A dissertation they had Bing write and pasted. Not that Bing can't be useful for research like this, but I question whether something like that is BestOf material.
The simulated universe theory implies that our universe, with all its galaxies, planets and life forms, is a meticulously programmed computer simulation. In this scenario, the physical laws governing our reality are simply algorithms. The experiences we have are generated by the computational processes of an immensely advanced...
That's kind of where I'm at with the whole idea too. Should we be in such a situation, it just moves all our existing questions about "What is reality and the universe?" up one meta-level to the theoretical actual reality. I doubt we would stop finding out as much as is possible about this layer, but we would be wholly unable apply our findings or assumptions to the true reality.
But even if that true reality remains forever unknowable, it at least sets what I would consider some "sensible" bounds on our universe. As things are now, I'm not sure if I'm more dumbfounded by the idea of an infinite universe or a finite one - both boggle the mind for different reasons.
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Agreed, this whole Unity thing seemed more like they were surprised the peasants were revolting. Completely unaware of the danger of putting developer bills directly in to the hands of the end users, and not considering that a "trust me bro I counted how much you owe me" blackbox accounting method was too much to ask.
Nah, it's per device install. So unless you modify your PC enough to generate a different hardware fingerprint or go install a game on a fleet of laptops or something, most people won't be running up that counter too much.
I saw that a short while ago and actually laughed out loud. The only thing left is to get the popcorn ready I guess because this is going to be hilarious.
After Unity's clarifications, I'm honestly kind of expecting the old "null-route the web address in the HOSTS file" to be a valid method to prevent their installer from phoning home to increment the counter. It's gonna be incredible if people start trying that just to frick with Unity.
The fact that we can even have this discussion should be proof enough to Unity that it's a complete non-starter of an idea to let user behavior influence the developer bottom-line.
Hit the nail on the head, I'd say. Some future competitive game that endeavors to weigh in an evaluation of personal contribution over just the binary win/loss condition and that implements ways to automatically mitigate the negatives enumerated for long duration matches is going to start off in a really good place.
Handling those issues honestly seems like Step 1 in tackling the kind of negativity that is notorious for cropping up in these sorts of games. If everyone's having a better time and doesn't feel punished for things outside of their control, it seems reasonable to assume that the baseline behavior will be a lot more chill.
Remember, the attack model proved highly effective even against a very silent keyboard, so adding sound dampeners on mechanical keyboards or switching to membrane-based keyboards is unlikely to help.
Different platform, but exactly the same deal moderating Twitch chats. I think my favorite insult that I've received was that I was personally "the downfall of Western civilization."
The upshot to those disruptions happening in an active chat like that though is that everyone sees how much of a knob that person is being and is perfectly happy to see them gone.
what is better for single user instance, or maybe something small like under 10 users (no communities)? which is lighter on resources? how much storage should I allocate?...
I'm definitely interested in seeing how the single-user instance offerings develop across the various federated applications. I have no interest in taking on the role of admin or moderator for people I don't know personally, but am more than happy to run my own front-end service that'll let me lurk and interact with all varieties of ActivityPub content.
For now it seems kbin might win that fight for me since it's equipped to handle reddit-style communities and threads while also providing a workable microblog interface. But it does seem to be a bit on the heavy side... I wonder if we might see some software created for this particular usage scenario one day, if it isn't already being worked on somewhere.
Certainly a possibility, but I don't really expect it to be a common concern. Defederation is mostly about keeping problematic people out when an instance's admins either can't or won't resolve whatever problem is at play. Most instances will never even realize a single-user instance is lurking at all if they don't bother to crawl the logs and said user doesn't cause a scene.
I'd expect most whitelist-only instances will have been that way from the start instead of growing large and then shutting the door, because the goals of running an instance like that are fundamentally different.
A fellow mod informed me that about it as I was laying in bed. Reddit sent a message to the mod team and after 1 hour demoded me. I didn't even had time to see it, never-mind respond to it....
As any good legal question goes, I imagine the answer is one of the many shades of "It depends."
Ultimately it's going to come down to how accommodating Reddit wants to be if rightsholders lawyers come around demanding an explanation for why Reddit facilitates the piracy of their works. Generally a platform doesn't have liability for infringing content posted on it as long as they are responsive to requests to take it down.
I wouldn't consider myself a power user on ebook servers by any means, but I spun up Kavita a few weeks back and it definitely handles everything I need it to so far. Feels better to use than calibre IMO too.
As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."
Exactly. Reddit needing to force communities back open is the point. This protest is forcing Reddit to follow through on burning the bridge rather than just getting back to business as usual for free.
I'm making use of a self-hosted Nextcloud instance for this purpose actually. While I wouldn't necessarily recommend it just for the purposes of RSS, it's a nice addition to the platform for someone who happens to be running an instance for other reasons already. Most of the web-based RSS reader solutions I've come across relied on advertising or other premium membership models to support the service, so an alternative would have to be pretty damn compelling for me to transition away from Nextcloud and start subjecting myself to ads again.
With gaming often bringing me into a really depressive headspace sometimes with how the markets are developing, whats a game you can always go to and just be lost in, or just be happy with?...
Journey is just One Of Those Games. I like to replay it once a year, usually on some quiet December evening when I can really just shut out the world and focus on a front-to-back play-through.
If I'm not careful, an entire afternoon will disappear before I notice if I fire up Trackmania. It's just so good at getting me in to a flow state of just really dialing in my gameplay.
Hearing the soundtrack again recently after I beat the game a while ago instantly brought back all those feelings I had from my time with the game. It was almost overwhelming, but in the best way.
Great recommendation. There's something special about doggedly tearing down those massive hulks of metal piece-by-piece and executing your plan of how to crack the thing wide open.
Nothing Announces "iMessage on Android" (us.nothing.tech)
“Nothing Chats, powered by Sunbird, allows you to directly message other phone users from your Nothing phone via blue bubbles.”...
ubermeiester drops in with a dissertation to the question of "why does vegeta have boobs?" (lemmy.world)
Do we live in a computer simulation like in The Matrix? Proposed new law of physics backs up the idea (phys.org)
The simulated universe theory implies that our universe, with all its galaxies, planets and life forms, is a meticulously programmed computer simulation. In this scenario, the physical laws governing our reality are simply algorithms. The experiences we have are generated by the computational processes of an immensely advanced...
The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 25-09-2023 (lemmy.world)
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Unity May Never Win Back the Developers It Lost in Its Fee Debacle (www.wired.com)
Unity adding a fee for devs for each time a game is installed, after certain thresholds (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Smurfing is Not Welcome in Dota, Valve bans 90k smurf accounts (www.dota2.com)
OC Threads' New Terms & Conditions Affects the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)
Threads, Meta's new microblogging platform, is updating its terms to focus on data collection from "Third Party Users".
New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
3 days until reddit's 3rd party app shutdown, Lemmy users drive 985% surge with 5.7 million daily comments this month (lemmy.world)
From 528k daily comments on June 1, 2023 to 5.7 million daily comments on June 27, 2023....
Antiwork was forced to reopen by the admins (www.reddit.com)
Which to host for a single user instance: lemmy or kbin (or others)?
what is better for single user instance, or maybe something small like under 10 users (no communities)? which is lighter on resources? how much storage should I allocate?...
Mates, today without warning, the reddit royal navy attacked. I've been demoded by the admins. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
A fellow mod informed me that about it as I was laying in bed. Reddit sent a message to the mod team and after 1 hour demoded me. I didn't even had time to see it, never-mind respond to it....
Self Hosted ebook server?
I've got readarr up and running, now I need a front end. What do y'all prefer and why?
Tempest in a teacup: UChicago physicists make breakthrough in creating turbulence (news.uchicago.edu)
University of Chicago scientists pioneered a way to create a contained “ball” of turbulence in a tank of water, which has never been done before....
Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts (www.macrumors.com)
As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those subreddits that it has plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces "open and accessible to users."
With the decline of twitter and reddit, it's time to take a look at RSS again if you haven't already. (voidfiles.github.io)
It's always good to be in control of your own content sources.
Comfort games?
With gaming often bringing me into a really depressive headspace sometimes with how the markets are developing, whats a game you can always go to and just be lost in, or just be happy with?...