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I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

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Note: I'm moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I'll share more info :)

  • What is the worst candy you've ever tasted?

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  • I was coming into this thread to mention buttered popcorn flavor jellybeans.

    It was bad.

  • I've just created c/Ollama!

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  • It's done

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  • Congratulations :)

  • I've been working on a guide to Pocket alternatives

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  • Being able to compare between options would help me pick which one I want to use :)

    Alternatively, a way to filter the full list would be helpful. That way I can select the items that I need and see everything that has what I need.

    This for example:

    https://www.lemmyapps.com/

  • I've been working on a guide to Pocket alternatives

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  • It would be cool if there was a table to compare them with, since right now you'd have to open each of them to check.

    Thank you for putting it together though!

  • I've been working on a guide to Pocket alternatives

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  • You can add an image to the thumbnail field to get the best of both options :)

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    How do we feel about Lemmy communities that ban others based on a protected characteristics e.g. gender, sexuality, etc?

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  • How so?

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    How do we feel about Lemmy communities that ban others based on a protected characteristics e.g. gender, sexuality, etc?

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  • I think it's reasonable that some communities will want to cater to a specific topic / group of people. If you want to discuss a similar topic, there's nothing stopping you from posting about it in another community or making your own community/instance.

    If someone doesn't want to engage with you, it's silly to try and force them to engage with you.

  • Github has started charging me on the free tier?

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  • Kamala Harris Didn’t Lose Because of Racism

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  • Was the timing of the protests the problem in your opinion? The way that it was done?

    In your opinion, how should supporters of a party express what they want changed with an electoral platform

  • Kamala Harris Didn’t Lose Because of Racism

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  • Not all voters agreed with those protests. Arguably, the candidate would’ve lost by more if they listened to the protests and addressed the issues that were brought up.

    Even if this was true, silencing any criticism isn't the solution. In most parts of the world anyway

  • Kamala Harris Didn’t Lose Because of Racism

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  • But in this context you’re referring to the prevention of fascism as “unproductive”.

    I'm saying that if the candidate listened to the protests and addressed the issues that were brought up, they may have gotten more votes. Arguably, having MORE protests may have helped them win if it could convince the leadership to make changes.

    Outcry from supporters is what convinced Biden to step down, which I think helped the Democrats come closer. Protest is important if it can help a party make the right adjustments in their campaign.

    Telling people to stay silent is unproductive.

  • Kamala Harris Didn’t Lose Because of Racism

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  • I find this unproductive. People SHOULD ask their elected representatives (and candidates) to improve. I want people to point it out when my preferred candidate does something wrong, because then they're more likely to address it before the election.

    That is exactly how it works. Criticizing the better option of the two will reduce turnout for that candidate. That’s the whole purpose of political campaigns.

    I'm not saying this doesn't happen, but I don't think a significant number of people changed their mind about voting for her because of the protests.

    • Option 1: Politically engaged people don't point out a problem -> The candidate doesn't address the problem -> The average voter doesn't vote for the candidate because of the problem
    • Option 2: Politically engaged people DO point out a problem -> The candidate addresses the problem -> The average voter is more likely to vote for the candidate

  • Noob Q's: How do I find a place to print miniatures? What to expect? And more

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  • Learning Curve - Litterbox Comics

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  • Thank you so much for this medal, I will cherish it 😁

  • We have launched a PieFed instance!

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  • Since the PieFed API was only enabled recently, there aren't that many apps out yet. !interstellar@kbin.earth is the one that people recommend right now. Voyager has plans to add it.

    As more people use it, hopefully more apps will support it :)

  • We have launched a PieFed instance!

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  • Someone else already gave a decent explanation :)

    Can you try these two guide pages and see if they help? They have some diagrams

    https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/get-started

    https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/detailed-overview

    So lemmy.ca and piefed.ca have different feeds altogether when I view them, are they two separate things then

    They are two separate platforms, made by different teams. The feeds look different for a few reasons

    • piefed.ca is brand new and so it is missing a lot of the content. As people start using it, the default logged out feed will start to look closer to other instances
    • An instance only pulls the content that its users are subscribed to. When you make an account on an instance and you are the first person to subscribe to a community, hitting subscribe will tell your instance to start pulling in those posts. That is why every instance will be slightly different regardless.

    I'm not really clear on how communicating freely between them works

    Unlike Lemmy and Mastodon, which are somewhat different formats (posts in communities) vs. short text posts on a user's profile), Lemmy and PieFed are more or less the same. So it should be a lot closer in experience. Whatever you can subscribe to, comment on, or vote on within lemmy.ca, you should be able to do the same on piefed.ca

    Especially because we are running both instances, and so they will have similar block lists.

  • We have launched a PieFed instance!

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  • It's nice timing! Looking forward to seeing you and your instance in the world of pie :)

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    TIL the term 'blockbuster' came from a time when blocks of ice in front of a fan were used to cool movie audiences. A large audience required more cooling thus "busting" the block of ice.

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