no, there isn't. if you can't see a path toward something being achievable -- and admit that the version of events you're describing is "made up" -- then that is not a future, definitionally. it's a fantasy

RIP to my purdy Xbox controller with the nice colours and fancy grips... the shoulder button finally gave out completely after it first went clunk over a year ago.

Local man makes cheeky comment, game store.steampowered.com/app/2877770/...

Guinan: What's wrong with him? La Forge: Data? He's malfunctioning about not having human emotions. Data: My cognitive parameters are stuck in a negative subroutine, and my motivational module is offline. Troi: I don't sense anything. Close up on Data looking very sad. Fade to commercial. #trek

I highly agree with this. Community has got to be an active process, prescriptive even. People need to know what is and isn't welcome and some of them will change their ways in order to stick around (to a certain extent), like role modelling, and others will get lost.

LPlukeplunkett.comSep 26, 2024 11:26pm

i talked around this in my acolyte review, but creatives/companies need to stop engaging with this stuff. no more open comments sections, no more "anyone can reply", heavy moderation. we're repeating so many of 2014's mistakes and its just making everyone tired and miserable.

One bit of advice I'd give indie devs is to approach authoritatively delivered "this is the way" advice with caution and poke it with a stick. Listen, but then critically evaluate if it makes sense for you.

I do this… so much. (So very much)

Fool me once: shame on you. Fool me twice: DOUBLE SHAME.

Hatsune Miku's Cat Is that a thing? Have we done that one yet?

Gonna echo concerns that “toxicity detection” is a bad idea. It means soft-spoken Nazis can “just ask questions” about whether you deserve to exist, and if you respond with “fuck off you fucking bigot” then *you’re* the one who gets flagged

BSsafety.bsky.appSep 18, 2024 6:38pm

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