I don’t think I have any federation issues (at least directly), but yeah I don’t get replies probably because what I post is too niche. On 3 posts so far at least (~8 upvotes each) in 3 different communities.

Well, looking back most anything I post is probably doomed this way no matter the instance, unless maybe it’s something more general or eye-catching on a bigger community.

I have been tinkering with those settings recently. I really enjoy how powerful editing the environment is, though I was getting freezing (not just Godot itself)… I think caused by multi-window mode.

I’m using untextured*+low-poly models though, so the advanced stuff is a bit hit-or-miss. Or maybe it just seems that way as small issues like light leaking are more prominent without textures.

Also when self-shadows are ugly I’m not sure how you fix that (other than perhaps not making concave details) when creating models. Doesn’t seem like you can just disable shadows via material without also scripting the sun to hide when indoors (masking likely is the solution, but that is node config).

* vertex colors, I was messing with a shader (altering normals) until I found that lambert_wrap is what I’m looking for to improve vertex shading. Also, fog is applied to unshaded (though you can also disable fog per-material)

For a practical test, search for kbin.social (and then ctrl+f for it also to get the direct results). Or, just look at a community: !kbinMeta@kbin.social

The only thing that appears missing is the avatars images. Though I assume the text content is doomed in the long-run when it comes to new instances, as I doubt re-federation (3rd-party federation) is a thing. Unless of course, someone manually crossposts said content.

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On the other hand: anything anti-consumer like this (like bricking game consoles) has potential to backfire in a myriad of ways when the inevitable exploits are found.

Ransomware customers, target people you don’t like (perhaps even by employees), or simply brick devices to cause returns and/or drive up customer support costs, or just cause a scandal to tarnish the brand itself (or force recalls/end of sales in places that actually have consumer protections). EDIT: Also imagine a dealership where no truck can even be driven off the lot, especially if they all need something like the computer to be fixed/replaced.

The closer to a real brick it is (rather than just a soft lockout), the more potential there is for disaster. Also it reinforces exactly the sentiment that’d cause people to look for said exploits.

On paper sure they are villages, but I think a US village and one from elsewhere would likely feel drastically different. Lacking actual community (see Bowling Alone), or just look at all of the things that the village lost (shops, train station, industry etc) and what it still has(franchise dollar store, gas station etc).

It could just be coincidence, though “retirement village” is a term (also ecovillages) so maybe not. Aside from decay, I’d imagine the common perspective of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it (unless you stop for gas/maybe breakfast) probably doesn’t help with image either.

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Neither, I want to have my brain scan put into a robot and live forever

I will never be convinced that isn’t a copy. Grod-dang emdot-tu drives don’t have thoughts, Michael!

Now getting a brain case to be put into other bodies? Sure. Though I would immediately be unrecognizable as a human, not because I’d become some cyberbrute but because I’d be something more like Wall-E(/an ROV) or at times some monolith in a forest tied into the Myconet.

Maybe humanoid arms, maybe eyes that aren’t cameras, but other than that I’m not sure. Maybe living gel (that assists with homeostasis, bioreaction) though that wouldn’t be obviously human either. It might be the most obvious just when I’m doing some hobby-esque things, or making a mistake and immediately being aware of it.

where no one knows you personally, and you don’t even know anything in the future

That’s my life already. So I guess it should be me, maybe they can fix my health and maybe I could live more comfortably+freely and learn a little more. Some symbiotic cyborg tech would be nice too, but maybe happy/purposeful revival is already a stretch.

I feel like if it’s not every day+not a money issue+well below combustion+not putting a significant risk on others (driving) then it’s probably not too bad.

Having usage that is less instant, less portable, less potent, less common, or more variable may help too (ritual, not habit). Also if your stuff is low-quality (cheap/free) you probably won’t worry so much about wasting it if you let it sit.

Or maybe that’s a cope from me in a similar spot. Though either way things are not changing for the better for me, aside from maybe the small (mostly sustaining) steps I’m still doing.

This would require both the air and surface to be free of dust. Maybe in a lab that could be true, but probably not in the real world.

From what I see from family, it probably involves drinking or travel/expenses beyond me (also, with their existing connections). Though these days if it’s not work or shopping they probably are staying home more often than not.

I ride my bike on a multi-use trail, but given the sparse area not good odds to meet anyone due to multiple reasons.

I’m in the US with no car (and not in a city), and don’t drink. No idea on anything that could even be mistaken for a social environment, especially when it requires money.

I mean yeah I’m also not wired for that, so add in other issues/oddities and that’s just how it is I guess.

I doubt anything would work for me (even for just friendships) with where and how I exist.

Then again I’ve never had much luck with connection (my brain isn’t built for that).

I would say call it “ion pasteurization” or something like that, but considering some people want raw milk that wouldn’t matter.

I’m not sure if these will help, when I listen to instrumental stuff it’s usually just a (personal) productivity thing.

David Bergeaud (Ratchet and Clank (1) OST) (some of the other games too, but for me less so the newer stuff games that have more action-movie orchestral music) (listen also: Spyro OST, different type of groove)

On the other hand, Journey for Tuba - II. Ballad has that mystery/free-roaming sound at the start (listen also: Bully OST)

I also like radio.garden with my local NPR stations (2 channels, often classical and jazz, so if you want to skip news… not always instrumental though) also ouch. There once was Radio Riel (in Detroit, MI), but it doesn’t currently work on garden, they seem to have changed names. You might want folk or reverie, depending on what’s playing. (though is non-english voice an instrument?)

The Over The Garden Wall OST is good, but not all instrumental. I did find an instrumental version, so maybe? Also, this is an autumn vibe.

For more game OST stuff, maybe something from Oddworld (if you can appreciate the atmospheric without it seeming too dreary), or Tomba is more cheery. Maybe even the Sims (Sims 2 is cheery and complex, Sims 1 is simpler, also there seems to be diff music for PC and consoles).

You probably could also go even simpler than instrumental, for instance searching ‘piano solo music’.

I was going to say something like this (that it could combine in interesting ways) though if we assume that it was part of society’s past it’s more likely it was never created due to lack of need (being deaf would no longer be a hindrance to communication).

Though being blind would be even worse and I’m not sure what (simple) system* could be created to overcome that. It would be like being deaf now but without sign-language existing, at least when it comes to receiving communication.

* I guess maybe some implant like a modified cochlear implant, but that’s not exactly simple

Pretty much anything will be legal if you don’t release it, though in any case it’s also good to distance yourself from IP (Intellectual Property) as much as you can.

Make everything from scratch (not just code), use different names, don’t look at their version after you started (no side-by-side), and add your own ideas/changes. Don’t even reference terms (particularly on a release page) related to the original, and don’t release/announce/tease anything until it’s done (a DMCA can stop your project in its tracks, but if 100+ people already downloaded it likely cannot be stopped).

I would roll the dice on “unethical” (/underground?) brain preservation testing in hopes that maybe in 200+ years things (if it doesn’t fully melt down) would suck less. Which honestly would likely be the same as what you’ve said.

If not? I could probably live in VR if it weren’t about digital real-estate. Ideally, flexible living with some purpose, more organics for life support (symbiotic+robust microbiomes) even though I definitely would be mistaken for a robot especially as I could see myself doing rather robotic-seeming things (like tapping into a mycorrhizal network to trade nutrients with trees to get pollutants like nickel).

Can we love as neither

Speaking for myself, outlook not so good. (typo, I know)

Honestly, as an outsider it seems like an institution (breaking their own oath by) covering things up for decades makes it obvious why people don’t trust (or even respect) them.