I swear to God, in all my life I feel like it's only worked fewer than 5 times.

Just a few thoughts...

• Lemmy isn't ready for primetime. It isn't meant to be at this point. It's very much a work in progress and for a lot of us, seeing the progress is part of the fun in being here.

• Yeah, lemmy.world had some issues, but things have been pretty stable for me for a few weeks now.

• I'm on Eternity, and no issues so far. But I'll keep an eye out when lemmy.world updates to 0.18.5. Again, this is part of the progress. Sometimes shit breaks. If that's a deal breaker for you, it's totally understandable.

• I guess ultimately, it's just about what you're comfortable with. If you aren't interested in dealing with the issues that come along with early adoption, just move on. It's okay. For me, I've been breaking and fixing computers for almost 40 years. It can be a bummer when something doesn't work, but there are so many people freely giving their time and efforts to fix things that I can't really be mad about it. I know how it goes and that things will get fixed.

I know not everyone will agree, but I think YouTube premium is the better bang-for-buck service. $3 more per month than Spotify and includes YouTube Music premium and YouTube Premium. So all the music and ad-free YouTube.

That's way more thorough than I would have expected!

We've let Apple buy its way into our school systems. Of course kids are going to gravitate toward iPhones. Part of their schooling every day from Kindergarten is using iOS.

One of my favorite purchases in terms of usefulness, cost, and fun (relative) was these frigging ceiling fan pull chains. I saw them on some "things you didn't know you needed" list or something. But for less than $10, they have made my life infinitely easier and they do give me a little joy every time I pull on them.

I guess on the general topic of monetizing podcasts... How Did This Get Made was in town last night for a live show. Thought I might bring my son who's a movie buff.

The cheapest seats (ass-end back of the balcony) were $55. Priciest seats I saw were $125. Before fees. That was a REAL fast nope for me.

I absolutely want people to get paid for what they do. I'll sub to Patreons, I'll buy (also overpriced) merch, I'll deal with ad and sponsor breaks... But I will be fucked if I'm going to spend $70+ per person to see a live recording of a podcast.

It actually WAS Community for me. I tried it a few years back and it just didn't click. I think because Joel and Pierce especially are such shitty people. Tried it again last year and loved it.

Same thing happened with The Orville. I didn't even make it through the first episode the first time I tried it. Loved it the next time.

Sometimes it's all about the timing in our lives or the experiences we've had.

Maintain security by changing passwords every day. Easy.

If the option is Spotify or pirating, you're really not hurting indie artists. They don't make shit from streaming.

Alternatively, it could be a precondition that makes pornography consumption more rewarding.

It could change your brain. Or it could not. They're just theorizing.

This seems like an unfortunate name for a mobile app that doesn't have anything to do with notifications. I mean, I get what they're going for, but I don't think it quite works in this case.

That said, the app looks nice and I'll give it a try.

I appreciate ongoing conversations about this, but I think they tend to be too broad. Managers aren't worried about the remote workers who are productive and reliable. The worry is the people who aren't. On my team, you are fully remote as long as you meet expectations. You don't, you return to office.

My wife's company recently went from a hybrid 2 days in office per week to 4 days. One month later, they're walking it back to 3 days because even managers were choosing to work extra days from home "so they could focus."

They only mention it once, but I do have issues with mentorship in a remote work environment. I just personally haven't been able to make it work. I'm sure some do.

I have some faith that eventually we'll all work it out. Just going through some growing pains.

I do still look for Airbnbs every time we travel because we're a family of 5. Not a lot of hotels will accommodate 5 to a room and separate rooms means twice the price. Airbnb offers a lot more options for a family with the added benefits of a full kitchen and having a place that can actually be a short term home rather than a room with a bed.

Here's the last one we rented: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/794199620391731129

I get that Airbnbs take some homes off the market and in some areas (like mine), that sucks because demand is high and supply is low. But they aren't going to be the reason for a housing crunch. Here in Portland, Maine, we're a small city on the ocean, thrive on tourists, have great restaurants, and are an easy drive to Boston or to ski resorts or Acadia. The housing market has been bonkers for YEARS and it isn't going to change if we ban short term rentals.

Yeah, I don't know how it's going to help YT or creators, but having a completely empty home screen with just a logo and search box is fantastic.

Yeah, this sounds like a really GOOD use of AI.

Start with the largest. Beat it up a little each day. Every few days replace with the smaller ones in a worse and worse state of decomposure.

Lots of money to just trash things, but you know.

I think of them as "example given" and "in essence" which is close enough to remind me which to use.

Doing my duty for all of us not using Spotify. 😀

Alternative Nation community playlist on YouTube

I recently had about $40 of Play Store credit that was inaccessible to me for weeks. Google support just kept telling me "Okay, wait 24 hours and it should be good now."

FINALLY someone got it straightened out, but during the course of it, I had to explain to support what Stadia was and why I didn't have a gift card number.

Is the parka just to keep warm, or specifically to add bulk? Because I think that extra size is what really makes the 3rd on stand out and look more intimidating.

Right. I never pull the wrong one anymore because fan=fan and light=light. I know it's a stupid minor thing, but it's great.

Why wouldn't I just do this?

I worked in a cemetery cutting grass as a teen. Helping out digging a grave one day and the backhoe knicked a neighboring vault. Just a tiny chip smaller than a dime. But suddenly the air over the entire area just filled with the stench of decomposed human remains. It was vile.

Even so, I sure do miss the simplicity of that job sometimes.

Nope, those were the pre-fee prices.

mmmm BAMP BAMP BAMP BAMP chickachickachicka BAMP BAMP BAAAAAMP

Not hard enough because the TV remote has never so much as shimmied in my direction from the other end of the couch, no matter how hard I try.

Unbelievable by EMF still makes me feel like bouncing around a room in a fit.

If I'm feeling a little groovier... Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul

Though it should be said that I don't dance, sooo...

Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl - My cool older cousin introduced me to the Dead Milkmen before Beelzabubba came out and gave me his Bucky Fellini tape. So this song inspired some fond memories anyway, but then it's also just so damn good. Absolute classic.

The Runaways - Cherry Bomb

A bunch of good ones from 1976 - Ramones, Lou Reed, Modern Lovers, Tom Waits, Blondie ... But I've got two girls who have both been obsessed with Joan Jett at various times, so we'll go with The Runaways.

• Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
• Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
• Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
• The Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy

That last one is maybe not intended as a concept album, but it has such a consistent sound, feel, and narrative that it's hard not to consider it one.

New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

What a great frigging decade.

I mean, technically "Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)," but Waits is Waits. I approve.

OMG (facepalm)

If STATES existed outside of the United STATES, they would BE part of the United States. It's right there in the name. We own it.

Do your own research.

(end sarcasm)

Haha. Last night my teen was watching the MJ halftime performance. She was SO offended that they cut the rap out of Black and White because "it's the only part of the song that makes sense!"

I was going to reply to OP with "They aren't cockroaches, they're palmetto bugs."

Like, I absolutely get that these things exist and will be a part of life in Florida. But when we're staying in your fancy hotel and complain about the bugs scurrying away from the light in the bathroom, you have to do a little better than argue semantics with me.

I don't got HD TV but I got insulation

I got no Lamborghini's, but I got vaccinations

I got a microwave, I got some pocket change

And even if I didn't, dude, pssh, no complaints

Tonight if you see me knocking on wood

That's just because I'm doing so fucking good

I don't hate my life, no, it's going alright

That's why tonight you see me knocking on wood

Spose - Knocking on Wood

Apologies for the extended quote. This whole song serves as a reminder that we always have something to be thankful for. There's humor in it, but the sentiment is sincere and delivered in a catchy song.

Edit: why the flip won't Lemmy respect line breaks??

Sure, but who HASN'T done that?

Ben Harper - Burn One Down

Back in the days before he stood up.

Today's topic could be like an entire genre of music.

I think you should try Christopher Moore. Suggested starting point: Lamb.

Here's how it starts: six year old Jesus and his little brother are playing a game where the brother kills a lizard with a rock, then Jesus puts it in his mouth to resurrect it.

His humor is irreverent, absurd, and constant. The stories are all grounded in the real world though, so you won't struggle to understand lore, settings, or language. Very easy to read.