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[–] parody 2 points 1 month ago

Double blind test ‘em - fun and enlightening

[–] parody 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] parody 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Poor soybean farmers hearing that when maybe 40% of their crop ends up in Chyyy-nah

Your base mighttt care about their market lil bro

[–] parody 3 points 1 month ago

Disturbingly stupid facial expression

[–] parody 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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Drat, various clients have disagreed about spoiler tags unfortunately 😕 but I thought we were past that!

Which are you using? These tags are compliant with web Lemmy I think:


Tap for spoilerhidden content

How it looks:

Web - spoilers hidden

Web - spoiler (2/2) revealed

Voyager iOS - spoilers hidden

Voyager iOS - spoiler (2/2) revealed


Will share this with the dev of your app once I find out!

[–] parody 1 points 1 month ago

Ahaha

OK where the heck is this from

[–] parody 1 points 1 month ago

How are they editing videos (even with CapCut)?

[–] parody 33 points 1 month ago

Nice

Widespread interviewing as a practice would really set a tone right?

“Yeah guys you can always use ChatGPT in her class but you HAVE to read and learn all the original source material FIRST”

Teachers: hehehe yesss yess learnnnn children

(Pair with on-the-spot writing tests with some accommodation for, IDK, various scenarios… shy kids, English Language Learners (ESL), etc.)

[–] parody 37 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Protected you from the upper right photo

Unedited below, NSFNotBeingUhgEww’dOut

[–] parody -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ay by posting with a cropped photo then editing in the link, achieved:

So Voyager could just add an option for longer image previews that coexist with links and I’d be happy?!

Edit: full photo was too ugly before I cropped:

[–] parody 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Thanks for this helpful feedback!

Giving this a try:

Tap for long thoughts

I posted in this format as a workaround. Or a middle ground for the exact interface or presentation style I find to be optimal.

The one which I personally enjoy the most. I really appreciate the fact that, in a world where I can only consume the smallest fraction of all human outputs out there, a screenshot lets me dive into the exact content and the exact format the original authors presented it in. Am I hooked? If so, I use my most valuable resource—my time—to engage further.

Apparently I definitely felt the hacky-ness of the format:

In fact, after posting, I began ideating essentially a browser extension that, if I managed to wireframe, I could present to aeharding (Alexander), the Voyager developer, and see if he could enhance the app to natively offer this feature. Or to an extension dev, or the Lemmy devs (though it’s resource intensive).

What feature? A toggle to enable first page / viewport screenshots of all linked articles; tap screenshot to open article.

The text preview seen at the top of my test screenshot does NOT do the article justice in my eyes, whereas the screenshot + link is almost everything I want. Lemmy is better for me like this but I’m ready to be convinced otherwise.

(I am cognizant of the fact screenshots are not the most accessible, which is why I pair them with alt text.)

May I ask for further feedback from you / your eight(+) upvoters on the specific negatives with my presentation / my idea?

[tap] Maybe…

I dislike the extra tap required to read the first handful of lines whereas y’all dislike the extra tap required to read the entire thing? 🤷‍♂️

Could be worse for some apps or if someone’s using RSS…

Oh and I should at least be marking that there’s more to read so folks don’t think the whole point is ONLY the screenshot.

Thank you Grimy!

 

💩posting after a 5+ year-old memory came to mind. The face of the employee I’d been chatting with (before momentarily freeing my hand) was positively aghast. Olympic contender in no-coaster defense competitions, guarding the impervious exterior of large corporate marketing assets like it’s the Mona Lisa.

“OBVIOUSLY you’re not supposed to put anything on it!” -my friend

(A little context - I would hope to be described as deferential and polite, occasionally even to a fault.) Oops

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Tapeworm rule (lemmings.world)
 
 

Looks like the new Beetlejuice movie was released as a telesync. I thought they were a thing of the past!

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by parody to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

COMMUNITY/MODS: want this post gone, it’s gone - would remove ASAP.

Please be excellent to each other here. We have to self moderate or I’ll delete without being asked. Assume good intent.


I’m pro human which is why I’d rather have some people in office here in the US than others, and why I’m pro human rights.

Trans rights are human rights.

After reading criticism of the dems, this question resurfaced in my mind. I know we don’t have time machines, I know it’s easy to claim a false equivalency is being drawn. So note this question doesn’t represent reality. It represents a curiosity of a hypothetical.

Trans rights are human rights! Thank you.

PS: I hope neither this post nor its comments represent/produce any content that bad people will use to make arguments to further evil causes. Have I already erred? Yes I’m worried, I’m also curious enough to hit this post button here… gulp

alt text of featured screenshotImagine you have a time machine that lets you peek into the future, specifically the 2024 election. You can see two possible pathways:

Pathway 1: Democrats go all-in on trans rights.

They champion inclusive policies, fight for trans healthcare, and actively challenge anti-trans legislation. However, this galvanizes the opposition and they lose the election.

Pathway 2: Democrats stay completely silent on trans rights.

They avoid the issue entirely, focusing on other policy areas. This strategy helps them win the election, but trans rights are left in a vulnerable position.

The question is: which pathway would you choose?

Would you prioritize a Democrat win, even if it means sacrificing progress on trans rights? Or would you fight for trans rights, even if it means risking a loss?

 

Hey friends,

I'd like to:

  • Register for a social media account under a client's company name
  • Research the presence companies in the client's industry have on the site
  • Have a reasonable assurance the account will not be linked to my real name nor my network
  • Use a VM for 10-30? hr/mo, short term

I am:

  • US West Coast based
  • Tech savvy but don't code (unless copypasta)
  • Price conscious
  • Privacy conscious in terms of social media companies linking my account and my identity

Assumptions and UnderstandingsGiven the complexity of fingerprinting techniques, I am under the impression logging in to a remote computer and doing all this work from a browser there has one of the highest likelihoods of success. I'd measure success by not getting spammed with work-related ads, whenever I have to disable Ublock Origin at least. It seems likely a social network will know I'm using a remote desktop (based on IP and loading time/delays), but seems difficult for them to understand who exactly is using the cloud machine if I only use it for a singular purpose. I would hope data brokers aren't efficiently tying VM usage back to VM leasers.

I understand a VPS isn't typically suited for GUI usage, and VPNs can leave me more vulnerable to fingerprinting.

Finally, it looks like most of the low-end cloud PC options would support web browsing at a reasonable speed.


Questions:

  • Have I betrayed any misconceptions?
  • Is a cloud PC one of my best options, and if so:
  • Can you recommend a provider and specs?
  • Is there anything I'm missing?

Providers in consideration w/screenshots

Caution: aggressive anti-privacy corporate behemoths below

Azure Virtual Desktop

Too cheap to be true? Requires some agreement...

Amazon WorkSpaces Personal

Yay Amazon. Inexpensive.

Windows 365 Business Cloud PC

Priciest option.

Vagon Remote Windows Desktop Cloud Computer

A little guy!


Thank you!

 
 

Developers (two dudes) are super responsive and would likely release an IP customization feature upon request. Is there any service that would tolerate this [D]DOS-y kind of behavior that would feel more privacy friendly than Cloudflare?

IsThereNet [for macOS] watches for internet connection status changes and draws a colored line at the top of the screen to indicate the status.


Edit: Thanks everybody!

(1) ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) Echo Requests hardly constitute a burden on a server.
(2) There is little privacy concern simply exposing your IP to Cloudflare.
(3) Uptime-Kuma can be self hosted to accomplish this task with more bells and whistles.
(4) There is an appetite for daydreaming of DDOSing bad Alphabetic actors ;) You civilly digidisobedient rascals!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by parody to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
 

Here’s a (very stupid) parody of the attitude as I imagine it from the most obstinate people with this view:

Well, my doctor says I need to take this medication, so that's what I'm going to do. I don't care what all those other people online are saying about their experiences with it. My doctor knows best, and I'm not going to listen to a bunch of anonymous strangers on the internet. They're probably just making stuff up anyway.

Sure, I get that a lot of people had some nasty side effects or didn't see any improvement, but my doctor assured me that won't happen to me. He's a professional, so I trust him completely. And I know he's only trying to help, not line his own pockets or anything.

All those online forums and support groups are just a waste of time. What could a bunch of regular people possibly know that my highly educated, experienced doctor doesn't? I'm going to take this medication exactly as prescribed and not ask any questions. My doctor is infallible, and I refuse to get a second opinion or consider any other options. Nope, I'm just going to blindly follow his advice and ignore everyone else. That's the smart and responsible thing to do!

(Yes, this is extraordinary (and like I said stupid), and yes your doctor knows more than JoeRando420 telling you to buy homeopathic crystal suppositories. In fact I only have one user in mind writing this post, someone I forget who posted long ago about a condition I cannot remember. Hope they got better.)

Main point is: why not let a large number of people who heard about a condition from their own qualified doctors help you at least scribble down some questions to ask your own medical folks at your next appointment? (But please avoid those crystal suppositories.)


Edit: thanks everybody, read all your posts and they're all great points! Glad I posted here. Thanks for reading something at least 80% dumb :)

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