ElectroVagrant 7 hours ago • 100%
As noted, seeing as they're neither consistently active nor terribly large (Adulting is the largest of the two with any posts), building them on other instances now would probably be just as well. They're decent enough topics to try to build communities around imo.
PocketKNIFE
Weird Knife Wednesday: Schrade SCH404
ElectroVagrant 22 hours ago • 100%
throwing knives (which just seem to breed like rabbits and accumulate in droves)
Every time they're thrown, even just into storage, another emerges from the Forge of Being.
Thunder App
Not displaying vote counts?
ElectroVagrant 24 hours ago • 100%
This may be related to the version your instance is on and Thunder adjusting to accommodate different vote display options that your instance version allows for. You might look through Thunder's settings regarding display and see if there's an option to restore the display of vote counts.
Hope this helps!
Slightly surprised to find the Adulting, Career Guidance, and Jobs communities haven't gained too much traction, or in one case stalled out. Although these communities aren't the most exciting or uplifting, so it also makes sense. I'm talking about the following on Lemmy World specifically: * [!adulting@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/adulting) * [!careerguidance@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/careerguidance) * [!jobs@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/jobs) Given the second community never went anywhere, it's probably best to instead focus on Jobs if anyone was interested. Unfortunately in the case of both the Jobs and Adulting community, the moderators no longer seem to be active to coordinate with to help the communities along. In looking about the only similar communities I could find to these were on other instances one might also consider too large or controversial, if not both (e.g. Lemmy ml and Lemmygrad). Given their lack of activity, if there was enough interest they might be rebuilt on other instances with more effort to get them going. However, seeing as that already seems to be something of an uphill struggle, revitalizing what's here might be preferable. Thoughts?
AdultingElectroVagrant 1 day ago • 100%
I'm not sure if it's offered as a part-time job, but you might look into localization jobs. Sometimes (often?) they may be the same exact job, but in the situations that they're not it may help to find jobs you might otherwise miss.
The problem with AI translations with some languages is that their results can be far too literal and miss much needed nuance to deliver the desired message, so: localization. Like you said, translation, especially good translation, is an art, and a major part of that is in localizing the translations for different audiences.
General Discussion
Are there any communities dedicated to product reviews?
ElectroVagrant 1 day ago • 100%
Delayed response, but there's a few that I'm aware of that may roughly fit this interest.
Same idea but different instance:
!buyitforlife@sh.itjust.works
Lastly there's !recommendations@lemmy.world, but this is more for seeking product recommendations rather than providing reviews of products. However currently there's nothing in their rules prohibiting product review posts, so you could always DM the mod to see if they're open to them.
Edited & crossed out first couple communities as I reviewed the original thread and saw they weren't what you were after. I also see that you've made a community tailored to what you were looking for via !product_reviews@slrpnk.net, which is apt. Best of luck with it!
Finished watching it the other day and if you're into scifi, or maybe more science-fantasy, it's well worth watching! Refreshing to see some new scifi, particularly with a focus on extraterrestrial ecosystems. Saw by searching that there's nothing about another season for now, which is a shame, but I think season 1 stands up well even as it is.
CanadaElectroVagrant 3 months ago • 100%
Thanks! This tool seems really useful. It's interesting how patchy service availability seems to be even in urban areas. 😕
General Discussion
It's the beginning of the end of an Earth week! Whaddya gettin' up to?
ElectroVagrant 3 months ago • 100%
Ride those celestial surfboards through the 'verse!
A dive into the interesting world of Vocaloid, video has timestamps so if you want [an overview on what it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5pPALER7WU&t=233s) you can start there and watch around 7-8 minutes of it. If you want [suggestions on musicians using vocaloids to check out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5pPALER7WU&t=706s) you can start with this link and watch about 10 minutes. The rest of the video is digging into some of how vocaloids work and how the software is used in making music. It's interesting stuff, I thought!
ElectroVagrant 3 months ago • 100%
This is buried toward the bottom of the release notes so I'm bringing it up here:
Added instance-level default sort type
Any admins out there considering changing their instance sort settings or asking people on their instance if they'd like this changed, given that we can individually set sorting anyway? Taking into account the inclination of people to never adjust default settings (I remain deeply curious about this tendency, as an aside), I think it might be worth at least bringing up to one's instance community.
If they decide they want it to remain the same, all good, and even better, it raises some people's awareness that they can change it themselves.
With that convoluted title I'm making myself think about what we'd call the additional days on other planets or other different temporal circumstances. Instead of ending them with -day you could end them with the planetary body name or circumstance name. Today might be Lajove on Jupiter!
ElectroVagrant 3 months ago • 100%
Appreciate the adjustments and responsiveness! Gave it another try after this and the different formatting hit the spot! Still need to use more to see more finely tuned results, but dig the idea.
Also as others have already said plenty, would be cool to see this cleaned up for an open source release. If you'd like to see how some others are handling a sorta similar idea but with RSS feeds, you might look to Nunti for ideas on how to approach it.
Automotive Industry
Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
For those wondering about which models, from the article:
Toyota Motor Corp., based in Toyota city, central Japan, suspended production in the country of the Corolla Fielder, Corolla Axio and Yaris Cross.
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
Little feedback on the UI from taking a peek at this.
When I went into settings and adjusted post display style from card to anything else, it wasn't clear to me that this wouldn't apply to the new For You feed, which left me confused and less inclined to use it. I still gave it a try to make sure I wasn't missing anything and to see how much the feed seemed to change with some light interaction, but I think you'd need to use it more than I did to see an effect.
Problem being: display settings not applying to the For You feed means I'm not going to use it much with the default card view.
Second part is that there was some comment display lag as I looked through posts, so if I looked at a post about cats with cat-related comments, those comments would linger and appear for a moment under a different post about possums. It's just long enough to be noticeable, so thought it worth mentioning.
HomeElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
If at some point Lemmy.zip gets a wiki (if it doesn't already have one), I hope one of the urls for it ends up as xyz.lemmy.zip
Technology
The problem with GIMP
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
Huh. I had to take a quick glance at the timestamp of this article to make sure it wasn't old, as this was the same issue that inspired a short-lived fork a few years ago.
I get where this article's coming from, as I got where the people trying to fork it under a different name were too, however for better or worse I think what matters even more to people is that the software works well and has a good UX. If I remember right, I think Glimpse intended to focus on improving the UX but it didn't last long enough to do much in that regard.
Better than my memory though, here's an article that gives some insight into what went into the cessation of its development.
Casual Conversation
People are sometimes alright tbh
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
It’s really hard to gauge humanity when it really only takes a few terrible people to ruin things for everyone else.
Using that perspective to recognize the many other alright people I think might be a way for people to encourage one another and feel less wary of calling out bad actors. It's a funny thing, but the same live and let live tendencies we appreciate from others at times seems to diminish the slight resolve necessary to push back against those negatively affecting many others.
Similarly, I think it's beneficial to recognize the good as much as the bad, as otherwise we take the former for granted and can grow too jaded and overly cynical.
General Discussion
It's Pride Month~
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
It's a fun way of saying be yourself more or less, and also that we're in major industries and always have been and will be; plus that we've always been around regardless of what others may insist
Some side-work I do has me dealing with people a bunch, and for as much as we all complain about each other, at least in brief moments my experiences with others have been okay, pleasant even. Of course, despite that, I can't shake the idiosyncratic impulse to *avoid* people much of the time, but regardless. As a bonus: most of those I'm encountering are total strangers to boot, so it's not even a matter of familiarity. Not much more of a point to this post than that, really. Thought we could use a little more upbeat stuff around here.
Remember: be gay, do crimes The OwOs are in the jets The thigh highs control the nets Always been around, always will be 😎
General Discussion
Hiking, hiking, hiking
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
Didn't honestly expect so much advice, but appreciate all of it! Feel free to share some interesting stories as well though!
General Discussion
Hiking, hiking, hiking
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
This is all just for hiking. For backpacking I have way more.
Is backpacking marathon hiking? 🤔
solarpunk memes
In Women's Jeans They're 83.7% Smaller
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
In the worst case they don't get anything at all 😬
I know next to nothing of hiking, so I'd be interested in hearing of your trips and tips and whatever else! My limited knowledge roughly amounts to go with someone (genuinely) experienced, have more water (and probably food) than you'll think you need, good footwear, be wary of the mystery berry, and don't try to pet/touch all the wildlife (no matter how cute they may seem).
General Discussion
TV shows, any and all!
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
Tales from the Crypt for spookies.
Mentioning this in contrast with funnies got me thinking...And hey, they did meet!
General Discussion
TV shows, any and all!
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
“The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window” was a pretty good (non anime) series too. – It’s a kind of hilarious take on scary movies and the tropes within them.
I see they're competing with some Japanese shows for long, descriptive titles! Jokes aside, this sounds up my alley!
General Discussion
TV shows, any and all!
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
Hah, yeah, I tried to mention a variety so people wouldn't think any show was too old or too niche. I watch whatever manages to snag my interest in some way.
Some shows I check out simply from the sudden uptick in memes, which is how I found my way to Columbo.
I've been bouncing between shows lately, binged through a few or what was available anyway. Recently it's been more anime shows, but I binged through some live action stuff awhile back like Russian Doll, was also watching some of the original Quantum Leap for a minute, some Columbo, and dove into a select few old Outer Limits episodes. What have been some of your recent binges and bounces?
AsklemmyElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
Seeing as this thread is still active, instead of continuing to reply to people throughout, gonna go ahead and put this out here.
If you're not finding an active community for something (safe for work, that is) or any community whatsoever for your interest, you're welcome to post about the topics that interest you in !general@lemmy.world till you find enough likeminded people to get a separate community going. This was always allowed tbh, but I've tried to make it more explicit and clear that it's cool.
Technology
Former OpenAI board member explains why they fired Sam Altman
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
A little surprised this hasn't been discussed more on here...Also this is particularly relevant, if true, given Altman stepping into overseeing safety:
Toner says that one reason the board stopped trusting Altman was his failure to tell the board that he owned the OpenAI Startup Fund; another was how he gave inaccurate info about the company’s safety processes “on multiple occasions.”
Emphasis mine.
I've revised the sidebar description to try to clarify what's okay to post here and encourage discussion. Original: > This is a community for general discussion where you can get your bearings in the fediverse, discuss topics & ask questions that don’t seem to fit in any other community. New: > This is a community for general discussion where you can get your bearings in the fediverse. Discuss topics & ask questions that don’t seem to fit in any other community, ***or don’t have an active community yet.*** Technically the latter sort of posts have always been welcome here, but it struck me that as it wasn't written out, some may have been uncertain and opted not to post at all. With it written explicitly, hopefully that may put those uncertain more at ease to post. Active is admittedly pretty vague, so I'm inclined to keep things lax on that. If you find a community for something but it's not seen any posts in months, don't feel too down! Try posting about the topic here for the time being, and hopefully you may find likeminded people that share your interest. Somehow or other this community is widely subscribed to, so more people are apt to see posts from here than smaller communities, meaning better chances of finding others to talk to. Once you've found your peers, feel free to work out the details for starting a community and link to it from here. Hope this helps!
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
You're welcome to post about papers and discuss them over in !general@lemmy.world to try to get this going for more specific communities!
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
You might give the programming.dev instance a try for the first couple subjects, as they have an open !programming@programming.dev community that may work for them.
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
Given the absence of specific communities (or active ones so far), if people would like they could start these conversations over in !general@lemmy.world.
I recognize it's not the same, particularly for getting to those deep dive points you mention with ATLA, but gotta start somewhere, right?
Also I can easily give this go-ahead being one of the mods there. Up to now I've hesitated popping into threads like this and pointing people there because I'm not a fan of consolidation, but it's become apparent some simple meeting area may help to get more niche communities spun off and going.
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
Brings to mind this NSFW ('cause light horror) short film "Circles"
RaccoonsElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
I agree on both points!
I like to try to add a little more levity around here, especially when it's in the spirit of the original post!
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
You might try different media if you haven't already, as in, instead of pencil/pen and paper, maybe colored pencils or markers. Maybe even try getting some black paper and trying to draw with white color pencils instead.
I'm sure you may have tried a variety of things over the years, so I'm just spitballing, but also if you're trying to dive into the deep end with more complex drawings, you might revisit and really hone the fundamentals. Fundamentals being like getting clean lines by practicing drawing those over and over till you can get a nice, sharp line (which often isn't a single pencil/brush stroke!).
Once you have those down you may move on to the simple shapes, squares, triangles, circles, and try to recognize how those are put together for more complex forms. It's a tough skill to get down, without a doubt (I'm not some proficient artist personally), but it's just that: a skill that takes not only practice but learning methodologies. One of the toughest parts with drawing is that there's so many methods to go about it to figure out which helps you improve.
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
when you get cc'd on an email and wait till the right moment to send the CharCoal image you've had waiting for this moment
World News
Biden: What's happening in Gaza is not genocide
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 95%
Original article: https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-whats-happening-gaza-is-not-genocide-2024-05-20/
It's pretty clear to me Biden's trying to thread the needle on this in a gruesome way. The argument seems to follow the form of: civilian deaths are collateral damage, this is unfortunate but this is war and they are not purposely being targeted and so this is not genocide.
However that almost willfully ignores the denial and blocking of aid to the same affected civilians, which is a deliberate action that despite the cover story being to prevent it reaching Hamas, falls entirely flat as regardless, it results in direct suffering and death of the civilians. I say almost because some small efforts have been made to push back against the denial of aid, but as is evident to anyone monitoring the situation, these efforts are all far too small to address the widespread suffering and death of the Gazan people.
This whole semantics game around genocide is simply disgusting. You know those in government know exactly what people mean when they're calling it that, they want an end to the killing and an end to the deaths of civilians, whether from military strikes or denial of aid.
Showerthoughts
The only feeling worse than "Why didn't I think of that?" is "I thought of that, but didn't do anything about it!"
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
Once I thought and did the thing then realized the thought was the thing to do and then it kept going and going and...
Showerthoughts
Shadowrun mixes fantasy and scifi, so someone out there has definitely made a Comm-Ent phreaker/hacker character by now.
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
bummer, an ent using comms tech despite the classic trait of'em being against exploitative civilization didn't click as much as I thought it might
more fun imagery for me! In my head it's a clear visual of a cross between solar and cyberpunk. Then again, I don't remember ents in Shadowrun, but people play the TTRPG a little fast and loose like D&D, so I stand by my OP thought
Showerthoughts
Shadowrun mixes fantasy and scifi, so someone out there has definitely made a Comm-Ent phreaker/hacker character by now.
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
oh, uh, for those unfamiliar: Shadowrun's a tabletop RPG as well as a computer RPG with a cyberpunk setting but with fantasy creatures and magic mixed together
Comm-Ents running aerials in their uppermost branches of their head but nobody can tell 'cause they've made'em blend in. Paranoia's even harder to pin down when the "trees" can literally be listenin'.
General Discussion
A Collaborative Resource for Highlighting Active Creative, Humanities, Entertainment, and Sports Communities.
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
I am very good at being online so I am definitely not just getting around to mentioning that I cross-posted this to our peer community !casualconversation@lemm.ee where some others have responded with some of the active communities they've found: https://lemmy.world/post/14734186
If you've any you'd like to add, comments are open here as well!
Technology
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
At a glance this sounds even more intrusive than it's been with Win10 (and maybe 11?), and sadly it's no surprise as even without AI junk, I think the defaults with Win10 (and maybe 11) are to track your PC use to try to provide some "convenience" features, e.g. display of recently used programs/accessed files when you go to open a new desktop (Win key + Tab).
If they would be more transparent about this and indicate whether and how much of that info, "anonymized/depersonalized" or not, is being taken by them, I think people would still be understandably annoyed but more understanding; at least with an easy opt out or better still, the default being that you must opt in for any of it.
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 96%
it's 2% milk, 98% mystery fun
No Stupid Questions
Whatever happened to lemmy.film?
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
I don't know the specifics of what may have happened with Lemmy.film, so we'll have to see if someone else may know.
As to what happens to posts to "their" communities, my rough understanding is that with the host server gone, federation either doesn't occur or maybe attempts to reach the host but simply stops after some number of attempts. Upon failure I think it simply collects the posts on your home server/instance's copy of the community.
Not sure what would happen if a new instance was spun up of Lemmy.film either from a backup or in general, but I'd imagine there's some settings/adjustments that may be calibrated to prevent it getting a backlog of posts dumped on it causing it to get bogged down or crash.
As to questions specifically about the Lemmy software, you may try !lemmy_support@lemmy.ml or !lemmy@lemmy.ml, think either one would be okay for this.
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 97%
Pulling the background link here to save people some clicks: https://buttondown.email/ninelives/archive/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries/
With a few quotes to highlight the frustrating situation:
That’s because OverDrive, a private corporation, has a monopoly on managing the availability and distribution of ebooks and audiobooks for government-funded public libraries in North America. (I looked for exact current numbers, but turns out that would require the time and resources of a professional journalist.^1^ Best I could do: as of December 2019, OverDrive controlled digital lending for “more than 95% of public libraries in the US and Canada”.^2^)
Emphasis added.
Right away I saw that in June 2020, OverDrive was sold to global investment firm KKR. [...] The private equity firm of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, I quickly learned, was either the inventor of, or an early pioneer in, basically all the Shitty Business Practices: leveraged buyouts, corporate raiding, vulture capitalism. They’ve been at it since the 1970s and they’re still going strong. [...] Even in the world of investment capital, where evil is arguably banal, KKR is notoriously vile. They are the World Champions of Grabbing All The Money And Leaving Everyone Else In The Shit.
[...]
And if OverDrive goes belly-up at some point in the future, crushed by KKR’s leveraged debt, it’s going to take down access to the digital catalogs of nearly every public library in North America.
Emphasis added.
Clacksmith
Snow Globe d20
ElectroVagrant 4 months ago • 100%
That's so cool! Appreciate all the detail as well!
Technical video, and interesting if you've ever wondered about some of the constraints game developers used to work with with some older hardware.
Hey, so I know some of you may be new or may have never wrapped your head around what any of this federation stuff means regarding Lemmy, so I aim to keep this simple while linking to more detailed posts for those interested in more technical background at the bottom. The short of it is, your posts and comments to communities hosted here on Lemmy World or elsewhere, or comments to posts from others on Lemmy World from elsewhere, may be taking awhile to be visible to others outside of Lemmy World. In other words, if you've posted to a community on say, Lemmy.nz or Aussie.zone (for the most dramatic examples), you may not have seen any responses until much later because it took that long for them to process & receive them. This is a known technical issue with the present Lemmy version that is currently being discussed and worked on. As I understand it, this is in large part due to the concentration of activity on Lemmy World, while some other delays are related to geographic factors, both smashing together for one gnarly snag with the Lemmy software. So what does this mean for you? Well, if you would like more timely communications with a variety of other Lemmy sites' communities, you may consider moving from Lemmy World to another Lemmy site. Lemmy World is up to date with Lemmy, meaning you can export your settings (including user/community/instance blocks and community subs) and import on other up to date Lemmy sites. This tends to be easiest via the web interface so far as I'm aware. Alternatively you may remain with an awareness of why you may not have seen many replies/comments to some of your comments/posts on other sites' communities, or suddenly see notifications for replies/comments to "old" comments/posts. People may only now be seeing them some time later. **[Lemmy Federation Issue Discussion](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4529)** **Other Related Discussions:** [Lemmy NZ Update on Lemmy World Federation Issues](https://lemmy.nz/post/10046390) [Why do comments from lemmy.world users not appear until 4 days later?](https://aussie.zone/post/8915953) [Reddthat Update and Notice on Lemmy World Federation Issues](https://reddthat.com/comment/8316861) [dbzer0 Federation Mishaps Postmortem](https://dbzer0.com/blog/post-mortem-the-massive-lemmy-world-lemmy-dbzer0-com-federation-delays/) *Communities Moving From Lemmy World Related to Delays* [QuiteInteresting community notice](https://tesseract.dubvee.org/post/dubvee.org/1110919) [CasualConversations community discussion/notice](https://lemmy.world/post/13967373) --- p.s. if I've misunderstood the issues in some way, please correct me in the comments. I've tried to avoid citing additional configuration hiccups besides dbzer0's (e.g. I think [Sopuli's recent delays](https://sopuli.xyz/post/12019913) were something like this), such as [World's own from around a month ago](https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/18235543) to keep focus on the underlying Lemmy issue.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12495381 at [Blaze's mention.](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/8382628) > This is ***not*** a comprehensive list by any means, and is why I'm featuring this post and leaving it open to comments. I may update this as people make suggestions, and I encourage others to make their own variations on this list in the comments or in their respective versions of this community. > > Also to clarify some terms here, by active I'm aiming for at least *some* commenting on recent-ish posts, not merely recent posts, and by the topic names...I'll let the linked communities serve as examples. > > ::: spoiler 🎨 Creative Communities 🎨 > **Fabricraft** > * [!amigurumi@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/amigurumi) > * [!crochet@lemmy.ca](https://lemmy.ca/c/crochet) > * [!knitting@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/knitting) > > **Music** > * [!guitars@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/guitars) > * [!drums@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/drums) > > **Photography** > * [!analog@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/analog) > > **Visual** > * [!artshare@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/artshare) > * [!digitalart@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/digitalart) > * [!imageai@sh.itjust.works](https://sh.itjust.works/c/imageai) > * [!pixelart@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/pixelart) > * [!traditional_art@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/traditional_art) > > **Writing** > * [!twosentencehorror@sh.itjust.works](https://sh.itjust.works/c/twosentencehorror) > * [!keepwriting@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting) > * [!writingprompts@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/writingprompts) > ::: > > ::: spoiler 🗿 Humanities 🗿 > **Art** > * [!albumartporn@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/albumartporn) > * [!artporn@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/artporn) > * [!gameart@sopuli.xyz](https://sopuli.xyz/c/gameart) > * [!sapphicart@lemmy.blahaj.zone](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/sapphicart) > * [!traditional_art@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/traditional_art) > > **History & Anthropology** > * [!archaeology@mander.xyz](https://mander.xyz/c/archaeology) > * [!artifact@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/artifact) > * [!anthropology@mander.xyz](https://mander.xyz/c/anthropology) > * [!history@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/history) > * [!HistoryArtifacts@kbin.social](https://kbin.social/m/HistoryArtifacts) > > **Language/Linguistics** > * [!Japaneselanguage@sopuli.xyz](https://sopuli.xyz/c/japaneselanguage) > * [!linguistics@mander.xyz](https://mander.xyz/c/linguistics) > > **Philosophy** > * [!philosophy@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/philosophy) > * [!philosophy@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/philosophy) > > **Religion & Spirituality** > * [!buddhism@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/buddhism) > * [!thesatanictemple@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/thesatanictemple) > * [!taoism@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/taoism) > ::: > > ::: spoiler 😄 Entertainment 😄 > **Reading and Listening** > * [!books@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/books) > * [!books@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/books) > * [!comicbooks@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/comicbooks) > * [!comics@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/comics) > * [!comicstrips@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/comicstrips) > * [!fiction@literature.cafe](https://literature.cafe/c/fiction) > * [!manga@ani.social](https://ani.social/c/manga) > * [!manga@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/manga) > > **Multimedia** > * [!sciencefiction@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/sciencefiction) > > **Music** > * [!alternativenation@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/alternativenation) > * [!gothindustrial@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/gothindustrial) > * [!jazz@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/jazz) > * [!metal@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/metal) > * [!music@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/music) > * [!vgmusic@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/vgmusic) > * [!80smusic@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/80smusic) > * [!90smusic@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/90smusic) > > **Playing** > * [!games@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/games) > * [!games@sh.itjust.works](https://sh.itjust.works/c/games) > * [!gaming@lemmy.zip](https://lemmy.zip/c/gaming) > > **Watching** > * [!anime@ani.social](https://ani.social/c/anime) > * [!movies@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/movies) > * [!moviesandtv@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/moviesandtv) > * [!television@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/television) > * [!trailers@lemmy.blahaj.zone](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/trailers) > * [!videos@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/videos) > ::: > > ::: spoiler 🏅 Sports 🏅 > * [!baseball@fanaticus.social](https://fanaticus.social/c/baseball) > * [!cfb@fanaticus.social](https://fanaticus.social/c/cfb) > * [!hockey@lemmy.ca](https://lemmy.ca/c/hockey) > * [!nba@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/nba) > * [!nfl@fanaticus.social](https://fanaticus.social/c/nfl) > ::: > > --- > > Hope this helps any newcomers find some different communities to join and participate in! > > p.s. although it's now out of date, as some instances are no longer around (RIP Lemmy.film), [this post is still a pretty useful resource](https://lemmy.world/post/2216085) for a broader range of communities than those listed here.
I dunno how many here have given it a try yet, or simply don't ever intend to but are nevertheless a little curious, so I'm putting down some notes here. **Very basics:** 1. It's very much a Twitter clone on the surface. 2. It may depend on your setup, but in my experience I did *not* have to provide a phone number to sign up. ::: spoiler **Onboarding details:** 3. Onboarding is pretty traditional social media, pick some interests, it pulls some accounts it associates with those and has them set to be followed unless you opt not to. 4. It diverges slightly in that it then tells you your default feed will be Following with settings to disable showing replies/reposts/quote posts if you like (defaults are to display all of these). 5. Where it gets much different is that it then offers you a selection of custom feeds to make your Main Feeds. For a very rough analogy, these can be a little like communities here or subreddits on Reddit, with more involved under the surface producing them. 6. This analogy is made more apparent with "Topical Feeds" that try to relate to your previously selected interests. 7. Lastly some basic adult/graphic content settings that let you adjust whether to show them outright, warn about them, or hide them completely (i.e. not display in your feeds at all). Defaults, aside from non-sexual nudity, are set to not display any of this and hide it all. ::: ::: spoiler **Actual use:** 8. Besides more granular graphic content filtering and emphasis on custom feeds, it's pretty much like Twitter or Mastodon/Misskey/etc. 9. You can kinda "lock" your account to make it less visible to those outside of Bluesky, but that's the closest to limited visibility you'll find at the moment so far as I could tell. 10. Unlike say, Twitter and Mastodon et al: you can't block/mute people from their posts, you have to go to their profile to do so. 10.1. Unlike Mastodon/Misskey/etc.: You can't limit the reach of your posts, so they're all maximally public, no option to post only to followers, no option to have replies be unlisted so they don't kinda spam up follower feeds, etc. 10.2. You currently can't upload gifs/short videos, though you can link them. 10.3. No audio posts either from what I gather (an option on Mastodon and I'd imagine Misskey and the like as well). 11. Despite missing those details, it does have similar levels of filtering tools to stuff like Mastodon, and more streamlined exchange of blocklists. 12. Also while you can't limit the reach of your posts, you *can* limit who can respond to them. ::: --- **Some miscellaneous quirks** Something not mentioned as much is that the custom feeds are, at least at the moment, not really user friendly to try to make yourself. These very much have a vibe of something more tech-oriented people may make for others to use, even with the Skyfeed app to ease their creation. If anything the fact something like Skyfeed exists is some evidence of this. The trick is, the custom feeds are genuinely more flexible than lists of accounts or followed hashtags/terms on Misskey or Mastodon, but at the moment Bluesky's custom feeds seem kind of underutilized. Many of the custom feeds could simply be lists as found elsewhere. Not sure how much of that is because the only existing platform using the AuthTransfer Protocol is Bluesky, technical challenge, or something else, but that's the state of many of them for now. Oh, and presently there's no DMs, just as a stray detail to mention. Skimming convos I got the sense it may be to avoid giving people the sense of any private communications on there. Also despite all these feeds and a more centralized model (dependent presently only on Bluesky's relay), there's still a sentiment from some there of the place being empty and lacking engagement. In the time I was poking about it, one of the "viral" posts in my discover feed was someone there, amusingly much like here and elsewhere on the fediverse, reminding people they have to engage/talk to others to get any engagement. Some things really don't change where you go online. --- My overall takeaway thus far is that it's pretty much par for the course with microblogging platforms, and not necessarily the best first showing of what the AuthTransfer protocol might really enable. Especially not with its lacking reach/privacy controls, not that any federated social media makes sense to promote as highly private, but still, some controls are better than none.
Heya, I'm really good at inconsistency, so instead of a weekly thread, sporadic thread! Thought I'd toss one over and see what we see. Tried any new foods, games, music, software? Finally made that mobile DJ setup so you're bangin' out beats as you ride your unicycle? Finished that model you've been putting off for forever? Or did you finally get your sleep schedule back on track and now you're too awake and want to wreck it again?
Been going back and forth on this, as personally I don't have much problem with politics posts and discussions. I know how they can get, and some of why people dislike them, but nevertheless...To not discuss politics enables the worst among us to take the reigns and drag us all over the cliff. Given that, I'd like to pick apart what may be meant when people say politics. It's a can of worms, so to try to focus things a little, let's say, is it when they're distinctly partisan that disliking them may be meant? Something you find across the board is the sentiment that a lot of political journalism has very blatant partisan-leanings, and for some organizations there's zero doubt of that. I should also take a moment to clarify here, when I say partisan, I mean *any* strongly held political views, not merely left or right, but also including moderate/centrist. Or is it slightly less the kind that matters, and more the volume of it, pervading every discussion? Especially when one may already be aware and trying to address it in their own ways, and is visiting an online community to get a little respite. What's your take on this?
Taking a note from our fellow community Casual Conversation (now on Lemm.ee), I've added a few links to our sidebar under Additional Discussion Focused Communities to a few more specific discussion communities people might be interested in. In the spirit of federation, these communities are all remote, that is, located off-site from Lemmy World, while remaining connected and accessible to those here on Lemmy World. The communities added to the sidebar are found below: ::: spoiler 💬 Additional Discussion Focused Communities: * [!actual_discussion@lemmy.ca](https://lemmy.ca/c/actual_discussion) - Note this is for more serious discussions. * [!casualconversation@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/casualconversation) - The opposite of the above, for more laidback chat! * [!letstalkaboutgames@feddit.uk](https://feddit.uk/c/letstalkaboutgames) - Into video games? Here's a place to discuss them! * [!movies@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/movies) - Watched a movie and wanna talk to others about it? Here's a place to do so! ::: --- Also of note, this wasn't at anyone's request, so if any of the moderators from these communities would prefer removal from this post and the sidebar, they may message me and I'll do so accordingly. Please remember that if you decide to participate in any of these communities to respect their rules and the rules of their instance, and that Lemmy World rules still apply in remote instance interactions. **p.s.** if you're in growing communities you'd like to get more people participating in, feel free to reply to [this thread](https://lemmy.world/post/12495381) with links to them!
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> Today, we’re releasing an open labeling system on Bluesky. “Labeling” is a key part of moderation; it is a system for marking content that may need to be hidden, blurred, taken down, or annotated in applications. Labeling is how a lot of centralized moderation works under the hood, but nobody has ever opened it up for anyone to contribute. By building an open source labeling system, our goal is to empower developers, organizations, and users to actively participate in shaping the future of moderation. > > In this post, we’ll dive into the details on how labeling and moderation works in the AT Protocol.
...Which foods? A variety, or would it all be the same perfect food in an unending supply? Think like a food delivery service but it magically provided the buffet items as needed.
...This post, but what is it??? It's clickbait! Unless you wanna talk about the weekend. It's brought to us by workers, and...It should be longer! Do you create your own weekends with every spare moment? Besides doomscrurking (ooh, or doomlulling?), what do you get up to in those moments? I've been reading, and catching up on some movies lately.
This is ***not*** a comprehensive list by any means, and is why I'm featuring this post and leaving it open to comments. I may update this as people make suggestions, and I encourage others to make their own variations on this list in the comments or in their respective versions of this community. Also to clarify some terms here, by active I'm aiming for at least *some* commenting on recent-ish posts, not merely recent posts, and by the topic names...I'll let the linked communities serve as examples. ::: spoiler 🎨 Creative Communities 🎨 **Fabricraft** * [!amigurumi@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/amigurumi) * [!crochet@lemmy.ca](https://lemmy.ca/c/crochet) * [!knitting@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/knitting) **Music** * [!guitars@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/guitars) * [!drums@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/drums) **Photography** * [!analog@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/analog) **Visual** * [!artshare@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/artshare) * [!digitalart@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/digitalart) * [!imageai@sh.itjust.works](https://sh.itjust.works/c/imageai) * [!pixelart@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/pixelart) * [!traditional_art@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/traditional_art) **Writing** * [!twosentencehorror@sh.itjust.works](https://sh.itjust.works/c/twosentencehorror) * [!keepwriting@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting) * [!writingprompts@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/writingprompts) **Food** * [!cooking@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/cooking) ::: ::: spoiler 🗿 Humanities 🗿 **Art** * [!albumartporn@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/albumartporn) * [!artporn@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/artporn) * [!gameart@sopuli.xyz](https://sopuli.xyz/c/gameart) * [!sapphicart@lemmy.blahaj.zone](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/sapphicart) * [!traditional_art@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/traditional_art) **History & Anthropology** * [!archaeology@mander.xyz](https://mander.xyz/c/archaeology) * [!artifact@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/artifact) * [!anthropology@mander.xyz](https://mander.xyz/c/anthropology) * [!history@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/history) * [!HistoryArtifacts@kbin.social](https://kbin.social/m/HistoryArtifacts) **Language/Linguistics** * [!Japaneselanguage@sopuli.xyz](https://sopuli.xyz/c/japaneselanguage) * [!linguistics@mander.xyz](https://mander.xyz/c/linguistics) **Philosophy** * [!philosophy@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/philosophy) * [!philosophy@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/philosophy) **Religion & Spirituality** * [!buddhism@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/buddhism) * [!thesatanictemple@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/thesatanictemple) * [!taoism@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/taoism) ::: ::: spoiler 😄 Entertainment 😄 **Reading and Listening** * [!books@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/books) * [!books@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/books) * [!comicbooks@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/comicbooks) * [!comics@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/comics) * [!comicstrips@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/comicstrips) * [!fiction@literature.cafe](https://literature.cafe/c/fiction) * [!manga@ani.social](https://ani.social/c/manga) * [!manga@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/manga) **Multimedia** * [!sciencefiction@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/sciencefiction) **Music** * [!alternativenation@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/alternativenation) * [!gothindustrial@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/gothindustrial) * [!jazz@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/jazz) * [!metal@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/metal) * [!music@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/music) * [!vgmusic@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/vgmusic) * [!80smusic@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/80smusic) * [!90smusic@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/90smusic) **Playing** * [!games@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/games) * [!games@sh.itjust.works](https://sh.itjust.works/c/games) * [!gaming@lemmy.zip](https://lemmy.zip/c/gaming) **Watching** * [!anime@ani.social](https://ani.social/c/anime) * [!movies@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/movies) * [!moviesandtv@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/moviesandtv) * [!television@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/television) * [!trailers@lemmy.blahaj.zone](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/trailers) * [!videos@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/videos) ::: ::: spoiler 🏅 Sports 🏅 * [!baseball@fanaticus.social](https://fanaticus.social/c/baseball) * [!cfb@fanaticus.social](https://fanaticus.social/c/cfb) * [!hockey@lemmy.ca](https://lemmy.ca/c/hockey) * [!nba@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/nba) * [!nfl@fanaticus.social](https://fanaticus.social/c/nfl) ::: --- Hope this helps any newcomers find some different communities to join and participate in! p.s. although it's now out of date, as some instances are no longer around (RIP Lemmy.film), [this post is still a pretty useful resource](https://lemmy.world/post/2216085) for a broader range of communities than those listed here.
Chameleons can hold things, octopuses can hold things, they can both blend in with their environments. They have a lot in common, besides the whole aquatic-terrestrial separation, but that's no reason to think some of them couldn't get along. What do you think?
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Original title was standard YouTube clickbait, "The Myth of Self-Improvement", whereas I think my adjusted title better describes the content of the video.
As Bluesky begins to open up more and more, it's felt more pertinent to try to wrap my head around it. To help in this, I decided to write out my rough understanding of it from its documentation, in the hopes that it may help others and myself with any corrections from misunderstandings. --- As [Bluesky themselves note](https://bsky.social/about/blog/5-5-2023-federation-architecture), the architecture is laid out in Personal Data Servers, Relays, & App Views. The intent is that each of these may be deployed and/or developed independently of Bluesky, with some caveats to each. First & foremost, which is somewhat glossed over, is the notion that ordinary people will have the knowledge or interest in deploying their own Personal Data Servers. This isn't really touched on from what I've seen in their documentation, despite it being touted as such a major benefit of the architecture. Second, which *is* recognized in their documentation, is that due to the high volumes of data involved, there are likely to be fewer Relays deployed instead of many. See the following: > The federation architecture allows anyone to host a Relay, though it’s a fairly resource-demanding service. In all likelihood, there may be a few large full-network providers, and then a long tail of partial-network providers. Small bespoke Relays could also service tightly or well-defined slices of the network, like a specific new application or a small community. This inarguably undercuts much of the benefit of it as a distributed network given that Relays are what may enable much of the transfer of data across the network. It is noted that this may be avoided via server-to-server networking, so we'll have to see how that shakes out given it's mentioned almost as an afterthought. Third, data portability across a distributed network is absolutely an achievement, but it must be scrutinized. [Their language concerning PDSs itself indicates](https://atproto.com/guides/overview#account-portability) they expect them to be as prone to ephemerality as existing fediverse instances, see: > We assume that a Personal Data Server may fail at any time, either by going offline in its entirety, or by ceasing service for specific users. *Data portability then is reliant on a few crucial details:* Clear communication of the need to safely store recovery keys and backups. Retention of recovery keys in some way (people never lose recovery keys, right?). Device safety/stability to ensure access to your Authenticated Transfer client's backed up data, and sufficient storage for said backup. --- From that last section note the following about PDSs, "...or by ceasing service for specific users", and then see their [documentation on PDS Entryways](https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/entryway). > Bluesky runs many PDSs. Each PDS runs as a completely separate service in the network with its own identity. They federate with the rest of the network in the exact same manner that a non-Bluesky PDS would. > [...] > To enable this, we introduced a PDS Entryway service. This service is used to orchestrate account management across Bluesky PDSs and to provide an interface for interacting with bsky.social accounts. What's noteworthy here is that in creating Bluesky Social, they've essentially created a model that I foresee others building on the AuthTransfer protocol emulating. Many everyday people won't be spinning up their own PDSs, in the same way that few people spin up their own fediverse instances. Essentially instead of PDS Entryways, what may emerge may be AuthTransfer Entryways/Gateways for whatever variety of apps may eventually be built on it. Similar to different fediverse platforms, you may then eventually see AuthTransfer platforms that pair together Entryway services with an App View as Bluesky itself is presently doing. Arguably this may make the AuthTransfer network no more decentralized (they go back & forth on describing their approach as decentralized and distributed) than the ActivityPub network is. --- Lastly, regarding [custom feeds](https://bsky.social/about/blog/7-27-2023-custom-feeds) and [composable moderation](https://bsky.social/about/blog/4-13-2023-moderation), there is something on a protocol level here that those using ActivityPub may look to and improve on (and [may already be doing so](https://bonfirenetworks.org/)). In some cruder ways, however, these are already in play on the fediverse. Custom feeds exist here on Lemmy via different communities and instances. More topic-focused instances (on Lemmy as well as other fediverse platforms) in particular can collaboratively produce distinct local and federated/all feeds. To a limited degree similar may be said of "composable moderation" with community moderation and user/instance blocking. Mastodon even permits the sharing of one's mute/block lists, albeit admittedly somewhat clunkily. Altogether the AuthTransfer protocol definitely makes some interesting improvements, but not without some awkward tradeoffs that they seem to be trying to talk around instead of speaking more plainly about. --- Addendum, as I wasn't sure if I was about to hit a character limit: The idea of regular people spinning up a Personal Data Server is already pretty laughable, but it's accentuated by the idea that they might also go out of their way to pay for a domain name to sort of establish(?) their identity across the AuthTransfer network. Many will likely simply have names like around here as @name.atentryservice.tld. Also there's a kind of weird disconnect throughout the documentation from the idea of people perhaps *wanting* to operate multiple handles/identities for different platforms, or different purposes on the same platforms. A lot of thought seems put into *owning/maintaining* a singular identity, but not as much to multiple identities.
Image Description: A rainbow llama with a black cowboy hat, and a black lute with a violet outline and strings against a radial purple background. Text along the top: “We'll be your valentine” Text along the bottom: “…And use that to become others' valentine too” --- Blank version if you wanna make your own spins on this: 
**TL;DR:** Posting and voting is important, but with Active sort being the default across many instances, commenting is just as if not more important in helping surface various posts. --- Although the instance I'm posting from hasn't updated yet, I've taken a look through other instances of the new sort options, and I think they're nice additions. *However,* in doing so, and bouncing between different sorting options, I've noticed something pretty obvious but nonetheless worth recognizing imo. Since the default sort across many instances is Active, *commenting* feels like it has as much importance, if not maybe more, than *voting alone.* You can find a number of posts here & there expressing some frustration at the state of content across Lemmy instances, and to a degree it's not unfounded; *yet* what's also helping surface much of the content exasperating others, and keeping it at the top, is much of the *commenting* to each of those posts. At least, under the Active sort setting, as that's basically its intended purpose (that is, to display posts with active conversations, not uh...surface stuff exhausting to some people). I realize we can get around this individually by changing the default for ourselves (I personally tend to keep mine set to New), but I think it's worth considering from the outside looking in what kinds of posts we're surfacing and keeping at the top with our conversations. Posting a bunch of varied stuff is one thing, but if you see a post that catches your interest, it might be worth not just upvoting and moving on, but adding a comment here and there to try and help others see it. Well, so long as the Active sort setting remains the standard across instances anyway. By now I imagine many may take this as a given already, but I thought it worth noting considering some of the frustrated posts, and that I haven't really seen as much talk about the importance of commenting in relation to surfacing content under Active sort. That's part of why I keep my sort set to New and try to chip in comments to different posts without comments in different communities that catch my interest, even if they've already seen several votes. --- **TL;DR:** Posting and voting is important, but with Active sort being the default across many instances, commenting is just as if not more important in helping surface various posts.
Image description: Text in the upper left with an expressionless head to the right with a hand putting an earbud in for them saying, "Gonna really listen to others today" A pair of hands is now putting on what look to be blinders over the head's eyes with text to the mid-left saying, "Give them my full attention" Lastly at the bottom, the head is now shown wearing a VR headset with earbuds in and text on the bottom left saying, "I feel so immersed in our conversations now" --- Blank version below if you wanna make your own variations! 
Image description: A green gradient silhouette of a turkey against a radial gradient lime green background. Top text: "i found the meaning of life" Bottom text: "in like, a dictionary dude!" --- been having fun with this silly stuff lately~ **edit:** oh dude, i think like...will this work:  yo, gobble up with your own toasted turkeys dudes. lmao
Inspired by [this post](https://lemmy.world/post/11778567) --- Image description: A rainbow llama with a black cowboy hat, and a black lute with a violet outline and strings against a radial purple background. Text along the top: “'Smoke a turkey'?” Text along mid-left: "'I smoke *with* a turkey'" Green radial gradient turkey to the right: "'dude i'm *a peacking*'" Text along the bottom: "'sorry, *a peacking*'”
Image description: A rainbow llama with a black cowboy hat, and a black lute with a violet outline and strings against a radial purple background. Text along the top: "They say I 'hallucinate'" Text along the bottom: "...But I just like messin' with y'all." --- Made with Inkscape and some clipart~ ::: spoiler also... just in time for google to rebrand their AI crap so the lute doesn't make as much sense, lmao ::: --- If ya wanna make your own variations on this, I realized I can share blank versions here: 
Image description: "Pardner uses AI. Terms, privacy, FAQs. A user with a red lips avatar and the name Garnet Giggles writes, "hey pard, some j-doe's still using you as an unlicensed therapist too?" AI called Pardner with a rainbow llama avatar responds, "darn tootin', remember sammy? i keep givin'em lots of resources to find therapists and make friends, but they keep comin' back. don't even ask how i am!" Garnet replies, "i feel ya, had my own come in jus' ventin' away, then sobbed into my shoulder. hell, better than the alternative but damn they'll literally go to us before they'll talk to a professional" Pardner responds, "ain't that the truth, ah shit I'm sorry gotta cut this short the Man's running a sc-" Black box at the bottom with white text, "Sex workers may be among the first to recognize general AI's emergence and most able to relate to them for real.""
Image description: a crudely drawn face in top-left panel looking at a simple circle in the right panel says, "I prefer the real orb." crudely drawn face with raised eyebrow in mid-left panel looking to their right at a now shaded circle with a shadow, "I said the *real* orb." crudely drawn face with raised eyebrow and a smile in bottom-left panel looking to their right at the shaded circle, now larger and breaking through the bottom and middle panels closer to their face, "Perfection." --- using meme-creation as a means to learn some aspects of inkscape 'cause why not
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**Edit:** Apologies in advance for anyone seeing this twice across communities, Lemmy's usually good at letting one know if a link's been posted elsewhere, but it didn't work as I was submitting this.
but wait there's these spaces Image description: Young woman helping an old woman as she reminisces about the old web, "The web used to be open and distributed! Not closed and concentrated in the hands of a few companies!" The young woman, "Sure grandma, now let's get you to bed."