I have never considered myself to be tech-savvy. However, there is a running gag in my immediate family where I claim to be terrible with computers (eg. “I dont think i could find that, my google-fu is weak”) which my family responds to by reminding me of that one time I did that one cool thing (eg. reminding me about I...
Here’s another 20+ years Linux user. I too feel I still not know what I’m doing. My computers have been up and running thanks to the blessings of the godly devs!
The growth of this community continues to amaze me. We’ve made this the premier Space-related sub on Lemmy and continue to bring in new user’s at a huge pace. There’s a continued increase in user contribution as well and it’s great seeing the different celestial objects or image types that different users prefer....
True. Not everyone agrees. Since I’m just me, I can only speak for myself.
With this in mind, I would like to hear reasons why you or others don’t agree. I ask in good faith.
Having an opinion is as natural as being human. I see the world through my eyes, think about in my brain, color it by my life experiences. So there’s always the possibility that I might be missing something important. Perhaps you were persuaded by some strong and much valid point or points.
If that’s the case, and if you’re willing, can you please share why you disagree?
It feels like people are a lot nicer here than on Twitter and Reddit, and even when people disagree, it’s generally civil and not an all-out flame war. Also, there’s no algorithm promoting outrage all the time....
My main motivator to comment here is this being federated, a decentralized network that belongs to no one but the community.
I’m old enough, and I have been on the internet for quite long to know that we can’t trust centralized platforms. If you add to that the misplaced incentives of profit and what you get is simply a community time-bomb.
But here? Here we have a completely different scenario. We may still post shit like beans for the lulz, but this happens organically. The end game is just this, and not some fucked corporate agenda.
Lots of great changes have been added by our growing team of contributors as highlighted below. If you want to join the team come and say hello at the team discussion on Matrix...
There’s just something fucking hilarious about laying off employees, mocking them, and being sued for improperly firing them – and then whining that your competitor hired them and that they have access to Twitter information still....
Let me try to see if I get the logic here. So a company fires a lot of people, and then another company hires them.
These workers then are leveraged by the new company to do something similar to what they have been doing in the previous company. This allows the new company to create a competing product that seems to capture part of the previous company’s market.
But now the first company wants to sue the second company for… leveraging those recently dismissed workers?
One of those companies seem to be acting in a very strategically sound way, and it’s not the one which fired those workers in the first place…
Well, true. I may have gotten here though Reddit. But now I’m taken aback by what’s happening here.
I mean, the whole thing is open, FOSS developed, decentralized, being everywhere and at the same time nowhere? Call me crazy, but this in itself is awesome!
On top of that, I was greeted here by a community of communities where people are kind, helpful, full of beautiful and interesting insights.
So why would I be thinking of going somewhere else? I’ve posted more comments here in the past weeks than in the last ten years on Reddit. And I’ve done that because I’m genuinely excited with this setting.
So no, I’m not joining the herd moving to greener pastures. This field is green enough for me.
Just bought my first mechanical keyboard, an Epomaker RT100 with Flamingo switches. Is it normal to be accidentally pressing keys (mostly shift and spacebar) while just resting my fingers on the keyboard? Is it because I've only used membrane keyboards up until now, and I'll eventually get used to the new sensitivity? Or should...
Nothing like trying different configurations. Maybe your fingers are heavy. Maybe you lack practice. Mess with things around until you find the answer.
We should not let the open web die a quiet death (www.wired.com)
Mastodon has hit 2M active monthly users! (i.ibb.co)
Linux taught me self-confidence
I have never considered myself to be tech-savvy. However, there is a running gag in my immediate family where I claim to be terrible with computers (eg. “I dont think i could find that, my google-fu is weak”) which my family responds to by reminding me of that one time I did that one cool thing (eg. reminding me about I...
Is it normal for a person to "feel" less as they get older?
I remember experiencing the world much more vividly when I was a little boy....
Bird pooping [OC] (lemmy.nz)
How it going here? I'm looking forward to helping fuck up Reddit's IPO.
Done with Reddit’s bullshit, and happy to check this out as it seems to be popular. Any apps that people would recommend for this platform?
We just hit 2,150 subscribers! Please comment and post so we can continue to make this community an active and fun place to post. If you are a lurker, please come by and say hello.
The growth of this community continues to amaze me. We’ve made this the premier Space-related sub on Lemmy and continue to bring in new user’s at a huge pace. There’s a continued increase in user contribution as well and it’s great seeing the different celestial objects or image types that different users prefer....
Trans model and actor is crowned Miss Netherlands and will compete for Miss Universe (www.nbcnews.com)
Tout va bien pour Spez
Par pure curiosité je suis allé voir sur Reddit… Et tout à l’air normal j’ai bien l’impression !...
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I miss reddit
Warning: This is a rant....
[REAL, 1964] The Lightburn Zeta Sudan/ Utility (i.imgur.com)
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Stoner engineering has its perils (lemmy.world)
It's so much easier to comment on Lemmy because it isn't a toxic cesspool waiting to tear you apart
It feels like people are a lot nicer here than on Twitter and Reddit, and even when people disagree, it’s generally civil and not an all-out flame war. Also, there’s no algorithm promoting outrage all the time....
v0.10.7 - Comment Style Customization and bug fixes! (github.com)
Lots of great changes have been added by our growing team of contributors as highlighted below. If you want to join the team come and say hello at the team discussion on Matrix...
Twitter accuses Meta of hiring former staff in cease-and-desist letter (www.businessinsider.com)
There’s just something fucking hilarious about laying off employees, mocking them, and being sued for improperly firing them – and then whining that your competitor hired them and that they have access to Twitter information still....
Is Lemmy THE reddit alternative for you? Are you thinking about moving somewhere else?
A Call to Action: Universities of the World, Join the Fediverse! (netzpolitik.org)
Accidental keypresses on my first mechanical keyboard
Just bought my first mechanical keyboard, an Epomaker RT100 with Flamingo switches. Is it normal to be accidentally pressing keys (mostly shift and spacebar) while just resting my fingers on the keyboard? Is it because I've only used membrane keyboards up until now, and I'll eventually get used to the new sensitivity? Or should...