There is a known strategy called EEE (Embrace, extend, and extinguish).

First, they embrace the open web. Millions of people who never would've joined the Fediverse (and, probably, don't even know what the Fediverse is) flock to Threads and start to interact with us.

Then, they extend the open web, adding features to Threads that aren't compatible with our servers. People on Threads don't understand what's wrong with our server (even though it's Threads that's the source of incompatibility).

Finally, they decide they're "having trouble maintaining compatibility with third party servers" and start to break off from us, leaving us with no way to interact with our new friends. Unless, of course, we make a free Threads account...

Google Talk is perhaps the most relevant example of this. Here's more details.

Yeah! And it helps that there is no karma here. We just give a hoot about preservation and sharing. :)

Oh yeah, same here. The community is just so much nicer here. :)

If you are treating your paying customers worse than someone you perceive as stealing from you, you are doing something seriously wrong.

Admin says please do.

I have long believed that the only stupid question is the one that hasn't been asked.

I feel it's better to ask the question (and feel stupid for a few minutes) than to remain stupid for the rest of my life. :)

Just to be clear, I think someone doesn't have to have done something wrong for you to block them. The block list is an important self-care tool and you don't need a reason to look out for yourself. <3

It's already making things hard. Unless you live in a cave (and even if you do, quite probably, IDK) you'll have noticed an increase in the frequency of what's euphemistically called "extreme weather events". These things are bad for us, but even worse for crops, and they're going to keep on getting worse.

Each post must be precisely the word "comm".

Each comment must be precisely the word "line".

Comm and line.

There is a small, but growing, number of retailers that have decided to apply this worldwide. Perhaps GOG is the most noteworthy. Look at anything that's discounted there and you'll see their "usual" price, as well as the lowest price they sold it for in the last 30 days before the current discount started. It's a good rule, makes me more inclined to feel I'm actually getting a good deal, wish more places would do it

I'm very sorry for your loss.

Just gonna throw https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe into the discussion - which is NewPipe, with extra features.

You didn't ask me, but you might want to know that I just tried generating one of these and posting it in r/1GBVidsOfRandomNoise. It seems reddit compressed my beautiful 1GB video to hell:

• Input video: 909MB
• Video stored on Reddit's servers: 28MB

Or just use Matrix/Element. No phone number needed, plus federation!

According to the National Safety Council there are "too few deaths to calculate odds". (source). So, I'm pretty sure we can call the probability of two extremely-rare events happening independently in succession as near to nothing as makes no odds.

Also, modern combined units (sometimes called CVDRs) are built to withstand multiple impacts, and their storage medium is solid state. It is highly likely that, in the event of this near-impossible scenario, the recorder could be recovered again.

Boring answer: You use it to test known-good and known-defective cables and check it's behaving as expected. /srs

Presumably you would also use the cable tester tester to test known-good and known-defective cable testers and check it's behaving as expected. /joke

You can see the list of blocked instances at /instances.

They are currently not blocked.

Please don't make a new coin specifically for Lemmy. We're doing just fine without one, thanks.

Welcome to 196. You must be new around here, low tier memes is all we've got. Enjoy your stay. :)

Oh no. I won't be part of The Zuck's EEE plan. How terrible. /sarcasm

It's not a rule, just a request :)

FreeTube, Invidious, and Piped all seem to be fine. :)

You absolutely should not feel bad about doing this. Ever.

If anything, you should talk about it and share your experience, because your experience could help some of those who work manual intensive jobs and are still struggling to get raises of their own.

Remember: If the company isn't able to fairly compensate its workers, it doesn't get to have workers. That's how supply and demand works.

Why not Zoidberg?

Each instance only needs to hold the data from communities its users are subscribed to. And images live on their host instances anyway. No instance needs to hold the entirety of Lemmy. :)

OSM is perfect for this. If you want a wider range of prompts, and you have an Android device, you can use https://streetcomplete.app/ - it turns every missing data point into a "quest" and gamifies it. It's really addictive when you get into it. :)

If I was the kind lady behind them in line, I'd just shut up and watch the masterclass :P

I mean, like I suspect for most people, my phone is my camera too, but it's perfectly capable of taking landscape videos.

Haven't noticed, not been spending much time or mental bandwidth on snoosite. No opinion on what happens to r/piracy.

!memes@lemmy.ml may be more to your liking. :)

I don't think they're trying to train their UI.

For your consideration:

WordArt + Comic Sans =

(edit: This took me like two minutes in Powerpoint, someone please make something, anything, that's better than this, otherwise this is what we'll end up with)

I would never make assumptions when sailing the high seas! That said - seems kinda unlikely to me. Not impossible. Just unlikely. :)

Thank you for your input. However, the explicit topic of this thread is what the original poster is "sure everyone lately has noticed", and they went on to solicit "a sort of discussion about people’s opinions". As I am sure you are aware, stating that I have not in fact noticed and therefore have no opinion is nothing but engaging with the topic. Please do not derail the topic further. Thank you. :)

I know I'm not the target of this question but I can't imagine tipping a hairdresser.

Brain:

I completely agree with you but would go one step further - piracy is not only "not immoral", it is ethically necessary. Without piracy the hard work people have put into their creations (e.g. for the Nintendo WiiU/3DS) could vanish at the whim of one small group of people (in this example, Nintendo C-level execs). Of course there are other reasons too. But this alone is sufficient IMHO.

Ancient Domains of Mystery is really really good if you can get into it. It's available on Steam, but you can get the free version which is identical except for the UI from https://adom.de/

On mobile, I use NewPipe X SponsorBlock which is a fork of NewPipe. Amongst other things, it lets you completely hide shorts. :)

I use Download Navi (F-Droid, Play).

I hear good things about Advanced Download Manager (Play) too.