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Where are all the artists at? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Could you expand on that? If I were looking for federated platforms that get a lot of activity from artists posting their work, what would you recommend?

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Where are all the artists at? (lemmy.world)
 

I used to primarily use Instagram for following illustrators, sculptors, digital artists, etc., but I dropped Insta for obvious reasons.

There was also a large exodus from Insta to Cara.app almost a year ago due to Meta's stupid policies on using Insta content to train AI. While Cara is generally a great site and has anti-AI policies (I'm not anti-AI, just anti the way most companies implement AI), my problem with Cara is that it's an owner funded site that will inevitably need to find a way to monetize the content/users.

On the Fediverse, I'm on Lemmy, Mastodon (though I don't love the micro-blog format), and Pixelfed (very little activity).

So my question is: What platforms in the Fediverse are you seeing the most original artist content?

Sources of California greenhouse gas emissions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, this report is designed with a transportation agenda in mind, so the graph only shows a select set of emission sources to make the tailpipe emissions look as bad as possible. Add in all other sources of emissions and the graph doesn't look quite as impressive for the point they're trying to make.

Figure 1: In the 2019 statewide greenhouse gas emissions inventory, car tailpipes accounted for 119 MMTCO2e — roughly 28% of California’s overall emissions, and more than the emissions from the entire buildings sector and electricity sector combined.

Minimal Micro-ATX case for external PSU in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I feel ya. I have a dog and three cats, but so far have not had an issue with hair or cable chewing. The frame is essentially just a kit of 2020 extruded aluminum t-slot rails with connectors. If I were to do this again, I would probably not go with a kit and instead just buy the rails and connectors I need for my specific motherboard/components. Also, any extra rails/connectors you get could go toward a DIY 3D printing frame (that's my next project)!

Minimal Micro-ATX case for external PSU in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For my ITX build I went with this open frame so I can really customize the placement of each component and keep everything nice and compact. I'll probably build a cover to go over this frame at some point. ITX Motherboard PC Computer Case,Mini ITX Open Air Frame Computer Overclock Case Computer Motherboards PC Test Bench, Aluminum Mod Base Motherboard Test Bench Support ATX Power

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Feature request: While browsing posts, disable back button taking you to the Communities page (lemmy.world)
 

When browsing posts, it's far too easy to click the back navigation button on my device which currently takes me to the Communities page. The problem is, once you move away from the Posts page there doesn't seem to be any way of returning to your previous place in the Posts page.

This could be solved a couple of ways:

  1. Disable the device's back navigation button from moving you away from the Posts page.
  2. Have some method of remembering and returning your the previous place in the Posts page.
*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I'm also not a fan of memes, but I acknowledge that many other people are. The most I can do is block communities that are expressly for memes and shrug off the rest. There's plenty of other places for grouches like us.

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Recommendations?: Cloud-based storage + doc editor + spreadsheets (lemmy.world)
 

I'm in the process of de-googling, and for the most part I'm pretty okay with using separate services for things like email, photos, calendar, etc... but the few things that I really like having bundled are Google Docs and Sheets in my Google Drive.

There's plenty of good alternatives for cloud storage, but I haven't seen any that come with any sort of office-like products. I know that I can self host my own private cloud storage and something like OpenOffice, but I'm hoping to find an existing cloud solution so I don't have to bother with that maintenance.

Any recommendations?

America's billionaires are really going to hate this new Senate bill in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago

Non-clickbate title: "Senate pushing bill to close an easily exploited investment loophole"

Meet the influencer who "reverses" lupus—with smoothies in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

On one hand, there will always be idiots and those who will take advantage of them.

On the other hand, I think less people would be susceptible to "alternative" remedies if there was more trust in the medical industry. That trust has been eroded quite a bit over the years.

The Website vs. Web App Dichotomy Doesn't Exist | jakelazaroff.com in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Another one that gets me is "portal". I'm often asked to create a this portal or that portal, but once I finally get them to describe the requirements it's just a standard web form or static web page.

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Alerts for expeditions? (lemmy.world)
 

I tend to not hear about expeditions until it's too late... does anyone know of a way to get email or push notifications for upcoming expeditions?

Need help finding story in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Sorry, this doesn't sound at all familiar to me... have you tried one of the groups on Goodreads? There's one called "what's the name of that book?" that has a ton of members and will likely get you any answer.