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jeremyparker

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  • The only thing that matters

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  • There was that Big News Derailment a while back - but what they didn't bother telling us at the time was that there are derailments on like a daily basis. It's incredibly common. They're not always hugely toxic, but is that required for us to care?

  • Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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  • which is why everyone I like to watch content of posts their stuff on YouTube

    I'm not sure this is exactly true - like, first off, I am not a YouTuber and I only watch a very specific kind of content there (breadtube), so idk if my opinion is valid, but

    From what I've heard creators say, it's not that YouTube is great, in fact it kind of sucks in a lot of ways, it's just that the alternatives don't do it better, and obviously don't have the size & reach. All the things that YouTube does badly or not at all, the competition doesn't do well either, so why bother.

    You're 100% right tho that Google's success at this point hinges almost entirely on their convenience. Google drive/docs/sheets/etc are kinda garbage, but they'te fast, simple to use, and the integration is incredibly smooth. If there was any alternative that was as simple to transition into from email or whatever, I'd jump ship in a second.

  • Hack — Enhancing PHP with Static Typing and Modern Features

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  • I've started writing little articles recently and I've been using Medium. Is there a better site I should be posting them on?

  • IBM pulls X ads as Elon Musk endorses white pride

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  • I'm no apologist but literally the country of Germany let that dude do all that shit but we've kinda let the whole country off the hook for that at this point, seeing how it was a really long time ago and the people involved aren't in charge anymore.

    Have you seen their offices from the 1970s? It's like wall to wall Eames chairs. IBM deserves another chance.

  • [BSPWM] #6MonthDistroChallenge

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  • I mean, if this is a package manager challenge then a distro is just a package manager

    And in a lot of ways, it kind of is - now that most distros are using systemd and most distros have all the same stuff in the repos, a distro - in the sense of how different they feel to use - is basically just swapping package managers.

    (Distro maintainers, don't misunderstand! You folks do way more than just zip up a package manager! Your work is crazy hard and we appreciate you!)

    So if a distro is more than just the package manager, what would that mean:

    1. Default desktop env; obv a big one for Fedora since RH drives both Fedora and Gnome;
    2. Community; another big one for Fedora since it has one and it's a pretty great one
    3. ...? Idk this isn't like an essay I had planned, I can't think of anything else off the top of my head ;)

    Point one, yes, OP has betrayed the spirit of Fedora because Gnome isn't featured in the screenshot - but if we didn't know better, there's not actually much in the screenshot that can't be done in Gnome

    Point 2: any time you're using a smaller-community WM or DE, yes, you're going to have to reach beyond the distro's community - but for a lot of stuff, you're still in the Fedora community;

    Point 2.5 - and, when posting screens to unixporn communities, the F is what matters; it's representation, it's demonstrating what's possible, it's showing that Fedora is a viable choice for new ricers that aren't aware that you can rice any distro; and - maybe most important - it's cool - OP is literally improving fedora's reputation by posting something awesome that uses it

    This isn't a comment to argue, it's meant as a discussion - what would make it more fedora-ish and less of a package manager challenge?

  • Those of you with lesser-known types of jobs...what do you do?

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  • I'm no bearings expert but my gut tells me that if I were to start making cheap toys for kids that centered around bearings that had no significant durability or precision requirements, I would probably not opt for a bearing design that was rare or expensive or unique.

    In fact, I'd probably go knocking on doors of those companies that do have strict requirements and be like, gimme all the ones that failed inspection.

    In fact #2, if i wanted to retire and make everyone in Lemmy threads like this one jealous, I'd start thinking about what other high precision parts probably get thrown out if they fail inspection, that I could buy for next to nothing, and how I could make that into a toy.

    Parts of machines are cool. Parts of machines that are crafted to high standards of precision are cool. The toy probably invents itself. Going viral and getting as popular as fidget spinners tho... That seems harder.

  • ‘Pure greed:’ Etiquette expert explains why tipping has gotten out of control

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  • I had no idea delivery drivers were paid like waitstaff - that's fucked up

    Your broad generalization on employee salaries is also dishonest of course.

    Hey now, be nice - Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

  • ‘Pure greed:’ Etiquette expert explains why tipping has gotten out of control

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  • Really? I didn't know that. Everywhere I've worked (which isn't everywhere but it's 4 states in the East coast and the deep south), the waitstaff got $3.10 - but I admit it's been over a decade.

  • ‘Pure greed:’ Etiquette expert explains why tipping has gotten out of control

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  • There's a faulty assumption in here that I was to call attention to: it's the it's that capitalist companies are charging less than the market will bear.

    100% of the time, prices are as high as they can possibly be. There's no situation where a company says, "we could charge them $5, but let's charge them $4".

    If we stopped tipping and people got raises, the balance would have to come from CEO salaries (etc) which is what they're really saying when they say they can't do it.

    That said, for situations where tipping has become kind of expected but not required (eg baristas, who are paid minimum wage, but not eg waitstaff who are paid less than minimum wage), the expectation that prices have to go up to account for raised wages will raise "what the market will bear."

    Maybe not for deliveries? Since everyone already thinks delivery fees are tips? Idk.

  • ‘Pure greed:’ Etiquette expert explains why tipping has gotten out of control

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  • It's not a zero sum game. We could be losing money to rich tax dodgers and also to tips.

    (There's unlikely to be any tax losses anywhere near what we lose to tax dodging - but it's not a competition.)

    That said - it's not the tippee's fault (yeah I'm going to call them tippees and there's nothing they can do about it). The employee (commonly referred to as a "tippee") isn't being paid a living wage, so the employer makes up the difference with tips. The tips aren't taxed (they're only taxed for waitstaff since their tips are a "part of the salary"), and don't go into the business owner's books - so they can ("truthfully") state that their business is successful at their current rate of pay, and there's no real record of the reality.

  • ‘Pure greed:’ Etiquette expert explains why tipping has gotten out of control

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  • Waitstaff get paid well below minimum wage; tips are required to make up the difference.

    Delivery drivers - and everyone else who isn't waitstaff - get paid minimum wage. It sucks, but that's the deal.

  • Ways to pirate music as convenient as Spotify?

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  • Idk if it's actually open source, but they seem to be going on the open source financial model: make an awesome thing and then survive on the generosity of people with money who appreciate it.

  • Ways to pirate music as convenient as Spotify?

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  • iBroadcast lets you upload your music and listen to it anywhere - phone, browser, or offline access. I have like 42,000 songs and I've been using it for years. It's awesome.

    To get the mp3s, I still use the website that's often referenced in old /mu/ memes/instructions.

    I'm pretty sure it hits all your features - I'm not sure about lyrics though.

  • Mozilla Senior Director of Content explained why Mozilla has taken an interest in the fediverse and Mastodon

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  • I'm not sure if this is what that person meant, but, usually it's on the original development team to handle outreach and building the identity of the software - in Lemmy's case, they have a bit of a not-great reputation... Even if they had the reach, that reputation hurts.

    Having Mozilla - or any top tier foss-friendly company - kinda take the reins a bit would probably be good.

  • Minnesota trial to remove Trump from 2024 election ballot begins

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  • And why would they - if you let someone like Trump off the leash, he would disband the SCOTUS. (To say that another way: You can't weild supreme executive power with some watery tart out there having the final say.)

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    CNN Host Left Stunned As IDF Confirms Israel Hit Refugee Camp With Airstrike

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  • It's not just about Palestinian terrorists. It's about us.

    I've been on the "can people stop being assholes to Palestinians" team for many years - but this recent hamas attack was disgusting - they've always been disgusting but this was recent. I still supported Palestinians - but even I took a step back and was like, uhhhhh

    Israel's response has been worse. As a result, we're all back to fully supporting Palestine. For as long as Israel is seen as the victim, they'll have the world's support; but if they start killing hundreds of innocents to get one person - like, did they give this any thought at all?

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    CNN Host Left Stunned As IDF Confirms Israel Hit Refugee Camp With Airstrike

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  • Yeah the whole argument skates over the question of why they were in a refugee camp in the first place. Probably a tree feel over and damaged their apartment building or something.

  • Shani Louk, 23-year-old kidnapped by Hamas from music festival, declared dead, Israel says

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  • I don't think that's it. Mentioning the Missing White Woman Syndrome in this context implies that we should not feel disgust or concern because we're only feeling that way because she's white.

    The point of MWWS isn't that we should care less about white women, it's that we should care more about non-white women; it would be more apt trip being it up in the context of the brutalization and humiliation of a non white women about whom no one seems to give a shit.

    As I've said in a few posts on this thread: the point of equality isn't to treat privileged people worse, it's to treat underprivileged people better.

  • Shani Louk, 23-year-old kidnapped by Hamas from music festival, declared dead, Israel says

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  • She was brutalized and humiliated specifically because of MWWS. To cite that phenomenon without context reads like they're trying to shame people for being disgusted by disgusting behavior. It's as if, because of the existence of MWWS, we shouldn't feel concern - when, the reality is that the reason MWWS is a problem isn't because people care too much about white women, it's because people care too little about non-white women.

    A more useful invocation of the MWWS is when a non-white woman is brutalized and no one seems to care, not when it's a white woman and people do.

    The point of equality isn't to treat privileged people worse, it's to treat underprivileged people better.