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GlennMagusHarvey

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A person interested in nature, science, sustainability, music, and videogames. I’m also on Mastodon: @glennmagusharvey and @glennmagusharvey

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GlennMagusHarvey , to patientgamers in The joy of *not* eking-out games
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Thanks for the encouragement to just jump in and do stuff, gaming and otherwise.

I’ve found myself having a hard time finding dedicated time to play games (i.e. without worrying about something else “over my shoulder”) and I’ve also found myself seemingly unable to “learn” new genres of games despite my wanting to get into them (so I often end up playing genres I’m already familiar with). I suspect these are related, and I also suspect that just jumping in and doing stuff more spontaneously will probably help improve things.

GlennMagusHarvey , to science_memes in “A simple calculation”
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Math majors: “Duh.”

Non-math majors: “And then a miracle occurs…”

GlennMagusHarvey , to retrogaming in What Is The Future of Handhelds?
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Yeah, N64/PS1 era was when the industry started pushing 3D games hard, and it really feels like the beginning of the modern era to me too.

GlennMagusHarvey , to showerthoughts in I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.
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I’ve generally found that avoiding the biggest crowds seems to also avoid some (though not all) of the worst behavior. More specialized subreddits, communities, and magazines tend to be more chill, and also more focused on their topics.

GlennMagusHarvey , to showerthoughts in I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.
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It’s arguably so easy to “farm karma” that I accidentally did it for a while. Just kept posting silly puns to reply to stuff people post on the Florida Man subreddit.

Reddit karma ain’t worth much at all.

GlennMagusHarvey , to showerthoughts in I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.
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On one hand downvotes are an expression of negativity, but on the other hand downvotes are an outlet for negativity.

Meanwhile, I’m scratching my head trying to figure out why a bunch of the top comments here got like one downvote each, lol.

GlennMagusHarvey , to showerthoughts in I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.
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Honestly I don’t think an algorithm needs to work very hard to “be mean” like that. Sure, you can purposely put people with clashing views in each other sight on a place where people go to hang out and have fun. But you don’t even need to go do that on purpose. To some extent, people naturally produce more “engagement” with stuff that’s controversial/argumentative.

Imagine if I were to walk past you and say some completely innocent comment. Now imagine I were to walk past you and insult your favorite movie/show/song/game/whatever. You’d be far more likely to respond in the latter case.

So, as people respond, more activity is generated, and that makes the post “hotter”. Simply boost what’s hot, and you have a veritable litany of controversy.

GlennMagusHarvey , to workreform in Pettiness as its peak. Trimmed trees at universal studios picket lines.
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Well, $250, but yeah. The law wasn’t prepared for people being this obnoxious.

GlennMagusHarvey , to workreform in Pettiness as its peak. Trimmed trees at universal studios picket lines.
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nods Fair enough.

GlennMagusHarvey , to workreform in Pettiness as its peak. Trimmed trees at universal studios picket lines.
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Yeah I saw this and while I’m not a tree management expert I’m like “they basically left no leaves on these poor things”. With the insane heat we’ve been seeing, this can’t be good.

GlennMagusHarvey , to workreform in Pettiness as its peak. Trimmed trees at universal studios picket lines.
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Wasn’t done by the city. Universal is getting fined for this.

GlennMagusHarvey , to workreform in Pettiness as its peak. Trimmed trees at universal studios picket lines.
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This is horrible and obnoxious tree trimming. Bad for the trees, bad for urban tree canopy, bad for urban heat management, bad for carbon sequestration, and done as an insult to labor.

GlennMagusHarvey , to workreform in Pettiness as its peak. Trimmed trees at universal studios picket lines.
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Yep. I heard they’re actually being fined, sadly only for $250 because old city laws limit how much they can be fined.

If any of these trees dies, I hope Universal is on the hook for replacing it.

GlennMagusHarvey , to retrogaming in Another NES fan art 😺
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Wait…is this Felix the Cat??

GlennMagusHarvey , to programmerhumor in I told ChatGPT to code hello world in rust and comment in pirate slang 😂
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So that means that programmers are being replaced with debuggers. Human debuggers.

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