woof.tech is a Mastodon instance (a microblogging app, similar to Bluesky or Twitter), whereas Piefed is a separate thing (content aggregation, like Reddit). They can interact with each other - Mastodon users can tag a Lemmy community in their post to cross-post it to that community on Lemmy, and if they do, they see replies in their Mastodon feed, however I don’t believe it’s possible to comment on a Mastodon post via Lemmy / Piefed (unless they already tagged the community and you’re replying to the Lemmy post.) There’s other software - mbin, for example - that allows direct interaction with both; the framework to allow it is there, it’s just a question of what the specific software you’re using supports.

Ah! These are great!

We need more furry versions of popular meme templates.

The problem isn’t content, it’s engagement on the content. Folks complain that niche communities have no engagement, just a bunch of posts by a single person… but it feels like 95% of the time, if I comment on those posts, there’s no reply, not even from the OP, and that discourages further posting.

If you’re willing to engage on everything you post, I don’t see the harm in it, but at that point, why even use a bot? Why not just find content you like (or have the bot notify you of content), then post it yourself as an actual human?

Purchasing the license unlocks features such as an even more Windows-inspired desktop and control panel, an integrated Android subsystem with graphics acceleration, a graphical OneDrive client inside the file manager, Copilot and ChatGPT integration, advanced system configuration tools, improved security for web browsing, and exclusive desktop enhancements that are not available in the free base Winux install.

I’m surprised they didn’t include these things by default and remove them when you buy a license; that sounds like a straight downgrade. Aren’t these things some of the main reasons people stop using Windows?

I had a horrible Amazon experience 3 or 4 years ago and haven’t shopped there since, so I’m probably remembering the time when it did work.

Love the idea in concept. One major issue is the shipping. A major benefit of Amazon is just being able to add 20 things to your cart and get them all in like 1-2 boxes. In this hypothetical scenario, you’d presumably still have to handle checkout through each individual store, and if you ordered 20 things, you’d be placing up to 20 individual orders, each with their own shipping costs.

This becomes more problematic when maybe multiple stores you’re buying from sell multiple things on your list… ideal case would be to buy as many things from one store as possible, to consolidate shipping, but what if their prices for the individual items vary? Now you’ve got to search each individual storefront for each item and calculate the difference in cost. (This store sells item A for $2 cheaper but shipping is $3.50, is there another item I can add in to save shipping? They sell item B for $0.50 more, but I might save on shipping costs…)

Technically this is no worse than it is now if you’re shopping from a variety of stores rather than one megastore, but it would be a large barrier to adoption if you’re trying to capture some of the “fed up with Amazon but still like the convenience” crowd.

I think Minesweeper is a great tutorial game. It forces you to learn different variable types, data structures, loops and user input at a minimum, and it’s really easy to expand on to make it more complex without requiring unique or difficult logic. Turning it into Battleship is a fun progression - I hadn’t considered that, but I like it!

A fun way to do this (IMO) is to pick some really simple classic game, and remake it. Something like Minesweeper, but pick something that’s at least sort of related to the concepts you want to learn.

Well, that’s amazing. Never would have expected to see a PaRappa suit.

In an unfortunate coincidence, the tables were sorted by the children’s parents’ annual income, so it was the poor kids whose data was lost. That’s why rich kids get more presents.

Bet that driver got the best tip of the night on that order.

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates the number of abandoned oil and gas wells in the US at about 3.9 million, with 2.2 million unplugged.

Holy fuck, I had no idea there were that many. That’s absolutely crazy to think about.

Traditional art has a certain appeal that digital art will just never be able to match.

Much cuter than she expected.

Thanks, I hate it.

I’m not familiar with open typer, klavaro or gnu typist, but there’s nothing particularly complicated about making a typing game. However, you simply aren’t providing enough information for anyone to really be able to offer advice. What are you actually needing help with? Do you have any sort of plan for how you want this hypothetical game to work?

Personally, I prefer your last case. I put comments before my functions that explain in plain text what the function is doing, e.g. “If the widget is vibrating, do X; otherwise, do Y”. If the function is particularly complex, I’ll put more comments inside it that explain how it’s accomplishing that, but I like being able to just see at a glance a summary of the function’s… function, without scanning the whole thing for comments. It’s like the index of a book. You quickly scan to find the page with the thing you’re interested, then you read that page in detail.

Just be glad your sona has fingers and is roughly the same size as you. This could have been awkward.

I’m not knowledgeable about air fryers, so I can’t really comment there, but slow cookers / crock pots are fantastic and in my opinion, should be in everyone’s kitchen. Maybe I’m biased, though, because I really like soups and stews and sauces and things, which they’re great for. Not things you’d cook in an oven, and my stovetop at least doesn’t have any kind of timer mechanism.