Damn, I had to rummage through some dusty corner of my brain to remember “Webrings”. Nice one. I wonder if they could work as a federated service…

Is it time to bring an old-school, Yahoo!-style directory back?

At this point I’m looking forward to a civil war and seeing brains spilling out of maga hats.

There are at least some Duolingo courses that use AI voices exclusively and they are shit.

On the one hand, having an AI to talk to sounds like something that could be good. Getting a real person to talk to every user would be impossible. I just don’t think the technology is going to meet expectations any time soon.

It’s possible I know a guy from Ireland who lived in the US illegally for decades. He never went home for fear of not being allowed back in.

If you run into an asshole in the morning one instance, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day in every instance, you’re the asshole

Does ChatGPT incorrectly put spaces around the em dash, too? There should be no spaces around an em dash—that’s a clue that implies a human writer.

And, em dashes and en dashes are great—they should be used more often.

Future Shock isn’t about the 70s or any decade being “better.” It’s about the effects of rapidly changing technology not that technology shouldn’t change.

How many fascists have you shot so far?

Yes. I’d have to learn their language first, anyway. I already know bits of modern versions but not much. Then, introduce the warning of invasions and teach them English with the caution that people speaking groups of people speaking will bring death and destruction.

It’s not like they’ll already have a fear of English or any concept of the language before I teach it to them.

Do my best to warn the locals of the coming invasion. Learn their language and teach them English and tell them not to trust any group of strangers who speak it.

Help improve their technology as best I can. I’m not sure how much I’d be able to improve it. At least, teach them to wear masks and wash their hands when around sick people.

Lemmy and Mastodon aren’t centralized. Instances can federate with other instances as they choose. If your instance has, for example, a lot of bigoted communities and users, you can expect the bigger instances to de-federate from yours.

You can always federate with instances that reject “EU norms”—whatever that means—in a bubble of your own.

I’d argue “canecrete” is too close to “concrete.” Close enough that it might invite trademark/customer confusion complaints from the concrete industry.

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I don’t think it’s just a US east coast thing. See if there are any local butchers near you and check out what they sell. Or, look for local, independent meat companies.

So much better than Hebrew National, Ballpark, Nathan’s or any national brand. Bigger, more and better flavor.

There are places in the USA where you can find smaller, more local hot dog makers.

The best I’ve had are Hippey’s Franks from Denver, Pennsylvania.

Her solution is to move to the right. She’s said shit like this before. Fuck off, Slotkin. You are not the leader we need.

Ya see, Trump has all the cards. The other player has no cards so they can’t deal. Checkmate.

50/50?