eeltech

@eeltech@lemmy.world

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eeltech,

Nowadays its all about monetization :/

Lemmy is kinda refreshing and reminds me a lot of the early internet/reddit.

eeltech,

But do you remember YTMND? Like can you imagine trying to explain those memes to the kids online these days?

eeltech,

I’m their prime demographic, currently car shopping to replace my wrecked Benz, and was leaning towards a Model 3 up until reading this headline lol. I guess I could still charge at home or if the network fails it could be purchased by another company?

Or I just avoid stressing about it altogether and get a normal car

eeltech,

Yeah, charging is the main reason I skipped a Tesla 4-5 yrs ago and went for the Benz. Thought chargers were getting more ubiquitous and available enough for me to give it a shot this time around, but all these Tesla layoffs got me second-guessing that

eeltech,

I highly recommend watching The Territory: www.imdb.com/title/tt16378164/

Its a documentary following one of these indigenous tribes and the shit they have to go through in keeping their autonomy. Like its one thing for the government to say a certain land is theirs, but what are they supposed to do if a logging company starts cutting down their trees and the local law enforcement doesn’t care?

eeltech,
eeltech,
eeltech,

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

eeltech,

Web 2.0 happened :/

It centralized control to a few large corporations and lowered the barrier to entry for users such that everything became a popularity contest for eyeballs. TikTok, reddit, facebook, youtube, instagram, OF, its all a brainless race for engagement

eeltech,

Those are just image macros. Not every image macro becomes a meme

And not every meme is in the form of an image macro

eeltech,

From the dictionary:

an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations.

Its exactly the part where it is copied and spread. It’s just an image macro until then.

A arbitrary comment or image isn’t a meme if nobody copies it and spreads it

eeltech,

ok boomer

eeltech,

That could be covered by the 2nd definition, I just didn’t think it was relevant here:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/83f47df2-3502-4730-beb9-3a106c91b97b.jpeg

eeltech,

Oh man, we thought everything was so bad, turns out those were the good times

eeltech,

It wasn’t just luck, the eclipse itself has a tendency to clear out clouds:

forbes.com/…/clouds-may-vanish-during-april-8s-to…

Was similar here in Austin - sky has been hazy/cloudy most of the day including the partial eclipse - and then conveniently cleared up for a few minutes exactly around the time of the totality

eeltech,

Finally deleted my reddit account after the AI news. What communities do you recommend on lemmy?

Ive been on reddit for more than a decade. Kinda bittersweet, but its not the first time I have moved on from an internet site. I just cant support reddit and sucking up all my posts for AI purposes. Feels terrible and spammy. Ive been a reddit premium holder for many many years....

eeltech, (edited )

It works on lemmy.world as well!

old.lemmy.world

eeltech,

Interesting, I tried a simple test with a user and it worked fine, blocked them on the first attempt. I actually had difficulty unblocking them later, though, I don’t think it “stuck” and had to refresh and/or navigate to a different page, and then unblock them and it worked

/shrug

Fisherman faces Feds for allegedly diverting Platte River (eu.detroitnews.com)

Let’s take a momentary break from the usual unpleasantness of politics and other state shortcomings — perceived or not — and point the spotlight at a Frankfort, MI man, a human beaver, if you will, who would appear to do what only Greek heroes could…singlehandedly divert the flow of a river! In this case, not to clean...

eeltech,

Something similar happened in Texas, some asshole decided to build a dam without applying for a permit or anything, just keep all the water

kxan.com/…/illegal-dam-in-mason-county-blocking-w…

eeltech, (edited )

someone create !11foot8 pls :P

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