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atomicpoet

@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org

Putting the sauce in awesome! This is my own self-hosted single-user Akkoma + Mangane server.

I primarily talk about the Fediverse, movies, books, photography, video games, music, working out, and general geekiness.

I’m a proud husband and father.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

atomicpoet, to random
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Here I am playing Lawn Mowing Simulator. I used to make fun of the notion of such a video game existing. Yet here I am playing one.

Originally, I bought this game because I thought it was funny. But after spending quite a bit of time mowing virtual lawns, I’m not laughing anymore.

This isn’t even the first lawn mowing game to exist. The infamous Gizmondo, the handheld console connected to the Swedish mafia, had Momma Can I Mow The Lawn?. It was never released but you can still find footage on YouTube.

What’s hilarious here is that both Lawn Mowing Simulator and Momma Can I Mow The Lawn were both made by British developers. Surely, this is a coincidence.

I’ll say this for Lawn Mower Simulator. It takes lawn mowing very seriously. They went out of their way to get real-world licensed lawn mowers from “prestigious” manufacturers such as Toro, SCAG, and STIGA.

Personally, I’ve never heard of these brands. Here in Canada, the main lawn mowers in use are frorm John Deere, Ryobi, and Club Cadet.

(Amusingly, lawn mower manufacturer Husqvarna has the video game Doom available on one of their lawn mowers.)

Either way, this game is definitely a lawn mowing simulator. It felt like mowing a lawn. With the time it takes you to mow a lawn in this game, you could probably spend the same time mowing a real lawn.

And you know what? Playing this game made me remember how much I hate mowing the lawn. My mom always made me do this at least weekly. It was always tedious and slow – just like this game.

I’m not saying this is a bad game. It’s just exactly what it claims to be. So if you’re the type of person to think, “I wish I could mow the lawn but I don’t have a lawn nor a lawn mower” then this is the game for you.

Nevertheless, if you’re a lawn enthusiast, there’s certain aspects of Lawn Mowing Simulator that are a bit of a turn off. For example, there’s way too much bloom. As well, the draw distance can use some work. But the biggest flaw is that it’s sometimes hard to judge the size of the grass you’re supposed to mow. Perhaps grass physics isn’t advanced enough yet?

To me, the biggest source of frustration is that sound. I don’t like the sound of lawn mowers. To hear this for an hour straight is too much. And there’s no music to drown out that god damn lawn mower noise.

Skyhook Games created Lawn Mowing Simulator. Previous to this game, they were a contractor for other developers. This is their first original game ever.

Someone recently told me that PC gaming is about fulfilling niches. There’s a game for literally everyone. I suspect that person is right.

I have no doubt that lawn mowing enthusiasts walk among us, and they’re thrilled to play Lawn Mowing Simulator.

axwax,
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@atomicpoet

Let's not forget the OG lawn moving simulator, imho yet to be beaten for graphics, level of detail and sheer fun. And I've still got the soundtrack in my head after 40+ years of first playing it:

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=kwaSgPVhyB8

Thanks @llamasoft_ox for creating such a gem in the proud history of lawn mowing simulation software!

atomicpoet, to random
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I guess Facebook has become MySpace but with AI.

https://youtu.be/IXDjbqiThuk

mikey,
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@atomicpoet @404mediaco has been covering this in a number of articles:
https://www.404media.co/facebooks-ai-spam-isnt-the-dead-internet-its-the-zombie-internet/

munmun, to random
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I had a dream last night that I met Maiya and some other anime girls in this website, The second one was named Dysivia, she was named after my deceased hamster, the other girl was named Nickelle, I confused her with Nickel because of her name simularity.

bart, to random
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Seriously pissed about this. Offering $10,000 in seed funding for a Deviant Art alternative built on ActivityPub. Q&A below or email your pitch to info@moth.social. https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/deviantart-what-happened-ai-decline-lawsuit-stability.html

atomicpoet, to random
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I’m 42-years-old, and I’m always looking out for new music. And not just new music – forgotten music. One of my hobbies is trawling YouTube for songs with 0 views.

But I’m an outlier. For most people, discovery of new music peaks at adolescence. And when you hit your 30s, musical taste calcifies.

There’s lots of data to back this up.

I notice this doesn’t just happen with music but with movies as well. Lots of older men don’t want to watch new movie franchises. They want to return to the old “nostalgia” well again and again.

Personally, I find such malaise depressing. I never want to stop growing as a human being, experiencing new things.

CHART: When was the best decade for music? Your answer probably depends on how old you are
CHART: On average, peoples' music taste evolved quickly through age 25, before reaching "maturity" in the mid-30s
CHART: average number of artists in listening rotation by age group

TheIdOfAlan,
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@atomicpoet in case you aren't already familiar with it, Every Noise at Once is a project someone did while at spotify categorizing music. It's a fun place to explore

https://everynoise.com/

realjuddlegum, to random

BREAKING

Truth Social (aka Trump Media & Technology Group Corp) lost $328 million in the first quarter of 2024

Total revenue was $770,500

THIS COMPANY HAS A MARKET CAP OF $6 BILLION

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OpenAI hits pause on the Scarlett Johansson soundalike voice it calls Sky. https://openai.com/index/how-the-voices-for-chatgpt-were-chosen/

w7voa,
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It appears OpenAI really, really wanted Scarlett Johansson’s voice.

evan, to random
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Sixteen years ago tomorrow I published the first post on the fediverse.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080618164355/http://identi.ca/notice/1

It's still visible on Identi.ca today, although the URL format changed a few years ago, and the redirect plugin stopped working a few years after that.

https://identi.ca/evan/note/Y0QwGyc1QYilqqawkDrQlg

Thanks to everyone who made identi.ca a great place to be, and thanks to everyone who's expanded the fediverse since then.

#Fediverse16

munmun, to random
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Escarghoul
Beds: 3
Elements: Gummy, Sparkle, Cotton
Breeding:
Gummitang + Littlin
Starfuuwa + Cottinpuffi
Buncottun + Shoogershi
Class: Exotic
Gender: Female
Monster Equivalent: Clamble
Biography: This monster is REALLY REALLY old! She always stayed the same for many years. She was left abandoned in some unknown place.

munmun, to random
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All Double Element Exotic Monsters

munmun, to random
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All Exotic Single Element Monsters

munmun, to random
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Gummitang
Beds: 1
Elements: Gummy
Class: Exotic

munmun, to random
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Elements For The Exotic Monsters

munmun, to random
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Side eye duck

munmun, to random
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I followed this template

munmun, to random
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Baby Dragong

munmun, to random
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I'm thinking this might be brought back as the ethereal quint

munmun, to random
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I just gave my 2022 look a remake

BootsChantilly, to random
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I lol-ed.

ifixcoinops, to random
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Yaknowwhat, it's not by any means ready yet but I'm heading out the door in a minute so I'm just gonna post my website and see if it holds up under the Fedi Hug, here ya go lol

https://gamedad.club

hello, to fediverse
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The #Fediverse has, not one, but two streaming platforms. Both of them are great. Both of them work with OBS Studio. Here's how to get started with @peertube and @owncast!

https://wedistribute.org/2024/05/streaming-obs-studio/

munmun, to random
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Tricky (My Second Custom Geometry Dash Difficulty)
Phrase: Ice On The Mountain

obsoletesony, to random
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In 1994, Manabu Sakamoto conceived the PlayStation logo, envisioning it around the P and S letters. His objective was to convey depth in the design, symbolizing the console's 3D capabilities. He explored various designs to achieve this concept.

munmun, to random
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Stardust the Magical Unicorn Robo-Kitty

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