Got some stashed away in my backyard for emergencies.
Oh sure, the entire world will just collectively shrug and act like none if this really happened.
FreddiesLantern
joined 6 months ago
“They call em fingers but you never see them fing”
Personally I’m not too eager to jump on yet another big social media bandwagon (this is the first time I hear about this platform) => however I do think it’s a good message/idea to have a platform that challenges meta/X/… and confronts the idea of trust. I’m not saying I trust this but it’s a good message for Joe Schmoe to start talking about these issues.
Grandma who wants to share pictures of her cat isn’t going to be using a decentralised platform. And she =>needs<= to share cat pics. So it’s either meta or anything else that looks like it. This might be better. (Emphasis on might)
There’s a disconnect over this in that one side looks at the present data and other takes a possible result from that into account. (dividing people into groups…for the sake of argument ok?)
Now from strictly an IT perspective, this is indeed pretty meaningless. One line of code that stores one piece of data. Who cares right?
From the other side you take the very hot topics of politics and privacy into account (two things that are also very front and center with most of the Lemmy crowd afaik).
Because it can start by just one line of code but where will it end? Personally I’d rather be over cautious and assume the worst.
I mean look at the story of cookies. Back in the 90’s they were a small benign piece of data and look how that turned out. Our entire world is influenced by it today to great extend.
Personally I’d rather be overly cautious.
And it didn’t delete any system files in the process?
Ah sure, altering current will make up for it somehow I guess.
/s
I believe it starts at rock bottom and then you work your way towards buns of steel.
Chuck: So it’s a shot of me holding two Uzis and I’m wearing all jeans with my chest and arms showing being all sweaty and intense, you know something for the ladies.
Photographer: Erm, women don’t really go for that Chuck, stereotypically they want intimacy and sensuality.
Chuck: Ok? But it’s for the fellas too right? It’s got guns AND muscles!
Photographer: sigh …let’s just get this over with Chuck.
Yeah I definitely messed up there.
I’ll be back.
opens fridge
“Hey how long have these reports on the economy been sitting here?”
So today I’m taking out my fidget toy to work (neatly hidden away in my pocket) and so far I do have to say it helps. Every now and then I click the buttons and it shuts my mind up for a few seconds during which I can refocus.
It’s strangely soothing. It also does give me a headache when I do it too much.
What are your findings?
Xylocopa violacea
-makes nests in dead wood
-not aggressive
-it only will attack if absolutely necessary
-only females have stinger
-loud as fuck (like seriously, a friggin helicopter)
That’s gonna be a daily truckload of curry…
I Begl of you 🙏
I’ve been sifting through my digital footprint for a while now and I’m getting to my old accounts that I’ve mostly forgotten about. I thought it would be fun if we shared what we delete, you just might jog someone else’s memory of an account they still have floating around.
Today: -Amazon -PayPal -Ubisoft
There’s this meme from a while ago that observes the fact that the 80’s and early 90’s weren’t as colourful and flashy as most media make them out to be. In fact almost everything ranging from clothing to furniture to advertising was a drab shade ranging between dark brown to orange.
Every once in a while you’d get a toy or a household appliance that would be a bright neon colour and it would be considered hi tech advanced fancy stuff (until it broke the next day).
Nowadays you’d have to look hard for dark brown/orange drab stuff. They make dark brown/orange stuff but it usually is made of a veneer of fancy wood and it’ll cost you an arm and a leg. (And then it breaks the very next day)
Every second of the day. Look busy pressing vote arrows!
Let’s share stories, I’ll start:
story 1 Towards the end when I was struggling with my beliefs and getting one foot in deconstruction I had a conversation with the Pastor about their doctrine and practices (which were becoming pretty out there and wishywashy/wuwu). Particularly the “sozo ministry” which is kind of a hypnotism/meditation baloney thing.
Me: So in essence we’re in the business of reprogramming people now?
Pastor: (without hesitation or pause) Yes.
story 2 I was somewhat close with a let’s say “semi celebrity” pastor in the evangelical/protestant/baptist/… circles. The unspoken idea was that I’d become sort of a spokesperson to get a branch of his ministry of the ground where I live.
We’d call frequently on Skype. At some point he calls me and without any prompt starts telling me about the birds and the bees and making the case that maybe sometimes it’s ok in gods eyes to take of business on your own…
I was a grown man around 30 at the time mind you… wtf dude. Awkward and unnecessary.
Story 3 Each charismatic church is already a melting pot of mental issues.
One particular collection of issues thought it was a good idea to come to my place unannounced and tell me that god knows that I live like a bachelor.
Bitch get the fuck outta here, like being single isn’t already enough of a shame issue in church circles.
In short=> don’t bother with church kids because it’s all just bs and pointless nonsense like this.
Hey everyone,
Is there a Linux native program that can program Dali lighting systems? (Or perhaps even domotica more broadly?). The use case will be Qbus. But if I can get Dali going by itself that’ll be a good start too.
Thx in advance!
I’m not sure if this is an ADHD related thing so I want some feedback.
For the longest time whenever I try to communicate an idea, a process, a plan, a piece of information … I’m oftentimes either not taken serious or people misunderstand me.
I know for myself that I sometimes skip steps in my explanation because I feel they’re too obvious to bother explaining. But sometimes it’s ridiculous to the point where I feel like people are out to dismiss me not on the basis of the information I’m providing.
Does this resonate with anyone?
Edit: thanks for all the feedback! This has given me some material to work with.
My little contribution: in searching for alternatives to software by origin it’s often quite a hassle.
I bumped into this website. Lets you filter by country, opensource, freemium, paid,…
Makes the whole digital cleanup a lot easier.
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She’s more than welcome, I’m just trying to discourage her because I’m afraid she’s gonna steal my already non existent thunder on here.
I don’t have cat pics ok?!! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!!! HUH?!?!!