9point6 @ 9point6 @lemmy.world

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Well how else will we know when it's time for breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, supper or midnight snack time?

Dare I say we would be entirely justified in calls to "lock him up" then?

He doesn't know if he needs a trial any more so let's take him up on it

Oh hey, finally a "book" I'd burn

Temperature on the side of any building is such a flex

Never see that in the UK because we just need to always assume it'll rain and maybe go a little over room temperature if we're lucky

Except that one week a year where the immense cost of adding AC to our Victorian houses becomes worryingly appealing

Not a great look when the German intelligence agency has to tell you: we know from history that fascism is bad

As I said to the other person, that's your choice. I'm just highlighting the consequences of each option.

If you fund the servers you're using, they continue to exist. If you donate literally thousands to LW, a dollar might go to ml.

If no one funds the servers they're using, the servers go away, but at least ml didn't get a penny.

I personally think the net benefit of all this massively outweighs a negligible amount of money going to something I don't really support.

To finish with a laboured example: shopping at my local shop means a load of diesel got burnt to bring the products for the shelves, which I'm not really supportive of. However, I'm not gonna stop buying stuff from them because they're not using 100% electric vehicles—I want the local businesses near me to continue even if they're not perfect, the good outweighs the bad.

Again, a reminder of what this reply was in response to

they won't even contribute to the server costs

Servers don't run on good vibes

Yes, I also understand that FOSS projects of this size generally survive on donations and/or corporate sponsorships?

No corporation is going to sponsor lemmy, so donations it is

I'm not really sure of the point you're trying to make here.

Also this particular person I was replying to was saying the only reason they won't even contribute to the server costs of LW, is because a penny might go to .ml

I'm not trying to guilt trip, just pointing out that this thing we're all using needs funding, and if the person I was replying to's main reason for not donating is simply because they're worried about funding .ml, that they would have to give hundreds to even fund it a single dollar.

I'm not a particular fan of the instance, but Lemmy continuing to exist is more important than that IMO.

Pointing out the reality of the situation isn't guilt tripping or forcing, sorry if you feel it is.

Okay, but maybe think about what happens to all this if it doesn't get funded. No one is forcing you to pay, it's entirely your choice after all, just like it is to try and put people off.

...which instance do you use again?

I mean that's certainly outrageous

But it also certainly tells me he's a nazi

Break out DOSBox and fire up Wacky Wheels from Apogee

...... Not particularly more recently there was a Crash Team Racing remake

Honestly coming up blank for anything else recentish in that genre

Okay, but maybe think about what happens to all this if it doesn't get funded. No one is forcing you to pay, it's entirely your choice after all, just like it is to try and put people off.

Wanna go back to Reddit?

Sorry but gotta highlight the maths here

0.05%

You would have to give L.w $10,000 for L.ml to get $5

They probably got more value from your posts in this thread in an abstract sense

Holy shit, they automatically activate it on computers without an account to back the key up to?

That's just malicious

Oh no, these very same people have been told time and time again they can.

It's not a can't, it's a won't.

I've met people that struggle with the concept of shutting a computer down.

You are 100% overestimating the average non-techy

Well one of the main problems people are having with AI is that it doesn't get things correct every time.

I mean, if they adjust it away from the correct assessment that modern conservatives are actively malicious morons, it's probably going to be so bent out of shape that it'll be incapable of telling anything remotely truthful.

Proton for ARM is not (currently) a thing, if that's a factor