There’s an Aztec city building game called Tlatoani. It’s in early access, but has enough meat on the bone that it’s one of my goto games.
Out of curiosity I checked Steam DB for active player numbers. I have discovered at any given point I am 10% to 25% of the given player base BY MYSELF. I am 1 of 4 people playing this game right now in the world. With the prevalence of the internet I always assume whatever weird bullshit you’re into there’s at least a thousand people talking about it; making memes outsiders could never comprehend. It’s actually novel to fly under the radar for once.
What do you do that doesn’t have a community associated with it?
the fediverse.
weirdo
Yea, I wouldn’t want to be seen there either.
Yes. That could get embarrassing.
A truly sick and disturbed individual.
That’s a lot of hitmarkers
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I really like killing invasive plants. I think that’s probably my most niche passion. Like when I have some free time I’ll just go into the woods behind my house and cut down wisteria, ivy, Chinese holly… I just find it extremely satisfying idk. I love the idea that I’m clearing out space for native plants (and in turn native animals) to grow.
As a native plant lover and invasive plant hater, I support this and please don’t stop.
at what point do the invasive species exist for so long that they become an integral part of the ecosystem and can be considered native
invasive species = non-native. But, non-native doesn’t always mean it’s an invasive species.
Invasive Species: Any species that has been introduced to an environment where it is not native, and that has since become a nuisance through rapid spread and increase in numbers, often to the detriment of native species.
I don’t think having a non-native title is necessarily bad, just that it didn’t originate/evolve in that area.
edit: taking this opportunity to promote https://www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com/, found his videos a while back and have enjoyed the content.
Are you anywhere near Connecticut? I have a 50-60 foot tree in my yard that’s been completely incased by a kudzu vine.
sharpens machete eagerly
I’m the only person I know IRL who uses lemmy (lol) and openstreetmap :)
I’ve tried telling a few friends about Lemmy but they give no fucks. Sad face yo
nobody knows what Lemmy is as far as I’m concerned you people aren’t even real
Lemmy is like internet jail. We got sent here for breaking the rules on Reddit, but now we’re institutionalised and it feels safe, even if there are some very odd people here with us - they’re mostly nice and just serving their time…
Not all of us…
Ha, I actually know quite a lot of people who use Lemmy (and OSM) IRL, but I met all of those people on Lemmy.
I’m the only lemmy person in my circle too,
but OSM is getting some love from all kinds of people, and magic earth, and co-maps
I’m also the only meshtastic/ham.
and self-hoster.
These are all popular things, just not in my circles.
I came to this thread to mention that I love editing OpenStreetMap, but then again, it really isn’t all that niche. It just isn’t talked about much.
I recently switched to CoMaps, performs so much better than OSMAnd on cheap hardware
I can only recommend Organic maps for OSM
I’m sure there’s probably someone out there, but I’m really interested in cool border crossings and how they represent nations on each side. As much as I am no nationalist, I find those projections of strength, friendship, security, etc. all super interesting.
Oh, and fake/fantasy transit maps. Those are always fun to draw up in my spare time.
Cool thoughts. I would be thinking more about the intersections of cultures on those edges, rather than the nations, since they also happen within nations in some places. Even within cities, really…
I do calligraphy. Sometimes i meet someone who knows someone who does calligraphy. But I’ve never met another person IRL that does calligraphy. And the particular style I like makes it even more rare.
I love calligraphy, it was my pandemic hobby and I still do it now!
Which style? I’ve dabbled in it but I don’t have a good place to do it.
I mostly do ornamental penmanship, which is like a fancy version of American cursive
That’s really cool! Do you have an example of the calligraphy you like?
I’m not into gaming. I think I’m the only adult male I know of comparable age that isn’t. I don’t really know why. I think it’s a mental block. I was big into 16-bit Atari/Amiga games in the early 90s. Then I just hit like 16/17 and got into music and drinking to fit in. The gaming scene at the time (pre-internet) was social kryptonite, and I lived in rural Scotland so I left it all behind.
Oddly, I returned to general computing in my early 20s as the internet was blowing up and now work in the IT sector.
But still not a gamer, which ironically is quite isolating.
That does bug me. When i was a kid I was teased for using the Internet and playing computer games because “get a life omg”.
Now, you know.
My fiance is not into gaming whatsoever. He only played a handful of games as a kid. He’s 30
Earlier this year I tried out a Steam demo of a game called “That Time I Found a Box” and got hooked on it. It’s a very unique card game where you create and enhance the cards as you play. I played it for days and eventually beat the demo - the devs told me I was the first person to beat it.
The full version just came out on Steam - I’d recommend taking a look. It’s a bit janky and not for everybody, but it does something unique that really clicked for me.
Sticky Mustache, is that you?
This was funny because I went back to see if the review I just read was Sticky Mustache, and it was actually pruwyben!
Uh, I don’t think so…
Okay, there just was a review that had pretty much the same content you wrote :)
That reminds me, I need to write a review for the full version, thanks!
Thermodynamics, specifically refrigeration cycles.
Its probably my autism showing but the fact that we can just move funny fluid around and make heat move is absolutely fascinating. I can spend a lot of time making theoretical refrigeration cycles with different fluids, thermoelectrics, heat capacities, repurposing car junkyard AC systems, etc.
Millions of people do it for work, sure. I doubt any of them are “into it”.
You’d get along great with my dad. All he’s talked about for the last year is heat pumps.
What’s your favorite refrigerant
I touch r134a the most in my day to day life, cuz i fix a lot of people’s car AC… But I have a soft spot for propane (R290) or propane/butane blends. Yes it’s flammable to a degree but it’s naturally provided, cheap as hell, zero ozone depletion and very low GWP. It has usable pressure/temperature curves that are easy for compressors to handle and can produce temperatures as low as -30C.
I’ve refilled old farm trucks with propane from a BBQ can and gotten good AC out of them. It’s kind of cool.
It’s kind of cool.
I’d say it’s objectively cool
I bet you also enjoy Technology Connections.
:)
Gee, what gave it away?
I popped an edible and watched his entire catalytic converter video last night. Shit’s great.
The video or the edible?
Both in their respective departments :)
I really loved the decal he put on his lift to make it seem like the brand name of his one armed car lift was “TIPPI.”
Ohh yeah! Though I do wonder: Why limit themselves to the guy who is evangelizing (and rightly so!) when he could also hang out with crazy swamp guy HyperspacePirate who not only thinks of the crazy cycles but actually builds some as well?
If you haven’t before, you should play Stationeers. It sounds like you’d love it.
Oh god I already play both Space Engineers and Factorio, don’t give me another 500 hour logistics game time sink…
But this one simulates the refrigeration cycle! It has proper phase changes and everything.
Empire fucking booked it to steam and has been playing it for the past 10 hours, for sure.
Now that’s a proper special interest 🤌
I play single player video games and I roleplay and tell stories about my characters. I’ve done it with BG3, Elden Ring, Skyrim, Oblivion, Fire Emblem, and Pokemon. I take notes and write little stories for myself. I cultivate a little headcanon universe for each game, and I even let my roleplay alter my gameplay in meaningful ways. I don’t know if anyone else plays these games like this but I haven’t found much community for it.
You mean you are actually role playing in a role playing game?
My my, you are strange.
There are people who play solo TTRPGs and share logs, I think? Seems kind of similar
I’ve done it (just one session, nothing I want to share).
I’ve tried to do this several times and usually get bored. Journaling RPGs on the other hand are loads of fun!
Dune was my go to scifi…now it’s popular and I feel like a hipster.
My dad got me into hard scifi, d&d, Tolkien…if I feel like a hipster, can’t imagine what he feels like.
Hell, even Foundation (which Dune is a fan-fiction of) has a show now.
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The show has as much connection to the books as the I, Robot movie did to its. Which is to say, they share a name.
Asimov, West & Kubrick: in a pile, meme
Exactly… adapted for a wider audience.
Dad kept the scifi magazines with Azimovs original short stories. Azimov was a very prolific writer. Dad also had many Tales from Gore. The book shelves literally slumped from the weight. I didn’t fully appreciate the monumental amount of concentrated history I was engulfed in…in my own house. An entire wall of books, magazines, journals(medical, philosophical, anthropological, linguistic, almanacs, etc etc.)
Grew up… realized some of the things I missed out on. Didn’t sleep on The Well World Series by Chalker though…lol
Asimov not azimov…wtf.
Same! I got into the books after listening to the Iron Maiden song
Bash scripting, firewall config, vpn tunnelling, and containerization ( rootless Podman ).
I’m into combining these in interesting ways.
While it could be argued that there are tons of communities for these, combining them to run secure apps or automate their setups don’t seem to be as popular.
It’s a hot topic at social events, as you can imagine.
hmmm… I’m having some issues with VPN tunneling in my docker config. I wonder if you might have some advice?
That sounds a bit ambiguous, though I should have prefaced my previous comment with the fact that I am still very much learning about this stuff myself.
More recently, I am trying to wrap my head around containerized VPN connections through WireGuard using gluetun. The idea sounds great, in theory. Figuring out how to make it work will probably be less so.
If you mean just accessing a service through VPN from the outside world, then I might be able to help.
I’ve done it successfully a few times. Most of the issues I have ever had were usually with misconfigured firewall rules around NAT.
Slinging. Like David and Goliath, but I’m better with the over the shoulder method than the spin it in circles method. Based on discord and other sites, there are dozens of slingers worldwide.
I’ve really wanted to try getting into this sometime! I just love nifty ways of hitting distant things with other things.
I’ve heard of people fashioning them outta paracord and using tennis balls to start with and thought that sounded cool.
Plus, something that looks like a weird belt could potentially hurl any old rock at dangerous velocities, and that’s gotta be worth something in this dangerous world.
How’d you first get into it?
I just looked up how to make one with paracord. Personally I use something a bit thicker so that the pocket is bigger and can hold whatever you want (tennis ball, golf ball, fishing weight).
So, I’ve always lowkey wondered if that meteor hammer guy’s techniques would translate to slinging at all
I like retro programming, in particular Windows 2000.
Now I’m making a little 3D toy now that works with OpenGL on Windows with WGL and on X11 with GLX (also on Cygwin). No third party abstractions!
I want to keep adding backends, like DX 7, 9, Vulkan, WebGL, bare Linux KMS, and then stuff like screen space reflections, shadows, materials, ray tracing where possible, maybe get it running on a console or two too.
I have been thinking about getting into retroprogramming for a long time! Except with even older stuff than windows 2000. Stuff like MS-DOS or even c64 programs.
Oh you like MS-DOS programming? name every 8086 ASM registry
I like to contribute to various open-source implimentations of classic games from the 90s
It’s true that barely anyone is into actually contributing, but I assure you a fair amount of people are into the actual open source implementations and are thankful for your efforts!
Any game in particular you contributed to that you want to share?
Sorry, I use different accounts and hence nicknames for each project; letting one loose would dox me too much for my liking. Thanks, though!
Ah, no worries at all. Thank you for all you do anyway!
I like to analyse stickers stuck on traffic lights and road signs.
I plan on making an app someday where people can contribute to a database of stickers and compare the sticker culture of different regions.
Ha! COOL! I thought I was alone in this! Whenever I’m visiting a new place I love to examine and photograph the sticker bombs on the backs of signs and utility boxes and what have you.
I love that weird sense of culture and mystery wondering who placed it and what they’re about.
I remember while visiting the Pacific Northwest I kept seeing “Dingus” everywhere, and got a giggle out of one that said “Sorry I chazzed your banger.” Whatever that means LOL.
look into infoe! dude posts literally everywhere I had to track him down on insta and ask the meaning lol. He’s from Miami but he goes all over the US (i think the world too)
