Thank you, it's nice knowing I'm not the only one.

Yes, link aggregation is one of the main feature of reddit. And I guess it's a main feature here as well. But another feature on both sites is also the text-post that can be used to promote discussion among users. But they are so few and far between they drown in all the post with links to new-site of less than good quality.

Of course there are webforums, but the one that are still active are usually single topic webforums. Like for example windows 10 forums, or a rc-helicopter/remote-drone forum. This place is a much better place to discuss a wide range of topics inside the correct community, anything from gardening, to politics, to power electronics. That's why I would enjoy a common place in the fediverse to meet people :)

To avoid making my post a 1000 word essay, I've omitted some detail to get my point across.

I haven't tried NixOS yet, but many things about it appeals to me. I could put it on my old laptop I guess.

You will get better framerate with a newer GPU, but if you already have playable FPS then you can wait with the upgrade. I don't see any point getting a better CPU for your motherboard unless you have many tasks you know are CPU limited for you. For games I'm sure there will be little difference. And getting a new cpu/motherboard/ram is basically building a new computer. It's better to wait a few more years.

In cities or close by cities this is not a problem. I'm from norway, the country is big, but with few people. So the train or bus doesn't go where I need to go. Last week I was going to a place 25km away from my home. I was thinking of taking the bug but it would take 1h14m. with my car it is a little under 30minutes.

Then there taking stuff home. A few weeks ago I needed some planting soil for my garden. I only needed 3 bags with 40L of dirt. But imaging taking that on the train or the bus. People living a apartments in cities don't have this problem. But other people leed other lives.

For me there are many levels of 'special' cars. One level is the great cars through history, Mercedes SL300, Ferrari F40, Mclaren F1 and the likes. Another level is the engineering in cars like the koenigseggs gemera that go from 0-200kph faster than many cars do 0-100kph. The carbonfiber wheels are hand made. A Swede is handlaying layers of carbon fibers cloth, before adding resin and then curing process. The modern mclarens are also fascinating engineering wise.

The last level are cars that it's possible for me to own, right now I have a BMW. don't know what I'll get next. Some porches are nice, maybe my priorities change I'll just get a Polestar 2 or something. Anyways I like BMWs, maybe i'll get an old 3 series like an E92 to have as a summer car.

I think it's natural that reddit will be discussed a lot during the next few weeks. We might see a new spike around june 30th when the API get restricted (cost money). From then on it will slowly die down, I hope. As a topic it might never die completely. People still talk about digg, and true old timers bring up BBS's and such. Many of us, me included are reddit refuges, I think it's natural to help vent some frustration by discussing it with peers on this instance.

Shame this happened while 'most' of us Europeans were asleep.

Oh definitely, I'm hoping this place last for decades. And I think since the fediverse is FOSS that is much more likely.

Yeah, it's good to have a discussion. I don't want to say it's a big problem. I only wish for it to be a little better.

Yes this is true. I guess there's also nothing in the way to subscribe to all 10. Except for a bloated personal subscription list.

Yes, I don't wont it exactly like reddit. We are over 12k people here on this server so there are plenty of people so talk to to have a general discussion. The small issue is the more niche a hobbie/community is there more of a problem it. Instead of 100 Linux users on one server there is 10 people on 10 servers (just imaginary numbers to get my point across).

The point is to connect with people with similar interests. If one "sub" does go bad, we can just make a new one on a different instance.

I do agree that no one wants power-hungry mods ruining a sub.

You post is almost a poem. It was nice to read.

If I can offer a different more positive view. You connected with other humans, and shared your experiences and love for your hobbies. Yes it happened on reddit, but it can happen again somewhere else.

I know this is quoted to death but here are some wise words from Dr. Seuss:

• Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

I wonder if this is a GDPR violation for us Europeans.

I'm Norwegian and I love the fact it doesn't get properly dark, it can be so beautiful outside during the constant twilight. Also the fact the sun is up until 22:41 (as of 16.06.2023, I check the weather pages that list this.) This is one reason I don't want to change the daylight savings. Then we could rather stay on summer time, so we don't have to adjust all the clocks. But that's another discussion. If we were on winter time the sun would go down as early as 21.41 today :(

I'm just sad for the US now. Hope you guys will get better times soon.

Yes, I'm having a perspective on this as a journey, it's fun to be along for the ride. Even though it's been around a couple of years things are not set in stone, and of course with the big influx of reddit users(me included there) there still ways to go. I'm still not sure how everything works. Anyways I'm exited to see what the future holds for the fediverse.

No, not really. Mars has a very weak magnetosphere, so you need shielding against radiation. Also there is no atmosphere and any atmosphere we put on mars will quickly (in a geological timescale) get blown away by the charged solar winds because there is no magnetic field. So it's an immense task, and probably a few hundred years out before we have the technology.

@hedge, you're asking if we should terraform Mars if we haven't already cleaned up this this planet. It's a good question but I don't see a problem here.

Let me borrow a quote from Isaac Arthur, youtuber and president of the National Space Society(in USA), and I'm paraphrasing him: If we have the technology to truly terraform Mars, then lot of that technology will already have been used to stabilize the climate on earth. It's by orders of magnitude easier to "fix" Earth, than make Mars habitable to humans without the need for Domes, or spacesuits to breathe outside.

So to continue the "cleanup" analogy, it's like cleaning up the worst nuclear disaster (Chernobyl ) vs cleaning a few drops of water off your kitchen floor.

I don't think it has any effect beyond showing other people appreciated the post. And I've read somewhere around here on this site, that not having "karma" associated with each account help prevents bot and faming accounts.

This was such a blast back then. It felt so genuine the way he did it.

So they are basically saying they would like to live under the regime of Stalin back in the day(or a modern analog). A society where it didn't matter how left your were, or how correct you had been living all your life. If you were "in the way" for someone important with connections you and maybe your entire familie goes to the gulag.

I think you guys are doing a very good job. I think most people will understand it takes time to build a platform like this. Excited to see what it turns into over the years ahead.

Edit: spelling/autocorrect mistake

Sorry. Don't know why this happened, if you open up the original post it opens with paragraphs.

I hope x-post (should we call it that here?) is allowed. for some reason the formatting got messed up.

While I do agree with him on many things, it's not all up to one user, or 10. If 10 people with very different interest just stay in each community there there's no content for anyone. I think any new 'service' need some time to take hold. Of course user gained is a win. But then again it's not up to a single user

Edit: added my opinoin

You can also do a site search on google, I guess the problem remain that you have do this for every server.

"site:beehaw.org"

I must say I had forgotten about this one. I checked the biggest car buying website in my country and there only 3 for sale. But I'm sure it's a fun little runabout.

I'm new to daily driving Linux. I've dabbled with Linux for years, but never used it that much until I installed it on a new m.2 drive on my main PC. Been using Arch for a little over 1 month now.

I can understand your tired of tinkering, I came from windows where I was tired of fighting the OS to do what I want. So in that regard I use the same "energy" but instead of fighting windows I'm learning and getting better and building and customizing my Linux install exactly how I like it.

As for other suggestions I don't mind macOS, but their hardware screams planned obsolescence. they charge obscene amounts for a few gigabytes extra of SSD. I checked just now and they charge 259euro in my country to go from 256GB to 512GB. And I bought 2TB Samsung 980 pro NVME m.2 drive for 120euro a month ago.

Windows is probably the worst OS, but you can install software that rips out all the built in spyware. And you get keys around the web for cheap. This way you can keep your PC, and the next time you get a new PC you can buy one you are reasonably certain will work well on Linux.

And unlike Chlamydia I'm not having nearly as much fun getting it.

May I be so bold as to post a video of Leif Ove Andsnes playing this piece with the Bergen Philharmonic(the town Grieg was from) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liFdIN2vUr4

Yes this reflects many of my observations as well. I mostly lurked on the lager subs, and if I did post it would be on niche hobby, or the sub for my local area.

This looks awesome. I've been into city building games for a long time, and have of course played CS1. Will wait untill release and see reviews and such. No preorders.

Nice thanks

Sorry, I thought I had seen one. But now I can't find it. I have only been here for a day now so I'm new to this whole fediverse consept.

I remember some years back on Reddit there a change to what the default subs were. Suddenly my reddit frontpage was full of /r/aww and a lot of incredibly low effort content. From then on it was necessary to show only subs I subscribe to. I like memes as much as the next person, but in moderation.

I'm not worried and don't see a big problem if there are some subreddits/communities with memes and low effort content.

In the discussion of size. I subbed to the classicalmusic sub. Right now there is an equivalent in the fediverse I think but it's quite dead. Just having one community for all types of music isn't really appealing. I don't want to go through 1000s of popmusic post to find two about classical. This example of mine with classicalmusic transfers well to other topic. I started using a distro of Linux on my computer and want to connect with others also using Linux. For all these niche interest size is important.

Then as for joining. I won't say it's complicated to sign up, but there is an extra hurdle in a way with how it's a lot to take in about how the fediverse is working. Many people will join, but it requires slightly more effort still than many other social places around the internet.