It’s convenient if hour is the only time unit you need. However, many situations require different time units, and that’s when you run into conversion problems.

Can confirm. There are lots of “boring” videos on Loops. Like, check this out. Yes, it’s an entire channel dedicated to chickens. I mean, it’s nice and relaxing, but nowhere near as addicting and engaging as tiktok or instagram videos. I’ll still count that as a win.

Regardless, @billinkc still rocks.

Before the app was released, I noticed that suddenly there were many new users. Previously, making an account wasn’t open to everyone, but apparently that has changed too.

No shortage of trash, but that’s true for all platforms.

I just used the customize button on the top right corner and moved politics and a bunch of other junk to the “hide” column. This way, the home feed has a chance of containing things worth watching. Mostly though, I just use Odysee for watching the few channels I care about. Incidentally, I arranged the “followed” section to the top of the list.

As a result, I don’t see any conspiracy or MAGA nonsense at all.

Peertube for long tech videos. You’ll find lots of linux people here. Sure, there’s pretty much everything else too, but that’s what I use Peertube for.

Odysee for a wide range of videos in general. Many youtubers have backed up their videos here.

Loops for short videos… more like a tiktok clone really.

Sorting by scaled helps a little bit, but some communities just post soooo much that they drown out everything else. In order to fix that you would need “multireddits”, which don’t exist on Lemmy.

For the time being, I recommend making two accounts and using one exclusively for subscribing to the really busy communities. The other one could be used for everything else. It’s also an opportunity to try out a different instance.

If you find that one feed is getting dominated by a single community again, you may need to create a third account to manage your subscriptions appropriately.

I think so too. It makes sense to start with making it run on the hardware you have. Making it run nicely on other computers would require more time and money. Doing so can still make sense in the long run, but first you need to launch this new product, so better focus on short term goals.

That would help with selling games, for sure. If that really is the main goal, SteamOS should receive some compatibility updates soon. We’ll see if that’s how they really operate.

Yes, but what’s the reason why SteamOS was designed to be that picky? My guess is, Valve wants everyone to buy their hardware. Making your OS run on anything isn’t really helping with that.

As long as their software is compatible with their hardware, Valve likely doesn’t see much value in improving SteamOS at this point. Dev time is expensive, so it’s understandable they prioritise other things. However, I still hope SteamOS receives the resources it needs to become a serious competitor to Windows in gaming PCs.

Steam made Linux gaming more well known. People tried SteamOS, but switched to Bazzite. Since Bazzite is based on Fedora, it could have resulted in Fedora getting more attention. Is that what’s really happening here?

Yikes! That’s some serious horror movie stuff right there.

Fine by me.

As a side note, there are people who genuinely look like that because they have something seriously wrong with their metabolism. Maybe muscles just refuse to grow, maybe nutrients don’t absorb or whatever. Lots of things can lead to a similar outcome.

Looks like some serious health condition.

The human mind is constantly looking for patterns everywhere. Just take a look at some clouds, you’ll see what I mean.

Recognising people, faces, animals and objects with limited and noisy data is very hard, so mistakes happen all the time. More specifically false positives are far more common than false negatives. This means that it’s very easy to see faces in the clouds rather than missing faces in a crowd.

Same error occurs when looking at this picture. It’s basically an optical illusion that exploits the human pattern recognition system.

What if there was a federated platform for supporting the channels you like? Maybe something like Patreon? Or how about some sort of merch store for people who can sell the things they make?

Turns out, asklemmy just banned that account for being a bot.

Posting this much isn’t normal. Looks very fishy to me.

Yeah, that’s a classic case of Acute Waifuitis. If you notice your firend’s computer hardware starts manifesting anime girls, treat that as a cry for help. He won’t be aware of it, but you may be his only hope.

Early symptoms include disrupted sleep cycle due to binge-watching seasonal anime at 3 AM, developing strong opinions about dub vs. sub, and using obscure anime references in real world situations.

It can progress to full-blown Weeb Ascension Syndrome, where you start collecting figurines you can’t afford, and unironically using Japanese honorifics with your friends.

Better get that checked out before you wake up one day with a katana collection and a part-time job at an anime convention.

Not really a problem, since my phone is usually silent. I miss mystery calls all the time. It’s their fault for not texting me first.