𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒

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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023
  • 𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Should I start a blog?English
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    3 days ago

    I try to ask myself, “What else would I be doing if not this?” More often than not, it’s just ‘wasting time’ instead of creating something, connecting with someone new, passing on or absorbing knowledge from others.

    I would suggest making sure your own expectations are in check before you start in. Example: ‘I have a desire to share and discuss topics of my interests, but it’s just going to be for a hobby. Not for making a side income or the like.’ This way, it’s clear to yourself, and there doesn’t have to be regret, disappointment, etc., later on.

    So what’s your goal or intention for starting a “Linux, software, privacy, etc. guides” blog?

  • 𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒@lemmy.worldOPtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•You form a new international holiday. What is it, how do we celebrate it, and how does it affect the world?English
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    12 days ago

    Sure, this has a chance of eliminating a billionaire, but I can think of two critical errors here.

    1. What’s stopping them from just visiting/moving to an island for a weekend, month, year, or more, to prevent them from being killed?

    2. Just because someone is dead doesn’t mean that their wealth goes away or reverts to the general populous. I’m not up on how many kids Elon Musk has nowadays (nor do I care to learn about it), but he has over 10 kids, last I checked. And because it’s not public record or hasn’t been leaked, we don’t know if any of them will inherit any of it. But chances are, they do. This then becomes something like a monarchical power problem. (I also don’t recall what it’s called, but there is a thought experiment where you try to determine if killing said person will be the best option to bring about a more peaceful, prosperous, and/or high quality of life in said country, if they are. We have a long line of historical events that often show that by killing one of the ‘evil’ persons, you do run the risk of replacing them with someone even more ‘evil’ than the person before them.

    People on these corporate boards will clamor for the top position during a power vacuum situation. And so killing a person at the head of ‘all of this’ doesn’t really resolve the issue at hand. I’m a dreamer, and I’m not the only one. I believe that this all boils down to the need for a grassroots movement to replace the people in power in our governments and change the systems that do not or no longer serve the majority of people well enough or at all.

  • 𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.world•The Channel Directory - Discover new content!English
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    14 days ago

    Just this morning, while watching a saved Youtube video on my phone, I had a bad experience that had me really wish there was a solid contender to Youtube as it’s really gone to shit with its user experience. You watch a skipable ad at the beginning that can be skipped after 5 seconds. It’s for a major jewelry store chain. I’m a dude who doesn’t own nor care to own a watch, necklace, etc. anytime soon. I’m also not seeing anyone. Haven’t mentioned online or in text of marriage or the like. So why am I seeing an ad for this?? Tap the tiny info icon near the number of ads, to see why this ad was targeted at me. “Age group.” FFS.

    Skip ad and start into video about space and what’s beyond our solar system. Two minutes or so in, pop out ad appears on my phone screen while the video is still playing. “Gahhh.” Close it. Two minutes later, another broadly targeted ad. “What the heck Why am I seeing a perfume ad?” Skip ad after five seconds. Return to the video that only has about 8 minutes left. Three and a half minutes later, pop out ad. Close ad. Continue watching. Pop out ad shows up. This time, I don’t see an “X” to close it. “Wtf? Why can’t I close it?” Start thinking that I might need to exit fullscreen to see the exit option. Do so, but it’s being finicky. Phone won’t auto rotate now. Try to fix it. Finally get it to work and close the ad that now takes over the comment section and video suggestion just below the video. Close it. “Seriously, someone really needs to become a competitor to Youtube! This shit is outrageous now!”

    This seems like the best time to start watching PeerTube videos first, then deal with the hell hole that is Youtube now, if I want to watch more content.

  • 𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒@lemmy.worldtoMemes@sopuli.xyz•Goddamn peopleEnglish
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    16 days ago

    …Verses: OMG! DID YOU SEE THAT PIECE OF NEWS THAT HAPPENED JUST AN HOUR AGO THAT ONLY HAPPENED TO A FEW PEOPLE YOU’VE NEVER MET NOR CARE TO MEET, BUT I’M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT FOR THE NEXT TEN MINUTES REGARDLESS OF YOUR INTEREST OF THE SUBJECT!? OH!? I NOW HAVE TO SHARE A THING THAT I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IS BARELY CONNECTED TO THE PIECE OF NEWS YOU HAD NO INTEREST IN HEARING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

    2-5 minutes in, you’re wondering if this person will ever stop talking for more than a minute, or are you doomed to be in limbo of wanting to tell them you would rather talk about something with more sustainance than go on and on about stuff that just happends and doesn’t change how you view the world, nor how you will finish your day.

    Later on, you’re wondering why you looked like the kind of person who would even give a damn about what they brought up in the first place. And so the restart of the inner battle starts, if people like these are so dense that they have no clue of how disregarded you feel in the moment or how…

    HEY! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING?!

    …Have you ever thought about shutting the hell up and just let the world happen for just 10 minutes without you blasting your word vomit onto it and those that live in it?!

    WHY WOULD YOU SAY SUCH A THING? THAT HURTS.

    (…AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!)