kudra

kudra, 10 months ago

@brave @Goddess_Amaterasu raises hand yup, is basically mostly $2 shop type stuff, some good kitchen bits & bobs for cheap, best buy so far has been an under cabinet light which works flawlessly with motion detection for $12, and a really good plug hair catcher with excellent suction cups that I viewed dubiously when opening, for $1.50. A few things I haven't found that useful or cheaper quality than images suggest.

kudra, 10 months ago

@CEOofmyhouse56 @TinyBreak I'm on William & Collins corner and from here it looks like a standard heavy raincloud, but something does smell off... 🤔

kudra, 10 months ago

@CEOofmyhouse56 @TinyBreak and real time AQI monitoring doesn't seem to have picked up anything?

kudra, 10 months ago

@CEOofmyhouse56 yup, confirmed in VicEmergency app, but warning seems pretty minimal. From that angle it just looks like normal storm clouds.

kudra, 10 months ago

@StudChud @TinyBreak I am fascinated with this process as people discuss the Fediverse, not realising they are now part of the Fediverse. I think I need to start making some diagrams to help explain it.

kudra, 10 months ago

@StudChud I know, I was alluding rather to the comment you were responding to (but in not as humorous a fashion as you did, to be fair) but also that I'm seeing this a bit in some Rexxit refugees, who haven't grokked yet that Mastodon and Lemmy & Kbin are all part of the Fediverse, and they are able to be viewed, commented on and interacted with, from each other.

kudra, 10 months ago

@StudChud it absolutely is! It's a very exciting development. It's how the Internet was meant to be all along, before we got told we had to join specific sites to have access to community. That has always made me very, very angry and it's fantastic seeing people realise how far we've gone down this path, that it leads inevitably to bad things, and that there is an alternative.

kudra, 10 months ago

@MisssDarylC @Hanhula lol. I am literally reading this post, and replying, from Mastodon. The Fediverse and Threadiverse are united by a common protocol called #ActivityPub, so it's like you can post to Reddit from your Twitter account. Except it's better, because nothing is owned exclusively by rich people trying to get richer, or in Space Karen's case, trying to destroy "the left" 🙄

kudra, 10 months ago

@briongloid maybe somebody is recognising that area will probably be underwater by 2050?

https://coastal.climatecentral.org/map/12/144.9309/-37.8432/?theme=warming&map_type=multicentury_slr_comparison&basemap=roadmap&elevation_model=best_available&lockin_model=levermann_2013&refresh=true&temperature_unit=C&warming_comparison=%5B%222.0%22%2C%224.0%22%5D

kudra, 10 months ago

@tfyoung yup, you won't need to worry about trams, you'll need a boat.

kudra, 10 months ago

@bull @StudChud you can also purchase international e-sims that don't even need to arrive physically, which I've found much better, though of course you need a phone which supports them, which is a limited range, even of new release phones.

kudra, 10 months ago

@TinyBreak @stardustingss agree, it's way too early for routine.

Have you tried swaddling? My daughter was great in a swaddle up until about 4 months when she started rolling and had to change everything. I found a great swaddling technique on YouTube that was inescapable and she settled down real well with that (she was a bit of a Houdini even quite early).

kudra, 10 months ago

@TinyBreak bugger! good luck, I hope you find a solution.

kudra, 10 months ago

@hasteee @StudChud while it's not ideal and doesn't look little Reddit, it's worth noting that there are several Mastodon apps which you can use to follow communities (or users) on kbin & lemmy, and you might find that gives you a bit of a window into how different the Fediverse is - it's kindof like being able to post to Reddit from Twitter, and receive replies in your Twitter notifications.

kudra, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

@hasteee haha that's one of many differences between Fediverse and gated silos, you don't really need to rush for a username, you choose a server you think is well maintained and fits your ethos and hope for the best, the biggest servers aren't necessarily the best choice. Right now the #threadiverse is groaning under the weight of new users, and because it got attention so suddenly, the servers are often struggling to cope with the increased traffic. that will settle down, but right now aussie.zone seems to be doing well (aus.social Mastodon server was in a similar position when Space Karen bought Twitter). I just love that I can have a conversation on the "equivalent" of a Reddit thread, from my most used account on the "equivalent" of Twitter, and have it all in the same timeline. It can be good to separate accounts out, sure, but I'm experimenting here and liking the results so far.

I guess I'm saying don't think of it as just a Reddit replacement, start thinking of the Fediverse in a different way, though having an app which shows you Reddit style interface and has those features at its centre, will also be great, they just aren't here yet =)

kudra, 10 months ago

@MisssDarylC @Thornburywitch just eBay it.

kudra, 10 months ago

@FunkyClown @just_kitten I am currently following and commenting through Mastodon =)