I had originally been following an open source Diablo 1 project called Freeablo, but apparently he stopped because DevilutionX had basically finished before he did. I've been wanting to replay Diablo 1 for a while now, but now that I know this project exists, it's definitely something I'm going to try out soon.

I was trying to help a former coworker figure out why an assembly seemed to be missing when an application was copied from one computer to another, as the application directory usually contains all the assemblies it needs with it. As part of my research, I found this article which specifies ALL of the rules of how the .NET Runtime locates them.

I figured I would share, since a lot of people can get tripped up by this.

In my quest to prepare myself for reddit's usefulness significantly declining come June 30 / July 1st, I've essentially been having to brainstorm solutions to what I've been using it for.

While I'm attempting Lemmy for the discussion forum side of things, (It's not the only thing I'm trying, but it's the most promising so far), it has been a challenge to replace the link-aggregator aspect of reddit due to the distributed nature of Lemmy. I can no longer just rely on others to find information for me to stay informed. (Not that that was especially a great idea, looking at that statement now, I will admit I just got complacent and lazy)

I randomly remembered RSS feeds were a thing, and decided to look back into it. While definitely not as prevalent as it once was, many places still support it. (Including both Lemmy and reddit; though with reddit who knows for how long)

RSS is probably my best bet, but admittedly, I will have to remember how to use/search the internet again (I really

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Ideas

Federation

This section is devoted to improving the Federation experience. Part of the advantage of Federation is that you don't need to belong to any instance in particular, but still be able to access other instances/communities. Now the basic problem with this is just the initial connections, it takes time and searching to find everything you may be interested in, in which there are tools to support this. That being said, I definitely think there can be ways to better support this process, and to create a more quickly connected experience while still allowing granular curation of an instance/site.

Curation Tools

This section is essentially to assist both the ability for users, site admins and site moderators to shape the experience of an Instance/Community/Subscription.

Instance/Site Tools

Concepts and powers that belongs to a site owner or administrator.

Is a request being made? No exceptions in JavaScript, no captured network requests.

I'm sharing this link here because I did not know much about BSD, except a few odd facts.

For example, the PlayStation 4's OS is based upon FreeBSD.

Something I learned from the article:

Operating systems needs kernels. Linux is a kernel, which is why there are many operating systems for it. (Red Hat, Debian, Arch, etc)

I don't know why I was confused about that considering I recently was at school for it, I somehow thought of operating systems and kernels as being interchangeable for some reason.

Also, macOS is apparently based off of BSD as well, which I did not know either.

I'm so excited, I'm finally getting to build my computer that I've been wanting to build, while some parts are already bought, this is essentially my build list:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hn4gRv

I've also decided to mount the new monitor I'm getting on the wall with this:

https://mount-it.com/products/height-adjustable-monitor-wall-mount-full-motion-gas-spring-arms-mi-3753b?_pos=5&_fid=74cd7f447&_ss=c

and lastly, I have a Micro Center near me, so I decided to look there for the case:

https://www.microcenter.com/product/652904/msi-mpg-gungnir-120r-tempered-glass-atx-mid-tower-computer-case-black

This is the first time I'm building a higher-end computer for both price and capabilities for its time. I cannot wait for it all to arrive!!!

This post is mostly for myself, honestly. These are communities I like from reddit, but are likely not a great fit for this instance. Since I was documenting all the communities I was a part of, I figured this was at least worth posting. If you find any of them are interesting, feel free to add it.

Want

Pets

• parrots / birbs

Self-improvement, Skills, Advice

• ADHD
• DIY

News / Entertainment

• news
• webcomics
• business
• worldnews

Kind of Want

Social

• askreddit/equivalent
• self
• IAmA
• offmychest
• unsentletters
• mildlyinteresting
• mildlyinfuriating

Creative Communities

• polandball
• photoshopbattles

Self-improvement, Skills, Advice

• frugal
• writing / write

Passing Interest

Self-improvement, Skills, Advice

• college
• cooking
• parenting
• dance
• singing
• fitness
• bicycling
• flexi

This post serves two purposes:

• To discuss possible communities for this instance.
• To archive communities that I was previously subscribed to from reddit.
  • My memory is really bad, and it's possible that I could lose my ability to find the kinds of things I'm looking for.

This post is not comprehensive, I just think these particular communities have the most relevance to what I've seen here so far. It is ordered by my personal preference, then by category/subcategory.

Feel free to throw out ideas for consolidation. Since this place is relatively small at the moment, I figure it's better to be more general than specific right now.

(Are tags/labels a thing in lemmy? That could help organize more general communities)

Want

Communities that I really like, and think would be a good fit, though some consolidation might be necessary.

Tech

• technology
• gadgets
• geek
• technews
• electricvehicles (Maybe?)

Development / Administration

• programming
• learnprogramming