I used to have this game for the NES called Xexyz. It was this really strange game that tried to be several different genres in one, and I actually had a ton of fun with as a kid. I don't think I've ever met anybody else who has ever heard of this game, let alone played or enjoyed it. I'm not even super sure how I came to owning it in the first place; I think it was in a box of random games my aunt got from a flea market at one point, maybe.
If any of you are sitting on an NES emulator with an archive of every official ROM and haven't tried this game, it's definitely worth checking out. Weird little gem that nobody seems to know about, it seems.
Edit: (Slice of bread with a hole cut in the middle and an egg fried in it.) I have always called them daddy-o eggs but I have recently been informed that is incorrect.-
ChatGPT is full of sensitive private information and spits out verbatim text from CNN, Goodreads, WordPress blogs, fandom wikis, Terms of Service agreements, Stack Overflow source code, Wikipedia pages, news blogs, random internet comments, and much more....
It also doesn't mean it inherently isn't free to use, either. The article doesn't say whether or not the PII in question was intended to be private or public.
Yep, I'm with you on that. I'm actually pretty tech-literate, and even I don't have the time/energy to bother with all of that shit. That's a lot of work and maintenance just for a single task that I want to be as idle as possible. Watching videos should just be two clicks, not studying and building and troubleshooting and updating and configuring a dozen things.
Yep, most phones these days come apart by using a heat gun to loosen up the adhesive, then you slice through the adhesive with a plastic blade, and then some strong suction cups to pull the screen/back off. Which means that you need to reapply the adhesive when you put it back together again.
It's a colossal, time-consuming pain in the ass. Especially if you don't know where the cables are that connect the screen to the board, as you can slice through them and be left with another part to replace.
most people i know use google by searching whatever question they have and including the word “reddit” at the end to find reddit threads since it currently has the most useful information....
Will it, though? This all seems like untested theory, to be honest.
While SEO may have started as a means of manipulating search engines, search engines have grown to adopt to new SEO techniques and now use those techniques as part of their built-in ranking systems. Outside of content that goes truly "viral", I think it's pretty difficult to get anything new to the top of a Google search without some massive SEO these days. Especially considering the head start that bigger players have already gotten on their SEO game, and the sheer wealth of content that search engines have to parse through.
I think maybe if we were still in 2010's internet, that could be true. But search engines aren't the same as they were in the past. SEO is the new norm.
Kbin also has Mastodon integration (though it's still being worked on and isn't in its final form yet), which I think is handy because I'm hoping that Kbin doesn't defederate from Meta, so that I can also still have an account to keep in touch with people I care about who are going to be using Threads without having to manage another account elsewhere.
I also prefer the layout to Kbin better. While the stock Lemmy layout is nice (it does a fantastic job of emulating the old.reddit layout), I like the fact that Kbin shows a little bit more text about each post. It also keeps more data public (like your votes and reputation scores), which I actually prefer being out in the open, as it helps weed out people who may be giving bad faith arguments in various discussions.
App development will probably be slow for a bit. As others have mentioned, Artemis is in development, but because Kbin doesn't have a public API yet, I believe that Artemis is having to use their own web scraping method as a stop-gap until the API is released. I imagine that's probably a taxing process for the dev's server to handle, which is probably why the private beta is having such a slow rollout.
Once the API goes live, I imagine there will probably be several apps that pop up pretty quickly.
Hi guys, I’m on lemmy since the reddit api announcement and am subscribed to tens of communities. When I’m setting my feed to watch topics only from Subscribed communities (hot/active), I see a lot of topics from the same communities, like 10 topics in a row from 1 community then 3 from a different one and again from the...
I recommend that everybody keep two accounts on their instance of choice (as long as this is within the rules of your instance). Keep one account for all the "brain on" stuff, and one account for the "brain off' stuff. You know what I mean, interpret it how you like.
If you're using one of the mobile apps, most of them support very easy quick account switching, which makes this even easier on your phone. It definitely makes it a lot more manageable, in my experience.
Gotta say, I liked seeing this on Trust Cafe's FAQs:
Is Trust Café a 'Free Speech Platform'?
No. Emphatically not. Trust Café's mission is to provide a non-toxic social media platform, which cannot happen in an environment where anything goes. We take a proactive stance against hate speech, harassment, and misinformation.
I've just blocked them, myself. This keeps them out of /all searches for me. Most of them, I don't even understand, anyway. This shit makes me feel old, lmao
Pretty sure that's exactly what they want. Those are way more neutral/marketable qualities to advertisers than "Sometimes your ad will be shown next to a 10-page, expletive-ridden tirade about poop-knives, and no, they won't explain what it is".
It's rumored that Reddit is about to launch a new "creator program" that will pay Redditors for high-karma activity on the site. This change is probably meant to accommodate this new feature.
The issue I take with this is that PixelFed is meant to be a community. I feel like using their resources for image hosting, for a platform that PixelFed users may not ever even interact with, is a bad move.
I used Reddit Is Fun for over a decade. It made Reddit usable on mobile for me. The UI for the mobile site and the official app make poor use of screen real-estate, IMO, and are designed to force you to continue scrolling and scrolling and scrolling. They're attention vampires.
RIF and other third-party apps had much cleaner UIs, that made it easier to find the content I was actually interested in, hide content that I didn't care to see, and interact with comments in a way that made sense for me. It was also easier to customize my notifications so that I would only be alerted by things I cared to be distracted by.
Without the third-party apps, I've reduced my Reddit usage tremendously. I used to spend probably a few hours a day just reading through Reddit, but now that I can't do that from my phone in a way that works for my use-case, I just simply don't use Reddit as much anymore. I only ever access it from my laptop now, and I only ever use my laptop while I'm on the toilet.
My Reddit use has been reduced to literal shitposting. Fuck Spez.
And make sure not to click on any links. If enough people use chatgpt or other LLM's to generate comments that are wordy but clearly just filler, it'll give advertisers pause and tank the value of the site as training data. Reddit's response will probably be to start banning users it thinks are doing this but normal users will...
I feel like this would have the opposite effect, and search engines will still see this as active user traffic and prioritize Reddit in search results, which will still drive more ad views.
This might be useful if Reddit was looking to sell, as bot traffic could potentially devalue the platform (like in the case of Twitter's buyout), but unless they're trying to change ownership, I don't think this will actually hurt them at all.
Are Phones and Smart Speakers Listening to You? Cox Media Group Claims They Can | Cord Cutters News (www.404media.co)
What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of? (kbin.social)
It could even be a youtube video or movie that you don't think anyone reading this has heard of besides you.
Edit: (What do you call this dish?) (sh.itjust.works)
Edit: (Slice of bread with a hole cut in the middle and an egg fried in it.) I have always called them daddy-o eggs but I have recently been informed that is incorrect.-
Google Researchers’ Attack Prompts ChatGPT to Reveal Its Training Data (www.404media.co)
ChatGPT is full of sensitive private information and spits out verbatim text from CNN, Goodreads, WordPress blogs, fandom wikis, Terms of Service agreements, Stack Overflow source code, Wikipedia pages, news blogs, random internet comments, and much more....
Best alternative to Chromecast?
No apple TV please. Needs to support some kind of casting, and the addition of whatever googles casting is would be nice (for an oculus)
Why a user in one instance can't comment on another instance in lemmy? ( not a rant )
If we are able to see lemmy.ml posts in lemmy.world We should be able to make comments on the post....
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What's the best way to pirate a recent Windows OS?
My mom bought a used laptop absolutely riddled with spyware, linux isn’t an option
Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It (www.404media.co)
How can we improve Lemmy’s SEO so we can google “(question) lemmy” instead of relying on “(question) reddit”
most people i know use google by searching whatever question they have and including the word “reddit” at the end to find reddit threads since it currently has the most useful information....
What's the benefit of using Kbin over Lemmy?
I see a very small minority of people using Kbin, but I don’t understand why....
Kbin client
Is there any Android app for Kbin ?
How to make subscribed feed more diversed?
Hi guys, I’m on lemmy since the reddit api announcement and am subscribed to tens of communities. When I’m setting my feed to watch topics only from Subscribed communities (hot/active), I see a lot of topics from the same communities, like 10 topics in a row from 1 community then 3 from a different one and again from the...
do you guys shop on places like aliexpress/Temu and if you do what items have pleasantly surprised you?
I’m curious what sorta finds you guys have had
The new Reddits (lemmy.world)
Squabbles.io - Meme Reddit...
Okay, how do I block all this meme stuff?
Just as the title says. Dunno why memes are of interest now (out of the loop) but it’s driving me nuts
Reddit's Contributor Program could earn you real money for your Reddit karma (www.androidauthority.com)
Reddit could be working on a Contributor program, letting top contributors earn real-world money from the gold and karma they receive.
Homebrew insulin or diy 3D printed meat?
Which do you think we’re getting first?
Reddit kills awards and coins (old.reddit.com)
What is the best anonymous image hosting site? (sh.itjust.works)
For a long time now I have been using imgur, but I got to thinking and wondered if there was a better site....
Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else (www.theverge.com)
Article by The Verge, providing details about various subreddits and their mods getting threatened because they are labeled as NSFW
reddit official app
I only ever used the official app never the website or any 3rd party apps so what were they like and why do people miss them so much.
RIP RIF (kbin.social)
That's it folks. RIF has stopped working....
Instead of deleting your Reddit account, consider using chatgpt to make comments instead
And make sure not to click on any links. If enough people use chatgpt or other LLM's to generate comments that are wordy but clearly just filler, it'll give advertisers pause and tank the value of the site as training data. Reddit's response will probably be to start banning users it thinks are doing this but normal users will...