Two main issues with this approach, in my opinion:
Instance blocking does not block comments. If multiple Hexbear users decides to harass you, you will keep seeing their replies until you manage to block every user to blame. I don't want to go through this.
Every new user to lemmy.ca will have to put up with the sea of bad-faith Hexbear users until they also go through this multi-phase blocking process, which is a terrible onboarding experience.
While these aren't huge issues if Hexbear plays nice, I don't trust that to be the case. From my experience of the last time I just have to assume it will be more harassment and more ASCII/emote spam and do not wish for our instance to be polluted by that.
Thanks for bringing this to the community instead of immediately making a decision yourselves. It is nice to have the opportunity to be a part of the choice, since it's open as a possibility.
That said, no thank you. Lemmy instance blocking still cannot block both posts and users, which means that even though we can avoid their posts as we wish, we will still be inundated by Hexbear replies on every post. Considering that the comments are quite possibly the worst part of Hexbear, this will result in the same shit-show we had last time. The comments on their refederation post just reassure me that we don't want to be associated with them. I won't shed a tear to be missing out on the 5 extra meme posts on my all page.
Oh! Well that's awesome then, thanks for the correction. I did look it up but ended up on some "top feature" article which barely mentioned any features beyond layer multi select. I should have looked further.
Judging by the downvotes, people really don't like being told not to use our favourite DRM, huh... anyway, the reason people buy on Steam is for all the features and functions. Other than personal controller configs, most will not work with non-Steam games. Family Sharing, Remote Play, Workshop, premade controller configs, achievements, playtime, and any social features. Of course if you don't use any of these, then supporting a smaller store is great!
I hate being without stuff I need, so I always carry around a backpack. I just always keep stuff in it so I don't forget it. At the moment the core kit is:
At least 1L of water, usually 2L+.
Hand sanitiser for the inevitable moment the public washroom is out of soap.
Re-usable shopping bags in case I buy something.
An energy bar or two in case I have to stay at work late.
Nail clippers (having a broken nail at work sucks).
Band-aids.
A mask in case anywhere requires it, but this one has definitely seen less use over time.
Deodorant, because sometimes I forget to apply it before I leave in the morning...
Hand lotion for winter when my hands crack.
And finally, a charging cable for my phone.
If it's likely to rain and I'll be outside longer than 15m I will add an umbrella to the mix.
I agree with most of your points, but "anti physically and mentally disabled"? Really? Your source describes how they reuploaded unsubtitled lectures for the sake of preservation. This is hardly a villanous move and has nothing to do with "not caring about deaf people". Let's keep the arguments honest, you have plenty else to stick them with that's actually substantial.
Reddit video links do not open up a raw video file but instead a web page that loads the video/audio file in chunks. If you want a regular video file you have to download it with yt-dlp or similar. I wouldn't be surprised if some apps include an embed solution, but most Lemmy websites and apps do not include embedding and simply link directly to the external page.
Reddit video player is terrible though and linking to it requires you to load their bloated New Reddit web pages. Most of us came here to get away from Reddit.
Well a good indicator is if I have to check the source code of a packaged program to understand what something does, the documentation is not good enough. And yes I've had to do this far too much.
IronKrill @ IronKrill @lemmy.ca Posts 10Comments 570Joined 2 yr. ago
Two main issues with this approach, in my opinion:
While these aren't huge issues if Hexbear plays nice, I don't trust that to be the case. From my experience of the last time I just have to assume it will be more harassment and more ASCII/emote spam and do not wish for our instance to be polluted by that.