DocMcStuffin
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- Comment on Put him on the cart. 6 days ago:
I shit you not, it took the Catholic Church until the 1800’s to finally accept that the Earth revolves around the fucking Sun. Maybe the 1750’s if someone’s feeling generous, but they were still censoring Galileo’s and Copernicus’s books at that time.
- Comment on Celebrate 50 years of Microsoft with the company's original source code. 3 weeks ago:
I’m just going to acknowledge rather than celebrate.
- Comment on [Discussion] What would it take to selfhost some of the backend that Tesla's connect to? 5 weeks ago:
The right to repair. It’s going to require the ability to make changes to the software on the vehicle. At a minimum the ability to replace the public encryption keys used to communicate with the servers. The bootloader and software is probably locked behind signing keys; so you need to be able to disable or add your own keys. I doubt anyone has access to the full protocols used to communicate with the servers. So, the full technical standard need to be released (which is never going to happen) or reversed engineered through unencrypted traffic analysis and reverse engineering the software.
A good right to repair law could require some of that be releasable while the company is still active or all if the company goes belly up. IIRC there was a smaller EV company that went bankrupt and there was a concern that once the servers were shutdown the vehicles would be bricked. Not sure what happened in the end. In any case, cars as IOT is the stupidest idea ever created.
- Comment on Discord plans to roll out third-party ads on its mobile apps, starting with a mobile pilot for Video Quests, video ads that let users earn rewards, in June 2025. 5 weeks ago:
Neat buuUUUuuut.
Does Revolt have federation?
As of right now, Revolt does not feature any federation and it is not in our feature roadmap.
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What can I do with Revolt and how do I self-host?
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You can self-host Revolt by:
- Using Docker Compose and our recommended guide.
- Building individual components yourself from the source code.
It’s basically a bunch of islands.
- Comment on I kinda do know but I'm posting this as a joke. 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Avowed made me scream to my doctor: “I am a wizard!” 1 month ago:
New D&D meme just dropped: Okay,
boomerwizard. - Comment on Grok 3 roasts Lemmy 2 months ago:
I give it a 5/10. No mention of beans, unix socks, or tankies.
- Comment on Ringing the devil's doorbell 2 months ago:
- Comment on what was the last game you played in 2024? 3 months ago:
A Shelter Full of Cats I’m a sucker for any game from Devcats.
- Comment on Happy New Year! Thought I'd share my new year's resolution to the people here 3 months ago:
Quality Ultra HD shitpost
- Comment on Longtime buddy of mine just got a gaming PC. What games would make up a good "welcome to PC" care package? 3 months ago:
So, most of my recommendations are going to be FPS or first person. For Valve related stuff:
- Half-Life 2 is pretty much a must have along with Episodes 1 and 2.
- Black Mesa is a remake of the original.
- Entropy : Zero 2 is a fantastic fan made mod that’s a good follow up after finishing Half-Life 2 and the episodes.
- The original Entropy : Zero is pretty good, but the default difficulty is hard as hell.
- Portal 1 and 2 are also a must have
- Portal: Revolution is an independent mod that’s a good follow up after 2.
As for non-Valve games and related:
- Crab Champions - fast paced, fps, rogue-like shooter.
- Talos Principle 1 and 2 - fps puzzles with a serious philosophical scifi story. It actually gets a bit heavy when it discusses death.
- Untitled Goose Game - Honk!
- Gnorp Apologue - fun little game
- Pineapple on pizza - it’s free. I would describe it as games-as-art.
- Any of the Serious Sam games. They were made for PC.
- Fallen Aces is still in early access, but a good story driven retro FPS with sprites and multiple ways of navigating each level.
- Trepang2 - a bit of an odd FPS with bullet time.
- Roboquest - rogue like FPS
- Exit 8 - horror walking simulator. Kinda short once you figure it out.
- APE OUT - Ape smash! Top down “shooter”.
- Hotline Miami 1 and 2 - top down shooters with fast deaths and excellent soundtracks
- The Binding of Isaac - has always been popular if a little dated
- Gunpoint - stealth puzzle third person. Came out a decade ago, but a good game.
- Party Hard - little indie murder-everyone-and-don’t-get-caught.
- The Stanley Parable - walking simulator with some interesting dialog and interactions. 9-to-5 office people can relate.
- Dusk - awesome boomer shooter
- Antichamber - came out a decade ago, but a it’s a mind bending puzzle fps.
- Hades and Hades 2 which is in early access. Third person isometric rogue-like.
- The Invincible - Story driven walking simulator based off the book of the same name. Good story.
- Firewatch - story driven walking simulator
- Deeprock Galactic - wasn’t my pint of beer, but a lot of people like it.
- Comment on Longtime buddy of mine just got a gaming PC. What games would make up a good "welcome to PC" care package? 3 months ago:
Half-Life 2 is pretty much a must have. Black Mesa is a good remake of the original.
- Comment on Why Do ppl on lemmy lurk more then interact or post anything? 4 months ago:
That’s not limited to Lemmy. It’s what happens across all social media. A tiny percentage of people will post, a larger percentage will comment, and the vast majority will lurk. The general numbers I’ve heard thrown around are 1-9-90, but the posters and commenters are probably much lower than 1% and 9%. Especially as platform size increases.
As for why, and this is hazarding a guess: posting takes effort, commenting takes less, and lurking takes the least.
- Comment on Hi-Rez Studios announces February 17th shutdown for Realm Royale and Divine Knockout 6 months ago:
I’d be surprised if they had net positive income on Tribes 3. A lot of veteran gamers of the series saw who was really running development and decided to stay away. Once bitten, twice shy. The writing was on the wall that it was a dead game back in June.