// File: hello.rs
fn main() {
println!("Hello there!");
}
There are a few more settings you can tweak than your standard messenger (e.g. message bubbles or timeline), but the day-to-day interaction should be fairly similar. Chat rooms allow you to chat with any number of participants. Matrix doesn’t really differentiate between “direct” chats and group chats, as you can always add more participants later. Spaces are a way to organise rooms, like a folder.
There are many different types of bridges, but the most seamless one is a type of Man In The Middle (MITM). You give the bridge full access to your other services, which allows them to copy everything to Matrix and vice versa. Naturally, this circumvents E2EE as the bridge needs to access and manipulate the content somehow (E2EE only exists up to the bridge, not the whole way to your client). The bridge can theoretically do anything, as it is a MITM. However, because most bridges are open source and you can host them yourself, the risk that unauthorised parties can gain access to the data is fairly low. If it’s hosted by a third party, you have to trust them that they won’t abuse their power.
Honesty, it’s just a matter of framing. Don’t think about the things you’re missing, think about the things you could do. See the enormous amount of content as potential adventures you can choose to have, instead of chores you have to complete. If you miss things, that’s okay. I love games where I discover new things years later. It makes them feel much larger than they actually are.
There’s https://sepiasearch.org/ for global video search. It’s a search engine, run by the developers, that indexes every approved instance. So if you’re only interested in watching videos (and don’t mind searching for them), then it’s even easier than other Fediverse services, because you have one central place you can go to for all your videos.
I’ve been playing it since the beginning :P It runs surprisingly well on the Steam Deck (no stutters, crashing, etc.), although it’s best left plugged in. Unfortunately, the most recent update introduced a number of glitches again, but nothing game breaking. The story is very good, although not on the level of The Witcher series, and there are a number of interesting easter eggs and hidden quests you can find. If you can look past some of the (sometimes hilarious) bugs, it’s a very cool game. :)
Still nothing compared to Roman design. Penises, penises everywhere.
There’s a funny candle holder in my local museum in the form of a naked man. I’ll let you imagine how the candle is being held up.
PS: The German word for candlestick is “Kerzenständer” (candle + stand). However, “Ständer” also refers to a boner, so “Kerzenständer” is the best description for that object.