iByteABit

joined 2 years ago
[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It's definitely possible, but it would be a swiss army knife of an app that's way too hard to make compared to how confusing and messy the end result would probably be

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe my definition of "decent human being" is too strict, but it's way too rare for me to assume it.
I assume that someone I don't know is alright, but they have to do some kind act or show good behavior at their expense without expecting to be rewarded for me to understand that they really are a good person and aren't just good to others when it's easy and beneficial for them.

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

No reason, they're conventions. Check out this list and you'll get a better idea. It's simply a number that the developer assigns without a particular meaning. It's kinda like telephone help lines, one thing that a developer might want to try is to find a pretty memorable number while trying to avoid conflicts with other programs running at the same time.

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's sad how the whole world is going through a conservative nationalist phase, this isn't just a Canada thing but I've seen it in my own country and many other European countries and American states.

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think the city life with everyone being in a rush and overwhelmed with work has decreased the amount of third places a lot.

I still see some local caffés where people chill and the barista also sits with them at times and joins in the conversation, or people talking while they're getting a haircut etc. but it's mostly a bit older people, young people seem to keep to themselves more.

Then again, I'm quite introverted so it's hard for me to engage in conversation to the point where I might not even notice that some place is a "third place"

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As ridiculous as it sounds, posts and inside jokes like these make a platform feel like something unique and special, it's like our very own poop knife post

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Summer does suck for its own reasons, but I'm overall much happier during summer than the winter.
Maybe it's the sun, maybe it's the temperature or the lack of allergies, but I'm always in a much better mood and more energetic despite getting tired from the heat.

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I'm having (or am going to have) some pretty serious personal issues, so that's pretty bad.
But on the bright side, I had fun playing DnD on the weekend and I opened my first ever open source PR on Lemmy

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree that AI is definitely very upcoming (already here actually), but I seriously fear it's going to be for the worse overall.
Every country should be putting down serious rules about AI while it's still early enough to prevent the problems.
The European Union is already at it, I hope they are bringing in many experts from different fields and try to enforce it all strictly.

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Still haven't found much good content on Mastodon, but I'm really liking the platform and app

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree with your points generally, but I also understand the point of view of the general user. Reddit for most people is just a nice app to open while you're lying on your couch between activities and scrolling through some interesting/fun/wholesome stuff. The API changes are completely irrelevant to the average user who doesn't even know about third party apps. I remember a poll on r/polls about 3rd party apps and the people who use Reddit's app was like 95% (obviously r/polls is not scientific statistics but it still shows something).

What you're saying is especially more relevant on platforms like Youtube, where there's people actually having careers and their life's work at stake because of Youtube constantly taking a dump on their platform.

What I'm mostly here (kbin and Lemmy) for is because I believe in decentralization and an open source, free from capitalist milking, internet and I want to be a part of it and support its growth.

[–] iByteABit@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

It really depends on the game and what phase I'm at currently. The games that I can dump hours upon hours on are usually RPGs or have some kind of RPG element to them. I used to spend an insane amount of time on competitive games, but I've grown to avoid them because of how toxic they get eventually, though I still have an itch for them now and then.

Adulthood really decreased my playing time, more than I expected. It's also harder for me to play for long periods without feeling unproductive and questioning what is the point of this..

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