rubikcuber

Agree

I use both and much prefer Mastodon. As others have said, it's more mature and the apps (of which there are many) are more polished. Bluesky is a bit glitchy and less feature rich. In fact, you still can't mute phrases on Bluesky, which is a deal breaker for me.

Mastodon is harder to find people due to the federated nature, although some mobile apps such as Megalodon on Android and Ice Cubes on iOS do pull follower and following lists from remote instances which makes it easier to find people.

Bluesky is more like old Twitter, and many people who I've followed for years are on there. Trying to out quip each other. Mastodon is more friendly and I've found lots of interesting people to follow.

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I’m a LibreTube person myself, but only because I can’t figure out how to access a YT channel’s playlists in NewPipe. A couple of my subscriptions have unlisted videos that are in playlists (for example MLIG live streams). LibreTube isn’t perfect though. I cannot fully disable the “Home” page.

Also

AntennaPod (Podcatcher), Imagepipe (Image manipulation esp exifdata), Tusky (mastodon client)

My Life in Gaming

Unfortunately I played it on console… Either Switch or Xbox, but I see it’s on sale on Steam at the moment, so maybe I’ll give it a go on PC and can always fall back on some mods if need be. Thanks.

I’m getting a bit older and have mild arthritis and being forced to play games “as developers intended” really grinds my gears. I’m stuck someway through Hollow Knight and doubt I’ll ever go back to it. Some of us are already playing things on hard mode!

I honestly cannot remember when I last watched a movie. However, in the last week I’ve binged two seasons of Star Trek Discovery.

Thanks for the in depth comment. It’s great and much appreciated. I’ll definitely go back to it. Currently about 2/3rds through a playthrough of FF6, so once that’s done I’ll get back to Cross Code!

I need to try this again. I really wanted to get into it but I bounced off it after about 8-10 hours. I seem to remember feeling it was a bit grindy and dragged in places. I played on PS4 then PS5 and don’t recall tweaking the assist mode. Will need to look at that again. I’m getting a bit long in the tooth and have mild arthritis so don’t have the dexterity I used to have in my 20s - assist modes are great for this. I wish more developers would include them rather than insisting on one level of difficulty. Some of us already have an in-built hard mode!

I was thinking about buying Alan Wake recently too. Loved it on the 360 when it originally came out. Properly hooked me in. Time for a replay. Excellent.

“The malware files were found pbundled with a legitimate installer file of super-mario-forever-v702e”

These people have a very different concept of the word “legitimate” than I do.

I use a Gaggia New Baby espresso machine that I bought for £60 here in the UK of Facebook marketplace. A £100 manual handgrinder (Kingrinder K4) and speciality beans from a local roastery. The espresso I can make at home tastes better than all but the best speciality shops where I live. Honestly, it’s sort of spoiled me now, and it’s rather disappointing when I go somehow I don’t know and end up with a mediocre coffee!