This is the smartwatch I own. True netrunners know that the tech we wear on (or under) our skin is a prime entry vector for ever hungry megacorps to bleed the pulsing data from our digital veins, so having a wearable I have full control over is of paramount importance. I can flash it with new firmware whenever I want, the...
How else do you apply pressure to the dickhead? a 2 day protest doesn't do anything impactful. What if the American/French Revolution only lasted 2 days?
For real, the person's name is LitigousEmma. This is one step away from a copyright troll, which imo seems to the the mortal enemy of the idea of FOSS. Did this Emma recognize all the developers of the programming languages they used, or the people who made the computer they worked on, or the pioneers of electronics in general? It's not like Emma took quarks and atoms and turned it into an web aggregator.
Copyright is the enemy of freedom and knowledge. What if Einstein copyrighted E=MC^2? Emma didn't create the software, they just figured out how to make it.
So, imagine I'm using any sort of streaming server. Is there ANY of them that have the ability to suggest new stuff, which is the number 1 and only reason I still use Spotify?...
Spotify just shows you want they want you to listen to, just like any other streaming service. I've found more cool music within the past few years thanks to music communities than I ever did from Spotify, not to mention the giant amount of music that isn't even on Spotify to begin with.
Symfonium has been amazing! The only thing I was sad to lose from Plex when I switched to the superior FOSS alternative Jellyfin was Plexamp. There was a Finamp app but it was missing a lot and didn't work too well. Symfonium on the other hand has been a dream come true.
The radio is not an answer. I stopped listening to it in 2006 when I installed a new car radio that had an AUX input for my iPod. I recently had to use a car that didn't have BT audio and was forced to use FM. It was horrific. The same playlists from 2006, but with longer and more frequent ads. I tried every station I could find and it was the same deal.
If there isn't a cartridge then it's just a ROM not a game imo. I know it's pedantic to specify but it matters when there are people who've released modern GB cartridges
Game looks cool, but I can't stand this guy. He's speaking as if this is some third eye opening transcendental art piece. The... pausing between... words as if you should focus... on them because they're important and special... is really annoying... because it's just... a video game. It's like he's trying to show us some deep wisdom from a gameplay trailer.
It might for the time being, but it's stupid to think a single point of failure and be fixed permanently. I don't get why we continue to centralize things when everytime we do it's a bad outcome. We have to be smarter
Yeah, and then once they are banned from the public places they find the hell holes with the other racists and form groups that dress as nazis and march on washington. We literally drive them into echo chambers where people will agree with them, whereas we should be heckling them and showing them that the general public at large disagrees with them. It's impossible to show that your community is the general public when you ban people right away. Then they think they aren't allowed to be there and it's not because they're wrong, it's because you're woke or whatever. You can't concentrate the evil, you have to dilute it.
No, you don't argue with them. You berate them. You harass them. Treat them with their own medicine. They aren't intelligent enough to get got with knowledge. That's why it hasn't worked. You've tried to outsmart people without brains.
This is just sort of a stream of thought from somebody who has been glued to my screen tracking the drama from the past week or so., and also watched the digg exodus happen (although I never used digg, just watched it from reddit's perspective)...
I think there's a good difference between centralized control of all communities on one page owned by a single company, and a bunch of communities with the same name and idea, spread out so thinly that it's hard to find enough people with the same interest.
For instance things like subreddits for cities, sports teams, hacking, certain tv shows, etc. For instance with r/IASIP (It's Always Sunny subreddit) you would get posts from Megan Ganz, executive producer. What happens when she posts at IASIP@jabronies.egg but that's only 1/5 of the people who would want to see this post? What if a small indie game maker wants to talk about their game, but they don't know that most folk are on some other community because the name is different than how the dev would have named the community.
There's something weird and confusing about how different, but the same groups can connect and not cannibalize one another. I DO however like the idea that a few mods can't keep control of a whole community ignoring the demands of the people. While I started to disagree with the mods of my city's subreddit, they also had owned and pre-closed the subs of other names for the same city, keeping their monopoly of power. They can't pull that crap here.
It will be a challenge to find the equilibrium between centralization and 100 copies of r/pics
I just can't support Activision-Blizzard anymore. Make me feel gross after the phone Diablo, and OW2. The beta was fun, but it's just not worth the price tag.
One thing I hated in the later years of reddit was the lack of reddiquette. Not making simple comments that could just have been an upvote. Reading the board rules. Trying to just be educated about your posts in general. Not asking for simple explanations that can easily be found on a web search....
Haha, this is /RPG/ so I think they mean P&P D20 games BUT SF6 has the World Tour mode, which is a role playing fighting game, so it's adjacent lol. SF6 is super fun so far, but I need to get way better lol
PineTime - a $27 smartwatch that runs open source firmware and software that's easy to flash and easy to modify and tinker with (liliputing.com)
This is the smartwatch I own. True netrunners know that the tech we wear on (or under) our skin is a prime entry vector for ever hungry megacorps to bleed the pulsing data from our digital veins, so having a wearable I have full control over is of paramount importance. I can flash it with new firmware whenever I want, the...
Godzilla's Most Disturbing Form Is Too Weird (And Controversial) To Return — Looper (apple.news)
Godzilla is a beloved film icon in the world of horror and sci-fi. However, not all versions of the monstrous character have been widely praised.
Selfhosted last.fm alternatives
I'm searching for an alternative to last.fm that can connect to services like Spotify to track my listening habits
What do you all use for password management?
I'm using KeePass currently, since I don't really want to use anything publicly hosted. But I was curious to see what other people have been using!
Reddit comments on every post about the blackouts (i.imgur.com)
Hey guys, this time I really messed up :/
I think you should see something....
Spotify Alternative for streaming server
So, imagine I'm using any sort of streaming server. Is there ANY of them that have the ability to suggest new stuff, which is the number 1 and only reason I still use Spotify?...
For reasons no one can fathom, McDonald’s has released a new Game Boy Color game (arstechnica.com)
An Extended Look at Armored Core 6 (www.youtube.com)
VaatiVidya Armored Core 6 updates!
If brands were brutally honest. What brand would have what slogan?
Just wondering...
Have encountered racism, hate speech or homophobia on the fediverse yet?
If so, do you consistently report it and get the feeling that it gets dealt with? Of course there are instances dedicated solely to being human trash
Contrary to some of the discourse on rexxit, I don't think the goal should be a "reddit killer" - just to breath life into this corner of the fediverse
This is just sort of a stream of thought from somebody who has been glued to my screen tracking the drama from the past week or so., and also watched the digg exodus happen (although I never used digg, just watched it from reddit's perspective)...
One week in, how are you all feeling about Diablo 4?
I've been going at it pretty heavily for the past week - 2 characters at endgame, one in the 50s progressing toward T4...
Return of the fed-equettte?
One thing I hated in the later years of reddit was the lack of reddiquette. Not making simple comments that could just have been an upvote. Reading the board rules. Trying to just be educated about your posts in general. Not asking for simple explanations that can easily be found on a web search....
What games are you playing?
What games are you playing? What's your style?
OC You can now get Kbin-it, my Reddit-like theme for kbin! (userstyles.world)
It doesn't have much to offer, the code is a mess, but I know some people would really appreciate it!...
Welcome!
I’m not sure which platform will get the Reddit refugees, but wanted to have a spot for Cincinnatians to find if they come looking.