ALostInquirer

@ALostInquirer@lemm.ee

I like to ask a variety of questions, sometimes silly, serious, and/or strange. Never asking in an attempt to pester or “just asking questions” stuff.

I’m generally curious and/or trying to get a sense of people’s views.

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If reality wasn't wholly rational, could one ever come to terms with it, or would one rationalize it instead?

Also how would one come to recognize reality’s irrationality anyway? By which I should clarify, when I say reality I mean the whole of existence, beyond everyday society which is a mush of reason, emotion, and ambiguous causation. In turn, when I’m talking about irrationality, I don’t mean emotionality or ambiguous...

What are some of the stranger adaptations/adjustments to corporate culture you've noticed, and imagine emerging?

By corporate culture I mean like what you see with GoogleYouTube/MetaFacebook/etc. to accommodate advertisers and influence people to engage and acknowledge adverts. In turn, by adapt/adjust I mean how some people bleep curses out like fuck/shit/etc., say unalive instead of commit suicide/kill oneself, and make notorious video...

ALostInquirer,

As a bonus it will check to see if there are some glaring incompatibilities at the same time.

I’d heard of the site but for some reason I’d forgotten this part. I’ll definitely use it for that at a minimum (and maybe for sourcing parts as well depending!), as I have a habit of missing some tiny detail that happens to relate to compatibility.

ALostInquirer,

I’m aware of the trend, which is why I was asking about Great Britain in particular and whether they had also done so. Courtesy of this reply I was made aware that there are at least some there, albeit those highlighted were neither as old nor so large.

Still fun to know about though!

ALostInquirer,

…Given the presence of Stonehenge, what kept the ancient peoples of Great Britain from making their own pyramids anyway? I’m guessing it’s to do with different sociocultural arrangements, but was there any absence of resources that may have also contributed?

ALostInquirer,

Any chance you have any experience with FreshRSS’s web scraping ability for sites without RSS feeds? I’ve been dabbling with RSSBridge lately, but it seems like having this altogether might be a decent idea if I’m going to be mucking around with server-software stuff.

ALostInquirer,

I used to try to use voice control for changing media when driving, but found it hilariously unreliable since it had to try to parse the voice command through the music. Is there a trick to that besides having a better mic I’m missing?

ALostInquirer,

Older vehicle, so it’s basically just the phone and either an aux cable or bluetooth receiver, so that probably explains some of it 😅

ALostInquirer,

Similar to the other person that replied to ya, I’m in an older vehicle so I don’t have anything like that in mine, instead relying on either aux cable or bluetooth receiver to connect the phone to the audio system. It got to the point that I got a bluetooth media remote to get around the unreliability of voice commands.

ALostInquirer,

For those hesitant to click through this, it’s an interesting looking site trying to teach about cybersecurity stuff! Wouldn’t have guessed that based on the name!

What are some works/resources that helped make something difficult/unclear finally click for you?

I’m always on the lookout for materials that help me understand different things that up to now I’ve been otherwise stumped by or had trouble wrapping my mind around. Any subject/topic that’s interested you that whatever you’ve found has helped you gain a greater understanding and appreciation of are welcome!

ALostInquirer, (edited )

I was searching to find an answer and came across this discussion, so for others asking: how to block an instance? (or alternatively: how to block instances? additional search terms to help find this: blocking instance on Lemmy? Lemmy instance blocking?)

If you’re on the web version of your Lemmy site/instance, click your username>settings>blocks, and this next part may depend on your display resolution or amount of blocked users/communities, but in any event: scroll down/look to the bottom left and if your instance is on the latest version of Lemmy there should be a new box labeled Block instance.

Click the menu/button to the right of the Block instance text and a search dropdown will appear. Type in or copy/paste the name of the instance you want to block, and if your site/instance has connected to it, it should show up in the search results. Click the result and wait a moment till the message “[instance name] blocked” appears. Depending on what your site/instance’s running on, general traffic, or other technical things, the time for that message appearing may vary.

Regardless, if you don’t see an immediate response, don’t be thrown off, it’s just taking some time.

p.s. giving a mention to ya @RainfallSonata so you’ll see this reply too. Btw, like your name!

ALostInquirer,

Which kind of Roku device are you using? Stick, box, or tv? Reason I ask is that there may be some workarounds for some devices over others, e.g. casting from phone or screen-sharing from PC.

ALostInquirer,

To clarify a little, I was asking more about things where…Importance isn’t so much a factor. It’s more to do with wanting to know whatever new oddity might be around to check out. Passivity in this situation is allowing others to have more input on what reaches you, which isn’t always reliable if you want to explore different stuff.

I need to figure out a better way to frame this question. 🤔

ALostInquirer,

How so?

Which items/products were you once able to get from local shops on a whim that you now more or less have to order online?

Sometimes I find myself shopping for things that I’d prefer to go out and get within the same day, but now I’d have to order and wait a few days to get…So I’m wondering what some of those things may be for you?

ALostInquirer,

what if you tried squatting some properties instead?

ALostInquirer,

but what do if u the professional? 😨

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