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

Probably posted lots before but it's the first chapter of "Ministry for the Future", which describes the tipping point. It's uncomfortable reading. https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/the-ministry-for-the-future/

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

Why are men running women's sports?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

"handrails were deliberately left off to allow the defender to push the attacker off the stairs all together. Also violating all modern building codes, stair treads were sometimes constructed of varying heights to deliberately cause attackers to stumble and fall as they ran up them."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Happy you're happy with Windows, but Linux is absolutely not "prone to failure".

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy's new user retention rate is considerably better than Threads.

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

better yet, why couldn't someone design a printer that can be 3D printed and use open source firmware?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I like Lemmy and Mastodon. No ads or manipulative algorithms. Somewhat social and usually polite. Turns out that when you don't automate the incitement of anger and invective in clever ways that people can actually be pretty civil. Whoda thunk?

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

recently bought 2 of the beelink mini PCs - they seem pretty solid so far - they are quite a bit more expensive than the pi but I think they offer pretty good bang for the buck for a small form factor server.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

War! What is it good for? It's good for business! -- Billy Bragg ("North Sea Bubble")

https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/9780531

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

to be fair, the article specifically references "toxic males" and is focused on the challenges for young men in particular. What seems obviously lacking in the story is any reference to the diminished economic potential that all young people face. 30 years ago education and housing were somewhat reasonably priced and and generally available to all. Economic stress is a huge factor and immediate source of stress and anxiety that is completely ignored in the article. How is one supposed to feel 'cocky' while struggling to keep their head above water financially?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I did not know until now that it is possible to embed external images within posts and replies. I thought the only option was to upload to your instance.

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this is bothersome, but if you use a VPN then at least there's that.

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otherwise it's feasible to track captured addresses based on which posts they read by posting an external image in the post or a reply.

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if you are seeing images in this post, then your client address is visible to any external image hosts.

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

no. the remote server will log the requests based on the client address. it is a good argument for using a vpn.

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