Day 768 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

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Today’s game is some more Control. I started the Foundation DLC today for the second time. Let me tell you, i forgot how much this cube puzzle pisses me off. I tried to do it once i got far enough that i could. Went and tracked down what i thought was all of them, then spent maybe 30 minutes trying to place them correctly. Only to find out i was missing one. I don’t know if it got knocked off the cliff on accident or what but i couldn’t find it. I had just given up and decided to move on though.

Seeing the Nail is really pretty. It’s one of the most memorable parts of this DLC to me because of the area surrounding it. It gives a really pretty view. If i remember correctly too, as you progress it will get taller which will be fun to watch.

I ultimately didn’t get as far as i would have liked with this one. As the enemies somehow feel harder. I suspect it’s the melee guys now being there to close the gap. So it means a new threat to deal with. I’m trying to avoid touching the difficulty settings though so i’ll try something else instead to get through. Maybe a different weapon loadout.

Grokipedia Stopped Reviewing Edits in April. It Didn’t Tell Anyone.

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Altogether, what we found was that the “live” change feed is gone, past decisions were retroactively reverted without explanation, new decisions are not being issued, and article text appears frozen (and, in some cases, outdated). We do not know whether xAI is preparing a major revision or has altogether abandoned active development of the project.

Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 35]

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Welcome to another general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread to talk about things you have watched recently, questions you have, or recommendations you want to give!

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What I'm playing 🛗🔻 Mr. Elevator | Go on interdimensional elevator rides

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Mr. Elevator is a proper hidden gem, with only 25 reviews on Steam currently! I found it during the Steam Next Fest of June 2024. (At that same event, I also found CATO, and Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo.)

And I’ve also written about CATO for this series!

What caught my attention about Mr. Elevator is its very distinct art style, featuring only flat bright colours, no shading, jagged lines, and chunky pixels. It has this minimal charm of something like Microsoft Paint.

As an example, in this screenshot, a blue door opens to reveal a throne room on the other side. It has black and while floor tiles, red walls, and a throne in plain red and yellow. Only a handful of colours express this entire scene.

I want to get on Mr. Elevator’s wild ride

Mr. Elevator is a surreal first-person puzzle game featuring a talking elevator as your companion.

See, in Portal, riding elevators is just a formality; you only get in them because there’s nowhere else to go. In Mr. Elevator, your character has a motivation to seek out this elevator specifically.

You meet and interact with Mr. Elevator, who is some kind of spirit (???) that merged with the elevator. He seems friendly and is open to talking about what worries you.

Looking at his control panel, there’s only a down button on it. Once you press it, he’ll take you to some strange places to solve some puzzles there, as he helps you explore your desires.

The elevator panel with just a down button. The display above it reads “B1”.

In fact, you’re not the only one looking for this elevator! After you finish that initial chapter, each of the next chapters has you playing as a different character. You’ll play as a paranormal investigator seeking to study this elevator, or a young inventor following someone into the elevator, among others.

I have special hands

Every first-person puzzle game needs a signature central game mechanic. In Mr. Elevator, it’s that you can control your two hands separately. (Shoutout to Trespasser!) You need to use your hands to grab stuff, push buttons, knock on doors, and fiddle with gadgets. In fact, if you play on a controller, your hands split the controller into two sides: right/left trigger to hold up that hand, the corresponding stick to move it, and D-pad or face keys for actions! Holding stuff in your hands also acts as this game’s inventory system.

Each chapter focuses on a unique sequence of puzzles based on some theme, like recording and studying cryptids, or decoding alien languages. Of course, you might have to hold a note or tool in one hand while using the other to interact with the environment.

Here, I’m holding a manual in one hand. In the other, I’m reaching for an object on the floor with a comically long arm.

Up and down with puzzles

Sometimes, I found the puzzles to be too cryptic to figure out. They can get into a bit of moon logic, and so I sometimes spent more effort on detecting the designer’s thought process than trying to solve the puzzle in front of me.

The game does have an official online guide with hints and solutions. However, it’s in Japanese only, so you need to translate it if you don’t know Japanese. When I looked at the guide for help, this pattern often emerged:

  • I reveal the first several clues, and I see that I’ve already figured out those bits
  • I reveal one of the last few clues and it has a surprising logic leap to arrive at a solution
  • I wonder, “how was I supposed to know to do that?”

Some Steam reviews mention that this difficulty could be a translation issue. This game is by a small team from Japan, after all.

On a positive note, the puzzles at their best were actually really cool. The puzzles I like best rewarded paying close attention to what was happening in the game. With the game’s graphics and environment being so plain, there isn’t any confusion about what’s important and what’s just environmental detail. In fact, some of the deepest puzzles actually got me to grab some paper and take notes to figure them out!

Last stop

Despite my annoyances with some of Mr. Elevator’s mysterious puzzles, I consider this game to be the ideal example of what I hope to find in a Steam Next Fest. The “indie darlings” already get plenty of attention. Weird, experimental, niche hidden gems drifting in the indie game sea: that’s what I want to celebrate.

Pictured here: me searching for the obscure indie games.

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Every time I use podman

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EDIT: For some context, I recently gave podman another go. I have a few services on my homelab server set up in docker containers, so I tried migrating to podman.

After the second major bug (open issue on github) I encountered looked like it would require completely dropping using compose files to work around, I gave up and went back to docker.

I like the idea of podman, but it’s just not stable. I’ll try again in a year or so.

As a bonus, docker’s CLI is significantly nicer.

Take-Two Interactive is using DMCA 512(h) method to dox everyone posting about the leaks.

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Take-Two filed 512(h) DMCA subpoena to Youtube for the identifying info of 3 YT channels.

The Discord and Microsoft subpoenas are more egregious because they give Take-Two the ability to get the identifying info of members of Discord communities whose member count in total is approximately 112,994.

Problem med ex-fru

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Jag börjar närma mig 50-årsåldern och skilde mig för ungefär 4 år sedan. Jag och min ex-fru hade då varit gifta i 12 år och tillsammans i 18 år. Vi har två barn, varav en är 16 och den andra 12.

Vi hade en ganska bra start på vårt förhållande, men när vi fick barn så blev hon väldigt annorlunda. Förutom att bli otroligt… “stram” så började hon vara elak mot våra husdjur (låste ut katten i -20 grader så hon höll på att dö exempelvis).

Hon blev kontrollerande mot mig och isolerade mig från mina vänner etc. Exempelvis så kunde hon föreslå att jag skulle vara med mina vänner och när jag “bokade” tid för detta i kalendern var hon väldigt positiv för att sedan bestämma med sina vänner samma tid och vägra vara hemma så att jag var tvungen att ta hand om barnen.

De tillfällen jag lyckades vara iväg med vänner så blev det väldigt obehagligt när jag kom hem på kvällen. Då kunde hon vara väldigt nedsliten och arg. Barnen kanske inte hade fått ordentlig mat och hon gav mig “the silent treatment”.

Ifall jag skulle iväg någonstans, till exempel på tjänsteresa, så hände det att hon blev “allvarligt” sjuk. I vissa fall ringde hon till och med ambulans medan jag var borta. På akuten hittad de inget fel på henne.

Under c:a 7 år drev hon eget företag då jag försörjde henne helt och stod för firmabil. Under denna tid hade hon ingen lön alls.

I och med att det var mycket resor för henne så var det jag som tog hand om barnen. Dels hämtning och lämning på skola och dagis, hushåll och ekonomi samt allt annat man kan tänka sig.

Hennes standardgrej var att lägga sig vid kl 20 ungefär och låta mig ta hand om tandborstning och nattning. När barnen var sjuka satt jag alltid uppe med dem eftersom att “mamma behöver sova”.

Under hela denna tid så hade jag ett ganska högpresterande anställning som VD på ett mellanstort företag.

Jag var otroligt trött, men ville få allt att funka. Jag beskriver hennes karaktär så att ni ska förstå lite hur vårt förhållande fungerade.

Hon hotade ofta om skilsmässa och till slut när jag var tillräckligt stark sade jag ja. Det är det bästa beslutet jag gjort i mitt liv. Hon var nog inte riktigt beredd på att jag skulle syna henne.

Som ni säkert förstår så är jag fullt kapabel till att ta hand om mig själv och mina barn, men vid skilsmässan så började de obehagliga meddelandena hon skickade mig.

Det handlade väldigt ofta om hur dålig jag var på att ta hand om barnen etc. Jag tog kontakt med en terapeut för att få lite vägledning om hur jag skulle göra med hennes meddelanden. Terapeuten läste meddelanden och sade att jag borde ta strikt avstånd från min ex-fru eftersom hon “verkar vara en allvarligt sjuk människa.”

Under denna tid hade jag träffat en underbar ny tjej. Detta var helt öppet och barnen kände till denna tjej och hade träffat henne ett flertal tillfällen och de trivdes bra tillsammans.

Ex-frun krävde dock att min nya tjej skulle gömma sig på toaletten och att vi skulle gömma hennes saker (skor, kläder och tandborste etc) om barnen kom på besök till mig på mammaveckan. Naturligtvis sade jag strikt nej till detta.

Ex-frun bokade då en tid på familjerätten p.g.a hur dåligt hon tycker att jag kommunicerar och hur dåligt jag tar hand om barnen. Där fick hon dock ordentligt på nöten och ombads att sluta skicka meddelanden till mig. En plan lades upp där vi endast diskuterar barnen, att hon ska sluta med obehagliga meddelanden och att vi endast mailar en avstämning efter varje vecka med barnen. Soc-tanten berättade att många kvinnor har otroligt svårt att förstå att de är skilda och att detta är ganska normalt. Alltså, att ex-frun försöker kontrollera ex-mannen och hans relationer till andra.

Saker lugnade ner sig, men hon är fortfarande väldigt otäck i sin ton och är väldigt arg mot mig.

Nu till det riktiga problemet…

Jag är gift sedan ungefär ett år tillbaka och min ex-fru har nu börjat ta kontakt med min nuvarande fru. Hon messar ofta och vill fika med henne och vill att de ska prata. Ex-frun säger att hon är orolig för min fru och hennes son. Min fru säger alltid nej tack och lämnar en hel del meddelanden på oläst.

Ex-frun har också föreslagit att min fru och hennes son ska följa med på resor så att de ska få komma bort en stund.

Min ex-fru har en förtroendetjänst inom en myndighet där man har daglig kontakt med klienter som har olika typer av problem och hon skriver att hon är tränad för att ha sådana här samtal och och kan hjälpa min nuvarande fru. Vi vet inte vad exakt hon vill hjälpa till med. Det enda vi kan komma på är att hon tycker att jag är hemsk och farlig på något sätt (men mina barn bor ju här 50% av tiden, så så farlig kan jag ju inte vara), eller att hon vill hjälpa min fru på något sätt för att hon kommer från ett annat land.

Varken jag eller min fru vill vara otrevliga. Dels för att vi inte är otrevliga, dels för att det är mina barns mamma samt dels för att vi är osäkra på hur hon hanterar att vi sätter ner foten. Kommer det bli repressalier? Kommer hon att koka våra katter?

Min fru vill inte skriva något till min ex-fru för att hon tycker att det är rätt obekvämt. Hon vill inte riktigt att jag ska skriva något till ex-frun heller eftersom att det då skulle sända en signal om att “ja, jo han är kontrollerande” typ.

Vad i helvete ska vi göra för att få det att sluta?

TLDR: Otäck ex-fru har börjat kontakta ny fru ganska ofta för att fika och prata om något samt är orolig för min nya fru och hennes son. Ska vi sätta ner foten eller bara låta henne vara. Min fru har sagt nej tack säkert 15 gånger, men ex.frun fortsätter.

[AIP] Portabase v1.29 - database configuration from the dashboard, MongoDB SRV support and file availability checks

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DISCLAIMER: All the code was written by humans until December 2025. Since then, we have started using AI as an assistant, mainly to speed up debugging and for low-value-added tasks (UI and some simple logic). However, all code is reviewed by a human, and the architecture is designed exclusively by humans.

Hi everyone,

We’ve just released Portabase 1.29, with another round of improvements focused on configuration, reliability and reducing the amount of manual setup required.

Repo: github.com/Portabase/portabase

Quick recap if you’re new to Portabase

Portabase is an open-source, self-hosted backup and restore platform designed for data retention, disaster recovery and homogeneous database migrations. It uses a central dashboard with lightweight agents deployed close to your databases and workloads.

We currently support 9 database engines (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQLite, Redis, Valkey, Firebird SQL and Microsoft SQL Server) as well as Docker volume backups.

What’s new

You can now add new databases directly from the dashboard! Until now, databases were only declared through the agent’s configuration file (databases.json). Both approaches can be used depending on how you prefer to manage your infrastructure.

Portabase now checks whether backup files are actually still available in the configured storage. If a file has been deleted, moved, or is otherwise unavailable, it is now marked as unavailable instead of being presented as a valid restore candidate.

The new version of the agent (v1.19) adds support for MongoDB SRV connections, making it easier to connect to MongoDB deployments using mongodb+srv://, including managed/cloud MongoDB environments.

What’s next

We’re now working on several areas:

  • Deploying a public Portabase demo
  • Improving and restructuring the documentation
  • Enhancing the agent retry and resilience system
  • Additional dashboard UX/UI improvements
  • A database-specific options system, allowing advanced parameters to be configured for each supported engine
  • Audit logs across the ecosystem for better traceability

As usual, feedback is welcome. If you find bugs, have trouble with the new dashboard-based configuration, or need database-specific options we don’t support yet, feel free to open an issue on GitHub.

Thanks!

Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch
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The country needs to find a “compromise” between privacy and safety, according to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley.

“When people talk about just one of these, privacy or safety, they’re prioritizing the wrong thing, and what we have to prioritize as a country is compromise,” Langley said during a recent interview with Fox News. “How do we have our safety, and how do we balance privacy?”

[Episode] Goodbye, Lara • Sayonara Lara - Episode 8 discussion

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[Episode] Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 • Mushoku Tensei III: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu - Episode 9 discussion

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[Episode] Though I Am an Inept Villainess • Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga: Suuguu Chouso Torikae Den - Episode 7 discussion

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Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga: Suuguu Chouso Torikae Den, episode 7

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Futsutsuka, Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court, นางร้ายมือใหม่ เป็นกำลังใจให้ด้วยนะเจ้าคะ


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Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games

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The relevant section is blunt. “The Software is licensed to you, not sold,” the EULA states. “You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and personal license to play or use the Software for your private, non-commercial use on the system or device it was intended for.”

The terms also restrict renting, modifying, or obtaining games through unauthorised means. Nothing in there is new, technically. Sony’s EULA has always said this. The timing is what makes it land differently right now.

Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games

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cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/74416381

The relevant section is blunt. “The Software is licensed to you, not sold,” the EULA states. “You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and personal license to play or use the Software for your private, non-commercial use on the system or device it was intended for.”

The terms also restrict renting, modifying, or obtaining games through unauthorised means. Nothing in there is new, technically. Sony’s EULA has always said this. The timing is what makes it land differently right now.

Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games

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cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/74416381

The relevant section is blunt. “The Software is licensed to you, not sold,” the EULA states. “You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and personal license to play or use the Software for your private, non-commercial use on the system or device it was intended for.”

The terms also restrict renting, modifying, or obtaining games through unauthorised means. Nothing in there is new, technically. Sony’s EULA has always said this. The timing is what makes it land differently right now.