Steve
@Steve@communick.news
- Comment on [PSA] Lemmy account deletion is a mess 2 days ago:
Yes.
Op isn’t expecting an all or nothing. I’m suggesting they should expect nothing. All isn’t even worth talking about.And yes.
I’ve never deleted anything online. Never had a reason to. If I ever imagined a reason I’d want to delete something, I wouldn’t post it to begin with. Because I know I can’t delete it. See how that works. So what if I was wrong, or embarrassing, that’s part of being human, own you’re mistakes and move on. Don’t hide them. They are who you were. They are how you got where you are. - Comment on Why isn't free stuff (public domain/noncommercial) discussed as much as paid stuff? 3 days ago:
Because not as many people know about the free stuff, since it doesn’t have a marketing budget to tell everyone it exists. If fewer people know about it, it’ll be discussed less.
- Comment on [PSA] Lemmy account deletion is a mess 3 days ago:
You’re still missing the fundamental reality of the situation.
Stuff online generally doesn’t get deleted. And almost never because you want it to. I think the EU passed a law about the “right to be forgotten”. But the reality is, that’s like fighting gravity. The effort and resources it takes to truly break orbit are far beyond most people’s, and even most government’s means. Same with truly deleting anything online.
- Comment on [PSA] Lemmy account deletion is a mess 3 days ago:
Please, call me Steve.
Reality holds no responsibility to conform to anyone’s expectations. However, my decades in the reality of the internet have shaped my expectations. I never expect anything on the internet to be truly deleted. Accounts are locked, but they and everything associated with them still exists. If you contact support, and sufficiently prove you’re you, they can reinstate your account. In the rare cases they can’t, they make it abundantly clear, and explain why they can’t, in the deletion process.
Unless Lemmy specifically states all changes are guaranteed to be federated, I’d assume by default none will. I’ll reiterate, reality has no responsibility to conform to my expectations. Deletions may in fact be federated sometimes.
But that’s immaterial, since I don’t post anything with the expectation I’ll ever be able to delete it. An expectation build upon reality, not the reverse. An expectation I’m trying to impress on you.
- Comment on [PSA] Lemmy account deletion is a mess 3 days ago:
Don’t you think that’s shifting the goalpost a bit? OP isn’t talking about something being archived they’re talking about a piece of content on social media still directly linking to that username.
What goal post? There is no actual, technical, difference, between archive and active. As soon as a post is made, it’s old, and part of the accessible archive of past posts and accounts.
A basic reality from the beginning of the internet, is that you once you make something publicly available, it’s out there. You can’t really ever take it back. It’s just a fundamental principal of how the internet works. A lot of people seem to forget that.
- Comment on [PSA] Lemmy account deletion is a mess 3 days ago:
The problem isn’t in the system, but in your expectations.
You’re starting with a wrong assumption that things publicly available on the internet can simply be deleted. That’s not how any of this works.Maybe that’s our fault. Maybe we weren’t clear enough back when you started using the internets. But It’s true, deleting things online is very difficult. You shouldn’t ever expect it to be simple or easy.
- Comment on Would you consider me a “dry texter”? 5 days ago:
You clearly don’t like texting, and only do it out of some sense of social obligation.
The kind of thing one might call Malicious Compliance. - Comment on How likely do you think there will be a run on the banks? 6 days ago:
Asunder?
Definition
“The term asunder is an adverb that means “into separate parts” or “apart from each other.” It is often used to describe something that has been forcefully separated or torn apart” - Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 1 week ago:
One didn’t allow down votes. Seemed like a good idea. I rarely down vote. But in practice, when I do it’s for a reason. And I want the option.
Another went down for roughly a week. So that didn’t work out.
Which is one reason I embraced Communick; a paid instance. Been here since.
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 1 week ago:
That’s a good point. May be true.
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 1 week ago:
Not necessarily. That’s just what I did.
The point is, they aren’t making a permanent decision. They can switch or move at any time for any reason. - Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 1 week ago:
The idea that one must commit, is the problem. At first, I signed up for 3 or 4 servers. It needs to be pointed out that no commitment is necessary.
- Comment on Why isn't free stuff (public domain/noncommercial) discussed as much as paid stuff? 1 week ago:
I assume mostly, because the free stuff doesn’t have a marketing budget.
- Comment on Did "Party time! Excellent!" come from Wayne's World or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Did one copy the other? 2 months ago:
I’m pretty sure “Party time! Excellent!” isn’t in Bill and Ted at all. It’s exclusively Wane’s World.
- Comment on topical 3 months ago:
All the Christians would hate him.
- Comment on topical 3 months ago:
I could probably count the things that weren’t mistakes on one hand.
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 3 months ago:
Well he changed his name to a literally unpronounceable logo, so in that case there was no real other option.
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 3 months ago:
In that case Comcast is still the company name. Xfinity is just the brand of the consumer services division.
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- Comment on How do I tell Pennsylvania I no longer live there? 3 months ago:
Id expect this would be the place.
That’s as far as I got since I’m not in PA. - Comment on Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't? 3 months ago:
They convinced the FCC cellular is different than landline, and should have different rules.
- Comment on Why hasn't Kamala Harris's record of keeping nonviolent offenders in prison, despite SCOTUS ruling, while California AG been brought up much this election? 3 months ago:
It’s literally the right community for any question.
- Comment on Why hasn't Kamala Harris's record of keeping nonviolent offenders in prison, despite SCOTUS ruling, while California AG been brought up much this election? 3 months ago:
Because her supporters don’t want her to look like a tough on crime ass hole.
And her haters want her to look like a soft on crime leftie.
So nobody has incentive to push that narrative.
- Comment on How do our brains process reality? I heard our eyes were just low-res cameras and our brains were doing all the heavy lifting in 'rendering' reality. 4 months ago:
People looking at a strobing light, start to see it as just “on” (not blinking anymore) at almost exactly 60Hz.
In double blind tests, pro gamers can’t reliably tell 90fps from 120.
There is however, an unconscious improvement to game reaction time, all the way up to 240fps. Maybe faster. - Comment on What can ActivityPub do that RSS can't? 5 months ago:
Basically RRS as you said, is a one way street. There is no feedback. Its not so much communication, but broadcasting.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
I would liken the Democrats to Megamind, and the Republicans to Hal Stewart.
- Comment on Should we consider Jesus a zombie? 6 months ago:
A point of debate for many Christians.
- Comment on Should we consider Jesus a zombie? 6 months ago:
Classic Vodo zombies weren’t mindless eaters of brains.
They were fully cognizant people raised to carry out someone’s will.
That could apply.
- Comment on EXO-6 Showcases Star Trek Figure Prototypes, New Full-Size Costume Replicas at STLV 6 months ago:
The comma separates the figures, from the costumes.
- Comment on Robert Picardo is joining the cast of Academy 6 months ago:
You had my curiosity.
Now you have my attention.