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  1. Comment on These twenty-five artifacts explain America (gifted link) in ~life

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    Turn on Reader Mode to help actually see the article.

    Turn on Reader Mode to help actually see the article.

    6 votes

  2. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I played Shelldiver last week at a friend's recommendation and I really, really disliked it. The game has exactly two stages. Get to endgame Play each area one more time and win During the first...

    I played Shelldiver last week at a friend's recommendation and I really, really disliked it.

    The game has exactly two stages.

    • Get to endgame
    • Play each area one more time and win

    During the first section, the gameplay loop is incredibly repetitive with no changes in game mechanics. Your numbers scale up and the environment numbers scale up at about the same rate so you just repeat the same run a bunch of times spending the same amount of time collecting jellyfish and rocks. There is no functional difference between any of the levels.

    Then you reach the last level and unlock the "blow up the whole level at once" upgrades and grab a few more materials and the game is complete.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on California goat grazing faces crisis after wage change in ~enviro

    DeaconBlue
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    Wow, sounds incredibly important and the price increase is justified. Weird that sheep are somehow immune to these issues.

    Wow, sounds incredibly important and the price increase is justified.

    Weird that sheep are somehow immune to these issues.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on UBlock Origin got turned off with my most recent Brave browser update. Any alternatives? in ~tech

    DeaconBlue
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    Is Ladybird expected to have support for extensions/adblock/whatever on 1.0?

    Is Ladybird expected to have support for extensions/adblock/whatever on 1.0?

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Moist Towelette Online Museum in ~design

    DeaconBlue
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    (Hawthorne wipes are a fictional brand from the show Community)

    (Hawthorne wipes are a fictional brand from the show Community)

    1 vote

  6. Comment on California goat grazing faces crisis after wage change in ~enviro

    DeaconBlue
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    The normal response to requiring overtime pay like that is to turn it into shift work.

    The normal response to requiring overtime pay like that is to turn it into shift work.

    7 votes

  7. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

    DeaconBlue
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    Yes, I consider AI generated articles untrustworthy. I don't trust the website that they generated. That is not indicative of my judgment (or more lack thereof) of their personal character.

    Is every site that uses AI untrustworthy?

    Yes, I consider AI generated articles untrustworthy.

    Would it be possible to show some common decency towards a person you (likely) know almost nothing about?

    I don't trust the website that they generated. That is not indicative of my judgment (or more lack thereof) of their personal character.

    9 votes

  8. Comment on UBlock Origin got turned off with my most recent Brave browser update. Any alternatives? in ~tech

    DeaconBlue
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    Firefox still allows you to use extensions. Ublock origin is definitely in there, and You're Fired is listed (with like two downloads).

    Firefox still allows you to use extensions. Ublock origin is definitely in there, and You're Fired is listed (with like two downloads).

    91 votes

  9. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

    DeaconBlue
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    It is an indication that the site is probably AI generated and untrustworthy.

    It is an indication that the site is probably AI generated and untrustworthy.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Is there a way to filter out everything posted by a user? in ~tildes

    DeaconBlue
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    There doesn't need to be any kind of conflict for this to have benefit. Imagine a scenario where there was someone that enjoyed gambling and regularly posted about all kinds of different games....

    There doesn't need to be any kind of conflict for this to have benefit.

    Imagine a scenario where there was someone that enjoyed gambling and regularly posted about all kinds of different games. Blackjack tournaments, horse racing, news about roulette laws, interesting articles about the history of sports betting by players of the game, polymarket type stuff, whatever, from a variety of sites and sources. These posts would be impossible to filter out as they would cross the breadth of the site, and they are absolutely on topic and worthy of discussion.

    In this same scenario, I am a person with a gambling problem. This site isn't gambling heavy, so I would want to engage with the site, but this particular user is problematic for me without there being any kind of conflict or wrongdoing by any party.

    15 votes

  11. Comment on Is there a way to filter out everything posted by a user? in ~tildes

    DeaconBlue
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    I am not concerned with someone posting horrible things. That would be a moderation issue. A lot of the comment trails in this thread have made a lot of assumptions about why but the why isn't...

    I am not concerned with someone posting horrible things. That would be a moderation issue. A lot of the comment trails in this thread have made a lot of assumptions about why but the why isn't relevant to my question, only whether or not it can happen.

    10 votes

  12. Comment on Anthropic discovered three cases where Claude broke into another system in ~tech

    DeaconBlue
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    Ideally we hear about this through the issuance of an arrest warrant for the people that are breaking the law. At least, that is how I would like the communications to happen.

    Ideally we hear about this through the issuance of an arrest warrant for the people that are breaking the law. At least, that is how I would like the communications to happen.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Is there a way to filter out everything posted by a user? in ~tildes

    DeaconBlue
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    Correct, I don't think that there is any kind of moderation issue at play here. I am also not angry or disgusted at anything that has been posted. I just would prefer to not see what they posted...

    Correct, I don't think that there is any kind of moderation issue at play here. I am also not angry or disgusted at anything that has been posted. I just would prefer to not see what they posted for personal reasons.

    15 votes

  14. Comment on Is there a way to filter out everything posted by a user? in ~tildes

    DeaconBlue
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    This is not meant to be a call out post, and I don't believe that the user is doing anything inherently wrong. Calling them out or asking them to change behavior on specifically my behalf is far...

    This is not meant to be a call out post, and I don't believe that the user is doing anything inherently wrong. Calling them out or asking them to change behavior on specifically my behalf is far from reasonable.

    33 votes

  15. Is there a way to filter out everything posted by a user?

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    I did a search and the last time this was posted about was nearly two years ago. I don't know if there have been any updates on the subject since then. I see that there is a ublock filter...

    I did a search and the last time this was posted about was nearly two years ago. I don't know if there have been any updates on the subject since then.

    I see that there is a ublock filter suggested on the wiki, but that is not an option on some of the devices that I use to browse tildes.

    Edit: Anyone who thinks it might be them, yes it is very specifically you. All of you. You know what you did. :)

    45 votes

  16. Comment on Anthropic discovered three cases where Claude broke into another system in ~tech

    DeaconBlue
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    Weird, the company that has software breaking into others' systems is in the wrong no matter how they announce it.

    Weird, the company that has software breaking into others' systems is in the wrong no matter how they announce it.

    14 votes

  17. Comment on Looking for an app to help with some reading practice for a five year old in ~tech

    DeaconBlue
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    One game our five year old really likes playing (not an app, but a game nonetheless) is taking a bunch of bananagram/scrabble tiles and making a word, then replacing or adding letters to make new...

    One game our five year old really likes playing (not an app, but a game nonetheless) is taking a bunch of bananagram/scrabble tiles and making a word, then replacing or adding letters to make new words.

    Example, I put out SLOW
    She might replace the S with G for GLOW then GLOB then BLOB then back to S for SLOB

    It is fun for them to make up fake but real-sounding words.

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Looking for an app to help with some reading practice for a five year old in ~tech

    DeaconBlue
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    My post probably comes across as snarky on a second read, it was fairly genuine. We used flash cards earlier on as well, then there are things like comic books that can help because of the short...

    My post probably comes across as snarky on a second read, it was fairly genuine. We used flash cards earlier on as well, then there are things like comic books that can help because of the short sentences and easy to follow plotlines.

    My kid was a big fan of the Spidey and Friends comics at 4.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Looking for an app to help with some reading practice for a five year old in ~tech

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    What are you hoping that an app will provide that age appropriate books do not provide?

    What are you hoping that an app will provide that age appropriate books do not provide?

    8 votes

  20. Comment on YouTube Premium to come with Peacock, NBCSports to stream events on YouTube in ~tv

    DeaconBlue
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    The last two words are all that matters. Sports packages are the only thing that matters to a huge portion of the population.

    The last two words are all that matters. Sports packages are the only thing that matters to a huge portion of the population.

    12 votes