EnglishMobster

@EnglishMobster@sunny.garden

Gameplay programmer at #ElectronicArts | #Respawn. My views are my own.

In my spare time, I also work on my #SmartHome, #ModelRailroad, and #3dPrinter.

I have 1 cat; his name is Moo (like a cow). 🐮

Other interests:
#cats #programming #InternetOfThings #HomeAssistant #ModelTrains #GameDev #UnrealEngine #SteamDeck #ParadoxPlaza #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #steampunk #cyberpunk #prusa #PrusaResearch #gaming #politics #technology #lego #RaspberryPi #StarWars #MQTT #fedi22

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EnglishMobster, to random

https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates

Uh... wow. Unity is digging their own grave here. I don't think any reasonable developer would agree to this, but it's even being applied retroactively.

EnglishMobster, to modeltrains

I'm working on a that my club will show off at train shows.

Because it will travel, everything on it needs to be sturdy and able to be handled. However, because I will need to do maintenance on it, I'll need to be able to remove buildings and whatnot to access the internals.

My thought is that I would use hot glue for the parts I'm still working on, but my worry is that when the module is being stored in the club trailer the glue will soften and melt.

Anyone have any ideas?

EnglishMobster, (edited ) to modeltrains

Got to show off the tornado scene I worked on at a show a couple months back!

The tornado comes down from the clouds and touches down in the town before it goes back up... leaving the nearby trailer park untouched. 😉

It was a huge hit and I'm excited to have gotten it working for the show!

notjustbikes, to random
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    EnglishMobster,

    @notjustbikes
    While I don't disagree in any way, shape, or form - I think Mastodon is dramatically hurt by not having an algorithm - at the same time I do somewhat understand why people are adverse to them.

    Simply put - people get addicted to the little dopamine hits from seeing the "like" counter go up. With an algorithm, you can learn how to game the system to get your stuff featured and thus get more likes.
    Their argument is that this inherently makes the platform more toxic as it tends toward people trying to compete for a limited set of eyeballs. Removing this algorithm puts everyone on a level playing field. In turn, everyone is more relaxed and casual.

    The argument is that discovery should mainly happen through , which is why lets you hashtags as well as people. Hence the way you "game" the system is by giving it as many appropriate tags as possible and not by farming for likes.
    Whether this works well... eh. I think an algorithm is needed, personally, even if it's a "dumb" algorithm like Reddit's "hot" sort.

    I'm looking forward to BlueSky. I haven't gotten an invite yet, but I'm very keen on seeing where it goes.

    EnglishMobster,

    You can interact/reply to people from anywhere in the Fediverse.

    For example - this is my Mastodon account. I can see your post and reply to it just fine, from Mastodon.

    EnglishMobster,

    @nachtigall @WorriedGnome In addition to the above - you can also post from Mastodon!

    It is currently one-way: Mastodon users can follow Lemmy communities and interact with posts; you can't follow Mastodon users from Lemmy.

    But it's super neat that it's able to do that at all! For example, I am replying to you from my Mastodon account. If you hit the little "Fediverse" link next to my name, you'll be taken to my profile on my Mastodon instance.

    This is because both Lemmy and Mastodon are part of the Fediverse, and thus can understand the data they send to one another. So to me, your stuff shows up as toots in my timeline... and to you, this is a post on Lemmy!

    EnglishMobster,

    I'm a dirty Android user. But remember that Lemmy is ActivityPub.

    If you have a Mastodon account (like the one I'm using right now to send you this!), you can follow Lemmy communities. I just put the link to the community in the Mastodon search bar and a "profile" showed up for me to follow. Then I followed it and posts from users show up in my Mastodon client.

    It's not perfect - the Android Lemmy app actually does a better job, generally. But it's honestly a reasonable workflow and it makes my Mastodon feed more interesting too.

    EnglishMobster,

    I'm with you - I was on Voat back when it was still Whoaverse. I bailed pretty early once I saw the direction it was heading in.

    That said - the nice thing about the Fediverse is that there are multiple communities, with different moderation styles. Lemmy has a sizable communist community, for example, but you don't have to associate with them. In fact, some of the larger Lemmy instances (like Beehaw) don't even federate with them; you have to go out of your way to subscribe to them if your home instance is Beehaw.

    So if what you're saying comes to pass, and the Alt-Right comes to Lemmy (I don't think they will, but let's imagine) - you can easily pack up shop and migrate to another Lemmy instance that has a better moderation style, or one that won't federate with those instances. It's just like Mastodon in that respect.

    EnglishMobster,

    And you can follow Lemmy communities from Mastodon.

    In fact - I'm replying from Mastodon right now!

    The UX isn't as nice as Lemmy natively is, but I can see comments/posts and reply just like they were Mastodon Toots. If you reply to me, it shows up in Mastodon natively as well.

    If you click the little "Fediverse" icon in Lemmy, you'll even get taken to my home Mastodon instance. It's a very cool feature.

    EnglishMobster,

    One neat thing is that because Lemmy uses the ActivityPub protocol, it interfaces with other Fediverse things like Mastodon.

    Speaking of which - hello from Mastodon!

    EnglishMobster,

    @Pepp3r @EnglishMobster It's also interesting because of how it opens things up beyond other platforms. For example - I found your post on Mastodon, and I'm replying from my Mastodon account.

    The interface isn't as nice as Lemmy... but it's certainly extremely interesting that this works! (Or at least... I hope it does!)

    EnglishMobster,

    And you even showed up as a reply to my comment on Mastodon! Very neat.

    I knew it was theoretically possible, but I had never tried it before. The thing is from the Mastodon end I see everything as a feed of comments, as if I followed everyone who posted to a certain community.

    That probably works fine for now, but as Lemmy grows and these communities get huge I could see it completely take over my Mastodon feed.

    I kind of wish it would just show the top-level posts with some way of hiding the replies by default (kind of like Twitter), but I also know that's not how Mastodon really does things. Still pretty neat!

    EnglishMobster,

    One neat thing is that because Lemmy is ActivityPub, your posts show up on anything that follows the ActivityPub protocol (like Mastodon).

    Speaking of which - hello from Mastodon!

    EnglishMobster,

    Theoretically it would also work for other Fediverse stuff, like PeerTube (YouTube replacement). I wonder if once Lemmy takes off we'll see PeerTube start gaining traction next.

    EnglishMobster,

    Not only is what you say perfectly possible - you can also have people from Mastodon talk to you!

    This is my Mastodon account. I've followed a couple Lemmy communities and I'm seeing their comments in my feeds, just like they were "real" Mastodon posts.

    It doesn't work the other way around (so you can't follow me in Lemmy, for example), but it's pretty neat that it works as well as it does!

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