Sorry, that was a rude comment of mine.
Sorry, that was a rude comment of mine.
I imagine this post would be better received if the account weren’t 2 hours old.
Making quiche for brunch. Apparently an omelet is fine, but a scrambled omelette is gay.
“What is Beehaw”: https://docs.beehaw.org/docs/core-principles/what-is-beehaw/
TL;DR: Beehaw.org is intentionally curated and moderated to try and maintain a “nice” environment free of aggression and trolling.
The influx of Reddit refugees last year was a bit of a shock to their system. The Beehaw admins have floated the idea of leaving Lemmy entirely.
I don’t think it’s AI. Looks like the mail truck is simply parked next to an auto shop and caught a reflection in its window.
If this is AI generated then it’s remarkably good. The reflection is clearly legible even while mirrored:
Front End Specialist
Air Conditioning
Electrical Service
Radiator water pumps
And the red pickup’s badge says “Chevrolet Apache,” which is correct.
I assume you mean dollars?
I assume the Fedihosting Foundation would suddenly become a major financial backer of Fediverse projects and instances. Or @[email protected] and the money both disappear, never to be seen again. One or the other.
To build on the good answers from superkret and nemo…
The survival Rule of 3’s says that, depending on your situation, you can generally survive:
Finding a way to stay warm and dry at night should probably be your primary concern. Hypothermia kills fast.
This sounds a bit like a normal non-profit organization, but the board of directors is composed of all donors (the “consumers”).
What’s the incentive for someone to want to be a “worker” in this scenario? I assume they are still paying dues? Are they getting some compensation for doing additional work, or is it an unpaid positions?
I don’t know where in the world you live, but here in the US there is a decades-long trend of people abandoning group social activities in favor of individual activities. Robert Putnam wrote a whole book about it called Bowling Alone back in 2000. Organizations of all kinds have seen declining membership, from adult sports leagues to scouting organizations to PTA groups. If you can find a group of people dedicated enough to form and maintain a club, then you are bucking the trend.
It’s a spoiler. Your Lemmy client isn’t rendering it correctly.
I was working for an HVAC contractor and we did a job at a prison. We would work at night while all the residents were locked up and sleeping. We had a corrections officer escorting us the whole time. The hallways were all on the exterior of the building and lined with large windows. That allowed the guards in the towers outside to watch people moving within the building.
One night, in the wee hours of the morning, we’re walking down the hallway when a red laser dot appears on the wall next to us. All of us contractors freeze instantly. We don’t know what is happening and we DO NOT want to get shot. Our escort gets on his radio and tells the guys in the tower to stop fucking with us. The little red dot disappears and we go on with our night.
We were briefly afraid for our lives because some bored asshole prison guard couldn’t resist flagging us with the muzzle of his rifle and teasing us with the laser sight.
I hear some of the old exploding-heads crew is back as hilariouschaos.com
I agree it would be nice to have a product like that available as an option. I think the masses would still prefer a monolithic tool like Chrome for its convenience, though. I still remember all the annoyances of “You need a new plugin to view this content. Go get it and come back once it’s installed.”
they can do more than viewing websites
The question is: should they? There is a larger philosophical divide about whether software tools should be small and purpose-built, or monolithic. Having one do-it-all tool can be convenient but also creates a huge amount of overhead and complexity.
I go back and forth myself. I love the convenience of monolithic tools, but miss the way a small, purpose-built tool can really do its job well.
So like back to the '90s with Netscape Navigatior and its plugins?
Current favorites:
99% invisible
Articles of Interest (on hiatus)
Serial (takes long breaks)
Revisionist History
Cautionary Tales
Behind the Bastards
The Economics of Everyday Things
The Past and the Curious (for the kids)
Podcasts I don’t listen to you much anymore, though they have some good episodes:
Deep Cover
Radiolab
This American Life
The Moth
Odd Lots
Animal Spirits Podcast
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History
You can (and should) assign a beneficiary for the account. They receive the money if you die.
The Associated Press seems to have a decent results presentation ready to go:
https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/
I wouldn’t bother watching minute-by-minute. There is a decent chance that some swing state will be close enough to trigger a recount, and/or one side files lawsuits challenging the results. This circus is far from over.