[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

As a CS dude who uses Linux and is around way too many people who seem like they genuinely are in need of some therapy on a daily basis, this entirely checks out, tbh.

I'm now mildly worried for my own mental state

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Quite. That's why I used to use Pro, however. And ultra as a regular subscription is... a bit out of my price range. I've heard that there's an ad free only tier priced lower, but I couldn't find it in the app, so... shrug

I'll probably come back to it eventually after post-launch flux ends and such, but we'll see.

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, same boat here. Was a longtime Sync Pro user back on reddit, and saw LJ as a dev worth supporting, but I'm not entirely on board with the changes on the privacy end. Maybe if that stuff changes I'll go back.

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 year ago

Up until the API debacle, that was my solution too. Now even that doesn't work. It's so bizarrely hard to look something up on the internet now.

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it just doesn't really exist yet. I'm not sure a really well-moderated community for news content can exist yet on Lemmy, due to the culture that's slowly springing up, but if it did it'd have to be on a dedicated instance, I expect - one with a very, very dedicated set of moderators with relatively strict rules regarding what is sufficiently-well-sourced content, and all other communities on the instance being held up to the same bar in their specific niches in order to encourage that kind of posting culture.

Honestly, I don't think Reddit ever achieved a really good result either - the news subreddits were all dumpster fires to varying degrees - but Lemmy's immaturity worsens the issue here, I think. It's pretty appallingly obvious. I'd look elsewhere for news opinion aggregation, for the time being.

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Same boat here, though a couple years later. It feels really weird to be so out of the loop with my "fellow" Gen Z siblings who were born in the late 00s.

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Holy shit, I had no idea there was an Alundra rando now! That's fantastic news. I'll hafta do a few runs. It'll be nice to have a new way to experience the game after so long. Thanks!

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Sway and dmenu when in a keyboard productivity sorta mood, KDE otherwise.

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago

Alundra. It's basically the PS1's own Zelda title, with a bit of Terranigma DNA mixed in. I played it as a kid and remember being blown away by the plot, and unlike a lot of other games I played back then, this one mostly held up when I replayed it as an adult.

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Very much this. The atmosphere here doesn't feel any different than it did back on reddit, for better or worse. I feel like there was a time when reddit was less pessimistic, but there's been at least a little of that vibe for a long time.

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

Well, that will set a lovely precedent for other "free" democracies... the people are angry at you? Just take their voice! What could go wrong...

[-] pitl@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Is Passport ID really sufficient? Might be better to just ask for a verified picture of the entire passport, gotta make sure they are who they say they are!

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