xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club
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- Linux Mint
- Programming Languages
- C/++/#, Python, Java, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, Assembly
- Personal website
- https://xianc78.codeberg.page/
Joined Jun 2020
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@danielhudson
A good game is a *system*. Systems simulate thinking you need elsewhere in life. It's like training.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games
If you're growing up to be a viking raider, a game about escaping the middle of a board to a corner is probably good beginner's practice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28game%29
If you're a minor Chinese noble, who needs to conscript and lead an army of peasants on short notice, a game about territory control and logistic encirclement is probably goos practice.
Similarly, from the era when most games were made by developers primarily for themselves, true *simulators* are a fantastically good facsimile for whatever you want more practice in.
There are other great potentials with the electronic mediums... But mass market productions are coopted now just like music and film.
What can I say? Either you can play Star Control 2 and understand what there is to get out of it... Or not. Don't lump it with "Press F To Pay Respects".
A good game is a *system*. Systems simulate thinking you need elsewhere in life. It's like training.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games
If you're growing up to be a viking raider, a game about escaping the middle of a board to a corner is probably good beginner's practice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28game%29
If you're a minor Chinese noble, who needs to conscript and lead an army of peasants on short notice, a game about territory control and logistic encirclement is probably goos practice.
Similarly, from the era when most games were made by developers primarily for themselves, true *simulators* are a fantastically good facsimile for whatever you want more practice in.
There are other great potentials with the electronic mediums... But mass market productions are coopted now just like music and film.
What can I say? Either you can play Star Control 2 and understand what there is to get out of it... Or not. Don't lump it with "Press F To Pay Respects".
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Sometimes I think about how literally every community I was apart of went to shit as the people did too.
The wild part is realizing there are tons of people living The Boxed Life IRL; in trailer parks/shitty apartments/boomer basements across America (and other Anglosphere countries).
https://youtu.be/TYNBIpezQ4g
There are tons of burnout autists on the internet who wasted their life away in front of a computer screen, communities subverted by a website collapsing with no bunker or drama whores wrecking things, and promising projects turning to shit.
Honestly what keeps me going online at this point is trying to try to leave my mark somewhere, as much as I feel the time to enjoy the "good days" is passing hard, there's a giant void because of it now, moreso because everyone bitching about it has no drive other than to drive to the wagecage every single day or living as a druggie in a tent city, physically or metaphorically.
Are you going to make a mark in your life (long or short) or are you just going to flame out a druggie, trying to get your next fix, wondering why your friends who gossip like women in a parking lot won't talk to you anymore? It's not a hard choice but many people are just incapable of thinking of the future outside of getting another hit/fix.
The wild part is realizing there are tons of people living The Boxed Life IRL; in trailer parks/shitty apartments/boomer basements across America (and other Anglosphere countries).
https://youtu.be/TYNBIpezQ4g
There are tons of burnout autists on the internet who wasted their life away in front of a computer screen, communities subverted by a website collapsing with no bunker or drama whores wrecking things, and promising projects turning to shit.
Honestly what keeps me going online at this point is trying to try to leave my mark somewhere, as much as I feel the time to enjoy the "good days" is passing hard, there's a giant void because of it now, moreso because everyone bitching about it has no drive other than to drive to the wagecage every single day or living as a druggie in a tent city, physically or metaphorically.
Are you going to make a mark in your life (long or short) or are you just going to flame out a druggie, trying to get your next fix, wondering why your friends who gossip like women in a parking lot won't talk to you anymore? It's not a hard choice but many people are just incapable of thinking of the future outside of getting another hit/fix.
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@parker@pl.psion.co @graf@poa.st
This is why we should replace the left/right - auth/lib political compass with moral/amoral - honour/dishonour.
Interesting concept.@46da9d8ac399a2ec9b2fbbf8bfb51544f2d8cee9052b735dde66c91d3f56ab9f@mostr.pub @Bad_Banner@poa.st @Wyatt@poa.st @grey@poa.st
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IM SO FUCKING TIRED OF EVERY CONSPIRACY THEORY COMING TRUE. NOW THE FUCKING "BIRDS ARE DRONES" GUYS? REALLY???
RT: https://nicecrew.digital/objects/c4caf933-8016-4a67-85f9-5ea962346f30
RT: https://nicecrew.digital/objects/c4caf933-8016-4a67-85f9-5ea962346f30
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united states history:
we do a little terrorism
every united states politician:
i cannot believe people would think of doing things
d.. do you know what country you are in? lol.. lmao.
we do a little terrorismevery united states politician:
i cannot believe people would think of doing things d.. do you know what country you are in? lol.. lmao.
Most of the problems America (and to a lesser extent the rest of the western world) faces stem from the fact that we either forgot about the power of civil disobedience or are just too cowardly to do it.
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@theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe
Hot take: I think it's proof that federation is working.
The utopian ideal of a single all-encompassing fediverse shouldn't be the goal, but that servers who want to interact can do so without interference from third parties.
You'll notice their attempts to police the entire network have largely failed, as more and more people splinter off and create new instances with saner policies and approaches.
I'd argue if they were being successful, Mastodon would be the only server software.
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So it turns out that people still make dumb TVs. That's good to know.
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So, what can be done?
1. Tell new people to use third party apps, they are better anyway and have more features. More info at https://fedi.tips/which-apps-can-i-use-should-i-use-the-official-app-or-a-third-party-app/
2. Tell people to sign up on the website. Mastodon's official site at https://joinmastodon.org is still asking people to choose a server, and is very professionally laid out. (I've also got my own amateurish effort at https://fedi.garden.)
3. If you're comfortable using github, give a thumbs up at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/1023
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Yes, signing up on one server is much easier for people who are used to centralised services like Twitter, Facebook etc.
But as we have seen from Twitter, such a setup leaves you at the mercy of Musk-type takeovers. For-profit social networks do not like federation, they hate it as they see it as competition. It is very likely that a commercial takeover of a majority server would defederate it, to prevent people leaving and simplify its maintenance.
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For the first time ever, the most common way to sign up on the Fediverse is now directing people to sign up on one specific server, rather than making them choose.
This will make mastodon.social grow even more quickly than it has before, and future waves of new people may end up mostly there. It's very plausible this one server could become the majority of the Fediverse in the near future.
If that happens, the Fediverse would no longer be protected from buyouts by nasty people.
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There is technically still an option on the official app to "pick my own server", but it's much harder to read or notice, and new users will probably click the mastodon.social button without even thinking about the other button.
Mastodon.social just passed 1 million registered users about a week ago, out of a total network of approx 7 to 11 million users (dependiing on how you count them).
The official app is by far the most commonly used way to sign up on Mastodon and the Fediverse.
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- Sex
- Male
- Primary OS
- Linux Mint
- Programming Languages
- C/++/#, Python, Java, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, Assembly
- Personal website
- https://xianc78.codeberg.page/
Joined Jun 2020
