vatlark

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  All good. It’s a bit odd.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I there is starting to be enough content on peertube to be interesting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I went here: peertube.gravitywell.xyz/c/benjordan/videos

  Then I clicked the subscribe button.

  Then I entered the url to my peertube account.

  Then it opened the peertube app to my account and I had to hit subscribe again.

  Not painless but not bad for being federated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You can see Benn Jordan’s videos (referenced in the article) here: …gravitywell.xyz/…/5xhkuDuVsWZ2jbsVw32Una

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have an exceptional intelligence... You live in IDIOCRACY right now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck is an exclamation, not a slur. While I do agree people will use slurs, I do think we should avoid them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lead acid battery reconditioning question⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If the batteries have a cap on top that you can open with just your fingers, you should open it and make sure the lead is submerged in the liquid.

  If not, add DI water to cover them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks! Looks like the comments are visible in both the mastodon and Lemmy instances. Good work devs!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the original link to this mastodon post?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being afraid of vaccines is literally childish behavior.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This was reported for misinformation but no counter information was given. I’m more likely to delete this whole post for being political than to pick a side when few people are giving sources.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism only asissts innovation for the first few years of existence. After that its a grift.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do I understand correctly that you think capitalism started 30-50 years ago? Where? By whom?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism turns countries into businesses to support the lavish lifestyle of capital holders and the government into HR to silence the workers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the report and being active in helping to shape the community.

  There is gray area in the no politics rule. I’ll be the first to admit that it is inconsistently enforced. The comments section has stayed pretty civil. And the post made some interesting analogies, it wasn’t just “capitalism bad”. So I’m tempted to leave it.

  Always open to feedback.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for sharing your thoughts. While I agree there is a lot of hostility on online forms, I hope you will work with us to make Lemmy less hostile and more welcoming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hope Lemmy gets big enough to make the mainstream news...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I got stoked for the 404 article. Keep up the original posts folks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think your perspective and critique is valid and interesting but it can be helpful to assume the best in people, especially when giving a critique.

  In my experience, kids (and adults) love the fact that Iceland is greener and Greenland is icier, so it’s not surprising to me that other languages have similar odd names. It’s not surprising to me that some people would have a biased opinion of a place due to an odd name, but like Iceland I expect many know much more about a country than just the name and thus the name doesn’t hold much weight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The richest people in the world are morally bankrupt⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This was reported for not being a shower thought. It’s certainly not hard to get a bunch of up votes on Lemmy by saying “ultra rich people bad”.

  I error on the side of leaving posts up. If there is an objective way to enforce what is or isn’t a shower thought, I’m open to ideas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Culture no longer exists in our reality today because the actors responsible for it most of it have long been deprived of their livelihood.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  ^ This was reported for being a troll. I think the reporter is correct. Even the original post is a bit of a troll for the average Lemmy person.

  If you choose to reply to this comment, careful not to feed the trolls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This year’s highlight is⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for posting in shower thoughts.

  Rule 2 is that the entire thought must be in the title. Do you think you could edit your post?

  Ideally shower thoughts are applicable to lots of people. See the side bar for examples. I guess the fact that the prior year has been bruising could be generally applicable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tattoo Ink Moves Through the Body, Killing Immune Cells and Weakening Vaccine Response⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In the study the longest they waited after tattooing the mouse before giving the vaccine was 2 months.

  They made some connections with people that had tattoos for a much longer time. But I can’t tell how meaningful those connections are.

  This is well outside of my field.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finding a private self hosted Google Photos alternative that doesn’t profit from my photos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow these all sound so much better than Proton’s photo backup. In the words of @mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud , it’s pants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In many ways, Cat is to Lion as Bear is to Dog⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think pigs and bears are pretty closely related.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Liberapay is really nice. I like the payment options they have to minimize the fees, like making 2 years of small “monthly” payments in a single charge to your bank card.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anti-AI communities might be helping AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Rule 2 is a little gray but if it reads like a catchy headline, then it’s probably not a complete thought.

  OP, would you mind updating the title?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never understood what it was people did on Twitter. I understand it even less now that it is X.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I try to be objective where I can but all of the rules have gray area so I try to err on the side of not taking things down. Little nudges from the community, like your comment here, help to shape the community so thanks for being an engaged member!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I doubt there are many people alive these days who died in WW2⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see there are many variations of this joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking to buy a cheap but best first 3d printer. Ender3 V3, CR-10 SE, or something else?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a CR-10s that I bought used. I asked the seller to ensure that it worked before I bought it. Most of my problems I had with the printer are due to me trying to make it print faster. If I had just downloaded Cura and used the default profiles it would have served me well.

  Learning how to level a bed is probably the most significant skill you will need. It’s not too hard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everyone has died and it is by sleeping⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a mod, I thank you sincerely for your judgement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The mental health industry is probably profiting a lot from political turmoil.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I see no reason that professionals shouldn’t be allowed to make money off of their profession. There are some opportunities for some perverse incentives in any industry, but that’s why licensing and ethics boards exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most valuable advertising keywords could be "ublock origin"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the last hurrah of advertising. It’s probably a good place to advertise a VPN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like all current political debate is basically trying to choose between the three endings in the original Deus Ex.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Rule 3 is no politics. Obviously there is grey area in the rule. It’s generous to say that this post is in the grey area but the post avoids being rage bait and no one has reported it yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you define ‘need’ very loosely then the statement becomes pretty meaningless but I agree with it.

  Otherwise there are many scenarios where I disagree with it.

  There is lots of valuable talking that happens that doesn’t strictly need to be said.

  Small talk is important for relationships.

  Anyone learning a language needs to talk a lot just for the sake of talking. Even if nothing needs to be said.

  Sometimes people need to be and feel heard to feel welcome in a group. It’s easy to say that the content of the conversation isn’t nearly as important as the act of having the conversation.