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Dark Reader is great with nearly everything except Google Sheets for some reason, which is why I seek an alternative:

1. Install and enable Dark Reader
2. Open Google Sheets and type some text in cells
3. It's also dark and illegible, but the font color is normal if Dark Reader is turned off for Google Sheets

This is unfortunately important because a massive amount of my work depends on Google Sheets. Other than this one issue, it works well with everything else.

I just thought it'd be hilarious if a dev named their game, like, "Warhound 2" or something when there was never an original "Warhound" lol (and like, do so seriously, not just as a parody or joke, at least primarily so).

Most efficient way to claim GOG games and block added disruptions:

1. Log in to GOG
2. Open this link: https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim (a correct auto-claim will just show {} in the top-left with nothing else; then close the tab)
3. Open this link and undo any/all resulting auto-subscriptions as you prefer: https://www.gog.com/account/settings/subscriptions

You would think that the reduced anonymity might count for anything, but apparently it doesn't. I bought a small wagon from a seller who apparently orders them in bulk from China for resale here in the States. It was still taped in its box, so I couldn't preview it before buying it; she wouldn't let me, and my round-trip drive for this thing had totaled to a bit over an hour (despite seeing some nice scenes, sure), so I didn't want to drive back empty-handed. Yet I only found out after I got home, opened it, and assembled it that the handle is loose.

This was a damaged-box product which is why it sold on a fire discount of just $15, but even so I told her about the handle and she basically said that I knew what I was getting into when I bought it at such a price. After I said that while I suspect that the handle may fall off in half a year, she didn't need to be so defensive, either, she suddenly blocked me out of the blue. The listing disappeared from my view and I have no idea of how to reach this person apart from possibly trying to have a friend who she hasn't blocked to review-bomb her on my behalf. I have not done that yet because I don't want to expose my friend to unknown inconveniences.

Ironically, she had at least 4.6★ that I can recall. I think this is how mass FBM sellers of new products (as opposed to one-time used ones) keep their ratings high: by blocking anyone showing the slightest sign of critique so that they literally cannot leave a negative review. I had no idea that FBM functioned like this. I thought that despite blocking, at least the listing would still be available.

I almost thought about planning a visit some time to egg her house (since that's where I met her for it), but I'll be a better human than that and not do something so lowly. I'm now wondering if maybe this person's sales can be reported for tax evasion, come to think of it...

I mean, I guess I shouldn't say "surprisingly" because that's sort of an insult to all the positive reviews it has. But still, I was hesitant based on the trailers making it look like it's too repetitive and simple relative to FTL and Slay the Spire.

It's pretty satisfying to have modules that chain with each other in generating more and more energy after you've spent your last cell. It's really cool to see an enemy set to annihilate you even when you're at max health, only for you to cleverly manipulate your energy numbers and generate more to turn the tide all the way to even striking them instead. It feels like a "slower" Cobalt Core (even though they're both turn-based).

(irreversibly to the masses, even as it closed-sourced its AI)

Thanks to @TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip for reminding me about this train of thought that I had years ago during COVID lol.

Who knows if viruses used to be helpful had they not gone awry?!

I can see it now: just get the enemy to breathe in a cloud of nanobots, or have the bots enter their body through an open cut that they make, and the enemy's body is yours: no violence needed.

We live in a terrifying time because there's just no way to dodge this sort of stuff unless you have the EMP tech, since a Hazmat suit is unsustainable to don long-term.

EDIT: No, I didn't watch anything! I've been reading about how nanobots are currently being used in the medical field to clear plaque from arteries, so I have simply been chugging with that train of thought in a more nefarious direction...

And are there any that https://jan.ai/ supports? That'd be great!

It has classics from Backgammon (and its multiplayer equivalent, Ludo) to Terraforming Mars and up to modern titles released this year. Many are totally free to play with just an account. Some are paywalled behind premium access, but you only need one person at the table with a premium subscription to start the game, and then everyone else can participate for free.

You can play in real time with people or turn-based across days at a dozen different virtual tables simultaneously (it notifies you, either by email or other settings, whenever it's your turn).

It handholds you through legal moves, so you can use the platform to learn new games. Some of my in-person board game purchases came from games I learned here online!