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Acamon

@ Acamon @lemmy.world

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  • Which apps do you allow to give you notifications?

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  • I'm sure FOSS apps are less intrusive, but they still use notifications surely? I'd generally want a calendar or messager app to send me notifications, but I might want to block a specific app depending on my use case.

  • What safeguards does Lemmy have that allow it to maintain integrity if it sees a sudden rise in popularity?

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  • I don't know how it'd work but I'd be interested in something to deal with spam/scams. That annoying "Fediverse chick" thing, sure i blocked her, as can other individuals. And I guess the account could be flagged to whatever instance the account is registered to? But if it became a frequent problem, with bot account spamming people, it would be handy to have a way a tracking what accounts are getting blocked by lots of people.

    Even if I wouldn't want to autoblock accounts just because they're unpopular, I might want to stop or mark as 'caution' private messages from "problem" accounts.

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  • Perhaps I don't think about cousins enough to have considered that. To me "sibling" refers to my brothers and sisters, and therefore extends naturally to "their kids" more than to other family members on the same generation. The old English word that sibling was revived from meant "kinfolk" and would have included all family whether brothers, nieces, cousins or aunts.

    If I talk about "my nildren" it's maybe a bit too possessive, and "nids" Is gross, but I'd be open to other suggestions! Niblings is defintely kinda silly, which was part of the charm when they little anklebiters.

  • Is there an Android app for LibreWolf? (eom)

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  • Ah, I didn't know that. A quick search suggests that most of the telemetry and tracking have been removed... But yeah, I might look at other options.

  • Is there an Android app for LibreWolf? (eom)

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  • I just switched to librewolf and was recommended Fennec on my phone (so far so good!)

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  • Nibling. Like sibling but for nephews and nieces. Helpful when describing them as a group, or unspecified, and also good if one ends up being somewhere less clear on the gender binary.

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  • Never care about karma or Internet points. They don't mean anything and caring about them makes social media addictive and unsatisfying.

    Websites can be cool, but realistically you'll get a lot less interaction than lemmy/reddit

  • Is this the best place to donate?

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  • That's a good idea. I didn't know about that site

  • What's your favorite art medium?

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  • Stained glass

  • What app/program do you browse through Lemmy with?

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  • The app clearly explains that there are two options: a free version with ads and tracking or a paid version with no tracking or ads. Myself and lots of other users are happy to pay the developer for their work, and enjoy Boost with zero tracking or data selling.

    If you prefer other apps, or if you only use FOSS, then don't use Boost. It is not and has never claimed to be FOSS. But for me, it's a great app, and having tried 10+ other lemmy clients, I was happy to pay for Boost. I just much prefer the ui and don't think it's wrong to pay a few bucks to a developer who makes an app I like.

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  • Yes, I guess I take the different perspective with that. I'm fine sticking with my own arbitary rule for what is coffee, and judging people (in a very mild and irrelevant way) for not liking "real" coffee. But I'm also totally fine with someone judging me for doing it wrong. Or putting cream in my carbonara or whatever. I don't think people judging each other and having arbitary standards is a bad thing, and I'm aldoy happy for people to disagree with that belief.

    A cappachino is coffee and frothed milk, a mocha is coffee and chocolate and milk, etc. If you make something by mixing A + B + C then the result can't be C. Personally I like just coffee on its own, but I'm happy to make others sweet and milky coffee drinks if they desire them. They smell nice and look pretty!

    Defintely agree about the beans.

  • Has anyone ever heard of the "classic prophet-squeeze-monster trope"? What could it possibly describe?

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  • Super interesting! Thanks !

  • Has anyone ever heard of the "classic prophet-squeeze-monster trope"? What could it possibly describe?

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  • That does should plausible, some version of reward/threaten/drain. Thanks ! Even if it isn't what was intended, I can believe it meant that and thus makes some sort of sense.

  • Has anyone ever heard of the "classic prophet-squeeze-monster trope"? What could it possibly describe?

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  • That's quite an image!

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  • Sure, it's gatekeeping coffee - the reason we build walls with gates is to keep the barbarians out! I wasn't trying to 'gatekeep caffeine' in the slightest, those concotions are defintely cafffinated hot drinks. And of course, by some standard they're 'coffee' and so is tiramsu.

    Apple jacks pop tarts are made from apples (apple powder, but apples nothertheless), and while it might be a small fraction of the total, the point where it stops being fruit and becomes a snack is an arbitary line. I assume you consider a drink made with instant coffee powder still coffee?

    Obviously, it's a silly semantic debate, and someone could equally judge me for wanting my coffee beans roasted and ground "why not eat the berries fresh if you say you love coffee‽".

  • Has anyone ever heard of the "classic prophet-squeeze-monster trope"? What could it possibly describe?

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  • That sounds super interesting! I'd love to hear more about middle earth magic as law, if you can be bothered saying more (or if you know of any articles or videos) about it. I assume by legal standing you mean how gandalf's authority (once returned as 'the white') is what grants him power over saruman, and such. Is that right? What do you mean by precedent?

  • Worked a lot in the wood shop and had a hot meal

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  • Been doing a lot of work on our house, and finally got a couple of air purifiers. Wish I'd done it sooner! For the first few days of running it I had to vaccuum out the filters daily because they were visibly coated in small wood fibre filaments and other dust, but now they are running regularly and the air quality is so much better, and the blocked noses and sneezing so much less.

  • Has anyone ever heard of the "classic prophet-squeeze-monster trope"? What could it possibly describe?

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  • Possibly, the general style of those "product history" pieces is pretty grounded. It's not formal academic history, but it tries for a historical reporting vibe that makes me doubt theyd just throw in a nonsense phrase or in-joke.

    But if no one can explain it, then it's certainly a possible explanation, although if it really is meaningless I'd lean towards typo.

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  • Everyone's entitled to as much caffeine as their bodies can handle, but it is pretty odd to 'love coffee' but actually love 'coffee-flavoured hot milkshake'. Like saying 'I love fruit' but really meaning 'I love apple jacks pop tarts', it's not wrong, just a bit odd.