Threads will be implementing federation in the near future and many instances have been discussing whether they should be pre-emptively defederated to protect the fediverse. See below for our local discussion thread, which will remain active until this vote is complete....
Backing this post. NextDNS pretty much blocks everything, even ads in games. And in some games, you can tap the “watch ad to get X” and no ads show up, but you still get rewards.
Tobacco companies had to own up to the fact that smoking is harmful in the 1960s when undeniable evidence came out. People struggled to quit because it is somewhat addictive, but mainly because they enjoyed it....
I smoked for years, then woke up one day and realized I didn’t like it anymore. Left half of a pack on my bedside table. Spent three days grinding Neverwinter Nights (yusssss), and was over it.
I’m lucky as hell, though. Some people simply can’t quit. Plus I have other vices. I basically can’t sleep at night without smoking weed, for instance.
I think people put entirely too much emphasis on the type of job someone has/how much they make, and not enough on whether or not what a person does makes them happy. There’s almost this sick obsession in the west with work....
So I’ve noticed that, in most cases, if you sort by “Top: Last 6 hours,” a lot of posts (obviously) won’t show up. This is mainly true for threads that don’t have many comments, updoots, or both....
I’m not really sure why this doesn’t appear to have a settings toggle, but every time an image is sent in iMessage, some location is sent, whether it’s yours or location data from the image itself....
It’s been so awesome watching this whole thing come together (and so quickly). Thanks for all the hard work that’s been put into this project, and for creating such a great app!...
I’ll try to keep this short (haha good luck), but one thing I’ve noticed is a human tendency towards either looking at the negative aspects of the world/life and fixating on them, making them our primary focus, or looking for negatives....
[Vote] Should we pre-emptively defederate Threads? (sh.itjust.works)
Threads will be implementing federation in the near future and many instances have been discussing whether they should be pre-emptively defederated to protect the fediverse. See below for our local discussion thread, which will remain active until this vote is complete....
What are you currently excited for?
The birth (or death) of a relative, the release of a new program, game, series, movie, the date you were dreaming about, could be anything
What adblocker are you using on iOS?
I’ve finally picked up an iPhone about a month ago, and have been loving the experience....
This place is even more negative than Reddit
Fuck billionaires, fuck CEOs, fuck Elon Musk, Fuck AI, fuck capitalism, fuck reddit, fuck nazies, fuck SUVs, fuck ads, fuck republicans, fuck twitter, fuck facebook, fuck Trump, fuck Israel, fuck google, fuck enshittification, fuck Apple, fuck police …...
Favorite iOS fediverse apps?
I’m currently using Memmy for Lemmy, Mammoth and Ice Cubes for Mastodon, and the official Pixelfed beta....
Nicotine addiction isn't that bad - tobacco companies encourage the belief that it's more severe to keep people smoking
Tobacco companies had to own up to the fact that smoking is harmful in the 1960s when undeniable evidence came out. People struggled to quit because it is somewhat addictive, but mainly because they enjoyed it....
Memmy Development 8/23
Hey everyone! I wanted to give an update on the status of Memmy development since things have been slow recently....
Ok, at some point we made a big mistake. (lemmy.world)
Hacker News post about this: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39309783 (source available)
Authoritarian is just a made-up word (lemmy.world)
Real American™ Patriotism© (lemmy.world)
Age old question:
Indica or sativa?...
iOS 17 beta 3 (?) released (i.imgur.com)
Most likely the security fix that was issued recently for 16, which explains the small size....
Tankie dispels myth of Stalin as evil dictator by proving he was not, in fact, a dictator. (programming.dev)
He may have been evil, but he wasn’t a dictator. Get your facts straight, libs!
the smarter you are, the dumber everyone else is
I don’t understand hating differences in people
This is truly an aspect of humanity that I can’t fully grasp....
SEC Shorts - Teams think their seasons are definitely dead (www.youtube.com)
Happy 16th anniversary, #fediverse! (cosocial.ca)
Copied from stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112462238374574803
Do you have an inner monologue? Here’s what it reveals about you. (www.nationalgeographic.com)
Class judgment pisses me off
I think people put entirely too much emphasis on the type of job someone has/how much they make, and not enough on whether or not what a person does makes them happy. There’s almost this sick obsession in the west with work....
iOS 17 beta 3 (again) released (sh.itjust.works)
Small issue re: invisible posts
So I’ve noticed that, in most cases, if you sort by “Top: Last 6 hours,” a lot of posts (obviously) won’t show up. This is mainly true for threads that don’t have many comments, updoots, or both....
[iOS 17] Sending photo location/caption always on in iMessage (i.imgur.com)
I’m not really sure why this doesn’t appear to have a settings toggle, but every time an image is sent in iMessage, some location is sent, whether it’s yours or location data from the image itself....
Congrats, devs! #75 in Social Networking on the App Store (i.imgur.com)
It’s been so awesome watching this whole thing come together (and so quickly). Thanks for all the hard work that’s been put into this project, and for creating such a great app!...
Always finding the negative in life
I’ll try to keep this short (haha good luck), but one thing I’ve noticed is a human tendency towards either looking at the negative aspects of the world/life and fixating on them, making them our primary focus, or looking for negatives....