sleisl

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Cruise line apologizes after dozens of whales slaughtered in front of passengers in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] sleisl@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

natural ambergris is foraged from coastlines, not harvested from whales.

controller that isn't ms or Sony? in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] sleisl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love this controller but I find I need to use its phone app to swap the button config from Switch to PC each time I go between, which is annoying. maybe i’m doing it wrong.

whats a game that you got significantly far into, only to realize you were doing something wrong or missing a key feature/ability altogether? in c/games@sh.itjust.works
[–] sleisl@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

To this day RL is the only game I play with a claw grip for exactly this reason lol.

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How does this instance feel about this growing pact against federating with Meta? (fedipact.online)
 

Meta/Instagram launched a new product called Threads today (working title project92). It adds a new interface for creating text posts and replying to them, using your Instagram account. Of note, Meta has stated that Threads plans to support ActivityPub in the future, and allow federation with ActivityPub services. If you actually look at your Threads profile page in the app your username has a threads.net tag next to it - presumably to support future federation.

Per the link, a number of fediverse communities are pledging to block any Meta-directed instances that should exist in the future. Thus instance content would not be federated to Meta instances, and Meta users would not be able to interact with instance content.

I'm curious what the opinions on this here are. I personally feel like Meta has shown time and time again that they are not very good citizens of the Internet; beyond concerns of an Eternal September triggered by federated Instagram, I worry that bringing their massive userbase to the fediverse would allow them to influence it to negative effect.
I also understand how that could be seen to go against the point of federated social media in the first place, and I'm eager to hear more opinions. What do you think?

Weekly Recommendations Thread: What do you suggest? in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
[–] sleisl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

building your economic empire is definitely my favorite thing about the X series. X4F was pretty weak when I played it on release but I’ve heard it’s much better after a few years of updates.

Retreat is a viable option in TTRPGs in c/ttrpgs@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] sleisl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like the rule in 3rd Age that the party can always and instantly retreat, but the cost is some failure on the track of the campaign. So the bad guys get what they want, a key NPC or item might be lost, etc. Makes it easier to throw challenging encounters at the players without worrying about wiping the party.