@supersquirrel @spit_evil_olive_tips
Idk about stupid.
It's the direct consequence of having and collecting a bunch of data. Being able to come up with any idea, throw it against the wall and see what sticks was the entire point in the first place. Having almost all of them fail to find the ones that don't was the point of the setup.
This kind of use is also the reason why anyone who ever warned about data collection warned about it.
The cyberpunk thing rested completely on player choices, autonomy and an "alive" city. That was sort of hyped up and then the game was a very traditional linear RPG with an OK background.
An OK game but nothing genre redefining.
And there was hope that it would be, because CDPR had proven their competence and they had enough cash and autonomy to do something crazy and new and exciting and good. And they "merely" made a good game.
@boredsquirrel @SchwertImStein
I remember mentions that there were methods to host static content on ipfs. But I didn't do it myself. That's not "activity pub" federated but ipfs is also distributed.
Idk if that would serve your purpose.
xfce
Since we're all here, any chance we can make a small push in the direction of having a standardized "style"/"theme" file that we can plug into the different systems?
@HKayn This may sound cold hearted and I swear I'm not:
There is no obligation for the world in general to pay someone for open source software. (right now)
Everyone should think long hard about writing software and donating time and effort because of this.
I don't like this state of things, I would prefer some kind of "general usefulness" tax financed grant thing.
@ebits21 #PySimpleGUI #python #opensource
🎶 Another bites the dust. 🎶
Moves like this are a bit... strange? It was on github. There are 1.8k forks, with intact LGPL. What is happening here? Is their dev work worth 99$/year ? Not saying people don't deserve to get paid for their work. I'm just not seeing the business case for this.
@Lunar Zero.
Against the Storm is amazing.
Phantom Brigade fulfilled my high expectations.
Mechabellum was a cool take on auto battling
Nebulous Fleet Command is cool, but not finished and maybe just not my cup of tea, but definitely very much knows what it wants to be and is very good at that.
And the rest are well known good games not released this year.
A single server MMO like eve online, but with real stakes.
In eve, when you die, you keep your character, most of your assets are safe, either by meta gaming or game mechanics.
You can't *really* harm/steal from characters.
Which reduces the need to work together and defend your character and your assets. Risk aversion and occasional replacement is a valid strategy.
There is more stuff wrong with eve... but the biggest problem is the stakes.
Languages are just tools, so let's take the shortcut to the xkcd about editors 😁
@supersquirrel I agree completely. The intent, setup, participation (including springer nature and everyone who publishes there), isn't "dumb" though.
It's malicious, evil, negligent or whatever you want to call it.
I dislike "stupid" because it leaves that room for innocent mistakes and unintentional behavior.
People didn't care for ethical standards and this is the outcome.