MildlySerious (u/MildlySerious)

MildlySerious commented on Digg is gone again digg.com/... · Posted by u/hammerbrostime

RobotToaster · 15 hours ago

If you're looking for a new platform lemmy is probably your best bet, at least if a server goes down everything is still saved on federated servers.

MildlySerious · 14 hours ago

I do have a lemmy account, but have not really returned to it in a while. Maybe I haven't found the right communities yet, but it had nothing about it that felt engaging. People upvoted, but nobody talked. No interaction. Digg felt more alive from day one. I replied to a post in a niche community with ~100 members and only afterwards realized it was @justin.

MildlySerious commented on Digg is gone again digg.com/... · Posted by u/hammerbrostime

snapetom · 15 hours ago

Argh. Also quite irritated. I had 50/50 transitioned over to it despite the lower traffic because it was a calm oasis. The thing about bots is believable, though, because you could already see it happening. Dead Internet has been real for a while, and I'd love to seem Kevin and Alex do a followup on this.

MildlySerious · 14 hours ago

Yeah. Sadly the default communities were flooded with blog spam, and that's just the part I noticed. A couple days ago a bunch of smaller communities also got a noticeable bump in members. That didn't change anything in my own community, but others apparently weren't so lucky.

I can see why the team got overwhelmed. I wouldn't want to have to deal with that.

MildlySerious commented on Digg is gone again digg.com/... · Posted by u/hammerbrostime

ekjhgkejhgk · 15 hours ago

You chose to put your effort into building something that someone else owns.

Next time try doing it in a way that you control it.

MildlySerious · 14 hours ago

You're right, and that is one of the lessons to be reminded of here.

My main point wasn't that, though. It's simply a bad and low-effort way to handle the situation, and like one of the other replies points out, there are better options. They could have just as well disabled posting and maybe even viewing of submissions and communities for the time being. Just shutting it all down immediately without notice leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and I will not be among the people returning for their next relaunch. I am sure others feel the same way, and I don't think it is a wise decision to needlessly put off your early adopters if you're hoping for them to come back "next time".

MildlySerious commented on Digg is gone again digg.com/... · Posted by u/hammerbrostime

MildlySerious · 16 hours ago

I am kind of peeved. I started a community there and diligently posted links to topical news, and it kind of became a reference to me. Like many others, I've put in some amount of effort.

Now it's gone, again. Without a head's up or a way to get a backup out of it, it seems like. Can't say I am a fan of that.

MildlySerious commented on Digital Iris [video] youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2M... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

MildlySerious · 6 days ago

That felt a little like watching a modern version of Primitive Technology. Cool project, very nice mode of presentation.

MildlySerious commented on Design and Implementation of Sprites fly.io/blog/design-and-im... · Posted by u/sethev

boundlessdreamz · 2 months ago

Is there a way to copy files to/from the sprite? Couldn't see an option for that in the CLI

MildlySerious · 2 months ago

I would love to just mount a directory via SFTP, so I can use my IDE alongside the far-away Claude. That would put this in the realm of daily use for development.

MildlySerious commented on enclose.horse enclose.horse/... · Posted by u/DavidSJ

adonovan · 2 months ago

I think you should change the cherries to a battery and call the game Correct Horse Battery Stable.

MildlySerious · 2 months ago

That is just delightful.

Reference[1] for anyone wondering.

[1] https://xkcd.com/936/

MildlySerious commented on Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame monogame.net/blog/2025-12... · Posted by u/haunter

sneak · 2 months ago

Gifts do not confer obligation. Copying deprives the original party of nothing. Absolutely nothing about free software requires or even implies any responsibility to “give back”. This idea that anyone making money with free software somehow owes the original authors anything (or “should” donate a portion of their profits) is ridiculous.

If the authors wanted money for their software, they would have sold it instead of giving it away for free as a gift.

By releasing software under free software licenses you are explicitly stating that you do not expect or anticipate payment for it. The licenses (that they freely chose) are clear. Free software, in addition to being free as in speech, is also always free as in beer.

My friend bought me lunch. I used that energy at my job. Do I owe them part of my paycheck?

MildlySerious · 2 months ago

There really is no prize for being technically correct on this one.

Someone built this and is letting you have it. For free. There is no legal obligation or law of the universe here, sure, but if you're in the top 1% of benefactors of this pro bono work, you have the opportunity to do some good and make sure that others, like you, get the chance to benefit from this free work in the future.

There is a pretty straightforward argument to be made that this falls under the "with great power comes great opportunity" umbrella of moral reasoning, since this work empowered CA to create the game that earned him a lot of money.

MildlySerious commented on Cloudflare was down cloudflare.com/... · Posted by u/mektrik

MildlySerious · 3 months ago

I can't update DNS entries for my domains with Porkbun, because it's "Powered by Cloudflare".

MildlySerious commented on Why Replicate is joining Cloudflare blog.cloudflare.com/why-r... · Posted by u/chmaynard

nottorp · 3 months ago

So how long until Cloudflare joins the hated monopolies list?

MildlySerious · 3 months ago

Their entire business model is effectively centralizing the web. The downtime over the last two weeks shows some of the problem with that.

I have used their products and have more favor toward them than I do for the corporations you're referring to, but ultimately my question is the same.