Pimento! Especially if they're feisty.
itmightbethew
joined 1 year ago
I quit smoking by gradually stepping back until I got to the last 4 darts, which I just couldn't shake. Then I moved to vaping, not trying to quit, but to be less worse for my health.. Then my vape broke repeatedly in a short period and I realized going without wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Certainly not as bad as other methods of quitting it tried. So in this way I finally quit.
So I don't recommend vaping as a way out really. It's more that if you consciously realize which cigarette is your last you're gonna freak out and relapse. It's more that if you reduce your intake, then replace, you can step off more easily. Don't focus on quitting or changing your lifestyle drastically, just keep taking steps. Eventually one will be the last.
As I said in the OG thread, I will stick with beehaw, but I'd also keep an eye on the fediverse with an alt. I would also support an eventual return to federation when/if some of the issues have been sorted.
For those who support the proposed move, this isn't about mere technical issues. It's about safety - it's very easy right now for a bad actor to cause a lot of damage the way things are set up. The reasons things are as good as they are here is the tireless work of the admins and mods and they if they say enough is enough I believe them.
While I think something like the fediverse is where the internet is going, Lemmy on activity pub may or may not be the way. Well just have to see. I'm not gonna leave a positive community in favour of a certain tech, that's backwards.
i LOVE this band. just dropped into check out this community and here they are. I don't know if it fits, but if it does, i guess i do too
Is it just me or is search on mobile worse too? I find the message I want is often the second or third result now when sorting by "relevant." Switching back to newest helps.
I'm not put out by an extra step. It's that, as OP correctly says, I can't think of an update to a productivity that gave me anything I wanted. Instead updates seem to tell me I've been using the app wrong this whole time.
If they do get a subsidy you know they'll turn around and launch an ad campaign about how they are investing in a green revolution. Then they'll raise fares.
Then a while later they'll revert, say it's infeasible, keep the money then pay a dividend.
The QOTSA vibe hadn't occurred to me but now I can't unhear it
Fantasy themed turn based strategy game with simple mechanics. And it's (probably) already in your repo! Ships with some good campaigns, some not so good, but there's more floating around.
I'm mostly an fps-rpg guy but when I get a tactical itch it's hard to do better honestly. I unapologetically save scum my way through it and have a blast.
Too bad it doesnt actually have a gyro. I'm one of those gyro aiming weirdos. I like the ergo of the Xbox controllers better but I mostly use a dualsense because of this feature.
Moving to a user supported service IS a good way to cut down on spam and wrest control from advertisers...
...IF you do it before you destroy all value, branding, community and cultural relevance
As so many others have said, this move at this point sounds like he's trying to finally end this fiasco.
This. As a recovering google fanboy who got abandoned too many times I have zero trust in their commitment to any product aside from the core experiences like search and Gmail. Even then...
Slowly degoogling as a result.
i agree completely, and i've said it before, a small fee goes a long way to stopping spam and the bad kind of shitposting. It's barrier that a lot of actors, good and bad, can climb, but they'll be at least someone who can't or won't.
thing is, twitter has already eroded so much trust and relevance that i think for a lot of folks this might be the last straw. we'll see - much like the reddit rebellion it's hard to tell how many folks will actually quit from the noise alone.
For the fediverse i'm not certain at all. on the one hand many of us want the fediverse to grow and become more diverse. Fees are a barrier to entry. but i also agree, as you say, that mods and admins deserve something for their trouble - especially since their job is a lot harder on lemmy.
i hate to say, but maybe discord has it right? monetize cosmetics and stuff? i really don't know. Disclosure i am nitro subscriber, mostly for the emoji.