EnsignWashout

joined 3 years ago
[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

This place is going to start booming when creators figure out that our algorithm shows everything they share with everyone who chooses to follow them, every time.

I think we struck on something really unusually not-coded-by-total-assholes, here.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh. Yes. I found that confusing, too.

I think the discount displayed is always off of full price? So it might actually not be a discount for me, at all, compared to one of the bundles I could complete.

I do like that it grabs me the best price - when I put it in my cart - but it has surprised me when the bundle ended up in my cart.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

If the bundle is even 0.1% cheaper than the base price of the game, that price and percentage takes priority when displayed in your wishlist, which makes no sense at all.

I think that makes perfect sense. It's the best possible price, it should get priority.

I have had it save me money several times by steering me to a "complete your bundle" that was a better discount than the sale price.

They should fix their sale percentage calculation, though.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

That's the beauty of the law - no one knows (except everyone with any expertise, who just won't admit they know.)

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I can't see Insta or TikTok without a login, anymore, I think?

Mastodon is nice, and still allows posting publicly.

Plus no algorithm bullshit to fuck with creators.

Also, it's where the folks with options (money) went when Twitter became a Nazi bar, and there's far fewer bot accounts. All in all, it seems like conversion rates are much higher given any amount of reach.

(Also, almost any post on any Mastodon server is reachable from all of the other servers and from all of Bluesky, thanks to federation. So one post gets access to the whole ecosystem.)

I think you can already get follows from Mastodon accounts through Lemmy, but most of us don't do that, yet. (The apps are improving daily, I guess it may get easier.) I discover things, here on Lemmy; but I subscribe to things over on Mastodon.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

They'd be able to find a toilet.

Especially the ones with x-ray vision.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 54 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm sad that I assumed this was a slop machine.

Local engagement: Partners curate community-specific content, helping spotlight emerging writers.

Local authors. Excellent.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

The answer to most ultimatums is no.

Yes! It took me far to long to internalize this.

Ultimatums are never productive, and anyone issuing them is either desperate or an asshole. (Sometimes both.)

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

This is so true.

Choosing my introverted life partner was the best choice I ever made. Or the best choice they ever made for me...or somewhere in between. But great choice, all around.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 6 points 2 months ago

Human readable test code.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

I mean, it's a portable device. Put enough power into it, and it's just going to light my lap on fire.

The more powerful device (with enough cooling, and a wall connection) is the Steam Machine, and it's currently a lottery to get a chance to buy one. I am fully down to play more aggressive games, if I get a chance to buy the Steam Machine.

But I'm not excited for another Sega GameGear - another portable so powerful that it cannot be practically played away from a wall outlet.

I do want another SteamDeck, but I want it smaller, lighter, lower power, longer battery, and pocketable. I want a SteamDeck mini.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This sounds a lot like gripes that older generations have always had about younger generations.

But this younger generation is the youngest one yet!

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