janonymous

@janonymous@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you reconcile staying sane while keeping yourself up-to-date with the news?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I listen to one weekly news podcast (Lage der Nation), that focuses on the most important topics for where I live, which includes big international events.

  Getting an update on the relevant happenings once a week, feels way healthier than reading what’s going horribly wrong somewhere multiple times a day.

  I had to unfollow and unsubscribe a bit on mastodon and Lemmy to reduce the amount of news I see there, but now it’s tolerable.

  However, I still have to take breaks, when I feel my mental health isn’t up for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Age verification and the enshitification of streaming will help reduce the decline in computer literacy in under 18s⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt that. As long as social media algorithms can capture the attention of children, most won’t bother with learning more about computers.

  The reason previous generations did, was because there weren’t so many ways to distract yourself. To play games on the first computer I had access to I had to use DOS. There was no way around it. Now people don’t, so they won’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I had a hammer …⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What? Ignoring that screwdrivers where invented after the hammer, what exactly should this tell me about AI?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you, Thor!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There are people with imposter syndrome, who you wish would say more and then there are people with overinflated self confidence, who just won’t shut up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you, Thor!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The viewers aren’t the game masters, though. I honestly wouldn’t want to participate in a game where I have to retain the attention of people without giving them anything of value. I think at some point those who participate also need to take some responsibility.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have cut off mainstream music streaming, how do you discover new music or artists and songs like what you're listening frequently?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I recommend Radio Paradise! It’s an independent online radio stream with a great, eclectic selection and no ads, except the occasional reminder that they are donation financed. It’s honestly one if not the best radio stream there is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the riot squads come...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this is a good definition: shitpost.urbanup.com/11938797

  Honestly, I don’t understand people who post “normal” stuff here. Aren’t there more suitable places? Or is it to maximize reach or fake internet point gathering?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Going to bed makes any dream possible⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had that thought still in bed, to be honest

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Of all the vegetables beets is the most metal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s also pretty metal, true!

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, officially “everything goes”, but I feel something shouldn’t be considered a shitpost if it’s just something funny. For me a shitpost needs to be deliberately low quality and/or dumb in itself. This is just an arguably funny post, that I’d expect to find in funny or politicalhumor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  not a shitpost

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨N the digital age, it's going to be harder for ICE agents to hide their identities than it was for Nazis trying to evade justice post WW2.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What? I’m saying the Nürnberg trials should have been much larger and stricter. I’m saying don’t just hope that some outside force will bring justice, because historically that just won’t happen. It’s just coping. It is not resistance.

  The reaction to these old Nazis remaining in power lead to the founding of the RAF, who decided to actually do something about it. If necessary with violence. It’s a fascinating piece of history that explains why Germany, despite the defeat, remained pretty conservative and it’s justice system remained “blind on it’s right eye”.

  If you make a historical comparison, maybe read up on it instead of getting mad at someone pointing out a misconception.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨N the digital age, it's going to be harder for ICE agents to hide their identities than it was for Nazis trying to evade justice post WW2.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry to say that the fast majority of German Nazis did not only get off without any form of repercussions after 1945, they often even kept their jobs in government. The Nürnberg and subsequent trials only covered the high profile cases, that had not successfully fled. For the Nürnberg trials that were 22 people, while the subsequent trials only found 2,500 of 100,000 arrested Germans guilty of war crimes. Of those only 177 were tried, 142 were convinced and 25 were sentenced to death. These numbers also exclude the 1,600 German scientists, engineers and technicians that the US government took with project paperclip.

  And it wasn’t for a lack of documents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why's everyone freaking out about Firefox Terms of Service? Isn't it Open Source?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People worried about Mozilla surely won’t migrate to chrome, will they?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what my wife thinks when the shampoo bottle starts dispensing again after I put a little water in it.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No way to find out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heroes of Might and Magic is the best Might and Magic⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I get the love for 3, but I’ve come to like 5 best. It’s easier on the eye and has way better use interface.

  But if we’re talking Might and Magic, don’t forget Dark Messiah!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love diablo-likes, but they're also really annoying.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, a bunch of thoughts come to mind.

  I love Diablo, but a big part of it was the atmosphere and also me being young and never having seen anything like it. That’s pretty hard to recreate. I heard the game Halls of Torment nailed the Diablo atmosphere, but as a Vampire Survivors-like gameplay. Basically it’s focused on the grind and progression. Maybe, that’s something for you? Personally, I haven’s found anything that is as fun as Diablo, so every now and then I play Diablo 1 with a new mod, like the new The Hell 3 Mod. It brings back the wonder of the unknown, because there is lots of new stuff in there. I also loved Book of Demons, which is basically a streamlined version of Diablo 1 with a dark comedic twist.

  I think you underestimate the satisfaction that comes from clearing levels in Diablo. Yes, it could be a different theme and still work, but isn’t that proof of how potent it is? So the question is, why does it feel like a grind to you? I wager it’s because the magic Diablo had for you got lost over time. You know how they work now, you’ve seen behind the curtain and thus don’t feel the danger, the intrigue like you used to. Maybe you will find it in games like Elden Ring that you don’t see through right away?

  About the stats progression: I think a very big part of the fun of progressing your character comes from doing it the way you want. It’s a form of expression. You want to be a Necromancer that only uses Golems or a Mage focused on ice. I think what a lot of Diablo-likes miss is finding a good way to allow lots of expression in character development. Too often I feel boxed in by the class and it doesn’t feel like it’s my Tinkerer, but the Tinkerer instead. A good Diablo-like has abilities that define the character instead of just simple stat increases and cooldown reductions and all that.

  Lastly, if you haven’t seen it there is a great Diablo 4 Critique on YouTube that might give some more food for thought!