In Spanish class, we get Spanish names and can choose what we’d like to be called from a list. I’m Francisca (or Paca) because it’s similar to Francesca, my online name.

Been thinking about the voting system lately and how it inevitably kills in-depth discussion in growing communities.

Every sub/community follows the same trajectory: starts small with passionate users sharing quality content/discussion → grows in popularity → memes and low-effort posts flood in → actual discussion gets buried or downvoted.

I'm guilty of this too tbh. I realized I use upvotes/downvotes as personal "like/dislike" buttons rather than judging relevance to the community.

Here's my hot take:

1. Voting should be restricted to subscribed users only
2. Downvotes should be capped at a fraction of total upvotes a user gives out

The clearest example of this failure is gonewild. The demographics mean male content (which is 100% allowed) gets mass-downvoted into oblivion while female content dominates the front page. It's not about quality or relevance anymore - it's just a popularity contest.

Anyone else feel like the voting system needs a complete rethink?

I am seeing this pattern a lot lately, whenever a person disagrees strongly or expresses conservative/right wing views, they are told to go back to reddit.

You can say 'Don't bring these bullshit views to the fediverse,' or something of that sort. I am a reddit refugee myself, and part of the Reddit API exodus. Being told to go someplace I just left due to ethical reasons feels bad. So, I want to understand why it is being used as a retort. Is it really rude, or am I making a fuss out of nothing?

Edit 1: I am NOT defending conservative views, I think that they should not be given a platform in the fediverse. I am questioning how telling them to go back to reddit is a valid response.

Edit2 : Edited the the title to better represent my question.

Or any skill that you deeply value for how it helps you, but maybe easily overlooked by an outsider?

I think exercising atleast 2-3 times a week was good for me. Not that I look much different, but I do feel a bit stronger and that is nice. Neck isometrics and bridges too. They really helped with balancing looking at mobile or PC screens.

Learning some keyboard shortcuts was nice. The major one would be Win key + Arrow keys to manage multiple open windows/apps.
Then, finding that I can add commonly used options to the QuickAccess bar in Excel, Word etc. Libreoffice would probably have similar options too.

Hey Guys, I hope everyone here is doing well.

I just saw a speech of german chancellor Friedrich Merz talking about how Germans need to work harder and longer to keep up their 'lifestyle' after seeing China.

Now I wonder, what are the workers rights in China like?

I somehow can't imagine, that it's still on a third world level, where people are forced to work 12h a day to have a basic life.

Can you guys link me good articles about it or share your knowledge?

Thanks in advance!

https://imgur.com/a/bullock-snoring-6cVTf4K

I don't know why...

So, I bought a house that just happens to have a flagpole. It was put in by the neighbor's grandfather back when he owned the property like 60 years ago. I recently dug it up and painted it, replaced the hardware, etc. I've been flying the US flag to keep same Republican neighbor happy, but after this weekend's events, that's not happening any more.

So, I've been pondering what flag to fly instead. It doesn't appear that my town has a flag, though my county and state do. I considered the United Federation of Planets flag, but it looks too much like the UN flag and I don't need to hear John Birch from that same neighbor. Ditto the Earth flag.

Maybe the Jolly Roger? Anybody else have a fun flag they think I should fly instead?

Since the US operation in Venezuela, I haven’t seen a whole lot of media about what’s happening in the absence of Maduro. Every once in a while, an article pops up, which I have to assume is the one we are meant to see here in the US. I’d be very interested to know what is actually going on there now.

Are there any reliable news sources for the current state of Venezuela?

so whenever i hear an english person talk on tv or my gf points out that her ancestry is english, me and her ex (who also happens to be my ex) say "ELLO GUVNA!! CHEERIO OLD CHAP!" and i shout it at the tv. am i racist? i hope not...

Tldr at the bottom.

No real names, sorry. I (28M) am a department lead at my job, Jane (25F) is also in a similar position in another department. John (~23M) is in my department working under me. I am his direct supervisor. I am on good terms with John.

A few weeks ago, Jane has been reaching out to me for casual conversation unprompted and will come get me for any work related cross department needs no matter how minor. I can clearly tell she is interested in me as nobody is that persistent with casual conversation or finding ways to interact if they weren't. She has told me I am her favorite person to work with even though I barely know her.

Jane is cute and also hilarious, I wouldn't mind dating her and have considered it if we end up being a good match. So far so good anyway.

Bring in my coworker John. John is an interesting character. Funny guy, good heart, openly a furry, Bisexual leans gay, and rascal like personality. John also has depression and sees a therapist. He openly hates his job even to his own coworkers dissatisfaction. We don't deal with the best of work, but it still gets old hearing it for everyone. John is also easily distracted to the point of causing issues with his work performance.

I like john, he stresses me out at times but I try to be patient as I know he lives a rough life. He will confide in me often about his issues. Most recently he had a episode to where he got so distracted his partner was doing all the work and the partner snapped at him. I had to talk to both of them, one about his yelling even if justified and John with his lack of focus.

My discussion with John turned out alright, he hates his job and wants to leave but appreciates me. The only reason he stays he tells me is because of his interest in Jane. He has apparently asked her out before and she said she would. Don't think they have yet. They are friends to my knowledge.

Obviously, I don't want to touch this problem with a 10 ft pole from a job perspective. I like Jane and I am damn well certain she likes me as well from how she interacts with me and I believe that will interfere with John's life even if I do nothing. John is a good guy that is teetering on the edge of mental stability and I have no desire to not only break his trust in his mind by going to "steal his girl" after he told me about his desire for her, but also push him over the edge.

I don't think she is giving up either. So what should I do?

Tldr: cowork likes me, I like her, other coworker I am in charge of likes her and has gotten a yes from her when asking her out but no date yet. Coworker has depression and ended up telling me about his desire for her recently. Doing nothing is not an option as she pursues me. He persues her. Me dating her would likely cause him to meltdown. What to do?

So far, I'm only using cost-free alternatives:
Gmail -> web.de
Android/Google Play -> LineageOS/FDroid
Google Search -> DDG/Qwant/Ecosia
Google Maps -> Openstreetmap/Organic Maps
Windows/Office -> Linux/LibreOffice
Netflix -> 🏴‍☠️streaming sites
Spotify -> internet radio/digitizing CDs bought directly from the band at concerts

The only service I haven't replaced is YouTube (AdBlocked without account), which I use a lot, also for music. And I don't see an alternative for it either.

i found it when looking at someone's post and seeing that they were part of a community called this it looks like. it's a conlang created by someone on lemmy and while i heard that this user wasnt doing the best mentally, they are likely doing better now. either way, this is about their conlang. when searching, i also found that they have a queer/lgbt community in the ua language.

For my girlfriend, is that all Italians talk like Mario. For me, it’s that all Germans I guess drink beer all the time? I’m not gonna say the other thing, just that they think it’s full of those kind of bad people still…

A recent example is related to the news that Bluepoint Games were pitching a Jak and Daxter (and Bloodborne) remake, but Sony shut them down (and the studio). Many people expressed disappointment in particular with the fact that Sony were actively passing on remaking or reviving the classic Jak and Daxter games that are beloved by many, but others made their views known that they would have no interest in any new games in the series and are content with the originals or the recent upscaled PC ports. That's all fair, but others take it further by saying "Because I'm not interested in this idea, it shouldn't happen and I hope they don't make it". Now I should be clear that there are reasons to not want something to be made, such as if you think it would ruin the franchise somehow and tarnish its image, or because it would take up resources and time that could be devoted to something else you'd rather that particular studio be making, or because of political or moral reasons (which some people cited as opposition to any Harry Potter games, like Hogwarts Legacy, due to the associations with J.K. Rowling's "political expressions" - or rather, calling a spade a spade, transphobia). You can hold any reason or belief you like for wishing something not to happen. But this particular reason just doesn't make any sense to me. Because YOU wouldn't derive any benefit or utility from a product or phenomenon of some kind, therefore it shouldn't exist - why, simply because you think there would be no purpose to it and anything without a purpose ought not exist? If that's really the rationale, it seems selfish to me when other people actually would benefit from it and therefore it has a purpose to individuals beyond yourself. But I could be misunderstanding or misrepresenting/strawmanning the reasoning there, so I'm more curious to understand it.

Most 3rd degree autism people REALLY need someone to take care of them, right?

When I was a kid I remember my elders telling me advice and conspiracy theories, just stuff about how the world works, and I, mostly internally, would roll my eyes or laugh. Now decades later many of those things seem to have been the truth ( obviously some couldn't be further from it but that's a different post)

but what sticks out to you as the thing that you just knew was such rubbish nonsense, and now years later you understand to be true.

Bonus points for your recommendations of who to donate to!

This may focus on academic slides but those with presentation with complex setup, please feel free to share your thoughts. For equation heavy talks plus diagram heavy layout (arrows left right, boxes, callouts), do you still build everything in PowerPoint, or do you prefer LaTeX Beamer?

Also do you ever do a two step process: make the equations and core layout in LaTeX, export to PDF, then add arrows and boxes on top in PowerPoint or another tool? If yes, what tool and what export settings work best?

I'm a burned out academic leaving the field. I'd like to learn something new as a means of recovery and healing from the trauma (edit: narcissm, lack of human connection, intense funding cuts resulting in competition, less focus on students in recent years and instead on metrics). So, what should I learn (edit: that might help recovery from the aforementioned) What do you recommend and where could I start? I'm not looking for career advice, just crowdsourcing new things to learn and experience.

That's it. That's my ask.

Edit: Added some context.

I didn't expect a protest to pop up so close to me and so regularly and you can feel the emotions. its nice, I'm actually connecting to people and marketing for the DSA and whoever else I can find. are other people protest going strong or if it has petered out. I'm legit thinking my weekly protest can make it to no kings day 3

I just found out about JADE, "don't justify, argue, defend, explain" and I could use it with my dispatcher, an older man who's been there longer than me and feels entitled to act like my manager.

We work with wifi based smartphones which are not reliable and slow. Sometimes I have to upgrade android myself because the employee in charge of doing that simply doesn't. Every day the devices hang, meaning communication with the dispatcher is not possible, nor can I phone in (wifi based), nor can I check the task phase I am currently in (if the task is about to be done, if it's being done, if it's been done). When this happens, to avoid wasting time I simply do the job and then click through, something that seems to irritate this dispatcher extremely. Sometimes I get an urgent order, not through the smartphone but given verbally. When this happens I don't wait for the task to appear on my device, something that can last 15 minutes, but simply tell the coworker who gave me the order to type it in the database, do the task and then click through. This also pisses this dispatcher off.

There are 8 dispatchers I work with. Only this one is the problematic one: he likes to ask per chat if the smartphone works ok, to which I answer it works like everyday: with broken wifi, the application hanging, black spots with no reception...

His answer is always: the smartphone works, which pisses me off, because it's not true and he just won't listen.

I get so angry thinking about it because it's like working with an inflexible person incapable of showing empathy, unwilling to learn, who blames me for things I cannot control.

I already had a conversation with my union rep and with my manager about this but it seems I'll have to contact my rep again.

How would you use JADE here? blatantly ignoring him each time he asks if my device works?

Should I bluntly write back: Mr A, we've had this conversation several times already and it doesn't make any sense to talk to you because you're way too deep in your biases and you don't listen. Should you have any complains about my work, talk to our manager. Now, please, let me do my job.

I don't know how to deal with this person.

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/36837134

I'm talking about neocities websites and alike

Most coworkers made working there a breeze but the manager is somebody who will throw me under the bus if she has to and loves playing favorites.

I sometimes talk and eat together with those coworkers I enjoy and is a breeze, I sometimes miss working with them, they made the job easier.

But the manager is a person I don’t trust. So what does a smart person do in a situation like this?