Not anymore. Look at who’s publishing it now.
I use Impressia for Pixelfed. It’s pretty good.
Having a Mastodon account means creating new habits. One of them is to check the originating server of an account. This is because that account may not be using Mastodon.
No, what was said was that “Groups are for Lemmy and hashtags are for Mastodon”.
That is to say that Groups are not for Mastodon, so Mastodon users should be content with hashtags.
But Mastodon users use Lemmy groups from Mastodon, and better group integration is already being planned by Mastodon themselves.
Ergo, groups are for Mastodon.
Take a look at !fediverse@lemmy.world on Mastodon:
Nope, not a Piefed photo stream. All those photos (so far) originate either from Akkoma or Pixelfed.
It looks “just” like a Piefed photo stream because I’m sending photos there. 😊
I’m an instance owner too (see atomicpoet.org and akkomane.social). Speaking as an instance owner, it’s our fundamental job to moderate.
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It’s not “throwing the onus onto someone else.” The onus has always been on us.
You don’t need to make a single interface, just a “meta-interface” that allows you to switch UIs on the fly.
That’s entirely doable within a client.
Sure, here’s the URL:
https://piefed.social/c/lumoura
Also, you might want to look at getting a better Lemmy client.
Is deeper integration possible? Sure, check out how I use !lumoura@piefed.social with my Akkoma account.
Not only is it possible, there’s lots of Fediverse software that’s just designed to be a “dumb server” akin to Nginx. For example, appy:
Now the reason this stuff hasn’t caught fire yet is because we’re just now moving away from “Fediverse = Mastodon”. So the idea of federation itself isn’t just a paradigm shift, it’s a complete system shock that disrupts our mental models for how social media is supposed to work.
Mastodon is terrible for topical discussions because people don’t use groups. But they can if they knew how to use them.
You may say the system was not designed for cross-pollination, but the fundamental system is not Mastodon, and it’s not Lemmy: it’s ActivityPub.
Now do all these apps implement ActivityPub imperfectly? Yes. But eventually, some app will get it right—ideally one that will let you choose your preferred UI/UX on the fly.
What if I told you that you can use Lemmy with Mastodon right now—and that many people do?
For real. He replied to my Akkoma post, which tagged this Lemmy group. 😆
BlackRock is a manager of ETFs, almost all which involve passive investment funds. They’re not much different from Vanguard.
Now if you don’t know what this means, I’ll break it down for you: BlackRock doesn’t know what’s going on, their funds just follow preset rules for underlying assets.
And the reason they hold so many assets is because they’re passive in nature.
I mean, people obviously say things because they have an agenda.
But let’s look at BlackRock specifically. When they said a recession was coming, we were at the absolute bottom of a stock market downturn. Isn’t that weird?
If anyone listened BlackRock, they would have lost a lot of money.
I’m not saying BlackRock knows where the market is going—they clearly don’t. I’m saying we need to be skeptical about big pronouncements regarding where things are going.
Sorry, I have to call shenanigans. That article was written in 2022:
A more recent article, in 2024, says they see no recession:
People on Twitter literally make shit up to fit narratives.
Let's talk about Alien Breed
Today, I finished Alien Breed 2: Assault, the second game in the second Alien Breed trilogy. But before I get into that, I want to take a moment to talk about the pedigree of the entire Alien Breed series.
Now, if you’re American, you might have no idea what I’m talking about. But if you owned an Amiga—something far more common in Europe—you probably have fond memories of Alien Breed. It was one of the best games on the Amiga, and for a long time, the Amiga was the best computer gaming platform out there. It was miles ahead of DOS, Mac, and even the Atari ST in terms of pure graphics and sound. You have to understand: the Amiga was delivering 16-bit gaming all the way back in 1986—years before the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. At a time when most DOS users were stuck with CGA graphics, the Amiga had a full color palette.
The original Alien Breed was released in 1991, around the same time as the Super
Bionic Commando (2009) really is that bad
Listen, I tend to think gamers cry “wolf” too often when it comes to bad games.
Yooka-Laylee is pretty good. I like Mass Effect: Andromeda. And Metroid: Other M was highly enjoyable.
But you’re right about Bionic Commando (2009). At first, I just thought it was quirky. And the whole grittiness was strange. Specifically, the aspect of his arm being his dead wife—yeah, that’s weird as hell.
After four hours of playing this game, I’m waving the white flag. I can tolerate a dumb cheesy plot. But rockets that can’t aim properly? No.
The best part is when you get to swing your arm and move, but even this is executed clunky. Just getting from place to place is a chore. And those boss battles are grindy as hell and not fun.
But worst of all, why the hell did they give Nathan Spencer dreadlocks? This might seem like a small detail, but it’s really indicative of how this whole game went off the rails. They really tried to give this game some edge but I cannot help but cringe.
I don’t
Today, I played Major Stryker on a 62" TV with an Xbox controller, and that was odd.
I have a PC connected to my TV. And while scrolling through my games, I came across Major Stryker. I saw that it supports Xbox controller. I’ve only played this game with a keyboard, so curiosity got the better of me.
Now if you’re not familiar with Major Stryker, it’s one of those Apogee titles from the early ‘90s. You know, low budget shareware with EGA graphics and Sound Blaster. Major Stryker never got a console release, it’s exclusive to PC even to this day.
Well, having the console experience with Major Stryker—even though I’m not technically using a console—was strange. Good game, definitely one of the best shoot-‘em-ups of the 90s. But it’s strange playing it this way.
It’s just weird seeing this game on a large 4K display. It’s not terrible, it just feels dissonant.
Write the plot for It’s A Wonderful Life 2: It Once Was A Wonderful Life
Points if Clarence, the guardian angel, is world weary and depressed because things aren’t going so well in heaven any more.