WoW FEELS super fragmented right now.
I mean, when they finally gave in and released Classic I had no idea they would release 10 different versions of it. But that's mostly a different topic.
The shattered world of the main game is the big problem, cities and raids and events that exist only conditionally, like Undercity and Ny'Alotha with the attatched invasion.
Being able to meet and talk with players you can't trade with or craft for, whether they're Horde while you're Alliance, or they're from an unconnected server to yours. When you tell the latter they can send you a personal crafting order for the sword they keep asking for in Trade Chat, they can't.
And as a Blacksmith/Miner main, I get to experience the shattered state of instanced zoning more regularly, every time I fly out to get ore, with several ore deposits simply disappearing as I approach them or start mining them. I see them from the other side of a fracture in the world. When I cross over, the illusion fades away.
Why would they remove Quebec? Quebec doesn't matter here much more than the Bay Area, Catalonia, Sami land or Ulster.
I wonder if Greenland would go fascist if they started having issues with immigrants.
Yeah, sure. But that doesn't matter if you point the AI at it with a really good zoom lens, though. And then you have a ton of them, pointed in an directions, like the compound eye of a fly. F35 spotted.
It's an easy assumption to make that the majority of husbands were cruel and demanding.
Looks like democracy disagrees with the court.
Who are you, to be the minority arbiter of ethics?
The ethics of this are completely at odds with our justice system but yet if in a jury I'd want to nullify it every time and I'm guessing many of you would, too.
If you saw how fast those non-nuclear MIRVs slammed into Ukraine from space you wouldn't even think the thought of shooting it down like that.
Those didn't cruise. They just shot into the ground. From high above the clouds to hitting the dirt in less than a second.
If you don't like the attitude of my comment you're really not gonna like the attitude of New Year's administration.
A lot of people who made themselves dislikable to the childish majority are going to suffer.
You're probably seeing mostly grapes, tomatoes, cotton and cannabis, as well as grains that aren't corn?
Sort of, but a more indirectly than the war we're comparing it to. I know Russians are in the area, but the siege of Gaza seems fairly out of the Russians' control, a bit separated. Not sure about the extent of their presence in Lebanon. I saw something about a Russian group attacked by US helicopters in Syria not too long ago, but I don't remember the details nor did I really check to validate it at all.
The little ant wants a needle to wield against the exterminators.
Maybe you should bury deep instead.
Good luck, antman.
How would the fungi even interface with the robot? Exposed parts of the circuitry?
Would it "give" the robot sentience, or would it be the sentience?
Wasn't this the game developed under siege for a while, then the studio fled to set up in another country?
These days we just stay cold because electricity is too expensive.
Our parents were so fucking smart to decide hearths should be obsolete.
It seems like it hasn't "bloomed" into something resembling the scale of the world wars yet. Ukraine is massive though, has room to contain a lot of warfare, but as of now it's still mostly contained.
I'm sure Putin would rather escalate than go back, though.
If this war leaves Ukraine, I'm gonna consider my days numbered. If it leaves Ukraine we'll probably have less than a decade left, and those years won't be good years.
Putin is so fucked in the head for wanting to conquer so bad that he's willing to do this, Russian people are equally fucked in the head for supporting it.
I thought the purpose of the fediverse was to create a framework for strong independent communities that cannot be subverted by corporate (reddit) interests.
But without numbers there is no strength, no purpose for organization. Then what are we doing here? Mild entertainment?
What the fuck are you even getting out of this? 3 new funny pictures a day? Couple pieces of advice last month?
Stop Killing Games on track to not even reach the threshold to be brought up to the European Commission
It is at 361,826 out of 1,000,000 signatures with the remaining trickle after the initial spike nowhere near the pace needed to hit the mark before the 31st of July 2025.
(https://www.reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1flaevi/let_me_put_the_current_campaign_progress_into_a/)
I interpret the state of Ross Scott's SKG campaign like this: It's pretty clear that democratically speaking, we do not object to companies arbitrarily removing access to purchased video games. Only a minority objects to it.
While it will stay up and get more signatures, there will ultimately be no follow-through to this campaign. The reality is that it's not politically sound, it's not built on a foundation of a real public desire for change. In other words, voters don't want it. You might, but most of your family and friends don't want it.
Recently I haven't even opened Lemmy
Too many users here prefer smaller communities and have openly stated they aren't interested in making accommodations to pursue growth to a truly large platform, even if it could be.
Lemmy is the sort of site that will linger in the background and quietly die out, it'll occassionally be mentioned in the same sorts of conversation that bring up old alternatives like voat, rare conversations with few readers.
I had some optimism at the growth spurt, but seeing what the opinions of users here were, that hope turned into cynicism. As I forgot about Lemmy, it's irrelevance was reinforced. It would be best, I think, if this foundation could replace its competitors. But I don't think it's going to happen.
I don't think you want common idiots to like the site.
Anyone know if reddit hides comments with strange links?
I posted a comment with a link to an article on CNN and several links to architecture and construction websites. It seems like reddit doesn't like comments with untrusted links? Are they being subtly hidden from the thread?
If this is being done at any scale at all I wonder if it's a significant cause of the feeling that the internet has shrunk into a few main sites, linking to a recognizable relatively small selection of news and media sources.
Weird question, but anyone know if wire EDM can be bent at all?
I saw some clay sculpting tools and started thinking it would be sweet to cut metal with something like that. The tools I saw are apparently called pottery ribbon tools, so more of a ribbon than a wire then.
What does kbin mean? Why is kbin.social called that?
Is it just random letters arrived to by keyboard mashing like a lot of federated websites seem, or is there any thought behind it?
Why does it seem like some of my sweaters have a soft and loose "lint layer" on the inside?
It's always particularly nice and soft the first time you put it on, but the one I got most recently is so bad it leaves a thin but thorough coat of black fur on my arms when I take it off. What's the production methods used when making sweaters like this?
Why does the Posts>All>Active/Hot feed flood with new content sometimes?
Isn't that supposed to only happen on Posts>All>New? Shouldn't Active/Hot posts require some existing engagement before appearing?
Does lemm.ee sometimes sync with federated instances, which is when new content floods en masse?
This is one of the experiences I've had that makes Lemmy feel far more janky than reddit.com/r/all
If you're feeling ________, help is available. Call 1-800-CARE
"help" just means "a conversation"
and that really doesn't make a difference
worse, it's like you're saying "If you have cancer, treatment is available." but what you're actually offering is a daily bowl of fairly healthy soup. you're running exaggerated, optimistic advertising.
I feel like I was born in the sunset generation.
It was amazing for a decade or two, but now the night scares me, I do not know what awaits us in the morning.
Idk if I think lemm.ee is a good alternative.
I think this place is too fragmented into instances to ever generate a front page anywhere near what r/all is.
If I understand this page right, https://lemm.ee will never show the top post of the day from https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/, https://discuss.tchncs.de/, or https://feddit.uk/.
And the "front page/general" site is already split into several instances (https://vlemmy.net/, https://lemmy.world/, https://sh.itjust.works/, https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/ and https://lemmy.one/, all claiming to be "a general front page lemmy instance")
So what's the deal, which one are we betting on as the place to direct all the new traffic? What's the contender for primary public internet bulletin board? Right now the arrow to an alternative is looking like this: https://i.imgur.com/L1XsBy6.pngd
I'm personally guessing the conclusion is already reached; We have no place we're betting on. We're disinterested in pushing for any particular result. We don't expect people to migrate. Many might not even want them to.