DaleGribble88

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[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Ngl, you are giving off major "WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME HIT YOU???" vibes between these few comments.

If you really are a "chill guy," then show it, don't tell it.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Someone missed the episode(s?) where he raced the public transit system and lost. Or raced other drivers in noticeably slower cars in highly congested traffic and lost, or raced a bicycle and lost.

A semi-common through-line of the show was that cars are, and should be, for fun. (Full disclosure this was often pushed most heavily by James May, but I feel like Jeremy could have said no at any point.) They often lambasted average and everyday use cars.

I loved my old sports car! It was 2 seats and too much power! I had to get rid of it because it was unreliable and unsafe for traveling with my first kid. Neither would have been an issue with good public transit infrastructure in place.

Cars are not the problem, but car dependency absolutely is.

(I don't totally feel this way and do think cars a major contributing factor in some problems, like pollution of microplastic particulates from aggressive driving, but that isn't as quippy.)

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

I think it has been verified by address, but my source for that is a Legal Eagle video on YouTube, so take that with about a quarter pound of salt.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

I never thought Biden was a sure loss, but I do think that Harris, et al, all stand a better chance of winning. I'm excited for this change, it feels like the DNC is trying for the first time since Obama's first term.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 10 points 11 months ago

Sports shooting is incredibly popular at the high school and collegiate level in the US.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

To my point- that's all I've ever heard about a Biden presidency.

Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely in "vote blue no matter who" mode. That said, if I can vote for someone that I actually like and that I feel has a better chance of winning, then all the better.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If there is a rule written down somewhere, then follow those rules if they want.

The DNC is a private organization, they can do whatever they want for whatever reason they want.

It probably wouldn't make everyone happy if they skipped steps in their normal procedures, but I say "When has the DNC ever cared about making everyone happy?" It's a big tent with a foundation of begrudging compromise. Some people will be upset, but they have months to get over it.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Connect for Lemmy on my Android phone has worked great! The interface is almost, but not quite, 1:1 with RIF.

It was pretty buggy at launch, but here we are about a year out, and I'm not sure if I remember the what/when the last bug I encountered was. That is to say, the devs for connect are on top of stuff with regular updates which is nice.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not advocating for it, but like, if they are dead they can't really speak up about their opinions. Again, not condoning murder, but just thinking through the logic on this.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm glad that the server team is experimenting and trying new things out. This looks really cool for someone!

I just really hope this isn't a preamble to becoming the new default theme, because I really dislike this. It reminds me of other social media services that I go out of my way to avoid.

I particularly dislike the infinitely scrolling dark pattern, but I also don't like that it displays all content immediately, wasting bandwidth, making it difficult to see headlines, and more difficult to ignore previously seen content.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love watching your cursor zoom around the window. Is that a feature of Neovide or something else that you have configured?

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