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Barack Obama Is Also Scared Shitless That Donald Trump Could Win Another Term: Report in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can confirm

Hollywood in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

On a related note, it's long been a dream of mine to "download a car" by 3D scanning a nice 1:18 model of something exotic (like a Ferrari 250 Berlinetta Lusso or BMW 507), pay a company to create a full size model by milling it out of a huge block of foam with a huge 5-axis CNC machine, cast fiber glass molds of the body panels, build a spaceframe chassis underneath, fit the rear subframe of a Tesla, and the front axle of a Miata, and live forever in glory.

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Longtime Lemmy Users: aside from sheer size, do you feel like the site has changed since the influx of reddit refugees, and if so, how? (lemmy.world)
 

I've not been here long, but I'm curious how users who were present before the reddit drama feel about any potential changes to the content and tone of discussions.

How reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history: Did it, though? in c/[email protected]
It's so much easier to comment on Lemmy because it isn't a toxic cesspool waiting to tear you apart in c/[email protected]
Question: People who still frequent Reddit, has it gone back to business as usual or are the protests still having effect? in c/[email protected]
The Federation Fallacy in c/[email protected]
The Federation Fallacy in c/[email protected]
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The Federation Fallacy (rosenzweig.io)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
 

An interesting article I saw (from 2019) describing the potential intrinsic tendency for decentralized platforms to collapse into de facto centralized ones.

Author identifies two extremes, "information dictatorship" and "information anarchy", and the flaws of each, as well as a third option "information democracy" to try and capture the best aspects of decentralization while eschewing the worst.

Someone said the link is broken so here it is: https://rosenzweig.io/blog/the-federation-fallacy.html

Does anybody play Cardle? It's like Wordle but daily pictures of cars to guess. in c/[email protected]
Reddit slowly became filled with hate in c/[email protected]
Does anybody play Cardle? It's like Wordle but daily pictures of cars to guess. in c/[email protected]
Refugee Redditors as they make the move. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Eric Andre says he finds brushing his hair is too time consuming, when asked about it by Larry King. https://youtu.be/7XR4Ml8FijM (11:45)

This question by Larry to Eric about his hair is mentioned in Eric's interview with Talib Kweli. https://youtu.be/irzhJ4mLMF0 (28:36)

If you're an Eric Andre fan, these are both must-watch interviews.

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Does anybody play Cardle? It's like Wordle but daily pictures of cars to guess. (cardle.uk)
 

It's a lot of fun. I remember many years ago Top Gear's website had a game like this.

I'm proud to say I guess the car correctly most days. Sometimes I need assistance by image search or wikipedia to look at e.g. production timelines of manufacturers.

I wish there was a way to track my stats, so I could see if I'm improving, and what my average number of guesses is.

Racing Driver Tiff Needell Freaks Out Passenger During A Casual Lap Around The UK's Fastest Circuit in c/[email protected]
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You godda pee ona you hat. (lemmy.world)
 

You tell me to take a piss on the deck of the Queen Mary, an hour later they're hosing it off with disinfectant.

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How to stop the front page automatically refreshing / loading new posts? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
16 comments fedilink
 

I'm scrolling through the front page, expanding the thumbnails of pictures to look at them etc. And then suddenly a bunch of new posts appear at the top of the feed and I lose my place. Also the current thumbnail minimizes.

Does anyone else get this effect?

I'd prefer it to stay static until I hit refresh myself.

EDIT: thanks for the speedy responses. As a new user I'd also like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to those running these communities. The inter-compatible federated concept seems truly brilliant, and they must be working very hard to cope with this new influx of users like me.

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Tony Sopruleno (lemmy.world)
 

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