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  • EA Open-Sources Command & Conquer Red Alert

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  • "Ahckck-knowledgt!"

  • Sweet Emily

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  • This reminds me of "Nyet," cat. (Not sure why, since their coloring is very different)

  • Absolute AirBnB Unit

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  • Awesome! Thanks! I was initially sure the pedant was right, but my grammarly "research" was hasty and misapplied, and I thought I had learned a new thing I was doing wrong. I do a lot of those...

  • Absolute AirBnB Unit

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  • We both used links from the same source.

    I've traditionally used no apostrophe for inanimate objects, like a bus.

    The bus has wheels. Its wheels are black.

    But when dealing with a gendered, thinking being, use the apostrophe.

    Edit: no need for down-votes for a good-faith discussion, is there?

  • Absolute AirBnB Unit

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  • It's*noun, possessive

    The cat has knees. It's knees are powder.

    Possessive apostrophes are apostrophes (’) used with the letters at the end of a noun to show ownership over or a close connection with another noun. For example, if you were talking about the tail of your cat, you can add a possessive apostrophe and an s to show which noun is the owner.

    My cat's tail

  • Pixelfed user count has gone vertical.

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  • I can't say with a straight face that I didn't see this coming.

  • Pixelfed user count has gone vertical.

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  • By blocking all mention of Pixelfed on their platforms.

  • The Linux Kernel Hit A Decade Low In 2024 For The Number Of New Commits Per Year

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  • Last Night our Momo crossed the rainbow bridge. She loved to carry around her toys and chirp.

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  • Sorry for your loss 😥🩵I hope you're okay. Momo is beautiful!

    I, too, have a toy-carrying chirper! Her name is officially Violet, but we call her Gubba. She has a stuffed fish she is particularly vocal over. We always know when she has it in her mouth, be cause her chirps take on a muffled, more variable and "conversational" tone. For example, she's usually more, "brr-brr" for attention, but with her toy, she's like, "uh-owwwwlll! Brrowww!" Finished off with some modulations caused by her chewing.

    Here she is, chirping to let me know my lap needs room for her impending jump:

    ... And what usually follows the jump:

  • How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord?

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  • I used to participate in (what was then) the largest and most active automotive enthusiast forum for a specific brand. They had forums for each major model run, and classifieds, etc. I'd go there for how-to's, detailed info, reviews, tips and tricks, and of course, to tall with like-minded people. Meet ups even spawned from these groups, and friendships were forged.

    As it really picked up steam, though, the forum creators decided to monetize, as every large website grapples with how to sustain their growth. Unfortunately, they decided to implement ads, subscription/pay wall, and within a month, there were five competing websites. The majority of us left in the first two weeks.

    Now that forum still exists, but the content is gone, deleted by users who didn't appreciate their content being monetized (sound familiar, June 2023?). The replacements? Some struggle on, and one or two are vibrant, but mostly, it imploded. There was one glorious pair of years though, when I (and thousands of others) spent hours every day on the forum, and every topic was covered.

    In hindsight, the downfall was more than just the advertisements and pay walling. It was a few non-admins that were treated as defacto mods, and they had bad attitudes. Flaming anyone who asked questions that were asked before (this was before Google made searching easier), and also holding their own practices as the only way to maintain their cars.

    The reddit versions of the forums were not remotely the same, with people coming and going and not really sticking around. The best place for the info is still forums, though I think they struggle with server upkeep and costs. It's sad to me, but all things change. I'm glad for archive.org.

  • New Linux malware is controlled through emojis sent from Discord

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  • The joke's on you, malware devs! I never use Discord, and never did on my Linux machines.

  • Power drunk mods

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  • This comment seems to be the first reply. I don't get a "just for argument sake" or a combative vibe from it, nor does it mention mythology or religion. A later comment does call the source for anecdotal (and provably false) information "idiots," which is unnecessary and likely grounds for mod action or warning.

    I don't really read anything wrong with the mod saying to keep it clean, though the thinly-veiled threat of, "I'm a mod here and I'm not afraid to ban you," is poorly worded at best.

    I completely agree with you about politeness. At the end of the day, I think that, judging methods alone, OP was out of line with his comments about the mods friends, but correct to point out bunk facts.

    If I was OP, I'd probably edit my comments to remove the name-calling, but as a Lemmy user, I want these discussions to take place to provide fact-checking for hearsay and debunked science. Politely, whenever possible.

  • Proton Mail founder vows to fight Australia’s eSafety regulator in court rather than spy on users | Australia news | The Guardian

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  • The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, has proposed cloud and messaging service providers should detect and remove known child abuse material and pro-terror material “where technically feasible” – as well as disrupt and deter new material of that nature.

    The eSafety regulator has stressed in an associated discussion paper it “does not advocate building in weaknesses or back doors to undermine privacy and security on end-to-end encrypted services”.

    I so love these magic wand-waving legislators. "Spy on your users and control what they do on your encrypted platform, but in a way that doesn't break encryption or violate privacy..."