Yeah, it’s definitely one of those that’s also just… Useful. I usually don’t go for software that’s trying to do too much, but for some reason I don’t mind having nextcloud as 10 different things xD Sync files, sync podcast listens, sync my RSS feeds… A lot of things all in one
Oh, there definitely are other UIs available. I’ve used a lot of them, and I do have a mastodon account. It just doesn’t have a lot of base features I like, plus Friendica let’s you do weird things like following RSS feeds, and posting from RSS feeds, natively, also I prefer the way replies are shown there, and I haven’t seen any mastodon clients that show them that way
Yeah, CDLs are a whole different ballgame. I know someone who was a trucker, and they flat out told me that in car accidents you’re at fault until proven otherwise. Not sure if that’s true, but it wouldn’t surprise me given how many dashcams are in semis
I doubt anyone else will know how to deal with the server tbh. Nobody else really uses it, either. Inertia’s a pain, and while I do technically have other users here, I think the most recent login aside me was 6 months ago. They’ll have access to the password to get into stuff to handle whatever accounts they need to, and I may include instructions on how to turn my blog into an epub file if they want to do that, but the server itself likely won’t last more than a month after I die.
It’s will, as in “strength of will.” Basically meaning “Where there’s someone willing to do something, there will be a way to do it”
There are a handful of reasons it might happen, most aren’t a want though.
It’s pretty rare that someone surrenders their license willingly, though, because in a lot of places to get it back after surrender, you need to go through the whole process again.
I presume this is what you mean by ‘the way we treat nudity and sex isn’t great.’
That’s part of it, but for the sex portion we do put sex on a pedestal, from both directions. It’s not a hill I’m willing to die on yet, but the gist of the opinion is that people tend to either demonize sex as this inherently corrupting force, or sanctify it into this uniquely sacred thing. Reality’s a lot more messy, and I think both positions are wrong
This. I self host some things because it’s just fun, other things because of censorship, other things because of privacy. I probably wouldn’t have Nextcloud if Google wasn’t collecting so much data. Probably wouldn’t be self-hosting my blog if content weren’t as censored everywhere. I probably would still be self-hosting a Minecraft server with a small website for said server that the members of the server can contribute to when they find/do something cool.
I know they definitely used to, since I was one. No idea anymore, since I haven’t shopped there since I quit.
With us if it was still physically cold to the touch, we could put it back. Condensation on the milk jug kinda thing. Anything past that and it had to be tossed
I still do, though it’s a recent development. There’s one community that stopped using Discord for reasons that moved to IRC
Alternatively if you call them with the ! it becomes bang, which you will most certainly not do.
How would one even bang a showerthoughts
Is it okay to sexually harass
Hard no. In this case it’s also just not very effective. Wasting their time is great! It does stop them from calling other people. However, if you start sexually harassing them they may well just hang up
Bsky is owned by a transphobe, and funded by venture capital. Also from what I’ve heard they have the ability to ban anyone on any instance of bsky, not just the flagship one, I might be wrong on that one though.
Mastodon has its problems, but there’s a scale to it. I personally don’t care for the Mastodon software much, my own non-lemmy fedi account is on Friendica, but still.
Aside the lack of content, I can’t tell what’s actually wrong with it
Oh, I do, usually all that’s left on them is sauce by the end. It’s the slow accumulation of stuff that happens, and then us not being told about it, that was the problem.
Also OP did ask for America, and as far as I can tell they’re legal everywhere in the states, and Canada. Idk for Mexico, though. Didn’t know they were illegal in some places though
I’m… Sort of of two minds about it? It’s not a scenario I’ve specifically put thought towards.
On one hand, I do feel like the way we treat sex/nudity as inherently, and uniquely, traumatic isn’t exactly… Great, in a lot of ways. Like. I walked in on my uncle watching porn once when I was 5 or 6, and it wasn’t a traumatic experience. I only remember it because of how the adults around me reacted when I said something.
On the other hand, if the kids are young enough, they won’t have a clue what’s going on in the other room from noise alone. As they hit their teenage years they 100% will, and they will put two and two together about the past noises they heard.
On the other other hand, an adult in a room mate situation can put a restriction on sex while they’re home, specifically because they can know when that’s happening. The kid can’t, specifically because they don’t know.
There’s also the consideration of “This is a minor” that I haven’t even touched on. Ethics aside, there could be legal ramifications.
Idk my gut feeling on this is “Maybe we should be waiting for while the kids are at school, or at the grand’s, if we can’t keep it down during sex,” but also idk if that’s an actual ethical decision I’ve come to on my own, or if it’s just how I’ve been raised, and the society we live it.
Thank you for posing the question, though. It’s something to chew on
Tidal/Qobuz if streaming is a necessity, and you don’t want to use your own library.
If you do want to use your own library, here are the things I’ve tried, all self-hosted:
I tried Funkwhale (fediverse music streaming), which worked fine, but eventually the install crapped out (my fault), and it didn’t feel worth it to reinstall for reasons. If you want to use your own music, this is probably what I’d recommend for people who aren’t super techie, or have users who aren’t, and want to stream.
I used Navidrome, which was good. I stopped using it because I wanted something with file tag ratings support. Also it’s a pain to upload music, and not really non-techie friendly.
What I use now is several pieces of software per device. On desktop I use Strawberry as a music player. It supports file tagged ratings, and smart playlists based on them. On mobile I use Symfonium for the same reason. I use Nextcloud to keep my phone, and laptop synced music-wise.
For discovery, I use ListenBrainz, which is similar to last.FM. it gives a weekly discovery playlist, and a weekly jam playlist, and even does the wrapped thing. Strawberry supports scrobbling to LB out of the box, but Symfonium doesn’t, so I use PanoScrobbler for it.
It took a bit of effort to set up, but now that it’s set up I don’t really think about it. I have my discovery playlists on an RSS feed, so I just get it with my news, and I just open my music app and play music. Haven’t had any real issues beyond scrobbling not working offline, but it saves them locally and uploads them later if it can’t reach LB.
For music I just have all of my stuff as 128kbps MP3s. 1,709 songs, 4 days 8:08:59 of listen time, takes up 7.5gb of storage. I can’t tell the difference between FLAC and 128kbps mp3 anyway, so it’s a waste of storage for me, anyway. All synced through Nextcloud. I think there’s an extension that’ll let you stream directly from Nextcloud, but I haven’t looked into it. I know that Symfonium can stream from WebDav, but I haven’t set it up yet.
No idea on brands, since I rent, but I will say: Try and find one with a macerator. The filter ones require more upkeep than I generally like doing, especially when there’s an alternative that doesn’t require it, and isn’t much more expensive (if it even is more expensive?). Landlord replaced our macerator one with a filter and it was a god awful experience
I mean, the middle east has the “At least 45 million people killed over oil” card, along with a whole lot of other shit that’s happened there. Not trying to downplay the bombings, but the middle east has been getting fucked with for a loooooong time.
No clue why Japan gets a pass on it. Although I do remember reading an article that said (I think) the UN was pressuring Japan to make some changes to their laws around pornography