Sometimes I think about growing cucumbers just to be able to pick off the little white prickles on the outside; I always found it terribly satisfying as a kid!
surrendertogravity
joined 2 years ago
I think it's reasonable to have an account on another federated server, especially if they're a smaller (sub 100 users) instance that requires applications. In my experience after switching to a smaller server, I was able to see a similar amount of activity on my feed by subscribing to a wide range of communities I'm even mildly interested in.
I like browsing by New and on Beehaw, it's a bit rough because I would see a lot of NSFW communities and have to constantly manually block them, and as it's a more active instance, I would run into the "person subscribes to new community and feed fills with those posts" bug very often. On the smaller instance, there's a lot of overlap between my subs and other users' subs in terms of content so New is still a pleasant browsing experience.
I really can’t tell - does it work on top of Markdown flat files or not? Based on the mention of an exporter, I’d guess not.
Part of the reason I moved from TiddlyWiki to Obsidian was to get my writing into plain text files, so anything that doesn’t interface with the OS file system is off the table for me from the get-go. (Part of the reason I care about this is so that I’m not locked into a specific app and can use VS Code to browse and edit as needed, or build a static site from my files, etc.)
Reminds me of this neocities site that has a collection of Gameboy Camera photos collected from the internet.
yup, I started on Beehaw and realized I didn’t miss the downvotes and that it made interacting with comments sections feel much more in good faith. Later moved to my current instance after specifically looking for small instances with applications and no downvotes but federated with (almost) everyone. I know downvotes are still there for most other users but I don’t see them and it’s freeing!
Here's what I've tried so far:
Botany Manor – low poly indie game where the puzzles are figuring out how to grow plants. the low poly is done well and feels very painterly and cozy! the puzzles feel very short and easy to solve, and I suspect that won't really change in the full game. I'm hoping it'll be a $10 to $15 dollar game that I can pick up and complete in a weekend.
Jusant – a slightly janky but enjoyable rock climbing game. I'd be very curious to know if actual rock climbers feel it was represented well here? I think rock climbing in general isn't usually the focus of an entire game so it's neat to see it become the main game mechanic here. the physics can be a bit janky if you do things that you're probably not supposed to do (eg. I almost got stuck with the rope under a metal support beam once) but as long as you don't try to break it, things go well. If this releases around the $20 to $30 price point it'll be a definite buy from me.
Sticky Business – create your own stickers and sell them! the final game needs a much broader range of options for your sticker creation, and needs a better UI view of all your stickers once you start packing them for orders. the writing feels a little clunky and generic, but it helps provide a little motivation for why you're selling the stickers. also has a slider for music in the options but was dead silent in the demo?? honestly got my fill of it during the demo so I can't see myself picking up the full release.
Haven't played it yet, but I'm looking forward to trying the demo of Stray Gods – it's got the Greek Gods vibe of Hades, and I'm a Dragon Age fan so have to give it a shot for David Gaider's writing.
Oh and I also have to plug the demo for Horticular! It's a relaxing, gorgeous, and satisfying garden design sim. I'm super excited for the full release of the game whenever it comes out; I played ~10 hours straight last year when the demo first launched, and it looks like it's been well polished for this year's Next Fest.
Here's what I've tried so far:
Botany Manor – low poly indie game where the puzzles are figuring out how to grow plants. the low poly is done well and feels very painterly and cozy! the puzzles feel very short and easy to solve, and I suspect that won't really change in the full game. I'm hoping it'll be a $10 to $15 dollar game that I can pick up and complete in a weekend.
Jusant – a slightly janky but enjoyable rock climbing game. I'd be very curious to know if actual rock climbers feel it was represented well here? I think rock climbing in general isn't usually the focus of an entire game so it's neat to see it become the main game mechanic here. the physics can be a bit janky if you do things that you're probably not supposed to do (eg. I almost got stuck with the rope under a metal support beam once) but as long as you don't try to break it, things go well. If this releases around the $20 to $30 price point it'll be a definite buy from me.
Sticky Business – create your own stickers and sell them! the final game needs a much broader range of options for your sticker creation, and needs a better UI view of all your stickers once you start packing them for orders. the writing feels a little clunky and generic, but it helps provide a little motivation for why you're selling the stickers. also has a slider for music in the options but was dead silent in the demo?? honestly got my fill of it during the demo so I can't see myself picking up the full release.
Haven't played it yet, but I'm looking forward to trying the demo of Stray Gods – it's got the Greek Gods vibe of Hades, and I'm a Dragon Age fan so have to give it a shot for David Gaider's writing.
Oh and I also have to plug the demo for Horticular! It's a relaxing, gorgeous, and satisfying garden design sim. I'm super excited for the full release of the game whenever it comes out; I played ~10 hours straight last year when the demo first launched, and it looks like it's been well polished for this year's Next Fest.
so pretty! I love how varied the colors are :)
thank you! :)
love how fun and colorful the yarn is! what shawl pattern is this, by chance? it looks like it would wrap much better than a triangle shawl.
ah yeah, I haven't used Dataview's inline data before. Glad you figured it out! :)
It's something to do with the web sockets implementation in 0.17 - when any person on your instance subscribes to a community, the community's posts get added to the top of the web ui feed (possibly only if you're on page 1?). so if I'm on page 1 of new and someone subscribes to a self-hosted community, I'll be flooded with all the recent posts from that community as I'm scrolling through the feed.
should be fixed in 0.18 since web sockets are removed there, and it's also less of a deal on small instances as I said.