Sundial
@Sundial@lemm.ee
- Comment on How would I find my phone if I didn't have a phone to find my phone with? 1 day ago:
Borrow someone’s computer? Use one at your local library?
- Comment on What interesting things can I do with my home WiFi network? 1 day ago:
You can buy a raspberry pi and have Pihole setup on it. It’ll act as your local dns server and block any ad domains for the whole household.
- Comment on Is there a difference in meaning between the words *people* and *persons*? 2 days ago:
Persons is used in a more formal context like legal document. People is used in conversations. This is generally speaking of course.
I could be wrong here but it may be that your sister is not laughing at your use of the word since it’s actually correct. it could be she’s laughing at your generalization of “those people” as that can sometimes be seen as condescending or derogatory.
- Comment on Do all there former Republican leaders endorsing Harris do her any good? 2 days ago:
We’ll know after the election.
It might be that these endorsements help bring in some more moderate Republicans to her side but there’s also a very real possibility that she disincentive the more left leaning voters from voting for her as well. Remember, Hillary lost because she didn’t do enough to incentivize people to vote for her. She just relied on people hating Trump and didn’t rely on people actually liking her. Regardless, this is all conjecture. It’s too early to tell and no one will have a definitive answer until the results are in and a winner is announced.
- Comment on Do people actually starve themselves to play games like World of Warcraft? 1 week ago:
Like gambling, gaming can be an addiction that can really affect people’s lives.
- Comment on What happened with active users on Lemmy? 1 week ago:
Good point, just did :)
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
The current top comment to the thread you linked to answers the question. Short answer is lemmy.world is now excluded from the numbers to avoid further centralization of uses to that instance.
- Comment on What happened with active users on Lemmy? 1 week ago:
Oh wow didn’t even see this. Thanks for providing the actual reason.
- Comment on What happened with active users on Lemmy? 1 week ago:
I sort by new a lot so it definitely could be that actually. Good point.
- Comment on Who needs beams when you have arches? 1 week ago:
I already hated the post you’re referencing and this one is just even worse. Please don’t turn this into a trend.
- Comment on What happened with active users on Lemmy? 1 week ago:
School probably.
Honestly, what’s more surprising is the numbers are that drastic. I didn’t think we have that many Gen Z users here.
- Comment on The Failed Migration of Academic Twitter 1 week ago:
Beautiful 😍.
- Comment on The Failed Migration of Academic Twitter 1 week ago:
You’re perfect ❤️.
- Comment on The Failed Migration of Academic Twitter 1 week ago:
To increase engagement, I propose we have some idiots volunteer to respond to every scientific article and achievement on Mastodon with ridicule and skepticism.
- Comment on School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety. 1 week ago:
I honestly don’t know if they do or don’t have. I’d imagine it also varies by region. I just know schools have started giving out laptops to kids to take home if they are needed.
- Comment on School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety. 1 week ago:
These aren’t necessarily the computers you and I grew up on where they had a dedicated computer lab room for use during class time. These are devices they take everywhere with them, even home. Now imagine some creepy school IT administrator decided to peek on the Webcams of kids while they’re on their room?
- Comment on I think I am socially ostrasized, what should I do? 2 weeks ago:
What kind of things do you like? Why don’t you find some clubs or groups that you would find interesting?
- Comment on Black and white are condensed rainbows 2 weeks ago:
Colors.zip
- Comment on EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone 3 weeks ago:
You definitely see a difference in children who are regularly given phones to keep them occupied. They’re just so much more hyper active. I know a lot of teachers have been complaining about phone use in the classrooms. In Canada they just started rolling back against rules saying teachers can’t confiscate phones.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
You know what? I am angry. I am very angry.
I’m angry that a colonial state hellbent on eradicating the native population not only exists but is defended and funded by the most powerful nations on earth. I’m angry that this state has shepherded the entire native population into the worlds biggest open-air prison in history. I’m angry that they have that entire population dehumanized to the point where everyday civilians go out of their war to harass, starve, attack, and even kill these people. I’m angry that for decades the military has been killing these people on a regular basis that makes the violence in America against Black people look minor. I’m angry that for decades the whole native population has been displaced all to appease some kind of religious regime that is based on cruelty and pain. I’m angry that this government has an acceptable civilian to enemy combatant kill ratio of 1000:1. I’m angry that several school busses of children get slaughtered everyday and the people capable of putting a stop to this just shrug their shoulders. I’m angry that this same state routinely executes journalists and aid workers to cover up their atrocious actions. I’m angry that this state routinely attacks their neighbors simply because they can. I’m angry that the man in charge of this state is someone who is afraid of letting go of power to save himself from retribution and instead proceeds to double down on the modern days most brutal war as well as sabotage peace talks. I’m angry that we literally know all this is happening and let it. Say what you want about the Germans in WWII but at least the majority didn’t know just how bad things were in those camps. We do.
But that’s not all that makes me angry. You know what else makes me angry?
You. People like you who just sit there and go on a thread calling this state for their BS and go “Hurr durr of course they’re going to retaliate! What did you expect?” People like you who are very clearly aware of what’s happening but choose to be morally correct when it suits you. People like you who choose to go on these threads in an attempt to de-rail the whole conversations for either some misguided sense of self-righteousness or because they’re paid to. People like you who want to sit there and claim that someone attacked this state based on what this state says even though this state has a proven track record of outright lying and manipulating the truth. So yeah, I’m more inclined to believe Hezbollah, who very rarely denies attacking Israel, if they do. I’m angry that I actually have several people like you replying to my comments regularly trying to deflect all of this and that I have to defend and justify my words. I’m angry that you didn’t even take a moment to say something like “Yeah I don’t condone what Israel is doing either but if Hezbollah did target children than I don’t condone that as well”. You could have just said that and we could have moved on. And I’m really angry that after all this you have the audacity to sit there and tell me that I don’t care about the truth. I do care, I care too much. That’s my problem. Yours is that you don’t care enough. If you did you would have acknowledged what we were really talking about in this thread and provided your input and moved on.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
Then start applying buddy. You definitely got the engagement and looking the other way down. I don’t have a problem engaging in conversation. I have a problem when people try to deflect the issue at hand.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
Really? They’re afraid of looking bad compared to Israel? They’d have to do a lot to get there. Given what Israel is doing in Lebanon, no one would blame them if Hezbollah returned in kind. But instead they clearly state when they have actually attacked Israel. And it’s not civilian areas. You can choose to not believe that. But of the 2 groups one of them has a proven track record of attacking civilians and children and it’s not Hezbollah.
Your entire argument is like if a bully says “I had to attack this person, they were about charge me” and then completely ignore the fact that the bully has been doing nothing but provoking and attacking that person for months. It’s crying victim when you’re in fact the perpetrator. If you want to just ignore all that and say these attacks are justified then that’s your evil you choose to believe. You’re either intentionally being ignorant or just a troll. Either way, I’m done responding to you. I have better things to do with my time than argue with someone who tries to defending a genocidal and warmongering nation as being justified in their actions.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
When has Hezbollah ever been shy about hating and attacking Israel?
This entire comment thread is you refusing to see how Israel is escalating the conflict. Instead you choose to intentionally miss how Israel is “pre-emptively” (I’m using this term ironically, don’t believe for a second I believe it to be true) attacking other nations, assassinating key figures and antagonizing their neighbors. Instead you seem intent on buying into the narrative that what Israel is doing is 100% necessary and not antagonistic. You’re putting a lot of effort into not seeing the “blatant misinformation is that everyone sees so clearly” as you put it in your original comment to me. These attacks aren’t necessary or justified, no matter how Israel decides to spin the narrative and have media outlets carry it as if it were the truth. If Hezbollah wanted to go to war they would have. What Israel is doing in Gaza is more than enough reason for anyone to declare war and move in. Don’t believe me? Just ask the ICC.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
One look at your account and it’s clear you’re some kind of paid troll. 2 weeks old, 22 posts, 92 comments. A lot of it is pro-Israel and Zionism. Not even going to bother entertaining your comment.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
Hezbollah has literally denied involvement in that:
aljazeera.com/…/israel-says-10-killed-in-rocket-a…
I know you’re going to sit there and ask me “Why would you believe them?”. I believe them because they would never be hesitant to admit they hit Israel. Besides, it’s not their style. Just look at the most recent attack, they attacked the military base and avoided civilian areas:
aljazeera.com/…/five-key-takeaways-from-nasrallah…
Israel on the other hand has shown no hesitation attacking children and civilians and there’s decades of events to point to to prove this statement.
So my question to you is this: Why are you so intent on dismissing the actions of Israel? You seem to be putting a lot of effort into it.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
The norm is small rocket fires between them close to the border. The difference is now Israel attacking populates areas and performing assassinations.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
When did I say Israel was refraining from retaliating?
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
There’s a difference between what they regularly do and what Israel has been doing the past few months. They’ve regularly hit populated areas, assassinated key members, etc. The US had to even talk them down from attacking Hezbollah a few months ago. It’s clear Israel is the one escalating the conflict.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
Those 2 have been trading rockets for a lot longer than since October.
- Comment on MBFC Credibility - High 3 weeks ago:
Got a source for that?