davetapley

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Whatever you pick checkout Yousician if they have it. It's great for learning.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Forgive me for only TLDW and not watching, but was ack mentioned?

I've never looked back.

 

I'm getting a lot of 'but my car is more convenient' arguments lately, and I'm struggling to convey why that doesn't make sense.

Specifically how to explain to people that: Sure, if you are able to drive, and can afford it, and your city is designed to, and subsidizes making it easy to drive and park, then it's convenient. But if everyone does it then it quickly becomes a tragedy of the commons situation.

I thought of one analogy that is: It would be 'more convenient' if I just threw my trash out the window, but if we all started doing that then we'd quickly end up in a mess.

But I feel like that doesn't quite get at the essence of it. Any other ideas?

 

Just came across this article about a book titled:

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing An Epidemic of Mental Illness

I haven't read it, but I'm a little concerned that the article has zero mention of the built environment. Thoughts?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OP using word 'convinced' is relevant here because whilst most people in USA 'need' a car (because there is no practical alternative to driving), they are being convinced every day that a private car is the only viable solution to transport in general...

... and then of course you get everyone freaking out when someone has the audacity to suggest that installing a dedicated bike / bus lane would mean less people need a car, and that would save everyone time and money.

Also while I'm ranting, I'm so over people harping on about how they can't rely on public transit and that's why they need a car. Like reliable and affordable public transport is some magical and unobtainable goal.

But then when gas prices inevitably get crazy high, or they get in a wreck, or traffic is a mess then that's just The Way It Is and in no way an indication that maybe everyone driving a personal car for every single trip isn't the most reliable or sustainable way to run a city.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

10/10 would visit again.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

I fell in love with him after the execution of the Dasani video. Walking backward ten minute single take, amazing: https://youtu.be/wD79NZroV88

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Did you see spin off Practical Construction yet? That's next level production, my wife laughed at me waiting for next ep like it's GoT or something.

Also do you notice that YT never pushes PBS videos? I'm subscribed but always have to go to channel.

Since you like a lot of same as me: check out Climate Town.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Indirect, but you could run a Storj node and donate the profits to a good cause of your choice.

Also, assuming you don't buy more hardware, and you believe sustainability is a good cause, then running a node in itself is a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

This. I'm a computer programmer, never been in a union, but after twenty years of startups I cannot believe how good it is to be at a small, stable, employee owned company.

Only looking back do I realize that the people doing the actual work were never in control, and just how damaging that is.

To pour you life and soul into building something (time, and time again), and then have it taken away from you again, and again.

Never going back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, not necessarily, right? It could be funded any number of ways, but on YT you're locked in to either watching their ads, or paying their premium.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well yes, this is the problem isn't it:

  1. Monopoly X sucks
  2. Federated alternatives developed
  3. People complain that there's not enough content on them
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've been really enjoying https://nebula.tv/, but yes, I wish they'd built it on top of PeerTube.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (13 children)

A lemmy for video streaming

Ask and you shall receive: https://joinpeertube.org/

There are even companies springing up who will run and host it for you, for a price, of course.

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