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I'm beautiful and tough like a diamond...or beef jerky in a ball gown.

  • I guess what you're calling "toxicity" is something I've dealt with more-or-less successfully by just blocking and switching instances. In fact, those are so far out of my mind I forgot to include them in my "see things through the eyes of a new user" experiment (I only unblocked communities/instances for that). But yeah, considering how many people, communities, and lemmy.ml + dbzer0 I've had to block and how much work that was and continues to be, I guess that does speak to a bigger problem that could be solved by better modding. I would hope some of the more egregious bad behavior only gets a pass because this place is so relatively small, but I fear that's just me being naive.

    Topic areas would be amazing and a much better onboarding experience than dumping you into the community list or /all. Topics you want to see, topics you never want to see, and maybe have it build a default subscription and/or default block list for those. And maybe a better "duplicate" detection system where there's like 5 posts for the same non-story about a rich person farting and the Fediverse breaking out the torches and pitchforks over it. At least then you could slow-boil you way to the angry stuff that currently dominates the feed and give you a chance to turn those off rather than turning you away from the platform.

    I would love to try Piefed because I keep hearing that it's basically adding all the features Lemmy has needed forever, but TBH, my instance would have to migrate to Piefed or stand up a copy. I was on .world before I moved to startrek.website and the "feel" is just so much better here (general negativity of the overall Threadiverse notwithstanding). As you said, that's primarily due to modding and giving the perma boot to the ones who don't play well with others (as large as my block list is here, it's significantly smaller than the blocklist I had on .world before I just gave up it as an instance).

    Even Linux took decades to arrive at where it is at today

    True. I'll admit I'm impatient (my major remaining rough edge therapy has not yet conquered lol) but every time I see a brand new account coming in with their first post removed about getting banned from Reddit it's just a reminder that we're not attracting the best and brightest here but rather the ones who have nowhere else to go. And they bring that behavior here and it just seems like it takes us further away from becoming a real alternative people actually want to go to. I'm going off on a tangent, I know, so I'll stop here.

  • Any new contacts? I'd always guessed that boats would likely be running nodes.

  • Speaking of noticing things:

  • True, there's definitely that. I guess I just wish there was more thought between that and "do I really need to post this?"

  • Isn't that the whole shtick of the AI PCs no one wanted? Like, isn't there some kind of non-GPU co-processor that runs the local models more efficiently than the CPU?

    I don't really want local LLMs but I won't begrudge those who do. Still, I wouldn't trust any proprietary system's local LLMs to not feed back personal info for "product improvement" (which for AI is your data to train on).

  • Something something where to place the cart in relation to the horse.

  • Nice. My ragebait is mostly solar powered so also largely guilt free.

  • Oh trust me, I have.

    Chances are I didn't even back it up or jettisoned that backup to save space. At the time Bitcoin was less than worthless so I thought nothing of it.

  • Fediverse memes @feddit.uk

    We did this to ourselves here

  • Lol, I guess the reply still shows up in the inbox. Even if I had noticed it was marked deleted, I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to recommend something Star Trek related 😆

  • Yeah, to pretty much all that.

    My experience here is generally pretty pleasant, but it took a LOT of work blocking untold numbers of communities, users, and instances to get here. Other on-boarding difficulties aside (for less savvy users), it's just a big ask to expect them to do all that work just to not be hit in the face with all the negativity and raging and dig deep for everything else. Reddit may have numerous flaws, but at least I can go to the front page and it doesn't feel like I'm walking into the midst of an angry mob.

    My two cents is basically this: We did this to ourselves here. Elsewhere, we might have blamed the algorithms for pushing rage-bait front and center, but here it's 100% organic (unless there's just a massive bot problem which I don't have reason to suspect).

  • the remainder of the post contains references to reddit which may cause apoplexy in some viewers. :-)

  • Not really about myself but in general: "Not dwelling" on things doesn't mean ignoring them.

  • Heh, I always forget about client_base. My device in that role is still on firmware 2.5.0 from last year and doesn't have client_base as an option. Gotta get it updated stat lol.

  • +1 for reading more. I took a break a few weeks ago, but I've been deep into the Star Trek books since last summer.

  • My dogs always leave footprints paw prints on the sidewalk before I sweep off the snow. They're cute until they freeze into ice and I nearly make a cartoon sound effect as I slip on them lol.

  • I only say there needs to be less because that's all that seems to get pushed to the top. Ever since I saw the few posts asking how to get new users here, I've been trying to put myself in their shoes and look at things raw and unfiltered like a brand new user would see. Sadly, now that I've looked, I can't un-see.

    The rest of us just need to get on their level with all our other hobbies and interests.

    100% agree :) But those don't seem to get the rage clicks like all the bad news stuff and get buried even on scaled sort.

    there aren’t other NWSL/MLS fans out here, but could you please stop doing drive-bys and downvoting all my articles?

    I don't know what either of those are, but I just went and threw some upvotes to some of your stuff because it was non-political / non-news. And one of them was highly downvoted for reasons I cannot possibly fathom.

  • Check out the SenseCap solar node. It's way under $200 and professionally built.

    https://www.seeedstudio.com/SenseCAP-Solar-Node-P1-Pro-for-Meshtastic-LoRa-p-6412.html

    Probably the best configuration for it is as a regular client client_base role since that will relay like a repeater but without forcing other clients in the mesh to use it (which would be problematic unless you're in a super ideal position).

    Edited b/c I forgot about client_base. See the reply to this one about that role.

  • I was about to suggest a 3D printed solution, but I'm not seeing anything for the Elecrow/Thinknode m5 on Printables or Thingiverse. Only thing I found was a case for the M1.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world

    Fediverse Challenge: Prove there's still good in the world

  • Dad Jokes @lemmy.world

    What do cows call their tabloid magazines? Fake moos.

  • 30 Rock @dubvee.org

    Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr / Civil Rights Day. Or, as Colleen calls it...

  • me_irl @lemmy.world

    me🍗irl

  • Lemmy411 - Don't know where to find what you're looking for? @lemmy.ca

    Community for discussing solar power setups, getting started, planning, etc.

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world

    MOOSE: A proposed emergency "bail-out" system capable of bringing a single astronaut safely down from Earth orbit to the planet's surface

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MOOSE
  • 30 Rock @dubvee.org

    When your instance is going down for maintenance and you gotta get some things off your chest

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world

    Android 11 is the "Windows 7" of Android

  • Technology @lemmy.world

    QWERTY Phones Are Really Trying to Make a Comeback This Year

    gizmodo.com /qwerty-phones-are-really-trying-to-make-a-comeback-this-year-2000709717
  • Steam Hardware @sopuli.xyz

    A Linux Power User Puts SteamOS To Work

    hackaday.com /2026/01/12/a-linux-power-user-puts-steamos-to-work/
  • Meshtastic @mander.xyz

    Got my T1000e today

  • Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world

    old.reddit.com is overrated and 2021-era "new" Reddit was better

  • Meshtastic @mander.xyz

    PSA - Don't charge your Heltec V3's from a quick charge capable USB charger

  • Fediverse memes @feddit.uk

    I call this the Raktajino Maneuver

  • Meshtastic @mander.xyz

    In the event of enshittification, are there any alternative apps for Meshtastic / probabilities of a fork happening?

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world

    The Issue With Wii U Gamepads And How To Clone Them

    hackaday.com /2026/01/08/the-issue-with-wii-u-gamepads-and-how-to-clone-them/
  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world

    Good FOSS design software for beginners?

  • Dad Jokes @lemmy.world

    Why don't bears wear shoes? Because they would still have bear feet.

  • science @lemmy.world

    Raindrops form 'sandballs' as they roll downhill, contributing more to erosion than previously thought

    phys.org /news/2025-12-raindrops-sandballs-downhill-contributing-erosion.html