youronlyone

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[–] youronlyone@c.im 7 points 1 week ago

@StrixUralensis It's "I Am Not A Lawyer". It's usually used when giving advise and suggestions that borders on law, since many countries have provisions against giving law-related advises.

Another one is TINLA, short for "This Is Not Legal Advice".

Supporedly, saying either or both IANAL and TINLA prevents potential problems if what you said ended up damaging someone. I'm not sure, but I think those two are the only court recognized "disclaimers". 🤣

@Agent_Karyo

 

I found this cool #Fediverse software called #NeoDB via @dansup@mastodon.social 's awesome FediDB website.

https://fedidb.com/software/neodb?version=latest&amp%3Bregistration=open

It's a tracking / shelf platform for #TV / #drama, #movies / #films, #books, and #games

Automated import from #Goodreads work well. Just provide the required URL and voila. If it doesn't appear immediately, it is probably waiting for server workers or waiting for the server load to lower or Goodreads request limit, just be patient, only submit the same URL once! If in doubt, contact the admins instead of resubmitting.

Unfortunately, the software doesn't support import (automated, API, or manual) from Trakt, SIMKL, MyAnimeList, and other popular tracking/shelf services for TV/drama and movies/films. There is one, Douban or something, which I think is popular in the Chinese and Japanese speaking markets.

Anyway, what if the item you want to add doesn't exist in the database yet?

Worry not! There are three ways NeoDB software populates its database.

  • Method 1: You can add the details yourself

  • Method 2: Search the other NeoDB instances for existing similar items

  • Method 3: Search for the item from TMDB, IMDB, IGDB, Steam, Goodreads, and other supported sites (no TVDB), and paste the URL to NeoDB's search box and it will import it to your instance

Method 2 is already sweet. That is the entire idea of the #SocialWeb. But Method 3 is even sweeter!

Methods 2 and 3 are the best because it's a win-win for everyone. Regular users can forget about manually re-entering new data. Seriously, who wants to manually duplicate data from one DB to another? I certainly don't! I contribute to #TMDB but I'm definitely not repeating the same effort in #TVDB.

Secondly, there's no need for instances to duplicate large databases just to ensure their site is useful for any user. Items are added as local users interact with items. It keept the db small instead of having thousands of items no one has interacted to yet (or probably not).

Check my accounts:

  • Flagship server: @youronlyone@neodb.social
  • Instance: @youronlyone@eggplant.place

Hmm… I haven't checked but I think music is not supported (yet?). NeoDB can use the largest #OpenDB for music: #Musicbrainz

🖖🏽🙇🏽

[–] youronlyone@c.im 1 points 2 months ago

@BossDj @Speculater 🤫 It's a secret. 🤐

[–] youronlyone@c.im 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

@Agent_Karyo I haven't tried (can't currently).

But re: your (other) topic, I think you're looking for a sandbox MMO or semi-sandbox. Sadly, sandbox MMOs are rare these days (even semi-sandbox). The most we have are in the 1st Gen and 3rd Gen MMOs. Or, MUDs/MUSHes. (AoC looks promising though.)

[–] youronlyone@c.im 1 points 9 months ago

@7uWqKj@lemmy.world It's hard to know. Only way is to compare what each network had prior to the migration. In the case of the Fediverse, based on the public tracking sites. While for The ATmosphere, based on official announcements.

 

The #history of #TwitterX migrations:

  • #Twitter Migration 1.0: Japan (2017?). They moved to the Fediverse
  • 2.0: Western world & other English-speaking countries (2021). To the #Fediverse
  • 3.0: UK (2024). To the Fediverse via #Threads
  • 4.0: Brazil (2024). Mostly to #ATmosphere via #Bluesky
  • 5.0: Global (2024). Mostly to ATmosphere, some Fediverse

Keep it going!

#SocialWeb #OpenSocial #Web3 #DDFON #MycelialWeb

[–] youronlyone@c.im 2 points 9 months ago

@cm0002@lemmy.world Wow. That's including the books they archived? Or, just the websites?

O_O I didn't hear about the user data issue.

Hmm… I wonder how long it has been going on. It took a couple of weeks before I got a reply from them that an admin unintentionally deleted my account, now that you mentioned it, my account probably got squeezed between spam accounts or something. (I was just advised to create a new account, and sadly only lists can be restored. T_T )

[–] youronlyone@c.im 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@Varyk@sh.itjust.works Yep, it's challenging and sad. Even Wikipedia use it as a resource and backup of sources.

And there are also those using it to archive copyright infringement, or as a record of a work's license at the time (specially since some loves to change the license when they originally released it in Creative Commons or the Public Domain).

It's crazy though that there was no service as close to the features archive.org has. The only one I'm aware of available publicly is archive.ph / archive.md but they don't offer the archiving of links found, and it's pretty much very static only (TiddlyWiki sites don't work correctly).

T_T

 

What's happening to archive.org? Is it the end of an era? Or, a sign that someone should put up an archive of Web Archive somewhere?

#Archives #Archiving #WebArchive #WebHistory #Records #History #Internet

[–] youronlyone@c.im 1 points 10 months ago

@lil5@fosstodon.org

It's not "Firefox-only" per se, it's CSS. Firefox is fast when it comes to implementing updates that benefits multilingual and Asian support, and Chromium is either slow, implements a small part only, or just ignores it completely.

(aside: Another good example is Ruby annotation. Firefox's implementation of Ruby is up-to-date while Chromium's stuck in 2010.

And this is very very annoying, you have to design for Chromium when it comes to Ruby annotations; or use JavaScript to serve different Ruby codes per browser. Chromium is practically the "modern IE6".)

It's the same with :lang().

In Chromium, you still have to do it like this:

:lang(en-GB), :lang(en-US), :lang(en-AU), :lang(en-NZ), :lang(en-PH) { }  

In Firefox you can do it this way:

:lang(en-GB, en-US, en-AU, en-NZ, en-PH) { }  

or

:lang("en-GB", "en-US", "en-AU", "en-NZ", "en-PH") { }  

Another example, in Chromium:

:lang(ceb-Tglg), :lang(pam-Tglg), :lang(fil-Tglg) { }

:lang(ceb-Hano), :lang(pam-Hano), :lang(fil-Hano) { }  

In Firefox:

:lang(\*-Tglg) { }  
:lang(\*-Hano) { }  

or

:lang("*-Tglg) { }  
:lang("*-Hano) { }  

^_~

 

Yet another reason why you should use #Firefox

You can use: #BestViewedInFirefox

  • :lang(\*-Hang)
  • :lang("*-Latn)
  • :lang("zh", "ja", ko")
  • :lang(PT, DE, HE)

If you care about multilingual and multi-script support.

#language #lang #HTML #CSS #WebDev #BrowserWars

[–] youronlyone@c.im 2 points 11 months ago

@vk6flab@lemmy.radio That's a very good question! Sadly, I haven't received the update on Android yet. T_T

Good thing you mentioned it, I'll pay attention to that once I get the latest beta update from our region.

 

Finally, #Mozilla #Firefox for #Linux scales correctly depending on the OS setting instead of it being huge. This had been an issue since they removed the “Density: Compact” option.

version: 131.0b1

Now: Screenshot of Mozilla Firefox v131.0b1 in Linux, showing how it finally scales properly based on the OS setting instead of it being huge.

[–] youronlyone@c.im 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

@nanoUFO

> Sooner rather than later

Because there must be bugs. It's a feature. ^_~

[–] youronlyone@c.im 3 points 1 year ago

@BrikoX

> The ability to opt-out of quote posts is also currently planned, which makes it that Mastodon’s implementation will not be compatible with other fediverse implementations of quote posting.

Not surprising. Even before ActivityPub was announced, when the #fediverse was still powered by #OStatus, Mastodon was already breaking compatibility. There were countless of heated debates about almost every Mastodon-only "feature" they implemented that all other Fediverse devs were _forced_ to implement.

And here we are with yet another.

I wonder what will supporters of opt-out or anti-quotepost camp will do if the other Fediverse devs ignore this Mastodon-only "feature", and just continue with the common implementation of quote posts? Are we going to see a new reason for "fediblock", and finally fragment the Fediverse network?

 

Here are some FLOSS/FOSS gaming–related official fediverse accounts (as listed on their official website(s)).

(in alphabetical order)

I. Game manager and playtime tracker
* Lutris — @lutris

II. FPS (First–person Shooter)
* Unvanquished (mix RTS+FPS) — @UNVofficial

III. MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game)
* Crossfire — @crossfiremrpg

IV. Platformer
* SuperTux — @supertux

V. RTS (Real–time Strategy)
* 0 A.D. — @play0ad

VI. Sandbox
* Minetest — @Minetest

VII. Sim / Simulation
* OpenTTD (transport) — @openttd
* Simutrans (transport) — @simutrans
* Speed Dreams (racing) — @speed_dreams_official

VIII. TBS (Turn–based Strategy)
* FreeCiv — @freeciv

IX. TBT (Turn–based Tactics)
* The Battle for Wesnoth — @wesnoth

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Meta:
* Games list source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games
* Tags: #gameshogun #Gaming #Games #Game #Gaming #Fediverse #FreeCulture #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource

@gaming @games

[–] youronlyone@c.im 3 points 1 year ago

@slazer2au Apologies! In any case, updated and moved the inline tags down.

 

A game I recently started playing is ToME or Tales of Maj'Eyal. It is a roguelike singleplayer game.

It has been around since 2010, but it goes all the way back if we count its predecessors. It is also an open-source game.

As of this post:
* There are already 3 expansions.
* The 4th expansion is set to enter beta testing soon.
* The 5th expansion is already being developed in parallel.

Give it a try, available in Linux, Windows, and OSX. (Also available via Steam.)

Check the official website for screenshots, videos, and more information!

https://te4.org

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A bit of history based on what I was able to find:
* Originally named: Tales of Middle-Earth: The Fourth Age. Set 122 years after the fall of Sauron.
* In 2010-11-21, the game setting was changed entirely into a new one. See: https://te4.org/news?page=27
* Its predecessor was “Tales of Middle Earth”. See: https://www.t-o-m-e.net

#singleplayer #game #games #gaming #videogame #videogames #RPG #retrogaming #retrogames

@games @gaming

 

Woah. #LaBrea S03E01 premiered!

And it's the finale season, and only 6 episodes. T_T

Why?!! T_T

#TV #scifi #ScienceFiction #drama #adventure #Dinosaurs #TimeTravel

@tv@chirp.social @tv@a.gup.pe @sciencefiction@a.gup.pe @scifi

#SciFi

 

This year, I bought the entire packs/bundles of #DnD #DOS classics via #Steam as well as #Ultima 1 to 7 via #GOG.

The last time I played most of these were from 1988 to 1996. One or two I played again sometime early 2000s, randomly.

I already started with #ChampionsOfKrynn and #Ultima7 Part 1, and I'm already cheating. ROFL. I mean, the packs made it easy to cheat.

Back in the 90s, we had to use a hex editor like #PCtools. We open the savegame file, search through it through the hex editor, and did our magic.

#gaming #games #RPG #DungeonCrawler #SinglePlayer #isometric #classics #ClassicGames #ClassicGaming #ImNotThatOld LOL.

@gaming@beehaw.org @gaming@a.gup.pe @games

 

“Dungeons & Dragons introduces its first canonically autistic character”

‘Designer Makenzie De Armas discusses putting a little bit of herself into the game’

https://www.polygon.com/23850698/dnd-dungeons-dragons-autistic-character-asteria

#Asteria is “a princess turned paladine”.

‘De Armas herself is autistic, and was able to incorporate a lot of her own experiences into the character.’

#TheBookOfManyThings #MakenzieDeArmas

#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #Autistic #OpenlyAutistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #AutismSpectrum #Gaming #Games #TTRPG #TableTop #RPG #THAC0

@autism @actuallyautistic @autistics @actuallyautistics @neurodivergence

 

Q: What are the five (5) video games from the 20th Century that you want to be able to play again today? And why?

* Maybe you no longer have time, or, there are no modern ports or adaptation.

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I'll start with mine.

(in no particular order)

  1. #SimFarm

It seems easier to play than #SimCity, but as you progress, it is actually challenging. I love the challenge.

  1. #Empire / #EmpireClassic (DOS version specifically).

If I am not mistaken, before there was the #Civilization franchise, there was “Empire”. It was a fun game. There is #EmpireDeluxe available on #Steam, but I miss the DOS version that I played a lot.

  1. #CarrierCommand

A very fun game. Once I start playing this, time flies fast. I miss this game.

Here's a video of it, it's hard to explain this game as there are many features/gameplay “modes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBJ0q52bXJM

Modern games today are usually limited to certain themes. If it's flight, it's flight. If it's tank, it's tank. If it's strategy, that's it. Carrier Command have it all.

  1. #Hyperspeed / #Lightspeed (DOS)

Years before the era of #EVEonline came. RPG-ish space game that made me felt exploring space. This was new to me then and I enjoyed it.

  1. #StarControl / #StarControl2 (DOS)

I know, we can still play this today, however, what I miss with this game is the 2 player mode.

You just play with your friend and blast each other to friendly matches and laughter.

Being able to play 2P mode, face-to-face, is something that we have taken for granted, and now we're all just virtual avatars in online games (even online multiplayer games).

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So, how about you?

Q: What are the five (5) video games from the 20th Century that you want to be able to play again today? And why?

#QotD #gaming #games

@youronlyone@firefish.social #gameshogun #YourOnlyOne

@games@lemmy.world @games@sh.itjust.works @gaming@beehaw.org @gaming@a.gup.pe

 

I installed #WarCraftRumble and… I can't even link my #BattleNet account. 😅

Well, it's a test release―that is public―so, I guess that's understandable.

Have you tried it? How's your experience?

#games #gaming #gameshogun #YourOnlyOne #Blizzard #BattleNet #Rumble #WarCraft @youronlyone@firefish.social

@games@sh.itjust.works @games@lemmy.world @gaming@beehaw.org @gaming@a.gup.pe

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