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Database Corruption Maintenance (00:01 - 06:00 UTC Dec 2) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I think [email protected] may still be having some issues? From programming.dev it seems to infinitely load, but when clicking a link to visit from another instance, or refreshing the page, it shows an error of, "couldnt_find_community".

Is there another term for crafted, interactive activities besides games/video games? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That disconnect in expectations is definitely what I had in mind in asking this, yeah. One hears game, thinks fun, it doesn't fit their idea of fun, and the game unintentionally disappoints in the process.

Is there another term for crafted, interactive activities besides games/video games? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Or like some exhibits in a museum, but also media like Flower. It's called a video game, but I feel like that's for lack of a better term more than anything. It's lovely whatever you may call it.

Is there another term for crafted, interactive activities besides games/video games? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

I knew I forgot something, sorry...I'm asking in terms of crafted, interactive activities that aren't necessarily aiming to be fun. More like a little dry but still interesting and thought-provoking.

How do people on ActivityPub instances initially find remote instances' stuff to vary their feeds? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I'm asking about before anyone has subscribed to remote instances' stuff, how do they find the remote instances' stuff to begin with? Sorry, having trouble finding a clearer way to ask this without getting in the weeds

How do you voice chat without bothering roommates? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

yeah, but you gave me an even better idea: fake eggs filled with even more dampening material! it would be eggstravagant!

How do you voice chat without bothering roommates? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

is this how you start a polyamorous relationship?

How do you voice chat without bothering roommates? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My question is coming more from the perspective of, "i think i'd like to try voice chatting but i really don't want to be that roommate someone wants to strangle"

How do you voice chat without bothering roommates? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

but something as simple and cheap as paper egg cartons on your walls will greatly reduce how much sound gets through.

Hadn't come across this before, thanks!

silly follow-upwould keeping and rotating the eggs improve the sound dampening?

How do you voice chat without bothering roommates? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Get a cruise ship horn (make sure it’s rated for 140-150 decibels) and play it for the entirety of the call.

Would "TRAIN SOUNDS (true volume, horn every 5 minutes) 24-HOUR MIX" also work?

For those running Hubzilla, or that have tried it, how is it? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the detailed reply! The potential complexity (depending on how much you want to do with it) is a major part of why I was asking, both in terms of use and administration.

Despite the challenges that poses and absence of mobile apps, it still sounds great, but definitely something to go in with an idea of what you do and don't want to do with it.

Percentages in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Wouldn't it be easier for everyone to instead not add such systems? After all, don't many go for the simple logic of bigger number is better instead of doing the math?

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Like The Animatrix? Have you watched Robot Carnival? (en.wikipedia.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/32164428 in [email protected]

As you can find in the link, Robot Carnival is an older animated anthology movie from 1987 with a similar scifi focus. It's by no means the same beyond that though, but still a good watch if you're a fan of scifi animation.

Also it's pretty easy to find somewhere to watch it for free across different streaming services, e.g. Retrocrush, Tubi, Freevee, Roku Channel, etc.

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Why don't more filtering systems enable sorting by least viewed/visited, including for older pages/material? (lemm.ee)
 

Sometimes what I'm interested in may be more specific or niche, but a lot of search engines and filtering systems don't seem to provide a way to drill down to those results. What may be some reasons behind that?

Or am I overlooking some obvious ways to search/filter this way?

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Like the classic game Rogue? Have you played Brogue Community Edition? (github.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/27550316 in [email protected]

Brogue's a more up to date spin on the classic game Rogue, with some slight modern touches to make it more approachable to newcomers while keeping to the spirit of the original.

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Like The Animatrix? Have you watched Robot Carnival? (en.wikipedia.org)
 

As you can find in the link, Robot Carnival is an older animated anthology movie from 1987 with a similar scifi focus. It's by no means the same beyond that though, but still a good watch if you're a fan of scifi animation.

Also it's pretty easy to find somewhere to watch it for free across different streaming services, e.g. Retrocrush, Tubi, Freevee, Roku Channel, etc.

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Where to find online communities of people making stuff mainly as a hobby? (lemm.ee)
 

Stuff could be anything, digital or physical, but the idea is of discussing and doing it as a hobby without any pressure or push to make it a business or side-gig. Nothing against that, simply that communities/groups with that atmosphere are easy enough to find as-is.

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Does sociology extend to other social animals besides humans? (lemm.ee)
 

If sociology's exclusive to humans, then what might be the field of other social animal research?

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What's been an interesting safe for life linkhole you've found on the web recently? (lemm.ee)
 

There's probably a different word for it, but linkhole like rabbithole.

You went to this one site, and it mentioned some other site, and they kept your interest and kept linking on to others and you've surfaced just long enough to share here.

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KDE Connect should only enable downloading files from allowed directories, right? [issue report found, may be very old notifications] (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
 

I was working on some stuff on my PC and stepped away for a bit, and on returning noticed notifications on it that some files had been downloaded via KDE Connect from my phone. I was using my phone at the time, and didn't send the files.

I know that you can quietly download files from a phone with its paired device (i.e. no notification on the phone, nor prompting permission) from allowed directories, but these files weren't from those directories, so...What may have happened here?

Glitched notifications, or something else?

Also, the downloaded files weren't anywhere on my PC, so... 😕

edit:
I found an issue report I think may be what I was seeing: KDE Connect spams the desktop with a torrent of old notifications.

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What do you take more time with when creating a digital persona/fictional character, name or appearances? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink
 

Original title: What do you take more time with when creating a new forum/social account, or character (in a story/game), name or avatar/appearance selection/creation?

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Does PieFed support disabling notifications for submitted posts (or "unsubscribing") from them? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
 

Recently saw some posts about interest in following posts/comments for replies with PieFed, which made me wonder about essentially the opposite.

In Lemmy there's presently no option for this, and I gather similar functionality (auto-follow submitted posts & notify for replies) is on PieFed, but can't tell if there's any option to disable notifications/unsubscribe from one's own posts (yet).

**edit:**Thanks for the reply @[email protected]! From their reply on PieFed:

It does, yes. When you make a post or comment, there's a tick-box with 'Notify about replies'. It's ticked by default, but unticking it before you submit means you won't get notification about replies.

After that, you can change the status using the same bell icon that you use for other people's content. To subscribe to your post, I'd change the bell from struck-through to clear, and to unsubscribe to my own post, I'd change the bell from clear to struck-through.

Unfortunately this reply didn't federate so I only got around to checking PieFed's version of this thread today and read it. Seems some more stuff to work out in this regard

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What details/tools have you found help people transition to similar, open software from closed software, or think could help? (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/30719639 in [email protected]

I'm thinking of ways to help people move from established software to more open, flexible forms that don't lock them to another organization.

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Are there any typewriters still in production for those after a classic style of typewriting? (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/30929451 in [email protected]

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