Rick and the gang do look after us well, and always pop in monthly with server stats & news etc.
I feel like we've got the balance right by leaving some training wheels on for the more contentious topics, with the user choosing to remove the blocks if it pleases them to do so.
To help new users settle in to Lemmy, we’ve added some of what we call “Default Blocks” to your account. These are instances where the content is quite graphic (NSFW) or very political in nature.
Despite what comes from the mouth of the company, it is made from and run by the people behind it. Funding Mullvad funds him, and in turn that funds something intolerable to me. As long as that link is there, I won't be.
Separating the people from the company is viable when it's an inconsequential staffer in question. Not so for a co-founder and co-owner.
There aren't many things left in life where it's easy to have scruples, but this absolutely a hill that can be died upon without much inconvenience.
Honestly, the first rebirth as a run-of-the-mill article aggregator was better. A lot of it I'd have already seen elsewhere, but occasionally it'd have something interesting that I missed.
Whatever they do, they'll still be riding the name of a very dead horse.
Love this part of my work. Benefits of small business that's 90% B2B I suppose.
The phone tree is one level deep by design. You dial, listen to options and then pick one. There's no bullshit 'use the website' or 'have you considered our other shit?' The hold music doesn't suck and it's only interrupted by an actual person that can help you.
No script when you are put through. Just me, the user, and whatever I can cobble together and cajole into a solution.
They never asked me for that (UK here). Was up and running with just the basics in minutes. Are you on a list? 😅
They do have a waiting/payment cycle period on their server offering before they'll open mail ports. Once you qualify, you still need to raise a ticket to ask. That was a bit annoying as my new ISP is stricter with the ports than prior, meaning I had to wait before my relay workaround could send mail.
Learning the word 'in' and what pointing at the other room/snapping fingers means was the first step. Took a while, but enough picking up/putting down, blocking and gentle scooting got the point home.
After that, get them 'in' and start making food on the counter, not direct to bowls on the floor. When a cat crosses the boundary, stop serving up and put them back in either by command or physically. Be belligerent about it if you need to be. Resume/repeat until everyone's dishes are ready.
When ready, I call the first one in by name and put bowls down. The rest quickly follow.
You may find that the cat with the most bossiness/brains/food drive helps keep the others back on pain of biffing, cause they know intrusion means food delay.
We have a gang of 3 with occasional visitors. They have been taught to wait in the living room while breakfast is prepared, because being mobbed at 5am is a trip hazard.
Still, the orange insists on at least some form of rebellion, and will wait patiently with one foot distinctly over the line between rooms.
B41 stable has been out for ages with multiplayer support. It's the current version and what you get if you don't opt in to experiential builds.
On unstable builds, the devs remove multiplayer initially until they think it's good enough. B42 unstable is in active development and just recently added multiplayer support.
B42 is still a bug-ridden crapshoot though, stick with 41 if you want to play online.
Aye it's on the list to try & potentially swap out when time allows. Probably over the holidays - no work until the new year after the 23rd, so no excuse really :)
Rick and the gang do look after us well, and always pop in monthly with server stats & news etc.
I feel like we've got the balance right by leaving some training wheels on for the more contentious topics, with the user choosing to remove the blocks if it pleases them to do so.