“In four years Mike van Erp has filmed 1,400 drivers using their phones, leading to 1,800 penalty points, £110,000 of fines — and him being assaulted by disgruntled motorists. Is he a road safety hero or just a darned nuisance? Nick Rufford joins him on patrol”...
Agreed. My wife came off her bike while we were riding together and if she hadn’t been wearing a helmet I don’t even want to think about the outcome. As it was she was knocked out cold, and lost her memory for several hours. There was a huge dent in her cycle helmet that would have been in her head instead if she hadn’t been wearing it. I will always wear a helmet when cycling.
Earlier, after review, we blocked and removed several communities that were providing assistance to access copyrighted/pirated material, which is currently not allowed per Rule #1 of our Code of Conduct. The communities that were removed due to this decision were:...
I suspect this won’t be a popular opinion, but it seems strange to me that a lot of people are making a fuss about lemmy.world blocking communities that literally advocate for illegal practices. If you disagree with lemmy.world blocking piracy communities, where should they draw the line? Allow literally any community to be created irrespective of the legality of what its advocating for? I would presume (and hope) that you wouldn’t have a problem with lemmy.world blocking CP communities for example?
The Fediverse can’t function as a free-for-all. It has to have rules, and instances have to be able to police those rules for the betterment of the whole.
So why is that a problem? The hosts of Lemmy.world aren’t beholden to provide you with every resource available and at the same time potentially expose themselves to legal issues.
While it is true they are not directly responsible for these communities, they are linking to them through federation. As others have mentioned, lemmy.world is hosted in Germany where laws are stricter around linking to potentially illegal activities. They don’t have the legal team available to them that Reddit do so obviously they want to protect themselves. If it’s a problem to you, sign up with an instance that doesn’t block that type of content.
Currently on my first - a Pixel 6 and I’m not sure I’d go back to a Galaxy which I always used to go for. The Pixel is quick and easy to use, takes great photos, and isn’t plagued by bloatware.
Granted I’m not someone who uses AI assistants a lot, but I’ve never seen anyone use any other voices than the default one (Red). There are 10 voices for Google Assistant, apparently. Do you or someone you know use them?
They’re what is called federated. They use the same protocols which allow each to see the other. The best comparison I’ve heard to describe it is like how you can read emails irrespective if someone used Google Mail, Yahoo Mail, or Microsoft Outlook, or whatever email sending software.
I’m using Jerboa and everything seems to be working fine. Edit: Jerboa started playing up mainly crashing on opening it. Binned it off and now using Connect
Solely because I can’t read anything but English, I keep blocking foreign language communities as its just noise for me. But I have selected Undefined/English as my languages in settings....
I'm new to Lemmy and on my first day trying to get to grips with it, I couldn't post a comment because the Community wouldn't allow the language (I was posting in English and all the other comments on the post were in English, and my language settings are set to Undefined and English). The whole language selection is actually a blocker to engagement at times.
It does the job I need it to do. It's passive and I just use it as an attenuator. If I have one small gripe, the rocker is a little on the short side so makes it a bit more finicky to set a volume level but at least doesn't take up much space. Oh, and it's really inexpensive!
It's a cheap and cheerful Chorus made by Landlord available through Anderton's here in the UK. It'll likely be the next pedal to get swapped out for an upgrade.
I helped Trump commit crimes, why isn't he funding my defense? (lemmy.world)
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What’s driving Cycling Mikey, Britain’s most hated cyclist? (www.thetimes.co.uk)
“In four years Mike van Erp has filmed 1,400 drivers using their phones, leading to 1,800 penalty points, £110,000 of fines — and him being assaulted by disgruntled motorists. Is he a road safety hero or just a darned nuisance? Nick Rufford joins him on patrol”...
Removal of piracy communities
Earlier, after review, we blocked and removed several communities that were providing assistance to access copyrighted/pirated material, which is currently not allowed per Rule #1 of our Code of Conduct. The communities that were removed due to this decision were:...
What are some good comedy series to watch lately ?
Recently I binge watched Abbot Elementary, and I couldn’t get enough of it, watched the British version of ghosts and it was quite good too....
Local pastor accused of sex crimes against children (www.wsoctv.com)
Veteran crime reporter Glenn Counts dug into the case and learned the suspect’s brother helped keep him serving the church....
How does everyone feel about Google Pixel phones?
Previously on Lemmy:...
7 August 1978 (lemm.ee)
Does anyone use a non-default voice for the Google Assistant? (Same for Siri, Alexa etc.)
Granted I’m not someone who uses AI assistants a lot, but I’ve never seen anyone use any other voices than the default one (Red). There are 10 voices for Google Assistant, apparently. Do you or someone you know use them?
Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears (www.theverge.com)
What is the difference between Lemmy and kbin?
I’m not sure I completely understand the differences. Are they seperate or somehow connected?...
'Version of PIN' for Boris Johnson's old phone may have been found by govt (news.sky.com)
The official reddit app is not even supported on my device. (lemmy.world)
Well i am certainly not using reddit on my tablet anymore.
What are the most unsettling Wikipedia articles you know?
Murder cases, freak accidents or articles triggering just good old existential crisis. Give me your worst.
Jerboa app and Lemmy 0.18
The 0.18 version of Lemmy was announced. This will solve many issues....
Is the language selection for Lemmy never used / pointless?
Solely because I can’t read anything but English, I keep blocking foreign language communities as its just noise for me. But I have selected Undefined/English as my languages in settings....
My modest board (lemmy.world)
Signal chain is Guitar-Silencer-Amp. Silencer effects loop: Compressor-Maxon-Muff-Pugilist-Rat. Amp effects loop Mirror Image-Brewers Droop-Valeton Volume.