gerowen

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[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (21 children)

Walking to my grocery store and back would be an all day affair and I'd have to have help hauling everything because I'm married with two kids, so our two week grocery bill runs between $200 and $300 depending on what all we need. My closest Walmart is 25 miles away. My closest local grocery store is about 7. And there is no public transportation here.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I dropped it in favor of Jellyfin some time back, but this was a good excuse to go ahead and delete my family's accounts.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I used the term shadow ban in the OP because honestly it feels like it happens a LOT to me, and for things that honestly, I don't think are controversial, don't contain excessive (or any) swearing, etc. I commented on a video of somebody passing out and said "don't lock your knees" and the comment got removed for being "too similar" to other comments, per an auto response I got. I told a lady being attacked by a dog to protect herself and the comment got removed for "threatening harm to others" until I requested review and told the mods to actually read the damn comment before removing it. It just gets tiring trying to use Reddit at all when there's a 50/50 chance that anything I do will get removed or hidden from view, sometimes without my knowledge.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

You're right, it appears to be back now. It's just annoying to have probably half my attempts to contribute auto moderated by a bot because I included some trigger word, or I forgot to add the proper "flair" etc.

 

Basically what the title says. I commented on a post and sent a link to my comment to my wife to get her take on the post and my response. To start, the link just takes her to the topic and not my comment. If she tries to find my comment it isn't listed. If she manually goes to my profile and tracks down the comment all it says is "[Removed]". However, from my perspective the comment is still live with 1 view and no activity. I've tried closing my browser, refreshing the page and everything and for me the comment is still visible even on the page for the post. For everybody else though it has been removed.

The crazy thing is the comment isn't even controversial; somebody asked for marriage advice and I gave some. The "removal" seems to be automated too because I sent her the link basically as soon as I posted the comment and it was already shadow banned.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm not sure, but with that much oxygen in the air I'm sure anything could "become" flammable, especially when atomized or turned into a powder. That's why grain silos on farms are fire hazards; the dust.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The problem with pencils is that in space broken graphite floats around easily and is conductive. A conductive powder floating into something electronic in a pressurized oxygen rich environment is no bueno.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I just emailed 404 Media about this.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

There is a cost to convenience ratio. Each individual has to decide based on their own ethics and preferences whether they're willing to sacrifice their own personal experience for the right of ownership. I personally chose to cancel my Spotify subscription some time ago and start buying digital downloads and CDs again.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That I don't know. I mean you could always just use something to record the sound played by your PC, but at that point A) You're not getting as good of quality as you would from an actual download of the source material and you'd have to manually assign metadata, make sure no notifications or other sounds played, make sure your recording settings were optimum, etc. It's easier, right now at least, to just buy what you want on CD or from a store that sells digital downloads legitimately.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Blue usually indicates USB3 and the black are probably USB2. USB3 is "supposed" to be backwards compatible, and is most of the time, but I've ran into a few instances where USB2 devices don't quite work as well or as reliably when connected to a USB3 port, so a lot of motherboard manufacturers still include a couple USB2 ports for things like keyboards and mice that don't need the extra speed and may be finnicky on newer ports.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Buy and store your own music. HDTracks and 7Digital both sell high quality DRM free downloads, or you can just swing by your local Walmart or Dollar Store and grab some CDs to rip.

Or you could go sailing, that's always an option...

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Guess it helps differentiate the USB3 from the USB2.

 

So today I learned GoG has a "Dream List" where people can vote for and even post their thoughts on games they would like to see on GoG. I voted for Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

 

Facebook is a cesspool. I run a small "tech news and tips" page that local friends/family follow and where I'll post little tidbits. Today I made a post about "compartmentalizing" your online life and I didn't think and included the word "hack" in the post. It's just comment after comment of crap like this.

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