At first I thought that was someone posting on lemmy… freaked me out, and I started looking for how to ban the content. 😂😂

If you have your settings setup to not show read posts, then it won’t show your own posts to you.

This is neat.. I just tried “faceting lemmy” and my community came up on top.

Non-cloud cams with an nvr all the way. I won’t touch the cloud based services. My go to is currently Reolink.

This reminds me of my dad and grandfather having good natured arguments about who was going to pay. It would last a good 5-10 minutes, with one of them ‘winning’. It was all in good fun, and the wait staff usually had a blast watching.

In reality, they alternated who would pay, and did this mostly for fun.

1Password for years, never had any issues.

Under hobbies, I run a community on gemstone faceting that I'm trying to get some traction on, can you add this to your list?

!faceting@lemmy.world

Second this

Me!

Omg, I’m in heaven!

LP was the initials of the developer. What was cool about LP muds was the ability to code new areas/weapons/etc directly in the game. You, as a wizard, could create a new area and load the objects and interact with them immediately.

More info on this wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LPMud

I was spending easily 2-4 hours a day scrolling through my feed on Reddit, it impacted me in so many ways that I didn’t see at the time.

Now? I’m enjoying a quick pop in on Lemmy and find myself enjoying my time away from the scrolling for content. I’m enjoying moderating a community and the definite lack of trolls at the moment.

Here’s to hoping this atmosphere continues for the foreseeable future!

Same! It feels great!

Hahahahaha … I got a few drops… drenches? Not likely. Send us more!!!

That was weird… I posted that on a story about TikTok .. and it got out on the I35 one?!?

Good idea, I’ll work on a write up with pics.

Yes! That’s what I did as well gemstone faceting check it out!

My mom was a geologist and she tried her hand at it, and that peaked my interest. I learned from a Japanese woman in Maryland who cut for custom jewelry stores in the D.C. area. I’ve always enjoyed working with my hands, so it really was a great fit for me.

It is an expensive hobby. A setup like mine in a post here costs around $7k not including rough. Rough can range from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars or more for a single piece depending on the material, size, color and clarity. I’ve sold some of what I cut, taken on commissions at times but never enough to cover my costs. For me it’s about the creation and giving stones as gifts to friends and family, that’s payment enough. There are plenty of cutters I know that make a living doing this, so it’s totally possible to be profitable. As an example, I cut a $20 dollar rough London blue topaz (6 hours) and sold it for $250.

One question I do get asked is how long does a stone take to cut? It varies based on size (larger == longer), cut difficulty and the material itself. The amethyst in this post took about five hours or so over the course of four days. As much as it looks like it’s a difficult cut, it’s actually relatively easy.

Yep I created a community for faceting gemstones, and am still the only one posting. Got some interactions, but no content besides mine. I’ll keep at it though, the eternal optimist that I am. 😉😂

faceting

1000%!

I actually created a community for a hobby of mine, and have been trying to post and comment more.

The deleted comment was meant for a different story.. no idea why it got attached here.

Just checked lostsouls by hitting port 23, 22 players online… a bit sad… I remember when there were at least 100-200 online at once.

I think in day and age, the question is really who do you believe? I’m sure there may be reputable people who post, but given the Chinese involvement I have a healthy dose of skepticism for anything “news” on TikTok. Entertainment sure, lots of good content there,

Argh! Thanks, fixed the link.

I generally buy the rough from dealers or gem shows. My bucket list has a couple of line items to visit some mines and buy direct.