Steve

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Carice is a cool option.
  An old school, no frills sports car, that happens to be all electric.

  Sure, they’re hand built to order. But in that class, they’re surprising cheep. Less than $50K USD if I recall

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Autocracies more powerful than Democracies?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think your questions are more complicated than you realize.

  Are Autocracies more powerful than Democracies?

  If you separate the from of government from the governing, yes autocracy is a superior form of government. A dictator can instantly marshal resources to face any threat, or completely shift an entire nation, if a direction becomes clearly wrong. The reason they don’t work, is because the leader is always human. Humans make shit leaders, almost always. So distribution of power across a large number of people mitigates the risks of putting it all in one.

  Are all democracies are doomed to fail?

  Yes. Obviously. Everything eventually fails. The Sun will fail and take the earth with it.

  Is the future of humanity, autocracy? For the rest of humanity’s existence?

  No. Obviously. Everything eventually fails. The Sun will fail and take the earth with it. I would hope humanity (or whatever species we evolve to) lives past that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking to buy something like a reverse wheelbarrow, what do I call that?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just call it a “Pull Cart”.
  Or “Cart” for short.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a pattern for right-wing people to attack films, series and animations with protagonists from minority groups? Or is this an exaggeration?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a pattern.
  I know it seems strange from the anti-cancel-culture contingent of society, but it’s a real thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re speculating that Kagi is actually astroturfing on Lemmy. That’s why I asked for an account you believe to be doing it on Kai’s behalf.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So yah, the social media manager or marketing agency is getting paid. People organically posting because they genuinely like the service, aren’t. The former would be advertising. The later not.

  Can you point to any accounts you think are doing Kagi astroturfing. IE being paid to advertise with. Because now it just sounds like you’re speculating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If they aren’t paying anyone is it advertising? I’m not sure what you’re actually talking about anymore. Maybe I never did

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Should I ask them about being paid? I’ve been doing it for free all this time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure they do at all. There are just a bunch of Kagi users here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s entirely dependent on the interface switching, or some kind of universal interface. That’s the part I have serous doubts about. Keep in mind you have to make a single interface that work better than all the others on their respective native systems. I’m not sure that’s possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be cool. Might be useful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which I would never respond to on Mastodon, as it’s terrible for discussions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I follow topics and have discussions on Lemmy, keep up with individuals and announcements on Mastodon, and look at cool photos on Pixelfed.
  None of my accounts are following anything on other systems.

  The reason I’m in this community is for discussions like this. We disagree on the nature of using he fundamental architecture of the Fediverse.
  I think using Mastodon to engage in Lemmy discussions is extremely awkward without the threading to keep it all organized. Equally, Lemmy is designed specifically around following communities. Following individuals on Mastodon breaks the pattern of the feed. And good luck following either Mastodon accounts or Lemmy groups in Pixelfed.

  However, having multiple decentralized servers within each system, is plenty of reason for the Fediverse to be better than a centralized platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have literally zero interest in cross pollination between social media types.
  They each have their own interfaces that work best for their communities and content types. You’re always missing something trying to access one from another.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[PSA] Lemmy account deletion is a mess⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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”?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a good point. May be true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All the Christians would hate him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨topical⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I could probably count the things that weren’t mistakes on one hand.