LedgeDrop

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[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

Off-topic: Lemmy really needs better crosspost functionality.

Lemmy is a small group of people, let's not divide it further by having the exact same conversation in two (or more) places.

edit: Fixed the link.

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

I don't have anything meaningful to add, other than my sincere gratitude to you for posting this.

I haven't laughed so hard in a good while.

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Sure, they could block based on your VPN provider, but they're probably also using Deep Packet Inspection .

The ELI5 verson: It's possible to just "watch" your traffic and notice that it's not the "normal" https traffic (which is the most common traffic) . This can be done by finger printing the request itself or just watching the amount of traffic. For example if you "visit" a website, but upload and download 3 megabytes of data and it takes 15 minutes to send/receive that data... well, that looks suspicious... and depending on the country, you may have some people knocking on your door.

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 122 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Begins?!? Docker Inc was waist deep in enshittification the moment they started rate limiting docker hub, which was nearly 3 or 4 years ago.

This is just another step towards the deep end. Companies that could easily move away from docker hub, did so years ago. The companies that remain struggle to leave and will continue to pay.

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

All aboard the gold train!

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Innevitably whatever public transportation you use the route will end up in the ghetteo.

This is a mindset that many people in the U.S. will need to get over before the "quality" of public transport improves: that busses, trains, subways are for "the poor".

I've been on the subways in New York and busses and trains elsewhere in the States. They're gross. Especially, compared to most of Europe (Italy, Denmark, Germany, etc). In Asia, they're also a clean. The mindset in Asia and Europe is "this is what people (not just the poor) take to get from point A to point B". There aren't school busses, the kids just take the same city bus/train/subway that all the other people take to get to work.

I've spent 45 minutes in the States on my daily commute staring at (and riding on) the bumper of the car in front of me. I've also spent 45 minutes, in Europe, peacefully riding the subway to work. I'm able to surf the web, watch a video, relax. I definitely enjoy/recommend the later experience.

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 134 points 11 months ago (12 children)

Since you asked:

  1. The bot provides little "value" vs the noise it creates.

I don't need a bot to tell me that the BBC is a legit news source. Maybe if you flip it around and only publish a message if it's a known scammy website, this might be less spammy. However, this "threshold for scamminess" would be very subjective.

  1. This bot is everywhere. This is closely related to the first point ("value" vs noise). It just sprang up one day and I saw it in every single thread, I'd read.

Fortunately, most Lemmy clients allow blocking users - which I've done and I'm much happier with my Lemmy experience.

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Epic gave it away a few months ago.

As others said, it's heavily story driven (which I found quiet entertaining). The combat had the potential for some strategy, but ultimately I just went with button smashing (it would have been more engaging if there was a meaningful combo system - the one that's present in the game is kinda awkward)

The big problem, I have with the game, is the game saving bugs. I spent ~20 hours, goofying around, having fun. Defeated "the final boss"...

Tap for spoilerwhich ends in a victory lap... Well, that victory lap never completed cause some characters never appeared.

..and I couldn't find a save game that wasn't corrupted. So, I just watched YouTube :(

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd watch this movie.

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Seriously, your professionalism in handling the situation and in reporting it is fantastic.

It's totally above and beyond anything we should expect for a service powered by donations!

Thank you!

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 64 points 1 year ago

I wanted to thank you for creating and promoting an agnostic platform, like lemm.ee.

I'd started exploring Lemmy on beehaw, but was confused and frustrated why I couldn't do "simple things" like downvote (spammy) topics (especially, outside of beehaw channels) . Then beehaw started to do more and more defederations. Although, I respect the transparency the admins have in their communications, I'm not interested in their curated form of Lemmy. As an adult, I can make responsible decisions. Fortunately, the federated nature of Lemmy allows me to easy "pack-up my stuff" and go elsewhere.

Thank you for providing me with a place to go!

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