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Is there any actual differences between a SERVER admin and a SITE admin ? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

It could. People can work on the same server. It just needs good communication. Also if one sleep another could pick up the slack.

Is there any actual differences between a SERVER admin and a SITE admin ? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

A server admin has full access to the machine running the actual lemmy server. Basically the one that can do updates to the site. They have full terminal access to the server.

A site admin on lemmy is an admin on the instance itself, giving full control over the website, but not updates of any kind. They can ban, approve users, change the sidebar, and remove communities.

Plex freebies - too many commercials in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 19 hours ago

Not for your use case. Only for their own streaming service. I've never been served an ad. And I've been using it for over a decade.

GME ATM Offering and Sentiment Change in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Every time there's hype and eyes, the stock gets blasted. Why would this time have been any different?

I expect it to blast off when we least expect it. The only out is more shorting for the shorties. Because if they actually buy the shares, the stock will blast to infinity.

GME ATM Offering and Sentiment Change in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Honestly, with all the fuckery going on, nothing has changed. Gamestop has got an "out" for when it does happen and if people blame them they can say they offered up shares.

The company is not going bankrupt any time soon, making the shorts even more fucked. The drs numbers haven't changed, only the percentage. Locking down the float was always an unobtainable dream, but worth a shot. And even then if you believe the DD there are so many shorts that the dilution is just a drop in the water.

Their cash on hand is now >40% of their market cap, making this the smartest investment from an objective and squeeze-less point of view. Add in the shorting and fuckery that still goes on to this day, I don't see a problem.

Momentum was probably still going to lose if they didn't dilute, considering this is one of the most, if not the most manipulated stock on the market.

When MOASS happens, it happens. All the rest is just noise.

[SOLVED] Postgres using a lot of CPU since update in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Well that would do it. Thanks for pointing out!

[SOLVED] Postgres using a lot of CPU since update in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

It thankfully seems to have been fixed thanks to @[email protected]. Running analyze verbose; in postgres.

The pgautoupgrade was added for the new version because this deployment is an all-in-one solution for running lemmy. And upgrading the databases turned out to be quite the effort until some user pointed the maintainer towards pgautoupgrade here.

I tried running lemmy before I found out about this, but this just makes it so much more convenient to run.

[SOLVED] Postgres using a lot of CPU since update in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thanks. I ran it. Hopefully it'll make a difference.

Edit: It looks like this did the trick. I'll keep monitoring to see if it sticks. Thanks again!

[SOLVED] Postgres using a lot of CPU since update in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think so. I have lemmy and everything needed running through a single docker container using Lemmy-Easy-Deploy.

[SOLVED] Postgres using a lot of CPU since update in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I added pg_stat_statements, and ran it. This was the result:

# SELECT count(*) FROM pg_stat_activity;
 count
-------
    11
(1 row)
[SOLVED] Postgres using a lot of CPU since update in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (6 children) 
ERROR:  extension "pg_stats_statements" is not available

Even though it's added in the customPostgresql.conf shared_preload_libraries = 'auto_explain,pg_stat_statements'

[SOLVED] Postgres using a lot of CPU since update in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children) 
ERROR:  extension "pg_stats_statements" is not available

Even though it's added in the customPostgresql.conf shared_preload_libraries = 'auto_explain,pg_stat_statements'

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[SOLVED] Postgres using a lot of CPU since update (retrolemmy.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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EDIT: It seems to have been fixed thanks to @[email protected]. Running analyze verbose; in postgres.

After updating to 0.19.5 from 0.19.3 my postgres is often using up 500%+ of CPU according to docker stats and often going to 100% CPU on most cores according to htop. Also noticed in the uptime monitor:

htop shows one of the 5 postgres processes constantly on UPDATE. I think this might be part of the problem.

I'm not comfortable with postgres and am honestly completely in the dark how or where to mitigate or even pinpoint this issue.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Retrolemmy.com updated to 0.19.5 (retrolemmy.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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We updated to 0.19.5. This was not as smooth as I had hoped, and due to that the page was offline for almost a day while I had to troubleshoot and figure out what went wrong.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused. But as far as I know, we are fully operational.

If there are any other problems, please let me know by sending me a private message, or putting it in the comments under here.

Thanks for your patience.

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[Retro Silver] Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (1999-05-12) (images.igdb.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Happy 25th anniversary to the final version of Street Fighter III!

This game perfected the 2D tournament fighter genre, after first getting the crown with Street Fighter II. The advanced combo system and gameplay, smooth and detailed 2D sprite animation, and player roster size made this a fan favorite of the series.

Wikipedia Synopsis

"Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Fight for the Future"|ストリートファイターIII サードストライク ファイト・フォー・ザ・フューチャー is a 2D fighting game developed and published by Capcom, originally released in 1999 for the arcades and in 2000 for the Dreamcast. In 2004 it was released on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. A downloadable online version titled "Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition" was released on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in 2011.

"Street Fighter III 3rd Strike" is the second and final follow-up to "Street Fighter III", following "Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact". Like its predecessors, it runs on the CP System III hardware."3rd Strike" increased the character roster by adding five new characters, notably including Chun-Li. It also added further refinements to the previous game's play mechanics and rules. The game was well received in all of its versions and has since been regarded as one of the greatest fighting games of all time. On 29 May 2018, "Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Fight for the Future" was released as a part of the "Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection" for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Steam, and Xbox One.

Videos

Maximilian Dood - Greatest Fighting Game Ever Made | Street Fighter 3: Third Strike - The Fighting Games that MADE ME

World of Longplays - Arcade Longplay [373] Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Panda - SHOULD YOU PLAY STREET FIGHTER III: 3rd STRIKE Feat. Justin Wong

CEO Gaming - CEO 2023 SF3 3rD Strike GRAND FINALS - JWONG vs RICKY

Links

IGDB page

MobyGames page

About [email protected]

This is the third post in this brand new community for big milestone anniversaries of retro games (15 years or older, every multiple of 5 years). See our sidebar for more info and resources for making your own posts here.

Post #1: [Retro Platinum] King's Quest: Quest for the Crown (1984-05-10)

Post #2: [Retro Platinum] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989-05-12)

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Retro status - a community celebrating old games' and hardware's anniversary. (retrolemmy.com)
 

[email protected] is a community celebrating retro.

From the sidebar:

For posts on the big anniversaries of retro games, gaming hardware, and more.

  • 15 years - Old
  • 20 years - Retro
  • 25 years - Retro Silver
  • 30 years - Retro Gold
  • 35 years - Retro Platinum (and every 5 years after)
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Retro status - a community celebrating old games' and hardware's anniversary. (retrolemmy.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/newcommunities
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[email protected] is a community celebrating retro.

From the sidebar:

For posts on the big anniversaries of retro games, gaming hardware, and more.

  • 15 years - Old
  • 20 years - Retro
  • 25 years - Retro Silver
  • 30 years - Retro Gold
  • 35 years - Retro Platinum (and every 5 years after)
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[Retro Platinum] King's Quest: Quest for the Crown (1984-05-10) (retrolemmy.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://retrolemmy.com/post/6261478

Happy 40th anniversary to the first game in the King's Quest series, one of the first graphical adventure games, and where Sierra really made their name.

This game also kicked off the Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI) engine, which Sierra used for many games. Wikipedia says: They employed it in 14 of their games between 1984 and 1989, before replacing it with a more sophisticated engine, Sierra's Creative Interpreter. There's no Wikipedia article for the SCI engine, but I know it was used in Phantasmagoria and Shivers, here is the ScummVM wiki page for SCI instead.

Wikipedia Synopsis

King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is an adventure game developed by Sierra On-Line and published originally for the IBM PCjr in 1984 and later for several other systems between 1984 and 1989. The game was originally titled King's Quest; the subtitle was added to the games box art in the 1987 re-release, but did not appear in the game.

It is the first official part of the long King's Quest series (not counting 1980's Wizard and the Princess), in which a young knight, Sir Graham, must save the Kingdom of Daventry to become the king. Designed by Roberta Williams, the game was revolutionary and highly influential in the evolution of the graphic adventure game genre by introducing more detailed graphics and animation.

An official remake titled King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown was released in 1990. An unofficial remake was released by Tierra Entertainment in 2001.

Videos

Space Quest Historian - King's Quest: A Fair and Balanced Retrospective

Power Pak - King's Quest - The First Adventure

Links

IGDB page

MobyGames page

About [email protected]

This is the first post in this brand new community for big milestone anniversaries of retro games (15 years or older, every multiple of 5 years). See our sidebar for more info and resources for making your own posts here.

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Anbernic Is Working On Another 1:1 Screen Handheld - Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/Anbernic/t/1016232

"We've already seen the likes of the Analogue Pocket, RG Nano and Powkiddy RGB30, and now Anbernic is adding another system to the list in the form of the recently teased RG Cube..."

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Welcome new admin: Die4Ever! (retrolemmy.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm happy to announce the new addition to our admin team: @[email protected]

He's mostly known as the owner of mods4ever and all associated projects. Including, but not limited to randomizers for games like Duke Nukem 3D and Unreal, working on Scummvm's Groovie engine, and their lemmy page housing communities for said randomizers and on there you can find your main stop for the "The 7th Guest" game series: [email protected].

He also used to speedrun The 7th Guest.

If you have any questions, you can message him or me directly on here or leave a comment.

Welcome to the team!

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Settlers 2 - great strategy game. The sequels never came close. (youtu.be)
 

I've started replaying this recently, and it still hold up.

Only downside is that it's a bit slow. But with some snacks and drinks this is a great time killer!

Yippee!

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Application Questionnaire added to account registration. (retrolemmy.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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After a user created half a dozen accounts in a span of 24 hours to "battle" a ban on a lemmy.world community, I'm regretting to inform that I have added an application questionnaire to the account creation process.

I want this instance to be a inviting and hassle-free home for any enthousiast of the retro kind. And unfortunately this means it's a little less accessible, and might take a bit before your account can be in use.

I will get to your application in due time, and will check regularly every day.

I hope this will catch trolls and obvious abusers more easily before they become a pain in the ass of the mods of communities.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

If you have any questions or complaints feel free to reply to this post or send me a message.

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MattKC - I ported THOUSANDS of apps to Windows 95 - YouTube (youtu.be)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Tl;dw: he backported dotnet v2 to windows 95, adding the possibility to port software and games to Win95.

Visual studio still has the option to export to dotnet v2 in the current version.

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List of The 7th Guest communities around the internet (not just Lemmy) (retrolemmy.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.mods4ever.com/post/172

Here's a list of different places you can chat about this series of games. We're a bit divided, but the fans are out there!

[email protected] - This Lemmy community, you're here right now! If you need a Lemmy account then go here and make the account. (Sorry, my server is too weak!) If you already have a Mastodon account (and you're feeling brave/technical) then you can put @[email protected] into the search box there and follow that account.

https://discord.gg/Hss5cJg - Stauf's Mansion Discord. Pretty active with a good number of fans. ALSO HAS Stream Detective so you can find people streaming these games on Twitch! Very fun to watch people fumble through the puzzles for the first time and chat with them, just be careful with backseating. Make sure you assign yourself the roles to get notifications for Stream Detective, ask in there if you need help.

https://www.reddit.com/r/7thguest/ - Reddit community. Not very active, but with a good post or crosspost there could be people from outside the subreddit finding it.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/the13thdoll - Facebook group. Lots of fans for all the games here, very active.

https://mastodon.social/tags/the7thguest - Mastodon hashtag, you can follow hashtags on Mastodon so they automatically show up on your home feed, very handy! Also check the hashtags for#the7thguestvr, #the11thhour, and #the13thdoll and whatever else you want.

https://www.gog.com/forum/the_7th_guest_series - GOG Forum. Mostly tech support questions but there are a lot of fans there.

https://www.gog.com/forum/the_13th_doll_a_fan_game_of_the_7th_guest - again a GOG Forum but for The 13th Doll. Still mostly tech support questions.

https://www.twitch.tv/search?term=the%207th%20guest - Twitch categories so you can watch people playing the games live and chat with them (just be careful with backseating). Open each one and click Follow to add the game to your followed categories list. But honestly you're better off joining the Discord and using the Stream Detective inside there.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/The7thGuest?f=live - Twitter hashtag. Unfortunately you can't follow a hashtag on Twitter, so you gotta just check it manually. Also check hashtags for #the7thguestvr, #the11thhour (although there's some noise in there), #the13thdoll, and any other game you want. (Make sure to switch to the "Latest" tab instead of "Top")

Any other places with fans of the series? Let me know! I'm mostly hanging out here and in Discord, but I'll probably see you if you post to any of the others!

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