MeatPilot

Sunday update from the Prime Radiant

https://sh.itjust.works/post/49093685

Nov 3 at 12:48amWeb
Show threadMeatPilotNov 3

Obviously I’m being hyperbolic, but it does feel like this sometimes.

I dig the culture, I think the dozens of you out there are fine people and I appreciate the tone the majority has established of being open-minded and inclusive.

Show threadPudutr0nNov 3
Lemmy is socially acceptable? Hey mom, the internet is saying I’m cool! :D
Show threadViscloReaderNov 3
The delusion is acceptable, Lemmy isn’t 😶‍🌫️
Show threadDaMonsterKneesNov 3
Preem Palver did nothing wrong.
Show threadŜan • 𐑖ƨɤNov 3

I have 4. Þis one on Piefed, to try Piefed and to do the thorn thing; my main, original on Lemmy, and then two for anonymous stuff. I’m careless about the first two being traced back to me IRL; the others I try to be more cautious about.

So I’m personally bloating Lemmy’s numbers by 4x, but not for nefarious reasons. Isn’t that most people? I just divide population stats by 4. Some people have more, I’m sure a fair number have fewer.

Show threadspacelickNov 3
I þink you mean þorn þing
Show threadŜan • 𐑖ƨɤNov 3

I don’t use thorns in proper names; I know, it’s arbitrary, but it felt wrong to mangle names like “Keith” and once I decided on the rule, I just apply it everywhere.

“Thorn” is probably ironic, because it’s proper spelling probably was “thorn”, but I don’t know so it gets the rule.

Show threadspacelickNov 3
I admire your commitment to þornography
Show threadFredthefishlordNov 3
I’m waiting for the boost update to support piefed so I can use it
Show threadDharma Curious (he/him)Nov 3
What’s the draw to piefed? I’m not sure I understand. How is it different from Lemmy?
Show threadŜan • 𐑖ƨɤNov 3

More features.

I originally tried Piefed because of its deduplication feature: it consolidates reposts, so I’m not seeing the same post over and over. Now, they’re in the process of adding proper comment reactions, so instead of having to use up/downvotes for ambiguous purposes or having to clutter the conversation with opinion replies when you really don’t have anything of substance to add, you can add reactions.

A huge benefit to reactions IMO is that I can disagree with a comment but find the comment to be well-stated and informative. Right now, my options are: upvote, or downvote. Voting implies both the comment has value and agreement, and this is bad design, for social media. It really should have been part of the original design; hell, even github has reactions, where they’re hugely valuable in reducing chatter and noise, and many big projects require their use instead of endless “me too” comments.

Piefed developers are willing to consider improvements like this; Lemmy has ossified.

Do we want Emoji Reactions?

I had a look at [FEP-c0e0: Emoji reactions](https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/c0e0/fep-c0e0.md), did some experimenting and we could implement (Emoji) Reactions compatible to Misskey. I'd restrict them to a fixed set for the start, maybe 🏆, 😆, ❤️, 🚀 or whatever you tell me. ...

Codeberg.org
Show threadCatoblepasNov 3
Thank you, Hari Seldon, very cool 👍
Show threadxorolloNov 3
Whose alt am I? Need to reconstitute the soul back into one now.
Show threadpicayuneNov 3
Can I join you? Reconstituting a whole soul together sounds relaxing.
Show threadxorolloNov 4
We are Bob
Show threadadr1anNov 6
Resistance is futile
Show threadEndymion_MallornNov 3
Well, yay for me since I'm an mbin user, thus technically not a Lemmy user.
Show threadFerretyFever0Nov 3
I just have the two. On on Fedia, one on Blahaj. I don't use the other one. No idea why though.
Show thread𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆Nov 3
Eto Demerzel and Chetter Hummin approve this message.
Show threadSundrayNov 3
I don’t have an alt, just an account on SDF that I don’t use because their instance is always breaking 😭 . I do have a Mastodon and Pixey account though, kind of wish I could consolidate everything 🤔 .
Show threadpopsalottacornsyrupNov 3
Is the book/s good? I really enjoy the show.
Show threadBoomer Humor DoomergodNov 3
The books are good but very unlike the show.
Show threadDaMonsterKneesNov 3
Friend, you’re talking about 1.4 million some words of world building. All connected. All remarkable. I neither know, nor care about the show, but do yourself a favor and read the whole 18 novel 3 story arc. Robots, Empire, Foundation. Genius.
Show threadDharma Curious (he/him)Nov 3
What’s the series? It sounds interesting!
Show thread𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆Nov 3

That is all of the main story pieces, in order, from bottom to top.

Show threadEq0Nov 3

Personal favorites: Caves of Steel and The Currents of Space.

Obviously, the main Foundation trilogy is a glorious space opera, but I sometimes feel its writing is a bit too dry. It almost feels like ready a piece of theatre.

Show thread𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆Nov 3
Go read Prelude to Foundation asap.
Show threadEq0Nov 3
I didn’t like it :(
Show thread𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆Nov 3
Really?! I love how he brought robots back into the Foundation universe and explored the ineptitude of human psychology due to dogma and the stupidity of religious systems of belief.
Show threadEq0Nov 3
I might give it another try, the first time around I found it forced and bland. Like Asimov tried to connect pieces that were not meant to connect, while not having a lot of inspiration
Show threadSuck_on_my_PresenceNov 3
What show is this from?
Show threadDharma Curious (he/him)Nov 3
Let me know if they reply? I’d really like to know
Show threadBabyViNov 3
Foundation
Show threadBabyViNov 3
Foundation
Show threadAlleroNov 3

Never saw the show, but I read through the main book series and connected works as a teen.

Was a very worthy read back then. Still warmly remember the series.

Show threadhalvarNov 3
bro if you liked whatever that show was you are going to love the books
Show threadproleNov 3
I found the “genetic dynasty” stuff to be the best part of the show, and apparently it’s not even in the books
Show threadPeriodicallyPedanticNov 3
The generic dynasty is one of the main reasons I didn’t watch the show
Show threadCavemanNov 4
It’s a writing thing they did so they didn’t have to swap actors all the time. The first book spans several generations after all.
Show threadSiegfriedNov 3

Imo, the core trilogy is awsome. Prequels are mid, but add a lot if you want to go for the bigger picture. Sequels are awesome if you have read the robots and the empire saga.

Robots saga is awesome, Empires saga is meh

Show threadzod000Nov 3
The books are good-ish, but are wildly different from the show and I am not sure I can wholeheartedly recommend them to people just because they like the show. IMO the books, as written, wouldn’t not be able to be made into a show that most people would want to watch. And yet, I only tried watching the show because of the books and didn’t stick with it because of how different it was. It could be worth your time, but it’s not a slam dunk.
Show threadDharma Curious (he/him)Nov 3
I do not have alt account on Lemmy, I’ll have you know. All like 25 of my accounts were made to be main accounts… I just distro server hopped until I found one I liked lol
Show threadSoloCriticalNov 3
I think this is my 2nd account… the first one was on a server or whatever that ended up shutting down.
Show threadMeowerMisfit817Nov 3
I remember making one on lemm.ee some years ago, but I forgot about its existence and made another, and then I heard about lemm.ee’s shutdown thing and here is my third.
Show threadpseudoNov 3
False. I’m pretty sure I still have under 12 alts.
Show threadNatanaelNov 3
All my 3 are deliberately linked (spread across servers for redundancy)
Show threadAxolotlNov 3
You do that in a automatic way?
Show threadNatanaelNov 3
Nah, copy paste
Show threadAxolotlNov 3
I see
Show threadNigelFrobisherNov 3
Hari Seldon is the Batman of sci-fi and his back-up plans for every contingency are plot-armour bullshit.
Show threadmelsaskcaNov 3
Pre internet it was called “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” or “the vocal minority”. Some things never change but the words get fancier.
Show thread☂️-Nov 3
this is not reddit tho
Show threadSkullgridNov 3
Are you telling me that Stamets, PugJesus and Mickey7 are the same person??
Show thread1985MustangCobraNov 3
lol. i havent looked at PugJesus and Mickey7 but Stamets is an interesting user that’s for sure.
Show threadMeatPilotNov 3
Show threadSkullgridNov 3
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Show threadMeatPilotNov 3

More PG image of “The Marauder” from Evil Dead Rise.

What I pictured in my head, not just one person. But a bunch of people fused together cranking out posts, like that thing. I’d probably not look it up unless you want to be grossed out.

The Marauder

The Marauder Monster was an malgamation deadite made up of Ellie, Danny and Bridget that was one of the main antagonists in the 2023 horror film Evil Dead Rise. It appeared as a motion puppet in the Evil Dead Rise haunted house during Halloween Horror Nights 2023 (Hollywood). Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Halloween Horror Nights Wiki
Show threadTheLadyAugustNov 3
Far miss on this. I’m too lazy to even look into new instances to move off of .world, let alone manage multiple accounts.
Show threadMonkderVierteNov 3
MonkderZweite and MonkderDritte are all gone. There’s only MonkderVierte now.
Show threadMonkderVierteNov 3
Who would want to live in that dystopia in the background?