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Hopefully they're easy enough to vacuum out of a carpet...

Oh yeah, I reckon there's a good number of extensions for it too, probably something I should check out as well in the future.

And yeah, it's definitely a tradeoff of sorts. Denying a browser or search engine access to all personal information, including GPS, might lead to irrelevant results, so I imagine it's a matter of giving as little information as possible for the maximum relevance in results. GPS is one of those compromises I'll make as well, though only at the zip code level most of the time, since most apps/sites don't need to know my precise location.

While I do try and stick to my trusted sites as much as possible, the things I often want to find online are beyond the scope of the sites I have bookmarked. Though bookmarking more sites that I trust and opting to use them over a regular search seems like a good habit to get into

I tend to like the "bangs" feature that DuckDuckGo offers when it's set as my browser's default. Basically by putting !+prefix it automatically redirects your search to a different website. !g will do Google, !b will do Bing, !yt will do YouTube, etc.. And it's quite extensive. Currently, DDG claims to have 13,564 bangs you can use, so if there's some website with a search bar, chances are it can be banged from DDG.

The search engine from my use over the last 4-6 years generally provides me with "good enough" search results and I enjoy the interface itself, as well as the sorting options when searching images. Every now and then, if i don't get the results I want, I can just bang a different search engine (I'm just starting to realize the repercussions of using "bang" as a verb...).

I don't see the Tokaimura nuclear accidents (which led to the aforementioned death of Hisashi Ouchi) as a reason to dismiss nuclear energy. Even if this is bait as @CADmonkey@lemmy.world mentioned, I want to make it clear that wasn't my intention behind bringing up Ouchi's death, and shouldn't be twisted into a case against nuclear energy as a whole.

The Tokaimura accident of 1999 was the result of improper safety, due to the facility failing to install the necessary alarms should criticality occur, and cost-cutting by having workers mix uranium in steel drums instead of proper vats that would control the rate at which it's mixed (which would have prevented criticality). In essence, had the proper safety measures been followed, the incident would not have occurred. The same can be said for most nuclear disasters, especially the famous Chernobyl disaster.

A compiled list of nuclear incidents (which also includes events aside from nuclear reactors) can be found here:

It's evident that nuclear incidents, especially those pertaining to reactors, are incredibly uncommon, and this is the result of strict safety protocols that cannot be shirked, as well as an extreme number of fail-safes in the event of a malfunction. The most recent major nuclear event- The Fukushima Disaster, required an earthquake, tsunami, compounded with human error- extraordinary circumstances that not only are extremely rare, but have been learned from too.

If the reason to ban nuclear energy is due to a small handful of disasters like these, then logic dictates that this should be expanded to a myriad of products. How about pesticides, due to the Bhopal Disaster? How about getting rid of dams, due to the1975 Banqiao Dam Failure, that led to thousands of deaths?

The truth of the matter is that much of the large scale infrastructure that we rely on, especially in industry and energy production, can fail on extremely rare occasions, and lead to tremendous loss of life. But through strict safety measures, training, and human ingenuity, the threat of disaster is minuscule.

TL;DR: Singling out nuclear energy as a problem when the same concerns can be raised for any industry is hypocritical, and just the result of fear-mongering. It is safe.

I'd have to agree with this one, and the most painful example of this that I can think of is Hisashi Ouchi, otherwise known as the most irradiated man in history.

I already hated Android 12 for overhauling the aesthetic for the worse: making volume sliders obscenely wide, making the notification shade just an over-enlarged mess, and the half-assed implementation of Material You. On my Pixel 3 that I used at the time, this change alone made me root a phone for the first time just to fix all of it.

Two updates later and once again Google fucks up something that was perfectly fine before and turns me off from their operating system yet again. While I'm nowhere close to using an iPhone, I may just use GrapheneOS if I have to switch to a phone that comes with Android 14+ out of the box.

Sir this is !reddit@lemmy.world

That, plus articles from Ars Technica discussing Reddit generally get a fair bit of traction on this community because it's a semi-big name publication discussing Reddit in a negative light, which further confirms the stance most users on Lemmy already have about Reddit

Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I'm reading online, Proton doesn't "market" or "advertise" discounted plans beyond what you'll save by purchasing a longer plan for their VPN. They do have a page on coupons here: https://proton.me/support/coupons

And based on what it says, as well as other tweets and reddit comments I've seen from their official accounts, they grant these coupons on a case by case basis. So forgive me for being skeptical, but I don't believe it was false advertising, nor do I believe it was presented as a plan to begin with.

Unless you have a screenshot that shows them blatantly telling you it was a plan, I think you probably misread what they said, and that it "suddenly a coupon and not a plan anymore" isn't actually truthful. Though of course, you could very well be right, and I might just be skeptical for no reason

Incentivizing users to do stuff with imaginary internet points and pngs of trophies and thinking it's a substantial reward is peak Reddit

Meat - I'm a vegetarian, though I take a lot of interest in cuisine, and while I may not eat meat personally, it's undeniable that it's a core ingredient for so many beloved dishes across the world. Maybe one day lab-grown or plant-based stuff will be able to serve as a common, cheap, and indistinguishable substitute, because I do want to appreciate all the food the world has to offer while sticking to my ideals as much as I can.

Oh yeah, I agree it's a wise decision for any content creator, especially those who want to make a living from it, to diversify their sources of income. Backing up all content they post on YouTube to other sites as well is also really nice as it contributes to the push away from YouTube without having to risk little on their part as well

I dont care content makers are losing, they are all dumbarses, and if they are supporting yt still and not posting elsewhere, then they are just stupid cunts.

You had me until here. If you want to monetize online video content or get widespread appeal, YouTube is pretty much the viable choice atm, save for Twitch which only works if you're a streamer or Nebula, which even then it alone doesn't suffice and is very specific. If you plan on trying to "make it big" using PeerTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc. alone, your aspirations may as well be dead on arrival.

Not losing sleep over the money content creators lose over you using adblock is fine, I personally don't put too much importance on it myself. But to call them all dumbasses or stupid cunts is just unreasonable, given the lack of a proper, popular alternative for most of them to do what they do.

Hadn't heard of FreeTube before, thanks for mentioning it!

Pretty much this. I tend to see a lot of those videos with studio kitchen setups that look extraordinarily decorated, unlike any normal kitchen, which opt to take cinematic shots of sauteing instead of actually presenting the cooking process as it would naturally occur. Maybe it's fine for entertainment but it's not what I would want to learn from either.

One of my favorite tutorials for any food I've made is one that I go to for falafels (Rafika's Kitchen, I think the channel was called). I know the recipe by heart now, but I always remember how she spoke about how practical it was to make, offering viable substitutes, hacks, and advice that would suit the average viewer. Tips she gives like re-using oil for frying are rarely covered, but are the backbone of cooking practically at home.

Yeah, I was planning on doing the same, leaving when RIF shut down. Though I came to the same realization that you did, and just left a week early, because it felt wrong to delay the inevitable and sink time into a platform I knew I wouldn't be using in a week's time. I'm glad that a lot of people came to the same realization as well, and hopefully a lot more Reddit users do too. Social media addiction is a bitch.

The message should shift from pressuring Reddit to change to pressuring users to leave. Reddit is fully aware of the consequences of their actions and won't do a 180 and start acting in the best interests of their users again. They're in too deep.

Users of Reddit should accept the fact that no social media is worth micro-managing every button press in fear of incurring a cost of any kind. I'm sure Relay's devs are doing the best they can, but the users need to take a look in the mirror and ask themselves if they're going to let a tech company push them around like this for the sake of internet content.

That's needlessly harsh imo. There's celebrities or big names at least that people grew up with, who may have contributed to core childhood memories or served as a role model for them. To see someone like that pass away can be a jarring moment for many, as their deaths can feel like a part of your youth/childhood dying along with it.

And that's just the examples that come to mind. I'm sure there's more. There's no need to question people's mental health for feeling sentimental. It just contributes to a society where people's emotions are twisted and repressed.

I strongly dislike the point being made by Ismail here. The quality of any art- game, movie, visual art, music, etc.- should never be intentionally handicapped for the sake of "keeping the bar lower". We as humans should strive to create the best art possible, even if it has consequences like making it harder for other artists to one-up your work.

There is no reasonable alternative here. Does anybody expect Larian Studios to intentionally not give their project their best effort? The games industry is already an oversaturated one, and while I understand developers have to earn a living, the risks were clear prior to choosing that career path. There is always a chance indie devs won't get the funding they need to make their idea a reality. It's a gamble- it always has been and always will be.

I think people know when to distinguish indie games from AAA games. The ideas are fresher with indie games, and the ideas are different. Take Slay the Spire for instance. The developers may not have created the flashiest graphics, but they made a concept that's unique and fun, and people respected the game for what it is.

In addition to Slay the Spire, many developers are able to take lower-end graphics (compared to AAA games) and do wonders with it. Undertale, while I haven't played it, is a success despite being very basic visually.

Generally, if an indie dev tries something unique that isn't a carbon copy of something successful, they won't be blatantly compared to it or other AAA games.

I imagine spreading out across instances, and having accounts in instances beyond the biggest one helps, as it reduces traffic and strain on lemmy.world and its servers.

lemmy.world still deserves support, like with donations, though helping reduce the strain is something anyone can do, albeit small, though free of charge.

WhatsApp if I'm talking to an Indian crowd, Instagram or Snapchat otherwise

I don't happen to use any of the above though