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Almost all of the American ones I've heard of are terrifying. by kakes in c/memes@lemmy.world

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 142 points 1 month ago

Seems like OP is not familiar with fae mythology.

Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined by kakes in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 201 points 1 month ago

Love how they make this sound like some incredible feat. When you aren't bound to license agreements, turns out it's actually very easy to have a "massive" content library. Literally the only hurdle is storage space.

local warzone by kakes in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 189 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

When I quit at McDonalds to start a career in welding, the owner of the store happened to be visiting. He took me aside and told me "You know, those guys at... (Sorry, what was that place called again? Right...) You know, I've heard the people there aren't as nice as we are here. Are you sure you want to leave?"

I've never wanted to punch an old man so much in my life. In that moment, he was the personification of class warfare to me, trying to "trick" me into throwing away my future just so he could have more cheap labour. And the fact it was so blatantly obvious added insult to, well... insult.

Anyway, it's not the same, but the "wallpapers" thing definitely gives me the same vibes, lol.

c/unixsocks for more by kakes in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 139 points 3 months ago

Not to turn this into a sociology discussion, but for anyone unaware: this is a fairly common pattern.

Women often pioneer fields like this, but as soon as it becomes seen as something "important" out "respectable" then suddenly it becomes male dominated.

The opposite also happens, where as society deems something as unimportant, a male dominated field will become female dominant - see teaching for an unfortunate example of a field that used to be highly paid and respected, and is now largely looked down on.

Sorry, don't mean to go off on a tangent - it just bugs me and I think more people should be aware of it.

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Thoughts on the Fallout RPG? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by kakes@sh.itjust.works to c/rpg@ttrpg.network

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Picked up the Fallout RPG starter set, and I'm curious to hear people's opinions on it.

From what I gather, it released in 2021, but the first time I saw it was in the store a few days ago - on display no doubt due to the success of the TV show.

I've always been a fan of the Fallout setting, and from what (very) little I've read while flipping through the rulebook, it seems to be almost a mixture of d20 and Fate? The rules seem to have some crunch, while also allowing room for roleplay - again, from what I can tell at a glance.

I'm curious if anyone here has run this game, and what you thought. Do the rules make sense in practice? Did you have fun with it? And if you played through the example module, how was it?

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Dynamic DNS vs Dedicated VPN IP (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by kakes@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

42 comments fedilink

Hi everyone!

I'm looking into self-hosting, and I currently have dynamic DNS set up to point to my home IP.

My question: is it worth getting a dedicated IP through a VPN?

I'm pretty technically savvy, but when it comes to networking I lack practical experience. My thought is that pointing my domain to a dedicated IP and routing that traffic to my home IP would be safer - especially if I only allow traffic on certain ports from that IP. Just curious if that idea holds up in practice, or if it's not worth the effort.

STEAM starting to issue refunds for players over the 2h playtime limit due to PSN on Helldivers 2 by kakes in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 174 points 3 months ago

It sucks that we can't just have nice things any more, there always has to be some executive somewhere that just totally ruins everything for everyone all the time.

Streaming services are now getting out of hand by kakes in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 120 points 3 months ago

And the funny thing is, rather than competition driving down prices, they only seem to be competing for who can charge the most while showing more ads.

we love those power laws by kakes in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 126 points 3 months ago

And yet we still haven't figured out nuclear swords smh.

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[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 220 points 3 months ago

Do people really think of Hallelujah as "the song from Shrek"?

Maybe this is my "old man tells at cloud" moment.

The little smart home platform that could by kakes in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 136 points 3 months ago

Is HA not already the mainstream option for privacy and user control? Maybe I just live in a bubble, but it seems like it's already the go-to if you care about those things.

Whoever invented the eight hour five day work week is Satan. by kakes in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 122 points 5 months ago

Yeah, anyone calling the creator of the 40-hour work week "Satan" is obviously ignorant of the history of labour.

As you said, we can definitely do better, but at the time it was (quite literally) revolutionary.

Does this plan make sense? v2 by kakes in c/general@lemmy.world

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 153 points 5 months ago

Not American, but I would add some severe roadblocks to anything that makes basic housing an "investment".

After watching the 2nd episode of 11th season of Futurama, I googled "Futurama S11E02 discussion" (without quotes) and Lemmy.world was the 2nd result. We can do it, guys. by kakes in c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 198 points 9 months ago

Keep in mind that your Google results are probably highly personalized. For instance, I tried googling that exact phrase (in a private window), and Lemmy doesnt appear for me at all.