ArbitraryOasis

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Obtainium - - app with which you can download & update apps (apk's) directly from github/gitlab/etc. (and even f-droid).

Absolutely awesome πŸ‘

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

My two cents:

  1. The current problem is rather that relatively many rich people are trying to do good things. The vast amount of private donations and privately funded NGOs, etc., have a strong influence within traditional, often national, political and governmental processes. This has had good and bad consequences and has been done with good and not so good intentions. Even if all consequences were good, the question remains to what extent we object to the fact that the choices of where to put money have been made by individuals and not arrived at through democratic processes, which can also lead to good or bad consequences.

  2. It is unfortunate that "effective altruism" has become the trendy moral framework for many wealthy individuals, especially within Silicon Valley, to make decisions about where they put their money and how. Effective altruism is a questionable moral theory because it is primarily about the question of "how" to act and less about why. The theory suggests no underlying value system. As a result, it remains a values-free form of consequentialism, unlike, say, utilitarianism, a form of consequentialism that does propose an underlying value, namely happiness - and thus happiness maximization as a goal. Moreover, "effective" is a vague term, which also remains relatively free to fill in.

The free-fillability of effective altruism combined with the inherently individual choices of, well, individuals, currently creates friction between wealthy individuals and democratically elected bodies.

This is imho the current issue we need to think about, regardless of any "goodness" of consequences. Where do the responsibilities, rights, duties, freedoms and liabilities of wealthy individuals start, lie and end with respect to those of democratically elected governments, other representatives of the people, and, of course, 'regular' citizens.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Didn't know camels used to have vase-backs. Very handy!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

An inefficiΓ«nt way to carry groceries imho.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please don't post any pictures of my mom here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This certainly shows how natural evolution can work backwards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use the following four apps to manage my chaos ✌️:

  • Workflowy - General archive and digital memory (Divided in Inbox, Several dossiers/projects, Other, and Archive. I dump everything in Inbox first and sort it when I can.)
  • Tasks.org - For its simple todo list widget. Mainly little things I have to do, sorted into 4 priorities by color (app does this automatically).
  • A calendar - I use a lot of recurring 'all day' events. (Like for getting notified I need to take out the trash on Wednesday)
  • Stock Android Clock/alarm - I have alarms set for a lot of daily recurring things. Like literally alarms for taking medication to alarms for reminding myself I have to go to sleep.

Important things I often put in all several of the above 😊 I tend to swipe notifications away, but if 3 apps notify me, well it works. So garbage on Wednesday is a recurring weekly thing in calendar and alarm ⏰

It's actually a pretty fast setup when you get used to it. But I do put things in at least one app immediately. If I wait, I forget.

Workflowy is truly awesome imho. I put everything in there, even things like the address of my dentist. This way, I have only have one place I have to search for anything I need. It has a great search function. It's really handy that you can share text from anywhere with the app, which then throws it in the inbox. Sorting things is also very smooth, isn't necessary that often, and make me feel good when I do it. Very handy.

I use all of the above in the most basic way. No tag systems or anything; I can't keep those systems up for longer than a couple of days. I only use simple basic, inbuild functions that I can perform quickly. Together they work very well for me.

Hope this is helpful! Good luck! πŸ‘πŸ€

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks again for you quick and extensive answer.

I was indeed looking for an instance that federates with a large number of other instances. And I did look at the server lists of a lot of them. But there are a LOT πŸ˜… So it is great to hear I actually found the right one!

Just as pedantic sidenote, sometimes public space is conceptualized more as a cupboard than a square, while low mobility attributes to closed stratification. (sorry) Anyway, I really like the concept behind the fediverse.

So great! Lemmy is all new to me and you are absolutely right in your point about Reddit! I actually hope things will be different here ☺️

Thanks again for your work and open vision!

ArOa

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thank you very much for your quick, considerate and comprehensive answer. It gives me a better understanding of the current complexity. I understand your vision, and strategical and tactical choices in the current situation. They seem reasonable at the moment.

Just my personal 2 cents: my interest in this issue primarily stems from 2 points:

  1. I tend to by suspicious of the whole concept of 'blocking' in general.

a. Overall 'good' people/instances/groups can belief or state 'bad' things at particular moments.

b. People can change.

c. People are complex and layered. Blocking inherently is not. d. Blocking leads to bubbles, almost by definition.

  1. I like information to be open, visible and findable.

a. I preferred reddit to traditional forums, because the latter have always felt like Google search at the moment: sifting through the unuseful to find to useful. I find Slack inefficient for similar reasons.

b. I tend to prefer neutrality, even over objectivity. I hope Lemmy can be a place where I can find vast amounts of information in general, as well as a variety of knowledges, experiences, contents, and views. Even incorrect ones. I am less interested in single narratives, even if they seem cohesive or confirm my own biases.

Reddit seemed to provide at least some of this in a better way than many other social media. And this seemed contributable in part due to their, albeit flawed, up/down vote system.

N.B. Most of these points mainly concern my personal experience/preferences regarding comments/comment sections. I am a noob when it comes to posts and how voting, trending/hot etc. work behind the scenes, and a lot lot of other things.

I don't know whether any of this is helpful or not. (If not, eh, ban me? 😊)

Anyway, I fully support your vision and well-considered choices in the current context!

Thanks again for all your efforts in making this such an open and welcoming instance!

ArOa

 

Hi all, Hi Ticoombs,

Firstly, thanks so much for making this great instance. I'm completely new to Lemmy; I really love how open, tolerating, and friendly it feels on this specific instance!

Secondly, only a question: is it correct that some instances have upvoting & downvoting, and this instance only upvoting?

If so, I'm curious about the rationale behind this. I actually don't have an opinion on this. Just curious.

If this question has already been answered, I'm sorry, I couldn't find it.

Thanks!