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Honestly, at this point Reddit's search doesn't even really feel worse than the competition. Its terrible at fuzzy searches, yes, but the fact that it has functioning search operators that it consistantly respects is so useful. Being able to search "(add OR insert OR update) AND (rest OR restful) NOT sql" is so useful.

Of course, a good fuzzy search would also be great, but no one offers that anymore, so...

Its not so much social media that ruined it, as capitalism and centralization.

Forums themselves are a form of social media, and they're (mostly) great. For Reddit and Lemmy, debatably the best part is the social elements, like the comments sections. The problem isn't the interaction or the "social" nature of it. Its that these platforms have turned into psudo-monopolies intent on controlling people and/or wringing them for every penny.

Thats not to say toxicity and capitalistic exploitation didn't exist before either. The term "flame war" is older than a lot of adults today. Unlike today though, platforms were both more decentralized meaning they were easier to manage and users could switch platform, and were less alorithmic meaning that users could more easily avoid large, bad-faith actors. You'll notice the Fediverse have both these qualities, which is part of why its done so well.

IMO, the best fix to this, would be twofold. A) break up the big monopolies and possibly the psudo-monopolies. Monopolies bad, simple enough. B) Much more difficult, but I believe that what content a site promotes, including algorithmically, should be regulated. Thats not to say sorting algorithms should be banned, but I think we need to regulate how they're used and implemented. For example, regulations could include things like requiring alternative algorithms be offered to users, banning "black box" algorithms, requiring the algorithns be publicly published, and/or banning algorithms that change based on an individual's engagement. Ideally, this would give the user more agency over their experience and would reduce the odds of ignorant users being pushed into cult-like rabbit-holes.

If he blames you for his grooming of you, he's not sorry. He might feel guilty (or might not), but if he's refusing to accept blame, it doesn't matter; He doesn't feel sorry and doesn't want to change his behavior.

Some people are just evil people who will have no issue with hurting others, and based on what you're describing, it sounds like he's part of that group.

I expect its mostly just because its unpleasant and taboo. People don't want to write nor watch that.

That said, they do show up occasionally in more adult-oriented movies. The Shining is an example that immediately comes to mind.

Am I missing something? The only time the article mentions cost is in trying to explain why fewer women drive EVs. They say the reason its popular is that suburbs can home-charge whereas urban areas don't have charging infrastructure for most residents.

Not that I think you're wrong, but its not what the article says.

Let me guess: Ontario, Québec, BC? The provinces with the most urban and suburban areas.

Edit: Yep, exactly as predicted for the obviois reasons. Not exactly news.

Tl;dr: EVs are good for the climate. People with shorter distances to travel and more infrastructure like EVs, those who have less infrastructure or are required to travel more have mixed feelings.

I went down this rabbit hole about a year ago, and didn't have much luck. In the end, the best results I was able to get were from Steam's Big Picture Mode on a Windows device, mostly launching Firefox (might have been Chrome?) with different launch arguments to immitate a smart TV.

Most available software either doesn't support Linux well, doesn't support streaming services and outside software, or doesn't support non-kb&m input methods. You can get two, but never all three. You could try SteamOS, now that its out, but unfortunately my hopes wouldn't be high for it to have all the apps you needs functioning.

Funnily enough, I heard a lot of people saying that they specifically liked it because it was a "return to classic, retro Zelda." The difference being that their idea of retro Zelda was the original rather than Link to the Past or Ocarina of Time.

That was actually my biggest disappointment with my degree - the course didn't teach anywhere near enough for my tastes. However I would hope that I was an outlier in that respect!

From my own experiences, and those of my own social circles, you're in the majority and its not even close. I think a lot of schools are both bad at teaching, and failing to account for the changes in the world since the internet. A lot of schools seem to want to stick to the bare minimum without changing methods or content, which unfortunately makes sense (financially), given capitalism and our current culture around schooling.

It sounds like you're talking about communities versus user. In the same way Reddit had u/xxxx for users, and r/xxxx for subreddits, its u/xxxx for users and c/xxxx for communities (our subreddit equivalent.)

Tomska comes to mind as a pretty hilarious example - not just because he turns them into skits, thats normal enough. He had a whole saga trying to figure out how far he could push the boundries of the VPN company sponsoring him before they would start intervening. It started off simple enough, with the South Park philosophy of "Add provocative stuff so they cut that, rather than the jokes we like." Rather than editting they script, the approved it as is. He thought it was funny, and took that as a challenge. After increasingly crass and violent ads (on-brand for him, and with appropriate content warnings) eventually ended up going so far as to include an ad that even he considers way too far. Said ad later had to be editted out of the video it was included in. In my opinion, despite obviously being very all ads, its collectively some of the funniest content hes made.

He's his videos recapping the saga:

I would say no, so long as its a case of, "This is looking for in a partner." rather than, "This is what I expect out of a woman." or, "This is what I think women should do." So long as the woman is knowingly and consentingly entering into that arrangement, and you're not trying to push it onto her, theres nothing wrong with it.

I know at least one person like that. They won't outright avoid prop planes, and they know its illogical, but the idea of flying on one still makes them nervous.

It is a fun game - I bought it and have put a dozen hours or so into it, but it also really doesn't capture the brilliance of Slay the Spire or the other more influential roguelike deckbuilders. In particular, a lot of it feels either clunky or repetitive. It is a good game, but just good rather than amazing.

Using your clones example, the Slay the Spire "clones" that give roguelike deckbuilders a bad name aren't Inscryption or Monster Train or Balatro. Its things like Across the Obelisk and Wildfrost, that are good, but fail to capture what makes others great, and the numerous low-effort copies you've likely never heard of that viewed it as an easy way to make a good game without understanding it. Its not that Roguelike Deckbuilders are bad, obviously, its that lazy, or thoughtless use of the mechanics that is. A game isn't one mechanic, and trying to treat it as such just results in a messy or bad game.

Its a crutch because its expected to hold the game up, rather than the game supporting its own weight. In your bullet hell example, dodging isn't a crutch, it's the foundational mechanic. A better example would be a slot machine system (something that is near-inherently engaging) being added to a bullet hell game, not because it fits but because its fun independently and helps distract from the fact that they haven't put any effort into the core gameplay. The mechanic isn't a crutch, its inclusion as a tacked-on addition is.

The mechanic itself isn't the issue, but how it is implemented.

It depends on how (and where) its implemented is his point. It needs to be woven into the comvat system as it is in FromSoft, Batman, Ultrakill, or Cuphead, not tacked on because its easy or popular. Each of those uses parrying in a different way to enhance its combat. On the other hand, if you take these mechanics without the greater context or understanding of why it works, then it'll tends to stand out as bad, or remain unused. Doom Eternal is an example that immediately comes to mind. The whole game is about fast paced combat, with a plethora of new mobility mechanics, that is, until you encounter one of the enemies you need to parry. Then, the game comes to a grinding halt while you wait for the enemy to take action, so you are able to react, completely opposite the rage-fueled persona and the mobility focus of every other mechanic. Compare that to Ultrakill, where parrying isn't just a reactive way to mitigate damage, its a situational attack that allows you to keep moving and keep up your carnage.

Game mechanics work best when they're cohesive. Parrying, due to its simplicity can be tacked on easily, breaking this cohesiveness if not given the same weight as the rest of the mechanics.

I believe Jack has done a bit for his anti-freebooting campaign, but to my knowledge, it hasn't been much and this is by-far the most formal.

I'm assumimg you have a store key.

You could post to one of the relevant communities for game giveaaways, such as !freegames@feddit.uk or !Randomactsofgaming@lemm.ee

Standard practice is to pretty much just say what game you're offering, and the dm the key to a random respondent after a day or two.

The only one that comes to mind is Club Penguin's coffee shop. That one is burned into my memory.