LibertyLizard

@LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Showing your ID to get online might become a reality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s wrong with being able to opt out of cookies?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dramatic rise in publicly downloadable deepfake image generators⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Real talk people are just going to need to get over this because there’s no real way to stop it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  True, but unfortunately, this species is way over-planted in many cities. I would not recommend them unless they happen to be uncommon in your local area. Urban forests need to be as diverse as possible to resist the constant barrage of pests and diseases being introduced by global trade.

  In California we have a relatively new pest called shot-hole borers which are killing off many of the London planes, so we’re scrambling to plant other species that can resist them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your potted tree isn’t a tree in the sense that I’m talking about. The environmental services trees provide are all based on size and are predominantly provided by larger trees.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Trees don’t attract VC funding the way some dumb new invention does.

  I guess this could be useful in places trees don’t fit but I think there are other simpler solutions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The amount of water required is trivial compared to most other water uses. Especially if correct species are selected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the evolutionary benefit of loving a pet so much you melt into a puddle when they are around?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My hypothesis has always been that we find baby (and adult!) animals cute to incentivize us to care for them when they need care, because our ancestors benefited tremendously from their presence in our lives. I agree that it probably started as accidental overlap from parental instincts but I think the feeling is too strong and applies to too many distinct animals to be coincidental.

  That said, this is just my pet theory and I have no evidence for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The YouTube Alternative Nobody's Talking About ! Peertube⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting. I’ve watched some videos without issue, though not many since there aren’t that many to watch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. Even though I think voting is the right thing to do, forcing people to vote is an infringement on their freedom and I don’t think it’s justified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor -- [Long read]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Love that is enforced by violence is meaningless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the top of my little tree die?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s what it is, but I’m not too familiar with this species and its potential maladies. You could try cross posting to !treehuggers@slrpnk.net to see if another arborist sees it there but I don’t know if any on Lemmy unfortunately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the top of my little tree die?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this an eastern redcedar? If so, it should be cold hardy enough for Wisconsin I think.

  To me the top doesn’t look dead, but I’m not sure what’s causing the color difference. Perhaps it’s just maturing? If it’s still soft and pliable I would assume it’s OK.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would the USA look like if it had Referrendums/Initiatives on both the Federal and State level?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah… I still think referendums are good but fundamentally democracy can’t coexist comfortably with extreme wealth inequality. So it’s a good idea but it doesn’t solve the core issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any Lemmy/Mbin instances by women for women?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think maybe it would have been clearer to just ask this question directly and openly. The way you phrased it is the way a lot of bigots do to try to start trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any Lemmy/Mbin instances by women for women?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t know what a woman is? Or is this some kind of attempt at trolling?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC port of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Ship of Harkinian, gets a huge Randomizer upgrade⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh really? I thought that wouldn’t work for some reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC port of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Ship of Harkinian, gets a huge Randomizer upgrade⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the one that requires the GameCube disc, right? Or is there a way around that?

  Ironically I once owned that but it’s long since been lost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lemmy-like fediverse forum that lets you post things to your "profile"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe pixelfed? Never used it but I think it’s more or less designed for this purpose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've finally been Nicoled⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t since she usually gets banned immediately lol. Good riddance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandmother gets X-rated message after Apple AI fail.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Usually when you get messages like this it’s because the person has a very strong accent the AI can’t really understand. Kind of a funny mistake to make but can’t really blame them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Would be better to plan this a little farther out but I am already on a permanent boycott so I support this obviously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I’ve got the link, but it’s paywalled. I’ll find the full paper later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, this seems more in line with what I was wondering. but I’ll need to see if I can get access to the full paper. The example given in Australia actually fits my hypothesis since they historically lacked felid predators. So I’d like to see the full list to see the location and severity of the effects they’re reporting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess you are going off of the genus Felis which is probably valid since I expect their hunting behavior is similar enough. However the map I saw showed they were absent from most of Russia and China, so there are exceptions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Again it would depend on where those are—threatened species are disproportionately located on those islands I mentioned. Furthermore it doesn’t assign any causation to cat predation.

  Maybe cats are a serious conservation threat on continental areas but I’m just saying I haven’t seen evidence of this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen a lot of stats about cats and it seems very likely they have important conservation implications in island ecosystems where birds did not evolve with similar predators.

  But I’ve not seen evidence of conservation impacts on the mainland where we do and did have similar predators in the past. Just stating that cats eat a lot of birds doesn’t mean they’re a threat to overall populations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even in the Americas we have cats though. Bobcats are slightly larger but not completely dissimilar. We even used to have ocelots across much of the US. So I find the claim that mainland birds are not able to handle cat predation to be a bit questionable. However I am not fully educated on this topic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s true that they’re native to 2/3rds of the earth, is it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meow⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see the logic but it does feel like the cat’s already out of the bag on this one. There are so many free-ranging and feral cats that I wonder if it makes any difference at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why do some straight people deny their loved ones’ homosexuality? (keyword: SOME)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ironic because bi is the largest demographic but also the one that can blend in the easiest which hasn’t forced people to advocate for acceptance.