travysh

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[–] travysh@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yeah it's from adguard DNS.

Ads just show up semi frequently. Definitely visible but not obtrusive. Just keep scrolling.

https://i.imgur.com/8w8mUkE.png

You should still see the frequency with adguard. It's just a blank area where normally there'd be an ad.

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 98 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I paid to remove ads from Reddit Sync in 2014. 9 years went by where I continued to use the app every single day, as ljdawson continued regular improvements and updates (aside from the incident). By the time Reddit Sync went away, I felt I had vastly underpaid for what I got, and purchased lifetime Ultra as a way of supporting ljdawson.

I totally get what you're saying. But at the same time, Sync is so much more than just the content that it displays. The ads are not there to profit on free content, they're there to support the user experience that sync provides. They're also far, far less obtrusive than typical ads

The nice thing is, there's choices! Feel free to use other clients and find what works best

[–] travysh@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Do you write 4$ and 50¢?

Or do you write $4.50

And if you write $4.50 do you say "dollars four period fifty"?

That's not nearly the justification that you think it is.

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

My dad is probably about the same age (currently 81)

He didn't touch a computer until the mid 2000s, and he just wanted to be able to email. It was a looooong journey to get him comfortable doing that.

Since he got a smart phone he texts literally every day, has installed a number of apps himself, can mostly get new services working himself (he did Amazon Prime, with some mild hand holding).

If anything, I call him more then he calls me!

It's doable :)

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really am wondering if there's some sort of sorting issue, or even a self inflicted feedback loop.

If you keep Lemmy on "active", you end up with a bunch of 1, 2, even 3 day old content. This seems to be noticeably worse in the last few weeks.

However, if you use top 12, there's enough content to keep it fresh. Not a lot of comments, but that's alright

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah interesting. I too have instituted a flex time Friday.

So far my company hasn't seemed to notice

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I paid for it when it was bundled with Google Play Music. It felt like a great value.

Too bad they abandoned GPM.

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

My wife got me a travel bidet for my birthday. We're on vacation and obviously it's along for the journey as well.

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

You can have /r/technology and /r/tech and /r/technews etc...

It's a problem that resolves itself. One community or the other will "win".

And if not, whatever. On Reddit, my home city has two subreddits. The content between them is slightly different (different mod teams) and the comments on duplicate posts are different. I subscribed to both to see slightly different opinions and avoid echo chamber.

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I ran a Synology setup that ultimately I replaced with Unraid. I love the flexibility that Unraid provides, but Synology's software really is top notch. I've pieced together various docker images with Unraid to make something comparable functionality wise, but no where near as integrated or seamless

[–] travysh@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Completely agree. I had experiences in Alyx that were unique to any other game I've ever played. Things that are just not possible outside of VR.

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