Im looking for something like comic life 3 but preferably open source. i would like to put ai generated images or photos into a comic with ease but with the power of open source or free. is there a software like this that lets you just drag and drop images and it helps make a comic or something? also im not a fan of free trials,...
I also use AlternativeTo to look for …alternatives! Unfortunately, the other alternatives (besides Comic Smart Panels) are all proprietary, varying degree of “free”: alternativeto.net/software/comic-life/
Reddit was (still is?) considered as the “front page of the Internet” for over a decade. It’s likely we all need time to unlearn the habits we picked up from Reddit. I know I still have that habit of refraining from commenting in certain threads because I don’t want to potentially get bitched at.
I do wonder if a forum-based UI would help promote the kind of community you’re looking for. Some people have suggested that text-only posts might help encourage more discussions and that is essentially what the forums are like. If you want to link to something for context, that just goes into the body text, rather than have the content show up first and foremost. That said, I don’t think Beehaw is interested in switching to a forum-based UI. I could be wrong though.
My thoughts on this is pretty much voiced by some of the others.
For instance, there was a tool that could be used to repost things from a reddit user page. I’ve warned (and the dev have added the warning to the repo itself) that the tool can cause one to be banned. Now the only way I can see that working without inciting a ban is if the tool was triggered by a command, and only took one link at a time. Assuming the mods already gave permission. Something like the wiki bot I’ve seen over on reddit that posted the overview of a wiki link. However, I would rather be able to trigger it with a !wiki <url> or something to that effect.
The only exception I would take with this is with an automod that reminds users to include specific things in their posts…but I’m also meh about this. If people post without reading the sidebar, they’re probably not going to bother coming back and reading a comment. This issue would be better solved through other means (a reminder of the community rules in the New Post page, after choosing a community).
The bots 100% need to have the bot tag on. No bots impersonating as people, please.
That being said, CSS frameworks are still wonderful, used right they can save a lot of time during early development by outsourcing the majority of design to the framework devs.
That’s actually my intent with using a CSS framework. A personal project of mine reached minimum viable product statud status (phones…) recently, I included bulma, and used some of its components for stuff like menus and modals. It was definitely faster than writing everything by hand early on. But I also ended up writing my own CSS anyway, especially with the grid, which is the foundation on which my app works on (it’s a grid-based colour mixing app).
I agree, I think CSS frameworks have a place for prototyping and we shouldn’t rely on them as a project moves towards a proper release 🤔
Then again, some people might think the obfuscation in 20+ classes is somehow a good thing…frankly, I think it’s worse than inline styles. It’s basically obfuscated inline styles!
Kind of a broad question. I wonder why people take notes - Is it for studies or learning? Is it just to remember things? Is it to make your own map of your knowledge? Is it because you just want a place to vent out your feelings into the void?...
My reasons for taking notes is basically “yes” to everything you mentioned.
Recently, my notes came in handy when I finally submitted my project as a final project for an online course I was taking. It spanned about 4 months of start and stop progress so a lot of my initial thoughts would have been lost if I hadn’t journalled about what I did on days I worked on the project.
In my last job, I would take notes of what I’m doing by hand. Or sketch out plans of what I want to do with the internal tools I made just so I’m not wasting time or falling into the trap of feature creep.
I also do it to practice writing.
I’ve done most of my note taking in Obsidian.md (and I sync them with git), but sometimes I leave notes in a private Discord server if it’s something I want instant access to.
This tool lets you migrate your own posts from any subreddit to any Lemmy community you want, I made it because I couldn’t find anything else that did it the way I wanted to. I’m super happy how it turned out, I managed to get 9 years worth of posts over this way…...
Using this tool in beehaw will get you banned for spamming. If you choose to use this in an instance you do not own, be sure you get explicit permission from the admins + mods of the target community before you do so.
Even if a community is meant for this sort of archiving, be sure to ask first. They might have a specific set of rules on choosing what they want to archive.
I see many Steam pages and social media posts with dithered posterized mess of GIFs. Most GIf encoders are terrible. GIFs could be encoded much better: gif.ski is designed to encode high-color video-like clips efficiently.
Not making a game yet, but I want to thank you for bringing this up! I wanted to make GIFs of my app’s howto clips and this looks like it’ll fit the bill.
In the future, if you wish to link to an article, please include the link(s) to either the project’s official site, their source repository, or both. Just in case a reader would rather look at the project first before digesting someone else’s opinion. Plus, ItsFoss.com can be very ad-heavy (made the mistake of going there without an ad-blocker once) and not everyone uses ad-blockers.
I hope this isn’t breaking any rules here. I’ve been struggling with a personal web project for the past week, and I’m hoping some smart people here could get me pointed in the right direction....
Until this gets implemented, have you tried using the mouse middle-click? At least on Firefox, it opens a link in a new tab.
I vaguely recall there being a setting to force all links to open in a new tab as well…I’ll edit this comment when I have a chance to look into it.
I’ve been doing a little bit of digging into lemmy-ui’s codebase. No promises, but I’m definitely curious about adding the feature now 🤔 I would like to just have links open in a new tab automatically, as well.
Edit 1: I’m a derp. I realized this is going to require a change in the backend too, in order to save the setting to your account on the server. So the more immediate fix is to either force all links to open in new tabs…or save the option client-side. Which means you’d have to make this change on every single browser you browse beehaw on.
Edit 2: According to luciole’s comment (beehaw.org/comment/666753), the feature was already added. Just gotta wait for the admins to upgrade the instance 😊
I’m not sure if this is the best place for this cross-post, nor do I know how many users here occupy the parent+tech-savvy/sysop intersectional space. But for anyone with a child and privacy focused, this webapp made by Rikudou_Sage might be of interest?...
With the increase of accessibility of AI for both text and art, the implications on the RPG world have been greatly apparent. I have an ongoing 5e game that I run on a Foundry server, but this can also apply to the other variety of TTRPG games out there as well....
I'm very on the fence about it. I'm generally against AI to generate final products. But, I can see its value in a TTRPG session (that isn't paid for). A number of TTRPG campaigns I've been in just use art they found on the Internet and I highly doubt they asked for permission first.
I think as long it's used in a private game and not something to be published (streaming, as part of a summary on a public blog, podcasts, etc), then go for it. It falls under personal use so I doubt you'll run into any legal troubles as long it stays private. I would say if it is being used in a public way, then it's okay if the source material is licenced appropriately (allows for derivative work, modifications and redistribution).
Other than the legal quandary, I solo play. Which means I'm using roll-tables when I'm stuck or want RNG to decide for me. Some would argue that's like using AI. I don't fully agree, but I could see where they're coming from. That's why I'm on the fence.
if you want to post links or discuss Reddit over the next while, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy, thanks! (a more formal body may be forthcoming, but that'll come in the morning if so)
I can't help but love when subreddits do this in response to the threat of removing mods if they stay private. I remember there were some that were posting "sexy" pics of John Oliver. iPhone was limited to posting "sexy" pics of Tim Cook. Working with what they have in order to continue their protests. I like it😁
The protest has never ended. We have been trying to communicate with Reddit admins, who seemed at first to be willing to talk to us, but we are only getting the silent treatment and threats to reopen the subreddit.
Hi everyone, I thought I'd say hi in this new community as a new moderator. I'm Foon (she/her), and I love table top games. My partner and I have been gaming a lot in the past 5 years or so, and we have a bunch of friends that turned into boardgamers too, and boardgamers that we turned into friends. So on average we get almost a...
I've went though a stint where I just didn't want to play boardgames. Largely because a lot of them are competitive and I don't like the vibe that usually brings out of me. Recently, my housemate and I grew our collection of co-op games. I have to say that the "Star Wars: The Clone Wars - A Pandemic System Game" is our favourite so far. We only played it a few times and...failed on all counts! It's a Pandemic game and we haven't played the system much so we haven't figured out the best way to work around it. I do look forward to figuring that out!
As for TTRPGs. Oh man...for group play, I would say the Genesys system (EDGE/FFG Star Wars RPG...yeah, there's a pattern 😉 ). But I've shifted away from group play and into solo play. Ironsworn: Starforged, as a system, is my favourite. Not a huge fan of the setting but there are people working on addons and mods so it wouldn't be hard to adjust. I also plan on making an attempt at solo-playing SWRPG/Genesys. I've noticed a lack of solo-play podcasts for that specific system so that's something I plan on doing in the near future!
I also have a ridiculous amount of TTRPGs I've...collected over the years. The two I definitely want to play, solo or group, is Cities Without Numbers and Eclipse Phase 2e. I really like the cyberpunk + future tech settings and haven't had a chance to really play a game like that. Maybe a one-shot once upon a time.
I think that's all I have to share for now! I'm excited to see and chat about this stuff with y'all 😄
I remember hearing about it but the prospect of not being able to replay it turned me off. At least, that's what I gleaned over the years. I vaguely recall someone posting a picture of them framing the board when they were done with the game (campaign?)
Maybe I got the wrong impression? I suppose I should take another look-see.
I haven't played that much Pandemic, really, so the mechanics have yet to get old for us 😅
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Looking for a drag and drop comic making software for Windows pc.
Im looking for something like comic life 3 but preferably open source. i would like to put ai generated images or photos into a comic with ease but with the power of open source or free. is there a software like this that lets you just drag and drop images and it helps make a comic or something? also im not a fan of free trials,...
Beehaw lacks community
Apologies for the clickbaity title or for the messy wording to follow. I’m not great at articulating myself....
What does everyone think of bots on Beehaw?
How do you all feel about bots?...
Tailwind CSS, and the death of web craftsmanship (pdx.su)
How and why do you take notes?
Kind of a broad question. I wonder why people take notes - Is it for studies or learning? Is it just to remember things? Is it to make your own map of your knowledge? Is it because you just want a place to vent out your feelings into the void?...
I created a new migration tool for Reddit users moving to Lemmy! (github.com)
This tool lets you migrate your own posts from any subreddit to any Lemmy community you want, I made it because I couldn’t find anything else that did it the way I wanted to. I’m super happy how it turned out, I managed to get 9 years worth of posts over this way…...
textual-paint: MS Paint... in your terminal (github.com)
If you share gameplay as a GIF, use gif.ski (gif.ski)
I see many Steam pages and social media posts with dithered posterized mess of GIFs. Most GIf encoders are terrible. GIFs could be encoded much better: gif.ski is designed to encode high-color video-like clips efficiently.
Gyroflow: An Open-Source App to Stabilize Video Footage (news.itsfoss.com)
Help with one-off javascript project?
I hope this isn’t breaking any rules here. I’ve been struggling with a personal web project for the past week, and I’m hoping some smart people here could get me pointed in the right direction....
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Baby Journal - Open source app for tracking baby activities by [Rikudou_Sage](https://lemmings.world/u/rikudou) (baby-journal.app)
I’m not sure if this is the best place for this cross-post, nor do I know how many users here occupy the parent+tech-savvy/sysop intersectional space. But for anyone with a child and privacy focused, this webapp made by Rikudou_Sage might be of interest?...
How do you feel about AI in your RPG games?
With the increase of accessibility of AI for both text and art, the implications on the RPG world have been greatly apparent. I have an ongoing 5e game that I run on a Foundry server, but this can also apply to the other variety of TTRPG games out there as well....
How the Reddit Blackout is Hurting Big Tech (www.youtube.com)
Megathread for Reddit News & App Shutdowns
if you want to post links or discuss Reddit over the next while, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy, thanks! (a more formal body may be forthcoming, but that'll come in the morning if so)
Firefox on Reddit: 📣 Announcement: We have reopened. (teddit.net)
The protest has never ended. We have been trying to communicate with Reddit admins, who seemed at first to be willing to talk to us, but we are only getting the silent treatment and threats to reopen the subreddit.
New moderator saying hi!
Hi everyone, I thought I'd say hi in this new community as a new moderator. I'm Foon (she/her), and I love table top games. My partner and I have been gaming a lot in the past 5 years or so, and we have a bunch of friends that turned into boardgamers too, and boardgamers that we turned into friends. So on average we get almost a...