What a non-story. Reporting on “the concept of an idea”. Let me know when something is cooking. Not interested in hearing that some people are thinking about maybe conceiving something in the future.

Lemmy doesn’t have that much content. It is easy to get through relevant content of interest pretty quickly. Then there’s not much point in going back till the next day. I haven’t felt the need to uninstall the app.

The side effects of an amazing technology…but the technology is still amazing. I wouldn’t interpret it as overrated at all.

When something comes along that can be misused so easily, then it takes a conscious effort to avoid misuse. It’s the same with cars, processed foods, or any modern innovation really. Be the change you want to see. Reject social media. Turn off pretty much every phone notification. Have screen free time. Socialise without screens. I’m trying to do all these things. It’s difficult when no one else is interested in following suit and I just get excluded when I’m not on the platforms everyone else uses…but I’m trying to gather a circle of people who are aligned in this way of living.

I’ve heard good things. Would it be easy for friends to pick up quickly?

I never needed to use command line, but I did hone my typing skills on MIRC and ICQ.

That still only solves 75% of your problems. You’ll need to buy an infinite number of books to get to 100%.

Single favourite is hard to pick.

Casual: I agree, Ludo is GOAT.

Invested: Catan… Maybe Scrabble

Dumb fun: Mad magazine game

“People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.”

The only way to make sure Linux works like that is to have a closed hardware environment. But it has to play nicely with other hardware and services (e.g. printers, webcams, etc + office documents, etc). It has taken a very long time for MacOS to get to this point, but people put up with Mac compromises because enough things worked smoothly.

I’ve just commented about this in another thread…but I’m pretty convinced that Linux is not close to being ready for normies.

Found it! Had to look through 4 months of history.

https://youarenotsosmart.com/2024/05/14/yanss-285-the-science-behind-how-and-why-we-talk-past-each-other-and-what-to-do-about-it/

There’s research that shows that even when 2 people are talking about very simple matters, the their mental models of the issue and interpretations of the subject are completely different the vast majority of the time. There was an interesting podcast about it that I’ll try to dig out from months of history in my podcast app.

You get the beverage? You see that often?

Aren’t there dedicated communities for political memes? I blocked those for a reason. Why is more and more politics bleeding over to here?

Living is an extremely high demand product and capitalists have realised that they can charge whatever they want for it.

“Rick and roll” 😆

There is no reason to push her towards gender stereotypes. If she likes the look of a game then why don’t you just let her play one of the many “boy’s games” you mention are available.

If you’re still looking for a suggestion then Stardew Valley is on mobile and a great game (although it is about farming and crafting rather than caring for a doll)

My NewPipe app stopped working for a week and it wasn’t difficult at all living without YouTube. There’s tons of content in the world that can be consumed in its place.

Most people aren’t ready to accept the message of privacy importance. I would say that’s the vast majority actually. Many in my family throw all sorts of personal information into “online contests and signups”.

Privacy now is like climate change was 20 years ago…incredibly important, but hasn’t come to the forefront for most people, governments, etc. Say your message politely and only when welcomed, and otherwise leave people to make their decisions.

If you’re actually interested in changing people’s minds, it is an incredibly difficult and complex process, but you can start learning about it. Here’s an author whose podcast I follow and he’s doing really good work on the subject:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/09/how-minds-change-by-david-mcraney-review

A lot of other comments talk about hitting him with some bullshit " gatcha" or some variation of scolding…which is all bullshit and counterproductive.

“Made a sketch to help identify the perp”

Thanks. Really helps to know where to start looking when I get time over the weekend.