I've been bouncing around a theory in my head that the big, mainstream, social media sites are kind of too big to fail at this point.
Back in the day, a change in moderation or ownership on a forum site would lead to a user revolt or an exodus to an alternative, and the old one would die out.
Now, these sites are so big and load bearing that alternatives struggle to get off the ground, and people just sorta stay and take it.
I found myself on reddit the other day, and came across someone complaining "now we're all trapped in this corporate hellscape! I miss forums, BBS, and all that stuff"
Lemmy is right here, and a hobbyist community for old communication platforms like that, could really thrive on a place like Lemmy. Where it's not just about nostalgia for a bygone era, but actively on a platform that can carve out, an alternative to the corporate hellscape this guy was complaining about.
But no, they're still on reddit, yearning for the past, and blinded from seeing a future with any alternative
My use case is that this Mini PC acts as a living room console, and I like the Emulation Station front end, and that Emulators, controller setup, etc. more or less work out of the box.
But my big issue with it, is that Steam has effectively been broken on Batocera for a long time now. So, if I could run all of my ROMs and more modern stuff via Steam, all on one OS, that would be great
How would Bazzite fair in a living room console kind of use case? What is setup like? Especially for emulators. Could I have it boot straight into a front end, like ES or Lutris?
I have a mini PC running batocera, which has been great! It's hooked up to the TV and can run up to PS3, and even Switch, though I haven't been able to get a Switch emulator running yet.
And I can technically do Xbox360 too, but 360 emulation is in a sorry state, in general. And it's even worse on Linux, because there's no native Linux version, so batocera has to run the 360 emulator through Wine.
Other than that though, it's great! Considering dual booting Steam OS to play more modern stuff, as well.
Why would the Russian and Chinese governments want to influence a small collection of web forums with no real influence on the wider world?
No, they're not here, they're on Reddit. As are the US and Israeli governments, for that matter. Online influence campaigns are carried out by governments in places where they'll be most effective, and by more than just your spooky oriental despotisms.
Now, why might .ml users, in general, be generally pro-china? The people who made Lemmy as a platform, and the folks who were first to adopt it (instances like Lemmygrad and Hexbear), were ideologically Marxist. Specifically, Marxist-Leninist. Marxist-Leninists, generally, support the existence of actually existing socialist States, as being socialist.
Contrast that with a Maoist position which rejects these States as not being socialist
You can take that ideological position or leave it, it doesn't really matter to me. But what's the more likely explanation here?
That the people who made, and first adopted, Lemmy as a platform tended to have a certain ideology, and so the early instances, like .ml, have people with a broadly shared opinion on a certain topic?
Or that the Chinese government, who probably had no damn clue what Lemmy is, is actively devoting money, and hundreds of people to influence a tiny speck of a Web forum where some nerds circle jerk about Linux, instead of focusing on influencing Facebook or Reddit.
I think it's the opposite. Less assbanging means more people are mired in exploitative subsistence wage labor, rather than having leisure time that could be spent having sex with people they met at a social function of some sort.
Damn, it's almost like the indigenous people who were living in what is now Arizona, had developed passive cooling mechanisms in their homes that might be useful, in the face of climate change
It’s a very interesting trend, it seems like companies are convinced that this form factor is the future, that consumers will choose something with a portable option over something stationary.
I at least like the idea that a console can act as both. I just can't get behind this form factor of "handheld" consoles that are so large. Like, yeah, I can hold it in my hands. But a steam deck, or even a switch aren't exactly easy to carry around.
Not in the way that my old DS or GBA could. Hell, there's a reason I do most of my handheld gaming on a Miyoo Mini Plus. The idea of taking a full console experience with me, on the go, was a neat idea when I was 10. But those kinds of games just don't lend themselves to riding the bus, or sitting in the doctors office waiting room.
Yeah Tesla only incidentally makes cars. Their accrual business is being a Carbon Credits dealer. Which just goes to show that the whole concept of carbon credits is nonsense. Climate change can't be solved by market mechanisms
I can't speak to the Jlabs kids headphones. But my Jlabs earbuds are fucking troopers! They've accidentally been washed more than once, and still work, and sound great, and have held up really well to daily use
I've been bouncing around a theory in my head that the big, mainstream, social media sites are kind of too big to fail at this point.
Back in the day, a change in moderation or ownership on a forum site would lead to a user revolt or an exodus to an alternative, and the old one would die out.
Now, these sites are so big and load bearing that alternatives struggle to get off the ground, and people just sorta stay and take it.
I found myself on reddit the other day, and came across someone complaining "now we're all trapped in this corporate hellscape! I miss forums, BBS, and all that stuff"
Lemmy is right here, and a hobbyist community for old communication platforms like that, could really thrive on a place like Lemmy. Where it's not just about nostalgia for a bygone era, but actively on a platform that can carve out, an alternative to the corporate hellscape this guy was complaining about.
But no, they're still on reddit, yearning for the past, and blinded from seeing a future with any alternative