Leraje @ leraje @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Right. My instance maintainer accepts donations via Ko-fi, which isn't even listed here.

Perfect - thank you :)

Maybe not right now, but when shareholders start demanding action over NSFW subs or subs that discuss illegal activities or subs that discuss the evils of capitalism or subs that just aren't profitable and those subs start getting shuttered, then they will.

If you're not wanting to use JS then you're reliant on the users browser supporting prefers-color-scheme (caniuse) or forcing them to reload the page.

I understand that, but surely the Admin who took the action isn't in a different timezone form themselves? What was stopping them immediately posting just before or just after taking the action?

Whilst I completely understand why you, as private individuals with limited income and not a huge org that has high priced legal teams on call, have made this decision (I think people forget that it costs money just to defend yourself in court, irrespective of how accurate or legal the charges might be), this is about the 3rd or 4th time that the Admin team have communicated and taken action very, very poorly.

It's really not a difficult thing to do. A post such as this either before or immediately after taking such important actions. I realise you're all busy people with real life stuff to do too but surely you tell new Admin's when they're onboarded that momentous decisions that affect a lot of people must be communicated to the members immediately?

True, but let's not forget that Lemmy instances are hosted by ordinary people without the finances to employ high price legal teams. If they receive a threatening letter from (for example) Sony or Disney they still have to either acquiesce or find a lot of money very quickly to simply argue their case.

Seems like the two devs will have to take a look at parallel processing. Serial is OK whilst the threadiverse is small but whilst it's not huge (like twitter/reddit/etc) it's certainly big enough now that serial processing is just not up to the job.

My favourite read of last year. I know she has a long term illness that hampers her writing speed which is almost criminal as she's incredibly talented.

Hard agree with the Eldering Saga. I'm just starting the first book of the last trilogy and I have lived these books.

Haven't seen a mention of Dune yet. It's not first person style but it is absolutely immersive and in terms of world building second only to Lord of the Rings.

Iain M Banks Culture novels are also great. Again, not first person but still great. Lots of people say Player of Games is the most accessible and that may be true but my favourite is Excession.

Oops, I forgot you said: I’d like to avoid “and it was all a dream”

But it wasn't! Even if it did inspire the immortal line: " There's more of gravy than of grave about you"

US to UK English and vice-versa.

Aye, there's a few things not there yet but it'll come I'm sure :)

It is beautiful you're right, but even better than that it's so usable. It's neat, it's tidy, everything has room to breathe. @sheodox clearly put massive amounts of ux thought into it.

I cannot express how happy I am you've implemented Alexandrite :)

But it's a lot. A lot of happy.

There was a news article a day or two ago about a pensioner vandalising a statue of Thatcher. I feel the same way about this act as I did that - good on the perpetrator.

Unless a work of art is housed somewhere meant to cause reflection on all the actions a person took in their full context which includes making clear the problematic acts of the subject, they shouldn't be somewhere clearly meant to commemorate them. And if they are, then they're fair game.

Sorry, guys, you're doing it again

The fact she is a brown-noser is exactly why he will pick her. He's not interested in ideas or other strong voices. What he wants is to be surrounded by people who will shower him in adulation, tell him he's right and take the fall for him when it goes wrong.

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I'll see your Star Trek and raise you The Culture.

Is your British half about 500 years old?