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Instance blocking should replace defederation
  • Is that the fault of the admins, trying to stem a tide of reports and problems, or is that the fault of some users, not being willing to open a second tab in their browser? It sucks to have to maintain different accounts, but it's a lot less deleterious than the alternative.

    I think if there were strong mod tools, your argument would make more sense (though I'd probably still disagree), but especially with the utter lack of mod tools, it just isn't feasible.

  • Instance blocking should replace defederation
  • Then you fundamentally don't agree with the principles behind federation, and the fediverse might not be for you. It's funny that you are mad and "want to curate your own browsing experience", but aren't willing to put in the effort to run a simple script (https://github.com/wescode/lemmy_migrate), pick an instance or a few that match your stance (they're out there and much more common than the niche Beehaw serves), or start your own instance.

    Do you know how much effort being federated with spam factories / outrage machines generates for the mods and admins? When you depend on individual blocking, you get to click and forget about every bad actor or community. You don't see the ongoing hours that mods and admins have to pour in to dealing with that actor or community as they keep spitting out garbage.

    Also, good thing you're on a very unlocked instance then. If you're mad about your instance doing whatever, then take it up with your admins, not Beehaw. Beehaw is a uniquely curated instance primarily intended to serve as a space where queer people don't have to get bombarded with non-queer people being ignorant. We deal with that enough in real life.

  • Virginia congresswoman won't seek reelection after new health diagnosis
  • Even though McConnell isn't older, I'd argue he's a bigger issue because of the power he wields.

    That is a valid point about the "Looking like you're playing by the rules but not really". It sucks that this isn't the case though, since this is the first democrat representative for this district in 40 years.

  • Phil Spencer: "getting [acquiring] Nintendo would be a career moment for me"; Nintendo's future "exists off of their own hardware"
  • It's not happening for Game Pass right now. If Microsoft hoovered up Nintendo and all the other companies, leaving Game Pass with little competition, they'd flip in an instant. Then you'd have not only Nintendo games for an overpriced subscription, you'd have Nintendo and everything else Microsoft bought for an overpriced subscription, where Microsoft can do whatever they want because only they have the rights to those games.

    I'm not arguing Nintendo's subscription services doesn't suck ass, I'm arguing that Microsoft would do the same thing if they got their mits on Nintendo's catalog, except potentially worse because they have more 'exclusive content' to lock-away in their garden and they can force their BS into Windows.

  • Virginia congresswoman won't seek reelection after new health diagnosis
  • Only for Democrats, unfortunately.

    It's an unpopular opinion and even I don't know how I feel about it, but I almost feel like democrats should run until they get voted out same as Republicans. Because of her being a good person, this seat is now back in contention and the democrats don't have the incumbent advantage they should. Until everyone is forced to play by the rules, one side playing by the rules and the other not just means that the side that flaunts the rules will win.

  • Phil Spencer: "getting [acquiring] Nintendo would be a career moment for me"; Nintendo's future "exists off of their own hardware"
  • The ActiBlizz merger needs to be shot down and Microsoft Games needs to be forced to split off from Microsoft. This tactic of "Make all the money in one sector, then use that unlimited money to invade another sector, force small businesses out by operating at a loss, and then enshittifying the entire sector to a state worse than it was originally" has to stop - across all sectors.

    If you can't survive in your own sector on your own merits without money from Daddy Corpo, you deserve to die.

    I also hate that Spencer talks like "sitting on a big pile of cash" instead of gambling it on the market is fucking stupid. Classic "NOW NOW NOW" American capitalism.

  • Phil Spencer: "getting [acquiring] Nintendo would be a career moment for me"; Nintendo's future "exists off of their own hardware"
  • Why wouldn't it happen for Game Pass? It's happened for every new service. Start them with a great deal to undermine all competition because you can eat the cost and they can't. When the competition dies, slowly start enshittifying it, until it's as bad or worse than the original. Arguably Microsoft is already starting that process by killing off the $1 demo.

    Microsoft isn't going to pass up free money, and if anything this email conversation confirms that they're drooling, waiting for the "fuck them over the barrel" stage.

  • Sensory issues
  • My boss is the worst for this. We'll be sitting on a call in our conference room and he'll start clicking his pen. Or playing with his water bottle. Or slapping his lips. After seven years I haven't committed murder yet, though.

  • What's something that you were surprised to find out a lot of people hate?
  • Yeah, the polycules I've met have all been hot messes that caused a lot of pain for everyone involved (and adjacent). At least a few have this attitude of "Monogamous people are prudes and need to open up, polyamory is HoW hUmAnS sHoUlD lIvE". Maybe it's just bad luck, but as a result I generally keep a bit more distance with my poly friends.

  • Search engines compared
  • Are the Ecosia results up to date? They used to be great, but awhile ago they changed something and it's been hot garbage since. I still use them because trees, but I usually search with Ecosia, don't see what I want, and then have to use another search engine.

  • No Longer About Kids: Florida Judge Allows Trans Adult Ban For Large Swaths Of Care
  • Not sure what I'm going to do when this hits my state. We passed our "child only" bill last year. I don't live near a border and my job is strict in-person only.

    I technically have the resources to move and have at least some job prospects, but there's huge swaths of my community that don't. Also, effectively outlawing trans existence in a state guarantees that no one will be left to vote for it, effectively pushing more states red. We can't even rely on the Supreme Court to strike these down...

    I've heard Minnesota is good, but that's extremely far from me, and I have moderate-severe SAD so I worry that living that far north would be the end of me. Maybe I'll have to go for "might be the end of me" over "will currently be the end of me".

  • The drawl is gone, y'all: Research shows classic Southern accent fading fast
  • It makes me kind of sad to see so many people happy that the accent is going away. It's good to have diversity, and the thought of my "native" accent becoming extinct makes me sad. I don't want bad people to have a claim to an entire accent and culture, especially since the death of the accent won't do anything about the bad takes. There's a lot that good about southern culture - taking things slow, being laid-back in a world that wants you to run around like a chicken with your head cut off, and forming tight communities with the people around you. I just wish there was a way to reclaim that without feeling afraid that people would assume I support the bad parts, too.

  • The drawl is gone, y'all: Research shows classic Southern accent fading fast
  • Why would you use an accent when it actively gets you associated with idiots / racists / conservatives?

    There's a lot of people who have been hurt by Southern culture, so naturally they reject that accent. A lot of decent people reject the accent because they don't want people to assume they're one of those Southerners. There's also the aspect that you end up talking to people outside your region a lot more often than in the old days, so you learn to switch it off because people outside your region might not understand you well.

  • 23 years after I first played it, I finally beat Final Fantasy Tactics [Heavy Spoilers]

    And just, wow. I'm a bit disappointed they tried to cop out Ramza and Alma's death, because it feels like that cheapens the whole thing, but it's easy enough to head canon.

    As the credits were rolling, I was like "What happened to Delita and Ovelia!?" Google the ending as the credits are rolling. "Where is this scene, I didn't see it! Did I miss something?" Last scene plays...oof. I knew they couldn't have a happy ending because their relationship was fundamentally based on a massive power imbalance and one side taking advantage of that, but I was not remotely expecting that. The image of Ovelia on the ground, dead, next to the flowers is just stuck in my brain.

    My first instinct was to say, "Well that was a sucky ending! It was just out of nowhere to make me suffer!" but after a few minutes of reeling, I realized that it wasn't. The point of Delita's character was that he started using people as pawns because he had to, in order to make the world a better place. But once someone starts doing that, and stops seeing people as people...they can't just turn that off, not even for the person they love the most.

    Does that ultimately make them a "bad person"? Objectively, Delita saved thousands, if not tens of thousands or more lives by ending the war and preserving the peace in the era that followed. He made life better for the common people of Ivalice for hundreds of years (even though I take issue with the fact that he didn't clean out the church of Galabdos). But that also doesn't negate the fact that having to live as his political pawn, with no autonomy, after a life of being abused and locked away, wouldn't be a life worth living.

    What does it mean to save others, if you become so damaged in the process that the people you love would literally rather die than be near you?

    Two other observations:

    1. It took me a few hours to remember that Agrias gave Ovelia that knife at like, the start of Chapter 1. She could've stabbed Delita at any point, but she legitimately trusted him and that things would change once everyone was safe. Apparently, it didn't.

    2. Was Ovelia's tipping point when Olan released the Duria Papers? Delita probably had several opportunities to save Alma, but it wasn't part of his plan to get Ovelia on the throne, so he didn't bother. That directly led to Ramza having to follow Alma into Murond, where they died. In a sense, Delita didn't just leave them to die, but kind of encouraged it - he needed someone to deal with Ultima, but knew that whoever went down there probably wasn't coming back. I think that's what Ovelia meant when she said that Delita killed Ramza. I also wonder if Delita kept the church around to keep the people under control, so Ovelia finding out that the church is why Ramza and Alma died and then burning Olan at the stake for the truth would be...soul breaking.

    Unfortunately, part of finishing the game so late is that I missed all the discourse about the ending when it originally happened, so I would love to hear people's thoughts, plot-wise or mechanics-wise.

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