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2026-08-14 22:31:51 UTC

"Yeah, I'm going to continue to attack the one laptop manufacturer that makes laptops that will last you more than one year." (Don't quote me on that, I haven't tried one myself.)
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2026-07-23 02:18:50 UTC

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@nprofile…psp7 I agree and respect their right to do so, but there aren't that many alternatives right now. That's my only gripe.

2026-07-23 01:03:03 UTC

It looks like Codeberg just banned all cryptocurrency related projects, but it was to be expected, given the CEOs relation with Drew DeVault and them taking more far-left stances as of late.
I guess there is simply no viable alternative to GitHub unless you self-host. Maybe the Git-over-Nostr solutions would take off, but I am sick and tired of people bringing unrelated politics into the FOSS movement.
https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1254

2026-07-18 05:04:42 UTC

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@nprofile…0xs5 Also this line is not entirely true:
>The problem with Flash boiled down to the fact that it was a closed “standard” made by a single company, who had all the keys to the kingdom.
Technically, it was three companies: FutureWave, Macromedia, and later Adobe. FutureWave merley made the prototype before selling it to Macromedia and then Adobe bought them out. Maybe Macromedia could've open-sourced Flash instead of selling itself to Adobe.
Even before Ruffle, there were attempts to reverse engineer Flash and make alternative runtimes for it. The GNU Project had Gnash, Mozilla had Shumway, and there was also Lightspark. I think Lightspark was the most developed, but apparently Flash's EULA prohibited reverse engineering, putting these projects in a legal gray area. I know for a fact that the Gnash developers avoided installing Flash to avoid agreeing to the EULA and they had to work with information that was already documented by others.
>There are two problems with HTML5 games though. The first is that it lacks the virality of Flash games. HTML5 games have to be zipped up beforehand, and you can’t easily rip and share a HTML5 game like you could a flash game. On top of that, the bigger problem is that there’s a lot of issues with creativity.
MHTML (an HTML format that contains all of the media in a single file) could've fixed the first problem. The second problem is probably due to the fact that HTML5 Canvas doesn't have some standard SDK like Flash does. From what I have been told, FlashBuilder was a lot like GameMaker in that it was very easy to pick up and use. With HTML5, all you have is your text/HTML editor or any game engine that supports exporting to HTML5, but more likely than not, that engine also supports exporting to desktop and consoles. It just so happens that HTML5 came around the same time as the indie boom in the late 00s and early 2010s.
However, I feel like the ultimate difference between the Flash scene (or the browser gaming scene in general) and the modern indie scene is that most browser games were and are free (with the commercial games being backed by banner ads) and the indie scene is mostly paid commercial games or completely freeware games with no profit incentive. Why is this important? Well if a game is free then more people will try it out and you, the developer can still make money as long as you slap banner ads on your site. Developers can experiment without taking risks.
With modern indie games, customers have to spend wisely and are less willing to try out your game. Not to mention that purchases are a one time thing, unlike browser games where you earn money every time the banner ads load. That's why indiedevs have this make it or break it mentality and it not always works out for them and that didn't seem to be the case during the Flash days.

2026-07-18 02:51:13 UTC

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@nprofile…pw2l @nprofile…0xs5 Did my post from a week ago inspired you to make this blogpost?

2026-07-16 02:04:51 UTC

So I just learned that the Mario Kart 64 PC Port already exists. It's called "Spaghetti Kart". There aren't any worthwhile mods for it yet, but the program adds a bunch of quality of life features such as disabling the rubber-banding AI and being able to play multiplayer without compromises (the original game would cut off music if played with 3 or more players).
I'm still of the camp who thinks that the game hasn't aged well, but this is much better than the vanilla N64 game. I bet it would be better when people start adding mods that replace the sprites with 3D models.
https://github.com/HarbourMasters/SpaghettiKart

2026-07-15 23:52:16 UTC

You are not "prone to sensory overload". You just prefer quiet, less crowded, and less chaotic places. Either that, or you are pretending to have some neurological condition just to be a kill joy.
Even if "sensory overload" is real. It does not mean that the world has to cater to you. I am so fucking sick and tired of hearing people demanding that we get rid of rock concerts, firework shows, laser shows, sports bars with multiple TVs, etc just because your brain can't handle all that sensory input. Don't go to those places if you can't handle all that stimuli. Go to the library, coffee shop, the park (when no events are going on), or just stay home.

2026-07-05 04:08:01 UTC

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@nprofile…52hs
>Mastodon is just the most feature rich variant.
That's not true. Pleroma (and it's forks) have emoji reactions, shoutbox, BBCode and LaTeX formatting, WEBP support, and multiple front-ends.
The only reason I'm using a Mastodon server is that this is the only gaming related server (Mastodon or otherwise) that isn't block happy.
And I wouldn't recommend switching to Pleroma or Misskey as it would probably break federation (notice how Mastodon URLs have the @ symbol in them while Pleroma doesn't). Though if you want those features, Qoto's Mastodon fork includes some of them.
https://git.qoto.org/qoto/qoto

2026-07-05 00:12:48 UTC

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@nprofile…52hs
>It's like you insist on bringing the negatives of Twitter and other platforms to Mastodon.
Literally the creator of Mastodon dubbed it "Twitter without the Nazis" and also wants you to forget that the entire network is actually the Fediverse and Mastodon is just a specific software package for running an instance. The whole idea was that smaller servers are easier to moderate and people would only federate with servers that share similar rules.
Yeah, the server I'm using is also running on Mastodon, but there is a reason why the servers that don't block you are running something else, like Pleroma, Akkoma, Misskey, or GNU Social.

2026-07-04 23:46:13 UTC

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@nprofile…5vlq
>I wouldn't be surprised if another mainline Zelda is coming soon.
I thought it's been confirmed that Monolith Soft is working on the next one.
>Fox was in the Mario Galaxy movie too.
Or it could be just to create hype for the movie itself because who doesn't like a good crossover.

2026-07-04 02:48:18 UTC

The reason why I am so critical about the Star Fox 64 and Ocarina of Time remakes on the Switch 2 is because I feel like N64 nostalgia hit it's peak almost a decade ago (just from people talking about it on YT among other places). It feels like Nintendo is jumping in on the bandwagon way too late, and they already done it once on the 3DS anyway.
It seems like more people are nostalgic for the GameCube, GBA, Wii, and DS right now. As much as people don't want to admit it, it's true. The GC and Wii Zelda's have already been ported to recent consoles, and I don't see them remaking Minish Cap as Capcom was also involved, but maybe it's an opportunity to remake Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks and make them less shit.

2026-05-26 00:41:16 UTC

Imagine thinking that anyone is nostalgic for GamerGate, especially when it is increasingly obvious that it was probably a manufactured psyop.
If it weren't for GamerGate you would probably be chasing your dreams instead of becoming a politisperg online.
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2026-05-21 04:29:39 UTC

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@nprofile…qxx7
>THE CANCER THAT KILLED FEDI
Wouldn't that be Poast?

2026-05-17 04:53:29 UTC

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@nprofile…cyj5 @nprofile…52hs I just don't like how politicians are using this game as an example on why we need to lockdown the Internet to protect the children.
Throughout the history of online games directed towards kids (Habbo, Club Penguin, Millsberry, Neopets, etc), all of the sudden, this is a problem and we need to introduce age verification. I've played some of those games growing up, and even knew kids who played those as well, and stories about pedos on them only happened once in a blue moon. Normally, it was some kid who didn't learn the lesson of not giving personal info to strangers online or just not talk to strangers online, period.

2026-03-31 03:02:24 UTC

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So I do have one game with this thing: Sonic Pocket Adventure, and after messing around with it, I do have to say that I'm not a fan of the analog stick. Sure it was ahead of it's time, but the clicking is way too noisy for me and I don't thing an analog stick should be used for 2D games.
I still feel like the WonderSwan is the superior system. Not only does it have more games, despite being Japan-only, but it has a lot more personality to it, while the NGPC feels like something only for SNK fans which isn't bad, but that company is talked about even less than Capcom, Namco, or Konami and those companies exclusively make software.

2026-03-31 01:44:30 UTC

I managed to get myself a NeoGeo Pocket Color. As much as I generally lack enthusiasm for video game collecting these days, I make a small exception for handhelds as they take up less space and this system in particular is one that I have always been curious about ever since I skimmed through my older brother's video game magazines.
I know this thing has like less than 50 games released for it, but does anyone have any game recommendations? I have zero experience with SNK outside of Metal Slug, but I'm willing to try anything.
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2026-03-29 01:26:32 UTC

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@nprofile…52hs
>Move to New Hampshire if you care about freedom above safety.
I would if there were jobs in my field there (not like the CS job market is better anywhere else but still).

2026-03-27 22:23:59 UTC

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@nprofile…0xs5 @nprofile…mfuj To be fair, I think Tumblr is a lot more complex than a Twitter clone. Tumblr has custom HTML which can bring security issues if not implemented properly and Tumblr is notorious for not being advertiser friendly. It would probably be even harder for a smaller competitor.

2026-03-23 15:37:49 UTC

It turns out that the localization of Ys Book I & II is probably the first example of Japanese game developers taking direct feedback from westerners as Falcom actually had access to CompuServe and listened to the opinions and tastes of western gamers.
And this was all back in the late 80s, no less.
https://xcancel.com/snapwith/status/1931902424756998393
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2026-03-05 05:35:00 UTC

I'm starting to get sick of the US/Iran shitshow and from both sides.

2026-02-24 02:46:13 UTC

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@nprofile…p49c @nprofile…fa2z @nprofile…p4qp Loli is legal in the US and the origin 8chan, up until it's rebranding allowed anything as long as it abide by US law.
The banning of loli on 8kun was part of the reason why Mark left to found 8moe.

2026-02-22 23:44:38 UTC

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@nprofile…p4qp To be fair, moot doesn't suffer from a genetic condition that cuts your lifespan to 1/3 of the average person so he has many more decades to build his lasting legacy.

2026-02-22 22:43:43 UTC

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@nprofile…p4qp It's not just him. People like m00t and Lowtax went down similar paths. The latter even ended up killing himself.

2026-02-22 19:11:28 UTC

In the wake of the news of Fredrick Brennan's (8chan creator) passing, I was reminded that I too had some dream of creating an imageboard, but I never got around to it and I'm glad I did.
Basically, much like how 8chan was basically a fusion of Reddit and 4chan, my idea was a fusion of Twitter and 4chan, as in instead of boards, threads would be grouped via tags that anyone can create on the fly. The only rules would be to keep everything legal and all spam threads would be deleted. I never got around to it because of my limited knowledge of programming and servers at the time and I felt like my more progressive family members would disown me for creating such a site.
I'm glad I never created that site because I feel like most people who run community sites for niche and dissident audiences tend to regret it later in life and go down dark paths. Though, I'm not against such sites in principle, I just hope that if you create such a community that you are prepared for what you are getting into. At least Hot Wheels seemed to have enjoyed the final years of his life.

2026-02-09 03:48:51 UTC

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@nprofile…e2rp @nprofile…ehgy @nprofile…l5m0 Just use a mixture of baking soda and powdered sugar. If you mix them together, ants can't distinguish between the two. The powder sugar acts as bait, while the baking soda kills them by reacting to their stomach acid and causing their abdomens to explode.
Just remember it has to be powdered sugar.

2025-12-25 02:34:05 UTC

Hey, @nprofile…v2f4, someone made the inverse of your infamous license.
https://social.nouveau.community/@andnull/115766712037682064

2025-12-17 17:54:07 UTC

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@nprofile…ncul I would if I could read Japanese.

2025-11-30 02:02:02 UTC

I really hate how liking a hobby that has been overrun by a certain demographic or people of a certain ideology means that you are probably of said demographic or ideology.
Like it gets really annoying that people will call you a tranny for being in to something like ROM hacking or installing Arch Linux on microwave ovens. Let me enjoy what I fucking enjoy. I'm in to that stuff and cutting my dick off has never crossed my mind.

2025-11-21 17:06:27 UTC

Working on the design doc for my next game. Hopefully, switching to SDL will allow development to go smoothly this time.
#gamedev #SDL
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2025-11-18 19:01:48 UTC

If you really think your site needs to be behind Cloudflare (which it doesn't), at the very least provide an onion or i2p domain for people who wish/need to bypass it or in case Cloudflare goes down.

2025-11-16 22:34:05 UTC

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@nprofile…r5ne I want people to remember how bullshit that era was, but I hate it when I still see remnants of that era when I go out in public.

2025-11-16 00:09:16 UTC

So I started messing around with SDL and while I can't say if it's better or worse than SFML, I can say that it's pretty lower-level as expected. Of course being written in C means that functions require more parameters and you constantly need to convert string objects to c_strings (assuming you are using it with C++), but I knew that going in.
Back in my teenage years, I messed with Pygame a lot. Pygame is basically just a Python wrapper for SDL. I thought this would make learning SDL a breeze, but then I realized that Pygame is a lot more abstract as the creator thought that a simple SDL wrapper would be too much for Python programmers to handle.
I also realized that SDL is very bare-bones out of the box. You need extension libraries if you want to have music, the ability to load images other than bitmaps, or the ability to load TTF fonts. I find this weird because I thought SDL was more than just a graphics library so it should contain all those things.
Either way, I hope that SDL will cause less problems, especially when it comes to linking and porting. Hell, given that it is commonly used, I could probably get away with having my games dynamically linked and just assume that most people already have it installed.

2025-11-08 20:11:10 UTC

IT'S FINALLY OUT!!!
My first commercial game and my first game under the Ioncom brand. It's an action, roguelite, dungeon-crawler with limited lives and permadeath.
It's currently Linux exclusive, but the source code is available and you should be able to compile it for anything that SFML runs on.
https://ioncominteractive.itch.io/refractored-depths
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #gaming #indiegames #indie #indiedev #videogames

2025-10-15 01:50:07 UTC

Why is anyone surprised about the upcoming Pokemon game being Agenda 2030 propaganda when it's been confirmed that Pokemon Go was used as a military AI training tool?

2025-10-08 01:08:10 UTC

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2025-10-03 21:18:53 UTC

They ruined my favorite wiki and it's not even pride month.
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2025-10-03 00:14:18 UTC

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@nprofile…fr96 That's Drew DeVault. He is the author of a popular window manager for Wayland known as Sway, along with running SourceHut, a GitHub alternative.
However, he is mostly known for being extremely opinionated and shoving his far-left politics into everything. For example, on his SourceHut service, the TOS basically requires you to denounce right-wing beliefs and prohibits crypto related projects. His blog is full of opinionated articles regarding FOSS and they are often very political and very far-left.
He was one of the people who tried to cancel Stallman and even tried to anonymously create The Stallman Report website, but everyone knew that he was behind it. He wanted Stallman to be replaced with either a POC or someone in the LGBT community. That should show you what he is like. He also tried to cancel someone creating another Wayland window manager known as Hyprland because the Discord server allowed locker room behavior and Drew thought it was transphobic.
Even outside of his politics, he is very closed-minded and has little tolerance for other people's opinions. He puts people who still insist on X11 on the same level as flat-earther's and anti-vaxxers for one. He also used to run a Gemini server and blocked any client that made favicon requests because he believed that it shouldn't be in the protocol.
If you want to know the full details on Drew DeVault, I highly recommend reading the OP on the KiwiFarms thread about him.
https://kiwifarms.st/threads/drew-chadwick-devault-ddevault-sircmpwn.175606/
TL;DR he is a prime example of the cancer that is killing FOSS from within. He shoves far-left sociopolitical commentary into everything and labels anyone that disagrees with him as the enemy that must be purged. He wants the entire FOSS community to cater to his narrow worldview and will go out of his way to cancel anyone who stands against it or is neutral towards it, including someone like Richard Stallman.

2025-10-02 20:34:07 UTC

It seems like there is no rock bottom with this guy. Even after having his embarrassing Reddit history exposed and being exposed as the man behind The Stallman Report, he only doubled down. He added all of this (minus the Luigi sprite, which has been there for a while) to his blog's bio section shortly after the Charlie Kirk assassination, and Antifa being declared a terrorist organization, by the way.
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2025-09-10 02:22:25 UTC

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@nprofile…cdze @nprofile…8m0s Okay that makes sense. I don't agree with blocking social media sites, but that alone isn't something to start a riot over.

2025-09-09 14:23:35 UTC

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@nprofile…8m0s It looks like they're rioting because the government banned popular social media services.

2025-08-15 00:05:37 UTC

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@nprofile…gxtz @nprofile…p8gd Yeah, but with slaves, you own them and their entire bloodline, so it's potentially an X-in-1 package.

2025-08-13 05:22:13 UTC

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@nprofile…w8cy @nprofile…gqrj To be fair, they did try to get Linux users to buy their computers by offering Dell computers with Linux preinstalled, so something as trivial as this might have pissed them off.

2025-08-06 02:47:08 UTC

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@nprofile…gxtz It's tradition for some parents to let kids drink alcohol on New Year's Eve. I always thought it was some illegal thing, but apparently not.

2025-08-05 01:37:29 UTC

I watched Bryan Lunduke's video where he defends real ID on the Internet. One thing in the video that I don't see talked about is that he offers an alternative solution that is just *SLIGHTLY* better.
Basically, you could have cards with serial numbers that you can purchase at a 7/11 or something. Kind of like an Amazon or eBay gift card, and you can enter that serial number when signing up for a website to prove your over 18 or that you are not a bot. It sounds better but I see potential problems with it:
1. There are too many random variables that make it less than anonymous. Does the cashier scan your ID or does he just look at it? Can you buy the card with cash or only with debit/credit? Are there facial recognition cameras in the store? The company/organization providing the cards might even require all retailers to not accept cash and to have the customer's driver's license scanned and have all that data report back to them.
2. Cards obviously cost money to produce and ship so one can make the argument that it is cheaper and more efficient to just have users provide ID on whatever website they are trying to access.
3. Opponents to such proposal could point out that an adult could buy a bunch of cards and give/sell them to minors just like we see with alcohol/tobacco.
Obviously, I would rather not have any of this verification crap at all and just stick to the honor system we have now. I don't even think this store-bought card system would be considered because there clearly are people who want to end anonymity online and age verification provides the perfect stepping stone.
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9w187osUBIQ

2025-08-03 19:39:54 UTC

A future where the darknet is the only place to find non-sanitized content on the Internet is extremely blackpilling to me, even if it turns out to be the only option.
I know Tor and I2P aren't what the mainstream paints them as, and that they are easy to use, but the idea of having to use something that is often associated with 1337 hax0rs just to access content that was common place on 4chan or even the darker corners of Reddit 10 years ago without showing an ID, just seems so wrong to me.
Also, many people don't realize how easy it is to de-anonymize users even if they are using Tor. Sites can use JavaScript or even CSS to de-anonymize users. Metadata can give clues of who people are. That's why the Tor browser discourages fullscreen use. You just know that governments are going to be setting up more honeypots where they try to catch even the most slight slips of OPSEC, if a future like this happens.
Not to mention that these darknets are still ultimately band-aid solutions because they still rely on the physical structure of the regular Internet and governments and ISPs can (and in the former case, have) block them via DSP. Supposedly, the Tor bridges hide the fact that you are even using Tor by making the traffic look like VoIP, but I feel like they can find a way to determine if you are using it, eventually.

2025-08-03 02:26:31 UTC

This whole online ID thing just shows how easy it is to rebrand all this Great Reset shit to appeal to conservatives.

2025-08-01 16:19:27 UTC

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@nprofile…u78h Good luck trying to hunt him down.

2025-07-29 03:48:22 UTC

I just realized that in less than two months, it will be Undertale's 10th anniversary, so allow me to remind you that Toby Fox is a talentless fucking hack that does not deserve a fraction of the fame and fortune he received from his meme game.
Seriously, name one other person who went viral on their first try (Undertale was his first video game outside of ROM hacks) while using a program that many of us messed with back in elementary school or middle school.
Not only that but he got to Japan, take over Sakurai's Famistu column, and have his sequel be featured in the Nintendo Switch 2's trailer. I find this all ironic because Toby Fox was previously a ROM hacker, which is usually a big no-no in Nintendo's eyes, but they let this all slide.
And what is special about Undertale, really? The pacifist mechanics? Many JRPGs had pacifist mechanics since the original Phantasy Star. The quirky and memorable characters? I can name a thousand games with just as many "quirky and memorable" characters if not more.
No, the only reason why it ever got popular was because of his friends on the Starmen forums along with Earthbound's popularity becoming mainstream thanks to it being released on the Wii U VC around the same time. If it weren't for that, I highly doubt it would have ever gotten insanely popular.

2025-07-25 19:16:12 UTC

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@nprofile…z95f @nprofile…mj4q Also, I wanted people to be able to upload an unfixed amount of screenshots for each game/mod. It got way to complex and I underestimated myself.

2025-07-25 18:50:57 UTC

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@nprofile…mj4q I just want to create a simple site where people can upload their indie games and mods. Last time I tried to do that, I gave up on it after implementing comments because you are supposed to have two tables: comment and comment_link (at least this is standard practice). It just became to tedious.

2025-07-25 18:45:49 UTC

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@nprofile…mj4q True, but document oriented databases just make more sense to me, especially since I'm used to OOP.

2025-07-25 18:41:43 UTC

>Decide to restart Indie Storefront Project after the Steam and Itch controversies
>Decide to use a NoSQL DB this time because nested SQL statements make my brain hurt
>Both MongoDB and CouchDB have repositories that lack release files which makes them insecure and disabled by default on apt
>The only other solution I can think of is Elasticsearch which isn't intended to be used as a DB.
:bunhdknife:

2025-07-19 18:08:40 UTC

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@nprofile…z95f I haven't used GitHub in years.

2025-07-19 18:00:21 UTC

I think my game is complete, but I'm not releasing it right now because I currently don't have access to a Windows computer to compile a Windows binary.

2025-07-18 01:44:11 UTC

I wish shooting dolphins was legal. It would be a really fun sport.
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2025-07-12 21:41:09 UTC

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@nprofile…gqrj Email seems to be the hardest thing to self-host. Also, both Google and Microsoft are notorious for blocking self-hosters (including IP-range blocks), claiming it's due to spam concerns, so many people have no choice but to rely on someone else.

2025-07-08 21:38:03 UTC

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@nprofile…mj4q @nprofile…0vf6 @nprofile…57zl @nprofile…x8tf They worship Musk and Thiel way too much though. I've even seen Jeremy Kauffman openly defend Palantir, which I find disgusting.

2025-06-25 20:10:47 UTC

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@nprofile…thay You can't ride and shoot at the same time? That's kind of lame.

2025-06-20 17:27:24 UTC

With the recent-ish cock.li situation along with previous events surrounding it and Fedora Mail, I don't think I can trust email services run by a single guy anymore, especially if they target the imageboard crowd and/or use meme domains.
I think I'm going to use Posteo for now on. They same to go out of their way to respect user-privacy despite being for-profit and being payed means that it is less likely to be used for some bomb-threat or something like that (hopefully).

2025-06-19 17:49:01 UTC

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@nprofile…cq6k I see Sal the Agorist posting anti-Israeli memes all the time.
https://xcancel.com/sallymayweather

2025-06-11 18:22:26 UTC

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@nprofile…z95f I don't have music skills. I would use NeuralNote to change them to MIDI, but these are sound effects and NeuralNote doesn't seem to work with really small audio files.

2025-06-11 18:03:35 UTC

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@nprofile…z95f I do have some AI generated assets (backgrounds). The only placeholders I have right now are sound effects. I would use AudioCraft, but my GPU isn't powerful enough for it.

2025-06-11 17:51:57 UTC

I really need to stop using placeholder assets from copyrighted games. I just know that one day, I will publish a game with some asset I forgot to remove and later get a DMCA from Nintendo.

2025-06-08 01:53:36 UTC

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@nprofile…kwjl I haven't played that game in a while. It's one of the few FOSS shooters that isn't just some Quake III or Unreal Tournament clone.

2025-05-26 02:49:00 UTC

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@nprofile…w3ew I've considered using it, though I haven't used it myself (mostly because I already have a Fedora Mail account, which is free). They seem pretty good, if you don't mind paying, but I wish they supported custom domains.

2025-05-24 14:26:13 UTC

Substack and Medium "blogs" are the most soulless abominations to have ever exist on the Internet. Paragraphs of black text on a white background with constant pop-ups telling you to subscribe. Get an actual blog, either through self-hosting or on a site like WordPress.com (it's free). You get your own theme (even if it's pre-made) and no annoying pop-ups outside of banner ads that can easily be blocked (though I think WordPress.com allows you to disable them for your viewers if you pay).
I see zero reason to use Substack or Medium unless you want to paywall your content or avoid censorship (both of which can be achieved through self-hosting).

2025-05-23 19:01:34 UTC

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@nprofile…mawa One major aspect of the modern American experience is that almost nobody trusts the government. Sure some may trust the government more than others and some may think that someone like Donald Trump can fix it, but most people have a gut feeling that the government is lying on almost everything. Even among people I talk to, it is that if there is going to be any meaningful change in this country, short of a revolution, it's going to come from state and local governments refusing to enforce unconstitutional and unjust laws and not from the federal government.
>voting doesn't work over here as well and the people seem to like it that way. they long for being oppressed.
I wonder if it is just people falling for propaganda revolving around American culture and politics. Europeans probably look at all the mass shootings in America or American hate groups like the WBC and come to the conclusion that freedoms like gun rights and free speech aren't worth it.

2025-05-20 20:50:51 UTC

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@nprofile…gqrj Most other platforming games at something to the table or do something different. Sonic has you run into enemies. Kirby has you swallow them and copy their abilities.
SuperTux IS a clone. Even the enemies in the game function the same as the ones from Mario, just with different appearances. It's not a bad game per se. I played it before and enjoyed it. But it feels like most of these libre games don't bring anything new to the table and there is no reason to play them unless you are committed to only using 100% free/libre software.
My main point was to bring up that you don't need to only play FOSS games to avoid the bad business practices of the modern AAA industry.

2025-05-20 20:33:44 UTC

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@nprofile…gqrj I thought they were banned in the EU, but apparently it just means that you can't anonymously hold crypto. My mistake.
https://bitvavo.com/en/blog/bitvavo-market-news-week-13

2025-05-20 16:44:15 UTC

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@nprofile…gqrj SuperTux is NOT the best game ever. It's a generic Mario clone.
You don't need to go full freetard to have an enjoyable gaming experience without the SaaS dystopia getting in your way. Just play older games (either through original hardware of emulators), mods/hacks of existing games, or DRM-free games on sites like GOG or itch.io.

2025-05-20 16:25:05 UTC

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@nprofile…gqrj What country is the project based in? I know in some countries, hardware wallets are illegal.

2025-05-19 00:49:27 UTC

Fedi is nothing like it was when I first signed up. I am sick of the constant dogpiling and drama. How about we #MakeFediComfyAgain ?

2025-04-25 21:48:52 UTC

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@nprofile…mawa He seriously needs to stop. I actually agree with this KF poster in that the technocracy issues are real, and Peter Thiel is just another technocrat, but Drew DeVault is going to make any opposition towards someone like Thiel look cringe. He's doing way more harm than good with his borderline fedpost.
https://media.gameliberty.club/media/media_attachments/files/114/400/798/743/889/856/original/9b6ddc82836a80dc.png

2025-04-25 16:04:33 UTC

>inb4 at least one big tech service or government infrastructure goes down within the next few weeks and Drew DeVault gets mainstream news coverage for it.
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=T7xbxt2A-P0

2025-04-17 16:06:30 UTC

https://media.gameliberty.club/media/media_attachments/files/114/354/158/777/367/748/original/b63daa495255f7f1.png

2025-04-15 02:43:40 UTC

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@nprofile…djma The exact opposite. :ancap:

2025-04-15 02:36:27 UTC

There is one simple thing that can bring back factories in this country that doesn't involve high tariffs yet nobody wants to hear it.

2025-04-10 00:36:48 UTC

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@nprofile…gqrj Are you asking if people think you're a bot or a federal agent?

2025-04-04 18:49:20 UTC

So I've just read Ask Iwata, a book by Shigisato Itoi which has a collection of essays that Iwata made about his life and work ethic he made on Itoi's website (basically a posthumous autobiography) along with interviews with Miyamoto and Itoi about him and how he was different from other CEOs.
It was rather interesting. It seems like Iwata was truly different from other CEOs, but I guess that's mostly because Japan probably doesn't have an equivalent to the Ford vs Dodge ruling that puts shareholders as the top priority. That's why I compare him to Gabe Newell in that sense.
There were also some other interesting facts like how Iwata was inspired by Itoi marketing the Mother series for kids and adults which is why the Wii was heavily advertised as a family console.
However the one thing that resonated with me is one part when one Nintendo employee (can't remember which one) was talking about him. He said that he was nicknamed "Kirby" and that's because people will leave out boxes of candy and other junkfood for him and he will gobble all of it. No wonder he died from cancer at 55. Semi-related, but I've also heard that Masahiro Sakurai does not like the taste of water for some reason and he is a huge Diet Coke addict to the point that Nintendo leaves a mini-fridge of Diet Coke for him every time he directs a new Smash game.
Moral of the story: take pride in your work and enjoy your success, but please take care of your health.

2025-03-29 22:40:49 UTC

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@nprofile…j4sk @nprofile…c2fr @nprofile…s9pp Why would someone even create a fake C&D? Are they trying to stir drama?

2025-03-29 21:28:48 UTC

This is just bullshit. I don't care that much about the whole Ghibli AI filters, but they are really stretching the current copyright system with this. The only thing that Gib Studio could be violating is trademark law by calling it Gib, but everything else is wrong.
1. You cannot copyright or patent an art-style.
2. The AI is only using Studio Ghibli's work as a reference while also using a real life photo to create a drawing. It's like if I took a photo and drew a cartoon version of it in Butch Hartman's style and used Fairly Odd Parents screenshots as references.
3. People are mostly using the tool to share images on social media. They aren't doing anything for commercial purposes. It's no different than people who draw pictures of themselves in the Powerpuff Girls art-style for example.
4. People aren't stupid enough to believe that Studio Ghibli would endorse something because something is drawn in it's artstyle. People have been drawing offensive memes using various works and they almost never harm the reputation of the original creators...unless you are Ben Garrison.
https://media.gameliberty.club/media/media_attachments/files/114/247/815/054/087/728/original/b59b02f3e85aa65a.png

2025-03-26 22:14:51 UTC

It seems like I'm the only person who realizes that the Tesla riots are a psyop made to get people to actually buy those cars. No better way to get people to buy those backdoored, botnet cars then to make any opposition to them look cringe.

2025-03-26 21:35:53 UTC

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@nprofile…s02m This one hasn't said no to me yet, but sometimes gives me garbage results.
https://dezgo.com/image2image

2025-03-26 00:52:16 UTC

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@nprofile…m3qg @nprofile…9h3l People blame that for it's failure over there.

2025-03-26 00:41:41 UTC

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@nprofile…9h3l It just reminds me of how the Japanese call the Xbox "the no-box".

2025-03-26 00:05:23 UTC

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@nprofile…9h3l
>TGM 4
>releasing on 4/4
Do these people realize the connotation that the number 4 brings in Japanese culture?

2025-03-24 03:23:22 UTC

Someone should invent dumpsters that you have to pay to open (unless you own it or are the garbage man). That way, stores can still profit off of freegans.

2025-03-20 01:16:22 UTC

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@nprofile…z3zf @nprofile…s02m
Given that actual retards will fall for this and they already have, I'll bite:
Ayn Rand never called herself a libertarian. She actually opposed the term because she saw it as "right-wing anarchism" (this even includes night-watchman state libertarianism). Her philosophy was called "Objectivism" which was a major influence on right-libertarianism, but is ultimately a separate ideology.
Libertarianism is the idea that all (or at least most) forms of human association should be voluntary. Objectivism is the philosophy that one should only work within one's own self-interest. These may sound like similar concepts at a first glance, but they are not.
Objectivists think that donating to private charity is immoral unless you get something out of it because otherwise you would be bringing yourself down. Meanwhile, libertarians don't see anything wrong with it as long as it's not done through force. This isn't also getting into other differences such as their stances on intellectual property.
I see both leftists and third-positionists strawman libertarianism and individualism by referencing her quotes, yet both Mises and Rothbard thought she was crazy.

2025-03-19 17:58:52 UTC

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@nprofile…ljvd Not every RWer worships Trump or Elon.

2025-03-19 17:06:00 UTC

I'm pretty sure the Tesla attacks are a psyop made to get clueless RWers to think that electric cars are "based" now, and buy Elon's kill-switch backdoored cars.

2025-03-17 17:02:13 UTC

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@nprofile…umne @nprofile…wj4k @nprofile…rkq3 Yes, but I'm pretty sure it's also just emulating the NES ROM.

2025-03-17 16:59:37 UTC

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@nprofile…rkq3 @nprofile…wj4k Retro City Rampage, but that is literally an NES ROM running in an emulator.

2025-03-17 03:55:50 UTC

>Received a new book on pixel art.
>Genuinely got excited.
>Realize that it's the indie pixleshit artstyle that doesn't even remotely resemble any retro console or handheld.
:bunhdknife:
https://media.gameliberty.club/media/media_attachments/files/114/175/338/789/575/610/original/876f33b410b70531.png

2025-03-16 04:11:14 UTC

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@nprofile…88ve I don't use it, but I've heard that RPGCodex forums are pretty good. It's where a lot of 8chan/v/ users went after the original 8chan shutdown.
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/

2025-03-15 14:38:45 UTC

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@nprofile…w8cy https://polcompball.wikitide.org/wiki/Panarchism

2025-03-15 14:33:47 UTC

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@nprofile…w8cy That makes it sound more like crypto-panarchy.
https://panarchy.org/

2025-03-13 22:23:30 UTC

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@nprofile…ywxk Even though his company never went public, Gabe Newell could be considered a role model given that he nearly monopolized the PC market yet he rarely receives criticism outside of the DRM-free and FOSS purists.

2025-03-13 19:49:18 UTC

I wonder how many criticisms of "capitalism" would go away if the Ford v Dodge ruling was repealed.

2025-03-10 23:41:19 UTC

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@nprofile…nvyk People said that Reddit was dead after the controversial API changes, but people still use it.

2025-03-02 03:12:37 UTC

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@nprofile…z95f I just think the past few years have been a major catalyst. The whole "you will own nothing" narrative, Windows 11 integrating AI into the OS along with their cloud-only version, and the Steam Deck making more game developers take Linux seriously.
It's not just PewDiePie. SomeOrdinaryGamer started to use Linux more and he was someone who has called Linux users "the vegans of computer users" for years.
Gamers are probably the biggest group of computer users who actually care about digital rights, outside of freetards because they know firsthand what it is like to be mistreated by big tech corporations. After the fiasco with Stadia and before that, OnLive, they probably saw the writing on the wall with Windows 365 Link.