[–] 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

A large enough userbase to support more niche topics. On Lemmy, like a lot of small communities, people tend to put the cart before the horse. They make places to share content for very niche topics but there aren't enough to warrant it. Plus sometimes you have mods in certain relatively niche groups that will remove content from their community because it is off topic, but their volume of posts is nowhere near enough for the occasional, technically off topic post to really matter. I see it in Discord servers too. Some places have more channels than users on the server. People get obsessed with categorization.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    Yes. Rancher desktop exists, btw. Just an fyi.

    Edit: An open source alternative to Docker Desktop. It has most of the same features. Occasionally I've run into something that doesn't work, but for the most part it's just peachy.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    It's odd that it shows Brave as FOSS but not Firefox. Assuming it's not merely that nobody listed Firefox as FOSS yet and it's because Firefox's page says the "source code" is licensed under MPL but not the binary itself... Brave literally has this on the app.

    My understanding was that all rights reserved meant specifically not foss. Like it's just the default copyright. But Brave lists itself as using MPL on another page. Which is ironic, because obviously Firefox uses MPL.

    I feel like this is just because nobody submitted Firefox as FOSS yet.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    Arch and derivatives expect you to check the news file before upgrading, but do not integrate this into the upgrade tool. I have not personally ran into a problem this way, but it's frustrating that pacman doesn't have any capability to do this if you're expected to.

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    I think the reason a lot of men who are stuck in this mindset stay stuck in it is because the only time they actually do think they can be vulnerable is when expressing love to their partner. So it's something they crave and don't realize they can be vulnerable in other contexts. I think it's part of what leads to red pill mentality.

    It's hard for men to understand how patriarchy also hurts them. It expects men to be stoic protectors. Emotional vulnerability is a sign of weakness under that worldview.

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    A few weeks ago (I think over a month) I posted this pumpkin here. A Lemming (idk what we're calling ourselves) told me that "it should be a lot bigger before it gets it's first flower." I was already nervous that it and all my other plants weren't growing well. After some discussion some fish fertilizer was recommended. I suppose any would've worked but regardless, it's getting really big now.

    The results were pretty dramatic. Nearly overnight it felt like. Every day I've seen visible growth. I'm even seeing the female flower buds so we're getting close to the pumpkin growing stage! The pictured ones are male. The seed pack says scientists hypothesize that the male flowers show up first to get the bees in the area by the time the female ones arrive.

    I've been sending pictures of it nearly everyday to my gardening friend who dreams of becoming a squash farmer when she retires.

    I've been very impressed with this plant. You may even see a small snap in the vine. When it reached the edge of the bed it broke after a big storm. I propped it up a bit with a card board box and it's been fine. No wilting. It was at a 90 degree angle, too.

     

    US, Georgia if it matters.

    I just got laid off. Oof. Am I missing anything? I've never been laid off or fired before so it's all new to me. Just sanity checking myself.

    1. Tomorrow I'm going to write down all my job responsibilities before I forget them. For updating my resume.
    2. Figure out how to file for unemployment.
    3. Figure out what I need for COBRA benefits.
    4. Print and sign my separation agreement.
    5. Ensure I have access to my paystubs.

    The obvious thing being to start applying for new jobs lol.

     

    First, I strongly encourage you go to go through the demo. It is about ten minutes long. Beware that it does auto play sounds. "Spoilers" are below.

    My wife and I are like a broken record player. Whenever we are in some setting to give people advice (generally a wedding where you write notes for the newlyweds) we give the same advice. "Communicate early and often. It sounds cliche but is very important. Better to risk a small fight now than a big fight later. Don't let frustration fester into resentment." This advice was not directly inspired by this demo but having just replayed through it now I see a lot of the similarities.

    I remember when I first did this demo. I was on the train going to work. At the time I naively suspected that the Always Cooperate strategy would win. Once I was able to look at it more critically and less emotionally I thought something like the Detective might be better to figure out who you can exploit. It was interesting that something as simple as the Copycat wins out.

    And once they introduced miscommunications and your little dude trips on the way to the machine!? I was devastated! Watching those two little dudes cheat each other back and forth forever over something so petty. It gets me emotional. I know it's that sad guitar doing a lot of the heavy lifting in that regard though lol. But seriously, so many times in life it feels like people just get stuck in these cycles of revenge over utterly petty bullshit. Escalation over escalation over escalation.

    So yeah, that's pretty much all I have to say. It's just interesting looking back on this thing that had this big effect on me at the time and seeing how it indirectly influenced very specific advice I give folks today.

    What are your thoughts? This creator has many other cool demos like this but this is the one that I remember the most.

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