Only the silly parts of the UK. Some give education for free like a sensible place that gives a shit about its citizens.
Only the silly parts of the UK. Some give education for free like a sensible place that gives a shit about its citizens.
Let the people who installed/created it maintain it or let a bunch of new folk do it, which is likely to work best?
The abroad part isn’t the issue. We’re a global village with the Internet now, after all. It’s the outsourcing part that’s the issue.
Am I reading correctly? Are you saying you cook pancakes in your rice cooker?
How do you do that?
To be fair, what do you expect people to talk about?
5-12 comments covers most topics for a given article/meme. Any more than that, and it starts to just become a repeat of what someone else said.
Do you want to read 10 copies of “lol that meme is so me!”
I always thought it was wild that your average thread on Reddit could garner thousands upon thousands of comments, with the vast majority of them being repeats of something someone already said.
Then factor in that those same comments are in the next thread, and the next one. That’s not engagement, that’s insane!
The comments here are far more sparse, but they still cover all your bases. You still get the interesting info dump from some expert or hyperfocused individual who’s done a bunch of reading, you still get a humorous pun or joke, and you still get the “well, actually, this is wrong because…” just, now, it’s like 1 of each type instead of a thousand people all trying to crack the same joke in one thread.
Edit: to clarify, I mean 5-12 top level comments
Welcome to the Internet. There’s Western propaganda here, too. We got all kinds.
Lemmy isn’t Reddit. It’s not owned by one entity. You’re not in a bubble that a corporation is going to keep you safe in. Anybody anywhere can create a Lemmy instance. They may be Chinese, they may be European, they may be Russian, it doesn’t matter. What matters is using your critical thinking to sort the wheat from the chaff. Join and federate with those you think are good and block those you think are bad.
Practice critical thinking and encourage your friends and family to do the same when they’re looking at information online. There’s free courses out there that can help with that kind of thing if you’re unsure.
But really, that’s your only defense because every company wants your attention, every government wants you on their side, and everyone is trying to manipulate you with propaganda somehow. Lemmy is no better or worse than Reddit, Facebook, or Twitter in that regard. That’s just the Internet.
I present to you, flying cars: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-57660603
That site is advert popup hell! Wow
What shit did they pull with their app?
So a difference of political opinion = toxic? Got it.
Ah, good old broken YouTube app. I don’t know if this is true for everyone, but on my phone at least that link just took me to the beginning of the video.
Software as a Service for those ignorant like I was and had to Google what SaaS meant
Not too far away is Scotland’s Burns Night, 25th January. A night to celebrate Robert Burns’ poetry. Or in reality, an excuse to drink copious amounts of whisky and eat haggis. And of course, sing the haggis a song!
A wee haggis lemming would be cute with two long legs and two short legs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns_supper
Why? One of the candidates is standing on the platform of bringing back the monarchy. It’s fitting to use British iconography.