Lemmy isn’t anonymous, it’s pseudonomyous.

I didn’t realise it’s only visible to server admins. I run my own server, and it seems like server admins can view the votes on any comment, not just comments on their server.

What I haven’t checked is if non-admins can load the vote data, and it’s just the button in the UI that’s hidden.

Although since Lemmy votes are public, it does take some restraint to not message people that downvote your comments/posts and ask them why.

Yeah I don’t think the multi-select listboxes have really changed much since the days of Internet Explorer 3 and Netscape Navigator. Out of all the standard form components you can use in HTML, it’s probably the one most in need of improvements.

I’ve used software where you have to ctrl click but I’m not sure I’ve ever come across another website where this is the case

This is the standard behaviour on the web for lists where you can select multiple options. See the example here for instance: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/select#advanced_select_with_multiple_features

Most sites have a custom version though, since the built-in HTML element has such a poor user experience. I really wish browsers would just switch it to be a list with checkboxes.

The behaviour was based on Windows desktop apps in the 90s (where this behaviour was way more common), but after a while, most things switched to checkbox lists instead.

Realistically the solution would be instances moving away from the Lemmy ‘brand’

This is a great idea, and I think some instances do this. I seem to remember Beehaw taking this approach. Similar to forums - each forum has a different name even if they use the same software.

The tricky part for regular users to understand is that if they sign up on one server, they can still access content on others. Old-school internet users that used to use Usenet would understand it (Usenet functioned the same way) but the majority of users are used to centralized services these days, which makes it hard.

My only thought here is the words like federation and instances getting people hung up. Maybe join-lemmy.org being a highly ranked site is doing more harm than good by creating an additional barrier to the instances and content.

The thing is, that’s a fundamental feature of Lemmy. It’s designed such that no one person or company controls the whole thing. Admins that have differing opinions can each have their own servers with whatever rules they want.

That makes it somewhat incompatible with a a basic signup page like what you’re proposing, just like you can’t have a generic “sign up for email” page without picking a specific provider. Having a huge number of users on a single server somewhat defeats the purpose of decentralization - you’re back to a small number of people / a company having control over a major part of the ecosystem.

Perhaps it could redirect people to a randomly selected instance from a hand-picked list, but maybe that’d be even more confusing? I’m not sure.

I don’t have experience with rust on cars since I live in California and the main conditions where cars rust (high humidity, snow / salt on roads) aren’t a thing here.

I’ve got a 13 year old Mazda 3 that doesn’t have any issues though. No rust, and no major repairs needed so far. I’m getting rid of it soon (replaced it with a BMW iX) but it’s served me well for a long time!

In addition to Toyota Corollas and Honda Civics like others have mentioned, look for Mazdas as well. The Mazda 3 is a great car.

Do you have any suggestions for fridge brands? A coworker suggested Jennair but they’re quite expensive.

Frigidaire French door fridge/freezer. Nice looking unit that came with the house. It has horrible design flaws though. Frigidaire literally invented the first self-contained fridge in the 1920s so I don’t understand why they’re so bad at building them.

One of the known design issues is that (at least on older models) there’s insufficient insulation between the ice maker and the rear of the fridge. This eventually results in condensation and ice forming on the back of the fridge. A web search for “Frigidaire ice on back” and “Frigidaire rust on back” will find plenty of people reporting the same thing.

The annoying thing is that the lines for the water dispenser and icemaker run right across this part, and they end up frozen inside the ice.

First time I noticed this was when the water dispenser stopped working a few months after we bought the house. Pulled the fridge out and the water lines were frozen, and it had made a mess of the wall (the drywall where the ice was was all broken - I guess drywall doesn’t like ice being pressed against it all the time).

I tried insulating it with some Styrofoam, but that was no match for the ice - the ice started forming on top of the Styrofoam instead. Now I’ve re-routed all the water lines so as to avoid the spot that freezes. I’ll get a new fridge eventually. Waiting for a good sale. For now, I’m wondering if I should spray foam it, or if the ice will also defeat that and form on top of the spray foam…

People started encountering this issue maybe 10 years ago. Frigidaire used to offer a “sweat kit” (some sort of fancy insulation) to fix it, but they no longer offer it. I also don’t think they ever fixed this issue under warranty for anyone.

I agree about pedestrians, but cars changing lanes should to be aware of their surroundings, including cars that are approaching them.

Cars accelerating at unreasonable rates

How do you define “unreasonable” though, especially with EVs that can accelerate quickly?

Prima facie evidence of unnecessary exhibition of speed shall be squealing or screeching sounds emitted by the tires, or the throwing of dirt by the tires of the vehicle, or both

EVs can accelerate quickly while not making much noise… I guess it’s okay to quickly accelerate with an EV then?

What? That’s illegal?

They already updated it to make the language clearer. This is the new version:

You give Mozilla the rights necessary to operate Firefox. This includes processing your data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice. It also includes a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license for the purpose of doing as you request with the content you input in Firefox. This does not give Mozilla any ownership in that content.

And they removed the passage that states they will never sell your data

That’s because the definition of “sell data” varies by jurisdiction, so they can’t make that claim (nor can any company that uses ads). In particular, it’s very strict in California’s CCPA, and includes third parties using data for analytical purposes even if no payment is made.

Firefox don’t store everything you type though.

Honestly, people are overreacting to the ToS changes. Mozilla haven’t actually changed what they’re doing; they’re just removing text they legally can’t include since the definition of “selling data” varies by jurisdiction. It doesn’t always mean literally selling user data. California is very strict about it for example.

I usually use the “scaled” feed sorting algorithm instead of the default “active” one. It does a better job of showing a larger variety of posts, including posts from small communities.

I was pretty impressed with the Samsung Gear VR (and Google Cardboard before it) when it was first released back in 2015. Instead of having to spend a lot on a fancy computer system and headset to experience VR, you could just stick your phone close to your eyes. Of course, it wasn’t as good as an actual VR headset, but it was the first VR experience that was easily approachable for ‘regular’ people, and was a lot better than I thought it’d be.

Some people think the big tech companies literally sell your data though, so IMO it’s important to clarify.

There are companies that do that though, like Acxiom, LiveRamp, CoreLogic, etc. With Acxiom at least, you can buy lists like “high net worth individuals who are likely to buy a new car in the next 6 months” and get a list of names, phone numbers, and email addresses, based on data they’ve collected from both public and private sources.

Those data broker companies collect data from things like supermarket loyalty programs (to determine consumer spending patterns) and other companies who are willing to sell data about you, and compile them into profiles.