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[–] nix@midwest.social 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We're social creatures. The laugh track makes us feel like we're in a social situation. I think different shows use this more or less cynically.

[–] nix@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

For DF: The free version had a Linux build for a long time. The paid version adds new graphics, and it took a while for that to get a Linux release.

For Minecraft: you should be able to play without an account if you're single player and using a third party launcher. I almost exclusively play with friends.

[–] nix@midwest.social 13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Off the top of my head: Half Life 2! OpenTTD, Dwarf Fortress, Minecraft.

[–] nix@midwest.social 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tangential fun fact:

Snake oil is a real thing, that actually helps with the some very specific problems. But it has to be made a specific way from a specific snake. We associate the term with scams because of the large number of scammers that advertised fake snake oils, or advertised it being useful for tons if things it wasn't.

My point is, many of the most effective scams rely on something that has a kernel of truth.

[–] nix@midwest.social 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I use mailbox.org personally. Disroot is probably fine. Do they have 2FA? That would be the most essential thing you want here if you're worried about being hacked by an outside party. 2FA would even mitigate a password leak in most cases, since they'd only have 1 of the authentication factors.

If you're worried about hacking, you can do some things to mitigate the damage that would cause. Download important old emails and delete them from the server, this is pretty easy to do in a desktop client (like thunderbird or outlook) where you'd just move them to a local folder. That way if someone gains access, or they sell to someone that processes the data, they won't have the old emails (unless they for some reason retained a separate copy, which seems doubtful).

Sign your email up for https://haveibeenpwned.com/. Then you'll get notifications if there's any data leaks, including of your email provider. Obviously this is only useful if nobody has stolen your account before the leak is reported, but that's more likely than not (unless you're a particularly valuable target for some reason).

[–] nix@midwest.social 20 points 4 months ago

A craftsmen wouldn't be damaging it, they'd be modifying it to make it more useful to you.

[–] nix@midwest.social 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Honestly? Probably not. How many awkward things that you've heard other people say do you remember for more than a week?

[–] nix@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

As an original Fable fan I'm intrigued... Yikes at the YouTube comments section tho.

[–] nix@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

[–] nix@midwest.social 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] nix@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yea, I've looked into how it works to see if I could add it to an existing app, but ran into a wall I can't recall right now.

The local stops would be good, but what I really need is the ability to figure out new routes, like visiting a friend.

 

The St. Louis Urbanists are starting a Bike Bus for home CITY games! It's a fun, healthy, and eco-friendly way to get to CITYPARK.

We take off from Amsterdam Tavern 75 minutes before kickoff, picking up folks along the route, and returning along the same route after the final whistle. All bikes and skill levels are welcome – we try to maintain a 9-12 mph pace on low-traffic streets and we'll use the bike trail from Scott Ave to CITYPARK, which just finished construction last month.

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