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Netflix Just Quietly Released the Most Thought-Provoking Sci-Fi Epic of the Year (www.inverse.com)

With direction by Toshio Kawaguchi (an accomplished journeyman in the industry if there ever was one, with credits that run from Akira to Studio Ghibli to Neon Genesis Evangelion), Pluto tells the story of a robot detective named Gesicht and the wave of murders of robots and humans that he’s tasked with investigating....

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They'll probably cancel it anyway after one season, unless it makes a billion dollars in one week or something. (Yes, I'm still bitter about 1899 being cancelled)

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Thank God. The VR library was just horrible. I'll have to check it out.

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Exact same thing here. I was stuck for years because no internet and I didn't figure out I needed to ask Boos for his keys. Then a friend got a hint book which unblocked me. I still loved the game even back when I was stuck lol. The atmosphere, the music (man, the music!), the weirdness. Love that game.

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And they're aaaaaaaall dead. Burp

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I mean, generally speaking, sending pikemen against a people famous for riding horses sounds smart to me lol

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Yeah, I'm all for privacy, but I actually get interesting things recommended by YouTube. If I turn this off won't I just get random YouTube videos? No thanks. I also do use my watch history for "I watched it the other day, what was that video called again?"

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I love Next Fest, I usually end up wishlisting like 3-10 games. Lots of good stuff that I'd never know or care about otherwise.

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The dialogue in Oxenfree is crazy, never seen anything else like that.

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I know a guy on an old forum who claimed most of his dreams were lucid. I do believe that if you're able to cultivate the right level of awareness and the right mindset it is possible.

I believe the trick is mindfulness meditation. How can we expect to get lucid at night when we're going through our waking lives in auto-pilot? If we practice being here and now and being aware of the nature of our reality, that mindset will sooner or later be a part of our lives, both waking and dreaming.

I think people are over reacting to the launch of Threads by Meta

I am actually looking forward to threads taking off. I, as a mastodon user, will be able to follow my friends, celebrities, artists and interact with them when federation is activated. It is hard to get friends on to mastodon. The software is great and is better than Twitter, but the people are not on Mastodon but on Twitter,...

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Yeah, I don't even think they deserve the benefit of the doubt.

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Long, thought out posts with replies that consist solely of something like "you're*"

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It finally arrived!

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@78zeros I heard about this yesterday and really want one! Unfortunately the shipping and taxes (Europe) is half of the price of the Playdate itself :(

Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave (www.techdirt.com)

The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…

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The beatings aren't improving morale, you say? I guess we just need to increase the beatings then.

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Slipways. Very well made space puzzle game. This game really surprised me.

Also, hidden gems thread... feels just like home :)

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I remember seeing this a long time ago, if I'm not going crazy. Weren't there many more layers to it? "...drawing myself drawing myself drawing myself..."

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RIP RIF. I'm another one who used it 99% of the time. I'm glad I found kbin and I'm mostly over reddit, but I'm not over RIF. Thank you for all those years. Fuck you u/spez for destroying the site I've been a part of for almost 10 years... in a single week.

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There's nothing else like it, even in its current early access state. Can't wait to see where they go with it.

What are your preferred techniques for inducing lucid dreaming?

Right now I’m just starting agaim to try, I just had two LDs in my life, but I would like to have them more often. I use mantras (I dont really do the full MILD), reality checks, dream journal, and, when I have time, I also do pre-sleep meditation ( i remember a past dream or a place that I invented).

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I used to do mostly MiLD or auto-suggestion and have kept a dream journal for years. I've managed a few accidental WILDs but those are even trickier to get consistently. Recently I haven't really been doing any techniques, but focusing on mindfulness and meditation, and dream recall.

Should the Fediverse welcome its new surveillance-capitalism overlords? Opinions differ! (privacy.thenexus.today)

I'm changing my stance on the whole Meta/project92 thing after reading this article. I think the entire* fediverse should block project92 by default. Later, some instances can re-evaluate whether to maintain those blocks, once we have a better idea of what the benefits and consequences of federating will be:...

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I say let's not even give them a chance. We owe them nothing.

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Cool! How is your dream recall? Usually the first step is trying to remember your dreams better.

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I haven't seen those tutorials, so I can't say.

But dream recall is a skill, you'll get better at it. I recommend writing in as much detail as you can, even if it's a short fragment. And if you don't remember anything just write "didn't remember anything" or something.

Some auto-suggestion before sleep can also help: "I will remember my dreams tonight" or "next time I wake up I will immediately remember my dreams".

Another thing that has been helping me is trying to be more mindful during the day, and going through my day in my head when I go to bed. Try to recall your day before sleep and your dreams after sleep :)

(Feel free to create a thread if you have more specific questions, this magazine could use some more content!)

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Awesome! Great to have you on-board :)

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r/MensLib is/was a fantastic sub. Rare to see that level of maturity and respect online.

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Found this comment after searching for rain world. I'd been going there a lot the past few weeks.

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