JohnnyEnzyme
@JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee
- Comment on lemmy should tots let you post things to your own user profile 12 hours ago:
The Lemmysphere sure seems to get slammed a lot at places like r/RedditAlternatives. I wonder if possibly some of that is sockpuppet-stuff, as unlikely as that sounds. Still, more than ever we live in the age of misinformation and manipulation by opposition groups & monied interests, so the idea & practice is certainly on the table.
Unfortunately, there’s also the reputation of at least one of the primary Lemmy coders. Seems like the sooner Kbin, Mastodon, etc can get better integrated, the less notable that should be. *knock on wood*
- Comment on lemmy should tots let you post things to your own user profile 19 hours ago:
Just make a community. Build it, they will come.
This is exactly what I’ve done, but I must say that in the particular community’s case, it hasn’t been easy. We’re going on 1.5yrs now, 900+ subscribers, and I’ve personally contributed ~360 posts (most of them curated mini-articles) out of 466 total posts, yet the sub still essentially needs me to provide the content.
So IME, niche-type subs can take a hell of a lot of work to take off, and we’re not even that much of a niche.
- Comment on Thoughts on TAS Theme 3 months ago:
Oh, rabbits!
- Comment on Thoughts on TAS Theme 4 months ago:
Well, if you’re looking for absolute perfection in a ST theme, good luck. It’s not like Mike Post or John Williams were writing these suckers.
That said, I thought Alexander Courage did a hell of a job on the original.
- Comment on Thoughts on TAS Theme 4 months ago:
I find it ever-so-slightly pompous with all the horns, but otherwise, a cool remix of the original theme.
- Comment on This Might Be Lemmy: A Brand New They Might Be Giants Fan Community for 2024 4 months ago:
Seems kind of weirdly unnecessary to start with “Lemmy” instead of just going with TMBG, but whatevs. Subscribed to John & John.
- Comment on Interview: Nicholas Meyer On Why ‘The Wrath Of Khan’ Endures, And His “Toxic” Memos With Gene Roddenberry 4 months ago:
Roddenberry from what I’ve read in multiple places sounded like a huge asshole to me, and nowhere near the ‘Great Bird of the Galaxy’ he liked to self-label himself as. Now yes, a very talented asshole, whose vision started the franchise, and certainly who put in much work on TOS (along with many other talents), but nevertheless a real PITA on a personal level who wound up burning most of his bridges.
Point is-- if Meyer lost his cool with him as a young guy, I wouldn’t be very surprised.
- Comment on The "Friendship is Universal" poster from SDCC 5 months ago:
And… what symmetry would THAT be, dude?
- Comment on The "Friendship is Universal" poster from SDCC 5 months ago:
It’s been a long, loooong time since I’ve uttered these words, but: THAT ABSOLUTELY KICKS ASS. (or Romulan posterior, whatever)
Now, there’s always going to be a quibble, so here’s mine: Leonard Nimoy was about 6’ in actual height, and I believe Jon Frakes is about 6’3" - 6’4," right around Michael Dorn’s height, for example.
Still-- I get it. If the artist is trying to suggest the outsized influence of Spock, I understand. I mean, Shatner was utterly magnificent in his role, but Nimoy was also right there with him, a brilliant, iconic presence that helped turn TOS in to what might have otherwise been “Lost in Space.”
- Comment on Time's Up: Biden Won't Withdraw, He Can't Be Removed, and His Reelection Appears Sunk 5 months ago:
RFK Jr
He’s also anti-vaccine and a conspiracy theorist disinformation-spreader. You know… a complete lunatic, and pretty much the last person to lead the Democratic Party. No surprise he went independent, then.
Anyway, Biden’s administration record has been superb (r/WhatBidenHasDone), so no matter his age, he obviously has a great team working for him. America better hope to hell he wins, or the ship is sunk.
- Comment on Does anyone else feel like fireworks are a complete waste of money and a ridiculous amount of unnecessary Pollution? 5 months ago:
if it’s once a year. If we did it every night…
Around here (MidWest city), fireworks go off every night for a month before, and then a month after the fourth. And I don’t mean a small amount, either.
Basically, most of summer is devoted to fireworks play, with the fourth being a deluxe version of the “fun.”
- Comment on Trying to use PayPal to do a Ko-fi donation... 5 months ago:
Thanks, Ella!
Yes I agree, some privacy payment info would probably help folks like me in future. I don’t have much experience (nor confidence) in this area and could frankly use a slight bit of hand-holding, haha.
- Comment on Trying to use PayPal to do a Ko-fi donation... 5 months ago:
I’ll try again tomorrow. I’m having some trouble here today.
I also missed the part about using Github, and of course I don’t know what my options are for that either.
So for virtual CC, I’ll try setting that up with my bank, altho it might be a little bit of a long-shot. As an alternative, would you recommend something like… “Privacy.com” I seem to recall?
- Comment on Trying to use PayPal to do a Ko-fi donation... 5 months ago:
Thank you.
I’m indeed living in the USA at this time.In which case, do you have any thoughts about how I might make a donation to this instance? TBH I’m a bit scared about giving out my credit / debit card info, so I tend to err on the side of extreme caution.
Just set up an acct with one of those four agencies, I imagine?
- Submitted 5 months ago to meta@lemm.ee | 10 comments
- Comment on What I have Learned from Two Years of Running a Small Social Media Website 7 months ago:
Yes, I found it well-written but not all that enlightening. I recognise that it made sense for SpaceGhost/CheapSkate to build his sites out by hand in the true spirit of DIY, but that doesn’t seem too practical or advisable for most folks.
The various federated software & networks may have their weak points and inconsistencies, but far as I can tell it’s still best for volunteer site runners to work within that framework so as to remain connected to something bigger than just their little personal corner of the internet. Is it really so expensive a thing to federate? I seem to recall that some instances can host for only ~US$20, which doesn’t seem bad at all. Images are arguably best stored at other sites like Imgur, anyway.
@Blaze@reddthat.com
- Comment on Whoa...! I was editing one of my community documents, and suddenly the whole community disappeared. Can you help? 7 months ago:
Dear lord, you’re the best!
- Comment on Whoa...! I was editing one of my community documents, and suddenly the whole community disappeared. Can you help? 7 months ago:
Oh, oh, oh…
I’m in tears right now
- Comment on Notice for all moderators: please check the lemm.ee moderation policy 7 months ago:
Can I have my community back, please?
- Comment on Whoa...! I was editing one of my community documents, and suddenly the whole community disappeared. Can you help? 7 months ago:
I did try logging in that way and then clicked around the stuff you mentioned, damn.
Still nothing.
- Comment on Whoa...! I was editing one of my community documents, and suddenly the whole community disappeared. Can you help? 7 months ago:
Thanks, tried it just now. Got this:
- Comment on Whoa...! I was editing one of my community documents, and suddenly the whole community disappeared. Can you help? 7 months ago:
Yes, “DELETED BY CREATOR” was the very first thing I noticed! 😠
Right so, I looked around the upper-right, but didn’t see much of anything like a “Restore” link. Now I did try pressing the “Joined” button, and now it looks like this:
Ugh, so now I’ve made the whole situation somehow worse?
Oh, but check this out-- I have a “homepage” community under my same ID ( lemm.ee/u/JohnnyEnzyme) and noticed that the EDIT button, for example:
Which weirdly sits right next to the trash-can icon, for example:
So… I guess probably I touched the one whereas I meant the other??
Thing is-- such a thing was almost *inevitable* as someone who tried to keep updating our site documents (resources and FAQ).
- Comment on Whoa...! I was editing one of my community documents, and suddenly the whole community disappeared. Can you help? 7 months ago:
Exactly, thanks.
All of our individual post URL’s seem to still be there, but the front-page seems to be weirdly in a “deleted” status. - Whoa...! I was editing one of my community documents, and suddenly the whole community disappeared. Can you help?lemm.ee ↗Submitted 7 months ago to meta@lemm.ee | 15 comments
- Comment on May 13, 1985 7 months ago:
I’m not surprised there was a deal of confusion about it. It was a complicated affair that doesn’t have much analogue in contemporary history AFAIK.
- Comment on May 13, 1985 7 months ago:
I remember this craziness.
I remember that craziness because as a young adult, I was working nearby and saw the smoke clouds.
…and of course, it was all considered ok.
I’m unaware of anyone at all those days who considered it ‘all okay.’ On the contrary, it put a kind of national spotlight on Philly police’ brutality going back to the Rizzo days, and doubtless contributed to Rizzo never being mayor again. And I think even amongst the folks who believed the bombing was justified, a large segment had to admit that it obviously went very, very wrong.
All that said-- yeah, as a nation I’m not sure we learned a damn thing out of all that. The police certainly didn’t appear to.
- Comment on New piefed feature , anyone can subscribe to any post or comment (piefed is a reddit and lemmy alternative) 8 months ago:
lemmy alternative
As long as it federates, hey?
- Comment on Michael Dunn cracks up Leonard Nimoy (**TOS**: ***Plato's Stepchildren***) 8 months ago:
You’re quite right, altho I think it was a different scene or sub-scene.
This seems to be either an outtake or a between-scenes shot.
- Submitted 8 months ago to startrek@startrek.website | 3 comments
- Comment on Are you ready? Here's Captain Picard singing ***The Alphabet Song (psychedelic version)*** 10 months ago:
The coming of the apocalypse, I presume! D:
But seriously, I was blown away when I first saw this, especially strange since it’s been around for… well over 10yrs I think?
