It feels like somewhere in the Glasshouse Mountains, looking towards the Sunshine Coast, but I can’t pin down where.
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ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•They are officially known as string trimmers. Where are you geographically and what do you call them?English211·17 hours agoWhipper Snipper here in Aus
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Casual Conversation@piefed.social•[Friday at last] What are your plans for the week-end?English5·19 hours agoparkrun on Saturday morning, though it will probably be the coldest one of the year, so that’ll be fun!
Other than that, no solid plans. Will see where it takes me
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Jeff Geerling: Self-hosting your own media considered harmful (updated). Youtube removed his content, saying that self hosting content is "dangerous or harmful content"English2·20 hours agoIt’s not one or the other though. Peertube with patreon can exist alongside YouTube
Museum quality! A prime example of early internet meme culture meeting classical art. Would fetch top upvotes in any respectable meme antiquities auction!
What you’re describing is very common. Once we have finally accepted ourselves, the dysphoria, which was often an all pervasive background noise becomes sharper and more focused. Not necessarily stronger, but the focus changes, because now, we know what is going on, and we know what we want, and not having it, makes things stand out more.
The silver lining though is that now, you have answers, and when the opportunities present themselves, you know what you can start doing to help. When it’s background, directionless dysphoria, it’s not as sharp, but it’s also not something you can do much about. Now, you can do something about it. It might not be quick or easy, but you have a path forward!
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Games@sh.itjust.works•When will the next "E.T." moment happen in the industry?English4·2 days agoWhat I mean is that they are trending towards being a smaller part of the overall market year over year.
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Games@sh.itjust.works•When will the next "E.T." moment happen in the industry?English10·2 days agoI mean, it’s already happening. AAA games are less common, and aren’t doing as well as they used to, and the AAA studios are drying up. In its place, we’re getting more indie games, more games from small development companies, and they all come at cheaper prices.
Consoles aren’t immune to that, they’re just delayed in their reaction, because the barrier for entry is higher for indie developers. But the prices that people are willing to pay on PC games isn’t going up, because there are plenty of non AAA options available for less, and as that becomes normalised, expensive consoles will falter. Their flagship games will command a premium, but they won’t be able to build up the game library they need to stay competitive with the PC market.
And don’t forget, Steamdeck and the like are out there now, which directly challenge the niche that the Switch sits in.
I don’t think we’ll get a “moment”, but I think the trend will end in a similar way
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content. Videos are allowed if "freedom of expression value may outweigh harm risk"English5·2 days agoPeertube is also a thing. Obviously, someone can’t make it on Peertube alone, but lots of folk out there upload to YouTube and to Peertube
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Erica Chenoweth et al. studied over 323 movements and found that in aggregate, nonviolent civil resistance was far more effective in producing changeEnglish4·2 days agoNew Zealand is about as close as it gets, but even they broke out in to war after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Lemmy@lemmy.ml•Suggestion: If votes aren't private on Lemmy, own it and show what users up/down voted.English6·2 days agoThe difference is that voting is not publicly available, so people can’t be judged for their voting behaviours, however, down voting bots etc can still be identified and banned by their home instance admin.
That being said, I don’t like the feature, and would disable it if I could
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Pineapple on pizza is always hotly debated, but do you think Pineapple belongs on a burger?English2·2 days agoI’ll eat pineapple on pizza, but not on a burger.
I’ll eat beetroot on a burger, but not on pizza.
Pineapple is the reason I don’t order burgers with the lot.
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content. Videos are allowed if "freedom of expression value may outweigh harm risk"English111·2 days agoI mean, if your requirement for a youtube alternative is that it’s as big as YouTube, you’re just guaranteeing that there will never be a YouTube alternative…
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•People of Lemmy, what does your egg carton look like? No fair changing the setup for the picture.English8·2 days agoChaos. I grab eggs at random, without consideration for symmetry!
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Technology@beehaw.org•YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial contentEnglish142·2 days agoWhy does the general attitude on Lemmy seem to lean toward more censorship and silencing of speech
Because “censorship” in this context is a weasel word. What people complaining about censorship really want, is the ability to be more openly racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic etc. What people pushing back against that want is less bigotry.
But because the bigots can’t own their bigotry, they hide behind “censorship” and not having enough “free speech”.
This is literally youtube saying “The president says that hating on folks is ok, and we will make more money by aligning with that”. It’s not them taking a stance on free speech, because they still block stuff that costs them money. They still demonetise or block things that are supportive of LGBT folk for the flimsiest of reasons, none of which they would do if censorship or free speech were their reasoning.
This has nothing to do with “censorship” and everything to do with a deliberate attempt not to increase free speech, but to shift “allowed” speech to the right
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content. Videos are allowed if "freedom of expression value may outweigh harm risk"English9·2 days agoThe alternatives are there. They don’t have the volume of course, but they’re very much born…
Laziness isn’t a thing. It centralises productivity as a measure of worth, and then shames people for hitting a threshold that means they can’t meet the productivity expectations of others.
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneto Fediverse@lemmy.world•Friendica's marketing is terrible.English11·3 days agoI tried to love it. It’s one of the most feature rich fediverse platforms out there. It has groups built in out of the box, it talks to Diaspora as well as Activitypub… But it’s just… not nice to use.
ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneMto Transfem@lemmy.blahaj.zone•currently in the hospital, had vaginoplasty this morning - update & AMAEnglish6·3 days agoWait until you lie on your tummy in bed for the first time!
I use a Galaxy fold, and honestly, you can take my folding phone from my cold dead hands, because there is no other way in giving them up.