TheRtRevKaiser

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[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

North America has a bunch of different types of receptacles as well, but they're a little better regulated and configured so there's not much chance of mixing them up. Lots of houses here have both 120V and 250V circuits, but the receptacles are normally completely different so there's no risk of mixing them up, I think. Amperage, however, is a little more wild west from what I can tell - you have have anywhere from 15 to 60 amp circuits and, as far as I can tell, there's no way to tell from the receptacle what you're plugging into or the load it can take unless you check the breaker box (and have a house where the circuits make sense - older houses often have things like lights or receptacles wired into circuits that don't really make sense for them). This is all in my very limited, very lay understanding so somebody who knows better will probably come along with better info.

ETA: The situation in Brazil sounds rough - generally from my experience in the us, if your plug fits in the receptacle, it's probably fine. Worst case scenario (most of the time) is the overload a circuit and flip a breaker/blow a fuse, but there are lots of older houses that are definitely not up to current code.

 

There was a post earlier about the NEMA 1-15 plug that was, unfortunately, just spam. However, it's kind of an interesting topic, and better yet made me remember this delightfully old-school website: The Digital Museum of Plugs and Sockets. The history and overview sections for plug standards in different parts of the world are genuinely interesting, and the site as a whole is impressively comprehensive and is a well constructed HTML website (I don't know how it looks on mobile but on desktop it's a very clean looking site)

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

OP, I'm assuming you mean should we buy games that are on these curator's lists as being "too woke" just to spite them? I think folks are a little confused about what your question/argument is, here. Also the typo in the title isn't helping.

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago

For the most part, the comments I have removed on this thread have been removed for violating Beehaw's only rule: Be(e) Nice.

I have zero problem with people criticizing this journalist. I do have a problem with users attacking one another or using misogynist language (it's possible in that case there's a cultural disconnect. I'm from the US, where "cunt" is a pretty serious gendered insult. I know it's not considered as big of a deal in other english speaking places, but frankly I've been getting enough reports on this thread that I'm getting a bit sick of dealing with it in general)

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

So the cost-benefit is that it costs time, but it pulls you out of end-stage capitalism and puts you in flow state, engaging in another world.

You literally did, though?

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

Hey, I appreciate your response. I totally get the anger, and I can see lots of possible ways that this wave of age verification policies could bite folks in the ass. Thanks for being reasonable, I hope you have a great day.

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I'm trying to be as charitable as possible, but I'd like you to provide a source for this assertion that Sakhnini has some connection to Israeli intelligence or the Israeli government besides being from Israel, otherwise your comments will be removed.

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm not speaking for the whole Technology mod team here, just off the cuff. I think a satire piece (if clearly labeled preferably) would be completely fine. Personally I'd also be good with funny articles or other types of writing about tech, god knows this sub could use some levity. I don't think we would probably be okay with posting tech related memes, though. It's possible that if the community was really interested we could do a weekly sticky for memes or other lower-effort content, though.

Again, I'm just spitballing here, I haven't checked it with any of the other mods.

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 8 points 2 months ago

Look, I think Trump probably did rape minors. I think he was probably involved in trafficking. But this isn't really evidence. It's hearsay, at best. It's an anonymous complaint filed via an open FBI telephone tipline in 2016. From what I've seen, all manner of wild stuff gets reported to those tip lines. There's absolutely no way of knowing if there's any truth to this other than the fact that we all have a gut feeling - and have seen lots of circumstantial evidence - that Trump was involved in this kind of stuff. It doesn't do any good to go around acting like it's proof of anything, though.

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

I think folks are struggling with the format of this post - I'm thinking it's probably at least partially in interop issue between Mastodon and Lemmy. Folks on Lemmy are usually expecting the post itself to be a link to the article or site, with commentary in the body or in a comment.

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The link is in the text block under the post - this is due to the fairly hacky interoperability between Mastodon and Lemmy. You can post to Lemmy instances via Mastodon but they almost always wind up looking very spammy because of the formatting and all of the hashtags.

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Unless I'm mistaken, PiHole won't block Youtube ads because they're served from the same domain as the videos.

[–] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, I wasn't aware of them, and didn't find an entry on them when looking up on mediabiasfactcheck.com. I wonder if the naming is intentional or just a coincidence around the word "Truth".

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org to c/music@beehaw.org
 

Stumbled on this today and was instantly hooked.

 

He said the quiet part out loud...

 

This article felt like a little spot of light among all the bleak news recent, so I thought I would share.

 

Hey Beeple and visitors to Beehaw: I think we need to have a discussion about !technology@beehaw.org, community culture, and moderation. First, some of the reasons that I think we need to have this conversation.

  1. Technology got big fast and has stayed Beehaw's most active community.
  2. Technology gets more reports (about double in the last month by a rough hand count) than the next highest community that I moderate (Politics, and this is during election season in a month that involved a disastrous debate, an assassination attempt on a candidate, and a major party's presumptive nominee dropping out of the race)
  3. For a long time, I and other mods have felt that Technology at times isn’t living up to the Beehaw ethos. More often than I like I see comments in this community where users are being abusive or insulting toward one another, often without any provocation other than the perception that the other user’s opinion is wrong.

Because of these reasons, we have decided that we may need to be a little more hands-on with our moderation of Technology. Here’s what that might mean:

  1. Mods will be more actively removing comments that are unkind or abusive, that involve personal attacks, or that just have really bad vibes.
    a. We will always try to be fair, but you may not always agree with our moderation decisions. Please try to respect those decisions anyway. We will generally try to moderate in a way that is a) proportional, and b) gradual.
    b. We are more likely to respond to particularly bad behavior from off-instance users with pre-emptive bans. This is not because off-instance users are worse, or less valuable, but simply that we aren't able to vet users from other instances and don't interact with them with the same frequency, and other instances may have less strict sign-up policies than Beehaw, making it more difficult to play whack-a-mole.
  2. We will need you to report early and often. The drawbacks of getting reports for something that doesn't require our intervention are outweighed by the benefits of us being able to get to a situation before it spirals out of control. By all means, if you’re not sure if something has risen to the level of violating our rule, say so in the report reason, but I'd personally rather get reports early than late, when a thread has spiraled into an all out flamewar.
    a. That said, please don't report people for being wrong, unless they are doing so in a way that is actually dangerous to others. It would be better for you to kindly disagree with them in a nice comment.
    b. Please, feel free to try and de-escalate arguments and remind one another of the humanity of the people behind the usernames. Remember to Be(e) Nice even when disagreeing with one another. Yes, even Windows users.
  3. We will try to be more proactive in stepping in when arguments are happening and trying to remind folks to Be(e) Nice.
    a. This isn't always possible. Mods are all volunteers with jobs and lives, and things often get out of hand before we are aware of the problem due to the size of the community and mod team.
    b. This isn't always helpful, but we try to make these kinds of gentle reminders our first resort when we get to things early enough. It’s also usually useful in gauging whether someone is a good fit for Beehaw. If someone responds with abuse to a gentle nudge about their behavior, it’s generally a good indication that they either aren’t aware of or don’t care about the type of community we are trying to maintain.

I know our philosophy posts can be long and sometimes a little meandering (personally that's why I love them) but do take the time to read them if you haven't. If you can't/won't or just need a reminder, though, I'll try to distill the parts that I think are most salient to this particular post:

  1. Be(e) nice. By nice, we don't mean merely being polite, or in the surface-level "oh bless your heart" kind of way; we mean be kind.
  2. Remember the human. The users that you interact with on Beehaw (and most likely other parts of the internet) are people, and people should be treated kindly and in good-faith whenever possible.
  3. Assume good faith. Whenever possible, and until demonstrated otherwise, assume that users don't have a secret, evil agenda. If you think they might be saying or implying something you think is bad, ask them to clarify (kindly) and give them a chance to explain. Most likely, they've communicated themselves poorly, or you've misunderstood. After all of that, it's possible that you may disagree with them still, but we can disagree about Technology and still give one another the respect due to other humans.
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