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How do you install mods for Skyrim Special Edition?
  • If you're using steam, it's probably steamapps/compatdata/489830/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Skyrim Special Edition/Plugins.txt. All the various tools will just try to modify that file for you.

    I have ~500 mods working well on linux just by manually installing them one at a time over a couple of years.

  • The foreign interference behind Canada's foreign interference act
  • I went looking for coverage of this from the big news media and didn't find a whole lot.

    When the best the CBC can do is one brief mention that civil liberties groups had "several issues with the bill" right at the end of a lightweight report that mostly stresses how urgent it is to combat foreign interference, many Canadians will resort to trashy "news" sites like The Canada Files which from the looks of some of the things it publishes has a pretty high probability of itself being a foreign disinformation campaign.

  • Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks
  • Well, at least they didn't go with the Sony Minidisc.

  • Will Linux’s New run0 Command Run sudo Out of Town?
  • I'm not a fan of the idea at all, but come on, it can't really be that bad. There's got to be somewhere you can tell it what environment variables to use. Probably something like run0 systemd-edit /usr/system/systemd/systemrun/run0-environment --system-default=system

  • Tobacco companies are at it again
  • the harm caused by vaping and why it is not a good way to stop smoking

    I'm not up to date with the latest research on the dangers of vaping. When I did look into it some years ago things were very much inconclusive. The only thing that was really clear was that it's nowhere near as bad as smoking, despite many well-funded people trying their hardest to prove otherwise. Presumably more evidence has come in since then.

    But I do know that it is still a very good way to quit smoking. The only way that works for some people. There's been plenty of research to support that, but it seems pretty damn obvious to many of us who've done it.

    It'll probably be a little less easy if the tobacco companies succeed in fully taking over the market with their shitty cigarette-shaped disposable products, so perhaps we can hope that someone considers that when deciding how to regulate the market.

  • A "test" to judge Star Trek shows
  • It's just a thought. On further consideration I'd probably broaden it to any non-Starfleet faction. In cases where there is one involved in the plot I like it when they're portrayed in more depth than is usual.

  • Linux during the mid to late 90s (Windows 95 and 98 era)
  • There were some tools available to make it easy. For instance, to get a modeline that might work for your monitor just fill out this simple form.

  • Linux during the mid to late 90s (Windows 95 and 98 era)
  • My linux experience:

    1993 - Hey, there's a new Unix-like thing for the PC. You can check it out down at the university computer club.

    1994 - Wow, I finally managed to get X running

    1996 - It was somewhat normal for more nerdy software developers to run linux full-time on their desktop at work.

    1998 - Linux was taking over servers to the point where you rarely saw Solaris, HP-UX, AIX around any more.

    2002 - Everyone agreed that linux was pretty much ready to take over the desktop as well.

  • A "test" to judge Star Trek shows
  • Counter-proposal: Same thing, except instead of crew members it's people from whatever non-Federation civilisation is involved that week.

  • Candace Owens describes science as "pagan faith"
  • Science is a religion in the same way that golf is a religion. It's not, but it's easy to see how one might get the wrong idea by listening to the rhetoric of its most enthusiastic admirers and not looking too closely at the actual thing they're talking about.

  • Member states falling short of Digital Decade goals, shows latest European Commission report
  • Recognizing that those goals are simply wrong should be one of those "basic digital skills" they talk about. I mean use cloud services and AI if you really need them, but it should not be encouraged.

  • I love the new sponsored clickbait in my firefox start page
  • Maybe more people will join me in thinking that the best thing to do is to set browser.newtabpage.enabled=false and otherwise fiddle with the settings until it just shows you nothing but a blank page in a nice colour when you open a new tab or window.

  • Who is the Real Pierre Poilievre?
  • It's the one with the glasses. He doesn't give a damn about God, gays, gender, or guns, except in that they are useful tools for achieving power.

  • [from [email protected]] Spain - Adults who want to enter porn websites must have a 'digital card' with 30 accesses valid for 30 days
  • El Mundo according to google translate:

    The problem is that the Agency only has powers for companies and internet providers with their main establishment in Spain and that is why it seeks to extend its project worldwide.

    For this reason, in addition to explaining it in the US and before the EC, it has been presented to the Plenary of the European Data Protection Committee, where work is being done under age verification criteria and it is expected that some criteria will be approved before the summer based on the Spanish proposal.

  • [from [email protected]] Spain - Adults who want to enter porn websites must have a 'digital card' with 30 accesses valid for 30 days
  • No need to resort to using tor. I'm sure there will be plenty of clearnet websites around the world that provide what people are looking for without much caring about what the government of Spain has to say about things. Increasingly many, I expect, as it becomes impossible to comply with every one of these ridiculous laws around the world.

  • Steam survey for June 2024, Linux still above 2%
  • Okay great. Call me when it's 10%.

  • Everybody thinks they're Galileo
  • It's a good thing our new mechanical horses have no waste products at all, otherwise that dude might've had a point.

  • 4 DLL plugins don't load. Error code: 0000007E
  • Ah, well I didn't see this 4 days ago... did you figure it out? Since you're on linux, one thing to check is whether you've got case insensitive filesystem problems, e.g. one mod gives you "SKSE/Plugins" and another uses "skse/plugins" which gets quite likely the more you install. When there are two files with the same name like that, Skyrim is only going to find one of them.

    I don't know if MO2 fixes that for you or not, I just install them with a shell script. If you're just starting out, probably better to make an ext4 case-sensitive filesystem for windows games with mods to use.

  • Honest Government Ad | AI
  • Good to see the Government getting it right, for once.

  • Short scene from a dream

    Feeling the need to urinate, I went in to the appropriate room and found the big black cauldron that people are meant to piss in on the floor next to a fireplace. As I got going I noticed that the room wasn't empty, and that I was standing right next to a table for two where a man and his wife were trying to eat dinner. "Excuse me sir, didn't see you there" I apologized. They looked unhappy. As I continued, everyone else in the restaurant turned to look at me. As if I was the one doing something weird.

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    how to fix Skyrim game balance, the complicated way

    Here are some mods I can recommend that directly affect game balance, feel free to suggest more. For the most part I've listed only things that directly affect the basic variables in simple ways, not including survival mode stuff, combat overhauls, perk tree changes, the paraglider, and many other things that obviously do also affect game balance but aren't only about that.

    *Skyrim Skill Uncapper for SE and AE - Adjust rate of level up for each skill individually. I like level-ups to be way slower than the base game, like 10 times slower, but with skills where tedious grinding is already the only way to train them left closer to normal but contributing less to character level advancement. Enjoy being level 1 for a meaningful amount of time.

    *Armor Rating Overhaul - Makes early-game armour not completely useless. Getting some should be the priority it normally is in such games. The base game armor rating algorithm seems weirdly broken, any of this mod's options is better.

    *Yet Another Difficulty Mod - Adjust damage dealt/damage taken, optionally changing it automatically as you advance. In my current game it's set to start with 1.0/2.0 at level 1 and smoothly progress to 0.5/5.0 at level 30 (compared to 0.25/3.0 for default legendary mode) and so far that seems good.

    *Extra Encounters Reborn - Encounter more problems when wandering around the world.

    *High Level Enemies - Make those you encounter more dangerous. Many of the people and animals who live only to murder passing strangers scale to higher levels than previously possible.

    *NPC Regen Nerfed - Taking away their infinite magicka supply makes things a little easier.

    *Simple No Health Regen - If you don't go full survival mode, maybe at least have no health regen.

    *Smart NPC Potions - They might use two or three healing potions during a fight. Also they might poison you.

    *Maxsu Combat Escape - When fights are actually difficult you might want to be able to run away without that stupid ogre continuing to be angry at you forever from the far side of a mountain.

    *Simply Better Movement Speeds - My current choice of movement speed mod.

    *Encounter Zones Unlocked - Probably helps if you're going to have a playthrough that goes on for a while.

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    Squardle - Wordle squared?

    Squardle is the best one. There's something of a learning curve. It looks intimidating at first. Once you get the hang of it though, it's just right.

    It's given me a few minutes of word game entertainment every morning for the past year. I may not know much, but I know all the five-letter words now.

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    Why didn't anyone tell me that Papyrus Tweaks NG is mandatory once you have too many other mods?

    Why didn't anyone tell me that Papyrus Tweaks NG is mandatory once you have too many other mods?

    Too many being probably about four hundred in my case. Script lag was getting ridiculous and then it started locking up, and now suddenly with that one addition, it's smooth and solid again. With that I guess my personal version of Skyrim is pretty much done, or at least ready for play testing.

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    www.cigionline.org The Road to Digital Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

    This legislative triad would grant the government sweeping new powers to censor and censure, undermining privacy rights.

    The Road to Digital Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
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    Update available! This version is very old.

    > Update available! This version is very old.

    Xscreensaver has apparently been checking for updates and is disappointed that it hasn't had one for 14 months because Debian is too stable. Can anyone recommend a linux screensaver which would work with xfce and can be trusted to never do that?

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    SKYBLIVION Development Diary 5

    yewtu.be Our Next Chapter On Road To Release | SKYBLIVION Development Diary 5

    Oblivion remade in the Skyrim engine. Thats our goal. With our planned 2025 release date we’re showcasing gameplay systems, a part of the world map, a new city, Ayleid dungeons and much more. Despite our progress, we can’t do this alone: we hope with your support to finish the final steps in comple...

    Our Next Chapter On Road To Release | SKYBLIVION Development Diary 5

    > > > Oblivion remade in the Skyrim engine. Thats our goal. With our planned 2025 release date we’re showcasing gameplay systems, a part of the world map, a new city, Ayleid dungeons and much more. > >

    > > > Despite our progress, we can’t do this alone: we hope with your support to finish the final steps in completing Skyblivion. Does that sound like something you can do? Then please visit our website to apply: https://www.skyblivion.com/volunteer/ > >

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    nexusmods.com is blaming their current outage on Fallout:

    nexusmods.com is blaming their current outage on Fallout:

    > We are experiencing much more traffic than usual due to the popularity of the Fallout TV series [...] this extra traffic could cause a degraded experience across the website and our applications.

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    Well, I finally found out how to subscribe to c/baduk from here. Any baduk players still hanging around?

    Well, I finally found out how to subscribe to c/baduk from here. Any baduk players still hanging around?

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    > you’re invited to a special program that lets redditors purchase stock

    I loaded a page on reddit due to a search result and found out that I'm among the chosen few. Message sent yesterday. They must've gotten fewer takers than expected on the first round of invites if they're now offering shares to people who haven't posted, commented, voted, or done anything else on the site for the past 8 months.

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    Linux @fedia.io kbal @fedia.io

    I've just done a kernel build for the first time in years. Don't know why I ever hesitated, it was about as easy as doing a load of laundry. Push a few buttons to start the machine working on it, come

    I've just done a kernel build for the first time in years. Don't know why I ever hesitated, it was about as easy as doing a load of laundry. Push a few buttons to start the machine working on it, come back in an hour and it's done. The build scripts even made a .deb for me.

    I seem to remember it being more complicated 20 years ago.

    #Linux

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    Help @[email protected] become Mayor of London.

    gofundme.com Help Count Binface run for Mayor of London 2024!, organized by Count Binface

    Hello! My name is Count Binface, intergalactic space warrior, democrac… Count Binface needs your support for Help Count Binface run for Mayor of London 2024!

    Help Count Binface run for Mayor of London 2024!, organized by Count Binface

    > > > Count Binface, intergalactic space warrior, democracy-lover, and croissant-price-cap crusader. > >

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    www.michaelgeist.ca Site Blocking and Age Verification for Twitter, Instagram, Snap and Twitch?: Age Verification Lobby Confirms it Wants Bill S-210 to Cover All Social Media Sites - Michael Geist

    Bill S-210 - the Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act - burst onto the public scene late last year as a majority of the House voted for the bill at second reading, sending it to the Public Safety committee for review. The bill, which is the brainchild of Senator Julie Miville-Du...

    Site Blocking and Age Verification for Twitter, Instagram, Snap and Twitch?: Age Verification Lobby Confirms it Wants Bill S-210 to Cover All Social Media Sites - Michael Geist

    > > > The bill, which is the brainchild of Senator Julie Miville-Duchêne, was supported by the Conservatives, Bloc and NDP with a smattering of votes from backbench Liberal MPs (the cabinet voted against, signalling it is not supported by the government). The bill raises significant concerns with the prospect of government-backed censorship, mandated age verification to use search engines or social media, and a framework for court-ordered website blocking > >

    This bill passed second reading in the House of Commons. It is a serious threat. The age verification lobby is making its push, trying to bring this arrant nonsense to Canada before we and the rest of the world realise how little good and how much harm it can do.

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    Fedia Discussions @fedia.io kbal @fedia.io

    Federation is more broken than usual

    When I look at https://fedia.io/all/newest right now there seems to be very little getting through today, with only 3 new threads in the past 10 hours.

    Edit: 4 now that I've posted this one, and now I notice that they're all from local users.

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    I agree with Pierre Poilievre: The next election should be about the carbon tax.

    I agree with Pierre Poilievre: The next election should be about the carbon tax.

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    discourse.mozilla.org Enhancer for YouTube is gone

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/enhancer-for-youtube/ What is the reason this add-on was removed? It used to be spotlighted at https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/enhancer-for-youtube/

    Enhancer for YouTube is gone

    Yet another popular extension has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. It seems that its author might have requested its removal, but if so then even in that case the longstanding Mozilla policy of telling its users absolutely nothing about what happened applies.

    It happened a month ago but it took me this long to notice since the feature I like best only recently stopped working. It's the sort of thing that requires periodic updates to keep up with changes to the youtube UI.

    Does anyone know of another extension that can automatically resize the youtube player to fill the browser window? Or, for that matter, the invidious one?

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    www.nexusmods.com Chanterelle - a Savage World to Explore

    A world Skyrim sized made to be used with Campfire/Hunterborn/Frostfall. Huge, no civilization. To expand Skyrim with wildlands. Two full worldspaces to explore. Portals from Falkreath hold and The Re

    I've spent most of my gaming time for the past year gradually applying more and more mods to Skyrim, and finally got around to trying Chanterelle last week.

    It doesn't have much in the way of quests or npc dialogue, but everything it does have is top quality. Lots of wilderness to explore, a couple of dungeons to crawl. Somehow the landscapes feel more realistic than most of Skyrim. Recommended for those who enjoy walking around in the woods. There are many wonders to discover. Next new game I'm going to try starting there.

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    www.nexusmods.com Backported Extended ESL Support

    Adds support for the extended plugin (ESL) range introduced in game version 1.6.1130 to versions 1.5.97, 1.6.659, and anything in between.

    Backported Extended ESL Support

    It allows older versions of Skyrim to handle files with the new plugin version number. Removes any temptation I might've had to install the update any time soon.

    If you reverted to 1.6.640 for example and it was still crashing (as some reported) it's probably because they snuck a new .esl file in that you didn't notice, and this mod should fix that as well.

    Even if we never get another Elder Scrolls game worthy of its legacy, Skyrim modding will continue.

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    forums.nexusmods.com Skyrim Special Edition Update Incoming

    As you might know, Bethesda's own modding service - Bethesda.net - has been offline since 29 November for maintenance. This has meant that the in-game mod browser and Creation Club content were not available for Skyrim Special Edition players on Steam, Epic and Xbox Game Pass (GOG users are not a...

    Skyrim Special Edition Update Incoming

    In the unending quest to extract money from the mod scene, an update has arrived. Make sure to take a backup before you next launch the game from Steam. There's already a new release of SKSE but who knows what else might be freshly broken.

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