Go nuts, post all the spoilers here. Not pinning this one so nobody wanders in on accident. 🙂
Hey Everyone! Friendly neighborhood mod here. As EA launch is less than 3 weeks away, a quick note on how we're handling spoilers here. **Please put all Dawntrail story discussion behind spoiler tags / content warnings (outside of the unmarked spoiler thread)** [Go here if you want to discuss things spoiler-tag-free.](https://possumpat.io/post/4714008) If you see any unmarked spoilers elsewhere, feel free to report 'em. FFXIV traffic here on my humble Lemmy instance is still pretty chill, but I'd figure I'd get out ahead of the problem just in case. See you all in Tural! []()
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Hey, sorry I missed this. Not sure what's going on with that - the post you've got there is deleted though.
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Unfortunately, it looks like both Sync and Jerboa do not yet support the backend changes made in version 0.19 🙁
I didn't really want to upgrade to 0.19-rc yet because I was worried that something like this would happen, but the CSAM/Moderation problem has come up often enough that I felt it was safer to have the better moderation tools and risk some breakage.
Hopefully Sync and Jerboa will be updated soon, as 0.19 should have it's full release any day now. If you're willing to try some other mobile apps in the meantime, here are some that are already 0.19 compatible:
Apologies for the inconvenience. 🙇
Hey everyone, just a quick update on the downtime earlier this morning. CSAM was posted to a community we federate with by a user from kbin.cafe, so I've taken the following actions: - Purged that user and related media upload links from our database. - Defederated from kbin.cafe, as their admin seems to have mostly abandoned the site. - Upgraded to the release candidate of Lemmy 0.19, since it has new admin/moderation features that'll make handling cases like this easier in the future. On the bright side, Lemmy 0.19 has some fancy new performance improvements and improved post ranking options! Stay tuned for a full feature overview soon from the Lemmy project folks. (Edit) Here's some updates on 0.19 and breaking changes: https://possumpat.io/post/1123074 https://possumpat.io/post/1639282 (Edit2) We're now updated to the full 0.19 release! As always, if you have any questions or concerns let me know.
Hey everyone! Quick instance update. You may have noticed some server instability over the past few weeks with the site being slow or unresponsive. Today I upgraded the database hardware to better handle the federation traffic volume, so far seems like everything is humming along much more smoothly. 🎉
Over the past day, large lemmy instances were vandalized with CSAM spam. To ensure possumpat.io has no caching of these images, I'm rolling back the image database by a few days and currently pausing new image uploads. You might see some server downtime as maintenance is done around this.
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possumpat.io is the instance this community is hosted on. It's a (bad) domain name joke😅
We're set on moderators for now, though thanks for your interest.
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Welcome! It's a bit slow around here compared to reddit but the vibes are chill. 😎
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I love cbu3 leaning into the Phoenix as their mascot, glad we're finally getting the coil version as a mount.
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It'd been a while since they put one of these on because of Covid, but apparently they're always a bit of a mess.
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Had a pretty great time! Was nice seeing online friends in person. The event itself was poorly managed though😅
Even more performance updates! I was a bit slow getting this one rolled out as I was at FFXIV fanfest. 🙂 As always, let me know if you have any problems or questions. [Full changelog can be found here.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/RELEASES.md)
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Pretty much same experience here. I had some fun with it as an overwatch replacement for a couple weeks after launch, but it was pretty rough around the edges and the monetization was... yeah.
Not surprised they're killing it already, maybe someday Bandai will give us an actually good Gundam game again. From Software is making more Armored Core in collaboration with Bamco already, I'd love to see them take the IP and do something with it.
As you may have seen, lemmy.world was recently compromised due to an attacker gaining access to an Administrator account. This exploit is related to the custom emoji feature, so as a precaution the few custom emoji we had so far have been removed. As the attack involves hijacking an already logged-in account session, all user sessions have been reset - just in case any possumpat.io account was compromised while we had custom emoji enabled. I apologize for the inconvenience. I'll update this post once we know more, and as always if you have any questions let me know. Edit: For those interested in the technical details, [this github thread](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1895) details the vulnerability and ongoing efforts to mitigate it. Edit: [lemmy.world's post on the hack](https://possumpat.io/post/225768). Edit: Exploit has been patched, will re-enable custom emoji soon.
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Soon as I find some time to figure out lemmy bots, I'd like to automate this kind of thing - unless you want to keep doing it manually! 😅
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Kamille, listen, who cares if your name is a girl's name. And it is, Kamille. It is. But it doesn't have to--put down the ball--it doesn't have to define you because you can CHANGE it, Kamille. Buy a mask or some sunglasses and call yourself WHATEVER you want. People are idiots. Also it's pronounced BAH-JEEN-AH. Of course I know how it SOUNDS, Kamille. I'm not an IDIOT. I'm a drunk who makes poor choices. Let's see you stay off the sauce after your first few war crimes, Kamille. Let's see how sober YOU are. Now shut up and get back in the cockpit.
Many backend performance improvments and some tweaks to the default web UI. I'm personally seeing an issue with the update right now - The site theme is sometimes getting confused between light and dark mode. If you are encountering this, let me know. In the meantime, choosing a site theme in your [user settings](https://possumpat.io/settings) seems to fix the mixup.
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That aspect of ffxiv is one of my favorite things about it - there's almost no fomo / season pass shenanigans (outside of pvp). I've been playing since the 2.X days and the way everything is designed around playing at your own pace has really made it easy to enjoy over the years.
Hey everyone! Admin of possumpat.io here. It's been a amazing to watch this community grow on my humble little possum themed instance. As far as I can tell, it's the largest FFXIV community on Lemmy so far. Neat! In an attempt to be proactive and anticipating more growth, I'd like to try and bring on a couple more moderators to help keep things going smoothly. There haven't been any issues that need moderation so far on !ffxiv - but it doesn't hurt to be prepared, especially if this community continues to grow. If you would like to be a moderator for [!ffxiv@possumpat.io](https://possumpat.io/c/ffxiv) (or any other [possumpat.io community](https://possumpat.io/communities)), shoot me a DM and we'll chat.
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me rn under a blanket at my desk doing server maintenance.
Discussion thread for episode 24 of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.
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I hope they never stop producing these, I need a full shelf of xiv lore.
Discussion thread for episode 23 of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury. I was up late enough to make the thread for once 🙂
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Thanks for the reply. I've been side-eyeing instances that have open community creation due to how easy it is for bad actors to come and start shit, especially if instance admins aren't constantly on top of things.
As other people in this thread have pointed out, if you allow Nazis to hang out in your bar for long enough, you become a Nazi bar. Given your instance's stated rules against bigotry, I would advocate for proactive action in cases like this. Donald Trump is a champion of racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia - all the things you don't allow. I wouldn't think you'd want a community that champions him as a dogwhistle for all of those things.
Have you considered disabling open community creation and having it be a function of your Agora discussion space?
With the upgrade to 0.18, we now have custom emoji support! Feel free to suggest any emoji you like in the comments.
Lots of performance and UI improvements! As always let me know if anything seems missing or broken.
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Hope you enjoy! There's nothing else quite like it imo. I'd love for a reboot/sequel/spiritual successor someday.
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Armored core is also among my favorites, the AC design language is so effortlessly iconic.
I've also got a soft spot for fantasy styled mechs like the Guymelefs from The Vision of Escaflowne
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Oh, nice catch on the connections there! I've always found it fascinating how often anime and other Japanese media take inspiration from Gnosticism and other weird aspects of Judeo-Christian myth. The Xeno RPGs (Gears/Saga/Blade) are some of my favorites because how much they also play around with these old ideas in a modern way.
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Yeah I'm sold on a Calibarn HG kit as soon as they announce it - there's a WFM kit just labeled "New Item B" that they still haven't officially unveiled, so I'm assuming it'll be that.
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There was a lot to like in this episode.
Suletta and Guel having their final(?) duel fencing was a great callback to Amuro and Char. I love Guel, but my man is a born loser.
Suletta and Miorine's heart-to-heart was really well done. Both of them are moving out from the shadow of their parents and doing what they want to do, moving forward because it's their choice. It's good stuff. Sad nightgown Miorine was also pathetically cute. I'm going to be so crushed when these two don't get a happy ending.
Calibarn is absolutely fantastic, though all of the permet effects in that battle really struggled with the bitrate of my stream. Love the witch imagery with Calibarn riding in on a giant laser broomstick.
Only a few episodes left, I'm not ready for this show to be over. Really hope we get another season or a sequel series.
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Woah, this is great!
Come talk about your favorite steeped beverages with us at [!tea@possumpat.io](/c/tea@possumpat.io) https://possumpat.io/c/tea
As requested in the [meta thread](https://possumpat.io/post/13124), here's a space for discussing tea and tea related things. I'm not a big tea person, so I'd love some suggestions for an icon/banner/sidebar description. Let me know in the comments!
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