hybridhavoc 1 month ago • 100%
Audiobooks are great for commutes. If you got the version narrated by Andy Serkis, be prepared for him to really dig deep into the songs and rhyming.
hybridhavoc 1 month ago • 100%
Currently reading A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine. Liking it so far.
Last finished A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers. Didn't enjoy it as much as The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.
hybridhavoc 1 month ago • 100%
Yep, love it. https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/hybridhavoc
hybridhavoc 5 months ago • 100%
Yeah I'm trying to look at this and understand almost anything from this and it's actually impossible.
hybridhavoc 5 months ago • 100%
I think I found the solution but I don't like it. I signed in to the Xbox app for Xbox Cloud Gaming. After doing this, the Gaming page in the hub no longer shows my recently played Xbox games in that place. This means I still don't get the Apps and Devices row to be the default row. Plus that Xbox app is terrible for me, the cloud gaming literally unplayable in that the Play button for any given game stays disabled even after taking like 10 seconds to just "load" the button.
I did manage to trick it into having my Xbox Series X source on the main home page instead of the Game page though so that's close to a win.
I recently purchased a Samsung S90C. Been loving the TV, but one of the things I've had an issue with is the large tutorial buttons at the top of the Gaming tab in the hub. I didn't need the tutorials to begin with, and I watched them all anyway, hoping that they would go away after being watched. That did not change anything. This is mostly annoying because when I navigate to that tab it defaults to being on that row of the UI, but I will never intentionally select any of those items again. If I could just get rid of that row, then it may default to the next row down which is the row I actually care about on that screen.
hybridhavoc 6 months ago • 100%
Some good titles in this batch. Started playing Lightyear Frontier last night.
hybridhavoc 6 months ago • 100%
Sadly it has been more than 12 years we've been waiting for the next book. 🙁
hybridhavoc 6 months ago • 100%
Great recommendation. Extremely easy to get into, great compelling character voice, and most of the entries in the series are very quick reads.
hybridhavoc 6 months ago • 100%
IMO this is a wild recommendation to give to someone that doesn't do a lot of reading.
hybridhavoc 6 months ago • 100%
Looks interesting, but of course we all want to see more.
hybridhavoc 7 months ago • 100%
I feel the need to be pedantic here: the first amendment has nothing to do with speech on private platforms.
hybridhavoc 7 months ago • 100%
It's a sandbox. My prediction is that it could be fun for up to an hour.
hybridhavoc 7 months ago • 100%
Back in 2001 the recruiter at my high school very nearly convinced my girlfriend at the time to join up. She was not cut out for that life, and did eventually back out.
hybridhavoc 9 months ago • 100%
Clark was raised on a farm. It still checks out.
hybridhavoc 9 months ago • 100%
If you enjoyed The Expanse then I would recommend Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds.
hybridhavoc 10 months ago • 100%
Nah the last thing these shows need are a bunch of armchair experts chipping in.
hybridhavoc 10 months ago • 100%
I think there may be some room for improvement on messaging there.
hybridhavoc 10 months ago • 100%
That's true and fair.
hybridhavoc 10 months ago • 100%
... I feel like you can do this with the Mastodon admin already. Preferences > Administration > Custom Emojis. Enter in the domain whose emojis you want to see / get, search. Click the "select all" checkbox at the top, copy. If there are multiple pages, go to the additional pages.
hybridhavoc 10 months ago • 100%
Nothing actually. Faircamp is not actually inherently related to the fediverse.
hybridhavoc 10 months ago • 100%
Here is an explainer on architecture. It might be helpful. https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/5-5-2023-federation-architecture
hybridhavoc 10 months ago • 100%
Seems like there is a lot of people in this thread that are confused about BlueSky federating even means. BlueSky's plans for federation have nothing to do with the fediverse. It's about enabling federation with other AT protocol services, including self-hosting a personal data server.
hybridhavoc 10 months ago • 100%
The path forward I think would be some sort of a bridge service. Think of it as a translation layer that could take in updates from both ActivityPub and AT, and present to the opposing side like it were native. Something similar was developed for nostr to communicate with the fediverse, and it seems at least feasible in this case as well.
hybridhavoc 10 months ago • 100%
Unfortunately it seems like development on Tumblr has been reduced to a skeleton crew. I wouldn't hold my breath for ActivityPub integration on that front now.
hybridhavoc 10 months ago • 100%
I would like to see some sort of bridge built to allow communication between AT protocol services and ActivityPub protocol services.
Very quick takes on the following games: - Dave the Diver - Order of Battle - Bombrush Cyberpunk - Jumplight Odyssey - Starfield - Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - Baldur's Gate 3 - EA Sports FC 24 - Cyber Knights Flashpoint - Cities Skylines 2 - Robocop: Rogue City - Hellboy: Web of Wyrd - Assassin's Creed Mirage
hybridhavoc 11 months ago • 100%
Would love to see them come to the fediverse, even if it was just something as simple as a bot. Their site is all RSSed up though. Can sub to the whole site here: https://aftermath.site/feed
Or just the Video Games category here: https://aftermath.site/category/video-games/feed
hybridhavoc 11 months ago • 100%
Played Just over the weekend. Good, short game.
Welcome to Aftermath, a worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them. Just launched today.
Excerpt from the article: > In the last five years I’d say I’ve only been allowed to show maybe 5% of my professional output. I have had an unfortunate string of projects get cancelled and the work just gets locked away forever after that.
hybridhavoc 12 months ago • 100%
Seems like it almost has to have some sort of a carve-out for itself.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 100%
According to numbers shown on https://fedidb.org it basically already has. Monthly Active Users is only about 17% of total users.
This kind of retention rate is not uncommon in free social services.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 100%
Very cool to see this on the screen. As the admin of https://darkfriend.social, I was really hoping we'd get some version of it. Plus there are lots of other details in it.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 100%
I wouldn't say it is "packed with action" but I have to recommend the Revelation Spaces series by Alastair Reynolds, just because I think more people should be reading these.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 100%
I would usually recommend some Alastair Reynolds to anybody into science fiction. I always suggest starting with House of Suns because it's a stand-alone novel that is really good and will give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from his writing. But his Revelation Space series is where the bulk of his writing is. However, I wouldn't call his work fast paced. So you might not get into it.
I have recently been reading the Murderbot Diaries. They are extremely easy and enjoyable reads. Could definitely give those a try.
If you enjoyed Recursion, you would probably like another book by Blake Crouch, Dark Matter.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 100%
Children of Time is a must-read IMO
Spoilers for season 1 of The Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime, and books 1 and 2. I wanted to write up and share a theory I have about season 2, based on two shots in the season 2 trailer. I grabbed these two stills from the shots in question. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3cde7706-315f-47bb-9b0f-2eac5972f898.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6d5efa1b-e7d1-4ecf-afdb-1fa6e6ed2bff.jpeg) To me, this scene seems interesting for two key reasons. I have been trying to reconcile all of this, and so this theory addresses that. 1. The clothing Egwene and Nynaeve are wearing. Egwene is in white, and already in an apron as well. Nynaeve, however, is wearing what looks like her old Two Rivers outfit. 2. The vibe I get from Egwene's hug. This looks either like a "I haven't seen you in so long" hug, or a goodbye hug. I'm leaning goodbye. # The Theory After arriving at the White Tower, there is going to be immediate pressure for Nynaeve to take her Accepted test. There may be some sort of event to demonstrate her power, or there may not. What I think *will* happen is that Nynaeve is going to be struggling with her block. She will be afraid of her power, still carrying around her grudge over the alleged turning-away of the old Wisdom, and just generally stressed out over the whole situation. I think with all of that going on, she will refuse to take the Accepted test. I think what we are seeing in this scene is Nynaeve saying goodbye to Egwene because she is leaving the Tower, planning to go home. Of course, that won't be the end of it. Before she makes it out of the Tower she will be intercepted by Siuan (or perhaps Sheriam) and there will be another motivational discussion of some sort. I also think it's very likely that what she was told by the old Wisdom about being turned away was not true, and that the truth will be revealed to her here. As a result of this conversation she will change her mind and go forward with the Accepted test.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 100%
That theory will be wild if true. Looking forward to seeing what is going on with Liandrin.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 100%
I had a theory and meant to call in, but was busy setting up a new phone. Was still a fun live stream though.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 100%
That's a theory I don't think I've heard before. What gives you secret daughter vibes?
Edit: replied from notifications without looking at context. That's an interesting idea. Could be the child of anyone present though, doesn't have to be Liandrin specifically.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 66%
Well put.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 100%
No theories on that one.
hybridhavoc 1 year ago • 100%
Very excited for this season.