While Palworld allows for online play, its huge concurrent player numbers were not the result of its developer carefully cultivating a fear of missing out (FOMO) among players.
A chill game that’s not causing mental health issues, genius.
Sander van Dragt's Notes
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I've archived my php-activate project as I encountered a breaking bug between the version of PHP used and
composercommands. I'm not prioritising looking into this right now, and switched back to usingupdate-alternatives. #projects #phpactivate -
Sometimes I want to monitor a page for changes, for example news articles where the publication has contacted someone for comment. This week I'm trying out Distill Web Monitor as a browser extension and optional desktop app and it has nice features such as a very extensive notification system (desktop, email, audio) and visuall diff, monitoring of specific parts of the page etc.
Just a tip if you're looking for something similar. #software
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Small tip: In Firefox you can enable tab previews on hover by setting the following preference:
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Found an interesting article with a positive take on useful features that modern blogs should have. The Hacker News comment thread shows that whether a feature is considered useful is very subjective.
I'd like to go further and state that most of the usability and user experience enhancements should be implemented as browser add-ons, so that they can be installed if the user sees it as a positive enhancement to their reading experience.
The old-school view is that the reading experience is the domain and the responsibility of the browser, and we have collectively gone way beyond what a website should offer in terms of behaviour. #technology
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energy saving #linux style:
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Trying out a new 2024 theme I've started working on. It's not super clear yet where a new post begins, and it's a bit bland. #lamb #projects
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Bandcamp celebrated their 40th birthday last month by removing its most useful feature, it's no longer a BandCamp Friday every month!
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Most mobile “games” are like being a Sponsor on the Hunger Games: spend money dropping in some booster food for the contestant, who you have no control over. Is it time to reclassify these premium currency manager apps under the Finance category they belong to? Using their family's credit card, it's training multiple generation of kids to become hedge fund managers gambling their own future. My review of NASCAR Manager: 0% interest gained #games #iap