Why try to reconnect? Everything you’ve listed is (more or less) true. If you’d rather not contribute to that shit pile, then don’t. You don’t need to be in control of a bunch of this stuff. If you’d like to opt out, then you should. It sounds like that would be more fulfilling to you.

You made a gecko happy! 😊

I’ll take “unexpected worries of home ownership” for $100…

wow, nobody mentioned the open source thing yet. I’m here because I really like the open source thing and the idea of federated servers run by hobbyists.

If you find anything, lmk. Lemmy is a fine reddit clone, but it doesn’t have enough niche content.

You gotta get the prompt right.

Dude is right: parental controls suck. I suspect that’s because they kind of take a back seat in most purchasing decisions. Of the various platforms I’ve enabled parental controls on (Apple, Nintendo, Android, Xbox, Epic, Roblox), I’ve found Epic’s to be the most straightforward.

It’d be nice if there was a mandated API that any kid-platform had to support, and a nice simple app to control it.

I’m thinking more along the lines of sticking the dishes they just used into the dishwasher. Although I’ve also asked them to pick up their candy wrappers.

“Hate them” is not what I’ve felt.

When they were young and couldn’t stop crying, I felt really frustrated and wanted them to stop. Stepping out of the room for a lil mental health break is a good way to deal with that.

Now they’re a bit older, I get annoyed by their reflexive “no” when asked to do something reasonable (e.g. clean up after themselves). Ironically, giving them a little bit of space lets them calm down and they usually comply.

I love these lil punks. I hope I’m never capable of hating them. Even if I may be annoyed at what they do.

where ASCII?

Is this new? Aren’t most tracks already available in torrents?

but “snake net” sounds silly

Duck is putting them out of their misery.

What about Sexmas instead?

“most” is a bit strong. Many open source projects never get users or any kind of traction, they’re just a passion project for the author. The lucky few fill a need and take off. Review the package usage count on npm or the GitHub stars for projects - there’s a tiny fraction that make it big.

I didn’t know that was a standard until I started working in UIs. It’s great when you know, but it’s a clear sign that the standard isn’t clear enough when everyday users don’t realize.

Insufferable on Lemmy?

No love for acid rain?

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lol

Go for it!

I do something similar a couple days a week. It looks just as good as a similar cut I’d get from a barber.