I spent like 5 minutes looking at the address and thinking why it would be funny, until I realized it really is just the dude's address. Oops

They asked for more information about a topic in which they were interested, on a forum designed to spread information. I don't think you can reasonably fault the person asking for more information of being lazy, when the OP could be considered equally lazy for not including the context in the first place, right?

Either way you're right, being able to look things up is a good skill to have! But maybe don't be a jerk about it, we left reddit for a reason, right? ;)

They couldn't pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel

For how long do you need to have been in the Linux space before pp table stops being funny? Because I'm new, and hehehehe

I'm as confused as the next guy, but I'm hanging in there! I'm not sure if the decentralized nature means I'm missing communities because I'm looking in the wrong place, or if there's just fewer stuff around.

It kind of sounds like you're the defeatist one? Let's just vibe, dude. What have you been up to lately?

Cans are lined with plastic that bleed estrogenic chemicals into the beverage

I did some quick looking through google Ecosia and I found some stuff that (seemingly? I'm not an expert) confirms this. It made sweeping statements about pretty much all plastic, though. Do you still drink stuff from plastic bottles?

This sounds like a snide comment but it's not, I'm interested because I currently still drink both from cans and plastic bottles!

This part of the interview surprised me the most:

There were times when people refused to talk at all. But in my opinion, this was not so much because we were from Russia but rather because it was just too painful for them to revisit those events and relive everything again mentally. I spoke with a man in a small town outside Mykolaiv, and he said, “I don’t have any particular hostility toward Russians — I lived in Moscow myself and studied there. But, sorry, I just can’t talk about this. It’s too painful.” I understand that.

Of course, when they spoke about the [Russian soldiers] who came to their towns, they did so with deep hostility, verging on hatred. Sometimes, they used harsh words, calling them “orcs” or even worse. But quite often, when they used such words, they made it clear that they were not referring to us [Memorial’s staff]. In most cases, they distinguished between us and those who had come as occupiers.

I love this one

y'know, like the devil loves it when you sin and stuff, but still.

I've been using it for a few days as well, I honestly don't notice a difference. I wasn't a chat gpt power user to begin with. So all of the upsides of switching without any of the downsides, sounds good to me!

I'm confused, isn't Signal American?

I don't know much about how any of this stuff works, so these are honest questions in good faith. But how did Bluesky know, before this change, that I clicked a link? Am I not just telling my browser to visit a website? I don't really understand how it's different from me copy-pasting the URL manually.

uh ow, de twein is stuckie wuckie >w<

The quote in the title is buried all the way at the bottom, it seemingly references the story in this article;

Q: The war in Ukraine has basically unfolded live on television. With so much already available online, was there anything you encountered on this trip that surprised you?

A: Strictly speaking, I wasn’t at the front. We were behind Ukrainian lines. It’s true that a lot is already known about this war — there are countless documents, photos, videos, and firsthand accounts from participants and witnesses. Overall, I didn’t come across anything fundamentally new that I hadn’t heard about before. But, of course, reading about something in the news and hearing about it directly from those who lived through it — especially the victims — is an entirely different experience. One story that struck me particularly hard was from a former Ukrainian prisoner of war who described the torture he endured. At a prison in Mordovia, where he was held, POWs were forced to stand with their hands behind their heads, facing a wall, without moving. From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., with only short breaks — for six months. Later, the conditions were somewhat relaxed. While it’s well documented that a vast number of POWs have been tortured in Russia, I’d never heard of this specific type of torture before.

you can check out !degoogle@lemmy.ml for your general de-googling needs as well, in case you hadn't come across it yet.

reindustrialize? Hasn't the American (war) machine been steadily growing since world war 2? That sounds snide, but I actually don't know.

I did try MicroG! It's possible that I fucked it up, this stuff isn't my forté. Do you have any examples of apps that work fine with MicroG? If those also don't work, I know it's something I did.

That's all most people read anyway :^)

Is this the same Big Rigs from Yogscast's Truckin' Tuesdays fame?

I applaud your determination