baconmonsta

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[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 12 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Imagine having the guts to ask your old slave to return and help you with your run-down plantation

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago

For example, a provincial auto repair shop might have previously fixed three cars a week but officially reported only one; now it repairs just two cars, but payment for both is fully recorded in the statistics. The government can take pride in such signs of progress, but the wealth of the people under these conditions is not growing — it is declining.

When you're working with data like that, all you can really do is speculate. We'll know for sure only after a few decades I guess

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This sounds like a pretty good description of the situation.

I would add the seeming lack of true alternatives, as dems have repeatedly dropped the ball in the last few decades.

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 3 points 13 hours ago

Pocket used to be on my list, but it was unfortunately shut down. Now Joplin web clipper took its place. I still miss Pocket.

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 2 points 13 hours ago

This article was right up my alley. I've been considering buying a cheapo smartwatch. I suppose this one couldn't be used as a mp3 player for jogging though.

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 37 points 13 hours ago

It's not a bug, it's a feature

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Dailybeast is giving reddit credit for this, but wasn't it discovered first on Lemmy?

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago

If you're a musician, MiniDexed or if you're into stage lights or otherwise need a DMX-controller: Qlc+

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I don't recommend RPi1 for Pi-hole... It's underpowered and might become a network bottleneck. Speaking out of experience here

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Glad to hear I'm not alone with these thoughts!

I propose, as a counter movement, automatic engagement; Instead of "liking" or "upvoting", leave a comment every time you see something you support. And try to abstain from commenting on ragebait or otherwise intentional attention seeking. If enough people start doing this, the algorithm should start adapting to prefering more substantial or positive material, right? I know it sounds naive, but worth a shot!

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, it seems fishy. I find it hard to believe every 5th desktop in Finland runs linux, while only about 10% MacOS.

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 9 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Tobias Huch is not a part of the German government. This post title is nonsense.

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