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- Comment on Monster 6 days ago:
To join in the obligatory reminders:
- Comment on And 299999999 is divisible by 13 1 week ago:
⅐ = 0.1̅4̅2̅8̅5̅7̅
The above is 42857 * 7, but you also get interesting numbers for other subsets:
7 * 7 = 49 57 * 7 = 399 857 * 7 = 5999 2857 * 7 = 19999 42857 * 7 = 299999 142857 * 7 = 999999
- Comment on xkcd #3003: Sandwich Helix 3 weeks ago:
Totally. My comment was just a note that if you screw up like the alt text is humorously referring to, that’s a good tool for fixing it.
- Comment on xkcd #3003: Sandwich Helix 3 weeks ago:
FYI if you get mojibake like in the alt text, this is a great tool for automatically fixing it:
- Comment on A little essay I wrote about "mods are power tripping" 3 weeks ago:
The way I’m imagining it, it wouldn’t be microblogging, but I’m probably not describing it well. You’d still have communities with threads, unlike Mastodon. You’d just wouldn’t have people posting “to” those communities (unless maybe you intentionally wanted to).
It’s mostly a way to get at the same thing as merged comment threads, just in a way that feels like it would have fewer edge cases to me.
- Comment on A little essay I wrote about "mods are power tripping" 3 weeks ago:
IMO copying communities from Reddit as-is was a mistake long-term, but was maybe necessary short-term so that people wouldn’t be confused. If I had my druthers, I’d make a new system where communities are uniquely identified purely as
!UUID@lemmy.instance(though still with a human-friendly display name). You don’t get to create a community that namesquats something like!gaming@lemmy.world. All posts would be made with hashtags like Mastodon, and then each community would just configure “Include all posts with this tag in our community”. The big issue then is who moderates tags? I think a system like Bluesky has would work well, as you mention. People can moderate tags and other people can follow their work, or not.If that was combined with seamless account/community migration, that would solve a lot of moderation issues. If you mod a community and the admins suck, just move it to a new instance. If the mods of a particular community suck, start your own. They won’t be able to monopolize a common name, so it’s much easier to get traction.
On the long-ago internet, there were many, many different software options that supported the same protocols, and they were also a lot more configurable generally speaking
Lemmy is pretty good about that, actually. It’s interoperable with Mastodon via ActivityPub, and there’s other projects like MBin that work nicely with Lemmy.
- Comment on My blog now has Lemmy comments 3 weeks ago:
Neat!
- Comment on Lemmy Federate - tool to help communities sync across instances 4 weeks ago:
Not sure, sorry. I don’t really use Mastodon all that much, maybe somebody else knows?
- SMBC - for posting and discussing the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal webcomic by Zach Weinersmithmidwest.social ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to newcommunities@lemmy.world | 2 comments
- Comment on Peanuts - A community for posting about the Peanuts comic by Charles M. Schulz 4 weeks ago:
Makes sense, thanks!
- Comment on Peanuts - A community for posting about the Peanuts comic by Charles M. Schulz 4 weeks ago:
Is that a different format than the link I edited in? I don’t use mbin, so not sure if it handles things differently
- Comment on Peanuts - A community for posting about the Peanuts comic by Charles M. Schulz 4 weeks ago:
Yeah sorry, edited to add 🤦
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- Comment on Solar panels between railway tracks? 4 weeks ago:
I expect it would turn it like this:
sciencealert.com/the-world-s-first-solar-road-has…
And here’s a Hacker News thread discussing it
- Comment on Batman. 1 month ago:
- Comment on Chinese solar panel boom threatens Pakistan’s debt-ridden grid | Industry rushes to switch to clean energy as cost of state power network becomes crippling 1 month ago:
It’s pop science, but The Tipping Point explores this sort of thing.
I think we’re also going to see this happen with EVs and gas stations. Gas stations will start closing as EVs become more popular, making it harder to own a gas car, making more gas stations shut down, etc. Gas stations also mostly won’t be converted into charging spots, IMO the most common thing is that places like Target or shopping malls will have chargers, and you’ll charge either at home, or when you’re busy shopping.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
we believe revolution is the solution
Yes, that’s the issue.
smug liberal enlightened centrist argument
That’s on you for assuming that just because you don’t like an argument it must be those smug libs.
tankies of being bootlickers and what not: we
I didn’t call you a tankie, you self-identified as one
Do I see smug pricks like yourself going around calling his ass a cultist? No!
I call out silliness when I see it, but most lib stuff that I come across is of the bland, inoffensive variety. I haven’t been checking this entire thread for everyone that’s wrong, I’ve spent enough time on this already.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
The easiness of the solution isn’t how much work is involved. By “neat and easy” I mean, “The root of all evil is capitalism and we solve that with revolution”.
Black and white thinking pops up again. Why do you think I think socialist states are evil? Why do you think I think everything America does is reasonable?
It’s another cult-like behavior that is rampant with tankies. “This person thinks this, so I will assign these other views to them as well, so that I may dunk on them”.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
So here’s the thing. Hexbear has some smart people on it. @PugJesus@lemmy.world wrote a good comment over here that talks about how it’s good that they can see injustices in the world and get pissed off: lemmy.world/comment/12220633
But cults suck in smart people, and they’re very skilled at this. They feed off of righteous anger at the state of the world, and promise neat, easy solutions. And the issue is that you can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into, especially people that suffer from black and white thinking. You can’t talk about how the world doesn’t neatly fit into tidy categories, because that’s not as comforting as what the cult offers. The only thing you can really do is reinforce that they’ve fallen into a broken system of thinking, and encourage them to want to reason themselves out of their current position. Once that desire is there, they’ll accomplish it all on their own.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
The term is “dialectic”. Are you sure you are familiar with the topic you are being condescending about?
This is a great example of the hyperfocus on irrelevant details that plagues these comments. It was intentional, but even if it wasn’t, so what? “Your argument has a typo, therefore you’re dunked!”?
You’re meant to ask why.
The issue is that the comment is pablum. It doesn’t actual say anything, it’s not informative. It’s hoping you’ll infer something yourself and then waste time assuming what they meant. As mentioned in a previous comment, I realize that one of the things it’s trying to get you to infer is that decadent western media is bad or whatever, but it’s not limited to that. Arguing that there’s only one thing it’s trying to communicate is a great example of the black and white thinking that plagues tankies.
“You’re meant to ask why” is so embarrassingly vapid that I’m surprised you’re defending it. Of course people will focus on big issues like “let’s try to make sure this country continues to exist” over “let’s try to help this country improve itself”. There will hopefully be time for more of that later after Putin’s invasion fails. I mean come on, this is pretty basic stuff. Do you think I’d be arguing in good faith if I said “Yeah, what’s happening in Palestine is bad, but have you seen their LGBTQ record”? It’s also again, not saying something, it’s just JAQing off.
Right so some sarcastic little jokes. The kind of thing all over Lemmy.
I was told there’d be informative comments with sources. There were not. The vast majority of the comments didn’t even try to be substantive, just pigs wallowing in mud.
A sentiment found nowhere in the statement you quoted
I elided some of the comment that makes it more clear:
After getting teased and given the run around for decades he slowly wised up to the game. Putin realized by 2014 they wouldn’t let him be a European but until late 2023 he still didn’t understand that the west could never be trusted.
This is imperialist sympathizing, and the OP should feel ashamed. “Putin just had to invade Ukraine because of those other meanie imperialists that didn’t want him in their club!”
Also “crypto fascists who run NATO will never forgive the Slavic peoples for destroying the third reich” is just straight facepalm material.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
The majority of responses are of this ilk:
WHAT ABOUT ISM MUCH!!!111?!?1;1!?;1!1?1!1!11?1?1?!1!1?1?1?1!1!!1!1!1?1?1??1!1!1!11!?1?1!1?1?1
<custom ukraine flag emoji> had no business being nazi fucks murdering their own people and working for <custom us flag emoji> to provoke Russia
Obomba had no business overthrowing the democratically elected Viktor Yakunovich
They’re not detailed, sourced, or coherent, they’re just bandwagoning. They’re pigs wallowing in the mud, enjoying getting others muddy.
One response has images like this and links to news articles:
It is sourced, I’ll give you that. It doesn’t try to actually make any argument though, it’s just hoping you’ll see the headlines that think “ukraine == nazis”, without stating that outright. It’s oddly similar to Young Earth Creationists.
Here’s another response that’s the sort of thing you write when you first learn “omg capitalism is bad you guys!” and view all of the world’s ills through that lens. much dialect wow:
Anyone who had a look at Lenin’s “Imperialism: highest stage of capitalism” and took it seriously, knew that there would be war in Europe as soon as they realized that the means of production of the former USSR were auctioned in a corrupt fashion, and their structure of ownership went not to western hands, but to national interests that collide with those of the US. Since that moment, it was just a matter of time that there would be conflict.
Poor oppressed Putin!
Putin tried really had to be taken into the fold imperialism. He assisted the west in its looting of Russia. He tried to join NATO but the crypto fascists who run NATO will never forgive the Slavic peoples for destroying the third reich
I’ve waded through the responses now to make sure I’m not missing something worthwhile, and it was a waste of my time. The one thing of value any of these responses has is hopefully one day making the posters feel self cringe when they’ve matured.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
“Ukraine isn’t a utopia, therefore it’s a dystopia”.
That collection of news headlines are trying to imply “Ukraine isn’t perfect, therefore Putin’s invasion is justified because Ukraine is full Nazi and also the western media is trying to cover it up!”. It’s an immature view of the world, where something being imperfect means it’s literally hitler. It’s something you get past as you grow up, for the most part. I know some adult tankies IRL so it’s not a given that people grow out of it, but each and every single one of them suffers from black and white thinking that negatively impacts their life in many ways.
Let’s agree that Putin wanting to bring back the USSR is silly. I’m not really defending OP, but calling the responses in that thread “detailed replies” is… oof. They’re detailed in the same way Time Cube is detailed. OP wandered into the pig sty and got muddy, but at least he’s not one of the pigs wallowing in the mud.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
Those replies are terrible. The one with all the news headlines is peak hexbear. “Ukraine isn’t a utopia, therefore it’s a dystopia”. It’s a classic example of black and white thinking, while they conveniently ignore all of the Zwastikas on the side they’re cheering for.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
Those aren’t good responses. The narrative of “poor Putin just had to invade Ukraine, don’t you see?” is bollocks.
Their weird insistence that anyone that doesn’t agree with them is a “lib” that needs “dunking on” is tiring. If you don’t show full-throated support for authoritarian regimes that they happen to like, then you clearly support Israel and genocide. They need to mature a bit, and realize that the world isn’t black and white, and it doesn’t neatly fall into convenient categories that can be nicely labelled.
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 2 months ago:
It’s not just you. Like many people that get sucked into cults, you don’t want to directly engage with them. Just nicely encourage them to deprogram themselves, and focus on maturing and becoming an adult. They really don’t like get called out like that, based on my interactions with them.
- Comment on The Impact of Large-scale Solar Development on Farmland Values: Evidence from New York State | large parcels within 2 miles of substations sold for 15-18% more than comparables located further away 2 months ago:
Why not just invest in battery tech? I get that there’s shortcomings atm for power density, but if we’re talking about cutting edge research (what I assume you mean by “I hope the can figure out methenol synthesis”), I’d personally prefer to be investing time and money into battery tech.
- Comment on Reasonable Blackman 2 months ago:
This is interesting, but the post is very inaccurate. The first picture is Portrait of a Moor by Jan Mostaert, and there’s no indication that it’s a portrait of Reasonable Blackman:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_an_African_Man
The second picture was drawn by a modern person, and isn’t even supposed to be Blackman, that’s what the artist thinks Edward Swarthye might’ve looked like:
historyextra.com/…/black-faces-of-tudor-england/
All that aside, here’s what the book Black Tudors has to say about him:
A surname alone cannot confirm a person’s ethnicity. Although Reasonable’s surname would seem to indicate the colour of his skin, it is in fact an old English surname, derived from the Old English Blaec mann, as are ‘Black’, ‘Blackmore’, ‘Moor/More’ and ‘Morris’. It could also be spelt Blakeman, Blakman, Blackmon or Blackmun. A John Blakman was living in England in 1206 and the name was fairly common until the thirteenth century. By the Tudor period, the name was found in Eynsham, Oxfordshire, Fowey, Cornwall, and Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire. Henry VI had a chaplain named John Blacman, a fellow of Merton College, Oxford. A different John Blackeman was buried at Grey Friars Church, London, in July 1511. A third man of the same name was a benefactor of St John’s Hospital, Coventry. None of these men was African.
‘Blackman’ may have originated in reference to a dark complexion, but by the sixteenth century it cannot be assumed to signify African ethnicity. As William Camden noted in 1586, ‘surnames began to be taken up … in England about the time of the Conquest, or else a very little before’. Theoretically, a man called More in 1566 could have had a Moorish ancestor from five hundred years before, but it is a rather remote possibility. We cannot even assume that ‘Blackman’, or names like ‘Moor’ or ‘Niger’, were originally assigned to men of African origin. Wilfred Niger was nicknamed Niger or ‘the Black’ in around 1080, after he painted his face with charcoal to go unrecognised amongst his enemies at night. The names could also refer to dark hair (Black), or to someone who came from a place called Moore (in Cheshire), More (in Shropshire), Blackmore (Essex), Blackmoor (Hampshire, Somerset) or Blakemere (Herefordshire), or even to someone who lived on or near a moor. In Scotland, the surnames ‘Muir, Mure, Moor, Moore, More’ referred to ancient ‘residence beside a moor or heath’.
It is only because Reasonable Blackman was also described as ‘blackmor’ and ‘a blackmore’ that we know he was African. ‘Blackamoor’ or its variants was the most popular term Englishmen used to describe Africans, appearing in some 40% of references to individuals in the archives, and in literature from at least 1525.
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- Comment on Tipping culture npcs 8 months ago:
I just had a POS machine recommend 20%, 25%, or 30% for percentages. It seems like it’s increasing
