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Can’t block it fast enough. If I wanted reddit, I’d be on reddit. I already block feddit and other instances that seem to be focused on being reddit.

Looks like it’s mostly being covered by left-wing and neutral sources.

I have a feeling that people who spend their time posting memes about shitty relations between players and DMs probably aren’t actually playing that much.

Also, like, every social media platform seems to thrive on conflict, so there’s probably a relationship between spending loads of time engaging with those platforms and having a shitty attitude in general.

Yeah, that’s the conclusion I came to after reading their wiki. It doesn’t make me think it’s a very nice place to be. Like they explicitly only disallow Nazi symbols in the areas covered by German law.

It’s become really hard to tell what something like this actually means. Does free speech mean being able to speak out against authoritarian power structures? Or does it mean throwing slurs and hatred around? Because one of those things is something worth defending, while the other is a pretty reasonable expectation for a service provider to want to limit.

The fact that they just typify it as having a free speech policy without qualifying what that means makes my skeptical.

The fact that a term that just means “paying enough attention to be aware of the world around you” is used derisively is incredibly indicative of how much of a braindead mess a lot of the population has become.

Even if you’re myopic and callous enough to think it’s fine for masked militia members to kidnap people without due process because of the color of their skin, surely the “diversity = genocide” sign is a clue that the author doesn’t think these two groups are equivalent.

I won’t give them a dime until it’s for Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5.

Honestly the mix of 2d and 3d makes me want to play it. It’s giving Roger Rabbit vibes.

… Did you read the signs?

This headline is wild. It’s basically the biology news equivalent to “so much for the tolerant left”. Bonobo society is peaceful because they stand up for their young rather than just allowing infanticide from males. Their relative peace compared to their male-dominated cousins is a result of actively refusing to tolerate that sort of violence among their own groups.

Why link the paywalled repost instead of the author’s actual website?

https://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/so-youre-a-ghost/

I came here to say that I don’t think the author of this comic has ADHD.

Why would anyone who knows how to play music at any level use an AI to do it, let alone a significant composer?

Just pick up an instrument and fool around with it.

Makes sense. The biggest strength of robust worldbuilding isn’t showing it all to your audience, it’s hinting at small pieces of it that shows a connection between them and hints at something deeper. Having what feels like a detailed history makes the world feel real, because you can see shadows of it in the foreground. If you actually dig into all of it explicitly in your story that just makes it feel shallow, because you’re showing the whole iceberg.

It’s why the mystery of the clone wars and Anakin’s apprenticeship and betrayal of Obi-wan were intriguing in the original Star Wars trilogy, but end up just being some action movies once it’s all fleshed out on screen. Depth stops being depth if you bring it all up to the surface.

Weird timing.

They’ve also mentioned elsewhere that they’ll continue support as long as there’s enough of a subscriber base to justify it. If enough people are using it, that 5 years could be much longer. They offer security patches for Windows 7 too.

I’m not really sure what their process is. I’m just glad to be able to keep my current work flow without having to worry about fully losing security updates.

You can also use 0patch to continue to get security updates for Windows 10 if you find it’s still a good fit.

If you want to keep using Windows 10, check out 0patch! They’re supporting security updates past EOL. It’s like €24/year and you can get a 1 month trial for free.

Yeah, honestly the “just get a bike” rhetoric is general pretty ablist.