That’s great to hear and pretty cool that it can be done as P2P. I’ll definitely give it a go now!

Is screen sharing available for self hosting? Last I checked (6 months ago) the TS server version wasn’t publicly available yet.

If it is I’ll give it another go!

Spacebar sounded really promising when I checked them out years ago.

The big Discord.com features currently left unimplemented or with partial implementations are: Voice/Video support (WebRTC protocol support implemented, but lacking UDP protocol implementation)

Unfortunately, seems like it’s still not at a point where it could cover basic Discord functionality.

Edit: I should be clear, I’m not trying to discourage it. I really hope it succeeds to the goal of parity with Discord! Love to hear from someone who has used it a bit.

I looked into Stoat around the time of their name change announcement.

On the one hand it looks good and is definitely the closest Discord clone at the moment. I was disappointed about a couple of things though:

• They have a self hosted server option but it doesn’t have the full feature suite and seems like they’ve decided that it won’t in the foreseeable future.

• They’re aware of federation and have no plans to head down that path for the software.

Bit of a shame because if I could self host the full software that’d be pretty damn good as a replacement for all of my friends. If it could be federated in a way where servers could work in tandem that’d be a great distributed alternative to Discord for the entire community! I understand why they’re not pursuing those avenues but it’s still a shame.

“Not my fascist, my fascist is going to help the working class people!” - Idiots, circa 2026

That… would actually make a lot of sense.

Not to mention every building in Taiwan is laced with explosives

Be me in a different life, changing a lightbulb in my Taiwanese home. Slip on the ladder and grab the light holder tearing it from the wall. The wiring breaks against the det. cord causing a neighbourhood wide chain reaction that can be seen from space.

Standing in front of St. Peter with 50 other rather angry neighbours.

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I agree. My Plex server is majority 720p with decent bitrate with a lot of 1080p with decent bitrate and a tiny amount of 4K with subpar bitrate (otherwise it’s too large). The 720p is noticeable on the big screen but good luck spotting between 1080p and 4K. It might be different with full 4K Blueray rips but I’m not using 50-80Gb per movie.

I know next to nothing about it aside from the bare basics 😅 so any thoughts are welcome.

Can shortwave be used for things like file transfer? My thoughts are on the amount of times multiple videos of instances (ICE killings are currently the most famous) being indisputable thanks to witnesses providing video that contradicts official statements.

To quote an old comment of mine:

Meanwhile Steam is a feature rich platform with a bunch of features that regular C-suite types would never green light because they don’t have a direct ROI.

Direct profit is the main driving factor for decision making by C-suite types. EGS is a great example of this: it has the very bare bones of what constitutes an online store, you can see products and make purchases. Almost everything else is half assed and tacked on. It’s frankly amazing that a system like Steam exists when they could (and still could) enshittify really badly.

Link to my other comment.

If you told me that my games could be slightly cheaper if only I use a platform like EGS I’d still happily pay the extra bit.

The much more likely scenario is that larger publishers like EA would charge the same amount and pocket the profits while I’d deal with a shit store in return.

Further to that; EGS is essentially just a store. A really shitty store. Meanwhile Steam is a feature rich platform with a bunch of features that regular C-suite types would never green light because they don’t have a direct ROI. E.g. Steam link is an absolutely amazing system for playing games on the lounge room big screen without buying a console. You know how much Steam Link costs? Is it a subscription? Maybe a limited time trial after game purchases? Nope. Completely free. Along with a shitload of other systems that cost money to maintain which are funded by that 30%.