I always hear that you want to be in a good space and place before doing a tarot reading - so let’s hear what your favorite way to get into that space is!...
Hello and welcome! The main goal of m/tarot is to create a space for people to discuss tarot, oracle decks, and related topics. Casual conversation related to these topics is encouraged!...
Hi! I’m MrsEaves, and I’ve been reading tarot casually for myself for about 5 years. I’m a moderator here because this didn’t exist when I moved over from Reddit, and I thought it should. I take a SASSwitch perspective to tarot, and my favorite deck right now is the Women of Science tarot. I also have two bunnies, two cats, and two dogs.
Yeah. It read to me like it was the equivalent of part of her body to her, not to mention I can’t imagine having to go back to a debilitating disability after you’ve found something that works so well.
I also wish I had a better understanding of exactly why it had to come out. Like, I know the company was out of money, but if it’s already in and produced, why does it need to be removed? If there is a software dependency, is there no way to run it locally to avoid server costs? It seems extremely irresponsible not to have a backup plan for this situation that isn’t just “let me perform invasive surgery to make your life worse”.
I’m an Apollo-only user from Reddit and on an iPad Pro. kbin as a progressive web app works better and makes better use of screen real estate on my device, and Reddit’s website is miserably designed for me - “show more comments” everywhere, very little information density, ads intermixed with content that make me question what subreddit I’m in, and more. I was also an Alien Blue user for years before the app was purchased, and Reddit had every opportunity to take that app, leave it alone, and make it the official app (and it was the best client I ever used for Reddit by far). I just… can’t. This is my second go around with this bull and I’m done. I have no problem with companies making money, especially those that provide a good service, but Reddit paid significant sums to make my experience worse, and when I went to find an alternative, they destroyed that too.
I didn’t need “improvements”. Things were fine. Literally, they could have just changed the app name from Alien Blue to Reddit and I would have been thrilled. I don’t want Reddit’s “improvements”. Sometimes a mature app is a mature app and you don’t need to muck with the UI. I’m also furious at the treatment of third-party developers throughout this - not just Apollo’s developer, though that’s an extra special type of anger I have for that, but for everyone. 30 days notice for this kind of price increase? That is absolutely not realistic. I want nothing to do with Reddit right now as a company - these are not a kind of people I want to support.
Both were down for me before, they seem to be up right now but just made this account on Lemmy.blahaj.zone (Henry is the name of my actual blahaj lol). It's probably because of the traffic influx from reddit refugees from the absolutely disastrous spez ama (where he doubles down on everything and doesn't apologize at all)....
Hi everyone, You may have noticed a small change on the website. From now on, upvotes work just like on Lemmy - they are equivalent to Mastodon's "favourite." You can boost a post using the button that replaced "favourite." Another change is that you can now rate and boost your own posts. Boosting has a one-time effect - it...
This is amazing and right in line with how I expect the boost/upvote/downvote system to work. Thank you so much, I’ll be mindful to continue boosting the best comments and threads so people keep finding /kbin!
Agreed. Power to anyone who wants surprise porn intermixed with their memes and tech news, but I’d like the choice to keep that separate without blocking all NSFW content.
Hey everyone, I'm posting this rather informally because I don't think it's necessarily a problem in need of addressing at this point, but more a synthesis of what I've seen on the internet before and what's in the back of my head as I'm watching these wonderful conversations going on across Beehaw....
Ahhhh! It’s so refreshing to see someone reference calling in in the wild! I’m a big fan, and agree with everything you’ve said here. I like to think of myself as a nice person, and I can definitely attest to becoming more quiet - and eventually leaving - spaces which are unwelcoming or hostile.
For folks who are wondering about calling in beyond the resources linked here - Loretta Ross teaches online courses on this and they’re literally something like $5. I’ve both taken the classes and moderated for them, and I learn something new every time. It covers things like online spaces and when to use calling out vs. calling in effectively to create spaces that encourage genuine dialogue rather than stifling and silencing it.
Hi everyone, it seems that we have quite a gathering here, and many of you I haven't had the chance to greet yet :) As some of you may know, /kbin is still in its early stages of development. Every day, improvements and new features are being worked on. Unfortunately, this may result in occasional short downtimes. However, the...
Thank you so much for all your hard work! /kbin is what I needed to make the switch to the Fediverse for link aggregation. I looked at Lemmy a while back and for whatever reason, it wasn’t quite a fit for me. Pulling in Mastodon content automatically and threading it is one of my favorite features. Looking forward to the login timeout and upvote/favorite changes!
We have this problem in the education space - AI plagiarism detection isn’t reliable at all, but some professors will blindly rely on it to pin students for cheating. Still, as a professor, if the content is wrong, you can mark it as wrong, regardless of where and how it was written. Does anyone know if this policy prohibits removing wrong answers, or is it just that you can’t remove an answer only under the assumption that an AI wrote it?
There’s also a voting system which I think would discourage anyone who sounds like an AI from posting anyway if they get downvoted regularly. If I’m understanding this right, I think it might actually be the right call, but I’m interested in other perspectives in case I’m missing something.
Nope! Though I do like hearing a good story, haha. I won’t post the answer in case anyone else wants to guess, but if you want to know it’s easily searchable. :)
Nope! That’s a good guess though considering my recent hobbies. I had a pipe burst earlier this year and ever since I’ve been working to repair the damage in my house. My dad has worked on houses my whole life and I’ve learned a ton from him! It’s nice to be able to stretch the insurance check a bit by doing the hard work on my own.
I have a leak in my roof though, and I’m not looking forward to the quote for that because my roof is old and apparently not well ventilated, so I’ve got moss in my shingles now. That’s something I can’t do on my own.
Yup. I used to use Alien Blue heavily and the UI tweaks that Reddit did to it made it a subpar experience from what it was from the start. I preferred the greater information density, I didn’t need to see the thumbnail images as large as they were, it made poor use of space on the iPad, and I couldn’t swipe back and forth anymore. I continued to use Alien Blue as long as I could and then switched to Apollo.
For a long time, a tiny handful of sites, especially reddit and other social media and youtube, have dominated my idea of the internet, and I'd love to change that and find cool new places.
I like Every Noise at Once. It’s a map of all the musical genres in Spotify with song previews, and every time I browse, I discover something new. If you click into a genre, you can see what artists are associated with it.
McSweeny’s isn’t exactly a hidden corner of the internet, but it’s so good that if there’s any chance you might not be aware of it, not mentioning it would be borderline negligence. I like this recent article on guttural screaming spaces in the office.
I've worked from home a few years now, and whilst the upsides are well known I've personally found some challenges there too. Have you experienced anything similar? How did you deal with it?...
I love working from home! I really like hunkering down, focusing, and getting into a good flow, and doing that from home is easy for me. I’ve been WFH about 3 years now and can’t see myself ever taking an office job again. I also have kind of brutal anxiety that is so much easier to handle from home.
One thing I do like is when my team meets for an in-person event, once or twice a year. It’s a lot for me, but I’m ready for it and have a good time when it rolls around.
I’ve also been in a position of managing folks who are remote, and I find that to be a lot easier as well. I made better connections on Zoom than I did in the office from a manager level, because it removed a social anxiety barrier I had. I don’t manage anymore, but if I did, I’d be happy to have a remote team and wouldn’t want it any other way.
OC Pineapple not only belongs on pizza, but is superior to all other possible toppings.
I have extensive evidence to support this....
OC What’s your favorite way to get ready to do a tarot reading?
I always hear that you want to be in a good space and place before doing a tarot reading - so let’s hear what your favorite way to get into that space is!...
OC m/tarot Welcome thread
Hello and welcome! The main goal of m/tarot is to create a space for people to discuss tarot, oracle decks, and related topics. Casual conversation related to these topics is encouraged!...
OC What restaurant hurt the most when it closed before you had a chance to try it?
Littleburg closed a month ago and I’m still sour that I didn’t make it out to try them. The food looked amazing. 😢
A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will. (www.technologyreview.com)
Her case highlights why we need to enshrine neuro rights in law.
It'd be cool if I could just eat nothing but pizza everyday
I fucking love pizza. It's my favorite food.
Reddit’s users and moderators are revolting against its CEO (www.theverge.com)
A lot of Reddit will go dark soon in protest of API changes
My cozy indoor garden spot (lemmy.ml)
Lemmy.ml and beehaw.org getting hammered with traffic because of spez ama
Both were down for me before, they seem to be up right now but just made this account on Lemmy.blahaj.zone (Henry is the name of my actual blahaj lol). It's probably because of the traffic influx from reddit refugees from the absolutely disastrous spez ama (where he doubles down on everything and doesn't apologize at all)....
I went to Reddit today...
And saw a bunch of posts about the third party apps closing down, and lots of negativity about that whole fiasco....
/kbin update - upvotes, boosts, languages...
Hi everyone, You may have noticed a small change on the website. From now on, upvotes work just like on Lemmy - they are equivalent to Mastodon's "favourite." You can boost a post using the button that replaced "favourite." Another change is that you can now rate and boost your own posts. Boosting has a one-time effect - it...
Why is porn not allowed on this site
Excuse my ignorance im just curious.
Some general thoughts on be(e)havior
Hey everyone, I'm posting this rather informally because I don't think it's necessarily a problem in need of addressing at this point, but more a synthesis of what I've seen on the internet before and what's in the back of my head as I'm watching these wonderful conversations going on across Beehaw....
/kbin - Sunny June Announcement
Hi everyone, it seems that we have quite a gathering here, and many of you I haven't had the chance to greet yet :) As some of you may know, /kbin is still in its early stages of development. Every day, improvements and new features are being worked on. Unfortunately, this may result in occasional short downtimes. However, the...
got it? (feddit.de)
Stack Overflow Moderators Stop Work in Protest of Lax AI-Generated Content Guidelines (gizmodo.com)
Why is /r/Videos shutting down on June 12th? How will this change affect regular users? More info here. (lemmy.cloudhub.social)
The /r/videos mods are going all out and someone made this lovely graphic to explain why subs are going dark next week....
What do you think (this person's) username means, without looking it up?
I don't mean my username! Yours!...
My attempt at using reddit's official app
https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/fd39f0c6-2ea3-4022-a970-27acbec1bb27.jpeg
what are your favorite hidden corners of the internet?
For a long time, a tiny handful of sites, especially reddit and other social media and youtube, have dominated my idea of the internet, and I'd love to change that and find cool new places.
Do you work from home? How are you finding it?
I've worked from home a few years now, and whilst the upsides are well known I've personally found some challenges there too. Have you experienced anything similar? How did you deal with it?...