I’m curious what about this is “mildly” infuriating to OP?

A roulette wheel of random instances is certainly a solution, but it’s not a great one, given that there are substantial differences between instances that could potentially impact a user’s fediverse experience, such as who they’re defederated from, whether they allow nsfw or downvotes, etc…

Not even interests per se, but rather qualities of the instances like:

• do you want nsfw blocked?
• do you want downvotes enabled?
• do you want more or less defederation from potentially objectionable instances?
• etc

Basically all the features that invalidate the “just pick an instance, bro, it doesn’t really matter” argument.

No, not unless the “choose an instance” problem at sign-up is resolved.

How would one go about successfully burning down a building with a sprinkler system?

To be 100% clear, this question has nothing to do with the linked news story, I was just spontaneously reminded of a plot hole I’m trying to work out in a story I’m writing (in Minecraft).

This literally just happened. How is it already compressed to early-2000s levels of jpg?

the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world.

Do I use Libre office? Yes. Do I trust it? Absolutely not (in the sense that I don’t think they’re stealing my data, but wow is the user experience a buggy mess)

Jonathan Ross

Godammit you made me think I missed a huge news story

Here’s what I assume when I see YouTube/Patreon links:

YouTube link = recommendation for free content

Patreon = self-promotion for paid product

I mean, it’s not like it’s a time-consuming thing to do. I haven’t checked in with everyone, but at least one person is still using the setup two years later and is grateful for it so I call that a win. But my original point was about not making assumptions that people who use ublock are going to be tech savvy.

I’ve installed ublock on the phones of some very non-techie older adults in my life, specifically because they’re non-techie and never would have even known ublock existed otherwise. Granted these folks are definitely not on Lemmy either, but point is there’s a wide range of users out there

I sometimes get sent/click on shorts too, however I absolutely cannot stand that YT shorts auto-repeat, which keeps me from watching more than one video at a time (hit that back button at light speed). Plus the clickbait videos are almost always disappointing (“I tuned in for 90 seconds for something that could have been summed up in a sentence and ended up being a total dud anyway!?”).

Pretty ironic, given that Oregon Republicans are best known for taking the ball and going home…

Absolutely wild ride of an article. Unusually long for The Guardian, but totally worth the read, regardless of your personal interest in birthing methods. Went in expecting medical woohoo beliefs, left with a better understanding of the growth and formation of radical online movements. Make sure to read to the end!

Currently anticipating the inevitable sequel once they get hit with manslaughter charges.

I would consider this mildly infuriating, yes.

The “some monarch butterflies migrate over the open ocean from Florida to Mexico” hypothesis has always seemed pretty bonkers, so it’s fascinating that we’re finally getting evidence. Also of great interest: whether the Western and Eastern populations mix, and if so how, for its implications on population stabilization west of the continental divide. As mentioned in the article, all monarchs are struggling, but the Western monarch is on the brink of extinction.

You may have seen my “I’m gonna repost this comment every time I see this type of submission in this community” comments recently. They received positive responses, but after realizing that this type of content is most of the community, I decided a full post would be more productive to the conversation and feel less passive-aggressive.

Everybody should know less about celebrities. Give those poor people some privacy (and stop feeding the attention-seekers).

“xAI’s Grok was created based on a philosophy of sort of absolute, radical openness, and it will talk about anything with anyone,” said Mark Daley, chief AI officer at Western University in London, Ont. U of W’s Chief AI Officer Mark Daley poses for a photo Mark Daley, chief AI officer at Western University, says Grok should post warnings to alert people of explicit content. (Hugo Levesque/CBC)

“[Musk is] a free speech extremist. He wants Grok to be completely open, to have any conversation with anyone. And that’s a principled stance that he’s taken, but it may not be what every consumer is looking for.”

Musk is only a self-declared free speech extremist, as anyone who knows anything about how he’s handled Xitter and Grok would be quick to point out. Not sure this was a great choice of subject matter expert to interview for this article.

elsewhere protesters have used the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta

That would be the millennials