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[–] DVD 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. Faking manual/geared transmission doesn’t actually give you the power of either of those, it’s just to ease people into a new gearless car.

I prefer manual over all, but CVT fixed the issue classic automatic transmission had of limiting the power you can exert. I think if manufacturers can improve the heat problem of the CVT belts and overall reliability then it may become a new standard that even enthusiasts wouldn’t mind.

[–] DVD 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. And most modern phones nowadays let you play music through the charging port aswell

[–] DVD 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Car manufacturers need to realize that people already have a touchscreen that has a GPS, podcasts, music, and text messaging service in their pockets 24/7. Best option would be to make built in phone holders that are plugged in via USB C and connect to the sound system. Voila.

Stuff like this makes me very glad to own my 2015 Nissan Altima. I get occasionally let down by its somewhat lackluster engine and CVT transmission, but it cuts all the crap with infotainment bloatware in the dashboard and how it works. The only screen in my car is a small black strip that can only display text as most cars used to have. All you do is plug in your phone to the aux cord and use your phone as the touchscreen it was made to be, no need for another one. Physical buttons galore.

[–] DVD 2 points 1 year ago

i mean, could lemmy even work with threads? completely different layout and functionality. im having a hard time understanding the Fediverse past lemmy instances interacting haha.

[–] DVD 2 points 1 year ago

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-security-source-wagner-controls-063623067.html They have completely taken Voronezh, and are allegedly moving to Volgograd and Krasnodar now

[–] DVD 26 points 1 year ago

Update: Apparently Wagner is also pushing towards Krasnodar and Volgograd with little to no resistance, both equally major cities. This is just the current word of mouth though, no major news outlets or insiders to confirm.

 

Wagner Group has trekked from Rostov, all the way to Voronezh, and taken control of the military facilities there.

For context, Voronezh is halfway between Rostov and Moscow, and this was accomplished in under a day.

[–] DVD 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, true. That kind of fits into the idea of mid-sized niche communities, but definitely locations will become a big thing.

[–] DVD 13 points 1 year ago

The good news is that bots seem to be joining particular instances made for them. This will make preventing them from ruining the fediverse easy, just defederate from instances like k6qw.

If they start joining instances such as this one, then that is its own issue, but each instance can solve it to their own needs. I'm not too worried about bots on Lemmy at all really.

[–] DVD 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm sure how the ecosystem of Lemmy will play out is that there are a handful, maybe 6 or 7, main instances that require funding and are simply massive with teams committed to them. Then you have the niche medium sized instances that are known for a particular community or two, such as an instance that is well known for its great vegetarian community or whatever. Then you'll have tiny instances that are used by irl friend groups, or for simply tech savvy people that want a home base instance that they can control.

We're already sort of set up like this, but less organized and smaller overall. Many instances have duplicates of the same communities right now which I think will slowly fade away as future updates make it easier to visit/search other instances.

[–] DVD 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sort of confused, I thought he already was? Or was he just in jail while on trial?

[–] DVD 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

What're the odds this will carry over to the US out of convenience? I'd love for the batteries in phones to become more repairable over here, and I hope that companies would simply make all phones repairable from here on out to make things easier on themselves, but do you think they would, from now on, make two separate iPhones that have repairable batteries (EU) and non-repairable batteries (US & everywhere else)?

[–] DVD 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Definitely. This place is a (much needed) step back to what the internet used to be. Somewhere between 15-20 years ago and now, the online growth experienced obviously went in a wrong direction. I'm glad these huge social media conglomerations were a testing ground for us to discover how the web should not work, and Lemmy is a step in the right direction.

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submitted 1 year ago by DVD to c/german
 

Hello lemmites! I decided that a great way to get some use out of this community while it gathers steam is to have a mega thread where people can simply come and practice their German with people on similar skill levels. If you're a more fluent speaker, and see any mistakes in someone else's sentences, feel free to correct them and possibly explain why.

I'm thinking how it'll go is I'll have a prompt for the week that you can answer and I'll try to reply to you, or you can totally ask your own question, or just comment about whatever is going on in your life, or going through your head.

I'll get the ball rolling: Was ist deine Lieblingsstadt in Deutschland? Warum?

Meine Lieblingsstadt in Deutschland ist Düsseldorf, weil meine Familie von dort stammt.

 

The German community I have made is exactly what the title says: A place for people learning German and German speakers to discuss the language.

If you are learning German and have any grammar questions, pronunciation questions, etc. this is the place to ask.

If you simply want to share your journey of learning German, this community is also the right place to do it.

Anything related to the German language belongs in this community. Feel free to join it, though note I am quite an inexperienced moderator as of now.

[email protected]

lemmy.world/c/german

 

Hey there everybody, I'm DVD.

I came to the Fediverse/Lemmy recently after the mass exodus from, competitors, like I'm sure many of you have.

I've been knees deep in learning the German Language since October, and I wanted a community to help myself and others along in this process of language learning, which I noticed Lemmy lacked, so I created c/German.

I should preface this community by saying that I am probably the least qualified person to run a community such as this. I would probably fail the Goethe B1 Exam for German, and I have never moderated any community before, not on Lemmy nor its competitors.

But, I saw the need for a place like this, and I stepped up to the plate. If you are seeing this and are interested, feel free to join. If the place isn't quite as lively as you thought it would be, try creating a post or commenting on some existing ones. I promise to work on community engagement as this place (hopefully) grows.

With that being said, also message me if you are interested in any moderator roles. I will gladly accept others who are willing to make sure this community stays on track, and remains toxic-free.

-DVD

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by DVD to c/nostupidquestions
 

Guten Tag Lemmites.

I'm new to Lemmy, and an overall novice in the world of programming. I noticed though that many people cited the complexity of the federated system at first as an initial turnoff, and I couldn't help but realize that Lemmy could reach a much greater critical mass if third party services stepped in to streamline the process.

This is where I took inspiration from many posts I've seen on here, and I want to create a simple app, website, addon, whatever works best, where curated "bundles" of communities from all major instances are packaged together and have their own feed. Such as a gaming "bundle" that takes the major gaming communities from major instances. You get the point.

What resources should I know of before using this? I know that I will have to learn the Rust language for this. I may be way, way in over my head. I've never really messed with web development too much outside of a basic website of HTML, CSS, and minimal JavaScript. What's the general pipeline of something like this? And what resources are there in terms of Lemmy API/source code?

Sorry if this question seems vague, I wish I knew more to help specify it haha.

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