athairmor
@athairmor@lemmy.world
- Comment on In Vermont, an ultralocal social network is as popular as Facebook 1 day ago:
First things first, it’s a moderated mailing list with some ads
This is what neighborhoods in my area do but without the ads. Around here there are distinct neighborhoods that have their own names but no official designation. People have, since before social media, set up mailing lists moderated by one of the residents.
There’s occasional drama but mostly it’s people asking for tradespeople recommendations, curb alerts for furniture or photos of loose pets.
NextDoor-type services have tried to establish a presence but have mostly been ignored.
Maybe it’s the geography or the early adoption of e-mail lists but mailing lists work great around here.
- Comment on Russia says talks on annexed Ukrainian land 'non-negotiable' 3 days ago:
I hope Ukraine has advisors from the IRA to help them navigate a foreign occupation.
- Comment on Apple withdraws cloud encryption service from UK after government order 1 week ago:
And they’ll do so under the pretense of “will nobody think of the children” while prominent Brits have gotten away with raping kids practically in the open. They didn’t even need encryption they had people willingly turning a blind eye.
- Comment on Can names of things on a video game be used for any purpose? 1 week ago:
They can be used for playing the video game.
- Comment on In the 1985 movie Teen Wolf, when Scott Howard turned into a teen wolf, would he have had a human penis or a wolf penis? 2 weeks ago:
And it was awesome.
- Comment on Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain 2 weeks ago:
Are you saying the British never sent troops into French territory? Any incursion by armed forces into another state’s territory is the very definition of invasion.
- Comment on Tech's Dumbest Mistake: Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything 2 weeks ago:
Sure but they’re not going to fire all of them. They’re going to fire 90% then make 10% put out the fires and patch the leaks while working twice as many hours for less pay.
The company will gradually get worse and worse until bankrupt or sold and the c-suite bails with their golden parachutes.
- Comment on Anti-trans campaigner hit with apprehended violence order over ‘disturbing’ conduct 3 weeks ago:
How about something more explicitly honest like The I’m So Miserably Insecure I Can’t Abide Other People Being Happy Club.
- Comment on Meta to pay Trump $25 million to settle censorship lawsuit. 4 weeks ago:
Fucking cowards.
- Comment on Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans 2 months ago:
I don’t know. He’s an adult. He knew the rules. Rules are worthless if they’re applied unevenly. You can argue a dress code is dumb but the time to argue that is not right before your match starts. He agreed to the rules by signing up, he can follow the rules.
And, I’m not rich but I’m sure I or a friend/family could have fetched a pair of pants.
- Comment on Why is Trump orange? 2 months ago:
That looks at least 30 lbs too light.
- Comment on AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying “stop hiring humans” 2 months ago:
They did it for the controversy to get attention.
- Comment on Serving my media library to my TV (local network only), i need suggestions 2 months ago:
I stream from Jellyfin to an Apple TV without your issues. It might be a network or configuration problem.
Have you tried Infuse SenPlayer or other clients?
- Comment on OpenAI has bought the URL of what used to be an adult video chat website for more than $15,500,000 3 months ago:
chat dot com
- Comment on Anyone able to shed some light on iMessage RCS support and MVNOs? 3 months ago:
If people from Mint are saying it’s on their end why wouldn’t you believe them?
You’re not owed the technical details. If you want to encourage/pressure them, contact Mint support. They’ve already said that it’s a priority.
You can use RCS to message anyone on a carrier that supports it for their device from a carrier that supports it as long as you both have it enabled. There is a setting on your phone to turn it on. Consult the documentation for your carrier/device.
- Comment on Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’ 3 months ago:
But, it also means we get Sam Altman as the next Elon Musk if he cashes in before the pop. And whatever other tech bros do the same. More filthy-rich men with the emotional maturity of a 12 year old.
- Comment on Why is the price of real estate rising so dramatically? 3 months ago:
Except the rapid real estate inflation started years before COVID. WFH may play a part but it’s hardly a major reason.
- Comment on Please be patient. 3 months ago:
I’m going to have to modify my juicer.
- Comment on Please be patient. 3 months ago:
Maybe, because we can measure the number of protons and neutrons with an ion accelerator? I don’t know if the something similar can be done with electrons.
- Comment on Please be patient. 3 months ago:
So, if route all of the electricity in my house through my body, how far can I travel in time? What about a car battery’s worth?
- Comment on Do you refrain from participating to a community if it's hosted on Lemmy.ml ? 4 months ago:
I have the instance blocked. Nice thing about Lemmy, you can vote with your attention. When toxic bubbles pop up, you can ignore them en masse. Any collateral blocking doesn’t bother me. [insert Nazi party meme]
- Comment on Subnautica 2 arrives in Early Access in 2025 with 4 player co-op 4 months ago:
Both previous games definitely had MacOS ports or I’ve been hallucinating for hours in front of my computer monitor. They also had Switch and PlayStation ports.
- Comment on Subnautica 2 arrives in Early Access in 2025 with 4 player co-op 4 months ago:
Are MacOS and Linux ports confirmed? So far, it just says Xbox and (Windows) PC.
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- Comment on Dwarf Fortress to get Lua support for modding, plus there's now babies and children 5 months ago:
It always had babies and children, they’ve added graphics for them now.
- Comment on Nancy Pelosi's husband sold more than $500K in Visa stock ahead of DOJ action 5 months ago:
The sale was on July 1–almost 3 months ago— and the price was lower than on the day the lawsuit was announced.
- Comment on Favoirte indepth youtube channels? 5 months ago:
I really like what they do but mostly find them unlistenable. If you don’t enjoy listening to people just chatting and making lots of—often bad—jokes in the middle of the narrative, this podcast is not for you.
If you don’t mind that, they do a great job of deep diving into the history of despicable people.
- Comment on Self study; Changing my own Biology Successfully 5 months ago:
You’d be better off just writing straight up fiction. Try short stories before diving into novels.
I suggest reading Kafka and Cortazar for more inspiration.
- Comment on No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer 5 months ago:
Don’t bother, Meta’s Metaverse is going to blow it away! ~/s~
- Comment on Eve Frontier is a survival game spin-off of Eve Online and, yup, it's full of blockchain bullshit 5 months ago:
So, it’s Roblox for people who like spreadsheets, NFTs and spaceships?
