Second largest Lemmy instance preemptively un-friends Facebook by Techpriest in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
I've been searching and finding circular logic and corporate level no-speak. Is there an official post clarifying as in YES or NO weather lemmy.world is defederating threads? by Techpriest in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
I've been searching and finding circular logic and corporate level no-speak. Is there an official post clarifying as in YES or NO weather lemmy.world is defederating threads? by Techpriest in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I've been searching and finding circular logic and corporate level no-speak. Is there an official post clarifying as in YES or NO weather lemmy.world is defederating threads? (lemmy.world)
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I've gotten so tired of the non-stop reddit/lemmy/mastodon/threads drama I pulled the plug on all recurring donations for the foreseeable future. Thanks to threads the fedverse is starting the reddit style drama cycles and I'm pretty much over trying to sort through it.

I know I can block content, my concern is my refusal to donate to an outfit that supports meta or similar properties.

Second largest Lemmy instance preemptively un-friends Facebook by Techpriest in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
TIL the notion that lactic acid is the reason we experience muscle soreness after a workout has been debunked in the 1980s. Research suggests the soreness is a result of a cascade of physiological ... by Techpriest in c/til@lemmy.world
YSK: You should dry off beef before cooking. Doing so promotes the Maillard Reaction, which will make the meat taste and look better. by Techpriest in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
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Mr Sniffers likes to patrol his domain in the cab of the farm truck. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by Techpriest@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world
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Mastodon's official stance on Threads by Techpriest in c/technology@lemmy.world
Excited to get off reddit, excited to see lemmy grow; growth is expensive. How is this getting paid for? by Techpriest in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[OC] Rocking the former feral gang sign outside of a shop on Jekyll Island GA. Realized I was in his seat and moved right after. (lemmy.world)
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These are the privacy permissions that you grant for Meta's new twitter competitor by Techpriest in c/technology@lemmy.world
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99.9% of Americans have never tasted a Blackcurrant or Gooseberry. For nearly a century, the US government conducted a war on currants and gooseberries. The History Guy YT (www.youtube.com)
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I remember my Grandmother having Gooseberry in her garden and joking that they would get her in more trouble than the still she ran on her property.

What from reddit do you hope to never see on lemmy? by Techpriest in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[OC] Old US129 to the right of US129. Normally underwater but exposed due to the draining of Chilhowee Lake for dam maintenance. (lemmy.world)
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[OC] That grey thing in the middle is a MK1A Ford Range keeper. 100% analog mechanical ballistics computer for naval guns. The US Navy used these from the early '40's until the mid 90's. (lemmy.world)
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This particular unit weighed 3150LBS, was built in Feb 1946, took 7 people to operate and all data was input by hand cranks. Photo credit OP, Gunnery Plotting Room USS Brumby FF-1044 mid 1980's.

Aspartame: Sweetener used in Diet Coke possibly causes cancer, WHO set to declare by Techpriest in c/world@lemmy.world
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Old Discovery dramatization of US129 The Tail Of The Dragon. (www.youtube.com)
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I ride the Dragon a lot. If you ride and are ever in the area I highly recommend it.

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The ID plate from the first ballistics computer I was taught to operate and maintain in the US Navy. Note the date of manufacture, I was on this system from '84-'89. (lemmy.world)
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Commonly referred to as the Mark One Able. It took 5+ people to operate and all inputs were via hand cranks. This one was on a Garcia class Destroyer Escort/Fast Frigate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_I_Fire_Control_Computer

Is Lemmy more likely to succeed than Voat? Why or why not? by Techpriest in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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