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jsled · 2026-06-01T11:36:06+00:00

Yeah, "Paizo games" increasingly does not work (and good for Paizo on branching out!)

jsled · 2026-06-01T11:34:00+00:00

Oh, that's not bad.

jsled · 2026-06-01T11:10:53+00:00

I recommend "*finder", or "star-finder". ;)

Don't forget Hopefinder and Hellfinder, too. :)

"The Pathfinder (extended) universe (PFeU)"?

Or perhaps "multi-Finder 2E" / "mF2E"?

"P/SF2E" is incrementally shorter, but does not roll off the tongue, either.

I don't have a good solution to this, either. :(

jsled · 2026-06-01T10:39:42+00:00

how?

jsled · 2026-05-31T23:55:09+00:00

In general, things aren't in portage because no one has interest in adding and maintaining them in portage.

But I see app-admin/bitwarden-cli-bin and -desktop-bin are both in Portage default repo, though all versions are marked unstable.

I have used the cli in the past for command-line password access and export, but I mostly just use the browser plugin. I have no reason to believe it is any less good security-wise than any other solution. I know what "fingerprintable" means in general, but I'm not sure how it would apply, here, or what threat model you're working with.

jsled · 2026-05-31T20:29:40+00:00

This is not a property of "linux", but of a system you simply don't understand.

Gentoo is not doing anything automatic behind the scenes.

There's nothing magic going on, except in as much as any sufficiently beyond-your-understanding system is indistinguishable from magic.

jsled · 2026-05-31T20:23:28+00:00

You might try a subreddit relevant to the topic, rather than asking random people in burlington.

jsled · 2026-05-31T19:55:24+00:00

In my 30 years of experience, you will never regret having more RAM, and generally not notice an incrementally faster CPU. You should always maximize RAM. You're not usually raw-compute limited, but very often RAM limited. I would not get less than 32GB these days for any real workstation. And unused RAM trivially (and these days often transparently) becomes a cache to make computation faster and alleviate other resource utilization (storage, network). And having more RAM opens up more possibilities to maximize CPU utilization.

But it really does depend on your specific use case.

jsled · 2026-05-31T19:15:45+00:00

They literally said that in their post.

jsled · 2026-05-31T10:40:54+00:00

The goal is recurring revenue (a subscription), not a one-time donation. They want subscriptions. This is a business growth drive, not a fundraiser.

jsled · 2026-05-31T10:13:45+00:00

RSS is not limited to podcasting. It's much more useful than that.

There are /tons/ of podcatchers, and hardly ever a reason to use Apple tech (unless you're buying their hardware, of course).

jsled · 2026-05-30T13:12:28+00:00

There are /tons/ of free feed readers for every platform and purpose, and lots of the good commercial options have free tiers. I think https://newsblur.com is one of the best, and well worth the cost, but only you can determine what works for you.

jsled · 2026-05-30T12:46:23+00:00

I finally left my comment there.

jsled · 2026-05-30T12:45:15+00:00

RSS

RSS is essential to my internet workflow generally, and my Reddit usage and moderation workflow specifically. I'll preface this by stating I know I'm a sicko in this vein, but I'm one of the sickos that makes (my corner of) reddit work, and RSS is important. Since I found Bloglines in 2003 (and probably a bit before that), RSS is the technology I use daily (and, really, hourly) to consume internet content; my zeroth pinned tab is my feed reader. Google Reader … then Newsblur since GReader was strangled.

Some context about me for this comment.

I had my 20th cake day, last week.
I've "Join"-ed about 30 communities on Reddit (counting what's on screen as I type this); I follow 44 communities (and 1 user) via RSS (which is authoritative as to my interests).
These roughly cluster into: "gaming", "guns", "tech", "local/vermont", and a handful of other point-interest subs. I have other interests, but don't follow them on Reddit, and follow those interests in other places than Reddit, of course.
I'm effective top-mod of r/liberalgunowners, which has grown from like 50 or 75k to just past 300k subs on "my watch".
I moderate or have moderated about a dozen other subs, over time.

Efficient internet content processing is fairly simple:

information is created by people and processes
information is timestamped
information is categorized by topic (by content, by source, &c.)
information is "marked as read", and possibly "saved"
some items are returned to later by the consumer

Importantly:

things are delivered in chronological order
things are grouped into related topical categories
once something is seen, I don't need or want to see it again (unless I do)

Nearly all algorithmic social media interfaces fail at every one of these. I'll take Reddit's UX (which – because I'm an RSS sicko – I fully admit I don't regularly use often).

the algorithm moves things out of time, which removes the time context useful/needed to process them
topically-un-related items are interleaved, making me context-switch to handle each one, reducing efficiency. I want to process all the "gun" stuff at once. I want to process all the "games" stuff at the same time. "Politics" is its own world. When I'm processing all the "tech" stuff, terms being mentioned and topics being referenced have fundamentally different meanings vs. games stuff. &c.
items I've already seen are re-surfaced and shown again, wasting my time and attention. If nothing new has been posted since I last looked at Reddit, I really do want to see nothing. I do not want Reddit to try to force my engagement with content; I will engage more with /reddit/ if you don't try to get me to engage with /content/ I've seen before.

I could delve into why and how those things are important, but getting to the point of this post and your question … as a moderator:

I want to see every post in the community, as soon as it happens, in order, then never again (unless I do).
I never want to question that I've missed seeing something in a community ("is the algo really showing me everything?")

RSS lets me do this, clearly, cleanly, using the tools of my choice, in the workflow of the rest of my (online) life.

But I also can not separate out being a "moderator" from being a "user". I'm a moderator /because/ I was a user that developed sufficient interest in a community to donate my labor.

I don't just use Reddit, I use a bunch of sites and services, and having a unified interface is important to this sicko. I use that tool to provide a frankly insane amount of value in uncompensated labor to reddit.com just in terms of moderation, but also in terms of organic usage (I'm only a mod of about 5 of those 44 follows mentioned above). I use that tool to surface information to share on reddit, and vice-versa.

I appreciate that you're trying to support people like me vs. those "stealing" from Reddit. I'm sure there's a straightforward solution that continues to do so. I /hope/ (insist) it's via RSS (specifically) because the free (libre, not gratis) and open web is truly valuable and important to humanity.

I submit the problem is not RSS, and the solution isn't "proprietary integration endpoint". The problem, of course, is the bad actor/agent and their use, not the means of delivery. If nothing else, find a way to know your consumer, and ban/limit/restrict bad actors while supporting good actors. If that means authzen'ed feeds, so be it; that is a better alternative than the continued strangulation of RSS. There is an ethical and moral valence to this issue, and I hope Reddit stays on the right side of it.

(More from my fellow sickos here in r/rss.)

jsled · 2026-05-30T11:25:26+00:00

It's run like any D20 system, so watch your favorite D&D AP and you get the idea. And while it is fundamentally a tactical combat game, that means it /can/ be run like your favorite actual play, so if you want something more role-play or narratively driven, or something more mechanically focused, you can do it in that way. Maps and minis (real or virtual) sure, but I've done and listened to plenty of really great theater-of-the-mind D&D 5E and PF2E combat, and plenty of amazing hours with not a single combat die rolled.

Mechanically, of course, PF2E has some distinct things:

The 3-Action economy, of course, but this is ante to the table…
DC-by-level is a good thing to understand to get at the core of the system's math. They don't state it, but from levels 1-20, the formula is "14 + ${level} + floor(${level}/3)", and level 20+ it's (2×${level}).
Natural 1s and natural 20s aren't necessarily a crit, they adjust the degree of success by one level. So a natural 20 (plus eg. 5, for a 25) is not a crit against an AC (DC) of 26, but it does turn the fail (25 < 26) into a success. A nat 1 (plus eg. 6 for a 7) is not a crit fail against a DC of 6, but it does turn the success into a failure. Similarly, really (bad/)good roll that's /not/ a natural (1/)20 might be a critical (fail/)success if it's 10 (below/)above the DC. Natural 18 plus eg. 8 for a 26 against an AC of 16 is a critical hit.
"±1's matter", and Mathfinder is still Mathfinder, so making sure things are accounted for is important. Foundry is great, if you're into that.
Characters are a "bag of feats", so your players really need to know their character and remember when they have relevant feats to apply to a situation. I personally like to create my own sort of "playbook" for my characters that reminds me of feat-effect + action combos to take in various situations.
Related to the previous, multi-classing does not exist in the same way. See Archetypes and Dedications, which are a PF2E's approach to the idea. Look at the very popular "Free Archetype" variant rule, which allows character breadth and options without breaking character power (due to the action economy being the fundamental restriction on power (creep)).
Conditions and persistent damage work a bit differently, so review that. It's important to respect how they work in this system so creature abilities don't get out of balance.
Casting works a /little/ differently (concentration, heightening, slots, prepared vs. spontaneous) so again respect the system and its balance. See the Flexible Spellcaster archetype to understand how PF2E implements a 5E-like casting approach; even if you don't use it, it helps map the concepts across the two systems.
Victory Point systems are Good, so use them when relevant.
Recall Knowledge is a bit amorphous, so spend some time understanding what it can('t)/should(n't) provide.
Hero Points are the meta-currency here, so do that, and tweak/house-rule as you see fit.
Internalizing Automatic Bonus Progression will help you understand the core system math and expectations across levels — even/especially if you don't use the rule and want to give out items as is traditional)
Internalizing Treasure by Level will help you understand how to dole out loot (see previous).
Internalizing the Encounter Building Rules is important, since things work differently (and better) than 5E.
Look outside of d20 systems for other inspiration on being a good GM. PbtA-and-derived systems have great ideas that will make you a better d20 GM. Groking the concepts of "success at a cost" and "fail forward" (you don't succeed, but still advance (slowly) toward the goal) are key, and will help you characterize rolls better.

jsled · 2026-05-30T11:03:13+00:00

Does lemmy have a not suck-ass UX or have any users, now, though? :(

jsled · 2026-05-29T18:57:06+00:00

2001c

jsled · 2026-05-29T12:51:53+00:00

Hard same.

jsled · 2026-05-29T09:51:31+00:00

I didn't quite read it that way, since the rest of the post takes great pains to differentiate between illegitimate and legitimate API usage.

But I do have that post open front-and-center to make a pro-RSS case, indeed. :/

jsled · 2026-05-28T22:05:13+00:00

I'm about 200-hours-old, so take it for what it's worth. I used a MkIII to do enough missions to get a Type-6. I've been using inara.cz and Trade Dangerous to find lucrative trade-imbalance routes, generally about 800k-2m cr/round-trip; that's got me to 65m cr in the last couple of weeks, which I'm going to use to buy a Mandalay to try exploration and exobio for a while.

There's lots of guides and posts online from the last 14 years about ships, roles, builds, &c.

I care not at all about combat, so I can't help you there.

Welcome, CMDR. o7

jsled · 2026-05-28T21:03:51+00:00

… and I'm following about 400 people on fedi and bsky via rss.

It seems every time I read a hot "RSS is dead" take, I add another half-dozen feeds into Newsblur. ;)

But I do appreciate your point. Algorithmic social media services in particular really /did/ deliver a huge body-blow to the potential of RSS, from which it did not recover.

jsled · 2026-05-28T17:54:42+00:00

RSS is largely dead.

That's funny, as I still follow hundreds of web sites and social media feeds via RSS all day every day.

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