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  • I don’t think you actually have any interest in my first principles, and because the question isn’t genuine, I don’t care to discuss them with you.

    I absolutely wouldn’t commit to the current “equilibrium”, as it’s dysfunctional all around. I don’t care about the overton window shift, because there’s an underlying objective reality that tends to keep it swinging back and forth. When we tip outside of that typical swing, it’s generally exploitation by one party and myopia by the other, or some similar dynamic. On top of that, i just don’t base my decisions on whether something is right or left.

    I an not suggesting that we should be lobbing grenades at college protestors. I’m pointing out that this is occurring in a comparatively ‘liberal’ state (California) and in a comparatively ‘liberal’ context (academia), and that liberal ideals leave liberals open to authoritarian abuse, yet they are shocked when it happens.

    This, of course, isn’t unique to liberals. If things get too authoritarian, you open yourself up to manipulation - case in point, the current state of the Republican party.



  • Yes. You have a “share”. That’s the imaginary dropbox-like thing. Then you have a folder on some device that you link to that share. All folders you link with that share become the same on any device, intelligently.

    For sanity’s sake, unless I’m doing something like syncing game map folders across devices but inside a game’s special map folder, i keep them all in a folder called ‘sync’, and name the folders in ‘sync’ after the share name. Otherwise, things can get wonky. Consistent naming is important imo. With a share called “share with bob” started from a folder called ‘bob sync’ on sam’s end, ‘Sam’ on bob’s end, and they stay that way after anita joins, and she calls it ‘bob and Sam’ or something. Someone else joins and calls it “buddies”. Then, people say things like ‘i put it in the sam folder’, and it brings up questions.

    But with a little bit of organization, it’s awesome. Drop a file in a folder, and it’s now on the other person’s computer too. They move it out, and the file’s gone for you.

    If the computers can talk to each other (same lan, or proper internet connection) they will. If you have dysfunctional NAT or phones with no public-facing IP that are connecting to each other, just make sure some system can be accessed, and it’s all good. You want a cloud backup? Just set up the daemon on a server somewhere, and join the share.







  • This isn’t exactly “can’t live without,” that would be HomeAssistant. But what I Immediately thought of?

    Beyond All Reason

    This is an RTS game in the spirit of Total Annihilation.

    • labor of love
    • fully 3d, including ability to rotate or raise/lower view
    • tens of thousands of units without hardware lag for reasonably modem hardware (3-4 years old)
    • all shots actively rendered, leading to:
    • realistic friendly fire
    • even air units can get hit by ballistic shots targeting land units (although odds are fairly slim)
    • redirect-unit-to-dodge micro is effective in some situations
    • meaningful terrain
    • radar will have blind spots based on line-of-sight
    • radar gives clear indicator of coverage during placement
    • two factions, almost 200 units each, with tier 1, 2, and 3 units. A third (currently playable with a setting change) faction is in the works.
    • crafty, non-cheating ai opponents
    • free server hosting (!)
    • active servers all times of day

    The overall feel and balance of the game is great. The changes they make to balance are generally light and reasonable, and the game had a good community.

    Fam and friends play together often.






  • bastion@feddit.nltoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldWhat. the. hell?
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    This is the process of excessive liberality turning into excessive authority, and relates to what Republicans react to (with equally excessive zeal) by calling democrats fascist.

    Democrats are not (necessarily) fascists. Republicans are not (necessarily) nazis. But the problematic tendencies of the extremes of the parties aren’t resolved by going more extremely partisan and authoritarian.