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Makeshift, in Are you replacing Reddit with Lenny?

There are niche reddit communities I might still interact with.

But I have a combo of NoScript/adblock/ublock origin hard mode and a cancelled premium making sure they don’t get a penny from me, and I’ll prefer to post any useful info on Lemmy instead.

thanks_shakey_snake,

Gotta block those ads! I’m mostly staying away from Reddit, but if I do visit, it’s Firefox with uBlock, even on my phone.

Also, PSA: You can use uBlock in your web browser on your phone!

Granixo, in What are these comments on lemmy posts?
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Spez’s Revenge

LDRMS, in What are these comments on lemmy posts?

Click on one of the links and find out. Don’t forget to let us all know what happened. /s🤣🤣

Faceman2K23,
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just a website with the usual bullshit rambings of anti-ukraine conspiracists.

tias,

And now it has your session cookie

Faceman2K23,
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Which is why I always check dodgy links in a non logged in browser in an isolated vm.

tarjeezy,

Good luck, I’m behind 7 proxies

Saigonauticon, in Do you think there will be a future where your phone can automatically detect if you are trying to record police activity and disables your camera? What do you think the odds of this happening is?

Haha, what a great idea! I love it! Sending me a signal about things you don’t want me to record!

I would build two things. First, an antenna that detects and (using multiple copies) locates these signals on a real time, public-access map.

Second, I’d build a security camera with a wide angle lens that turns ON whenever this signal is received.

Sure, 90% of people don’t know how to do these things – but I do, and I can put them in a store and the results on a website. Most people know how to buy a thing and plug it in, or access a website!

Then I’ll manufacture a ton of them at a factory here in Vietnam, and you will be able to buy them at a reasonable price. I’ll make a tidy sum, pay a bunch of taxes that will build highways and schools, and you’ll have more freedom than you started with.

We all win!

CanadaPlus,

Sure, 90% of people don’t know how to do these things

I think you dropped a 9 or two.

Saigonauticon,

I’m some sort of mercenary science hermit. So take any statement I make about human beings with a grain of salt :D

CanadaPlus,

Science hermits unite!

I’m less successfully mercenary, though, so I know what I assume is a representative sample of tech muggles. Having thought about it, 1% of people could figure this out, and maybe 0.1% wouldn’t have to use other people’s tools to do it.

Saigonauticon,

Hm, uniting people in general is like herding cats. Uniting hermits? Sounds hard. I’ll stick to science :D

Being mercenary is largely overrated – better to try and live a calm and happy life filled with friends and family.

Many opinions have been offered on whether the most valuable attribute in warfare (and by this I mean business) is loyalty or bravery, but few people are willing to admit it’s actually just hunger.

BrikoX, in What are these comments on lemmy posts?
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Clicking on it would run javascript on load (most browsers block it by default), but I would avoid clicking either way.

wetnoodle, in What are these comments on lemmy posts?
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idk for sure but people are saying lemmy.world got hacked maybe it has to do with that?

wetnoodle,
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Zebov, in What is something you think leftists are not ready to hear but need to hear it?

I’d be interested to hear where communism, socialism, or any far left government has ever worked in the real world.

Because there are plenty of examples of it being a nightmare.

arktikos02,

Look up indigenous socialism. Those tend to work. They tend to get crushed by larger powers but they work internally. Unless of course you mean by work you mean be the mightiest. Yeah no.

There’s also things like the Paris commune.

Akasazh,
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They tend to get crushed by larger powers

‘It works untill it doesn’t’ isn’t the best argument for the quality of a system.

cybersin,

If “Freedomville” forces “Commies R US” to close its ports, thereby severely limiting access to trade and goods, is it the fault of Commies R US?

What about if Freedomville goes and funds, trains militias inside Commies R US, which then declare war against Commies R US?

If Commies R US voted for, and elected a commie, why are they not allowed to do so?

Zebov,

Guess it was Freedomville that caused Soviet Russia and China to be so oppressive, right?

cybersin, (edited )

Socialism is an economic framework more than anything else. It’s obvious that these countries had issues, but saying they were all caused by the way they distribute money is a bit of a stretch.

These countries took bits and pieces of leftwing policies, and then added their own rubbish on top. They don’t really represent the modern left, just as the US pre-Civil Rights doesn’t represent the ideals of most in the US now. Oppressive social policies exist or have existed under every flavor of government. It’s certainly not limited to, or an integral of the left.

Authoritarianism is not Socialism.

Zebov,

So where has the left functioned successfully in the real world?

cybersin, (edited )

Many countries have implemented left wing policies with success.

The government of Norway owns a large percent of its resource extraction and oil industry. The revenues are used to provide social services such as free healthcare and education to its citizens.

You obviously won’t find Norway on this list, but feel free to scroll through and see if you can find a pattern.

southsamurai, in How many accounts do you have, and how do you manage them?
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Ummm, I’m not sure?

Back on reddit, I had two main, my author account, and a novelty account. Wanted to keep things simple. One main for browsing, another for moderation. The author account for self promotion and such. The novelty account was for the joy of entering a simple little phrase whenever discworld would come up.

Sadly, for some reason, my textpand doesn’t work in lemmy apps, and I haven’t typed out the formatting for it in ages. But it was a version of foul old ron and used one of his gibberish phrases along with the clacks overhead the sir Pterry

But, I had tried lemmy out a bit last year or the year before, and had deleted those accounts. I have the two user names I used most on reddit registered at a couple pf instances, plus a handful of others for redundancy, my author account, and three accounts that are actually my cousin’s, but he isn’t using regularly that I’m subscribing to things I know he likes.

I’ve kinda lost track tbh. I have them all in my bitwarden though, but I only keep one or two logged into any given app, so I don’t have them all in one place without messing with BW

But at least a dozen.

jossbo,

I love Discworld!

By which I mean, what was the phrase?

ablackcatstail, in Do you think there will be a future where your phone can automatically detect if you are trying to record police activity and disables your camera? What do you think the odds of this happening is?
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I guess that it is possible as our society becomes increasingly authoritarian. This is why I’m following Fair Phone. It’s a pure Linux phone that’s slated to become available this year or so I remember reading.

Cupcake1972,

Fair Phone

except the fairphone runs android, unless you mean something else?

ablackcatstail,
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No, it actually runs Linux proper.

Cupcake1972,

No, the Fairphone does not run Linux. Unless you are talking about the Librem 5 or something.

croobat, in inverting shift key function on Windows
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Install power toys, it’s the first thing I do to swap Caps Lock and Esc.

jxk,

I think Powertoys can only change keys themselves, not invert the shift function.

ilikemoney, in Are you replacing Reddit with Lenny?

I’m going the supplementation route for now. Reddit official app is not enjoyable to use. I currently have a work around for my 3rd party app of choice. If the work around ever fails and reddit doesn’t improve their app, I’m hopeful Lemmy will grow enough in the meantime to fully fill the reddit void.

nostradiel,
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What kind of workaround do you have?

ilikemoney,

I created a private subreddit, which made me a moderator. Moderators still get access via 3rd party apps apparently

nostradiel,
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Well done, mate, that does really work. Untill Boost for Lemmy is out I’ll stay with the big brother. THX a lot. (y)

beaubbe, in What the heck is this insect, anyone?

Google Lens says it’s a Signal Fly, does look similar!

lvxferre,
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I’ve found a Canadian site describing it. It has a similar wing pattern, and it says that they’re “reportedly attracted to sweat”, that would explain why they’re driving OP nuts.

CoreyRDean, in What are some of the most federated Lemmy instances?

Who has defederated us that you know of? As far as big instances go I believe we are one of the better federated.

janNatan,

It’s more about who the instance blocks, and there’s quite a few on the block list. Maybe I wanna watch porn or chat up a tankie.

rufus, in Blocking posts?

just asking: are there porn communities aside from the ones on lemmynsfw?

Hiru,
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Of course there are, don’t know about your instance but here @lemmy.world there a handful of these

svdasein, in What's the worst thing you've ever smelled?
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I lived on a boat for many years and most of those at commercial fishing docks. Someone left a 5 gallon bucket of anchovies out in front of their boat on the dock for a couple days - with the cover on. I was present when it was opened. PTSD level bad.

o_p,

I once left a plastic tub of bird seed next to the shed one winter. Something chewed it’s way through the plastic, got stuck and died. Since there was now a hole the rain turned it into a weird soup that I discovered during the hot summer. I can’t even imagine the smell if that was anchovies, it was bad enough as it was.

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