On the early days of the internet, I found a website about a comic I like. I emailed the person who made the website. I told them that I liked the site, and I sent them a game that I’d made (which had nothing whatsoever to do with the comic or their site). They tried the game and said it was fun…

That kind of interaction can never happen any more. Money has ruined it. Scams and monetization, everywhere, making everything into manipulative toxic sludge.

I still reckon it was probably a fake story created to get people talking about the existence of that service. i.e. an ad.

:)

Yeah, maybe “trash” is a bit harsh. But it definitely isn’t on the same level as 2; and it has a lot of problems. Even the turning off power thing was a bit weird. I’m certain the top-side could easily outlast the under-city in that kind of standoff. I’m not really sure why they needed the power back so urgently. There didn’t seem to be a lot of critical infrastructure, and most people living there didn’t have any tech that could use the power anyway.

Master was said to be really smart and knowledgeable and important, but I don’t recall seeing him demonstrating that at any point. He seemed to just command other people to fix stuff and do stuff. And even when he lost that command, he was still never shown actually doing anything or sharing knowledge. So it was a bit of a mystery to me why the others thought he was important.

… And why was he in the thunderdome cage? “Two men enter, one man leaves” was a big deal; and the guards definitely did not want to open the gates. But then suddenly, inexplicably, Master is just standing right next to them in the cage. Like, wtf is he doing in there? – Ok… I’ll shut up. I do take back saying it was ‘trash’, but I definitely don’t think its a good movie.

Yeah, I definitely don’t blame her for the movie’s faults. She was very good.

To clarify, I didn’t mean “basic” as a negative thing. (That’s the kind of word association that someone might have if they grew up with the Marvel universe - but I’m older than that!) I was trying to say that it was tightly focused on the core ideas. I like that movie. It was not a criticism, but it was not exactly what I expected.

Sure. I agree that’s the problem; and none of these analogies really help make that any easier to understanding. Certainly they don’t have a “murder as much as you like” policy! (I find that analogies are rarely useful - except for manipulating how you want people to feel.)

Perhaps murder is a bit extreme. It’s more like “we’ve noticed you’re taking woodchips from the playground. That’s not allowed. We wouldn’t mind if you were just taking a few chips, but you’ve taken 2 tons.”

[edit] But putting analogies aside, the service really should make rules and restrictions like this clear in advance. That seems like the real failing here, rather than the rule itself.

I watched:

• The Wild Robot. I was hoping for something along the lines of Wall-E, and was disappointed. The Wild Robot doesn’t have that kind of broad appeal. It’s aimed at children only, and it’s pretty shallow.
• Heretic. Very good mood building and pacing. Good acting. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t quite feel like the last parts held together well. Pretty good movie though.
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. A bit of light-weight fun. This kind of movie doesn’t demand the kind of precision that Heretic needs - which is good, because certainly don’t have it! But I think it did a decent job of being what it was trying to be; a good sequel to the first movie. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would based on what I’d read.

He doesn’t need to kick them off. Its more advantageous for him to keep them on his platform, where he can influence who sees their posts; and for how long; and in what context. He can suppress messages that he doesn’t like; and twist narratives; and promote messages he does like - all while making “X” seem like a useful platform to get news and to reach followers.

The high engagement numbers of X do make it look like a place worth staying on. But make no mistake, Musk can (and does) use his control of the platform to change what people see there for his own benefit.

I’m sure they’ll make good use of it, and return when they’re finished - if possible.

(and my axe, too.)

What you described sounds about right for me. Thanks.

(~25 min daily commute, sometimes <5°C, but not often. And sometimes I’d ride longer for other reasons.)

I visited Copenhagen for a short time this winter - and I can confirm that the number of bikes and people riding was very high. The ice and snow didn’t seem to discourage people.

What was particularly striking to me was that there were so many bike parking places. I guess I’m use to just seeing car parks everywhere; but in Copenhagen there is bike parking everywhere instead. (And of course, the bike lanes were pretty good.)

Yeah, I like the layers idea. And I’m seeing that trying stuff on is definitely important. I’ve been to a couple of stores recently, and the fit of different gloves is quite different even with similar styles and sizes.

I’m away from home at the moment; and its a bit colder here than where I live - so although it would be nice to have new gloves right away I’m thinking maybe I should wait until I’m hope to choose something in the climate that I actually live in!

That’s good info on the over-warm gloves. I should be careful of that. At the moment, I’m visiting cold places - so there is a temptation to buy myself some nice warm gloves. But for my main purposes at home, it doesn’t get as cold… so really warm gloves would be a mistake I think.

Right.

It rarely gets below 0°C where I live, and mostly I’m not going to be wearing gloves at all. But when I do wear them, I guess it will be somewhere around -2 to 6 °C. I don’t think I need gloves that are very warm. It’s mostly have wind-chill and a bit of warmth for general use.

(Currently I’m away from home, in a place where it is regularly -5 to -10 °C; so I’m thinking it might be good to have a not-too-warm set of gloves but with enough space for a woolen liner or something.)

I guess if you already own a Kindle then you might be interested in jailbreaking it. But for someone choosing an ereader it seems that Kobo is just a better choice. Isn’t it? Like, why pay to put yourself in a jailed system in the first place?

I’ll attempt to translate.

I suppose that if lemmy.world didn’t want worldwide news (eg. post about Germany), then perhaps they should have chosen a different name.

They are trying to tell you that “EUgerman spam” you are complaining about is in fact not spam, but rather it is a normal part of a world-wide discussion.

I’ve thought about this a fair bit, and I can definitely recall a bunch of cases from primary school and high school when I opened up about my feelings and personal stuff; and it ended badly for me. It ended badly every time, and I reckon that’s why I basically don’t tell anyone anything about myself now as an adult. I don’t even share most stuff with my partner, or my family - such are the scars of past experience.

I’m sure this is similar for many people.

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When its your choice, yeah - it’s a matter of personal preference. But when it’s like “hey surprise, you’re not getting the work you thought you were getting” - that’s not so cool.