sapphiria

joined 2 years ago
[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nice! I've been wanting to add pronouns to mine but couldn't without removing the trans flag. Glad it's fixed

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago

One of the funniest signs for me was when trying to design a VR game with a friend. For some background, it was a first person game where you can play pool remotely with others. With more of an emphasis on the social aspect than the game of pool. Didn't end up getting past the design phase though (yay ADHD).

At some point in our conversation, I brought up player character model - whether you should even have one, what is should look like, etc. I mentioned being able to select or change gender of this model, but he seemed a bit confused by that, and told me it would feel a bit wrong or uncomfortable in VR to look down at yourself and see a different gender. This confused the shit out of me, so I responded something like, "Really? I'd actually prefer looking down and seeing myself as a woman."

It would be another few years before my egg finally cracked.

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I switched from Reddit to Lemmy, I started using Feeder for news to fill that gap. I think my podcast app on Linux also uses RSS.

I also used Feeder with Nitter for a while to keep up with friends posting on Twitter (I never really got into Twitter myself). Though that stopped working at some point.

So yeah, RSS definitely still has uses today.

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is this how Java web tokens were transported back in the day?

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree that enjoying her work doesn't necessarily make you a biggot, but it does mean you aren't an ally. Your money absolutely does make a difference. She sees continued support of her works as support of her anti-trans ideas.

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How is this legal? Isn't this a violation of copyright law at the very least, plus any other licenses that might apply to the files?

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 years ago

I found this blog post, titled The Null HypotheCis, to be pretty helpful when I was questioning. To summarize, basically it can be helpful to stop treating being cis as the default, and treat both cis and trans as equal possibilities. That can be a much better way to frame things, as it allows you to consider if you are cis in the same way you are trying to consider if you are trans. For me, that made it much clearer that I wasn't cis.

So to put it another way - you listed a few reasons you think you're trans, but it's worth asking yourself what reasons you have for thinking you're cis. And how do those two stack up against each other?

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Life is Strange - At least the original, the sequels are not quite as unique. It's an interactive story (though still in 3D) where you can rewind time to redo conversations, effectively making "save scumming" a core mechanic. The designers use the fact that you deliberate on your own actions quite well. The story is also pretty unique, but unfortunately there isn't a good way to explain why without spoiling any of it.

Inscryption - On the surface, this seems like your run of the mill card game. But once you get familiar with the mechanics, some other genres start blending with it.

Edit: Should also add:

A Normal Lost Phone - The premise is that you find a phone that someone has lost, and you can use it to slowly uncover the story of the person who lost it and why.

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

The original anti work community on Reddit was more about the abolition of work, before being co-opted by work reformists. It wasn't about just "pushing back", but about abolishing the modern concept of wage labor under capitalism.

Money doesn't need to exist, so your complaint about them just wanting things for free is ludicrous and strikes me as capitalist apologia.

I recommend reading The Abolition of Work to better understand the concept. At the very least, it would allow you to form actually compelling arguments against the idea so that you don't have to continue showing your ignorance.

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago

I've been a bit underwhelmed so far. Hoping things get more interesting as I progress. I've only seen the first map so far, but it generally doesn't feel like something new. Which I get is sort of the point with the story, but it just doesn't provide the same excitement as Crystal Oasis did back when PoF launched.

I didn't like the Wizard's Vault at first - mainly because of the reduction in daily reward from 2 to 1 gold. As a more casual player, that seemed like quite the blow to my income. But later on I noticed I overlooked the 90 gold at 6 currency each. So I think I may even come out ahead with the changes. It's also great to have a bunch of choices, especially regarding ascended and legendary gear.

I haven't really touched the relics much either. I got one from the meta event and just equipped that for now to have something in the slot, but none of the options really seemed significant enough to care for now.

The any weapon on any spec thing, while interesting, doesn't feel particularly useful as a thief. I'm also out of build/equipment slots to test out new builds - so I guess I'd have to use another character to figure out if any of those new combinations are worth it on my main.

So overall, I'm glad there's more content, but I kind of expected more for the price.

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago

I disagree. I've been playing since launch, and 90 gold is still a lot. A lot of players (probably most) don't do raids or CMs.

[–] sapphiria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 years ago

Be excited about OpenAI's approach to research

Damn, guess I don't qualify. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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