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  • planet_barf@beehaw.orgtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlnull
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    1 year ago

    I saw my first anti-trans meme on lemmy.ml today. It was a screenshot from a Babylon Bee article.

    On Reddit, I didn’t like how much things would get downvoted if the sub didn’t want to hear them. It really strengthened the hive mind. At the same time, it was an organic way of rejecting garbage like anti trans memes.

    I feel mixed about whether or not they add to a community. I’m not worried about bullying, but I am worried about how they shut down ideas, and encourage everyone to think the same way.




  • If I understand right, you can respond to a post if you arrive at it through your instance that you’re logged in to. If you find a post through Google or another link, you can’t just click “reply” - you have to find your way back to the post through your server.

    I’m sure the devs are working on cleaning up that experience. Sounds complicated.


  • We have a six-month old and decided that we don’t want to go too deep into a 529. Neither of us went to college and we’re successful, so we don’t want to assume she’ll want to.

    We figure 10-20k is a reasonable amount for her to have in there. We assume she’ll be able to use that much even without college. We’re dropping a few thousand dollars in there now, and I’m going to add a little bit over time. We’re doing a regular taxable account for her also that I’ll be putting more money into.




  • I feel mixed. The shift towards COSMIC DE got me off of POP_OS. I wanted the newer Gnome features, and that stopped being their focus. I don’t wanna wait 2-3 years for a great DE when I already know I like Gnome. I switched to Fedora and use Pop Shell, and am really happy with my OS now. I also felt like the public shade between Gnome devs and S76 devs was tacky. With that said, I bet Cosmic is going to be great eventually. It’ll be great to have DE in the ecosystem with a focus on performance, UI, customizability, and actually looking good. Even if I don’t use it, I bet it’ll push the other big DEs to get better. Friendly competition is good. Also, it’s ridiculous that you have to go with a WM to get tiling, and that it’s not easier to get in Gnome. Real glad Pop Shell is still available, but I don’t think anyone’s maintaining it so it can’t last.