Was the prompt “Woman from China”?
Edit: I feel like the nuance of this joke may have been lost on some. Whether or not I read the article is irrelevant, since this was not a genuine question, rather a play on words of the double meaning of “china” as in “A woman from (the country) China” and “A woman (emerging) from china (porcelain)”.
I’ll get my coat.
Thought I’d try a different approach. Nope, still an idiot.
It’s worth a look. It’s very ethereal and Ghibli-esque. The aesthetic is great, as is the lore, and the absence of any enemies makes for a calming experience. Unfortunately it was incredibly buggy when it released on Xbox. Hopefully that’s improved since launch, but I encountered a game-breaking bug at one point that remained even after reinstalling, so I was forced to give up on it.
Yeah, except when she stood up everything apart from her head and neck was visible. You can see in the screenshot actually - the background where her head should be is all wavy because of her Predator camo that’s still active.
Looks good but the enemy health bars dominate the aesthetic. They’re more prominent than the enemies themselves.
Nice try officer
My apologies
Onboarding. The fact that you have to choose an instance to join while creating an account is essentially forcing people to make a decision for which, unless they’ve done some reading, they’ll have no idea of the implications. It’s such a weird concept for new users - they have to know about a thing before they’ve had experience with a thing.
Even if it doesn’t really matter which instance you begin with, the experience will be different, and there’s a sense of “pressure” at the point of signup, which doesn’t exist outside of the Fediverse.
The article is about transitioning from Instagram to Pixelfed, i.e. it’s targeting people who already use Instagram. If an individual is an Instagram user already, then privacy clearly isn’t a consideration for them, and if it was, there are countless articles already regarding Meta’s approach to their data that don’t need to be recycled here.
If your concern is your data, then yes, don’t trust anyone but yourself. As has been said, there’s alternatives for that, including self-hosting.
Pixelfed’s advantages aren’t limited to potential privacy features though, which I agree would have been excellent items to raise in the article, such as a focus on photos and a complete lack of any algorithm forcing tailored content at you. But this is a how-to article, not a feature comparison. I’m sure we’ll see a prevalence of those in the future but it’s still early doors. I would argue that it literally does imply that Pixelfed is more privacy focused though - it’s right there in the title.
Blade Runner 2049. One of the most stunning-looking films ever made. You can pause it at any point and end up with a piece of frame-able art.
Whoosh