Auster

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We are? 🙃

  Plot makes such a big deal out of Tartarus, battles are so hard and characters get tired so quickly (FES player here) that I get the impression multiple visits are required. Given that and finding amusing to do so, as well as liking the game's social sim side, I'd usually beat each new block in a single in-game day, at most two if Elizabeth gave any new missions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Persona 3 FES, rush each block of Tartarus, then hyperfocus on the social sim side of the game for the next in-game month. Rinse and repeat.

  Final Fantasy XII, go out of my way to powerlevel, but then mix up multiple powerleveling methods in one. Also spending an excessive amount of time reading the in-game lore and accidentally triggering the eternal delay glitch in the game by trying an unrelated cheese against a superboss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A fediverse platform that lets you block whole topics, not just communities?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be easier implemented with microblogging tagging, and the only thread-based platform that uses tags is Mbin afaik. However, even in it you can't still block tags. Maybe poke the devs of Mbin to implement it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fediverse Recommendations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also Mbin mentioned in other comments for both Reddit and Twitter-inspired experiences

  Also maybe worth noting there's some degree of interoperability between instances? Like Misskey often displaying full text bodies from posts from threads-types of sites, Mastodon running Peertube videos as attached videos, and Mbin, Misskey and Mastodon users being able to follow users on pretty much any instances, and Lemmy and Mbin (and probably Piefed though still to confirm) being able to follow Peertube channels as communities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fediverse Recommendations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Plume for blogs, NodeBB for databases and Pleroma and Misskey also for Twitter, I think

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did something change recently with how Mastodon displays content from Lemmy / the threadiverse?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Linked Mastodon posts redirect back to lemmy.ca son can't check, but going by the intro, it's something I've been noticing, when I boost a post on Mbin, Mastodon displays as you described, at most including the image as attachment, and that despite of the original post's instance.

  However, maybe something like what Misskey instances do would be a good solution? For example:
  https://nijimiss.moe/notes/01K5T7RE2G147ZRBSZ4GDHS3NR
  (For https://thebrainbin.org/m/auster_info_dumps/t/1095421)
  (Just don't like the links appearing again as attachments at the bottom)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Setting up a DOS/Win98 system for gaming⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see. If using either options then, emulator or VM, also maybe look at ways of auto-mounting optical media's ISO images. Saves some of the trouble, as games from that time often require the media to be mounted while playing.

  And if the disks you talk about are diskettes, you'll probably need an adapter to back up the files or disk image. Else, if it's an optical media, have yet to see a reader not capable of dumping the disc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Setting up a DOS/Win98 system for gaming⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally, I think VMs would be more portable, but by a very small distance. At most how the machine is started and some compatibilities change.

  And about the games listed, some of those have source ports for newer systems, so I ask, does your friend want to run through an old system, or simply play those older games? If the latter, then maybe a VM or emulator wouldn't be needed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Community Discoverability Inconsistencies⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not very familiar with PieFed, but from my experience on Mbin and Lemmy, communities only exist for another instance if either someone already follows it, someone click on a ! link to a community and follows it, the link of a post from a given community is searched in the instance's search field, someone comments or up/downvotes on a post, or, microblogging/Mbin-specific, someone boosts a post and is followed by someone from another instance. However, neither are fail-proof from what I tested, and from the little I used PieFed, it seems a bit more bureaucratic to find external stuff, which added to being the newer of the thread-type site engines, might make it a bit slower to find stuff initially.

  Though, on this last part, similar to what I observe in Mbin, propagation is exponential, so at some point having to manually track stuff should become just a memory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Heard an expression for storytelling once in Portuguese once that kinda translates to "street fight" - when the story writer doesn't know how to proceed so he throws whatever. Kinda like deus ex machina trope, but more chaotic. Shippuden, the further it went, the more it gave me that impression. And I'm not watching/reading Boruto, the movie from right after Shippuden was already bad enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Wikipedia page for the fediverse describes a den of iniquity⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see. Sorry for jumping the gun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Wikipedia page for the fediverse describes a den of iniquity⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem of reporting specific cases is that it could become cancel culture all over again. First option, I think, would be to try to correct issues in the article. Then, if they denied, then start suspecting of tue site itself. And if already suspecting, it adds up to its untrustworthiness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Wikipedia page for the fediverse describes a den of iniquity⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Skimmed through the article and something picked my attention, the numbers given in the "325000 posts analyzed". The way its given, it makes seem like big numbers, but if you calculate what is the percentage of the numbers given, it's less than 1%. Can't check the linked source, but it seems like a classical "lying with statistics".

  And besides, text seems written in a way to give the impression site moderation for smaller sites is too stupid to block bad actors, and that only the paternalism of bigger sites can solve this implied issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What first emulation handheld would you recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dunno how it is through Retroarch, but what I used was a separated program, Lime3DS ("Azahar" now? Got the APK in the short window it was named that)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What first emulation handheld would you recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If not, only other system I'm familiar with for emulation is the PS Vita, but given being from the same generation as the 3DS, the most it can run is Saturn, PS1 and some PC games through source ports (and heavy graphical downgrades when needed).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What first emulation handheld would you recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would phones count? I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro, and it's surprisingly powerful for its release year. Can even tackle some PS2 games through AetherSX2. Also works with 3DS emulation, at least from what I tested of Bravely Second.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm a bit hooked on old anime.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Will be looking at those 👀

  Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm a bit hooked on old anime.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Went back to anime recently, and they feel like they're all becoming the same thing, least checking random ones through Crunchyroll for some months now. Art style is becoming pretty same-y even for older, still running shows, story setting and pacing also seem to be more uninventive than ever, and in action animes, thunder or similar-looking effects sound like always have the same audio track playing. I wonder if those series are already using AI as I remember seeing being proposed in a news a while back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anybody anywhere in the world 🌍 create a website like lemmy and Mastodon with possibility of creating multiple instances and feed it into the fediverse so that it gets shared into both lemmy and?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Old post, but in case it's still useful, Mbin's been working great as a bridge for propagating posts between services from my experience. Lemmy can fetch posts from thread-based instances pretty well, but on other things, Mbin feels the gap, like having from what I can notice an easier time tracking Peertube, its boosts allow propagating pretty much any posts to microblogging platforms, and being able to follow users, their posts (either from threads or microblogs) get tracked automatically, no need to look for the post's link on the search field.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But about story, if going by what I saw the devs sharing, humour is very promising. =D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Got to when Kapi is introduce. Up to that point, as a Brazilian? A bit cringe. Can't say much more about the story as I didn't play further. On gameplay, at least on that tutorial segment, it plays fantastic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Been playing Silksong as quickly as possible while still being enjoyable, as I'd rather avoid spoilers and quite a few of the people I follow are posting content on it.

  But once it's done, planning to go back to Final Fantasy XII and Girl from Arkanya.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scary games. . ?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For more psychological horrors, maybe the first Devil May Cry? Early PS2 game, and is a recycled Resident Evil project so part of the ambience remains. Later games are more toned down on horror though.

  Dreaming Sarah, I found to be good, but its horror is more on the bizarre.

  Limbo, been considering playing for a while now, and from what I've seen, jump scares seem minimal. Same for the creator's other game, Inside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mirror Instance for Interactable Archiving⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kbin.Social (rip) and Lemm.ee (rip #2) posts still appear on Lemmy.World. Also pondercat (rip #3) was a bot-only instance (in its case, for tracking RSS feeds). So all in all, I think it's fairly possible, with only minor (?) issues being in the way, like mirroring external content that would be loaded seemlessly (e.g. Imgur on Lemmy and Peertube on Mastodon) and storage and processing power for tracking the instances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unified Fediverse App - a browser solution?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On the first point, propagation happens passively too. For example, if someone follows me on Mastodon, this reply will be pulled to his/her feed as a microblogging post, and will be discoverable on any feeds my account later appears. I remember also testing around between Lemmy and Mbin how liking/upvoting works, and doing that on Lemmy while the Mbin account followed it also showed posts previously not on my Mbin instance.

  Similarly, Mbin (and dunno about Lemmy but I'd imagine it's the same) pulls Peertube channels as magazines/communities, and iirc Peertube channels can also be followed as users on microblogging platforms, and in both cases their video uploads automatically appear on the respective text feeds.

  And about the second point, I agree, but that's also why I suggest recommending major platforms. For example, Lemmy.World and Mastodon.Social are likely to have far more publications being posted on or propagated to than Mbin or PieFed instances, since the former two are around for much longer, and not actively trying to be toxic (at least from what I can observe).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unified Fediverse App - a browser solution?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally, I think it would only work out if the programmer tries to reconstruct posts from different formats in a format that works out for each. Otherwise it becomes what it already is, a glorified browser with multiple profiles enabled, and with over-preference for a type of engine.

  My opinion is, take note of the major platforms for each engine and/or experience, and recommend them based on your friends' tastes.

  The rest, centralization, would be replaced by what I call propagation (iirc people call it "to federated"?), which people directly and indirectly do, like boosting posts (Mbin / microblogging stuff) and commenting so people following the user see the original post too, following people and following Peertube channels on Peertube and the "threadiverse" so one's account is a bridge for propagation, up/downvoting, etc. And as this web of social medias grows, tendency is that it keeps growing exponentially until either it takes over like email, or stagnates.

  This logic, I think, is similar to recommending Linux Mint or immutable distros to Linux novices, the "safe bet" for them before they get used to the technical side or while Linux wouldn't (past tense) become accessible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mass migration to Piefed for various history and meme subs!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unsure what had happened in another post and poked in my instance's main(?)/meta(?) community (!askthebrainbin), but after a short back and forth, and seeing the behavior repeat here as well, I think the owner's assumption is correct, the first of each pair of community links here is actually a hyperlink manually created, while the seconds are proper sharable communities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have this corner in my basement⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  First thing I'd think to do in such a corner is also a thin and tall cabinet/chest/other storage unit. Unsure if brooms would be good there as they may carry dirt/dust around and seem to be close to a few storage places as well as the sink itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most Effective way to search the Threadiverse?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I'd try finding a community to where I'd like to post a given article, and look for its posts in the OG instance as well as in instances I have accounts on for other engines (the 3 major thread-oriented ones I know about are Lemmy, Mbin and PieFed). Other than that, of retarded/delayed results but still something I'd recommend, is to follow people in other instances (Mbin / microblogging / Peertube thing), and interact with everything the user finds so posts can propagate across instances, so at least in future searches, others, or even yourself, may find/refind posts more easily.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best Co-Op Games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Neo Geo Metal Slug games were extremely fun to play side by side with a friend. Just note Metal Slug 2 has lag problems due to the engine used, but it was later ported to MS3's engine as Metal Slug X.

  Also, most versions of the games on PC come with the ROMs, if you'd rather use your own emulator.

  Another set of games we also enjoyed a lot were the River City Girls games. Just had to use health cheats on the SNES game repurposed because it was getting too hard for the time we had. "<.<