can i say something before the site is taken down
this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2024
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ok...
Oh damn I just noticed this a bit before the site goes down.
The hell am I gonna do for a whole hour? Work?
It's the 24 hour mark and are we still live? Or did we already do the thing?
Last
No. Me. Last 
if you need a fun distraction for the hour, might I suggest Shapez?
it's a simple-to-learn, hard-to-master game in which you build on previous skills to solve puzzles; you use little factory bits to extract shapes from the map and send them to the hub.
the puzzle part is that you have to deliver the required shapes exactly (orientation, color, etc) and deal with different rates of input and output from various components. to do this, you will use reading, deductive and spatial reasoning, creativity, and eventually, math and color theory.
further explanation
that sounds complicated (and it can be!), but it is presented so simply and elegantly that children can play it. some readers might need help at times with the directions, but the illustrations and simple language make them relatively unchallenging.
even my elderly mother with dementia was into it. idk if she will be able to play much beyond the first couple levels because it starts involving rotational orientation in a way she's not capable of processing anymore, but it's cool that she could follow something that I find so engaging that I've lost hours of sleep playing it.
where to play
you can play it free in your browser at Shapez.io, and there are free phone apps, too. I bought it through Steam, where it's usually $1 (!!! 🤩) and I've gotten so much entertainment mileage out of that dollar.
phone/touchscreen interface thoughts
I found using my finger to control things instead of a mouse pretty frustrating, but a stylus would probably be small enough to have fine control. I didn't try because I sincerely do not need the ability to enjoyably play that game on my phone too 😅 I would be late to everything and never get anything done.
🤔 maybe I shouldn't suggest this, everyone who plays is going to lose track of that hour so fast and this place will be a ghost town when it comes back up
timeguessr also very fun if you don't like puzzles
Hello everyone :)
I’m gonna be eating a birthday burger with my partner around that time 
is it only the date of consumption that makes it a Birthday Burger, or is there a special recipe or topping composition?
It's the birthday cake bun
Hi All,
we should be back online now. Upgrade was smooth. Enjoy the new changes! Note, we still have next.hexbear.net, but it seems like sunaurus has stopped developing it. So, it is likely that the next major lemmy update will break it, and we will take it down at that time.
Also, I've created myself an admin account just for helping with upgrade processes.
I can't believe this... I won't be able to post for an hour... wtf...
Thank you to the administrators for their hard work. Its not easy to select a good update time when my sleep patterns fluctuate 2-3 hours on either end (depending on how good the current game I am playing is) but you seem to have found the sweet spot.
Enforced grass touching to begin soon
Duel wielding means I'm serious.
Back to lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml, for 1 hour
New content patch 
who gets to make the "shutting hexbear down as a joke was not okay" post
let's organize and rationalize this, please
Whoever logs on first after the downtime gets the honors.
They will be crowned "the most online" and then promptly banned
It's not cool to shut down Hexbear as a joke
It won't be funny
It is cool to shut down hexbear out of spite though. 😎
What do I do at work instead???
Shitting without hexbear 
I KNOW IT WAS UPDATED LESS THAN A MONTH AGO BUT...
UPDATE THE WARRANT CANARY OR ELSE I WILL CRY!!!!
Automatically remove tracking parameters from URLs
Fix bug when commenting in local-only community
Fixing peertube and ordinary video embeds
These are great updates! 
The tankie tanuki update
This is punishment for all the 
s having a holiday weekend for living in 
Smh, people are missing the point. The admins have given us our blue MAGA activation code. You know what to do.
This is it. The first shot of the Christmas Wars. Steel yourselves comrades. Never log off
Spoiler
But in all seriousness thanks to all the admin team for everything you all do!
Unlimited Downtime on the Bear site
Hexbear down on December 1st
A true Christmas miracle
Deep State will be taking over I see. Yes, yes all according to keikaku.
Booooooooo! Permanent uptime now!