Yorick

joined 1 year ago
 

I was playing today doing some exploration toward Hawking's gap, when I noticed I didn't have to toggle the orbit in a while...

Turns out it was fixed in the Trailblazers update ! They also fixed a couple issues with the powerplay screen.

With luck VR users will get more love in the next few updates?

[–] Yorick 6 points 1 week ago

For mail and cloud services, I also highly recommend Infomaniak !

Basically a replacement for Google Docs (and integrated Web editor that even support draw.io files) , Emails, Teams, and website hosting including.

[–] Yorick 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know where you're from but in my country drinking tonic is kinda popular, the Schweppes brand is seen as the coca cola of tonic (obviously not as a common soda as coke or even Fanta).

[–] Yorick 10 points 4 weeks ago

If you're not really into the civilization series, I would always wait when the game has a huge sale.

I started with Civ5 during a 10$ sale with all expansions, 200 Hours. As a treat I bought Civ6 on launch, which while slightly barebone (all civ games are on launch) was really fun, and after buying the expansions and a couple DLC I got 500h on it so clearly a good investment.

I would put Civ6 and Civ7 in your wishlist to get notified when there's a sale, and see if you like it or not after the fact.

The current reviews for 7 are mostly about the UI and the limited selection of civs to choose, also for some reason some players can't bare the idea of stopping the game at the cold war just before the moon landing.

[–] Yorick 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Tbh I'm a bit torn with Civ7, as while I really like the mechanics and all, the game seems pretty empty content-wise with such a small number of civs (and the 4th Era that will be in the 1st expansion)... But on the other hand civilization has constantly been a game I've enjoyed hundreds of hours, and it seems I'll enjoy this one at least just as much!

I want to reward Firaxis from making good games and give them money, but I don't want to reward 2K games with their business tactics (especially with Denuvo...).

[–] Yorick 4 points 1 month ago

Reading this I'm pretty sure that's the kind of goofing you end up in at the Swiss army.

Tho having a 300m target distance on your first rifle shooting test seems far to me.

[–] Yorick 2 points 1 month ago

That cute dog looks so good I decided it's my phone wallpaper now!

[–] Yorick 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The best way I've discovered 40k lore beyond hearing from a friend and some meme is Luetin09, which has a great narrator voice, consider his channel a huge audio library of alleged facts and stories.

How to make a space Marines: https://youtu.be/whtHtyAy0Wo?si=FdpfykLdVV4aK8-4

Also, I heavily recommend Arbitor Ian as he has both a nice presentation style, and also talks about the meta aspects (like how things evolved in the 40 years of 40K lore changing)

The timeline of 40k in 20mn: https://youtu.be/05YRMHWtv1Y?si=xnoLgKkKAQgRwEsX

[–] Yorick 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

For Steam games, you need to go in the settings and activate the Proton compatibility layer: Steam -> Settings -> Compatibility -> Enable Steam Play for all other titles.

Then it will let you install windows games.

[–] Yorick 2 points 3 months ago

Me only doing 1 trip to evacuate people from Mars High because thargoids scare the shit out of me in VR: "I'm doing my part!" o7

[–] Yorick 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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[–] Yorick 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"There's no way you're taking Kairi's Heart!" "Come" "Show me your power" "Welcome Oblivion"

Heard it over and over again because KH1 was hard as a kid :') But at least there's Forze del Male (the boss music) which is peak 👌

[–] Yorick 13 points 5 months ago

It's still on and will close at the end of the month. But yes I'm very annoyed that they didn't share much of the instance outside a small notification on the admin.ch website. But the goal of this whole pilot test is that if Mastodon became big within the year, they would already have an instance running with officials accounts. But instead I guess they will focus on Bluesky.

 

TL;DR:

Pilot Project Conclusion: The Swiss Federal Chancellery’s Mastodon instance pilot project, launched in September 2023, has ended as the conditions for continuation were not met.

Low Engagement: The six official accounts on Mastodon had around 3500 followers in total, with low engagement rates compared to other platforms like X and Instagram.

User Decline: The number of active Mastodon users globally is decreasing, contributing to the decision to end the project.

Closure: The social.admin.ch instance will be closed at the end of the month.

Article translated in English :

Confederation closes its Mastodon instance

Bern, 25.09.2024 - Since September 2023, the Federal Chancellery has been operating a Mastodon instance for the federal administration. The pilot project, limited to one year, ends today as the conditions for its continuation have not been met.

As part of their statutory information mandate, the Federal Council and the federal administration have also been communicating on social media for many years and are constantly examining whether platforms not used until now are eligible.

In September 2023, the Conference of Federal Information Services decided to launch a pilot project on the decentralised Mastodon platform. The Federal Chancellery then opened the social.admin.ch instance, on which members of the Federal Council and departments could manage official accounts. The pilot project was limited to one year.

Mastodon has useful features for government communication. Thanks to its decentralised organisation, the platform is not subject to the control of a single company or to any state censorship. Its source code is open, it complies with data protection and is not driven by algorithms.

Too few active users

On the social.admin.ch instance, three departments managed five accounts, and the Federal Chancellery managed one account for the entire Federal Council. The six accounts of the Confederation had around 3,500 subscribers in total.

On platforms such as X or Instagram, the Federal Council and the Federal Administration reach many more subscribers with comparable accounts. In addition, the contributions of the Mastodon accounts of the Federal Council and the Federal Administration have rather low engagement rates (likes, shares, comments). Finally, the number of active users of Mastodon worldwide is once again falling.

The Conference of Information Services of the Confederation therefore considers that the conditions for continuing the pilot project have not been met, and activities on the Mastodon accounts of the Federal Council and the federal administration are suspended as of today. The social.admin.ch instance will be closed at the end of the month.

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