I get comments on months old posts, I'm fine with it since it will help future users
If the person is looking for a discussion (ex. They need help with the software I posted about), then it's usually better they make a new post
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It's actually possible to create local only communities, which would restrict access to users on lemmy.ca. While that doesn't completely do what you're looking for since Canadians on other instances won't be able to see it, it might help somewhat?
Yep exactly
First priority will likely be to make sure every instance has enough to run basic operations. After that there are other areas to look into, such as backups / disaster recovery
Welcome!
We also have a few custom front ends, one of which is https://old.lemmy.ca/
Since it's developed by a third party, it's likely not as stable as the main interface, but it's fun to look at 😄
Sure but again, the CT scans aren't done just for fun and most medical procedures have some risk involved. If someone is getting a CT scan, chances are that there is something immediate to deal with and so the relatively small future risk of cancer can be worth it.
I haven't read through the study yet, but at most I think this will slightly change those risk calculations when deciding on diagnostic options
Unlike vaccines, someone's choice to skip the CT scan will limit the harm to just that person, but I'd rather people can make an informed choice on it than misunderstand the 5% statistic
The new findings suggest that the star actually did not swell to envelop a planet as previously hypothesized. Instead, Webb’s observations show the planet’s orbit shrank over time, slowly bringing the planet closer to its demise until it was engulfed in full.
Interesting, why did we previously think that stars would swell, gravitational changes?
Believe me I want the same thing, and I'd imagine most people here want the same. The solution is to post more of what you want to see so others can learn from it. There's no entity here deciding what content people post
I didn't know about the IBM plant, and if you want to make a post about it in [email protected] or some other community, I think it would be cool for more people to know about it
This is great, thank you!
Note that there are two similar sounding products. A friend tried the plant balls and enjoyed them, but then bought the bag of vegetables balls to take home and was disappointed
https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/huvudroll-plant-balls-frozen-90508221/
https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/huvudroll-vegetable-balls-frozen-70487795/
Hopefully that title wasn't too clickbait, here is the article and details.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-africa-bird-island-eastern-cape-helicopter-crash-penguin/
Tldr:
South Africa helicopter crash blamed on penguin in cardboard box that hit pilot's controls
Everyone was ok:
The aircraft sustained substantial damage but the pilot and passengers were uninjured, according to the incident report. The penguin was also unharmed, the report noted.
How it happened:
The pilot and passengers were conducting an aerial survey flight of an island off South Africa's Eastern Cape on January 19, 2025. The helicopter safely landed on Bird Island. Before departing, one of the passengers, who the incident report referred to as a "specialist," asked that they transport one of the penguins on the island back with them. The pilot agreed, and the penguin was placed in a cardboard box.
When the helicopter was at an altitude of around 50 feet, the cardboard box slid off the passenger's lap -- onto the pilot's cyclic pitch control lever, the incident report said. The helicopter rolled to the right. The pilot could not recover, the incident report said. As the aircraft descended, the main rotor blades of the helicopter struck the ground, and the helicopter landed on its side, about 60 feet from where it had taken off.
A more casual article:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/helicopter-crash-blamed-on-unsecured-penguin-in-a-box/
I'll pin this to the instance briefly, but please see the original post for the most up to date details. Enjoy!
cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/17384631
Hey everyone, thank you again for participating, and for your submissions!
I'm glad to announce that the voting form is completed, and you can now cast your votes and select your favourite songs. Everyone is welcome to vote, even if your instance or community did not participate! This is a great opportunity to discover new music, cultures, and bridge the lemmyverse together.
The voting form is available here: https://tally.so/r/wvzg8d
I created a playlist so that you can easily listen to the submitted songs, it's available at the following links:
- Piped: https://watch.leptons.xyz/playlist?list=PLznyfib6djoSvfy23noSOy7axFMuMJD7U
- Invidious: https://inv.nadeko.net/playlist?list=PLznyfib6djoSvfy23noSOy7axFMuMJD7U
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLznyfib6djoSvfy23noSOy7axFMuMJD7U
Here's the full list of submitted songs:
- Cie Les Petites Mains - L'Anamour (French Sign Language - [email protected])
- Bibiza - Aufnimmawiederschaun (Austria - [email protected] )
- Ultra Vomit - Dead Robot Zombie Cop From Outer Space 2 (France - [email protected])
- Billie du Page - Fake Friends (French Canadian - lemmy.ca)
- Gurridyula - From The River To The Sea (Australia - aussie.zone)
- Rezz, Virtual Riot, One True God - Give In To You (English Canadian - lemmy.ca)
- Lambrini Girls - God's Country (United Kingdoms - feddit.uk)
- Alien Weaponry - Mau Moko (New Zealand - lemmy.nz)
- Elisapie (ᐃᓕᓴᐱ) - Quviasukkuvit (If It Makes You Happy) (Inuktitut - lemmy.ca)
- Lina Mayer - Raj (Slovakia - [email protected])
- Flong!, Pe Krieger - #unplugtrump (Germany - feddit.org)
The form will be available until around the 8th of April, I will then collect the results and publish them shortly after. I hope you'll have a lot of fun listening to the 11 songs submitted for this edition. Don't hesitate if you have any question!
Cheers!
Thank you to everyone that nominated songs, discussed the options, and voted in the survey! Sometime in the future, we will post a detailed breakdown on all the songs and how people voted.
If you want to listen to the winning songs, you can find them below:
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| | Rezz, Virtual Riot, One True God | Give in to you | song.link | YouTube | Spotify | | Billie du Page | Fake Friends (liste française) | song.link | YouTube | | | Elisapie (ᐃᓕᓴᐱ) | Quviasukkuvit (If It Makes You Happy) | song.link | YouTube | Spotify |
As a note for transparency, two songs tied for first place in the English category. However, when looking at the individual survey results, at least one of the submissions seemed to be a duplicate. If we took that into account when calculating the results, we got a clear winner for the English category and no change in the relative scores for the French category.
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Answering the question:
Different groups or different people may choose to use different acronyms. The downvotes are likely from the implication that this is an annual change or 'flavour'.
Here is a discussion about this (as well other variations in terminology for ethnicity, homeless/unhoused, and more) from a UManitoba linguistics professor: https://theconversation.com/bipoc-or-ibpoc-lgbtq-or-lgbtq2s-who-decides-which-terms-we-should-use-159188
Tagging @[email protected] as well since they had a related question