TheDude recently upgraded the server to the most recent version of Lemmy. You’ll notice significant improvements to the user interface, and hopefully the functionality is also improved. There is no official changelog yet because this version is not yet finalized, but I’ll link the GitHub releases page where it should...
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....
In the beginning, it was just me. When I joined Lemmy what I really missed about reddit was the ‘curated twitter’ subs where every post was just a nice little thought someone had had. There were meme communities already but nothing quite right, it was mostly deep-fried shitposting. I think this was even before the new...
To be fair to him, he didn’t get the benefit of the explanation that we have received here. It’s pretty frustrating to have a highly upvoted post in a community removed when it doesn’t break any rules. As he explains, power-tripping mods are the biggest reason he left reddit, and he naturally assumed it was more of the same.
I think this post does a great deal to clarify the rules and motivations behind them, and also demonstrates that the community seems to be supportive of such rules. Most Lemmings surely agree that corporations and advertising are extremely unwelcome on this platform. I think there was just a misunderstanding on why the post had been removed that was hopefully cleared up with this additional context.
2 days ago I posted in nfl@sh.itjust.works and suggested we come over here and consolidate in this community. But now nfl@sh.itjust.works has over 50 subscribers so it's actually significantly bigger than this one. Doesn't really matter which community prevails but I figured everyone should be aware of both communities.
One of the classic GoodNeighborStuff skits and the source for my new avatar. I think Kyle is one of the funniest people to ever exist. Probably gonna post a couple more of these skits here in the coming weeks.
A fascinating analysis of the themes and motifs common to the mythologies and oral traditions of a variety of ancient cultures. Campbell delves into mythology in search of some perennial or fundamental truth.
First click the link. Then manually type 12ft.io/ in the URL bar, before the https://
I’m honestly not sure how it works because it doesn’t work when you share the link, but if you type it manually it does. Works on all sorts of sites too, but some sites have already opted out. Honestly the Firefox reader view that the other guy posted is even easier and more useful, assuming you use Firefox.
What you’re saying isn’t totally crazy, but I still have to disagree. Ronaldo scored 66 goals in 2013; he was a far better player than Ribery that season and every season tbh. Zidane was also a far better player than Ribery.
Ribery was a brilliant winger who could get by his man and create chances. But it was only as effective as it was because Bayern was so dominant. Consider this, in his 12 seasons at Bayern, they only had a goal differential below +41 once, which was in 08/09 when they finished second with a +29 GD. They never averaged below 2 goals/game, reaching all the way up to 2.88 goals/game in 12/13.
Rooney was Man Utd’s top scorer as an 18 year old in 04/05, scoring 11 goals playing as a winger in an offense that only produced 1.52 goals/game. He was also the leading goalscorer in 2 of the 3 most productive offenses that Man Utd had while he was there. In 09/10 they averaged 2.26G/g and he scored 26, and in 11/12 they averaged 2.34G/g and he scored 27.
Subtracting penalties, Rooney scored 205 league goals and added 118 assists in his career, while Ribery went for 100 goals and 127 assists. Interestingly enough, they ended up with the exact same G-PK+A/90 mins in their careers, 0.65.
Probably the best evidence of what I’m saying is that Ribery’s numbers are much lower in all the seasons before and after his Bayern stint. When your team is scoring close to 3 goals per game, it’s not too difficult to ping in a few crosses per game and rack up some assists. But on a less dominant team, Ribery didn’t have the ability to take over the game by himself like Rooney was able to.
Blasphemy. Rooney was a much better player than Ribery in most aspects. In his early career he was absolutely unstoppable as a winger. Then he became a number 9, then attacking midfielder, and eventually a deep lying playmaker. I just think he was a more gamebreaking and talented player, while Ribery was merely an elite winger that played his role in a dominant Bayern side.
It’s a massive step up. I don’t see him lasting more than two seasons at the most. He did well with Burnley but has absolutely no experience managing a team at the level of Bayern.
His reputation as a player and experience in the Bundesliga will give him some extra credibility at first, but if they start losing games the blame will quickly fall on him due to his youth and inexperience as a manager. It’ll be especially difficult for him to fill the shoes of a manager like Tuchel, who is extremely experienced and tactically renowned.
MLB umpire Ángel Hernández is retiring effective immediately, ending a controversial three-decade-long career that in recent years turned Hernández into a source of consternation with players and a punching bag among fans on social media....
Why are people focusing on the numerical comparison between writers and billionaires? Whatever, it doesn’t really matter.
The point of the article is that writers and authors are seemingly less valued than they ever have been. One reason for this is probably the change in media consumption habits which renders writers mere employees and underlings in the film and television industries (along with everywhere else). People no longer read books, which are the main format by which writers can become self-employed and self sufficient.
As always, it comes back to the homogenizing aspect of capitalism which tends to absorb everything into an interconnected web of economic dependencies. Instead of small businesses, we have overarching retail behemoths like Walmart and Amazon. Similarly, instead of a multitude of independent writers and authors expressing their own thoughts in books, they are compelled to work in teams to construct artificial, corporatized narratives due to economic necessity, yielding film franchises and television series along with all of their advertising and merchandising income.
Eh it’s fine, everyone on the internet likes to take the opportunity to correct an argument that they think is wrong, even if just on a technicality. I don’t think the author of this piece needed to focus so much on the numerical comparison with billionaires either. If anything, they could have focused more on the historical compensation of writers to make a more compelling argument. Maybe try to find book sales and compensation from the past few centuries and see how they compare.
At this time, I have been feeling a bit down and is why I haven’t being doing much with the koala community I had created here. But now I’m thinking about it again and had been wondering how I would incorporate a koala comfort place into it where one could talk about concerning things that may also be worrying things. I’m...
It sounds like you should definitely start filtering your emails. 200/day is way too much.
You shouldn’t feel any pressure about posting more, it’s already a very nice community about koalas. But I am also looking forward to whatever you want to share in the future.
[Announcement] TheDude has upgraded the server from 0.18.0 to 0.18.1 RC
TheDude recently upgraded the server to the most recent version of Lemmy. You’ll notice significant improvements to the user interface, and hopefully the functionality is also improved. There is no official changelog yet because this version is not yet finalized, but I’ll link the GitHub releases page where it should...
[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....
Lemmy! [Niji Journey] (sh.itjust.works)
Prompt: A lemming holding a banner, the banner reads “Lemmy!”, illustrated in Yuru-chara style --niji 6...
Community update, plus new rule: advertising is now banned
In the beginning, it was just me. When I joined Lemmy what I really missed about reddit was the ‘curated twitter’ subs where every post was just a nice little thought someone had had. There were meme communities already but nothing quite right, it was mostly deep-fried shitposting. I think this was even before the new...
Let's consolidate on nfl@lemmy.ml
The NFL community on lemmy.ml has a head start so I'd recommend everyone subscribe there and let this one die.
Consolidation
2 days ago I posted in nfl@sh.itjust.works and suggested we come over here and consolidate in this community. But now nfl@sh.itjust.works has over 50 subscribers so it's actually significantly bigger than this one. Doesn't really matter which community prevails but I figured everyone should be aware of both communities.
Come join us at reddevils@lemmy.world (lemmy.world)
!reddevils
420 Disaster - a kyle skit (youtu.be)
One of the classic GoodNeighborStuff skits and the source for my new avatar. I think Kyle is one of the funniest people to ever exist. Probably gonna post a couple more of these skits here in the coming weeks.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (sh.itjust.works)
A fascinating analysis of the themes and motifs common to the mythologies and oral traditions of a variety of ancient cultures. Campbell delves into mythology in search of some perennial or fundamental truth.
I Went Undercover as a Secret OnlyFans Chatter. It Wasn’t Pretty (www.wired.com)
[90s Football] A possible all-time Bald XI......
Should we create a community for Euro 2024?
For context, my knowledge of current football is almost non existent....
Vincent Kompany agrees deal to become Bayern Munich head coach (www.theguardian.com)
Bayern Munich have agreed a three-year deal with Vincent Kompany to take over as head coach....
MLB umpire Ángel Hernández retiring after 3 decades (www.espn.com)
MLB umpire Ángel Hernández is retiring effective immediately, ending a controversial three-decade-long career that in recent years turned Hernández into a source of consternation with players and a punching bag among fans on social media....
TIL Making a living writing books is more or less as rare as becoming a billionaire (www.theintrinsicperspective.com)
There was an attempt (mander.xyz)
Thinking about my koala community again even though I had been feeling a bit down lately, and dealing with probably too much email (lemmy.world)
At this time, I have been feeling a bit down and is why I haven’t being doing much with the koala community I had created here. But now I’m thinking about it again and had been wondering how I would incorporate a koala comfort place into it where one could talk about concerning things that may also be worrying things. I’m...
Reddit has redditors, what does lemmy get?
Lemmians? Lemmings??