Ethalis

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[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 22 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I'm really getting tired of this narrative that everything the alt-right is doing is the left's fault. "The left" didn't abandon anyone, you just don't bother listening

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 44 points 2 days ago

The only people I know that use Firefox, myself included, do it because they don't trust Google and the other silicon valley tech giants. Way to shoot yourself in the foot Mozilla, it's like you don't know your userbase at all

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 16 points 2 days ago

Yes, because less nuance, less attention to details and more power to big tech blackboxes is exactly what the world needs in 2025

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 3 points 6 days ago

The cheat code for this is being a native french speaker. Can't pronounce "squirrel" though, si it's not a perfect solution

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 15 points 1 week ago

Honestly I'm so glad I started biking to my high school all those years ago, it conditioned me to view biking as a natural solution for my daily commutes.

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 124 points 1 week ago (10 children)

To be fair that's basically the case for straight characters too. Hollywood is fine with normal-looking men but all women have to be supermodels to even get a role (with a few exceptions, of course)

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

So much this.

"- I hate the fact that my landlord gets half the money I make without doing anything to earn it!

-If you think it's so easy why don't you buy yourself a flat and rent it?"

Well because I don't fucking want to become a bloodsucking leech myself, is that so hard to understand?

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 12 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure some hearts got really warm in that headquarters, with the fire and all

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 6 points 2 weeks ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

We're we Here fuck We're shit Queer up

Almost sounds like poetry

Edit : now that I think about it, "Queer up" could be a great thing to say to someone who's been closeted for a long time. "Come on man, queer up! You can do it!"

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 2 points 2 weeks ago

L'état de la presse généraliste me terrifie en ce moment. Ou est le travail journalistique quand on se contente de régurgiter les communiqués officiels sans prendre la peine d'aller vérifier les sources ne serait-ce que 15 petites minutes ?

Je ne jette pas la pierre aux journalistes en tant qu'individus, j'imagine qu'ils doivent avoir beaucoup de pression de la part de leur hiérarchie pour produire du contenu le plus rapidement possible, mais au bout d'un moment il va quand même falloir se poser deux minutes et se demander si leur métier est vraiment d'être le relais de la propagande d'État ou si ils veulent garder une vague prétention a être un cinquième pouvoir.

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Mandatory military service ended somewhat recently in France (1997), but it's still enough of a gap that the military isn't ready the massive influx of new, reluctant recruits that bringing it fully back would imply.

The idea has been floating around for a few years now, especially since the start of Ukraine's Invasion by Russia, but it's still very unpopular among both the military and civilian society.

I do think you're in the right though: this is clearly a first step to build back the infrastructure and to test the waters for a full reintroduction, but I don't think anyone is ready to cross that bridge just yet

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Ethalis@jlai.lu to c/helldivers2@lemmy.ca
 

I really, really want to like that side of the game. I love the idea of players pooling together their tiny, individual actions towards a greater shared goal and what it can bring in terms of RP and immersion. Having new content gated behind community participation is an awesome idea, and I totally get the idea of simulating a back and forth war between the players and the AI for the control of the Galaxy.

However, I can't help but feel mostly frustrated with how it's actually implemented, both in its presentation and in its actual mechanics.

On the presentation side, everything looks so half-hearted that it ends up feeling meaningless. Apart from the major order and a few flavor lines thrown together in a corner of the screen, there's nothing that make us feel like the galactic war has any consequence on the lore of the game. Every few days we gain or lose a planet, but it doesn't really feel like winning or losing: we just get our medals or we don't, and then it's mostly back to usual business. Even the consequences are not clearly shown: the apparition of bit gunship is a clear consequence of us not managing to capture To it, but I'm pretty sure the majority of the player base won't even notice it and just think "well, I guess the update brought us some new enemy types, cool!". I get minimalism, but I feel all of this would be so much better if we had small cutscenes to mark each important step, or even just a war room in the ship where we could read strategic reports or whatever, anything to give it more context.

On the gameplay side, the fact that the only available action the players can do to have an influence of the global war is to either launch "attack missions" on enemy planets or "defense missions" on a super earth planet feels very limited, especially since all missions are played very similarly. It just seems to devolve in a endless tug-of-war consisting of capturing a planet, then defending it over and over, with very few variations and very few reasons to care Gameplay-wise. How cool would it be if defense missions were actually about defending allied areas against an enemy invasion, with radically different objectives like supporting SEAF positions or defending strategic zones against waves of enemies?

To close up what is slowly starting to look like a wall of text, I just want to say that I don't mean to sound whiny and that I actually really enjoy the game as it is. It just feels like a wasted opportunity to have this truly awesome idea and then do almost nothing with it.

What are your thoughts on this?

Edit: Also, just wanted to point out I realize that budgets exist and the galactic war probably wasn't (and shouldn't have been) their top priority. Getting the core gameplay was and still is more important than the rest.

 

Cet article a l'avantage de se concentrer sur le 21eme siècle, ce qui permet de s'écarter un peu très grands classiques a la Asimov, Herbert ou Simmons qui sont recommandés partout, et de découvrir des oeuvres un peu moins connues.

Il donne aussi une bonne place aux auteurices français.es, je sais que ça fera plaisir a certains :)

Et vous, vous auriez des bouquins a ajouter à la liste ?

 

Article en anglais malheureusement mais qui parle d'un sujet que je connaissais pas du tout, je pense que ça vaut le coup de le partager ici quand même

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Ethalis@jlai.lu to c/imaginaire@jlai.lu
 

Salut tout le monde,

Dans ce post, vous pouvez demander des recommandations à la communauté.

Pas de format obligatoire, mais je vous suggère d'apporter au moins les éléments suivants pour que votre demande soit assez précise :

  • Média recherché (livre, film, série, BD, jeu vidéo, etc.) :
  • Genre recherché (SF, fantasy, fantastique, hard-SF, science-fantasy, etc.) :
  • Description de la demande :
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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Ethalis@jlai.lu to c/imaginaire@jlai.lu
 

Ce post est ouvert à toutes les discussions, même hors-sujet, sur la communauté.

On commence avec une régularité mensuelle plutôt qu'hebdo vu le peu d'activité

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Ethalis@jlai.lu to c/imaginaire@jlai.lu
 

Salut a tous !

Si vous êtes ici, c'est soit que vous vous êtes perdu, soit que vous êtes intéressés par les univers de l'imaginaire au sens large : cette communauté est faite pour discuter de science-fiction, fantasy, fantastique et tous leurs sous-genres, tous médias confondus.

La communauté vient d'être créé et est toujours en cours de construction. Je vais utiliser ce post pour faire la liste des chantiers en cours et autres trucs à faire pour qu'on se retrouve avec un endroit un peu cozy. N'hésitez pas à donner votre avis ou a commenter avec vos remarques, l'idée est qu'on puisse construire cette communauté tous ensemble !

A faire

  • Trouver une bannière appropriée

En cours

  • Trouver une icône appropriée
  • Rédaction des règles
  • Rédaction d'une description de la commu
  • Créer des posts sticky

V1 des règles - N'hésitez pas à donner votre avis

  • L'ensemble des règles de l'instance et son code de conduite s'appliquent bien évidemment
  • Pas de gatekeeping sur la définition de l'imaginaire
  • Tous les spoilers doivent être clairement balisés
  • Les liens vers des sources non-francophones sont autorisés, mais une traduction des infos importante est encouragée
  • Autopromotion autorisée, mais avec modération (pas de spam, pas de hors-sujet)
  • Les débats sont encouragés, mais un minimum de courtoisie est requis
 

Salut !

Le titre se suffit probablement a lui-même, mais en gros je viens d'arriver a Marseille où je vais passer une semaine de vacances. Est-ce vous avez des conseils à me donner sur les trucs à faire, a ne pas faire, etc ?

Merci !

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