Alyx came out 4 years ago, and is recognized as one of the best VR titles of all time. It's a full 15 hour game, so not a tech demo. I'd say that's a hit.

Drop has kinda gone to shit anyways. Though I have gotten some good headphones off them. But I ordered a set of wood IEM's back in January. Got and update like a month later that the supply chain got messed up, will ship in June. Current order status is "Reserved for shipment. Estimated ship date: July 10". So like a week ago. And all the emails from them lately have been

"Check out these amazing keycaps!11!1!"

"Hey look, we got more keycaps!!!!"

"Limited time only super-special keycaps!"

"Hey, you looking for some keycaps?!"

It's not what it used to be, just like everything else on the internet.

Kbin is newer, so it has less traffic on its magazines than communities on Lemmy do, at least at the moment. Just like in Lemmy or other fediverse instances, to see kbin magazines someone has had to search for them on your Lemmy instance before they'll show up on your instance. So more people searching for Lemmy communities in your insurance rather than kbin's magazines means less will show up on your feed. That's what they have in common.

Kbin itself is a different software backend to access the fediverse. It supports viewing/subscibing/posting to Lemmy communities in other fediverse instances, but also has microblogging support (basically like random Twitter posts) that supports mastodon (fediverse Twitter). It also has a lot of customization options if you go into your kbin settings. Plus I read kbin doesn't rely on Javascript like Lemmy does, so that's a nice security bonus.

Kbin is much newer but I like the direction it's going. They do need to simplify link aggregation to make it a bit easier to view communities, but it's a work in progress that has a lot of potential.

Link that gets rid of the slideshow cancer

Happy that Looper is on there, that movie got surprisingly little exposure it seems like.

Word is Lemmy and kbin are working to make the process more automated, so if you click a link to a community/magazine your instance want aware of it'll start aggregation without having to manually do the search. Downside of going with a free, open source, decentralized solution is there aren't a bunch of devs dedicated to updating the platforms for a living, so features will roll out slower.

I've always loved anything Star Wars that didn't really involve Jedi. The universe is incredibly diverse and interesting, and cutting out the light side vs dark side trope most star wars content is centered on lets writers make really interesting characters and situations. Like in Mandandolrian the scene with Bill Burr confronting the Imperial officer that spearheaded the Burning Khan massacre was just fantastic, regardless of it being star wars.

At 80+Gb that means it's a straight blu-ray rip without being recompressed at all, which is perfect if you have a nice home theater system. You definitely notice the difference then. But if you're just watching on an average monitor with headphones or such, then you're honestly better off finding a smaller version that someone properly compressed down a bit.

Well by all reports they did a shitty job, so....

Gotta say, I'm really excited for the work you're doing on Artemis. Kbin's mobile site is really good especially considering how young it is, but I miss the smoothness of a real app. Thank you for jumping in on it so quickly and enthusiastically!!

I know, right?

I chuckle with smug superiority as I hit "add comment" on one of my several Samsung devices

Kbin seems to be pretty ambitious in that it's aiming at being a hub for (almost) all of the fediverse. So Lemmy's reddit-like forums, mastodon's quick posts a la Twitter, and peertube's youtube - style services - it's looking to bring all of those fediverse platforms so they're all accessible in one place rather than having to sign up for each. That way it's an easy place to go to for your decentralized social media content. So really it's just looking to make the fediverse more easily accessible and improve the user's experience.

It's a pretty big idea and it's pretty damn impressive what Ernest accomplished before this big fediverse boom. I'm excited to see where it goes.

• Noise cancelling headphones
• If you have a tablet, bring that for entertainment. Or you can use your phone. All of the bigger subscription services (Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+) have a download option for movies and shows, so download an array of things you're interested in to your phone or tablet ahead of time. And some airlines have their own library of media for free on their wifi, without having to pay the outside internet fee. Make sure you have the airline's app downloaded.
• The best seats on a plane (outside of 1st class, obviously) are the 2nd exit row seats, if your plane has 2 rows of exit. Most leg-space anywhere, but the 1st row seats can't recline so they won't block the 2nd exit row.
• I can sleep on planes, so I purposefully only get 5-6 hours of sleep the night before and use the plane time to catch back up on sleep.
• Your armrest can fold up, there's a little button underneath it towards the back. Push that in and push up the armrest. Good for when you have an aisle seat for getting in/out, or if you don't have someone sitting next to you.
• If you're in the US and have to fly a few times a year at least, TSA precheck is very much worth it. Even longer Precheck security lines go pretty quick. Your job may even pay the fee for you, or some airlines you can pay for it with miles.

Can it be called c/GameOfThronesSeasons1-5.5?

Oh yeah, as soon as reddit fixes the accessibility on their app, all 3rd party ones that exceed their "free tier" API usage are gonna be nixed. And Redreader being called out as a white listed alternative means people will flock to it in the meantime, giving Reddit an easy out once they get their shit in order.

Take care of your knives. Hand wash them, dry with a towel, and put them back in a block when you're done. They'll stay sharper for much longer that way, instead of letting them bang around in the dishwasher and then thrown into a drawer.

Also the Ninja Foodi is the best cooking device ever made, second only to the invention of pots and pans.

Bad thing is the waterproofing goes out the window after you crack it open, so you gotta be careful from then on.

The bots have already started.... I thought we'd have more time...

Yeah that kind of came out of nowhere since they never marketed like that. But after sitting there for what felt like the full 2 hours and they're opening new plot points I kind of figured it was heading towards a cliffhanger. Not too mad though, it's well written enough that I'm glad they're talking their time instead of trying to cut it into one movie.

Hitting the kbin logo takes you back to your feed, instead of having to click it and then go over and click the Home button. That's a huge plus, IMO.

MakeMKV (at least in windows) lets you rip a remuxed mkv without having to rip everything. So you can just select the titles, audio, and subtitle tracks you want without ripping all the other stuff. You don't need to make a full backup and then pull all that out.