Recaps:

• Game Summary
• Highlights
• Natural Stat Trick
• Chris Cerullo’s Observations

Keep in mind that instances (not just communities, but instances) come and go. Worst case, if an instance dies, yes, a community can move to a new instance, but you might want to consider several factors when choosing an instance to start a new community.

• How long has the instance been around?
• How is the instance hosted, governed, funded? Donations, non-profit, some rando’s spare laptop, etc.
• Which other instances are they federated with, and which instances are they not federated with?
• Are the instance admins active?
• How often do the admins update the instance to the latest version of Lemmy software?
• Other personal preferences, e.g., does the instance have alternate front ends, etc.

If you decide to just take over one of the existing communities whose current admins are no longer active, you can request for the LW admins to appoint you as moderator of said communities. Do try reaching out to the existing admins first. But yeah, if nothing else, you could then facilitate a transition to the new instance, e.g., poll the active users to see if they want to move, and if so, then lock the community and post a link so new users can find the other instance.

I read recently that he’s AHL-ineligible right now and has to go back to juniors if he doesn’t make the team.

That’s some good intel, I was unaware - thank you for that!

Thanks for chiming in. I appreciated that Dr. Avula articulated his desire to rebuild trust in the city government and potentially seek out additional funding opportunities for local needs. His experience at state level agencies also gives me hope that he’ll be able to navigate the political waters and get things done.

Damn, those are some cute kittens. Btw is that a Caps blanket?

Supes excited for these two:

• @carlos-cabello added a way to filter posts by title only (and not body) when searching.
• @dessalines integrated a new rust clearurls library into lemmy that will remove tracking params for any post or comment text…

Gotcha. So is Wire like, the privacy seeker’s dream messaging app? No phone number, always-on encryption, zero-knowledge servers, open source… any caveats?

Interesting. Since the CEO of Telegram was arrested in France last month, I’ve read countless threads on c/privacy about which messaging app is best for privacy, and the two names that seem to come up the most are Signal and any Matrix client (e.g. Element); however, some commenters point out Signal’s phone number requirement and I forget what the other caveats are.

I don’t recall reading about Wire in any of those threads, but at a glance it seems to check all the boxes (open source, always-on encryption, etc).

Am I missing something? Any ideas why this app wouldn’t come up in such discussions?

EDIT: Hmm, I just went back and re-read a thread from last week, and Wire is actually mentioned. Maybe I’ve just always mentally skipped over it until now.

Love to see it!

Keep in mind that executive orders can be easily rolled back by the next chief executive without going through the legislature. Executive orders are a tool that can be used for good, as in this case, but it’s just something to keep in mind.

CS2 is rated Gold on Proton DB, so some players are playing on Linux, although that same page lists Steam Deck as Unsupported. I haven’t seen or heard anything to the contrary.

Varied exteriors might be enough to keep my inner space station hunter entertained for a while anyway. Thanks for the intel.

Good to know, thanks for the info.

but the inside, as far as I have seen, is the same.

Gotcha. This seems to contradict the marketing materials on the NMS website, but is in line with other commenters—thanks for confirming that.

From the website:

Space Station interiors are now procedurally generated and vary dramatically from station to station. A huge range of different designs are waiting to be found, as well as a wide array of atmospheric and lighting arrangements.

I gather there’s some variety depending on the system’s economy type (e.g. high tech vs mining), just not as “dramatic” as the devs promise. And honestly, this isn’t my only reason for enjoying space games, so I’ll probably scoop up NMS during the next sale anyway and then see for myself. Thanks again.

I do not have the Odyssey DLC, but fair point nonetheless. That said, while I can’t put my finger on it, something draws me to NMS. Maybe it’s the community, I don’t know.

Thanks for weighing in.

Thanks, and noted about the community reports.

EDIT: In case anyone else is reading this thread and wants to track the issue w/ the federated community reports on GitHub, it’s issue #4744.

That WaPo article was one of the top search results - thanks for clarifying. I unplugged from the news after the last election, so now I’m playing catch-up.

Shocker that Trump is a convicted fucking rapist

I’ve been living under a rock - are you referring to Trump’s civil case against E. Jean Carroll or is there a criminal case out there that’s just not showing up on the first page of search results?

Sauce? I tried searching and couldn’t find anything (at least not on the first page of results). Thanks.

Individual trees are mapped using natural=tree, so I reckon a similar pattern could be followed for any plant. Checking taginfo, it looks like a very small number of mappers have used natural=plant, maybe that’s the way to go.