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I read an article today about these newer social media apps, and they mentioned that Masto is focusing now on quote posts among other features, so that may be coming soon.

The Great Migration to Bluesky Gives Me Hope for the Future of the Internet in c/technology

[–] garretble 60 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The CEO of Bluesky just posted they hit 17M users today after hitting 16M in the last 24 hours.

The juice is juicin'.

Twitter is dead. Long live BlueSky. in c/technology

[–] garretble 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A couple of those items have at least been addressed to varying degrees now.

There’s definitely a screen to show you “who to follow” now, and an Explore tab to show popular posts of the day.

Not saying that solves all the problems, but at least they have made some strides in the last couple of years.

Stephen King leaves X, describing atmosphere as ‘too toxic’ in c/news

[–] garretble 27 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He has a Bluesky account already, and has posted...some.

Everyone I've seen (mostly in the tech space) seems to say that Threads feels soulless. I follow a few people there from my Masto account (yay, federation), and that's all fine and dandy. But I don't know if I'd trust Zuck in the long run since he already seems to be kissing the ring.

X rival Bluesky gains 1.25 million users following U.S. election in c/technology

[–] garretble 1 points 6 days ago

I think they described some basic-ish stuff you'd get if you subbed, like longer video uploads. There were a couple of perks that I don't remember off the top of my head.

And that may not be the only revenue stream in the end. They may still get financing from somewhere else, which certainly has its issues. But at least trying to figure out something while they are relatively small is probably a better approach than waiting until the walls are falling down and then scrambling.

question(s) about etiquette in MMORPGs in c/games

[–] garretble 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For FFXIV, specifically, if you are looking to add some friends I'd say start by hanging out one of the three starting cities (Gridania, Limsa, Ul'Dah) near the Aetherytes. Often people are just hanging and chatting some there. Limsa, on my server at least, seems to just be filled with people all the time hanging out. And you may even see some open calls for people to join Free Companies (Guilds). Those people are actively looking for new blood, so you could start up a discussion with them and see if their group is something you'd like to join. By doing so you may be able to get several friends pretty quick that way. Just remember that you owe nothing to those folks, and if the free company vibe doesn't feel right once you get in, then bounce.

But commenting on someone's look is fine, too! People work hard to collect or craft certain pieces of gear and dye them to make their character the way they want so if you notice something cool chances are they will be happy to talk about it.

There was one time last year during a Live Letter (this is a live streamed event the producers of the game do a few times a year) I went to Limsa and said to anyone who could hear it that I'd be "over by [a specific bench] to discuss the Live Letter" and lots of people I didn't know gathered around and we all had a fun chat about the event as it streamed.

Or even if you have questions, say them out loud in a crowded space and chances are someone will help. FF14 is notorious for people NOT being trash, so most often you'll find helpers before finding jerks.

And I promise that you can't out-weirdo the weirdos that run around pretty much any game, so try to not worry about that.

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Really Strange Messages bug (iPadOS only it seems) (self.apple_enthusiast)

submitted 1 year ago by garretble to c/apple_enthusiast

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So I have a weird one for you guys, and I’d like to see if anyone has ever come up across this one.

This is a Messages bug, and as far as I can tell it’s only on iPad since I’ve never seen this on my phone that has the same chats in it.

Basically it goes like this: I have a group chat with a few friends, and on iPad every so often when I open Messages and it’s on that chat (since that was the last place I left off) it’ll show me not the current state of the chat, but three messages (and only those three messages) from somewhere back in 2022.

I can only scroll up and down as far as those three messages will allow. It’s as if those are the only messages available to me.

However, if I tap the group chat again in the list, it goes back to normal. Loads everything and is fine.

I’ve never seen this happen on my phone, just my iPad. I was hoping the new update would fix it, but alas.

Has anyone ever run into this? I’m about to just tell them we need a new group chat.

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Foundation Opening Credits (self.appletv)

submitted 1 year ago by garretble to c/appletv

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This might be kind of a weird post, but I want to see if anyone experiences the same thing as I do.

First of all, I think the Foundation opening credits are awesome. Maybe some of my favorites ever, really. Really visually stunning and the score is excellent.

But it’s the mix of the score that I want to talk about. Does anyone else feel like the opening music is…”flat?” At no point in this epic audio does my sub kick in to fill out the brass or percussion. When the final logo slams onto the screen, there is technically a big hit in the score, but, just, nothing from the low end of the spectrum. I feel like I should feel that hit in my bones, and there’s nothing.

The show itself sounds great. Full sound stage; the ships rumble my room and explosions or gunfire are punchy.

But, yeah, just curious if anyone else has ever thought about this. It just makes me sad because the credits are SO COOL only to feel like the music is kept in this narrow band of sound.

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Help With Some Mods (self.ffxi)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by garretble to c/ffxi

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So in my quest to finish all the main Final Fantasy games, I’m down to FF3, FF5, and FF11. This week I’ve been playing the trial some to get my bearings, and while I’ve installed a few quality of life mods, I have maybe a couple of questions.

The first is that I was watching this video, and in it they mention a mod to allow the game to utilize more ram. A 4GB patch by someone named Thorny. For the life of me I can’t seem to find it. Does anyone out there know of a place it still exists?

https://youtu.be/xD4aCHdYcSk

Also, what are some of you guys’ favorites? I’m using Windower and have an alright set up now with some of, what I assume, are the staples (the map one, the one that makes you party window like FF14). But I’d like to know what the community thinks are pretty essential.

Thanks!

EDIT: Oof, I didn’t realize that the link that was mentioned in the video included the 4GB patch! I now have it all fixed up.

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So is this the year? (self.thunder)

submitted 1 year ago by garretble to c/thunder

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Chet is back and healthy, looking good in summer league.
Wallace looks like he’ll be a good addition.
We were one bad game away from the playoffs last year

So…is this the year we start really trying? Not saying were weren’t trying before, but you know what I mean.

If not, what other pieces do we actually need? We can’t just keep waiting on new draft picks and waiting on them to get their NBA legs year after year.

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[Suggestion] Add Thunder schedule to sidebar (self.thunder)

submitted 1 year ago by garretble to c/thunder

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This could simply be the link to the official schedule, but it might be nice to have that listed for easy clickin’:

https://www.nba.com/thunder/schedule

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[Feature Request] Highlight your own comments (self.wefwef)

submitted 1 year ago by garretble to c/wefwef

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While browsing posts, it may be nice to have either a different background color or some sort of identifier on your own comments to easily pick them out of the crowd as you scroll.

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How Long Have You Played This Game? (self.finalfantasyxiv)

submitted 1 year ago by garretble to c/finalfantasyxiv

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I recently was thinking about how long I've been playing the game, and I'm curious about you lot.

I haven't done an official /playtime in a while, but this year being the 10th anniversary of A Realm Reborn, I recall my days and nights early in 2013 playing the beta tests on my PS3. At the time, I was living with a friend of mine, and we had two TVs in the living room going as we got our temporary characters up to level 20 over a weekend only for those characters to be wiped out.

But it was fun running through that early game, learning the systems, getting reminded why leaving WoW was a good idea (not a single person asked about my DPS! ...in maybe my whole time in this game, actually.).

So after ten years of playing my favorite little Lala, I look forward to seeing where this story goes from here.

How about you all? What's your story?

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Rate My Lily 58 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by garretble to c/ergomechkeyboards

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I had some wrist issues a couple of years ago and that pushed me to go to the split keyboard route.

I really love this keyboard. I’m someone who actually quite likes the low profile, laptop style keys, so I didn’t know if I’d enjoy this set up. But I quickly grew to love it.

Bright lights and flashing stuff isn’t really my thing, so I’m really glad I was able to find these keycaps that’s just look nice and clean. Underneath are the most silent cherry reds I could find (I’m also not a big fan out loud keyboards. Blasphemy, I know! 😃).

And for my biggest nerd cred: I’m so glad I can save my precious Dvorak layout straight to the keyboard. No longer have to deal with Windows’ layout switching.