I’ll forget he exists once he stops existing.

Saving this thread to my “just in case” list.

Thanks, and I agree. I’m not sure what grounds they have to withhold that sort of information from a lessee on. The lack of information from all angles makes it really difficult to prepare, because I have no idea what I need to be preparing for. It’s been a very difficult week. :(

Pretty bad. I found out recently that my roommate has been lying to me and spent the rent money I gave him on something else. He hid it from me long enough for it to be irreparable. I can’t get my roommate to be honest with me, and the apartment management are refusing to share any information with me (despite me still being on the lease) and won’t even accept a payment from me or even tell me what our debt is, so now I’m almost certainly going have to go to court soon to be evicted.

I’m bipolar, so usually a major event like like this would send me either into a manic or a depressive episode. But for the first time that I can recall, I’ve been finding myself going rapidly between the two states throughout the day.

I know I will be fine. But right now, I’m not fine.

PDSes and relays exist at the whim of Bluesky’s corporate entity. Having all of the endpoints on the network controlled by a single agent is what makes Bluesky centralized. If Bluesky decided so, your server can be removed from their network and is functionally useless at that point. They decide who is and is not allowed to be a part of Bluesky.

For contrast, no such governing body exists with ActivityPub networks. Nobody can decide whether or not an instance should be removed from the network, they can only choose whether or not to federate with that instance. If you wanted to truly silence a Lemmy instance, for example, it would take the cooperation of all the major Lemmy admins to defederate, and is an entirely democratic process as a result.

EDIT: To clarify, ATProto is not what is centralized, “Bluesky” the platform utilizing ATProto, is what’s centralized.

The only mainstream platform that I’m still active on would be Discord, but that’s only because there’s no viable alternative yet.

Wow, that audio is super unsettling. On its own it would seem innocuous, but with the context of trying to contact somebody in a country that’s on the verge of being nuked, it’s downright horrifying.

Back in the olden days, it was “here is my product, and this is the price, if you like it buy from this store”

When exactly are these olden days you refer to? I ask because most “modern” advertising practices have long-since been in place for over a century now; the only things that’ve changed are the delivery method and frequency.

In that case, I’m even more confused. Who do you think is going around just rebuying games they already own?

nobody wants to buy a full price game that they already own on steam that they got on sale 3 years ago.

How many Nintendo games are on Steam?

Yes it does, and I dare you to argue otherwise.

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Well only because the machine is always broken at McDonald’s.

(btw: Does anyone actually enjoy theaters? 🤔)

For me, it depends on the movie. For something moody or really heavy, I’d prefer to watch it comfortably on my couch. But for cheesy action movies or something, I like the big screens and the crowds for the energy they provide.

There’s also something special about theater junk food. Giant bucket of popcorn drenched in not-legally-butter, hot dogs, nachos, a gallon of Coke so that you’ll definitely need to pee right when the third act starts…

Or Star Trek movies.

Pretty basic, I’d assume.

It’s an absolutely beautiful love letter to Zelda, and I wish I finished it while it was still free on PSN. So much thought and attention went into every little detail you see and hear. Tunic teaches so many lessons about game design that I wish AAA studios would hear.

Not surprising, most of them were just web wrappers, anyway. I’ve not used them that often, but they feel like they’re basically just bloatier PWAs.

Why a metal interior?

I couldn’t find the rabbit on Friendica’s website, but I did find it here: https://joinfediverse.wiki/Fediverse_mascots#Flaxy_O’Hare

You’re right, it’s awful lol.

What’s crazy is that all I really want out of a social platform is 2010’s Facebook. That was perfect. I was keeping in touch with friends and staying updated with their lives. I want that back so bad.