Schwim Dandy

The negatives of a social site combined with the negatives of an unpopular social site.

Thank you for the clarification. Does having it open source and the source code being auditable help mitigate that risk at all or is there something that can still put you at risk of having your information misused from pages loaded with the extension installed?

I think the question should be “Why is lemmy like the rest of the internet?”

Lemmy is no better or worse than any other social site on the web. You will find communities that are at either extreme end of trans acceptance and you’ll find middle-ground. If you are not in a walled-garden community, you are going to get the very vocal of both ends of the spectrum. That is the same as anywhere else on the internet.

The people that aren’t either enraged or extremely aligned with your post are likely not going to take the time to comment. You get the leftovers and often, those people are not people that represent the average Joe or Jane.

I think it’s good that you share your thoughts and experience but I wouldn’t spend too much time worrying about those that make it their duty to make light of it or discount it.

Can someone use their words to explain the distaste for the addon that the downvotes on this and crossposted communities seem to represent? Is there something bad about the extension?

I think perhaps you’re expecting deeper thoughts than are possible from those that use memes to express their toxic views because they’re fucking idiots.

This is not new. Over 20 years ago, Marines with chronic razor bumps would have to head to the medic to get a waiver for inspections. A couple of them had such a bad case, their waver would allow them to keep a very tightly trimmed beard for their entire time.

In answer to your question, if I’m understanding it correctly, you are still being tracked as long as you use the web. Meta has profiles for people that have never logged into facebook, used their site in a browser or used an app they control.

The profile might not have a name attached but Facebook provides a ton of websites with FB-related statistics, social widgets and more. Each of those services place FB code on the page that phones home with unique visitor information. That gets compiled into profiles that they can eventually tie to an identity when more information is compiled (as an example, your highschool friend from 15 years ago installs a Meta app like instagram and clicks ok on allowing it to dig through their contacts).

Apps and extensions like Privacy Badger, uBlockO and Ghostery help with the tracking code but I’ve no doubt that Meta spends a lot of time finding workarounds for the blocks.

The issue with that in his situation is 911 does not take kindly to “Hey, can you call my dad and tell him I ran out of gas?”

If it’s not a true emergency that they are expected to handle, emergency services frown on calling them.

His father’s argument is legitimate regarding needing a cellular carrier unless the poster would never unexpectedly need to contact family for help.

The manufacturers make what’s needed to meet demand. If demand is smaller, they make less.

I’m sorry but due to lack of formatting and verbosity, it’s hard to tell. Was there a question? Is it just “how to stop wanting physical touch?”

I can’t speak to the minutia but when I use Lemmy it just feels like a less popular Reddit to me. For me, that’s not a bad thing, just the vibe I get.

No but mine is 23 and I feel it’s too late to tell her.

I read that Google is rolling out some ads on premium so that might need to get removed from your list.

Everyone in France already subbed to VPNs for the pornhub block. This won’t even result in a traffic hiccup.

You could get a Punkt dumb phone that shouldn’t spy on you

From Punkt FAQ: Verizon: not supported/not supported

Sadly, that keeps a ton of people from using the phone. In many rural areas, VZW is the only coverage that they can get.

"developers see sales increases on both the Epic Games Store and on Steam, Valve’s competing PC game store. Sweeney also points out that the free games can be a good deal for players in developing countries where gaming may be more expensive, meaning that they help expand the global reach of some titles. And since developers get a flat fee from Epic so that Epic can offer their game for free, they make some money no matter what.

Epic isn’t being entirely altruistic, of course. The company spends a lot of money to be able to give games away for free, and it certainly wants to offer good ones that keep people playing on its platform instead of others like Steam. And if Epic can attract players with free games from notable developers, those same players might also try out some of Epic’s big free-to-play multiplayer games like Fortnite or Rocket League, keeping them in Epic’s universe — and, again, off Steam. "

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/9/23630846/epic-games-store-free-weekly-giveaways-2023

I can’t find anything at all regarding discussion, study or opinions on the question but I can tell you that it depends on the person and most likely, they’re experience in working at leveling/setting plumb.

Having used levels(spirit, laser, etc.) for decades, I can set an object like a stud, header or a picture for my wife and often don’t need to move it after checking with a level but my wife will often notice that a group of items aren’t leveled the same on a wall but she won’t be sure which one is off. There will usually be a few adjustments to all of them before she’s happy.

Check this in the rules:

5. This is not a support community.

It is not a place for ‘how do I?’, type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

With all due respect, I feel as if there wasn’t another insult in the statement, then “with all due respect” was no longer an insult, making the entire statement insult-free. Of course, I could be wrong.

No offense but I disagree with your statement, regardless of how well it was thought out.