I've tried, but I wasn't able to get it working. I'll look into it again though, cuz I'd love to do it all through NPM.

I've tried, but I wasn't able to get it working. I'll look into it again though, cuz I'd love to do it all through NPM.

I agree, very beginner friendly. But also, it's what most people are gonna need.

I actually started with Traefik because I didn't know any better, and I kinda wanna go back to be honest because with Traefik I was able to configure a Minecraft server, without having to expose the port. But not with NGINX Proxy Manager.l, since it only does http and shit. But I REALLY like being able to do everything via a webUI since I only have a phone to manage my server .

So, I find myself stuck between functionality and ease of use. :(

I hope I'm able to properly communicate my thoughts to you! Haha

Alright, so to start, it reads sort of like a tv show, in the way that every chapter we get a shift in perspective and what character we are following. It shifts between 2 narratives. Sort of like every chapter is a different episode. Perhaps I just don't read enough, but this constant back and forth seemed a little odd to me in a written medium? Including the prologue, we get 3 different character POVs.

As for the pacing, it isn't slow, but it isn't fast either. I'd say it's well-paced, but each POV seems to have a slightly different speed, where a chapter for one character could be just a typical day, the chapter for the next character could span a few weeks. This doesn't interrupt the story much at all, and it really seems to only serve to enhance the readers immersion in this world and how fast or slow things move in space and "The Belt" as it's called in the series.

Speaking of the world, so far, it has been built and established pretty wonderfully. 114 pages into the first book of the series, and the writer never seems to shoehorn in exposition into the narrative, but rather it's, usually, a tasteful cutaway to a flashback of sorts that explains perhaps who they're talking to/about, or what event happened to kick off a chain reaction and why, etc.

I have encountered 1 misspelling so far earlier in the book, and it's probably just me, but it's stuck with me since.

In terms of its actual writing and language used, the author uses basic, everyday language, with a few "$5" words sprinkled in that can sometimes cause confusion, although that could just be due to my limited personal dictionary. Overall, it doesn't detract from the story, especially if you're willing to take a moment to look up a word or 2 every couple chapters.

In terms of "sci-fi"-ness, so far everything the entire series has taken place either in the empty vacuum of space, or smaller stations scattered throughout the solar system. The way the author describes some everyday actions and activities, and their difficulty or impossibility in the altered gravity of space and/or space stations really sucks me into the universe as it makes me believe that even though these people are humans, they're living an entirely different existence, with different rules.

I said a lot, especially for only being 114 pages into the first book, but it has sucked me back into reading, and I commend it for that.

Also, a few articles I've seen scattered across the internet when searching for other books in the series have called it "the greatest sci-fi series of the decade" for whatever that's worth to you.

Oh, and they also have a "major" tv show based on the books.

Hope this comment answers a few questions for you :)

I don't know if I'd call it a slump. I liked reading, but just don't read much.

But I recently picked up James S. A. Corey's first book in "The Expanse" universe, Leviathan Wakes, and I'm having troubling putting it down!

I just started "Leviathan Wakes", the first novel in The Expanse universe. According to Google I'm about 25% through, and I'm loving it!

I'm not much of a reader, but I just can't seem to put this down !

You know what, yeah, completely fair.

If you don't mind me asking, what apps are, in your opinion, as good as Sync? (Removing the ads, and payment and shit out of the debate).

I've used Thunder, Jerboa, Connect, LiftOff, and maybe another that I can't recall. Last time I used each of them, they were nowhere near the level of Polish that Sync has. That being said, it has been a while because once the Sync alpha launched, I exclusively used Sync for browsing and Connect for posting. They might have changed and been updated, etc.

Couldn't agree more!

(I hope I don't come off as attacking you! I'm kinda just using your comment to piggyback and make my own haha)

It's closed source, as was his reddit version, so idk what anyone expected there. He also never said it was ever going to be open source. But I completely understand anyone who isn't willing to let go of their FOSS. FOSS is good for a reason! :)

I do understand the mindset that it goes against the fediverse, but I happen to disagree. In other threads, there's been discussion about how they are actively paying donations, patreons, paypal, etc to help fund their favorite instance or whatever else. That needs to happen to offset the cost. Especially if it is the instance owners hobby, and not full time job.

Well, what if we want a nice experience while using Lemmy? Sure, there's plenty of apps, but what if someone was able to dedicate their entire working hours to that app? To make it as good as possible? Well, then they'd need to make money somehow, right? Or they'd have to get a different job, and do the app as a hobby. This hurts the app, and then it just becomes another run of the middle Lemmy client.

I understand why people are upset. Lemmy is free. The fediverse is free. (Most of) the apps are free. But someone is paying for all of this, whether we realize it or not.

Matter of preference, really. I like a nice UI, smooth animations, clean aesthetic, etc. Sync provides that for me and more, so to me, it IS better than all the other apps. :)

It's the best UI currently :)

Perhaps I am biased, but I'd still like to point out some facts :)

Yes, it has ads. It also has options to remove them.

No, you can post. That's coming soon.

This app is also in its first beta release. It hasn't been officially launched yet. It just happened that a lot of people who were excited about Sync coming back drummed up a lot of hype for it when the beta finally launched, that we kicked off a massive news wave apparently.

Also, of the ones I've used, the fluidity of the app, the smoothness of it, and the polish (especially for a beta) is unmatched from the other Lemmy clients I've used (haven't used all of them, but I used a lot of them.)

Sorry, should've been more clear, but I'm currently running a more "spy"centric campaign (think Dishonored, if you've played it). So a lot of the characters are recurring and have a bigger impact on the narrative. I use it for them. But like NPCs, or a PCs father, etc. I don't bother lol.

Don't get me wrong, I still use monsters and stuff from the monsters manual, but to give some fun challenges, I figured "instead of throwing 20 smaller enemies at my players, why not roll up 2 characters as the "generals" of this army, and that will be their combat for this session".

I thought Itd be fun for my players to fight someone who had as insane abilities that they do. After all, they're not the only adventurers or power seekers in this world.

I've tried my best (this is my first experience DMing a campaign) to recreate the feeling that Oda does in One Piece. The world is alive and vibrant. Sure, we are following our players, but that doesn't mean the world revolves around them. Stuff is going on without them there, so they might show up in the middle of a giant thunderstorm, or a raider attack, or nothing could happen at all, until they leave.

My players have liked it so far, telling me it gives them plenty of story hooks that they could follow if they wanted to.

I think someone else already mentioned it, but just to reiterate... Anything for other people who aren't my wife and future kids.

Password manager, file backups, photo backup, whatever.

If something happens to me, or I pass away, wifey has instructions on shutting everything down (probably should write instructions on how to save all the important stuff).

But I don't want to deal with other peoples stuff. I like tinkering with my server and different docker containers, etc. So I don't want someone complaining they can't access their photos because I wanted to try something new. Also, just don't wanna be responsible for storing their photos and important documents.

So, I have no idea what your patterns, habits, and just general life is like, but I actually use it for some subscriptions. I currently pay for Sync for Lemmy using it, and also for a mass texting app.

Are there any mobile games you like? You can use it for some iAP's :)

If there is an app that you've been eyeing but it is a little more than you'd like to spend, maybe use your credits on that!

That's how I paid for 1Password 7 a few years ago lol

The dev has stated that this exact bug was fixed over a year ago. As for this version of Sync, should still be fixed, but I will remind you and anyone else reading this, this release is a BETA. There will be bugs. It's getting a lot of attention in media, so that seems to be lost in translation so to speak, but it's still not officially fully released. :)

How was this posted 2 years ago?

Oh yes! Definitely still interested. I'll DM you.

On the connect for lemmy app, it thinks it's a user lol.

So unfortunately I didn't play video games until about 2001 when I turned 5 and got an N64 for my first Christmas in the USA. The game itself is from 2000 though.

Mickey's Speedway USA for the N64.

Goddamn I loved that game. I have so many fun memories with it.

Awesome, thank you for taking the time to a deer my questions.