I discovered Lemmy and Hacker news at roughly the same time, and the difference in comment quality is striking. Obviously HN is a lot more mature platform, and more specialised, but still... People over there are lamenting the quality of their comments and saying they're not what they used to be, but the majority are interesting and constructive
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It's disappointing how the article mentions the big issue is people who can't work work thanks to preventable ill health, but then the discussion doesn't go on to address this - as though dealing with bad diets and lack of physical activity are not even work thinking about, and it's easier just to magic up £100bn a year
Plus, Brompton being Brompton, they'll change the design of that derailleur every 9 months ("For models April 2024 to August 2025").
Still love mine, mind you
Nobody can audit the code for all their apps. Even within an ideal world where the code is all open, people don't have the skills or the time. Sensor permissions are supposed to be a system so that people can have a strong level of confidence in apps without needing those skills and time, and so not having the ability to control this sensor is a problem - but an OS problem
Jesus Christ people are still thinking of voting Rees Mogg in as their MP. They should just expand Chew Lake and flood the whole area - it has nothing to offer to humanity now
Speaking of which, it uses the same web interface as a lot of other news sites. Newsletter popup, autoplay video part-way down that then jumps to the top of the screen, etc. What Hifi is the same, and there are various other sites all with the same annoying engine. Two questions: (1) are all these sites owned by the same company and (2) is there a browser extension that can fix them?
I didn't say that. But please do list some of the things big corporations do that don't end up being consumed by consumers. The only area that comes immediately to mind that doesn't end up with consumers is the military - and even that's arguable
Everything those big corporations do ultimately ends being consumed by we consumers. We can't carry on driving SUVs to buy bottled water in Starbucks and saying it's corporations that need to act for the environment. Yes, structural solutions will always be best, but it's not an either-or situation and we can't cop out of taking actions ourselves by acting as though it is.
Everybody should read "Discourses of Climate Delay" for more on how things like this distract us from making necessary changes