Inside lemmy, yes. Pops up as a message.

Phone notifications would depend on your client. Voyager provides notifications for replies, but I’m not sure about others.

Depending on your instance, you may be able to get email notifications as well.

Throwing money at a problem works, when you are actually throwing money at the problem and not at a symptom.

For me currently, my car is a good example.

Problem: I need reliable transportation.

My car is almost old enough to vote here in the US and while it has been a reliable ride now things are starting to fail left and right. I could spend money replacing the parts that break as they break. Or I could simply replace the car.

My solution: Just replace the car. More expensive short term, but it’ll be cheaper and far less headache long term.

They have their place and I generally like the concept, however, not crazy about most implementations.

I don’t like the fact that the batteries are not replaceable in most of them and the ones that do have replaceable batteries (Ryobi and Ego come to mind) are generally prohibitively expensive per kwh and usually can’t be used as a UPS like some of the integrated models.

I don’t insist that the batteries be hot swappable like the Ryobi model I have, but there is no reason to toss all that extra plastic and circuitry when the battery itself eventually fails.

That’s not alot of money anymore.

Around me, the biggest issues are homelessness and drug use. Millions won’t solve either but could put a bigger dent, long term, in the housing issue.

I think I’d build a bunch of low cost houses, in the sub $100k range if possible. They wouldn’t be mansions by any stretch but it might put a dent in the housing market.

Some laser printers can do color (the Brother HL-L series can’t), they’re just not great at hi-res color images.

Laser printers are faster, more reliable, and are generally cheaper to operate in the long run, espesially if you are only printing once in a blue moon. Inkjet printers like the Epson Pommes_fur_dein_Balg recommended are better at hi-res images and are often cheaper up front, but are more expensive in the long run.

Indirectly important. I help make the tools others use to do important things. Or rather I’m learning to. I’d say that what I do is as much art as precise science. The pay is a bit knaff but it’s interesting work.

I tried it a couple years ago. Came to the conclusion that it wasn’t profitable for me at that time, in that location.

I think it depends on your industry.

I actually just got a new job. Went through the usual, job boards, linkedin, friends and family. Nothing worked for 3 months. Longest Ive ever been out of work.

what actually got me a job was a cold email I sent to a local company, explaining that I was new in the area and looking for work.

I picked that company to “cold call” simply because I had bought something of theirs in the past and remembered the name when I was learning the local maps.

Like others have said, more RAM would help. 4GB is the absolute bare minimum for a usable desktop.

A scan for any malware might not be a bad idea, especially if you’re running Windows. I would also examine whether you actually need any browser extensions you have installed. I’d also check and disable anything running in the background that you don’t actually need.

Wiping the drive and reinstalling Windows may also help, so would dumping Windows for a lighter weight Linux distro. Linux tends to be more RAM friendly.

You might also want to check how much free space you have on your drive. SSDs tend to get slower the more full they get. Ideally you want to keep under 70% full.

If your laptop has a HDD, replace it with an SSD. That upgrade would give you the single greatest performance increase, however SSDs have been standard for some time.

I won’t speak for anyone else, but Google has a 20 year track record of quietly breaking a fair chunk of promises they’ve made. Especially anything that gets in the way of them making a profit.

I remember back when their core tenet was “Don’t be evil”.

After a certain point, continuing to trust them, continuing to do business with them is consenting to be in an abusive relationship.

Not my jam, sorry.

If I remember correctly, the instance owner vanished but left the instance running.

Secondary admins kept the place running until something happened to the instance itself. Something with the database that the admin didn’t have access to recover from.

I believe it was that secondary admin that spun up the new instance.

Sorry that’s vague but about to get ready for work.

Considering how bipolar we are as a nation, it could range anywhere from “eh, no one got hurt” to wiping everyone off the face of the planet.

“Hi, my name is…”

Admittedly, most of my friends are made at work, however it’s not impossible to meet people in other places. It really just boils down to going places other people are, smiling, and saying “Hello” or “Cool <whatever you find interesting about them>” to a lot of people. If you’re at a store and see someone struggling to load their car or truck, ask if you can give them a hand.

Probably will go no further than that most of the time, however, it might just make their day. Which they will remember. Might have been the first compliment they’ve gotten in a while. Might have been the first time anyone has offered to help them without asking anything in return.

Ever now and then, though, you’ll find yourself with a new friend with a common interest. Probably just for the moment, but if you see them again, say “hi” again. If you’ve got something you think is cool that they might also find interesting, perhaps show it off.

And remember their name. It can help to work it into the conversation. Seriously, Bonje. People like hearing their own name in friendly contexts.

Relationships are really just a longer term version of this with people you already have met.

If this sounds a bit like sales, you ain’t half wrong. What you are selling is you. The payment you are asking for their time, their attention.

Don’t be pushy. Accept no as an answer. But say “hello” to everyone.

Enforcement against Linux distributions, however, is likely to be problematic. Distros like Arch, Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo have no centralized account infrastructure, with users downloading ISOs from mirrors worldwide, and can modify source code freely. These small distros lack legal teams or resources to implement the required API, so a more realistic outcome for non-compliant distros is a disclaimer that the software is not intended for use in California.

I had forgotten how much I miss that style of website. Well written too.

There is a paper on exactly that:
Front Nutr. 2025 Dec 1;12:1682746. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1682746
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12702719/

I didn’t read the whole thing, but it looks like, at least right now, they didn’t find anything major.

Well, since I’m not doing that, that would prevent me from having to install the apps that every damned company seems to insist I install rather than having a website. Kinda makes me wish for this nonsense to come to the US.

A point. However, how far do you need to go to reach an area, that doesn’t speak your native language commonly?

We recently moved a fair distance, not too far as things go here. Roughly 2000 km. English language spoken by almost everyone throughout the entire trip. Plus 15 random languages from tourists and immigrants from around the globe. I could have gone another 2000 km and I still would have had to dig to find a community that had a common language other than english.

I would have had to travel 2000 km the other way to reach an area where a single language other than English was spoken by more than 5% of the population.

Maybe 1000 km, I forget about Creole in Louisiana, though I’m not sure how common that language is in the State. I just remember running across the language frequently while driving trucks in that area for a living.

We are a truly massive nation that largely shares a single language. Most of us, rarely ever leave a 250 km radius from where we were born. Most of us don’t have passports and will never leave the US.

Hell, I’m well traveled. I’ve been to 45 on the 50 States, and in all my travels I’ve only needed another language once. In Larado, TX, which is right on the border with Mexico.

There are small enclaves that speak an alternative language, but they are few and far between.

Would it be to the students benefit to learn a second language, sure. But it’s unlikely that the student would ever use whatever random language they were required to learn. Spanish and perhaps Arabic might occasionally be helpful, but not necessarily, depending on what part of the country (or trade) you’re they are in.

Around me, the only language spoken with any frequency other than English is Spanish. In a half dozen different varieties. Even that wasn’t all that common until, maybe, 10 years ago. About midway through President Trump’s first administration.

Most schools encourage kids to take a language, but they are kinda a use it, or lose it thing. Unless you just happen to be part of a community or household that speaks a language other than English, you are unlikely to need it.

Try looking for themes. It’s in settings. Just named a bit different as it does more then shift from light to dark.