@sun@eris The most interesting thing about Bluesky to me is how it shows how much people still yearn for the mid-2010s Twitter/Tumblr experience.
Here's a hot take to bait all the ancaps: Since it has been shown that mid-2010s style Twitter/Tumblr cannot be run at a profit, but people really want it, that sort of service should be be provided on a nation state level as a public service, paid for with tax money or a license fee or a mix of both and federation should be between the national services. Like most mid-20th century telcos used to be run.
@coolboymew@kaia Ghostwire Tokyo is free to keep on Epic Games Store right now and it's both a great time-sink and cool virtual tourism even if you aren't particularly thrilled by the gameplay (big detailed nighttime Tokyo game world).
@kimlockhartga@kaia I was googling to find this "Jeff" reporter (apparently it's a certain Jeff Schogol) and found the publication he's writing for, a Veteran-focused news website called "Task & Purpose" and, ngl, I kind of want to subscribe to their RSS feed after seeing their current front page
@kaia@silhouette@mia The era of resume-keyword-industry-standard-tool is ending I think. Linux is still a niche market, on Windows/Mac, there is now fierce competition even for highly specialized image editors such as 2D animation software with 2D rigging features, and for more generic stuff the market is huge.
We're finally going back to skillset-and-adaptability over tool-monkey (or everybody who isn't at wizard celebrity level will become a genAI prompt monkey, if you buy into that vision of the future).
Anyway, my point is, if you're dissatisfied with your tools, there's many tools out there now, including tools that you pay money for and get treated like a customer (even on Linux).
@kaia@mia there's so many image editors now, including ones that run on Linux (including browser-based SaaS) that not even Wikipedia has a comprehensive list anymore, it's crazy. Have you heard of LazPaint, Pinta, Paintstorm or Pixlr?
I remember learning about Paintstorm through a banner ad on a Furry Art site a year ago or so, lol.
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