Ah, ok that makes sense. That would be wasteful for something that is only useful on the rare occasion.

In that case, a troubleshooting mode might work better, where the user can run tests somewhere in the user settings. Or a button somewhere on the feed that the user can click on to run the analysis on demand.

I can confirm that lemmy.ca, piefed.ca, and pixelfed.ca are located in Vancouver Canada, hosted out of a colocation space in the city. We wrote about it here: https://fedecan.ca/en/announcements/2025-01-18_update-finances-new-server#new-server

Meanwhile yes sh.itjust.works is hosted on the east coast of Canada. Some of that may change as things are upgraded / reorganized but for now that is true

I haven’t had a chance to read through your post yet since I’m about to head out, but are there specific ways that we could be more transparent about our location? I’m happy to look into it to add that information.

Cool post, from what I read so far :)

It depends on the type of community.

If its only one person but they’re sharing neat photos or articles about a topic, then yes I’ll still subscribe. Some of my favorite communities on here have one or a few dedicated users. Over time more users do begin to post, even if the majority of the content is by one motivated person.

Out of curiosity, are there any updates on this from Sal? I’m not in that Matrix currently

Geocaching is free. You mentioned you are in a city so chances are that there are lots of them nearby.

On android look for c:geo, on iOS you might be restricted to free ones only unless you have a friend with Android you can explore with

Libraries have lots of other fun stuff, such as books and games

!geocaching@lemmy.world

!libraries@literature.cafe

You can also contribute to openstreetmaps while walking between geocaches. I recommend StreetComplete to start

IMO there’s a difference between the vibe coded one-shot projects (which tend to have those AI generated looking websites), and using LLMs for targeted and focussed suggestions. The contents of that file and a quick skim of the PRs and commits doesn’t change my mind on that, the project still looks like it’s made by competent developers who may or may not use AI for debugging/brainstorming.

I know some people will still prefer having zero AI usage and that’s fine too. For me their AI use doesn’t meet the threshold for me to have doubts about the quality and longevity of the product.

I also found this: their website / blog uses the Eleventy static site generator: https://github.com/bonfire-networks/website-blog

They’re probably using a static site template, maybe Astro.

They’ve put a lot of work into Bonfire, off the top of my head

• working with activitypub stakeholders to get a proper standard for groups (which helps us directly)
• tooling for other platforms to use
• a separate platform focussed on academics with integrations to academia services

It’s far from some vibe coded project

!misleadingthumbnails@lemmy.ca

There’s audio

As the kid runs across the background, he screams “SOMEBODY GAVE ME FIREEE”

I do that for the same reason you’ve mentioned.

From the admin side, it makes next to no difference so I don’t think an admin won’t care. It’s only a problem if someone goes voting on the same piece of content from two accounts, or commenting in the same thread to steer a conversation

In your case, if you segment activity into different topics, there’s little risk of that happening

Not much, what about you?

I think stuff like urban planning and designing walkable environments would be cool, but I’m not sure if that’s a viable path in 2027 and beyond

Without knowing that much about the field, I would think that urban design should stick around long into the future. Those projects take decades to complete, and there’s always new cities and developments.

Even if the US is currently drinking the stupid juice when it comes to what makes a good city, either that will change soon or you can apply your skills to projects outside of the US

the people at the top of the field are too much of an asshat to know that what they do is broken and causing people to need unions

Isn’t that the case with almost every field?

Unless the people at the top have an incentive to keep the field healthy, they’re not going to bother to do it. That’s why regulations, regulatory boards, and unions are helpful

I think the point of the meme is that it’s a silly premise, and few people actually believe things like this

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Is there more context on what this is or what was happening?

IMO that’s not the issue

The issue is the lack of safeguards. In our rush to call out the dad based on the headline, we shouldn’t let Google and the banks off the hook. The dad should have set limits on the card/account and paid closer attention to the kid’s view/ad activities, but both google and the banks benefitted from the poor design/usability issues that led to this.

EDIT: Since it was the company card, maybe the dad couldn’t have set limits on there. He used the company card on an older purchase, and since it was tied to his account, google offered the card as a payment option when the kid went to boost his ad. While I’m at it, screw the advertising industry that made YouTube into the mess it is now.

As for this bit

why is a 9 year old even allowed to post to YouTube

I remember about 15 years ago, a lot of kids wanted to post gameplay videos and music/art they made to YouTube. Some parents handled that poorly yes, but others took the time to watch the videos and approve them before anything was uploaded.

Kids want to explore their interests and it can be healthy to explore it with them, and teach them things along the way. Telling them no outright might push them to do it anyway, but this time without supervision.

Oh ew

They might not even be from toilet paper. People buy cardboard tubes for crafts, and it’s possible this person has a bunch left over after a project: https://www.michaels.com/product/12-pack-cardboard-tubes-for-crafts-319186376196276228

Seems more plausible than if someone has been collecting toilet paper roles in order to sell them for super cheap

Meanwhile, the presence of lead in gasoline and paint back then, might be the actual reason for 80% of what’s wrong right now.

Many of the lawmakers and elected officials grew up in environments that had that lead exposure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead–crime_hypothesis

The lead–crime hypothesis proposes that the sharp decline in crime rates in the industrialised world in the 1990s and beyond, after decades of increased crime, can be attributed to the reduction of lead poisoning. Lead is widely understood to be toxic to multiple organs of the human body, particularly the human brain. Concerns about even low levels of exposure began in the 1970s; in the decades since, scientists have concluded that no safe threshold for lead exposure exists.[1][2] The major source of lead exposure during the 20th century was leaded gasoline. The hypothesis argues that the removal of lead additives from motor fuel, and the consequent decline in children’s lead exposure, explains the fall in crime rates in the United States beginning in the 1990s.[3] This hypothesis also offers an explanation of the rise in crime in the preceding decades as the result of increased lead exposure throughout the mid-20th century.[4] Other explanations have been proposed, including situational crime prevention and interactions between many other factors with complex, multifactorial causation.[5]