pmk

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[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's no reception inside a person though, so you can't call the phone to make it vibrate.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

My guess would be someone trying to make stone tools by banging rocks together, a spark fell into dry grass, etc. But, you know, just a guess.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, sorry I fumbled the wording, I meant to say it makes me wonder what the other chinese factory workers make and under which conditions they work compared to the chinese workers that make fairphones. Maybe it's all propaganda and fairphone uses slave labour, but that would surprise me. Another thing I thought about is that tech is just more expensive in europe in general. It's common that we pay 20% more for the same phone or laptop in europe compared to the US.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ethically sourced, fair wages to workers, etc. Makes you wonder what a factory worker in china makes to allow for cheaper phones.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week ago

I hope all of Europe only buys weapons from other european countries now. I don't want any money going to the US.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 70 points 1 week ago (5 children)

For buying gifts, for example.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cowsay as a Service. A Go microservice that lets you send form or json http post with curl or whatever to an api over the internet and in return you get the cowsay ascii art you requested.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

Very cool. Especially if their work benefits everyone. Maybe they can even fix kerning in LibreOffice for everyone.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

I had a similar bruise from a less-lethal bullet on my butt, and I've seen a kid get hit with one in his head, that was scary. This was a long time ago though, but the bullets then were steel core and rubber around it. Not sure if they use different ones in the US.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 weeks ago

I genuinely believe that more empathy is needed in both directions for people to come out of their trenches. Problem is, it"s hard to feel empathy for those who have no empathy in return. It's a locked position reinforcing itself with every bad interaction. To break out of this we would have to listen and show that we care, while not getting the same things back. It feels bad. Unfair. Again, this goes both ways.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Genuine enthusiasm. If you're only doing things to make someone else happy, it's hollow and pointless.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For some people, maybe behind the reason they seek these procedures is a wish that isn't actually fulfilled by the procedures. I've never heard of someone getting addicted to transplanting kidneys or fixing cataracts.

 

I'm trying to understand the way Mastodon works. Back in the day I started with IRC and then the many php-based forums and then reddit which led to lemmy. I never used twitter or similar platforms.
My understanding (and this is where I need help) is that all of the above are topic-based, whereas Mastodon is person-based? What I mean is that on lemmy I subscribe to things based on topic and I don't really care about usernames or user profiles, I only care about discussing a topic. It seems to me like Mastodon is the opposite? You follow persons and what they might say about any topic?
Is there something I'm missing here? Are hashtags close enough to sorting it by topic that it works just like a topic based platform? Is this difference inherent or just in my head because I don't understand Mastodon?

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