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Ragnell, in Subscribing to the same magazines/communities on Kbin and Lemmy?
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I'm subscribing to all and I'll just unsubscribe if it turns out I don't like them. For overlapping ones I haven't seen many duplicate threads. If I post, though, I'll stick to one and right now I'm favoring the one on my instance.

supermurs,
@supermurs@kbin.social avatar

This is a good tactic!

patchw3rk,
@patchw3rk@kbin.social avatar

@Ragnell

I created /m/BestOf on kbin to kind of avoid having multiple instances of all. I wonder why other communities don't try to represent all of the Fediverse instead of just their instances..?

Rhapsody,

Because people aren’t used to the idea of the fediverse and are ultimately treating their instance as a monolithic entity, when that’s not the case.

Ragnell,
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I actually like the idea of duplicate communities, because well... Let's say you want to talk Sherlock Holmes.

Well, some people don't want to discuss BBC Sherlock. Others don't want to discuss whether or not he's queer. And some want to discuss neither.

So to accommodate everyone, you WILL need 3 communities anyway. They may as well be on separate instances, so that if one goes down or isn't very active you can at least discuss the stuff that's allowed there.

WookieMunster,

So the whole community is fragmented, why not make an entire different post ?

z2k_, in Will we ever have a kbin app for Android or IOS ?
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Apps talk to services via an API. Lemmy has an API, the one for kbin is still being figured out and isn’t enabled.

This is the only reason why kbin doesn’t have apps for it yet.

Teppic,
@Teppic@kbin.social avatar

I think there was a kbin API and Ernest pulled it because he wanted to improve it. I think time will show that was a smart move. App developers need the API to be stable & unchanging; kbin can likely see how the Lemmy API is used by Apps, learn and improve from this.

We do know a new improved API is in the pipeline, and I agree with z2k, Apps will follow soon after.

Urnchos, in Will we ever have a kbin app for Android or IOS ?

https://kbin.social/m/ArtemisApp Been in the works for a while

thekerker, in The worst physical pain you've ever experienced ?
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Testicular torsion. It felt like I was being kicked in the balls every time my heart beat. It was my senior year of college and I was home for the weekend, but my parents were gone and I didn't think I could drive myself to the hospital. Luckily my uncle was around to take me. I dry heaved out the passenger window the entire drive there.

I had barely gotten into the room when the doctor came in and helped me strip down, then proceeded to do what he called the "open book maneuver", wherein he rotated my testicles to remove the twist. The relief was instantaneous, like my balls had been released from a vice grip. Luckily no permanent damage was done, but an ultrasound confirmed that I'd need surgery to prevent future torsions, which I had during spring break... yay.

Jarmer,
@Jarmer@kbin.social avatar

It took me 4 different urologists to properly diagnose this. I had it for YEARS. Every single time it happened I thought I was going to die. The only thing I could do was lay down on a hard flat surface (usually the floor wherever I happened to be at that time) and just let it pass with lots of heavy breathing and silent crying. I basically was immobile, couldn't even move without getting super light headed and felt like passing out.

Once I finally found a dr that properly diagnosed it, he taught me the open book trick and MY GOD what a difference. He is also the same one that did the surgery, and it's been many years now without an instance. Life changing.

Torsion is seriously no joke.

bushOfBerries, in I'm seeing a lot of "beardy guy with glasses" profile pics, some alarmingly like my own. How many of us are there?

I think I have a beard but I've lost my glasses. I'll have a look when I find them, but I already have my suspicions.

Dantastic, in Is Grammarly premium worth it?

If you have Microsoft Word, just use the built in spell and grammer check. It's far more capable these days and is very feature rich.
Another user pointed out how much worse you can make your writing using it. I had a peer in a group project put our work through Grammerly and mindlessly accept what it said to do and it ruined the writing.

Mind you, I've never been a fan of Grammerly and certainly don't understand how people could pay for it. And certainly would never be comfortable using it for free, because then they're data mining me.

c2c2, in Will we ever have a kbin app for Android or IOS ?
@c2c2@kbin.social avatar

How are apps being made for kbin if the API isn’t available? Real question.

Jarmer,
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I think the app is scraping?

Narrrz, in I'm seeing a lot of "beardy guy with glasses" profile pics, some alarmingly like my own. How many of us are there?

I... plead the 5th?

Nepenthe, (edited ) in You are now an RPG character, what does your character sheet say?
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Nepenthe (Haunted Vagabond)

Race: Southeastern American
Alignment: Chaotic good anti-villain
Languages: English, Turkish
Speed: 26 ft.
Proficiency with simple and ranged weapons, +2 to intelligence and wisdom

Inventory: Crochet set, beef jerky, battered novel

Armor Class: 10
Hit Points: 7 (1d8)

STR: 7 (-2)
DEX: 11 (+0)
CON: 9 (-1)
INT: 13 (+1)
WIS: 16 (+3)
CHA: 7 (-2)

Passive perception: 15

Skills:

Better Read Than Dead
Some have suggested your obsession with literature is unhealthy. They are wrong.
+2 to medicine and arcana checks. Disadvantage to saving throws involving offers of knowledge acquisition.

I'm Fine, Really
You've grown used to living rough.
Your daily ration requirements are halved. Advantage on survival checks.

My Bones!
Longstanding injuries have left you susceptible to extreme temperatures and extended periods of movement.
+25% damage from fire and ice. +1 Exhaustion for every 4 miles traversed on foot without rest, as well as every hour spent exposed to extreme cold.

Third Eye Blind
Years of living on the outskirts of society have granted you the ability to perceive clearly what others do not. Sometimes, those revelations are even true.

Instead of rolling during perception and insight checks, the DM flips a hidden coin. If the result is tails, the player passes the check successfully. If the result is heads, the player receives false information about which they are extremely convinced.
(ex., an empty room is described to be littered with invisible traps, a trustworthy NPC is "obviously" traitorous, a terrifying dragon lurks down a hallway it cannot possibly fit into)

Animal Companion: Soft kitty. Swift, pointy, and unquestioningly devoted. Entreaties to stop making noise and go away only encourage her. -2 to stealth.

Fulthi, in The worst physical pain you've ever experienced ?

Gout. Holy shit. I've seriously considered cutting my foot off. I hate it. Makes me want to off myself.

mdwyer,

Same.

I was standing in my kitchen with a chef's knife trying to work out just how to position everything. I didn't think I could get a good angle on it. Then I stopped and went to ask Wikipedia if people can live without a big toe.

Wikipedia told me that without a hallux you'll walk funny. And between having an unwillingness to walk funny and not being able to figure out how to actually take the swing, I ended up calling someone to take me to an ER.

It's a little embarrassing to be complaining so much about "Ow. My big toe hurts." but holy shit that pain is real.

Ashtear,
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My worst ever is a gout flare that I got in my knee once. That's when I discovered I don't like morphine.

But yeah, I've had sciatic issues associated with spinal disease, a three-hour tooth extraction, a section of flayed skin. All of that doesn't compare to gout.

iLikeGoats, in How do I remove sticker residue from glass containers?
@iLikeGoats@kbin.social avatar

I have had great luck removing labels by filling bottles / jars with boiling water and letting them sit a few minutes. I mostly do this to save wine labels I like or want to remember. When doing this it is also very easy to wipe off any residue.

janus2,
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This is my go-to method due to it being dirt cheap and simple
If I don’t need to keep the label sometimes I’ll just chuck it in the dishwasher and try to remember to peel the label right after the cycle ends, while the item is still hot

GxC, in The worst physical pain you've ever experienced ?
@GxC@kbin.social avatar

Worst instant of pain: root canal of infected tooth.

Worst overall: 6.5mm kidney stone.

Runner up: gall stone blocking duct.

elehayyme, in The worst physical pain you've ever experienced ?
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I think for me, the most painful experience is a tie -- one instance was Appendicitis (which was horrible) and the other instance was having one of our children without an epidural.

1chemistdown, in Don't you think kbin has really gone downhill since the good old days?
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Shit, I remember when I had to check the cloud flare box just to get into kbin and now all you just show up without any extra work. SMH

EROLoLICON,
@EROLoLICON@kbin.social avatar

Those were difficult times

Gamers_Mate,

You had it easy in my day we had to fight Godzilla, Superman and five Shreks before we would be even allowed to login.

niktemadur,
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Godzilla, Superman and five Shreks before we would be even allowed to login

On Captcha?

Gamers_Mate,

I cant even remember what the Captcha was. I meant outside.

Eggyhead,
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Uphill, both ways!

… and in the rain!!

Otome-chan,
@Otome-chan@kbin.social avatar

yeah? well when I joined kbin, 503 errors said to check back in a few days!

livus,
@livus@kbin.social avatar

But it would usually let you go to some other part of kbin 10 minutes later with a nice Capcha of some cat paintings...

CoderKat,
@CoderKat@kbin.social avatar

... UPHILL! BOTH WAYS!

ThrowawayPermanente,

Kids these days just have everything handed to them

Trebach, in The worst physical pain you've ever experienced ?

Aftermath of a seizure and car accident. First caused the second within seconds. The seizure pulled every muscle I had and some I didn't even know I had. The wreck caused a nasty concussion, messed up a vertebra in my back, and the resulting brain damage is still affecting me 6 years later.

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