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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41271371

Cool. Now lets get rid of the US Dollar.

"Given that I don't like the word 'hate', it's not my language, I want to remind everyone that we protect our merchant ships ourselves, with our Navy that has shot down several drones launched by the Houthis against us"

Italian Foreign Minister - Antonio Tajani

How did this all happen? After first touching base with our team and ensuring our interest, the team at Gunzilla Games secured the rights to Game Informer. From the start, the new owners insisted on the idea of Game Informer remaining an independent editorial outlet; they felt just as strongly as our team did that the only path forward was with an editorial group that made 100 percent of the decisions around what we cover and how we do so, without any influence from them or anyone else.

Game Informer now operates under an entity called Game Informer Inc., and our intent is to continue to focus on highlighting the coolest games, celebrating the history and legacy of the gaming industry, and shining a spotlight on the creators and players who are charting its future. I am deeply grateful for the trust and enthusiasm from the team at Gunzilla Games; they see the same potential in Game Informer as our team does, and their encouragement to do so ethically and free of outside pressure is laudable.

Hey there!

I'm a solo dev working on a sci-fi grand strategy game (I didn't manage to find if self-promo is allowed so I'll keep the name for myself).

I was updating my planning and started to think: since my game will be published on Steam, it will be playable on Linux using Compatibility Mode even if I don't specifically target Linux itself. I myself play on an Ubuntu and this allows me to play almost every Windows game (old ones are more capricious, but recent ones are ok).

So I'm wondering, is there really an advantage to have native Linux support nowadays? As a solo dev, the thing I lack the most is time. The days/weeks/months it would take me to add it and fix all the probable bugs it entails could be used to improve the game itself or add features instead for example.

On a more general note, what do you other Linux players expect from a Linux game?

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Public- and private-sector organisations in Sweden need to “urgently step up their efforts to create a payments market that can withstand disruptions”, the Scandinavian nation’s central bank’s governor has warned.

Sweden’s payments market has evolved in recent years to become ‘almost entirely’ digital, according to the Riksbank (central bank), meaning that topics including maintaining access to cash already have heightened political prominence.

But in an announcement accompanying the release of a ‘Payments Report 2025’, Erik Thedéen said that “in light of the deteriorating security situation in Sweden and our neighbouring region”, the central bank is “prioritising work on improving the possibility of making offline payments by card to strengthen resilience.”

The possibility to pay by card when the internet is not working – ‘so-called offline payments’ – is an area that ‘the Riksbank believes needs to be improved considerably, particularly in light of the geopolitical unease in the world,’ according to the announcement (‘Global environment puts pressure on payments system resilience’). ‘The possibility to pay offline in Sweden is currently limited and does not work at all if you tap your card or use your mobile phone for payments,’ the central bank states. ‘In addition, these contactless payments contribute to more people forgetting their PINs and losing track of their cards.’

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In the report, Sweden’s central bank emphasises that the state needs to play an ‘active role in the payments market to contribute to innovation, competition and resilience, among other things.’

‘The role of the Riksbank depends on changes in the world around us and how well the market itself can fulfil society’s need for safe, efficient and accessible payments,’ the central bank notes.

‘Cash remains an important payment option, not only for contingency planning reasons, but also for people who, for various reasons, are unable or unwilling to access digital services,’ it explains.

The Riksbank believes that legislation is required to maintain the use of cash. A ‘Cash Inquiry’, appointed by the Ministry of Finance, presented such proposals at the end of last year. The Payments Report 2025 notes that cash usage in Sweden continues to decline, with just one in every ten purchases made in cash.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27402252

In a rare event in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, hundreds of Gazan citizens marched in the northern town of Beit Lahiya carrying white flags, calling to end the Hamas rule, and even calling to hand over the Israeli hostages.

The protests took place in front of the Indonesian Hospital in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. One protester who filmed the events questioned where Qatari Al Jazeera and its Gaza correspondent Anas al-Sharif are, implicitly referring to the channel’s no criticism of Hamas policy.

people are demanding the press to cover these events!” he said. “People are demanding freedom, they’re demanding a halt to the hostilities against Gaza, they’re demanding peace and an end to this war.” One of them said, “The press entered the hospital so as to not document this event.”

Slogans shouted in the protest included “Out out out! Hamas out!” and “Where is the press?” and “We want to live!” Signs held by protesters included slogans such as “We refuse to be the ones who die” and “Stop the war.”

Another video showed hundreds of marchers walking in the streets of Beit Lahiya, with the cameraman saying: “Large crowds are protesting now against the rule of Hamas. The situation in Gaza is catastrophic. The people here are calling to free the prisoners so we can remain alive,” possibly referring to the remaining Israeli hostages.

• Schulen sind die unfallträchtigsten Standorte: In einem Umkreis von 400 m ereigneten sich 58.610 Unfälle, gefolgt von Kindergärten mit 46.306 Unfällen.
• Donnerstag ist der unfallträchtigste Wochentag an Schulen, Kindergärten, Krankenhäusern und Pflegeheimen, mit 22.300 registrierten Unfällen.
• Am wenigsten Unfälle passieren sonntags (10.143).
• Die gefährlichste Uhrzeit ist 16:00 Uhr mit 11.165 gemeldeten Unfällen – zur typischen Feierabend- und Abholzeit an Schulen.
• Die häufigste Unfallart ist das Abbiegen oder Kreuzen von Straßen: 12.889 Unfälle ereigneten sich 2023 in der Nähe von Schulen, 9.351 Unfälle in der Umgebung von Kindergärten.

I'm seeing one too many people blaming social media for this and social media for that because it's just simply - social media. I think about this because I believe that you shouldn't blame the tool because it is a tool, but blame the person who uses the tool for their intent.

Which means I'm on the side of the camp that actually knows lots of people abuse social media and has it demonized. It's absolutely silly to just blame a concept or an idea for just being as is. So everyone else is going around blaming and blaming social media for their problems. Not too much the individuals that have contaminated it with their empty-brained existences.

And we all know that some of the more popular social media platforms are controlled by devoid-of-reality sychophants in Zuck, Spez, Musk that sways and stirs the volume of people on their platform with their equally as devoid ideas in how to manage.

Social Media, whether you like it or not, has a use. It's a useful tool to engage with eachother as close as possible. Might be a bit saturated with many platforms to choose from.

But I just think social media being blamed for just being as is, is such a backwards way of thinking.

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Looks like Tesla’s profiting off government subsidies has finally hit a wall in Canada.

After Tesla requested reimbursement for an unprecedented 8,669 Canadian EV rebates in just three days, the Canadian government froze Tesla’s rebate payments and paused all future eligibility.

For those keeping score, Tesla claimed to sell 1.5 vehicles per minute, a huge spike that came after the company was alerted that the rebate fund would run out.

That means that $43 million in Tesla rebate payments are frozen and future subsidies paused. Read on for the full story!