moakley
@moakley@lemmy.world
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 5 days ago:
Would it be so bad if it follows the same path as Twitter? If it connects people and organizations in an honest and helpful way for fifteen years?
Or we could all just keep shitting on it while it facilitates social and political movements and enables rapid communication across the planet. Then more than a decade from now when some Ultra-Nazi trillionaire buys it, we can all say “I told you so,” and be real smug about it.
- Comment on A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data 1 week ago:
That’s why he said start with Google Translate. Because Google Translate isn’t giving gibberish like vegetative electron microscopy.
- Comment on [Question] What just happened to 4 million posts? 1 week ago:
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of comments coming from that instance that are indistinguishable from the ones I see from .ml.
- Comment on Are most people here left-wing? 2 weeks ago:
Last time I took the political compass test, I was center-right, firmly in the libertarian quadrant, exactly in the sub-section labeled “libertarian”.
That means my political stances align 100% against the Republican party and authoritarianism in general.
- Comment on This is unfair! 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on At least Quark had some integrity. 3 weeks ago:
“Female” is fine as an adjective. It’s when it’s used as a noun that it becomes a problem. But that’s not a new rule or anything.
Consider when someone says “Black people” vs “the Blacks”.
- Comment on Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows. 3 weeks ago:
Any criticism of conservatism is grounds for removal now. I can’t believe it’s gotten this far.
Is there any Sonic community on Lemmy? Did you make one? I’m a casual fan, but I’d join.
- Comment on Skill issue 4 weeks ago:
This is definitely an objective opinion based on facts and universal experiences: the best multiplayer experience was Halo 1, when we ran ethernet cables between our dorm rooms. I’d wake up to someone slamming on my door telling me to turn my Xbox on, and I’d jump right into a death match.
- Comment on Definitely wasn't late to work making this 4 weeks ago:
You can color with a candle.
- Comment on Definitely wasn't late to work making this 4 weeks ago:
Wait until you realize that number 8 is actually teal blue! Gotcha!
The lesson here is not to peel off the labels.
- Comment on Definitely wasn't late to work making this 4 weeks ago:
True, but it’s a restaurant crayon, so it’s a little scratchy.
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- Comment on 3's grip looks the most comfy 4 weeks ago:
2, and it’s not close.
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 4 weeks ago:
Because protests don’t do shit. There were mass protests over police brutality in 2020.
I get why you feel that way, but it’s just not true.
- Comment on Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content 1 month ago:
lamenting
I believe you mean “lambasting”.
- Comment on Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes 1 month ago:
So what’s the damage here? I can’t find anything about the targets. Is this why my Xbox is having server issues?
- Comment on Delicious 1 month ago:
I always ask for it as thin as they can get without shredding it. It’s possible I’m hated, but that’s how I like my meat, and I can’t do it myself.
- Comment on If I sit in my basement and do nothing, I can't fuck things up 1 month ago:
Statistician: “Nailed it!”
- Comment on So, is the USA screwed? 2 months ago:
Trump is a textbook fascist.
- Racist
- Nationalist
- Populist
- Authoritarian
What more do you need?
- Comment on Leo knew it was a joke and laughed because it was just a joke 2 months ago:
From like three years ago? Why post about it now? Especially without providing additional context.
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 2 months ago:
None of that affects me, but if I switch, which one should I switch to?
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 2 months ago:
I’m so sick of this dumb ass argument…
The server question was 100% the reason I didn’t join Lemmy right away. It’s not that I didn’t understand what a server is. It’s that the signup form was asking me to make a decision I didn’t know the answer to, so I gave up.
With a little more hand holding, I’d have joined months before I actually did.
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 2 months ago:
I tried to join Lemmy during the API debacle, but then it asked me to choose a server. It didn’t explain what that meant or how it would affect me. I could read a long, confusing explanation of it elsewhere, but that illuminated nothing. So I gave up.
Eventually I tried again and just chose lemmy.world, since it was the largest. After that it was smooth sailing, and I like Lemmy a lot more than reddit. It turns out it didn’t even really matter which server I chose. (Although now I see some comments from people saying there’s something wrong with lemmy.world.)
You just need to hold the new user’s hand a little. Anyone who has ever designed a UI for an office environment would know immediately that the server question is going to be an impenetrable wall for many users.
- Comment on Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop 2 months ago:
Oh, he’s just going down a rabbit hole! He’s going on a cute little adventure where he does a fucking Nazi salute in front of the whole country, then proceeds to recklessly dismantle huge parts of the US government, but it’s all just part of his magical little journey! Teehee!
- Comment on Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps 2 months ago:
That solves the problem this time, but it doesn’t help if I’m trying to navigate somewhere new.
If it doesn’t have the address for a 30-year-old house in a major metropolitan area, then I just don’t think it’s a viable replacement for Google Maps, unfortunately.
- Comment on Google officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Maps 2 months ago:
I’m all for swapping apps, but Organic Maps doesn’t even have my home address. And I live in a major metropolitan area.
- Comment on Once you roll down the stairs, you're all set 2 months ago:
Ok, so what’s the symbol for mobility handicaps excluding wheelchairs?
- Comment on Once you roll down the stairs, you're all set 2 months ago:
Is it possible the wheelchair symbol is being used here to refer to mobility handicaps in general and not specifically to wheelchairs?
- Comment on Culture Wars 5 months ago:
Rereading the title sent me.
- Comment on YSK about Darkpatterns.games, a website that rates mobile games on their "Dark patterns" 5 months ago:
Obviously I don’t know what your finances are like, but is it possible she’s just enjoying herself and considers it a hobby? Comparing it to other games, $100/month can seem ridiculous, but comparing it to other hobbies, it might not be that bad.
I used to be unwilling to spend any amount on a mobile game until I thought about how much I used to spend playing Magic: the Gathering. Sometimes hobbies cost money.
