"30 minutes or it's free" back then was wild by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/[email protected]

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 98 points 4 days ago

by using a paper map like some sort of mystical land pirate

Oof, I remember going to people's homes to install phone and Internet links using paper maps because we didn't have maps on our phones back then and the GPS were mostly shit and out of date.
Some of the smaller villages were barely there on the regional maps, aside from maybe a dot near a main road with none of their actual streets.
For these, we'd call or stop by city hall, sometimes they'd have a shitty map or just directions.

I'm getting old...

Doing it this way is interesting anyway by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/[email protected]

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 4 points 6 days ago

Play the SIT intercept sound to them.
You know.. the beeps with the message that says the line is no longer in service, etc.
Is they're using an automated dialer, it'll recognize the beeps, and odds are your number will be automatically purged from their list for a while.

2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5 by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/[email protected]

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 174 points 2 months ago

You'd think so, but no.
Short story is the 'nominal' size is the size before going into a planer to smooth the faces.
Yes, it makes little sense, like many things related to construction stuff.

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Testing outbound federation (self.testuser)

submitted 3 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/[email protected]

2 comments fedilink

testing

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Sticks. And the People Who Love Them. (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 3 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/stick

1 comments fedilink

XXX by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/[email protected]

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 111 points 4 months ago

Breaking news: microplastics found inside supreme creator

Hands up if you want to volunteer for layoffs, IBM tells staff by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/[email protected]

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 114 points 4 months ago

I mean if there are severance packages, I wouldn't say no.

Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount – Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/[email protected]

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 172 points 5 months ago

This was already budgeted for when they decided to use a chatbot instead of paying employees to do that job.
Trying to blame the bot is just lame.

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I try this every time just in case (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/[email protected]

0 comments fedilink

It's my little ritual, just in case there's ever an alternate ending where you rid the world of the amulet instead.

Toss it in the pits/volcano kinda vibe.

What useless stuff do you try on your runs?

‘A 1-year-old could get an abortion under this’ bill: far-right GOP lawmaker by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/[email protected]

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 149 points 5 months ago

a bill that would grant an abortion exception for rape or incest

... 1 year olds kids.
Nevermind the fact that 1y.o. aren't fertile, normal people go their entire lives without ever thinking about impregnating 1 year olds.
And yea, if you somehow magically got a 1 y.o. pregnant, I sure as fuck hope they'd be able abort.

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Yes (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/[email protected]

1 comments fedilink

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Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? (self.patientgamers)

submitted 6 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/patientgamers

97 comments fedilink

Tell us what game you are currently, or recently played, greater than 6+ months old.

If the game happens to be on sale, a link would be a plus.

What's the most absurd thing you've seen someone refuse to do because of toxic masculinity? by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/[email protected]

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 103 points 7 months ago

Bankruptcy is so alpha male

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Testing removal federation (self.testuser)

submitted 7 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/[email protected]

2 comments fedilink

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

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it's love (i.redd.it)

submitted 7 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/test

2 comments fedilink

New Skyrim mod feature pulling the mod community apart by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/games

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 121 points 7 months ago

TL;DR: Execs finally think they can get away with it (again) and so paid mods are back on the menu.

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Rule: Be happy xor manage cookies (self.196)

submitted 7 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/[email protected]

3 comments fedilink

What if I'm happy, but still want to reject cookies?
What if I'm not happy, but also don't want to manage cookies?

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Is happiness a choice?

Linus does not fuck around by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/[email protected]

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 198 points 7 months ago

So I recently had a conversation with some who though Linus Torvalds (kernel) and Linus Sebastian (Linus Tech Tips) was the same person.
That was a pretty funny and confusing conversation.

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[Discussion] alien.top bots (self.agora)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/agora

38 comments fedilink

English message:

As some of you may have noticed, there's an instance with 1.1M bots reposting reddit posts and comments accross communities in several other instances.

I expect there are multiple valid opinions on the subject and this thread is meant to get a feeling of everyone's opinion on the situation.

You might also want to read lemmy.ca's discussion on that here which is a pretty decent thread about the subject.

Things that I think need to be pointed out:

alien.top currently has 1.1M bots, only 6 of those are weekly users logging in.
together they've made 1.59M comments accross a multitude of communities in other instances.
That project claims to be trying to get reddit users to switch to lemmy.
They have a portal to allow reddit users to claim and take over their bot persona.
alien.top has a single local community, the bots all post on different instances with copies of different subreddits.

I don't have an exhaustive list of such communities, I haven't found an official one. I'll post a fewfrom my personal blocklist in a comment below.

And a note on the upcoming 0.19 release:

the new user-level instance block feature will block all the communities of the blocked instances, but will not block these users' posts or comments if they are done on another instance's community.

My opinion isn't any more valid then anyone else's so I'll put it in a comment below.

Our users' input is welcomed.

What do you, dear users of sh.itjust.works, think about federation with them?

Thanks

Message français:

Comme certains d'entre vous l'ont peut-être remarqué, il y a une instance peuplée de 1,1M de bots qui copient ees posts et commentaires Reddit dans plein de communautés sur plusieurs autres instances.

Il y a plusieurs opinions sur le sujet et ce fil de discussion vise à prendre le pouls de l'opinion générale sur la situation.

Je vous suggères de lire la discussion chez lemmy.ca à ce sujet ici, discussion intéressante.

Quelques points qui, selon moi, doivent être soulignés :

alien.top compte actuellement 1,1 million de robots, dont seulement 6 sont des utilisateurs hebdomadaires qui se login.
collectivement, ils ont déjà fait 1,59 million de commentaires dans une multitude de communautés dans différentes instances.
Ce projet proclame essayer de convertir des utilisateurs de Reddit à passer à Lemmy.
Il existe un portail pour permettre aux utilisateurs de Reddit de prendre contrôle de leur version bot.
alien.top a une seule communauté locale, les bots publient tous sur différentes instances, des copies de différents subreddits.

Je n'ai pas de liste exhaustive de ces communautés, à première vue, je n'en trouve pas une liste officielle. Je mettrai dans un commentaire ci-dessous quelques communautés que j'ai bloqué au niveau personnel.

Pour finir, une note sur la version 0.19 de lemmy qui s'en vient :

La nouvelle fonctionnalité pour bloquer une instance au niveau d'un uutilisateur bloquera toutes les communautés d'une instance bloquée, mais ne bloquera pas les publications ou les commentaires de ces utilisateurs s'ils sont publiés dans une communauté d'une autre instance.

Mon opinion n'est pas meilleur qu'une autre et je mettrai plutôt dans un commentaire ci-bas.

Les commentaires de nos utilisateurs sont les bienvenus.

Que pensez-vous, cher utilisateurs de sh.itjust.works de la fédération avec eux?

Merci

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Spam (self.main)

submitted 7 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/main

4 comments fedilink

Hi,
If you know what spam I'm talking about, I'm sorry.
If you don't, don't bother looking for it, it's honestly not worth your time.
Either way, we've taken steps to reduce the impact of such an event.
As always, if you see any, report it. Thanks,

Bonjour,
Si vous savez de quel spam je parle, désolé.
Sinon, perdrez pas votre temps, ça en vaut la peine.
Dans un cas comme dans l'autre, nous avons pris des mesures pour limiter l'impact de ce genre d'événement.
Comme toujours, si vous en voyez, faites un signalement.
Merci,

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Tinnitus Linked to Hidden Undetected Auditory Nerve Damage – A Step Towards a Cure (scitechdaily.com)

submitted 7 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/goodnewseveryone

17 comments fedilink

Curing tinnitus would sure be nice for a lot of people.

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Defederating illegal instances illégales defédérées (self.main)

submitted 7 months ago by InEnduringGrowStrong to c/main

6 comments fedilink

Annonce en français:

Des ajouts ont récemment été faits à la liste d'instances bloquées.

Comme celles-ci étaient des instances connues pour héberger du contenu illégal, incluant des communautés pedo, loli, etc. elles ont été bloquées sans discussion préalable dans l'[email protected].

Vous pouvez consulter à tout moment la liste d'instances bloquées au bas de cette [page] (https://sh.itjust.works/instances) dans la section Blocked Instances.

Merci !

English message:

We've recently added a few instances to the block list.

We usually made a discussion and vote in [email protected], but this latest batch was a bunch of instances confirmed to be hosting CSAM, CP, pedo and/or loli content.
Since these are illegal, they've been removed without Agora threads.

At any time, you can see the current list of blocked instances here, all the way down in the Blocked Instances section.

Thanks

It's like everyday by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/[email protected]

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 150 points 8 months ago

It's actually normal.
Your nostrils cycle between like this so that the one can take a break from the air flow and mitigate drying out.

Hey Google, go fuck yourself entirely by InEnduringGrowStrong in c/crappydesign

[-] InEnduringGrowStrong 192 points 9 months ago

If ads weren't riddled with malware or absolutely obnoxious...
Browsing without an ad blocker is cancer