema am Ende der CDU „mit Bauchschmerzen“ zustimmen würden, wenn es dafür für sie eine Regierungsbeteiligung gibt.

I think I‘ve stumbled across this at some point, but I think it has been updated since.

Thanks for finding it, I‘ll keep it in mind when I get around to trying VR on Linux again in the future.

I’m doing all of my PC gaming on Linux for years now. Except for VR. It’s unfortunately not running well at all for me. I’m running an Nvidia GPU with a Valve Index and whenever I was able to even get a picture on the HMD in the first place, the latency from movement to screen was about a second or so. Which is an incredibly efficient way to feel incredibly sick.

I’m not sure about your setup, maybe it’s better supported in some way, but, from my experience, I’d unfortunately recommend keeping a Windows partition for VR and saving yourself the (quite literal) headache.

The source for this data is Equaldex. According to their data on Sweden, for example, the following things are rated negatively:

• non-binary genders aren‘t legally recognized
• intersex infant surgery is not banned
• donating blood is not always possible for homosexual men
• conversion therapy is not banned

They might also take their public opinion section into account for the country‘s overall score, but I haven‘t looked into that more thoroughly.

I‘m personally very happy with kagi when it comes to features and, most importantly, the quality of search results. But, as they don‘t have ads, it’s pretty expensive to use.

I agree that both the map and the statistic I’ve posted don’t take those country-specific characteristics into account.

I’m not sure how important that difference really is, though, as both the US and Germany seem to have pretty similar degrees of urbanization (US: 83.3%; Germany: 77.8%; source). So the rural population isn’t really that big in either country, relatively speaking.

I’m not trying to say that the rural population isn’t a factor, I’m just not sure how big that factor really is.

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Not a map, but at least some more data from some other countries. The own car is unfortunately the most used mode of transport for commuting in every surveyed country, but the US seem to be especially far behind when it comes to alternatives.

Sorry that I can’t really take your argument seriously, but which recycling advert claims to recycle every bit of plastic ever produced on earth? That’s what those 9% are.

I’m sure there are misleading ads in the recycling industry. Those are practically everywhere. But I’d really like to see that one.

The percentages which are probably actually used in promotional material, because they actually have something to do with what your local recycling plant is responsible for, and not what has been polluting the environment since the early nineteen-hundreds, can be seen in the table for Regional Data, which I’ve previously linked to.

If you still want to stick to the claim that because only 9% of every bit of plastic ever produced by all of humankind (1% more than once) makes plastic recycling in general a scam, I’ll be genuinely envious of your ability to reach mind-twisting conclusions from data which has absolutely nothing to do with the actual argument and your persistence in keeping that opinion. Maybe you can teach me sometime.

No, I don‘t think it is.

Not everything that isn‘t working perfectly is automatically a scam. There are many factors that might prevent a relatively large amount of trash from being recycled, like, for example, contamination with other substances or additives, unseparated composite materials or simply technical limitations.

That‘s not a scam, though, that‘s just the current state of the available technology.

Here in Germany, it‘s pretty common knowledge that these limitations exist. Recycling is still very common, as ~40% is still far better than 0%.

Yes it is.

Generalizing something as a “scam” without any sort of facts to back up that claim is plain and simple misinformation. If OP did, for example, say that they’re referring to the US specifically and that the issue isn’t really the recycling part, but the corruption part, I’d be completely fine with their claim. The way it’s written right now is misleading at best, and straight up false at worst.

Also, no, it’s not just Germany.

Thanks! Though I still think it’s not a good idea to dismiss plastic recycling in general when it’s just undermined by dickheads or not implemented well in someone’s country, I think I understand why some people here have such strong reservations against it.

Firstly, I‘m not twisting words, there is no mention of „plastic“ in the post I was replying to, just plain „recycling“.

Secondly, I’m sorry, but I really don‘t understand how a non-perfect rate makes plastic recycling a scam. Recycling is hard. There‘s no magic recycling machine, which just converts 100% of plastic waste to newly usable material. There are so many reasons for a less than perfect recycling rate (non-separated trash, contamination, badly designed packaging, technical limitations when sorting etc.pp.), that I find it just very strange and unhelpful to call it a scam without substantial support for that claim.

Sure, not using plastic would be best, but that‘s just more idealistic than realistic. I think that plastic is such an integral part of our lives right now, that it‘s not going to go away anytime soon. And that makes recycling, for now, an important step to reduce the total amount of plastic we use.

I‘m not even sure about that. According to EPA, the rate of recycling seems to be improving overall, paper and paperboard are recycled at 68.2% (2018), which is honestly a great rate. Sure, there‘s always going to be landfilling, be it because of the waste‘s quality, capacity issues, or, yes, even a bad actor. But generalizing recycling as a scam only leads people to think that it doesn‘t matter if you try to recycle or not. And that leads to 76% of recyclables never even getting the chance of being recycled.

This is wrong, please stop spreading this misinformation.

It probably differs from country to country, but in Germany, for example, between 38-48% of plastic is recycled (source). Sure, that‘s far from all of it, but still far, far better than nothing. Falsely claiming that recycling is mostly a scam and, by that, implying that it doesn‘t make sense to try to recycle you trash, is a horrible idea and only makes the situation worse.

Bei einfachen Shirts bin ich mit denen von Sanvt sehr zufrieden. Sind zwar ziemlich teuer, aber bequem und sehr gut verarbeitet.

I‘ve played GW2 a lot and pretty much exclusively on Linux for a few years now and it‘s been pretty smooth.

For the best experience, make sure your graphics driver is up to date (as of now it should start with 550, 555 or 560).

I‘d also recommend installing the game via Steam, as this makes the whole compatibility stuff far easier. The Steam version also works if you want to log in with an Arenanet-account. Just add this launch option (note the capitalization; it has to be exact) and you‘ll be able to log in with your existing account:

-provider Portal

Just make sure not to buy anything via Steam as purchases won‘t be associated with the correct account.

You‘ll also want to make sure (although it‘s probably set as default by now) to use Proton 9.0 or above, as the game‘s launcher is really stuttery in previous versions.