The photon front-end looks clean and runs well on both my mobile and desktop. I do agree with another commenter (coolkat, I think) that’s it’s not as cute and unique as the current front end, but maybe that’s possible to change – you did mention that it can have a custom color scheme. Or maybe it’s good to have it clean and polished, I guess it’s just personal preference.

I appriciate all the work getting done & hope the vegans find this instance to be welcoming and respectful :)

Oh and if replacing ssds starts to get expensive because of poor optimization, I would be down to donate to the cause. Hopefully a way to fix that issue comes along somewhat soon.

Absolutly fantastic explination of how to conceptualize the complexities of geometry. Such an interesting area of mathematics

That’s a fair critique. Specific games ive been playing & would have bases to share would be grounded, terraria, subnautica, stardew valley, the long dark, and maybe some others. I want to try and keep it from being all one game to both give it a wider appeal & to encourage it to be more about the creativity of bases rather than just an ad for a specific game.

I also do think it would be fun to include irl ‘bases’, like the tree stumps that serve as a roly poly base in my back yard, or my car when I convert it to my travel base, or a fun backpacking set up (im going to isle royale this fall, im sure well have some cute ‘bases’). Maybe that’s kind of overly broad? I think it could be fun if moderated correctly.

I’ll give it some time & see if there’s any more feedback on if it’s wanted or not. Or if anyone knows of exisiting communities that fit what im looking for. Maybe I’ll post in the new months meta post since that tends to get more eyes at the start of the month.

Hi! I want to make a base building community. It would be for pictures of game bases (or irl bases if people set up a cool campsite or something that qualifies as a base). It’s my favorite type of game & something I don’t currently see on lemmy. If it does already exist, let me know and I’ll happily join the already existing community :)

Otherwise, could I create that community on this instance? I wasn’t sure if it would fit with the slrpnk theme, but I think it kind of could because base building games tend to center around self sufficiency, survival, and exploration.

I plan on posting my own bases from games & have quite a few screenshots to try and populate the community to start with. Let me know if it would be okay :)

I’m glad you found one that works :) ive heard lots of good things about voyager as a web app.

Also: I didn’t know ios firefox was different than android firefox. Super interesting

Have you tried other browsers? I checked on Firefox & it works. Interesting bug, I hope it doesn’t effect you for too long

Honestly 100% unemployed becuase we have a good universal income system or something would be great. But sadly it looks like we’re in a different timeline :(

Mesh networks have been made using ham radios! It’s not ready for the general public since you need a ham operators lisence & their range is limited by line of sight. But if you own a large property, you can network your own space using the tech. It’s also a good back up in the case of a large scale infrastructure disruption.

Heres a link :)

Excited for the new book :) I’m hoping this time around I’ll be able to actually make it to the Sunday meetings

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Discord is well known to many people & there isn’t a good open source group call and message system.

It would be awesome if there was another choice, but I’d rather have discord book club than no book club at all.

Wow! So beautiful :) fig trees really are something special

Super useful links, thanks for sharing :) it’s so cool to see all the different ways people have approached the questions & all the different solutions they came up with.

Maybe I’m just a sucker for plants on buildings though lol

Good point! I’m on the same page of understanding “trees on buildngs” to mean general greenery.

Your comment did get me thinking: It would be cool if we could find a way to direct tree roots. Like how in yards if a tree root breaks into the water lines, they’ll fill that space since it is clear and full of nutrients. It’s bad for the pipes, but if done purposefully could maybe help mitigate the damage caused by large tree root systems.

Oooo we can dream, and in that dreaming maybe find a way to shape reality :)

That sounds super cool! Warehouses especially seem like a good candidate for gardens. They’re large, typically flat on top, & are often surrounded by paved parking areas meaning they get full sun. Plus the interiors often have easy access to the ceiling making any repairs very simple.

Lol I will say our leaky roof garden was the product of hippie construction, so it was beautiful and really cool-- but not the most carefully engineered 🤣

Not all communists are tankies. I understand many people (especially Americans) assume that connection because of the cold war era propaganda. However, many self identified communists have no respect or admiration for authoritarian states like China or the USSR.

& I think solarpunk tends to draw in communists, anarchists, libertarians and other radical views. To create a significant change in how humans relate to the environment around us, we would also likely need a significant change in how we relate to eachother. This means some sort of change to our modern system of profit based sucess (i.e. modern capitalism).

That video effected how i think about modern solutions not necessarily how i picture a potantial solarpunk future. So I voted yes to the question.

I agree just slapping trees on buildings is not going to magically fix modern society’s much deeper issues. I do still think having roof top gardens is something that could work for a much more advanced civilization with different construction methods and materials.

I dunno i think it has a place in the more imaginative side of solarpunk… a living building (like the ships and buildings from octavia butlers liliths brood series) could definetly support gardens. Or specially grown tree houses. Or hollowed out “mountains” with sunlight vents and an entire forest on the surface. Ooooo or maybe some floating islands where people live inside the verticle garden beds.

Modern concrete and steel based architecture is definetly not ready to have that level of greenery integrated into the building structures. One of the communes I lived at had a rooftop garden, & we had tons of issues with leaks and just the sheer weight of all that dirt and plant material on the structure.

I still love the idea though, lol just not in the modern era.

That’s a great mindset to have. I write as well & it’s for the love of craft, definetly not the paycheck lol

Stories are just so fun to tell, I’m looking forward to reading yours :)

I like them both up top. It makes the image pop more & looks more traditionally bookish to me.

I think splitting makes the most sense for covers that have a series title up top by the book title.

I do think they both look good & it doesn’t make too much of a difference.

Good luck with you book launch :) I know it can be a tough market for new/indie writers

Quick survey to take, maybe 5 min. Just for anyone wondering :)