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Three Days of Happiness which is actually the light novel title. The manga adaptation title is "I sold my life for ten thousand yen per year" but I like the LN title more. I recommend reading the author's afterword in the LN if you finished the manga.
I also like The Flowers of Evil.
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::: spoiler Minor Re:Zero spoilers Emilia thought she'd become pregnant after being kissed by Subaru. She's the sheltered, innocent, pure type of character.
As for the scene in the meme above, I'm not sure as I haven't seen the new season yet. :::
hitagi
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Persona series, maybe. The entire franchise is all about making friends, deepening relationships, and working together to fight monsters.
I saw somebody here recommend Kenshi, so I'm going to recommend RimWorld as well. It's a colony building game, but it's kind of anxiety-inducing lol
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Maybe a small condenser microphone. The Samson Go is a bit old (not that consumer-grade microphone tech has changed much) but it's small and just plugs into a laptop with a USB port. There are probably newer small models that do a better job and I'm not aware of its existence.
I suspect a conferencing type product will have the same issue since it’s made to record sound coming from like two feet away from the mic
This is the case with dynamic microphones (the microphones typically used for live events), but condenser microphones are usually very sensitive and will pick up almost every bit of noise with enough gain.
I’ve seen like giant fuzzy mics used on movie sets - should I look for something like that?
These are condenser shotgun microphones. The ones used in movie sets use XLR and need some kind of audio recorder (you'll be carrying a lot of stuff with you). There are small ones that use 3.5mm connectors though (usually made for cameras). You need to have this pointed at the sound source at all times (hence why you see people manually operating these in a movie set).
Anyway, I recommend looking into handhelds with built-in microphones (like the Zoom H1) so you can move it around easily.
Disclaimer: I'm not an audio professional, just an audio hobbyist who works on student films sometimes. :D
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That's unfortunate, but I hope the voice actors get what they want. I really love the English VAs for the new regions so I want to hear more of them. In the meantime, I'll be using the other languages.
... and since !genshin_impact@lemmy.world doesn't get pulls megathreads, I'll be bragging my pulls here instead :P
::: spoiler spoiler
I love Dehya. So "losing" 50/50 to her is a big win for me. She's C4 now.
And of course, Xilonen. I heard she's geo Kazuha with healing instead of grouping. I don't care so much for meta but I'm happy I brought home two cat women with me yesterday.
:::
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2w ago
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Yeah, it is unfortunate. It would have made moderating a lot easier.
hitagi
2w ago
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Could you mark this as NSFW? Thanks.
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3w ago
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The end credits mention 3DCG and motion capture so you might be right.
hitagi
3w ago
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Surreal. Never read any of Junji Ito's works. I've only seen his artworks through social media. I don't like horror much, but let's see how long I can keep up with this one.
hitagi
3w ago
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I didn't watch the livestream but I've had my eyes set on Xilonen since the first Natlan video. Can't wait to get her.
hitagi
3w ago
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archlinux-2024.09.01-x86_64.iso
hitagi
4w ago
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I'm about >1hr in so I more or less just completed the tutorial(?). I have to set the game at 200% render scaling because the anti-aliasing is terrible at 100%. The mouth movement is a bit odd and the characters move strangely sometimes. There's also a lot going on in the UI and it's not nearly as clean as P3R. There are text boxes that kind of hover around your screen in the city. I'd much prefer it was anchored on the NPCs instead.
Also MC's face looks funny in some angles.
Other than that, the game looks really good. I think they made the atmosphere quite well. I wasn't sure I was going to like it at first as I'm not the biggest fan of fantasy but the introduction with the man talking about "fantasy" was interesting enough.
I'll finish the demo this weekend but I'll buy and play the game after I play the other Persona games first.
hitagi
4w ago
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Oh I think I've heard of this one. It's honestly crazy what some people do over a videogame.
hitagi
4w ago
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I've never read this. But reading the title reminds me of post-game League lobbies where people would drop locations for a fist fight.
I don't think they ever push through but its pretty funny sometimes lol
hitagi
4w ago
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I used to do beets and cmus but eventually moved to MusicBrainz Picard and Strawberrry Music Player. I sync to my phone with syncthing.
hitagi
4w ago
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I tried to get into this game because I like Rimworld but damn is it so hard to learn. I couldn't even get past the tutorial.
hitagi
1mo ago
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Gacha games.
I play Genshin Impact and one gacha is enough for me.
hitagi
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Not expecting to see this today. Those crossover outfits are really cute.
ツンデレサービス～！
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At first glance, I thought they were Kronii and Reine.
[Source](https://x.com/aki_26428/status/1774325471699992805)
::: spoiler Archon Quest Spoilers Sometimes I forget what happened in previous archon quests (and the story in general). I'm happy I remember Caribert from the cloth tied to his arm though. His bit with Atossa was really emotional. Especially with the dolls on the tree in his island. I found Caribert more interesting than the twins for some reason lol. I was a bit disappointed that the traveler doesn't remember their conversation with the other sibling. I was expecting something like what happened in the Sumeru Archon Quest. I knew there was going to be a gift/ornament though but I wasn't expecting a photograph. It was a bit funny. Anyway, I can't wait for the next summer event. Genshin Impact's summer events are always fun. The only screenshot I was able to take:  :::
# Ani.Social's 1st Birthday! 🥳 Today Ani.Social is officially 1 year old! It's kind of crazy that it's been a year already. I still remember the days when it was just me posting illustrations of Kurumi. Now there's nearly 1,000 of us and over 50 communities! We've been through a lot this year (defederations, federation issues, migrations, etc) but I'm happy there's a lot of support from the community and even other admins from different instances! I want to say thank you to everyone who has contributed through posts, comments, community tools, reports, funding, and more! Ani.Social was kind of an experiment to see if hosting a public instance is something sustainable and fulfilling. After a year I can say that it is both! :D Here's to another year! (Fun fact: We share [the same birthday as Gawr Gura from Hololive EN](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUvdnKuBMDQ).) (Fun fact 2: Ani.Social was supposed to be a KBin instance. But because there was not docker container, I settled with Lemmy instead.) # Upgrade to Lemmy ~~v0.19.4~~ v0.19.5 We upgraded to ~~v0.19.4~~ v0.19.5 which brings some new features like the ability to remove stuff you uploaded through your profile page. A full list of changes may be found [here](https://join-lemmy.org/news/2024-06-07_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.4_-_Image_Proxying_and_Federation_improvements). I also want to note that because _sometimes_ upgrading Lemmy doesn't take very long, I might not make an announcement in advance anymore. # Accidental image removal A few weeks ago, there were some images that were deleted because of a bug from a tool I used to remove old images cached from other instances. I have a long explanation [here](https://ani.social/post/4185804/5111456). This shouldn't happen again (hopefully!). # Verification mails did not send For about a week in May, email was not working so some people who signed up did not receive an email. I was informed by a user who sent an email at help@ani.social. This has been resolved and anyone who did not receive a verification email can email me to have your account verified. # Random downtimes You might notice that there are [some downtime here and there](https://status.ani.social). Part of this is because of small changes I make to the server (like enabling or disabling certain settings). These usually don't take long (a minute or two of downtime). Sometimes you might see the instance gone for as long as an hour or two. This is usually caused by our hosting provider. This type of downtime is not really within my control so please bare with it. If the instance is down/inaccessible you can visit https://status.ani.social where I post updates. # Automatic moderation tools In the near future, I plan to add automatic moderation tools (automod) such as [LemmyAutomod](https://github.com/RikudouSage/LemmyAutomod) and [Fedi-safety](https://github.com/db0/fedi-safety). Both tools are likely experimental and may remove posts or images wrongly. I'll keep a close eye on them when I deploy them. # Closing thoughts -- one year in the Fediverse A few days ago I was reading this article called "[Seven Theses on the Fediverse and the Becoming of FLOSS](https://monoskop.org/images/c/cc/Mansoux_Aymeric_Abbing_Roel_Roscam_2020_Seven_Theses_on_the_Fediverse_and_the_Becoming_of_FLOSS.pdf)" which made a lot of interesting points on the Fediverse (duh). Theses 3, 5, and 6 are the most relevant ones in my opinion. Thesis 3 is relevant for a lot of the political discussions and issues on defederation you see around in the Fediverse. Thesis 5 is relevant for developers, admins, and moderators as it deals with labor. Thesis 6 extends this to users. Transitioning from corporate social media extends far past from simply "install this app and treat it like Reddit/Twitter/Instagram". It's not just a technical change for most users, it's a new social experience. The social world of the Fediverse is different from corporate social media because of how it operates differently (in policy, labor, etc). More importantly though, a lot of our practices and principles are still experimental so it's interesting to see how these are changing and developing over time (and as mentioned in the article, how these will generate new "userships"). Anyway, I suddenly feel a wave of laziness so maybe I won't write anything more than that. Feel free to read the article because there's a lot to think about. Again, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know! Thanks for reading all the way through!
### Ani.Social and Lemmy.World federation issues Due to federation issues between Ani.Social and Lemmy.World caused by geographic distance, Ani.Social has been relocated from Asia to Europe. Ani.Social was first moved to US on May 12 because EU providers like to ask for my passport and electricity bills. But even in the US, Ani.Social still could not keep up with Lemmy.World. Thankfully, there are smaller server providers in the EU that don't ask for my birth certificate so we migrated there a little over 24 hours ago. The chart below shows Ani.Social is now on par with other servers in terms of Lemmy.World activity queue in the past 24 hours.  Moving Ani.Social to a region closer Lemmy.World was a last resort option because I'd like to have my servers close to me and to avoid centralizing Lemmy servers in US/EU. However, because [a potential fix appears to be scheduled for Lemmy v0.19.5](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4623), I felt that we really need to migrate sooner. I apologize for not announcing the migration and the downtime(s), as I only had time to work on this a few days ago. We will likely relocate back to Asia in the future when a fix is available. ### Lost activities Because of a problem during the migration, activities (likes, posts, comments, etc) from Ani.Social between May 12 16:31 to 17:47 (UTC) have been lost locally. They may appear in federated instances but cannot be deleted or modified from Ani.Social. This happened because of an unexpected behavior in migrating the database. I apologize for this and I'll carefully review the database restoration steps next time. (Specifically, I first restored an earlier backup then a later backup after. For some reason, Postgres did not include the changes of the later backup.) ### Video uploads You can now upload videos that are up to 25mb in size and 7200 frames. See example below:  The file size is modeled after Discord's file size limits when uploading files to text channels. Depending on the usage and costs, we may or may not decrease these limits. ### Temporarily removing info.ani.social info.ani.social is the documentation @koyo and I wrote a long time ago but never completed. It contains information about ani.social such as the rules, guidelines, and FAQ. The aim of the webpage was to provide new users all the information they need to navigate Ani.Social and the rest of the Fediverse. All the important information displayed in info.ani.social has been copied to https://ani.social/legal and the sidebar. Because Ani.Social aims to be accessible and easy to use for new users, I will return the info page as soon as possible (and possibly in the form of a community wiki). ### Alternative front ends Other instances have alternative front ends for Lemmy. Some of these look modern and include new features. We have deployed [Photon](https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon) at https://photon.ani.social if you are interested in trying a new look for Ani.Social. Let me know what you think of Photon and other frontends that you might like. ### Nyaa.Social Did you know that when I chose a domain name for Ani.Social, I had a few other candidates? These include otaku.social, baka.social, and nyaa.social. The first two were taken and I was choosing between nyaa.social and ani.social. I decided to use Ani.Social for an anime Lemmy server because it was direct and straight to the point. I also felt nyaa.social was more fitting for a microblogging platform. When I have the time, I want to experiment with a few microblogging platforms or other ActivityPub software for nyaa.social. If you have suggestions, please tell me! Right now I have Misskey and Sharkey in mind. ### Questions, suggestions, and feedback If you have questions, suggestions, or other feedback, don't hesitate to comment, post, or DM! Thank you for reading this and I hope everyone enjoys their day! :D
UPDATE (4/27): There were two reasons that affected federation between Ani.Social and Lemmy.World. The first reason was an outgoing activity that got stuck in queue. This was resolved by manually marking that activity as successful. The second reason was [a subsea fiber cut between Europe and Asia](https://status.digitalocean.com/incidents/21gg18q1ddmv) which caused incoming activities from Lemmy.World to lag behind. The original plan was to move Ani.Social closer to Lemmy.World this weekend but seeing [the activity queue rapidly dropping over the past two days](https://grafana.lem.rocks/d/edf3gjrxxnocgd/federation-health-activities-behind?orgId=1&var-instance=lemmy.world&var-instance=ani.social&var-remote_instance=ani.social&var-remote_instance=lemmy.world&var-remote_software=All&from=now-2d&to=now&refresh=5m), it's unlikely this will push through. We will continue to monitor this however. Again, thanks to @wjs018 for informing me about this and for keeping others up to date in this post's comments. Thank you MrKaplan from Lemmy.World for helping us resolve the issue! --- There are ongoing issues between incoming and outgoing activities between Ani.Social and Lemmy.World. Posts, comments, and votes from both instances are not in sync with each other. The exact cause is to be determined. The instance may experience downtime and interruptions until further notice. In the meantime, we suggest using an account on an instance that is federated with both Ani.Social and Lemmy.World. Thanks to @wjs018 for informing me about this issue. Thanks also to MrKaplan from the Lemmy.World team for continuously helping us resolve this issue.
[かにばるーん](https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/115004513) ~~testing pictrs~~
We will be upgrading to Lemmy v0.19.3 on 2024-01-27 09:00 UTC+8. During this time, this instance will be temporarily unavailable for approximately three hours as we perform the maintenance. You can view the instance status updates [here](https://status.ani.social/). We apologize for any inconveniences.
I really like The Cynic Clinic so I wanted to share this video that provides some insight on school roofs which we often don't really think about.
[サークル・サリエル](https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/111171122)
We successfully upgraded to Lemmy v0.19.1! (Yay~!) Unfortunately, you might need to login again on your Lemmy apps and front-ends. More importantly, **if you had 2FA enabled previously, you need to re-enable it again** as Lemmy v0.19 has an improved 2FA implementation. A few other notable major changes in Lemmy v0.19 include: - Improved post ranking (scaled sort) - User-level instance blocking - User data export/import You can read more about all the new changes [here](https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-12-15_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.0_-_Instance_blocking,_Scaled_sort,_and_Federation_Queue). Additionally, we made a few changes to the instance that may or may not be a concern for you: - Increased max image resolution to 4096px - Disabled external image caching - Migrated to object storage - Switched email provider to MXRoute from Lark Suite If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or create another thread at !meta@ani.social.
status.ani.social
**2023-12-21 15:41 UTC+8** Upgrade complete. --- ~~We will be upgrading to Lemmy v0.19.1 on 2023-12-21 12:00 UTC+8. During this time, this instance will be temporarily unavailable for approximately four hours as we perform the maintenance.~~ ~~You can view the instance status updates [here](https://status.ani.social).~~ ~~We apologize for any inconveniences.~~
I made a comment in the gacha pull thread earlier this month with Tighnari. I was short around ~30 pulls for another 5-star guarantee. I spent the last few days playing through the rest of the Fontaine Archon Quest. With the extra primos and fates, I managed to get Furina today! KQM also just posted their Furina guide so I guess I'll be spending the next few weeks building her.
[Taiho Shichau zo](https://myanimelist.net/anime/1372)
*For context on the topic, please read* [*this post*](https://ani.social/post/863176). After reaching out to the Lemmy.ml admins and Lemmy developers regarding the defederation of ani.social from Lemmy.ml and the exclusion of ani.social from join-lemmy.org, they have chosen to remain defederated from ani.social for "[containing] a lot of sexualized images and partial nudity" which goes against their rule against pornography. However, because they have found no evidence of CSAM in ani.social, they have agreed to merge our [pull request](https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/pull/266) to include ani.social in join-lemmy.org. We'd like to thank the Lemmy.ml admins and Lemmy developers for their careful consideration of our request. Although we had hoped to federate once again with Lemmy.ml, we believe they have valid reasons to remain defederated. We hope that this may be revisited in the future as Lemmy continues to evolve. We apologize to our local users who regularly visit Lemmy.ml communities. If you wish to continue accessing Lemmy.ml communties, we suggest moving to an instance that is federated with both Lemmy.ml and ani.social.
As of November 7, 2023 09:23 both Lemmy.World and lemmy.dbzer0.com have federated with us again. Thank you for quickly reviewing the situation and reversing your decision. We hope that Lemmy.ml will follow soon. ::: spoiler Original post: **To anyone who is not familiar with the situation, please read [our previous post](https://ani.social/post/863176) for context.** **Please do not say anything hateful toward the concerned instances' admins.** --- ## What happened? A few hours ago, [Lemmy.World and lemmy.dbzer0.com has defederated from ani.social](https://defed.xyz/check/ani.social), [following the events of Lemmy.ml defederating from ani.social on November 3](https://ani.social/post/863176). [Lemmy.World has given a censure on Fediseer](https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/ani.social) with the reason being "loli". lemmy.dbzer0.com has not given a reason for defederation as of the moment. We disagree with anyone claiming that ani.social intentionally and knowingly hosts CSAM. We would like to remind everyone that ani.social has [a content policy regarding CSAM content](https://ani.social/legal) since day one. Specifically, our content policy states the following: > 7. Do not submit content depicting a child (both real and virtual) engaged or involved in explicit sexual activities. A child is defined as a person who is under 18 years old; or a person, regardless of age, who is presented, depicted or portrayed as under 18 years old. To provide some context, [the Lemmy developers excluded ani.social from the recently launched join-lemmy.org redesign without any clear reason provided](https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/commit/d17c4d7d2fbeafb6e39000332d0ac21499de5b47). [My pull request to remove ani.social from the exclude-list was denied for the reason being that ani.social is "full of CSAM"](https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/pull/266). Shortly after, ani.social was defederated from Lemmy.ml. The full story may be found on [the previous thread](https://ani.social/post/863176). Numerous threads have since spawned, many of which have comments state that there is no evidence of the claim that ani.social is "full of CSAM" and that the decision was unfair. These threads include: - https://ani.social/post/863176 - https://lemmy.ml/post/7406051 - https://lemmy.world/post/7714824 - https://sh.itjust.works/post/8411770 - https://lemmy.ml/post/7437529 We respectfully ask the admins of Lemmy.World, lemmy.dbzer0.com, and Lemmy.ml to review the situation and our policies, and consider reversing your decision if there is no evidence that ani.social intentionally and knowingly hosts CSAM. ## What now? If you are a user of ani.social and wish to see content from Lemmy.World and lemmy.dbzer0.com, we kindly ask you to move to a different instance that is federated with all three instances. If you are a user of Lemmy.World or lemmy.dbzer0.com and wish to see content from ani.social, we kindly ask you to send a request to your respective admins to reverse their decisions after reviewing the situation. To all other Fediverse instance admins, we kindly ask you to carefully review our instance and its policies before defederating from us. To all ani.social users, please do not forget to report content that violates [our content policy](https://ani.social/legal). ## My personal thoughts As the admin of ani.social, I sincerely apologize to all our users regarding the defederation from three major Lemmy instances. I believe that this is my fault for not communicating our policies clearly enough. I will continue working toward a solution regarding this matter so please be patient. Thank you for reading this, and I appreciate everyone's support. :::