Liam, I just noticed on a comment that the bookmark button gets replaced by { :bookmark} when not logged in.

Edit: and the text by the button inside comments, including code blocks (added a space before the column to avoid this)

:D

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Quoting: riusma

Quoting: SchattenspiegelGreat, but and now the tray menu is broken...

Quoting: facelessYeap :( noticed that too in my ubuntu 16.04 machine.

In which way? Seems to work as before (but I don't use it that much) on my PC (Ubuntu 16.04)... :\

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4795 [External Link]

The steam client still has a lot of things to improve, but it's getting there.
I think it would however work a lot better if it was 64-bits, as issues like this one could be avoided a bit more easily.

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Nice to see those improvements going into stable, but isn't it a bit early? The latest beta with the ability to move files hasn't been around for a long time... I would have expected a feature freeze at some point.

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Quoting: EikeI feel you missed a joke here.

Can you explain the joke? Maybe isn't funny in my country.

I will do my best, but there's probably someone who will do a better job at it than myself.
Let's see how the original post went:
1. Paradox allows controlling immigration policies
2. Some people assume that this means they are pro or anti-immigration
3. Observation: Paradox also allows controlling different policies in their games, that amount to religious genocide, cultural assimilation, genocide of indigenous peoples, colonialism, free trade, protectionism, as well as other policies
4. Therefore, following the same reasoning as 2) we can infer that they support (or are against) all those policies as well
5. Now, assume the position of a anti-Marxist person (but this could have been anything)
6. Cherry-pick a position you oppose among the ones you assume they take
7. Fire: they are Marxist loons. Attack them like they were attacked by believer of 2) to make blatantly obvious how nonsensical this reasoning is. Basically, people that fit into 2) are just making fools of themselves. This statement is supposed to be ironic.

To elaborate on 5, I will attempt to rephrase it. It works best if you use common/known arguments, and even better if those are publicly discredited, but you can really just put anything.
something has to be done about these religious zealots.
something has to be done about these racist scum.
something has to be done about these feminist vandals.
something has to be done about these capitalist bastards.
something has to be done about these fascists morons.
something has to be done about these Marxist loons.
something has to be done about these nazi jerks.

Then, I am not sure I got the joke correctly, and it was only midly amusing (that's irony, after all).

@Arkona: regardless of one's opinion, I still think it makes sense in a strategy game such as this one. That's strategy. And nothing is black or white; you have to evaluate the benefits/costs of choosing either option. Actually, I think that would make a good definition for "strategy".

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Meh, I don't see the problem either. Refugees can cause some problems, but also bring opportunities (think about Einstein, for example). I think that's a very good fit for a strategy game, especially in one where diplomacy has an important place.

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I like Arch, and I enjoy seeing more people jumping ship, but I have to warn that it's a bit technical, and you have to be prepared to deal with this sort of stuff (Antargos included).
Once in a while, an update breaks something, or can't be installed, so you have to fix it yourself. I had quite some trouble at some point after having my computer sit in a corner 6+ months without being updated; which caused some problems with pacman (I think it was a problem with yaourt, package-query and pacman, I had to uninstall package-query and yaourt).
I also sometimes have some problems with pip and pacman conflicting over a few files.

Other than these problems, it works great. I would however advise to go for Manjaro as a first step if you don't feel ready for "the real thing" :)
But I am only repeating what I know from earsay, as I never tried Manjaro myself.

And however scary my problems can sound, I've had worse on Windows, Ubuntu, Debian (and to a lesser degree, Linux Mint). Windows being the worst of the worse so far, of course :D

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Quoting: ArkonaThe main problem with Valve is they are too slow in everything.

A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to [External Link] :D

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If you are unsure and short on money, Victor Vran is already largely worth the minimal price, in my opinion.
I already own the Linux games, AFAIK, since I didn't miss many bundles in 2016 (just one pretty recently with sci-fi books, but eh, not a big deal). I am just stating that because I find that humble bundles nowadays lack Linux games. Monthly is barely worth it, but I think it still is. XCOM 2 next month, so there's that, at least.
I might buy the bundle for some friends, though.

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Maybe you should ask Pierre-Loup or another Valve Developer who is directly involved with the Linux cabal. IIRC, Gabe always tell people that there is more than one employee at VALVe to ask questions to :)

Quoting: gurvI'm a bit worried by Valve's current mindset tbh, they seem to be caught up in the VR craze (which I think it's painfully obvious that it has no future in gaming due to price, cumbersome, nausea, isolation from friends/family, you name it).

I wouldn't say that if I were you. That's a rather bold statement to make; and a lot of statements like this one don't hold up to the future. Let's wait and see :)

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Also liked:

Q: Wasn't there a movie (or a set of 2 movies) coming in that universe by Valve and JJ Abrams?

A: Yep. They're coming.

Edit: Damn, Valve, I wanted to get some sleep. UTC+1 here

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