theyawner

theyawner, 2 months ago

Medyo mahirap din kasi yung self-imposed standards nila with quality paper and full-colored pages. I wonder if they could have done better in the current internet landscape.

theyawner, 2 months ago

Honestly, I still passed on some titles as the covers were not visually interesting to me. But there was still quite a lot I had to skip due to costs. This was already an unexpected splurge for me, but I like the idea of supporting local authors.

theyawner, 7 months ago

Pick up a light dumbbell and see how long you can hold it. Take a rest and pick a heavier dumbbell and see if you can hold it for as long as you could with the lighter dumbbell.

You can also try and see how far you can walk while holding either the lighter or the heavier dumbbell.

theyawner, 9 months ago

It’s a little funny to imagine them making a scene about leaving and then you see them still active here but with an account from another instance.

theyawner, 9 months ago

It’s an elephant in the room. It’s an unavoidable topic that will eventually need to be addressed at some point.

theyawner, 9 months ago

It’s on this site’s Legal page.

theyawner, 9 months ago

Others have already pointed it out, but Reddit had to fight a subpoena to reveal users who discussed piracy on their site in 2011 and 2018. And just because everyone else is doing it is not a good argument to justify why this instance should expose themselves to an unnecessary risk.

theyawner, 9 months ago

Lemmy users are just showing their disapproval of the action. They have the right to do.

Would be great if they actually tried to understand the underlying issue instead of resorting to knee-jerk reactions.

theyawner, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

No. It just means Reddit managed to argue for their specific case. And even then they had to spend resources that a Lemmy instance owner might not have.

theyawner, 9 months ago

To me it’s how it focuses more on the UX - how content is presented and how you navigate and interact with it.

theyawner, 9 months ago

And without. The update already provides the option to just Remove ads.

theyawner, 10 months ago

Especially yung Ketchup Fries flavor. Binibili ko yun during the lockdowns kasi it’s resealable, so in theory I could ration it to last until the next grocery trip. It never lasts.

theyawner, 10 months ago

I saw a github repo for a bot used in last year’s r/place with a long list of forks. It’s likely re-used this year as well. They couldn’t even address the spam bots so it’s unlikely they could put more effort for a short event.

theyawner, 10 months ago

Vixeos

theyawner, 10 months ago

I’ve been racking my brain trying to remember the song and for some reason could only imagine a folksy melody. It took some repetition until I got the right tone.

And I thought my memory was amazing with how I could sing some random song I haven’t heard in years.

theyawner, 10 months ago

Christopher Nolan wants Oppenheimer to be a cautionary tale for Silicon Valley.

Techbro Sam Altman and current CEO of OpenAI:

i was hoping that the oppenheimer movie would inspire a generation of kids to be physicists but it really missed the mark on that.

let’s get that movie made!

(i think the social network managed to do this for startup founders.)

theyawner, 10 months ago

I thought it was a joke when I saw some posts about it on Mastodon. Looks like Elon’s having a manic episode.

theyawner, 10 months ago

I rarely see movies nowadays but judging from the impressions, the movie has far more to give that outweighs whatever perceived shortcomings over some silly drawn lines.

theyawner, 10 months ago

It’s default software on Windows 10/Windows 11 22H2. I started using it once they made it available on Github a couple years back and it’s pretty neat. You can upgrade your apps with just winget upgrade --all, search if an app is available on their pseudo-repository with winget search <app name>. You can also export/import a list of your installed applications if you say, want to make an easy migration from system to another.

theyawner, 10 months ago

Only difference though is that the installers for software not on the MS Store are pulled from their respective sites. So there may still be a small risk if the site hosting the installer has been compromised.

theyawner, 10 months ago

I think I could only have an album or two worth of songs on the phone. That usually meant looping back to the first song on the list by the time I’m near the end of my nearly two hour commute.

I also preferred to rip my own CDs at 128kbps bit rate and could only afford to store them on a 256MB or 512MB Sony memory stick; hence the limited playlist.

theyawner, 10 months ago

I don’t see a problem with the example you presented. The three gaming-oriented communities you listed all have their own cultures that have essentially become tied with their branding, each with their own appeal. It would be more confusing to have three gaming communities all using the same name but with different approaches on how they manage their communities. At that point, you’ll have to create a guide on which instances would have the type of community that aligns more with your preferences.

theyawner, 10 months ago

The branding/naming convention alone would at least imply that there are differences in the communities (or there would be no reason why they were there in the first place). Each had their own philosophies on what type of gaming-related content they want to talk about. You don’t even have to read the sidebar of each sub to judge the type of community as the content association alone can be easily spotted even with a cursory look at /r/all.

But what happens when each gaming community in each Lemmy instance is largely similar, resulting to just the same type of content discussed ad naseum? People would just eventually converge on where the majority goes. The only reason why I would personally subscribe to similarly-named communities is if each community has a unique take that I both find to my taste.

theyawner, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

I think having a guide or map to help navigate the different versions of each community is probably the most essential part to do this successfully.

Having distinct branding through the community name would also help. Otherwise, you’d have to create a guide where the instance would be the main branding indicator for the type of community:

Ex.

• games@games.games - general games community
• games@lemmy.whatever - memes about gaming
• games@serious.talks - serious talk about games

Note that the actual instances can’t even be relied upon to be a good indicator on what type of community is hosted there.

Now that I think of it, it might have even been one of the main causes of frustration at Reddit. It would have contributed to mod vs user tension when a user joined the wrong version of a community, like if they wanted to joke around more in a community that wanted serious discussion or vice versa.

Most of the time I see it as the user’s fault. People like to think of mods as mere janitors. But they’re also ultimately the one with power to steer the conversation to maintain the culture they want to foster (see the excellent /r/AskHistorians who are often vilified by the people who don’t follow their standards). Otherwise you’d have have multiple communities that are essentially just the same thing.

I think a place with such a guide, plus the ability to discuss/evaluate/review mod teams and instances themselves (admins and all) would be helpful for the fediverse. Especially if admins pay attention and act on the mod team reviews because ultimately, I think communities should be about the communities themselves and not the person who happened to first register that community.

I’m not sure if I’m in complete agreement. I for one don’t like how a community can be owned by just one person. But I also don’t believe the community itself can be trusted to uphold a culture as the subscribers grow and change over the years. An admin can’t always be in the know to make the right decision for the community and may even make it worse.