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jens

@jens@social.finkhaeuser.de

Building a people centric next generation internet.

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Tags: #p2p #interpeer #interpeerproject #privacy #encryption #foss #humanrights
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Nazis: fuck 'em with a nail bat. :antifa:
#web3 / #nft: is toxic and must die

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GrimmReality, to random
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Aw, one of the off-brand streaming services just recommended Lois & Clark to me and it's just so cute that standard tv algorithms haven't yet accounted for the fact that viewers may not want to bask in the gauzy nostalgia of a show where the lead actor went on to become an actual neo-Nazi.

jens,
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@MichaelPorter @GrimmReality Yeah, a "very leftist" Trump supporter seems to be a horseshoe.

StefanThinks, to random
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I bet people who use the phrase “it boggles my mind” have easily bogglable minds to begin with.

jens,
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@StefanThinks I can't read about boggling without thinking about rats.

https://understandingpetfancyrats.com/2014/10/21/why-does-my-pet-rat-boggle-and-brux-what-boggling-and-bruxing-really-means-2/

TerryHancock, to random
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"Fragmented" and "decentralized" mean pretty much the same thing, just spun different ways.

jens,
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@TerryHancock nope.

jens, to random
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The kids weren't so interested in anything Star Wars that wasn't also Lego before, so I'm watching Caravan of Courage with them. That seems to work!

jens, to random
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I've been catching up with some games I buy for the kids, and recently played Planet of Lana and Gris on the switch. Both show an interesting trend, in that they're very beautiful games, but strangely empty.

I notice this in particular with the first, because it reminds me a lot in how the character steers of @jmechner 's Prince of Persia, or Flashback. And compared to either of these games, there is very little going on in each screen in terms of obstacles or puzzles.

And then there are...

jens,
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... seemingly endless stretches of landscape that you just run through before you reach the next puzzle screen.

I mean, I'm not opposed to having those. They give a more relaxed flow to playing, and perhaps they also hide loading of assets or something.

When you unlock a new gimmick, it seems it gets used only a handful of times, though - and sometimes you replace everything that goes before with it, instead of adding to your repertoire (that's not so bad in the first of these two).

jens,
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What I'm not trying to do here, by the way, is complain that the games are lacking. It's more that they seem to shift the focus from playing a game to experiencing an impeccably art directed entertainment experience, which is quite beautiful.

And as something of a trend (too small a sample size to call it that, I guess), I find it interesting.

I recall the first such "experience" game I played, Journey, was still more crunchy with regards to puzzles and obstacles. That's quite old now,...

jens,
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... so I suppose it's the span of time between then and now that makes it feel like a trend.

WDYT?

jens,
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@Theriac No, I just heard about it. Why, what is that like?

jens,
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@Theriac Hmm. I do also like the crunchiness of the older games, though.

I'll check it out, thank you!

jonny, to random
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saw a post the other day about someone who apparently studied how gen z and later have an esoteric/non-physics based definition of "energy" and i keep thinking about it... like my friend the physics definition makes no sense and isn't real either

jens,
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@jonny If I have to do shit, I need snacks.

Seems legit, actually.

jens, to random
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Not so long ago, I finished parking about 900 computing related papers, books and magazines in my paperless instance. I felt like I'd finally finished the annoying work of fixing titles and tagging stuff.

Then I remembered the ca. 400 RPG related PDFs.

jens,
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@smallcircles 🤷‍♂️ :d20:

grimm, to random German
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Anfang 2024 ist der Absatz von Wärmepumpen eingebrochen.

Ich habe mich im Markt etwas umgehört.

Mich hat überrascht, warum manche Deutsche lieber auf Öl/Gas als auf eine Wärmepumpe setzen.

Ein kurzer THREAD 🧵

jens,
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@Real_Tom @Parabel @grimm Ja und nein. Ein zweites Problem ist, die extra Kosten vorher aufzubringen.

Pratchett's Boot Theory passt da ganz gut. Wenn man sich nur ein paar billige Schuhe leisten kann, kauft man halt jedes Jahr ein neues Paar. Ein guter Paar würde jahrelang halten und sich schnell amortisieren, ist aber zu teuer in der Anschaffung.

TL;DR, (relative) Armut verursacht (relative) Armut.

jens,
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@Real_Tom @Parabel @grimm Das mag sein, aber ich rede nicht von Skeptikern, sondern von der Rechnung. Ein Wärmepumpenfan kann sie sich halt u.U. auch gerade nicht leisten. Das sollte man bei dieser Diskussion nicht vergessen.

LehtoriTuomo, to actuallyautistic
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Someone asked whether I ever played Doom. No, not really. I told that I've never liked first person shooters and then it hit me. I never liked them as there's too much going on. In fact, I've never been a big fan of any types of shooters, the only exception being Cannon Fodder. Now, with the new-found autistic perspective, it makes perfect sense. Sensory overdrive all the time equals no fun. How about my fellow autistics, any fans of shooters?

@actuallyautistic

jens,
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@mcr314 @LehtoriTuomo @actuallyautistic I liked Wolfenstein 3D, Doom 1+2, Quake and Half-Life. I played a bit of Unreal/Tournament and Quake 3 Arena.

And then I didn't like so much what else was happening.

Of course a bunch of modern games are also kinda shooter-y, without exactly being shooters. I do play them, if there's enough to pull me. But when things get billed as a shooter, chances are good I'll hate it.

The most modern shooter I enjoyed was Borderlands.

prettygood, to random

>complain about the US for years
>leave
>find out its actually worse elsewhere

Many such cases

jens,
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@prettygood "worse", lolz.

Vierkantor, to random
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falsehoods programmers believe: everyone can answer which state they live in.

jens,
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@Vierkantor I can answer that! I live in a state of permanent confusion!

jens, to random
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So I finally finished reading The Expanse with book 9. It took me a while, as I'm generally not reading as much as I'd like to these days.

Anyway, I think it was a good end to the series. Really good, actually.

jens,
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@reconbot I haven't yet, but it's on my list.

What I can't get over is how much better it is than the semi related GoT. But sex and carnage sells, I suppose.

jens,
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@reconbot What annoys me (in a good way) is that I've wanted to make a similar setting for RPGs. So on the one hand, I don't need to now that it's good as it is. On the other hand, it's doing some things I don't want to much (protomolecule related). The gripping hand is, it's excellent inspiration!

jens,
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@geekischade I'm not really looking for systems, except that I'm always looking for systems. I've bought more systems than I've played, because it's an area of interest to me from a game design point of view.

Realistically, I'd probably play Traveller, GURPS or possibly Space Master (this one mostly because I know RM rather well).

elilla, to random
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huh I have slept a reasonable number of hours, had no trouble getting off the bed, and finished watering my plants and making coffee well before work time. who am I and what have I done with the real me

jens,
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@elilla well, the times might be different, but...

I mean, maybe it's just spring 🤷‍♂️

jens,
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@elilla gotcha, got that mixed up in my head.

18+ schratze, to random
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I'm having so much fun with this game right now, so what the hell. Thread time

jens,
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@schratze oh no, I know the effects... lactose intolerance kind of makes them obvious to everyone.

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