Anna von Hausswolff — Struggle with the Beast (Live at Way Out West 2026)
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Comment on Do you think you're special? in ~talk
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Comment on Wikipedia's list of the best video games: how many have you played, and what's missing? in ~games
Staross (edited )LinkTried to count but I gave up mid-way, but I played tons of games, maybe 50% of the list ... I'm missing a lot of playstation games though, I was more amiga/nintendo/pc. Games I enjoyed that are...Tried to count but I gave up mid-way, but I played tons of games, maybe 50% of the list ... I'm missing a lot of playstation games though, I was more amiga/nintendo/pc.
Pong, Tetris, Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, Populous, Prince of Persia, The Secret of Monkey Island, Super Mario World, Another World, Lemmings, Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter II, Micro Machines, Flashback, Mortal Kombat (II?), Super Mario Kart, Myst, SimCity 2000, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Worms, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Duke Nukem 3D, Mario Kart 64, Super Mario 64, Tomb Raider, Age of Empires, Diablo, GoldenEye 007, Quake II, Grand Theft Auto, Half-Life, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, StarCraft, Age of Empires II, Heroes of Might and Magic III, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Unreal Tournament, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Counter-Strike, Deus Ex, Diablo II, Max Payne, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Games I enjoyed that are missing : MDK, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Natural Selection.
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Comment on What are the genuinely worst films of all time? in ~movies
Staross Link ParentI tried to watch third one and l had to stop after 3 minutes, maybe l wasn't in the mood but it gave me the creeps.I tried to watch third one and l had to stop after 3 minutes, maybe l wasn't in the mood but it gave me the creeps.
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Comment on What are the genuinely worst films of all time? in ~movies
Staross LinkSex and the City 2 was pretty awful, it's specially painful to see when you remember how good the first season of the show was.Sex and the City 2 was pretty awful, it's specially painful to see when you remember how good the first season of the show was.
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Comment on Yseult - Freak (2026) in ~music
Staross Link ParentYeah it's super catchy. She's an interesting character too, she was in a French talent show, then did a not so good album by contract, she had one of two hits, then went indie and made a punky...Yeah it's super catchy. She's an interesting character too, she was in a French talent show, then did a not so good album by contract, she had one of two hits, then went indie and made a punky album that didn't had that much success, but somehow ended on the Tonight Show and now she seems to target US/international audience with her last two singles.
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Yseult - Freak (2026)
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
Staross LinkI'm re-listening to Manson's Antichrist Superstar, it aged like fine wine.I'm re-listening to Manson's Antichrist Superstar, it aged like fine wine.
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
Staross LinkI did a salmon salad tonight, kinda improvised but it was 10/10: Salade : potatoes (small cubes, boiled), fenel (sliced very thin), cucumber (cubed), a bit of red onion, a bit of tarragon, lemon...I did a salmon salad tonight, kinda improvised but it was 10/10:
- Salade : potatoes (small cubes, boiled), fenel (sliced very thin), cucumber (cubed), a bit of red onion, a bit of tarragon, lemon juice, soy sauce, olive oil, a bit of mayo, cumin & coriander seeds, salt & pepper.
- Yogurt sauce on the side : sheep yogurt, tarragon, fried garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt & pepper.
- Nice piece of grilled salmon on top (with skin)
- Grilled hazelnut for garnish, couple of sherry tomatoes slices for color.
- Some slices of toasted sourdough bread.
I don't want to toot my own horn but I got the vibe I was a the restaurant at some point.
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
Staross Link ParentYou check out mine :=However, if anyone has new ideas and wants to start something different, inspired by tildes and other communities, I’m interested in hearing you out.
You check out mine :=
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
Staross Link ParentYeah a precedent to look at is maybe art focused platform where people posts their own stuff and help each other, or tumblr where curation of particular aesthetics is valued (not sure how that...Yeah a precedent to look at is maybe art focused platform where people posts their own stuff and help each other, or tumblr where curation of particular aesthetics is valued (not sure how that worked).
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
Staross Link ParentI agree you'd have to be careful with the rules and design, e.g. I would probably not allow short videos, NSFW content, promotion of any kind (I was checking oddsrabbit earlier, there's a bunch of...I agree you'd have to be careful with the rules and design, e.g. I would probably not allow short videos, NSFW content, promotion of any kind (I was checking oddsrabbit earlier, there's a bunch of onlyfans spam...).
That said I'm not sure "thoughtful discussion" should be the sole aim of a plateform. On Flickr you can post a photo, and getting a star from a photographer you like is all you need to be satisfied.
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
Staross LinkTo me the main issue with tildes is the size, it's just a bit too small. The issue with being small is depth : you can have quality discussions about a lot of things here which is great, but if...To me the main issue with tildes is the size, it's just a bit too small. The issue with being small is depth : you can have quality discussions about a lot of things here which is great, but if the topic become too niche you're basically talking alone. It's just a matter of raw numbers, if you have 100 active users and you want to discuss something that interests only 1% of people then you're talking to yourself. It's also problematic for groups and creating sub-communities. I doesn't need to be massive either (I think you could retain the small community feel), maybe 10x bigger.
There's several factors that lead to this I think, there's some design issue with the groups, and also the moderation doesn't scale. I'm not a big fan of the benevolent dictator model, it can work to some extend but it's not super sustainable (what if the dictator is tired ?). Moderation should also be based on rules, not on personal appreciation.
I think being text-only is also a somewhat sub-optimal solution, what's so wrong about art or photography that they need to be second-class citizen on the platform ? I think the solution for images taking over text posts is rather giving each media type their own place to live so one doesn't cannibalize the other.
I've actually experimented with all of this myself.
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Comment on Looking for an effective self-block application for Android in ~tech
Staross Link ParentMaybe at this stage you should get a dumb phone for your wife and relegate the useful stuff to a desktop computer.Maybe at this stage you should get a dumb phone for your wife and relegate the useful stuff to a desktop computer.
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Comment on Looking for an effective self-block application for Android in ~tech
Staross LinkI have a crappy phone and nothing makes me not want to use it as slow response time, random lags, etc. It's just unpleasant to use so I don't use it as much. Maybe you can try to put the phone on...I have a crappy phone and nothing makes me not want to use it as slow response time, random lags, etc. It's just unpleasant to use so I don't use it as much.
Maybe you can try to put the phone on power saving mode, and increase effects/transitions time in the settings, you could also try to limit the bandwidth so it's slow to load stuff. Another idea would be to make it unpleasant to hold physically, maybe a super heavy, bulky, ugly case ?
Buy the cheapest phone you can find next time :)
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Comment on Waving goodbye, carrying my bundle on a stick in ~talk
Staross Link ParentI think there's a strong motivation to being part of a project with a vision and that you feel is going somewhere, is getting better over time, it gives you hope and makes you overlook current...I think there's a strong motivation to being part of a project with a vision and that you feel is going somewhere, is getting better over time, it gives you hope and makes you overlook current issues. It's not too surprising some people don't want to invest their time into something that is explicitly not evolving anymore.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Staross Link ParentSure if you already have the lively community it could work, but don't expect it to form by itself. cyberspace.online and cozy.talk both have striking aesthetics & UX, something that makes them...Sure if you already have the lively community it could work, but don't expect it to form by itself.
cyberspace.online and cozy.talk both have striking aesthetics & UX, something that makes them feel cool and fresh, but at the same time I think that's a bit too niche. Lemmy had a technology hook which can work but it also appeal only to a certain type of people. Things I wouldn't consider as hook are stuff like privacy, anonymity, basic features, no ads, details of the algorithm, etc. these are all good to have but it's just not exciting.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Staross Link ParentIn my experience the only thing I want to see is a really strong hook that will make people join, that should be priority number 1 since without people the rest doesn't matter. From what I've seen...Do you have any ideas on what you'd want to see?
In my experience the only thing I want to see is a really strong hook that will make people join, that should be priority number 1 since without people the rest doesn't matter. From what I've seen the last two alternative that had some success are cyberspace.online and cozy.talk.
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Comment on Why normal people aren’t using AI agents in ~tech
Staross Link ParentTo be clear there's two questions in this debate : Would normal people have a use case for agents, assuming they work ? Does the agents work well enough at the moment ? For 1) I think there's...To be clear there's two questions in this debate :
- Would normal people have a use case for agents, assuming they work ?
- Does the agents work well enough at the moment ?
For 1) I think there's probably a decent number of people (not everybody but the more curious crowd) that would enjoy e.g. making mods, hacking stuff, etc. This already happens to a large extend but one still need require a little bit of prior know-how. That said I think it's going to remain a niche market, most people don't want to build their own things from scratch.
For 2) I don't think the tech is quite ready for lay person, it doesn't always work, does stupid things, and generally the user still need to know what's up. That said I made an Android app with Claude with pretty much no knowledge of the process, it was a pain (mostly transfer issues from computer to phone) but not exactly complicated.
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Comment on Why normal people aren’t using AI agents in ~tech
Staross (edited )Link ParentJust for fun I gave it a try, I've added a Super Saiyan mode to elden ring, you can press a key combination (which also makes you drink...), you're weapon gets on fire for 60s and you have a...Just for fun I gave it a try, I've added a Super Saiyan mode to elden ring, you can press a key combination (which also makes you drink...), you're weapon gets on fire for 60s and you have a different moveset.
To be clear that's reusing assets that are already there (the moves are from Sekiro), but it wrote a bunch of Lua to use them together in a new way. Maybe it still qualifies as garbage, but hot garbage I think not ;)
It's true that there's already a adblocker with Claude as contributor, so maybe you don't need to do it yourself.
I think one operable definition is to be in top/bottom X% of the population in some way or another, and to be able to demonstrate it to some degree. I think you really need something like that if you want to say anything of substance, otherwise it's just too vague and error-prone.
Personally I suspect I could be special in my music listening habits because I've often been in the tail end of the distribution for some metrics (e.g. diversity of genre listened to) on last.fm and Spotify, although I couldn't tell you which % that really corresponds to in the global population.
I probably did though I was more special when I was young, but it's just realizing there's more people like me that I thought when discovering more of the world than my little region that made it go down. So I went from "I'm the 1%!" to "ha, I'm actually 10%".