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- Comment on I'm so tired of hearing about US police brutality and China being authoritarian. Why does it feel like everyone is a hypocrite here? Where are the posts about Chinese protests and police brutality? 6 days ago:
Older than what? Here are self reported stats from lemmy.ca:
- Comment on I'm so tired of hearing about US police brutality and China being authoritarian. Why does it feel like everyone is a hypocrite here? Where are the posts about Chinese protests and police brutality? 6 days ago:
people are still criticizing the Tiananmen Square massacre, and hasn’t anything happened since then? It’s like still making conspiracy theories about Kennedy’s assassination or 9/11, those are old news.
Lemmy skews old. For some of us, those are foundational events in our childhood.
(Kinda joking/kinda serious)
- Comment on Boring ass planet 1 week ago:
- Comment on Really? 😍 1 week ago:
You complement my kid, and yeah, you’ll see me smile. You show me my kids being good people, and you’ll get a grin out of me. You show me my kids persevering when shit gets hard, and I’ll giggle.
I’m not sure what dadding has to do with lawns.
- Comment on ... 1 week ago:
clearly haunted
- Comment on A post about shit 1 week ago:
What are you? Some kind of ecosystem?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I don’t think software releases tell the story. From a non-mod perspective, Lemmy is an okay Reddit replacement.
But, abroad, there seems to be fewer non-bot posts. The communities I follow have a handful of active users. It feels like it’s stagnant at best.
- Comment on A map project 1 week ago:
From a comment on the original: fogofworld.app
- Comment on [Weekly thread] Men over 30, how is your week going? 2 weeks ago:
That’s awesome! I don’t know what your region is, but it sounds like the Canadian (and US?) economy may be slowing down, so perhaps house prices will fall a bit by the time you’re ready to look.
Best of luck.
- Comment on [Weekly thread] Men over 30, how is your week going? 2 weeks ago:
Ugh. I hope you meet your goals soon.
- Comment on [Weekly thread] Men over 30, how is your week going? 2 weeks ago:
Would it be worth lowering your savings slightly so you have a little fun money?
Props for sticking to a budget though. It can be hard.
- Comment on xkcd #2925: Earth Formation Site 2 weeks ago:
Do it!
- Comment on xkcd #2925: Earth Formation Site 2 weeks ago:
I don’t own any of those things. Even if I did, I’d prefer a fancy bronze plack on a nice painted metal stand, ideally next to a scenic overlook.
- Comment on Transferring ALL data from old phone to new phone 2 weeks ago:
I use Google apps (including Photos), and I’ve found the standard new phone setup does the trick for me.
It didn’t seem to bring over random file downloads and (unbackedup) screenshots to the new device though, so it might not be what you want.
- Comment on xkcd #2925: Earth Formation Site 2 weeks ago:
Is there a GoFundMe to get this erected somewhere? Because I’ve got like $5 I’m totally willing to kick in.
- Comment on GoToSocial is a new ActivityPub social network server for the Fediverse 2 weeks ago:
things want to mimic the X interface and that promotes more following of individuals and whatever they post about rather than ideas. I do much better over here because you follow a general topic and the posts are about that thing or related things
That’s a really insightful comment. I bounce off Twitter/Mastodon, but really enjoy the Reddit/Lemmy interface. The focus on topics rather than people is probably why.
- Comment on Moral Crumple Zones: Crushing the Human to Preserve Venture Capital 2 weeks ago:
Low effort but honest Lemmy users unite!
- Comment on Moral Crumple Zones: Crushing the Human to Preserve Venture Capital 2 weeks ago:
I’m too lazy to read this, but the title fits my preconceptions. 👍
- Comment on Yeah, I call BS 2 weeks ago:
no no this one is different
- Comment on I have so many lists... 4 weeks ago:
M M E T A T T A T E M M
- Comment on I have so many lists... 4 weeks ago:
Have you considered making an ordered list of your lists?
- Comment on Tell Borts I said "Hi" 4 weeks ago:
I’m Jorch. You seen Hogby around? We kind of fell out of touch after that thing with Hunby.
- Comment on Tell Borts I said "Hi" 4 weeks ago:
It’s always Shamp.
- Comment on When you are on a videocall do you also keep looking at your own thumbnail video? 4 weeks ago:
why are you doing this to me?
- Comment on Later generations will have less attachment to how things were when they grew up because everything changes a lot faster. 4 weeks ago:
20 years ago most people had cellphones, laptops, and social media.
Not in my social circle. We’re middle class Canadian. People had phones, but they were used almost entirely for interpersonal messaging.
I feel like the pairing of social media and cell phones really came about around 2010 or a bit later. Services that always had new content, provided social scoring/klout, and were available in the palm of your hand were newer.
If we go back thirty years, there were plenty of precursors but nothing with broad penetration in society.
- Comment on I always want asian food if I go out to eat. 4 weeks ago:
You’re one serious crime away from a lifetime supply!
- Comment on When you are on a videocall do you also keep looking at your own thumbnail video? 4 weeks ago:
I do. I spend a fair amount of time glancing between my thumbnail and the speakers.
Sometimes I turn my thumbnail off, so I don’t do it, but then I worry that I have a booger hanging out my nose, so I turn it back on.
- Comment on An Only Slightly Modest Proposal: If AI Companies Want More Content, They Should Fund Reporters, And Lots Of Them 4 weeks ago:
An alternate title could be:
LLM companies should pay creators for training data
It sounds like they need tonnes of data to train the models, so that would have a significant effect on the business model.
(There’s also the question of the quality of the data)
- Comment on The reason why we never meet time travelers is because our civilization ends before the technology can come to fruition. 5 weeks ago:
Have you noticed the flashing light in the sky? It started last year. It gets a little brighter every night. I only used to notice it when I was out of town, but now I can see it in the city. It blinks pretty quickly, probably twice a second. Some blinks are longer than others. If you watch long enough, it repeats. Short. Short. Short. Long. Long. Long. Short. Short. Short.
- Comment on I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust. 5 weeks ago:
Concerned by the lack of viewpoint diversity, I looked at voter registration for our newsroom. In D.C., where NPR is headquartered and many of us live, I found 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions and zero Republicans. None.
So on May 3, 2021, I presented the findings at an all-hands editorial staff meeting. When I suggested we had a diversity problem with a score of 87 Democrats and zero Republicans, the response wasn’t hostile. It was worse. It was met with profound indifference. I got a few messages from surprised, curious colleagues. But the messages were of the “oh wow, that’s weird” variety, as if the lopsided tally was a random anomaly rather than a critical failure of our diversity North Star.
I’m not an American, but I listen to a few US podcasts. I used to really enjoy This American Life, but after their Foxconn fiasco it became harder to trust. When Trump was elected, it seemed like every episode somehow related to that. It was hard to stay interested.
Planet Money lost its mojo years ago - it’s just a handful of reporters that do fluff pieces and interview economists.