BrightFadedDog

Thanks for responding. Unfortunately my programming experience is about 40 years out of date. I'm working on learning a bit more, but it is rather complicated figuring out where to start. At the moment I'm still at the stage of working out what applications I need to use, so every little bit helps🙂

By the time I figure it all out the tools to do more easily it will probably be available, but a bit extra learning is never a bad thing.

Is there a way to automate posts here? I would really love to be able to do that for my group, would you be able to point me in the right direction to find out how?

Thanks for posting this, it was an interesting read.

I have been thinking a lot about the question in the first post here, what is Simple Living? In the context of moving to Lemmy and thinking about how the sites are structured I have realised what I really value is the time to do things fully, and to be fully in the moment.

Our society is built around consumerism, and constantly chasing the next new thing to aquire. Once we have it we just start looking for the next thing to reach for. The way we consume media is the same - a constant search for the new post, with the fastest replies get rewarded and by the time anyone has been able to craft an actual thoughtful response the conversation has moved on.

I would like my life to have more depth, to focus on learning about things deeply and thoroughly, to be present in the moment more often and enjoy what I have around me. In moving to Lemmy I am hoping to be able to be able to find/develop some communities that foster that.

I envisage the flow of information and communication as being like a river. There are fast-flowing rapids that can be fun and exciting, but most of the river is actually deep pools full of amazing and wonderful resources. Those fast flowing rapids have a place, but also have the potential to wash you away from all the important things underneath. The challenge of creating an online community is to be able to create a way to anchor people into deep and ongoing conversations, without the flow of new things constantly pulling them away.

Reddit always felt to me like it was preventing those deeper conversations from really flourishing. I think the challenge for a moderator here is to find ways of balancing different types of conversations so they can all have a place - some topics can be talked about slowly and thoughtfully for weeks, months, even years. I believe to have a place in a simple living lifestyle the focus needs to be on encouraging those slow conversations. To create a place where you can drop in maybe once a week and not feeling that you are "out of the loop" because you have taken time to engage with the real world.

That is the sort method I am using.

I have also ended up with two different log-ons on different instances (due to not knowing how things worked at the start) and am finding that that is actually helpful for organising. One account has some local, faster-moving groups on it and being able to focus on the slower paced interest groups seperately is really helpful.

I've not used a ladder darner. Most of the socks I have darned are quite thin dress socks, would a ladder darner work with those, or only for heavier knits?

I would love to see what you do - that's one of the projects I would like to do if I can get the time.

I haven't tried it, but quite a few of the reviews said they use an apple cider rinse to remove the residue, and that it is something you only have for a while after changing so you don't necessarity need to use the rinse long term.

I know that soaps and detergent can sometimes react to create a residue, could it be interacting with another product you use?

We have both here. I somewhat represent the dog contingent, but due to confusion over the new platform and ending up with multiple accounts I am mostly present in my Raven form🙂

Breakfast is a bit sparse here so far, I have only been able to supply potatoes.

You can also do the patch before the hole actually wears through - even just stitching over the top of the thinning area is probably enough to provide extra reinforcement to stop the hole forming, although the extra fabric provides a more stable base for the new stitching.

I'm recovering this chair at the moment. I have some green furnishing fabric I got at the second hand store a while ago which I am using. So far I have cut out the fabric pieces and sewn the pieces that need to be done by machine, there is some hand stitching and working out how to do the buttons to go. I'll be posting photos when it is done.

These are a great idea. We have one near us, I've never been myself but have referred a few other people to them.

Definitely this!! There are so many videos around where the sound quality makes them unwatchable. A decent microphone is not even that expensive. Just do a bit of research into what type you want for your setup - especially if you are outside (with wind noise) or there is background noise.