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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing. I only got back into reading in the past year. I think I stopped because I was trying to read books that I thought I should enjoy. So finding one or more of the education, evolution or escape motivations has helped.

I've never seen this YouTube channel before but I liked this video so much that I subscribed. So thanks for that too.

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

If I'm reading a book, I normally give it a couple of chapters. If I don't like the style of writing or the story isn't engaging, it's very unlikely that it will get better later on.

If I'm listening to an audiobook, I give it a lot longer because I'm usually doing something else while listening and there's less effort required to progress.

A recent exception is The Power. I read that until 49% because it was okay. Somewhat interesting but I just didn't care about the characters and I hated the writing style. I thought I should like it more because it was a bestseller and turned into a TV show. I got around to reading reviews which confirmed that it wasn't just me who didn't get it and I'm so glad I stopped. I should've dropped it after two chapters.

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

Yeah, I was massively disappointed. I hope they can get Jason on as a guest.

 

I didn't know Ron, Huyen and Mishaal had kicked off a new show last week. I'm glad they did. Has a completely different vibe to the others I've tried. I gave up on Android Central. Material podcast wasn't my thing. I still listen to Android Police because of Daniel and Ara. I even gave Tech News Weekly a shot because Jason is a great host.

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

That sucks. But I can understand how Twit as a business model would be very difficult to make profitable. All the other podcasts I listen to simply supplement another medium, TV or digital print. I wonder how many other Twit shows are affected given AAA was such a stalwart.

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

The business that responded in the article does functions. I doubt that the handful of car spaces right outside his business provide the majority of his customers. So most people are either walking from further away, or using alternate transport.

But no, let's make Sydney Road less safe because fuck you.

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

Did they explain why they ended it? I'm currently listening to it so maybe the reason is coming up. I'm a loyal listener and so a bit devastated and shocked that it wasn't announced in advance.

It's one of the most engaging shows I listen to so I'd be surprised if it was because of a shrinking audience.

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

I can't find a source but it was decided that the original Myki should be built as a custom solution at a greater expense and with a slower rollout even though there were already off-the-shelf solutions that were working around the world that would have been faster and cheaper to implement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yep copy it over please.

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

Myki was a shitshow when it was introduced. This is just more of the same.

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

Funny how removing street parking from Sydney Road somehow means that nobody will be able to get to Sydney Road causing businesses to shut down.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just finished now. Was good, more booze than food so bit tipsy. I don't know what is the most acceptable other than afternoon tea but that sounds too prim and proper for an afternoon sesh.

 

I'm pretty happy with the experience on Lemmy so far as I joined even before the blackouts started happening. The trigger was the dumpster fire of an AMA with the CEO. I tried kbin first because it's supposed to be newer and more interoperable with other federated platforms but I found the instance I was on wouldn't properly load content from Lemmy and I couldn't find a kbin Android app. So I'll be here for the time being.

During the shitstorm on Twitter and the exodus to Mastodon, I tried out Mastodon and felt that it was a similarly welcoming experience. But I kept reading comments on Reddit that the Fediverse was too complicated and it was too hard to find people to follow because you needed their username as well as their instance to find them. I hope people have realised that it's not that much harder during this current Reddit shitshow.

Everyone understands that Reddit/Lemmy/kbin is built on community, and the growth of this community has been fostered by moderators, not Reddit itself. So my question to any subreddit moderators is: Is there something about the Fediverse that would prevent you from moving your community off Reddit? It seems pretty clear that people will try Reddit alternatives even before their favourite subreddits have moved. Users are engaged with the communities that you have built and loyal to the 3rd party app developers and we don't give a fuck about Reddit as an organisation.

Discussion open to everyone, but curious to know if any moderators are also using Lemmy.

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