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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is that an OCaml reference/joke?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I'm reading "So You Want to Be a Game Master" by Justin Alexander and "The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson.

I also have "Needful Things" by Stephen King and "The Great Hunt" (The Wheel of Time book 2) by Robert Jordan sitting at roughly 50%, but they currently are in pause; unfortunately reading more than 2 books simultaneously is difficult if you also have to work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

La notizia non è per nulla positiva, ma (senza offesa) trovo cringe la maggior parte dei commenti finora visti in questo thread; mi ricordano il tipico atteggiamento dell'adolescente arrogante e pretenzioso che crede di essere super intelligente, considerando gli altri tutti degli idioti e co---oni. Dalle serie, usando un detto, "sono tutte pu---ne, tranne mia sorella, mia madre e mia figlia"; non mi sembra il migliore degli atteggiamenti.

@[email protected] @[email protected] anziché considere tutti gli altri come un "cancro" (semicit.) e credere che siano tutti utOnti, non sarà la tematica un pelino più articolata? Personalmente penso che da un lato ci siano aziende che stanno sfruttando i punti di debolezza di molti utenti in questa nuova economia dell'attenzione, dall'altro c'è effettivamente una fetta di utenti senza una adeguata "tech literacy", ma non necessariamente perché scemi; semplicemente forse sono stati risucchiati nel mondo digitale troppo velocemente, senza aver attraversato questo mondo "per stadi" e senza avere il tempo di informarsi di volta in volta sulle novità e nuove tech. Penso a chi ha scoperto Facebook senza prima essersi fatto le ossa sui forum in phpbb o su blog vari e MySpace, alle nuove gen che magari non sanno che oltre al semplice "mi connetto al wifi", esiste una distinzione fra modem, router e switch.

Sia chiaro che non voglio dire che la mia analisi sia QUELLA giusta, vi voglio semplicemente suggerire un modo di pensare che non colpevolizza e non offende il 90% della popolazione, cosa che fra l'altro vi renderebbe più ostico comunicare con questa popolazione senza risultare antipatici e saccenti.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They revoked the "English only" rule in August. Source.

 

Hi, I purchased the ads-free version of Boost for Lemmy on my smartphone through the "Remove ads" button. However on a different device (tablet) I still see the "remove ads" button (while on the phone it is now correctly not shown) in the left sidebar. Does it take some time for the new setting to be detected? I've already tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app and deleting all the data after forcefully closing the app, but the button is still there.

To be honest, I'm not seeing ads right now, so maybe it's just a UI problem? I will post updates here in case I see ads even after purchasing the ads free version.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I agree, I've always used sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade and flatpak update on Pop OS and never used the pop shop.

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

There's also another similar list written by Umberto Eco about the so called "Ur Fascism" ("perpetual fascism"); he basically identifies fascist-like characteristics which can be found even in governments that do not adhere to the old concept of "traditional" old-style fascism (which in Italy is forbidden by law).

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

Needless to say that his words sounded very topical during the last italian elections, dominated by the party "Brothers of Italy"; luckily this party has become more "moderate" after winning the elections, even though some aspects can still be "problematic".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I'm still reading it and I'm halfway through it. I agree in recommending it! Moreover gapminder (which is the source of most of the stats) now has data updated up to the year 2022.

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

Me too, if I subscribe to communities in other instances, most of the time I see a different number of comments and posts here on lemmy.ml.

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

There are a ton of good content creators I follow, mostly in the edutainment field; I'll post three of them (the first three that came up in my mind) for the YouTube and Podcast category

YouTube:

Podcasts:

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm currently reading Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey, which is the first book of the Expanse series. I haven't watched the TV series, since I wanted to dive into the books without previous knowledge.

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

Aren't voice and video calls (basically VoIP) what Turn (coturn) is supposed to support?

https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.41/turn-howto.html

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

My first Internet connection was based on GPRS and I remember images taking ages to load and loading in chunks. Moreover the connection kept interfering with the surround audio system and sometimes I would hear noises similar to the dial up modems.

I also remember the first times I tried using eMule (is it still up and running?): I was searching for the video song "Elevation" by U2 but I was unaware of rule 34; you can imagine what I actually downloaded.

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