mifuyne

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I'm not sure if this is the best place for this cross-post, nor do I know how many users here occupy the parent+tech-savvy/sysop intersectional space. But for anyone with a child and privacy focused, this webapp made by Rikudou_Sage might be of interest?

Keep in mind, it doesn't come with any instructions on self-hosting. It seems to leverage the serverless framework, though.

If this post is a bad fit, feel free to remove!

The github repos and the link to the Play Store app (it's a wrapper) can be found under the original post spoiler section below.

original post

cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/65255

A while ago I made an app for tracking baby activities because I became a parent and was horrified at how many permissions the existing apps required and how much tracking they contained. Both the app and the server are open source.

This is a web-app which also has an Android version in the Play Store (F-Droid didn't accept it because they don't feel like web-apps should be welcome in their store). On iPhones it can be installed as a PWA to the home screen.

Features:

  • No tracking whatsoever
  • End-to-end encrypted, no personal information is stored on the server unencrypted
  • Track baby's feeding, diaper changes, breast pumping and sleeping (more to come)

Links:

[–] mifuyne@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't help but love when subreddits do this in response to the threat of removing mods if they stay private. I remember there were some that were posting "sexy" pics of John Oliver. iPhone was limited to posting "sexy" pics of Tim Cook. Working with what they have in order to continue their protests. I like it😁

It has malicious compliance written all over it πŸ™ƒ

[–] mifuyne@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

If people felt they can't really escape an essential product from a shitty company because of cost, or even convenience, I'd understand.

Warning: angry rant.But this is a video game. Playing video games is my primary hobby. I do it a lot. It's how I spend quality time with my long-distance partner as well. But it is not essential to my life. We actually have a very viable option of not buying a product from a company helmed by evil, shitty people. It should've been more clear-cut.

Ultimately, my disappointment over this runs pretty deep. I will never respect Blizzard as a company. Honestly, I had hoped that MS acquiring them would mean breaking them up and scattering the resources to different departments. The fact that I think MS is the better of the two probably says a lot about my disdain for Blizzard at this point.

[–] mifuyne@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The co-op modes are 3 vs 1 and 3 vs AI controlled boss. I only played the vs AI boss, and you all get separate boards until a specific event occurs. Then it merges and everyone gets to put their piece anywhere across the three boards. It only lasts for a little bit, and then the board splits again.

The PvP modes are called:

  • Zone battle (incorporates their time-stopping mechanic)
  • Score attack (standard Tetris, no interfering blocks for the player lagging behind)
  • Classic Score attack (standard Tetris, but you don't get hard drops or holds, and again, no interfering blocks)

One thing I found out is that if you want to play against the CPU, you can just load up a local match and add player's twice on the same controller. The second "adding" will fill the rest with CPUs.

It's available on both PC and Switch. However, from what I could find out, you need the Switch Online membership to play multiplayer online. But you haven't mentioned an interest in that so it should fit your requirements really well.

It's currently 50% off on both Steam and Nintendo eShop

Hope that helps!

[–] mifuyne@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I appreciate it! β™₯

[–] mifuyne@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's not adequate for the purposes I have in mind. But thanks for the suggestion πŸ™‚

[–] mifuyne@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Haha! Thanks for understanding πŸ˜„

[–] mifuyne@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I'll probably take some flak for my answers, but here I go!

Undertale

Maybe I would've loved it if I had got to the game before the fandom madness got to me. But to be fair, it looks like it's visually designed to tap into that 80's nostalgia, which would've bore me anyway.

Destiny 2

I used to enjoy that game (and Destiny). Played it way more than I'd like to admit. But as my anxiety got worse, the more I abhorred the way they force you into matchmaking for PvE content, then give you all kinds of reasons why you have to do those PvE content where you're forced to play with random players. Then there's the changes Bungie had made that made the game more and more hostile to me on a mechanics level. Lately, it also feels like they're treating Destiny 2 as a money-printing machine.

Diablo 4

Because Blizzard. I had a whole rant but I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable. I simply will not give Blizzard any money moving forward.

[–] mifuyne@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thanks πŸ˜„

There's a few bits I have to figure out, like a dice roller and how to get the comments in the post to display linearly, old to new (Lemmy's Chat sort is close but it forces it in to new). And more importantly, which software will I use? I'm leaning towards Lemmy since it'll get my butt moving on learning Rust.

[–] mifuyne@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks!

It could be a long time before it's a thing. I have a bad habit of taking on too many projects all at once sometimes. This might be one of those times 😡 but I'll let you know if/when the instance is up!

[–] mifuyne@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Hello, I'm Mifuyne, Mif for short. I was born in Hong Kong, live in Ontario, Canada now. I use she/her pronouns, but I'm fine with being referred to as they, too. You can also find me on @mifuyne@easymode.im, but that account is more focused on my future gamedev journey 😁 I also have a couple of writefreely accounts, which won't show up on sites like Lemmy or kbin.

Other than programming and gamedev, I also have an interest in tabletop RPGs. I'm mostly focused on solo-gaming at the moment, but I'm still toying with the idea of opening a freeform RP/play-by-post lemmy (or another federated forum) instance.

I look forward to see the kind of discourse that goes on in here 😊