waterbogan

joined 1 year ago
[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used reddit on desktop, didnt have an ad blocker, ocassionally clicked on ads (usually by mistake), and bought a shitload of coins. I also contributed a lot of content that people found helpful. Didnt stop me getting perma banned for reasons that I still dont understand.

I really dont think there is any algorithm or any logic or rationale behind the ban process at all, its almost completely aritrary

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

NO. Not a fan of the current or former CCP or the former Soviet Union

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

What is varishangout..net? Initially read it as yarishangout.net and wondered why a space for Toyota Yaris owners got defedded. Also wondering how stereophonic.space got defedded?

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Oh please, its been terrible for years now and we all know it. Not in every sub, but the top level ones absolutely are

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

First time I landed in Australia on the Gold Coast I followeed a bin chicken for 20 minutes with a camera trying to get the perfect picture like it was some rare exotic bird. I'm sure the locals were sremoveding or openly laughing behind my back, I dont blame them

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We dont have much in the way of animals but we have birds. The Tui is common in suburban gardens here, but they are beautiful and even as a local I still like seeing them. Pukekos are everywhere but for those from the UK/ Europe/ USA they're prett exotic. Down South, Wekas are absolutely everywhere outside the cities and will walk right into people's homes - I once experienced coitus interruptus when a Weka jumped up on the bed I was in with a guy.

When I was in South Africa I was super excited to see baboons, locally considered something of a nuisance. And in Queensland, Australia, the first time I saw an Australian white ibis, locally known as a bin chicken, the locals must have been very amused to see me chasing it with a camera getting photos

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I will still look for a jack on my next phone, current Samsung has one, will likely buy another so I will probably buy top of their entry range

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Glycine

Thanks for this tip, I dont have trouble sleeping generally but my partner does, will look into this for him

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

An AI that can turn YouTube videos into written articles? Take My Money! I have been wanting this for a long time, I far far prefer stuff in writing to videos, I dont take information from audio/video anything like as well

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Same here. Whatever I have now is more than good enough. What I had before was good enough too

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

My last phone upgrade was about four years ago (Nokia 6 to Samsung A31) and that was only to try and get YouTube Music's shitty app to work properly (spoiler : it didnt). Broke the screen on it dropping it while trying to put a mask on, got that fixed (that was over two years ago). Its still going, and will keep it until it dies

I dont upgrade my phone because I'm interested in upgrading, I upgrade when I have to

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

I put the heaviest and least breakable things first in line so they end up at the bottom of the bag(s). Canned food, stuff in plastic bottles, then all the cold/ frozen stuff altogether, light and delicate things like bread, chips etc last

 

As the largest organ in the body, the skin can have a profound impact. The chemicals released by diseased and dysfunctional skin soon enter the bloodstream, where they wash around, damaging other tissues. Amid the ensuing systemic inflammation, chemicals from the skin can reach and harm organs that seem entirely unrelated, including your heart and brain.

Well thats it, I'm definitely staying out of the sun now!

 

I believe there are ways to see who's upvoted/ downvoted a thread/post, but I just want to be able to see in one place my own upvotes/ downvotes, and cant see that in my profile anywhere. I have tried some of the other UI's too

 

Saw this proposal originally posted on Github and thought it was worth posting here and expanding on

This is an excellent idea, I liked awarding posts on reddit on my old username, probably spent quite a bit with reddit until they permabanned me for god alone knows what reason.

This plus Premium memberships would give the admins of the bigger servers such as lemmy.world a reliable income stream that would enable them to maintain and improve infrastructure. The money would go to whichever server a user that buys the awards or Premium membership happens to reside on (for me it'd be lemmy.world)

Its a simple reality that running a server with thousands of users on it costs money and time, and it has to come from somewhere more reliable and lucrative than donations

It does raise an issue in that a payment processor would be required, and a business would have to be created for that as well. Perhaps several instances could co-operate and share the payment processor and create between them an organisation or business for that purpose, there would need be some means of tagging each payment so that it can be directed to the correct instance

I want the fediverse to survive and thrive, and for that it needs some income beyond donations to support instance server costs, bandwidth and the time and effort and resources expended on battling DDOS attacks, bots etc etc

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