Somewhat OT: deepl.com translated surprisingly well for me (English<->German)

*edit* ...for other texts...

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Forgive me but Google translate translates French very well, contrary to your assertions, I actually use it to write to you !!

On February 4, 2025, the Board of Directors of PayPal Holdings, Inc. authorized a repurchase plan.

This should be easily solvable. Such a plan would have shown up in English as well. Actually, I'm sure they would be obliged to publish this e.g. in the US. So, if it's true, there must be an English publication about it. Please show it.

I thought the original was French, not English, so... nevermind.

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Wonder how long the UK government will keep this running. What happens if money becomes tight or the Tories take power again?

The law has been passed by the Torries.

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What happens when you've got poor credit and no active credit cards? Like if you lose a job due to no fault of your own, can't pay your bills anymore, and that tanks your credit?

... or if you just don't want a credit card, like me.

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Just to those worried that Proton kills native ports. That may be true, but I'll remind you that...

Many of the native ports lag behind
Or, they're buggy

I wonder why people keep saying that, and I keep experiencing the opposite.
I have good experiences with my game collection, consisting of some 400 games, > 90% of them being native games.
(So, you're really not "reminding" me of anything.)

Might be a matter of preferred genres. I'm mainly playing point and click and puzzle games.
I also usually play a game until it's finished and don't come back.
There's enough new stuff to play.

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But other things i really hate about it, like the way we count. 53 in german is "three-and-fifty". It must be a horrible language to learn for migrants.

It's also terrible for my native German kids...

But...

Ever learned French? :D

Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
(Four-twenty-ten-nine),
because
4 * 20 + 10 + 9 = 99

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Wow, German words can get REALLY long...

I think in this case it's mainly an Aufmerksamkeitssteigerungsstrategie(*)(**).

(*) strategy to raise attention

(**) Hey, it's not yet in Google! :wub:

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Lazy devs, no Linux version on GOG and updates took forever to arrive.

It looks a bit strange on Steam, too. The game link on their news has a Linux icon, the hardware requirements not (yet).
But they were very optimistic about a native Linux version in the forum.
(I guess they don't want to get the backlash about just supporting Proton being better and native ports being so bad by Linux gamers? ;| )

I'm looking forward to it!

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What does the "Ukrainian" Game Festival have to do with anything? This is a article specifically highlighting that the game was made by Ukrainians - as if thst makes their game any better than anyone elses

As stated in the article and in my first answer, the game is part of the Ukrainian Game Festival. Which might happen to have something to do with stating that the devs are Ukrainian.

By the way, I wonder why you are writing the country's name in quotation marks.

We should ostracize anyone who engages in this political grandstanding and assess fames purely on merit

I bought Foxtrail, though I fear it will never be finished, because the devs are Ukrainian, and suffer under this war.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/581360/FoxTail/ [External Link]

Feel free to ostracize me!

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Nobody says "X game made by American devs" or "Y game made by Iraqi devs" or "Z game made by Chinese devs".

Yeah, Ukrainian Games Festival was the first and only one...

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/games-made-in-germany-2024 [External Link]

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nzgames2024 [External Link]

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/austria [External Link]

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/FromPolandWithLove2025 [External Link]

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