Degas … like Vegas

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Aging geek and sweary wordsmith. Bookish, bilingüe, bastards better face justice once we’ve won. 2.7% Neanderthal by volume.

RE: https://wandering.shop/@cstross/116200427828260418

Everybody in the comments is liking “5. Don't be so careful in time of death,” but that “⚠️ Come on please” header got my attention.

No way I’m going over 5 muhym.

@bigvimto
🎶️ See what's become of me … 🎶️

When I floated the idea, there seems to have been a very big interest in having some kind of online chat community for game development.

Nobody likes Discord and all the chatter is that it's full speed down on enshittification creek.

IRC would work, but it's extremely basic.

Matrix appears to be meant to fill just that space between the two, but opinions about its performance seem to be very divided.

Does anyone have other suggestions to share? (Something federated would be neat.)

#gamedev

@mattblaze @jef Every time I drive by this place my brain twists itself into knots over whether George, or George's burger is giant!

My working theory is that both are giant, but George's son runs the place now.

The answer may be lost to time.

UPDATE: A massive thanks to everyone who helped out with this ☺️

As a result, my little single-user instance has made contact with 11,274 other instances across the Fedi 😲

So no further boosts needed, really appreciate everyone who helped out 😁

ORIGINAL POST: I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click boost.

How come?

I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.

#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp
@futurebird My teenager was just telling his mom about loot boxes yesterday! I (gen xer from the age of Donkey Kong) am also fascinated by the complex narratives in modern games; that might make an interesting topic, too.
@robz If you do, count me in. Struggling to install Ubuntu server + Kiwix for self-hosted Wikipedia right now. Lots of tutorials, few are clear.

Good morning.

Apologies for the vivid imagery this early in the morning, but I figured we could all use a pick me up.

What a world that this is, indeed, good news.

#ICE
#Immigration
#GargleMyBalls * Hashtag suggested by @Brad_Rosenheim

'Extremely ironic': Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer, friend recalls

Luigi Mangione, who was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, once belonged to a group of Ivy League gamers who played assassins, a member of the group told NBC News.

NBC News
@dramypsyd I did this once and now the mall greets me by name.