I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?
I believe in freedom. As long as my actions don’t hurt someone else physically or financially, then leave me alone. As long as your actions don’t hurt someone else physically or financially, then do whatever the hell you want. I also have the freedom to tell you you’re stupid for doing what you’re doing. You have the freedom to tell me I’m stupid for doing what I’m doing.
So here is the issue, I use Google Drive because I am a writer who does a lot of writing. And I thought the cloud was a reliable way to store my writing, however now Google is looking through it’s to train their ai. And I’m worried about that, especially since I have written a lot of questionable content, porn and the like....
I’ve switched to Nextcloud. You can set up your own server, but I use some that are free. You can also encrypt files and auto sync them. I have all of my backup files auto synced to Nextcloud.
I’ve been tipping pizza type deliveries 20% since Covid, but it seems high to me. What’s everyone tip their delivery guys? I don’t want to short them, but I don’t want to go broke either.
“The US” is a broad spectrum. I would tip a lot more in Los Angeles, California where a shit hole house costs $1.2 million and gas is $6/gallon than I would in Anderson Missouri where a really nice house is $95,000 and gas is $2/gallon.
Most delivery drivers pay for their own gas and make minimum “tip” wage, which is lower than the regular minimum wage. They also have to pay for maintenance and repairs for their vehicle, which is more than it would be if they were just driving to work and back. When I delivered, I averaged about 60,000 miles a year. That’s a lot of gas and maintenance.
When you tip a server in restaurant, you’re tipping them to walk the food out about 30 feet to your table. When you tip a delivery driver, you’re tipping them to drive your food X number of miles to you in their own vehicle, at their own expense.
I think you should tip more for a delivery than for service at a restaurant, but the beautiful part of tipping is that it’s up to you.
I usually tip $10 for a small delivery. If I’m ordering for multiple people, I try to get everyone to chip in $4-$5 each for the tip.
I find it hard to believe they make that much. We pay our driver’s $6/hour. We wouldn’t be able to get drivers if everyone else was paying almost 3X as much.
Wtf are you talking about? We have a profit margin of about 2%. It’s not like we have unlimited money to throw around. It’s sad how little people actually know about running a business, but act like they have all the answers.
It seems that everything turned into scams, aggressive self marketing and just click bait irrelevant content. I liked finance videos, but every creator sounds like “the world will end soon” or “my secret method to make 1 million per week day trading stocks/forex/crypto.”...
I had to stop using Firefox because it’s too ram intensive on all my devices. I get low system memory errors on my Windows machines after it’s been open for a while. My Android devices just lock up when I try to use it. I haven’t tried it on my Linux machines because I just assume it will have the same affect. I don’t understand how people are successfully using it on anything except maybe Apple. I don’t have any Apple devices to try it on.
“Progress over profection” That’s a saying in the 12 step program, but it applies to everything related to humans. We will never be perfect, but we can always be better.
The website doesn’t seem to be down, but glitched or something. I’m getting an http 400 error through my app. When you pull up the website in your browser, it pulls up the Lemmy regular homepage but with “Error” text. Maybe a misconfiguration somewhere?
I’m looking for new discreet earbuds. The listening time is very important. As you can see from the pic, there are 2 different times. Idk which one is the actual time the battery will last while continually playing. 4-5 hours is fine. 1.5 hours is not good at all.
Once everyone’s DNA is recorded (it’s being done at birth now, at least in some US states), you will eventually be able to find out a person’s identity by vacuuming their surroundings.
It occurred to me while reading about UFO whistleblower news. Why do the majority of UFO things occur in the United States rather than Russia, China, and other countries?...
Researchers found that ChatGPT’s performance varied significantly over time, showing “wild fluctuations” in its ability to solve math problems, answer questions, generate code, and do visual reasoning between March and June 2022. In particular, ChatGPT’s accuracy in solving math problems dropped drastically from over 97%...
I’ve found it making up “facts” when I query it. I thought I was doing something wrong, but apparently, it’s just changing the way it works for some reason.
This is just a concern I had with the client. Back during the good ol’ Reddit days, I get notified about a post/comment reply immediately when it happens. I have since left that website, and for some reason I don’t know why this isn’t a feature yet....
Do you know if there’s an address to a users messages? I’m wondering if I could use Tasker to query it and use Pushover to send notification when a notification come in.
For me it was Jeff Kinney. I was meeting a different author I love, but there wasn’t enough room downstairs and we had to go up. Turns out that’s exactly where Jeff Kinney works! He’s the author who got me into reading so I thought that was so cool
I was next to Al Sharpton at the airport in DC once. I didn’t meet him, though. I was too tired to try to strike up a conversation. He is VERY short. You don’t really see that on TV.
I haven’t searched his house. I’ve only been there. His fence line is about 4 miles long, so there are a lot of places for bodies. Wait, what bodies? Did I miss the news?
I found an article from 2020 that said it wasn’t possible to use custom icons on an iPhone. Idk if that’s changed, since I don’t have an iPhone. I know customization is not something they are known for.
[BUG] Twice now jerboa has forgotten my account, I have to log in and then restart the app to view my subscribed feed. Might just be because of the update so I’ll see if it happens again.
I’m curious how they obtain that info. I have a FB account just because sometimes I need it for work. I don’t use my real name, I have no friends, and I run it in a sandbox with a VPN and ad blockers. I’d like to know how much of my info they still can access.
I just feel like I’m intruding on a private moment and just sit there tense and embarrassed until it’s over. Trying not to listen to the schlorp schlorp noises....
Is there a more politically conservative part of the fediverse?
I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?
What's some really unpopular opinion you have?
Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it’s actually pretty popular....
Small instance has to shut down - Sunsetting Waveform.social
cross-posted from: waveform.social/post/310138...
google drive, getting away
So here is the issue, I use Google Drive because I am a writer who does a lot of writing. And I thought the cloud was a reliable way to store my writing, however now Google is looking through it’s to train their ai. And I’m worried about that, especially since I have written a lot of questionable content, porn and the like....
What’s the average tip for a delivery driver in the US?
I’ve been tipping pizza type deliveries 20% since Covid, but it seems high to me. What’s everyone tip their delivery guys? I don’t want to short them, but I don’t want to go broke either.
Do you still watch YouTube? Who do you follow?
It seems that everything turned into scams, aggressive self marketing and just click bait irrelevant content. I liked finance videos, but every creator sounds like “the world will end soon” or “my secret method to make 1 million per week day trading stocks/forex/crypto.”...
Your Computer Should Say What You Tell It To Say - Google is adding code to Chrome that will send tamper-proof information about your operating system and other software, and share it with websites (www.eff.org)
Summary...
What singer just blows your mind when they sing?
For me it’s Neko Case in any of her bands.
sh.itjust.works is down (lemmy.world)
Looks very similar in terms of both timing and pings to what happened to lemmy.world in recent days, they could be targeted by the same attackers....
Is world peace possible or are we doomed to struggle?
I was thinking about how we (USA) are always in continuous (ghost) wars and never try to negotiate for peace, to my knowledge....
18+ lemmynsfw.com down?
The website doesn’t seem to be down, but glitched or something. I’m getting an http 400 error through my app. When you pull up the website in your browser, it pulls up the Lemmy regular homepage but with “Error” text. Maybe a misconfiguration somewhere?
Google's New Web Environment Integrity Proposal Dismissed by Brave, Mozilla, and Vivaldi (news.itsfoss.com)
Meta - should we add a new rule to the sidebar prohibiting single word answers?
It really grinds my gears when there’s an c/asklemmy question and the top most responses are single word answers....
Why do we not eat pig or cow?
When I eat chicken, I call it chicken. Chicken wing; chicken drumsticks etc....
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What is the Difference Between "Sustainable Listening" and "Listening Time" for Earbuds? (sopuli.xyz)
I’m looking for new discreet earbuds. The listening time is very important. As you can see from the pic, there are 2 different times. Idk which one is the actual time the battery will last while continually playing. 4-5 hours is fine. 1.5 hours is not good at all.
Scientists vacuumed animal DNA from the air in a forest and the results are amazing (www.earth.com)
Why does all of this alien stuff take place mostly in the USA?
It occurred to me while reading about UFO whistleblower news. Why do the majority of UFO things occur in the United States rather than Russia, China, and other countries?...
Buy Adderall XR, IR, AD 30, b973 20, b974 30, dp 30, M 30, Ritalin, vyvanse, xanax,oxycodone,hydrocodone,roxicodone. (kbin.social)
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where do the instances actually reside?
If I were to create a new instance of lemmy do I set up my own server in my house, or am I just creating an instance on one of the lemmy servers?
[Fortune] Over just a few months, ChatGPT went from correctly answering a simple math problem 98% of the time to just 2%, study finds (archive.ph)
Researchers found that ChatGPT’s performance varied significantly over time, showing “wild fluctuations” in its ability to solve math problems, answer questions, generate code, and do visual reasoning between March and June 2022. In particular, ChatGPT’s accuracy in solving math problems dropped drastically from over 97%...
Why does the Android version of Jerboa not send me notifications whenever I get a reply?
This is just a concern I had with the client. Back during the good ol’ Reddit days, I get notified about a post/comment reply immediately when it happens. I have since left that website, and for some reason I don’t know why this isn’t a feature yet....
Who is the most famous person you've ever met?
For me it was Jeff Kinney. I was meeting a different author I love, but there wasn’t enough room downstairs and we had to go up. Turns out that’s exactly where Jeff Kinney works! He’s the author who got me into reading so I thought that was so cool
Reddit Tries to Get Users to Pay by Making App Icon Ugly (9to5mac.com)
Data privacy: how to counter the "I have nothing to hide" argument?
I know data privacy is important and I know that big corporations like Meta became powerful enough to even manipulate elections using our data....
/r/interestingasfuck is now moderated by /u/ModCodeofConduct, and all the pornography has been removed. (www.reddit.com)
HP to move production of millions of PCs to Thailand, Mexico (archive.is)
What's the worst company ever. Period.
Nestle? Spectrum? Some random company nobody knows about?
Jerboa forgetting account
[BUG] Twice now jerboa has forgotten my account, I have to log in and then restart the app to view my subscribed feed. Might just be because of the update so I’ll see if it happens again.
I Asked AI What Europeans Think Americans From Every Single State Look Like, And The Results Are Just Plain Mean (www.buzzfeed.com)
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Does anyone enjoy intimate kissing scenes in movies?
I just feel like I’m intruding on a private moment and just sit there tense and embarrassed until it’s over. Trying not to listen to the schlorp schlorp noises....
ActivityPub (www.w3.org)
w3c spec
what band/song are you kinda ashamed you listening to as a kid?
Youtube suddenly recommended me some music I listen to some 14 years ago. Unlocked some memories that didn’t need unlocking