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What's a fun, cheap, solo workout someone can do at home? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Astella@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Try Pornhub... bonus points for being a Canadian site if you're boycotting US stuff /s

Jokes aside, try the basic stuff that don't require a machine, like planks. Just make sure it doesn't put any stress on that foot

EU is planning a new mass surveillance law that includes mandating data retention, built-in backdoors, sanctioning non-compliant services and is asking you for feedback: Impact assessment on retention in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] Astella@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Damn, you're probably right. I likely just see the good parts that differ from the shitty things about my country lol

How accurate is the FOSS part in practice?

EU is planning a new mass surveillance law that includes mandating data retention, built-in backdoors, sanctioning non-compliant services and is asking you for feedback: Impact assessment on retention in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] Astella@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Lol I mean, nobody is perfect, but you guys have things like freedom of movement (even between countries) and France and Germany pushing open source software forward for the sake of privacy, security, flexability and community. Plus, you guys seem to have a mindset of "until it's proven safe, it will be illigal" compared to our "until it is proven UNsafe, it will be legal". Maybe "gold standard" isn't the best term, but I feel like you guys have better way of thinking about the world

What happened to the internet... in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Astella@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I find it funny (in a nervous chuckle kind of way) that a bunch of people distrust experts (especially doctors) until they offer their services for free and it's suddenly "good" advice even when it's not.

The "gate keeping" part is horrible

What happened to the internet... in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Astella@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I mean, I agree that we should have them, and your personal reasons for doing so are great ones, especially the invitation part. Also, somehow this is my first time seeing IANAL lol

EDIT: Thanks for the history part, I may have to look a little more into the birth of the internet

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What happened to the internet... (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Astella@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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What happened to the internet to make it so that you now have to say "I'm not a medical expert, a beauty expert, an underpaid Walmart cashier struggling just to make ends meet just to lose my job to a robot or a piercing expert so take my advice with a grain of salt, but yeah, I think it would be wonderful for you get your ears pierced"?

I'm probably aging myself here, but it's mildly annoying to see so many words for something that should just be assumed until someone explicitly says "I'm an expert, make sure you clean them regularly or don't get them at all".

The earrings are just a random example I thought of just now.

(This is somewhat satire, somewhat curiosity and somewhat ranty lol)

EDIT: Thanks for the insightful history lesson guys! I actually learned a little bit about the internet (at the risk of really honing in on my age lmao). I feel I should clarify, though. The issue I want to address isn't the use of disclaimers in general, but rather the need for exceptionally long ones like my example above where the disclaimer is like 5x longer than the actual comment, which, btw, thank you all for commenting at least 5x more information than disclaimers lol

EU is planning a new mass surveillance law that includes mandating data retention, built-in backdoors, sanctioning non-compliant services and is asking you for feedback: Impact assessment on retention in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] Astella@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Even as an American, this is terrifying. Everyone knows my country is shit, but I've always seen you guys as the gold standard and for this kind of thing to even be discussed over on your side of the pond is absolutely horrifying....

people keep talking about how "em dashes" are evidence of ai. i use them all the time. am i a computer now? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Astella@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

They know! Cheese it!

I Love The European Space Agency! in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] Astella@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Now that you mention it, yeah 🤣 Thanks for the chuckles kind stranger, take my up vote