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eldrichhydralisk , to gaming in Steam Summer Sale: Hidden Gem/ Recommendations thread

Donut County is only $3.89. It’s a short, funny, cute puzzle game where you make everything fall in a hole. Really good.

Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth is $12.49 and a much better 80hr RPG then it has any right to be. And I never even touched the second game in the collection!

Penguincoder , to technology in Github is down!

Is this a bot account? Living up to the username for sure.

Dankenstein ,

Doesn't look like a bot unless I'm missing something. Kind of a werid thing to say as a mod when it would probably be a better question to ask in private with other mods.

Penguincoder ,

Was only a joke due to the nature of the post and the username being aligned; not an intentional slight.

But it would also be better that you don't get offended for others. Let them say what they want to say if they need to.

Dankenstein ,

Did I say I was offended or that what you said was intentionally an insult or are you just assuming I did?

alyaza ,
@alyaza@beehaw.org avatar

just to be clear: there's no way to turn off mod plates (it is very annoying), so unless it's contextually clear we're speaking in mod/admin contexts you should generally assume we are not doing so and are using the site like you. i think this is the issue we're running into here

Dankenstein ,

Okay but is this level of aggression necessary for what is a reasonable concern? If you could provide this explanation, why couldn't the moderator I responded to have provided it?

My concern is that, like Reddit, these kinds of things can be misconstrued simply because of the moderator symbol and that it is not conducive to an inclusive environment.

alyaza ,
@alyaza@beehaw.org avatar

Okay but is this level of aggression necessary for what is a reasonable concern? If you could provide this explanation, why couldn’t the moderator I responded to have provided it?

i don't think you're going to get a satisfactory answer from me here, because i wouldn't really consider the response you got unusually aggressive and i don't disagree with Odo's point as a general rule. in any case: from my perspective this is an interpersonal user dispute and not a big deal and i don't see why i need to continue to intervene here past this reply. i'm only intervening at all because i want to clarify that we have literally no control over whether the mod/admin plate displays, and that accordingly users are going to have to be a bit conscientious of the context we say things in until we can toggle it or whatever.

Dankenstein ,

Okay, thank you for clarifying, I'm sure you're busy so it means a lot that you replied at all.

realChem ,
@realChem@beehaw.org avatar

I'll hop on just to add: the little plate that says "mod" can't be turned off, but for us community moderators we can toggle a little shield icon when we're trying to speak with the "mod voice." We can only do it in our communities, but (I think) the admin team is by default modded in every community and should be able to toggle that shield wherever they are.

So if you see the shield icon next to the name, that was intentionally toggled on to show they're trying to speak as a mod and not just a community member. If you only see the little "mod" nameplate you can probably assume they're just talking as a member of the community (unless context makes it obvious that they just forgot to turn on the shield).

Edit: Here's an example of how the shield icon looks to me from one of my posts; I'm on mobile with the darkly theme so it probably looks different to you unless you're also on mobile, but hopefully still a useful example:

a screenshot showing the mod shield next to my username

Dankenstein ,

To respond to your edit, I do not see a mod symbol next to your name. Using Jerboa.

realChem ,
@realChem@beehaw.org avatar

Yeah that makes sense, I'm not a mod in this community. If you go to one of my comments on /c/science it should display I think (although it's been a bit since I tried using Jerboa). Some of my comments there have the shield, some don't (and actually I just realized the mod nameplate doesn't render in the mobile web UI, but does on desktop... curious)

Dankenstein ,

Well, it does make sense that UI is a bit inconsistent, especially after alyaza brought the whole mod icon thing to my attention. Not like this is a unified, centralized platform.

xtremeownage OP ,

Sheesh, did- I miss something in this mess of comments below?

Also, @Dankenstein its just a fancy plate!

https://lemmyonline.com/pictrs/image/b364e13c-3d17-486a-88db-0e861dd84528.png

CoderKat ,

The heck? I didn't get it at first, but I looked at this in a Lemmy instance and the OP name is different? On kbin, OP is xtremeownage. But on the original instance, their username somehow shows up as HTTP_404_NotFound, but still links as xtremeownage.

Does Lemmy have some sorta different display name vs username thing?

realChem ,
@realChem@beehaw.org avatar

Their actual username is xtremeownage, which is why it still links that way, but lemmy lets users set a display name that's different from their username (in this case, HTTP_404_NotFound). Sounds like kbin doesn't respect lemmy display name settings.

jeena , to askscience in How is the moon tidally locked?
@jeena@jemmy.jeena.net avatar

It’s not some force keeping them the same, it’s no force changes the speed of the moon. From my limited understanding the moon was created when a smaller planet crashed into the earth:

https://jemmy.jeena.net/pictrs/image/7b9f18c1-f57e-4b10-8e23-c5fbab98d38d.jpeg

They both got the same momentum, therefor they started rotating at the same speed, once per day.

There is nothing out there which would be able to change the speed of the rotation of the moon. There is also nothing which would change the speed of the rotation of the earth. Therefor they keep spinning at the same speed.

Hypersapien OP ,

Other people have explained it, and the same thing happens with other moons in the solar system, including some orbiting gas giants where your explanation couldn’t have worked.

The Earth’s gravitational field elongates the moon slightly, and an elongated satellite tends more to stabilize its rotation with the longer diameter fixed to point at the center of its orbit.

Woozy ,

The moon rotates about once every 28ish days, the same as it’s orbit. That’s what being tidally locked means.

Thekingoflorda , to nostupidquestions in What do I do with the !community@instance links?
@Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world avatar

Does this work? (if yes, I used the link markdown thingy).

cerevant , (edited )

No. This is what I'm seeing your link as:

https://lemmy.world/post/lemmy.world/c/[email protected]

First, /post doesn't work. The FQDN is:

https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]

However, that will always take you to the lemmy.world website, which if you are a user of lemmy.one (for example) you don't want - you won't be able to comment or post there. If you use a relative path:

/c/[email protected]

It tells the browser to go to that location on whatever server you are currently on. As noted elsewhere, this doesn't work on kbin because they chose to use /m instead of /c. I expect that one or both of Lemmy & Kbin will automatically convert URLs in the future, and will ultimately support the [email protected] form.

edit: Note that the "@lemmy.world" is optional when you are on lemmy.world, but it is the part that will get you to the right place if you use the link on another instance.

WhoRoger , to youshouldknow in YSK: You can see which instances your home instance is federated with and which they've defederated/blocked by going to "/instances"
@WhoRoger@lemmy.world avatar

The link is also down at the bottom (at least in mobile version}.

I've been lookin at some block lists just earlier today. I have to fess that some instances' block lists make me uncomfortable.

spiritedpause OP ,

Ah didn't even notice it at the bottom, good catch!

What makes those block lists uncomfortable for you, genuinely curious?

WhoRoger ,
@WhoRoger@lemmy.world avatar

First, because some instance's block list indicates unwillingness to see anything beyond their little world.

Second, because in some (only only some) blocklists, there are links to some actual shitty people who I wouldn't think actually have the capacity to run a server.

In the last few days there's been quite a fuss about some instances storing insulting jokes and whatnot, but maaaan that's honestly nothing compared to what else is out there.

HumbleFlamingo , to gaming in Steam Summer Sale: Hidden Gem/ Recommendations thread

It's not super niche, or super on sale, but I'm really enjoying Chained Echos so far.

MadSciencePro ,
@MadSciencePro@kbin.social avatar

Hot take: Chained Echoes is a much better game than Octopath Traveler 2.

iconic_admin , to youshouldknow in YSK: You can see which instances your home instance is federated with and which they've defederated/blocked by going to "/instances"

That’s a lot of instances.

ScottNBNP , to piracy in Can someone tell me the reason why these people don't want to leave Reddit?

I have only just joined over here on Lemmy, so let me try to explain what took me so long. Reddit, even though a shit hole, is easier to use and has ingrained itself with google for even easier use. Lemmy is a nightmare to try and find boards ya interested in for common people, as each .com is it’s own sign up and own set of boards, it’s not you go to one site, sign up and find what ya want, you need to know each little lemmy.insertnamehere to find a certain ammount of boards.

This is just my experience and everyone could be different, basically put, laziness and simplicity i think are the two main reasons.

EDIT: not to mention that just took about 5mins to post… wtf is up with this site?

MigratingtoLemmy OP ,

I do not think that is the case. You simply need to toggle the search for communities to “all” instead of “local”. That should search every federated instance, which becomes very similar to searching for communities on Reddit

CentreMetre , to ukcasual in What are you playing?

Been 100%ing teardown, also trepang2. and some other games like the escapists, been trying to finish Subnautica, cyberpunk 2077 (my computer cries when I play it)

Edit: just remembered new payday 2 dlc came out, gonna go play that, ive heard its amazing

veng ,

Trepang2 is insane, just playing the demo has been the best FPS experience I've had since half life alyx. And if I'm honest, even more intense than hl:a too. I'm having to counter the intensity by also playing firewatch, lol.

MisterMoo , to startrek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x03 "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
@MisterMoo@kbin.social avatar

Anyone else notice that The Orville has an episode with this same name? S02E13, "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow"

davehtaylor , to technology in What search engine do you use?

They're all garbage. Content farms and SEO nonsense has been flooding search engines with useless garbage for years. Either that or pages that simply copy forum threads over and over and over so you get a whole results page of what appears to be different sites, but are all a copy of the same forum thread from 2007. Or they grab your search string and then you have a page that looks like it's exactly what you need, only to find out it's scammy bullshit. But AI is making that whole problem exponentially worse.

I've tried DDG many many times over the years. Sometimes it's ok. But overall, most of the results i get just aren't relevant, and it seems like over the last year or two DDG's results have gotten way worse. I always end up back on Google. As crappy as Google is, the results still end up being more relevant overall.

jadenity ,

As often as I hear others with the opposite opinion, my experience is very similar to yours. If I want to find the answer to a question fast, I just use Google. If I'm just browsing a new topic, I try DDG first and much of the time end up using Google anyway.

briongloid , to startrek in Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x03 "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
@briongloid@aussie.zone avatar

Another surprisingly good episode, this season is turning out the be a banger.

_spiffy , to fediverse in How do I deal with "fractured" communities?
@_spiffy@lemmy.world avatar

I hope that with future versions of lemmy they can create "lists" that people can subscribe to that will do this.

or at least let you add communities to your own lists that do that.

Ech ,

How is that different from how subscriptions work now, other than adding one more thing to click to get to your "list" to add a subscription?

_spiffy ,
@_spiffy@lemmy.world avatar

You could group them and look at everything "outdoors" related from multiple communities in a single feed.

fluffyrex ,

Yeah, that would be cool. Right now we only have 3 options: All, Local, or Subscribed. I'd love a submenu that let me generate an individualized feed based on multiple subscriptions that I grouped together, and also let me name & save these feeds.

supermurs ,
@supermurs@kbin.social avatar

This is a great idea!

tamashika , to piracy in Can someone tell me the reason why these people don't want to leave Reddit?

It’s so hard to join lemmy now, and everything lags in lemmy even just an upvote…

WhoRoger , to nostupidquestions in Is there a point in having multiple lemmy accounts?
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You can access almost everything, but some instances are either defederated, or federation may be unreliable at times. You may also wish to create communities on another instance for whatever reason. For now, you're prolly fine and then you'll see.

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