vatlark

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[–] vatlark 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That sounds frustrating. Lately I have been trying to think if there is a good way to help promote political discussion in a really constructive way.

I don't know your specific situation. I moderate a community and yeah sometimes a post will end up with a lot of aggression in the comments so rather than try to make a lot of nuanced judgement calls I'll remove the post with an apology to OP.

I also have made a lot of mistakes. I'm certainly learning a lot about being a better online citizen.

[–] vatlark 10 points 3 weeks ago

this stunning shouse

Is that a typo or are they pointing out that it's a house inside a shed?

[–] vatlark 4 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

You folks know that we are "in the same room" as you?

:P

I'm glad y'all are here. Lemmy is a small community. I hope we can continue to make this a welcoming place that will attract people away from corporate social media.

Let's not make a culture war where there should be a class war.

[–] vatlark 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

You sound like my dad. He never misses an opportunity to point out that the roof is on the outside of the house.

[–] vatlark 3 points 3 weeks ago

One can hope.

Other than hoping, I am donating a few bucks to the most pro-Palestinian politicians.

I have been looking for protests but they are hard to learn about.

[–] vatlark 1 points 3 weeks ago

The Three Body Problem also had a habit of coming up with really interesting concepts, which could have themselves been entire books, then dropping them after a chapter or two.

For example the device that could make anyone truly believe anything. They never got too techy about how it worked but after a chapter or two you really felt like you had explored some implications of such a technology on society.

I guess it's a bit much to ask a book about climate disaster to provide detailed insight into what the future may hold for Lemmy.

[–] vatlark 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's some interesting perspective, I hadn't thought of it that way. With Trump it's really hard to know what is coming until it happens, but it's nice that some people see a silver lining.

[–] vatlark 2 points 4 weeks ago

Sweet! Thank you!

[–] vatlark 1 points 4 weeks ago

That's very fair.

[–] vatlark 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I'll have to read more of their stuff. Which of their books is your favorite?

[–] vatlark 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The article explains some of the background to chromium which I hadn't known.

Google's Chrome is a freeware release with deeper ties to Google's ecosystem, while Chromium, released at the same time as Chrome in 2008, is open source. Google has slowly loosened its de facto control of the project, particularly since 2020, allowing outside developers into its leadership, softening its stance on non-Google-derived features and opening up its "Goma" development scheme for Chromium, as detailed by CNET in 2020.

[–] vatlark 3 points 1 month ago

Not a snowballs chance in... in.... Canada?

Those are actually decent odds.

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