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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • So Cohn did mention comprehensive privacy laws and the ability to leave platforms. These are absolutely things that need to happen.

    However as an individual there are still things you can do. Cohn mentions Bluesky because it has no algorithm (except the “Discovery” feed). Cohn also mentions (in the video) Mastodon. And the truth is you don’t need to switch fully, just don’t only slurp down the concentrated hate machine(s).

    Look at Lemmy. Reddit decided to be pricks and a bunch of individuals jumped over here to create what I think is a pretty good community. That doesn’t mean the problem is solved. That doesn’t mean Reddit isn’t still a problem. That doesn’t mean Lemmy is perfect. But that is a win and something individuals can do.

    Additionally, those are things you can do now. You don’t need to wait for some law to be passed to fix things. You can make the move now. (While still advocating for laws to fix things.)





  • He’s pretty playful in “Attack of the Clones” when Kenobi is looking for Kamino. “Master Kenobi has lost a planet, how embarrassing” or something along those lines.

    He’s also teaching Younglings in this scene, so being more playful is fitting.

    Most of the time we see Yoda he is at the council or doing war things, so you can’t really be a silly goblin in those cases.





  • Is Tic-Tac-Toe a good game? I know people who played it a lot at one time. Does it hold up?

    If you had fun playing it, it was a good game.

    Fruit Ninja? Doodle Jump? Angry Birds?

    Games take a simple concept, possibly copied from elsewhere, possibly a mash up of others, possibly original ideas, and of it’s fun, it’s good.

    Now was the hype over Flappy Bird strange and over the top? Probably. But remember fidget spinners? Yo-yos? Sometimes trends/fads happen.





  • When I first played Skyrim it was the “complete” edition with all the DLC. The game starts fun enough, I complete the intro, wander around a bit and find an interesting quest that takes me to a big city.

    Immediately two vampires attack me. I know now this is the start of a plot hook for one of the DLCs, but it was so confusing. Suddenly I was forced to do a whole vampire side plot because every time I ignored it more vampires showed up.

    I hope DLCs have improved since then because it was a terrible introduction to the game.