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Comment on Alternatives to Goodreads? in ~books
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
jakemoney LinkNova Lands I've had this wishlisted for a couple months because I like factory games. This game is a little simpler than something like Dyson Sphere Program or Factorio. It's really good though!...Nova Lands
I've had this wishlisted for a couple months because I like factory games. This game is a little simpler than something like Dyson Sphere Program or Factorio. It's really good though! It's a mix of factory game and something like Stardew Valley, but mostly factory game. You can finish the main research tree/mission in about 30 hours.
BattleBit Remastered
Hell of a game. I saw people talking about it blowing up on reddit. It is unbelievable that four people were able to make this game. And since (early-access) release last week it has gone from 20k players up to 87k over the weekend. I've had no issues connecting to a game or any lag. It's an absolute embarrassment to AAA developers that four people can deliver this feature rich Battlefield style FPS. These days I'm not much of an FPS person anymore but these developers deserve every bit of praise this game is getting.
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Comment on Brutal video shows Ukrainian commando unit blitzing Russian trench in ~news
jakemoney Link ParentIt's my understanding NSFW (porn) isn't allowed on this site at all so I would be wary of anything with the NSFW tag. For what it's worth I don't think NSFL (gore) is supposed to be posted on this...It's my understanding NSFW (porn) isn't allowed on this site at all so I would be wary of anything with the NSFW tag. For what it's worth I don't think NSFL (gore) is supposed to be posted on this site either.
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Comment on What gaming rumor just won't die? in ~games
jakemoney Link ParentIt absolutely would. Can you even play it on Ps5? It's a damn shame that Bloodborne has been shut off from so much of the gaming world, locked to the Ps4 system. It has historically been my...It absolutely would. Can you even play it on Ps5? It's a damn shame that Bloodborne has been shut off from so much of the gaming world, locked to the Ps4 system. It has historically been my favorite game of all time. Although, I think Elden Ring may have replaced it, because pound for pound I think ER might just be the best game of all time. They did so much there. I need to revisit both.
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Comment on Pour one out for HDDs because PC games are starting to require SSDs in ~games
jakemoney LinkSSD is one of the best upgrades you can make to your PC. Greatly improves all performance operations. Cost of doing business.SSD is one of the best upgrades you can make to your PC. Greatly improves all performance operations. Cost of doing business.
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Comment on “Which group should this go to?”, “Which tags should I use?”, and other posting anxieties. in ~tildes
jakemoney Link ParentThanks for the explanation. In my opinion joke shouldn't apply a negative multiplier. Unless the idea for this site is to have strictly serious discussion only. Which sounds like a bunch of people...Thanks for the explanation. In my opinion joke shouldn't apply a negative multiplier. Unless the idea for this site is to have strictly serious discussion only. Which sounds like a bunch of people who are "fun at parties."
I always hated the upvote/downvote system on reddit. There are some great ideas here, but the comment label system gets a little messy. I like vote being a, "good comment" button. And perhaps keeping 'Exemplary' with the required written reasoning. Let the no-votes speak for themselves. Oh, and a report/malice button is obviously needed.
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Comment on “Which group should this go to?”, “Which tags should I use?”, and other posting anxieties. in ~tildes
jakemoney LinkSeems like as good of place as any to ask this question— What does "vote" mean? I've surmised that there is not karma or upvoting and downvoting. My assumption that "vote" just means, good. BTW no...Seems like as good of place as any to ask this question— What does "vote" mean? I've surmised that there is not karma or upvoting and downvoting. My assumption that "vote" just means, good.
BTW no upvote/downvote is the way. Thankful for that.
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Comment on Cormac McCarthy has died in ~books
jakemoney LinkMy favorite author. His work means a lot to me. One of a kind.My favorite author. His work means a lot to me. One of a kind.
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Comment on Thoughts on making Tildes groups more independent in ~tildes.official
jakemoney LinkI would venture to guess most people want subgroups to go as deep as needed. The most amazing thing about reddit has always been, "there's a subreddit for everything." If you do not allow specific...I would venture to guess most people want subgroups to go as deep as needed. The most amazing thing about reddit has always been, "there's a subreddit for everything." If you do not allow specific subgroups to form, it will limit people joining the site. Also the comment box being at the bottom of the screen is inconvenient, and it will become more inconvenient as the site grows. Answers to your questions:
- What should logged-out users see on the homepage? Just a list of links to individual groups, and they have to pick a specific one to see any posts?
If you're worried about people being overwhelmed by tons of subgroups— make a list of "default groups" for new users to be auto-subbed to. The list would be not unlike the current gamut of groups.
- Should logged-in users still have a homepage made up of all their subscribed groups mixed together (Reddit-style), or should we lean further into the separation by requiring groups to be viewed individually (forum-style)? (I think I'd want the mixed style to be available long-term, but maybe starting without it would help establish the individuality more strongly?)
Reddit-style. Even with the current list of ~30 groups, I can see that fragmenting discussion.
- How should we transition existing users over to the opt-in approach? Should we effectively treat everyone as a new user, and get them to select the groups they're interested in from scratch? Or should we do something like use their activity (voting, posting) to pre-subscribe them to some groups?
Whatever is easiest for site admins.
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Comment on What are some good incremental/idle mobile games? in ~games
jakemoney LinkI mean, if you've never done a Cookie Clicker run... Now is the time. It's on mobile now. Steam. Funny game with YEARS of dev time put into it.I mean, if you've never done a Cookie Clicker run... Now is the time. It's on mobile now. Steam. Funny game with YEARS of dev time put into it.
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Comment on What are you currently reading? in ~books
jakemoney LinkI'm always reading Gravity's Rainbow. Also currently reading Solenoid, by Mircea Cărtărescu. It's written in first person, by sort of an alternate Mircea. An anti-Mircea. From what I gather, it is...I'm always reading Gravity's Rainbow.
Also currently reading Solenoid, by Mircea Cărtărescu. It's written in first person, by sort of an alternate Mircea. An anti-Mircea. From what I gather, it is loosely based on Cărtărescu's life as a school teacher in Romania. This anti-Mircea begins to experience and document anomalies that happen to him. The book could be classified as surrealism. Here's some of the best writing I've every read, from Solenoid:
With every move we make in our lives, we make a choice or we are blown by a breath of wind down one aisle or another. The line of our life only solidifies behind us, it becomes coherent as it fossilizes into the simplicity of destiny, while the lives that could have been, that could have diverged, moment by moment, from the life that triumphed, are dotted, ghostly lines: creodes, quantum differences, translucid and fascinating like stems vegetating in the greenhouse. If I blink, my life forks: I could have not blinked, and then I would have been far different from the one who did, like streets that radiate out from a narrow piața. In the end, I will be wrapped in a cocoon made of the transparent threads of millions of virtual lives, of billions of paths I could have taken, each infinitesimally changing the angle of approach. After an adventure lasting as long as my life, I will meet them again, the millions of other selves, the possible, the probable, the happenstance, and the necessary, all at the end of their stories; we will tell each other about our successes and failures, our adventures and boredoms, our glory and shame. None of us will be more valuable than any other, because each will carry a world just as concrete as the one I call “reality.” All the endless worlds generated by the choices and accidents of my life are just as concrete and real as any other. The millions of my brothers I will talk to at the end, in the hyperspherical summation of all the stories generated by my ballet through time, are rich and poor, they die young or in deep old age (and some never die), they are geniuses or lost souls, clowns or entrepreneurs selling funeral banners. If nothing human is foreign to me, by definition, I will embrace, through my real-virtual brothers, all possibilities, and fulfill all the virtualities meshed in the joints of my body and mind. Some will be so different from me they will cross the barrier of sex, the imperatives of ethics, the Gestalt of the body, becoming sub- or superhumans or alternative-humans, others will only differ from me in unobservable details: a single molecule of ACTH that his striated body released while your striated body did not, a single extra K cell in your blood, an odd glint in his eye . . .
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Comment on Anyone having trouble using their invites? People just don't seem interested in ~tildes
jakemoney LinkThere are a lot of people on the outside looking in. I was one of them until I got my invite.There are a lot of people on the outside looking in. I was one of them until I got my invite.
I use Google Drive (sheets) to track all my books I own and want to read. I feel like social media might be the downfall of modern society so I've been trying to distance myself from it. (comment made on a social site :/ )