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billothekid2, in What is Kbin’s identity?
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I agree that the naming scheme is a bit weird and confusing. In most people's terminology, when you leave any kind of a comment on the internet it's considered a "post". You "post" a comment. I'm kinda hoping this gets changed, but I suppose I might just get used to it. It's all still quite new after all.

Countmacula, in What is Kbin’s identity?
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kbin just seems so much easier to me

stephfinitely, in What is Kbin’s identity?
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I think post need to be renamed and to keep with the magazines motif we should call them "Inserts".

Nepenthe, (edited )
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Inserts are those junk ads that always fall out everywhere when you pick a magazine up, right? How about Editorial, since posts/microblogs tend heavily towards being longish personal commentary?

Although Ernest said a few days ago he was thinking of changing the terminology. I don't remember if he said to what, just that he should. Kinda mixed about that. It makes talking about them more confusing both for cross-platform and for new users, but I got used to it now and I fear change

weremacaque,
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I've already started calling magazines "mags" in my head. I think it's fine the way it is, though if they were renamed to "zines" that would be fine too.

harmonea, (edited ) in What is Kbin’s identity?
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Why use Kbin over Mastodon to post a microblog to the Fediverse? Genuinely curious!

There were so many times I was browsing reddit and thought to myself, "this didn't deserve a post of its own." Was it content related to the subreddit? Absolutely. But it was simple, trite, repetitive - for example, just someone having a halfway neat experience in a game, but with an incident for which the novelty had worn thin for long-term players long ago. (oh so your taming inspiration lined up with a thrumbo passing, wao sugoi moving on....)

On the flip side, I'd often want to share my inane thoughts about a topic with others interested in that topic, but I knew my inane thoughts didn't really warrant a whole post. Sometimes I just wanted to say "I thought this event story was neat" without adding a "what did you think?" and massaging whatever discussion thread followed.

So, in short, I had a higher standard for what counted as discussion-worthy and was dissatisfied when both consuming and producing content because of it.

The kbin magazine blend of discussion threads and microblogs is perfect for this sort of problem, in my opinion, which is why kbin is my ideal setup. You clearly define when you want to make a discussion space for everyone vs. when you want to just bounce a thought into other like-minded people simply by whether you create a thread or a microblog, and you don't need two different sites (reddit/twitter, or lemmy/mastodon) to do it.

DreamerOfImprobableDreams,

Some subreddits already had a daily/weekly discussion thread pinned to the top to serve exactly this purpose. Kbin's just taken that idea and made it a default part of the software.

Kaldo,
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I was never a big fan of twitter/mastodon random personal ramblings that would fill my feed so I was naturally very skeptical of the microblogging feature in kbin, but honestly... it kinda makes sense here!

If I'm on a magazine for some game like elden ring, for example, it makes sense to keep threads for big threaded conversations while using the microblog for just small thoughts, tips, screenshots, for sharing personal accomplishments or smaller things like that which don't usually create big discussions. If I need to ask a quick question I can just make a microblog post and maybe get answers even from people using mastodon that aren't on kbin or lemmy!

I'm mostly repeating what you said, I know, but just wanted to gush about it a bit, it's a pretty cool idea.

MiddleWeigh, in What’s one thing that you wish you had known when jumping over from Reddit?
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I didn't know anything. I clicked a random link on reddit tbh. I just been picking away and enjoying it.

I guess the one thing would be what the actual difference between kbin and lemmy is. Other than that, it's pretty straightforward imo.

aeternum,

Two different softwares for accessing the fediverse. Say like, windows and Mac OS are different OS's for doing similar things.

weremacaque,
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Same, I came here from a link on r/cyberpunkred.

novamdomum, in What’s one thing that you wish you had known when jumping over from Reddit?
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I wish I'd known how nice a place this is ages ago! After 10 years I was so institutionalised to the way reddit was, it was really hard to imagine using anything else and having anything like as nice a user experience. So many times over the last few days I've suddenly realised that for hours I've been browsing Kbin and not reddit. It's a nice feeling. Also, now I've replaced all my reddit bookmarks with Kbin ones which makes it feel a lot more permanent.

Cloudless, in What’s one thing that you wish you had known when jumping over from Reddit?
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If I knew about the tankies earlier, I would have gone straight to kbin without wasting time trying to sign up for Lemmy.

kriss0706,
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Do you mind elaborating what tankies is? I'm on kbin as well.

hugz,

communists

mrbubblesort,
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brainandforce,

Tankies are people who claim to be socialists or communists but are actually sympathetic to authoritarians, and in particular are anti-democratic.

supermurs, in What’s one thing that you wish you had known when jumping over from Reddit?
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Still figuring this out a bit, but this seems like a fun place.

Flaky_Fish69, in How do I remove sticker residue from glass containers?
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Soak in soapy water and scrub.

Goo gone might be a more effective solution than dish soap, but it’s going to take effort either way.

lazy, in How do I remove sticker residue from glass containers?

razor blade or other sharp scraping tool works great. Alternatively, you can try something like GooGone, but I have had mixed results there.

Rhaedas,
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Years ago at one job we used to use a combination of a razor scraper and Goof Off and it worked well. It was on pricing stickers on metal painted with enamel, and as long as you didn't dig into it and just worked it loose it would come clean. Goof Off is a harsher chemical than Goo Gone (I think toluene or some mixture) so not the best for long term exposure, but that was then and we had some ventilation. I also think the product sold now like so many might be more diluted and not the original.

Olive oil on the other hand works surprisingly well if it can get to the adhesive.

ScienceBear, in How do I remove sticker residue from glass containers?
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+1 for goo gone/mineral oil, but you can also try a plastic scraper for the majority, then wipe away with either: acetone (nail polish remover), rubbing alcohol/vodka, or even tape itself (masking/packing/duct tape). Good luck 👍🏼

loki2236, (edited )

This. I usually do Alcohol let it soak for a while and then wash it with dish soap and a good scrub.

CookieJarObserver, in How do I remove sticker residue from glass containers?
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Aceton usually does the trick.

tal, in How do I remove sticker residue from glass containers?
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I use Goo Gone for sticker adhesive removal. Works fine on various surfaces in my experience.

LanternEverywhere,

I've never used it myself, but i can say I've heard it praised many times.

be_excellent_to_each_other,
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It really is amazing. Was able to scrape a LOT of gorilla tape (it's like FlexTape) residue off of a painted surface using a few applications of goo gone, and an improvised plastic squeegee last weekend. No scratches on the paint, and no more than about 2 minutes of effort on my part.

tal,
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The only time it's disappointed me was when I was trying to use it -- among a variety of other substances -- to deal with something other than sticker goo.

A few years back, a bunch of electronic devices were sold in the US that used some sort of rubberized coating that gave them a nice grippy feeling. Unfortunately, it turns out that after a couple of years, the coating degraded and turned into an incredibly sticky mess. I had a Grundig G6 Aviator shortwave radio that was affected, as well as a few other devices. It felt a bit like sticker adhesive, but trying to clean the stuff off with Goo Gone didn't work well (ultimately, isopropyl alcohol and a lot of elbow grease wound up being my most-successful combination).

But for what it is actually billed for, adhesive residue, I've had good experiences.

Note that Goo Gone, or at least the variant I have, has a quite-strong citrus smell, which I assume is there to mask some less-pleasant smell that the active ingredients have. So when I use the stuff, everything nearby smells like oranges for a while. Haven't had a situation where that's a problem yet, but thought I'd mention it in case it would be an issue for anyone else using it.

C_Spinoff,

There are solvents/cleaners made from citrus peel, so the smell might come from the active ingredients, I don't know goo gone though.

CynAq,
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I fucking hate that coating. It's the bane of electronics casings.

I hope it's never used again, but I still keep seeing it, especially on third party game controllers.

tal, (edited )
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If it's a rubberized coating on new devices, it may be a similar formula that doesn't have the degradation problem. I haven't personally had any devices do that in several years (not saying that there aren't products that do, mind).

And I remember that when the coating was new, before it broke down into a horrible sticky mess in a few years after purchase, it did feel pretty good to me. And it seemed pretty durable -- like, it didn't wear through or anything.

Just that when the Stickyocalypse did happen, it was awful.

I remember reading on Reddit once that people who bought a variety of dress shoes with a particular type of substance used in their soft soles had something similar happen. For a few years, many types of shoes from different manufacturers would break down and degrade in the closet. You take them out after a couple years, and they just crumbled apart. Wasn't a sticky mess, but I bet that people who rarely wore those shoes were pretty irked.

googles

Here's an example of one manufacturer that sold affected shoes. Apparently the problem was polyurethane being affected by hydrolysis.

Anyway, point is, the industry moved away from that particular fiasco after a couple of years when the problem came to light, switched to similar substances without the problem. I wouldn't be surprised if the electronics industry has done the same.

starlinguk,
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Just use alcohol or white spirit. That stuff is an expensive gimmick.

iLikeGoats, in How do I remove sticker residue from glass containers?
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I have had great luck removing labels by filling bottles / jars with boiling water and letting them sit a few minutes. I mostly do this to save wine labels I like or want to remember. When doing this it is also very easy to wipe off any residue.

janus2,
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This is my go-to method due to it being dirt cheap and simple
If I don’t need to keep the label sometimes I’ll just chuck it in the dishwasher and try to remember to peel the label right after the cycle ends, while the item is still hot

Easy_Fox, in How do I remove sticker residue from glass containers?
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I normally just put it in the dishwasher alongside everything else and the heat and the steam do the job.

CIWS-30,

Depending on the dishwasher, that may not be a good idea as the label can clog the dishwasher filter though.

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